Chapter 126
The young lady was worried that the property management would alert the insect playing with fire, causing it to become alert.
Ji Yile, when he said he was here to inspect, would inspect seriously. He came here today to scout the place at most. If he could successfully run into the weird one who liked to play with fire and barbecue, everyone would be happy. If he failed to meet him, or if the other party knew that he was here to restrain himself, then he would continue next time.
Residents saw that they were either checking fire hydrants or randomly asking passers-by for information. It looked like they were just walking around casually, and it turned out that they were here for random inspections.
"Do you feel that there is something wrong with the air here?" Ji Yile asked a passerby casually with a pen and notebook.
"Air? It's quite fresh." The resident replied, scratching his head.
"OK, thanks!"
"Is there a barbecue restaurant around here?" Ji Yile saw a resident walking with a bird cage and walked over to ask.
"Barbecue? No! There are very few restaurants and snack bars here. It's very inconvenient." The resident replied.
Then, the resident also made a suggestion: "Can we open more restaurants here in the future? There are really too few, and you have to walk so far if you want to eat."
"Okay, I'll make a note of that!" Ji Yile nodded, and then asked, "I heard that the barbecue smell is particularly strong here."
The resident thought about it in confusion, "What you said seems to be true. Sometimes when I take a walk, I also smell something like barbecue! Maybe some residents like barbecue, so they make it at home."
"Then do you know approximately which direction it is?" Ji Yile asked after writing it down.
"Emmmm, let me think, it seems to be near the fountain? I don't know the exact location."
Ji Yile knew the specific place, and he was now collecting information from everyone to see how many people knew about the strangeness of Fan Wei.
This is not a special problem. This resident told everyone in the resident group about the problem that Xiao Ji had communicated with him, but he did not say this problem out loud. He told everyone what they said based on his personal understanding.
Resident A: I think the area around our community will be redeveloped soon? I think Xiaoji is collecting opinions. He just asked me about the situation of the restaurants here!
Ji Yile and Zhong Wenxu finally arrived at the small fitness park next to the building where Fan Wei lived.
Zhong Wenxu shook his head, "Not at home."
Ji Yile sighed, "I knew it wouldn't be so smooth."
After confirming that the fitness equipment could still be used and was not in disrepair, the two left.
A few white cranes were flying in the sky, slowly landing on the dark fence of a balcony. After a short rest, the white cranes flapped their wings and flew into the empty room.
The living room of this house is particularly interesting, with ashes everywhere, several barbecue racks, and several iron basins filled with ashes.
The walls had turned from white to black, and the matching electric lights had long been burned out. There were a few candles on the cabinet. Unless something unexpected happened, the family relied on candles for lighting.
There was dust everywhere, like a scene after a fire.
Zhong Wenxu couldn’t see more specific details for the time being.
Paper cranes don't consume much energy, but they need to stop and rest frequently. Moreover, as the distance gets farther and farther, he can't control it freely.
Since Fan Wei was not around, they decided to leave to avoid being watched and causing unnecessary panic.
"Next time, let's wear a weird mask." Ji Yile said.
"Yeah!" Zhong Wenxu also agreed very much. He never expected that one day they would worry about being recognized by residents.
After returning, Teng Manman suddenly gave Ji Yile a bracelet.
"Brother, I have to go to work in the store from now on! This bracelet is my power and it can protect you!"
"Okay, thank you!" Without refusing, Ji Yile accepted Teng Manman's gift.
Ergouzi’s milk tea shop has made new progress. They found a place with a business district nearby and many companies.
"The rent is not expensive, it's really a good deal." Ergouzi took out the contract and asked Ji Yile to take a look.
Ji Yile is not very familiar with the business field.
"I remember the shop rent here is not cheap!" Ji Yile frowned.
Even though he was not familiar with the area, Ji Yile also asked the shop owners there during the survey. Although the economy in District A was average, it was a prosperous place, so the rent would not be cheap.
Er Gouzi shrugged, "I heard that store has bad feng shui."
"Huh?" Even though he was a materialist, at this point, Ji Yile would rather believe in metaphysics.
"Why is the feng shui bad?" he asked.
"It is said that as long as a boss opens a store in this place, someone will come out to cause trouble. The previous bosses were fed up with the troublemakers and finally chose to leave." Er Gouzi swiped the screen of his mobile phone and explained to Ji Yile.
"Is there any property dispute in this store?" Ji Yile asked. He had never heard of such a thing, but it was not uncommon.
"There is no property dispute." Ergouzi shook his head.
"Is it because you have a grudge against the landlord?" Ji Yile asked.
"No way? That landlord has several shops for rent! They are in the same row, so it's impossible that this shop is the only one so unlucky? But we are not afraid. If they dare to come and cause trouble, we will make them go without return!" After saying that, Er Gouzi and Teng Manman gave each other a high five.
Ji Yile touched his chin with his index finger and thumb, "If that's the case, then the most likely scenario is that there is some secret in this store, and the troublemaker doesn't want anyone to run this store."
Er Gouzi shrugged, "I don't know about that."
"You guys should be more careful and don't cause any deaths! You can't even try to steal someone's life! You can report to the police if anything happens!" Ji Yile had to remind them.
"Once this one is stable, we will open a few more." Ergouzi continued.
With the investment from Ji Yile and Da Zhuang, they now have sufficient funds. Moreover, the advertising creativity has become much cheaper because of Ji Yile's matchmaking. As for the placement, Er Gouzi has a familiar company, so he has saved a lot of money.
So recently they are not just paying attention to one business district, but are investigating several business districts at the same time.
"Boss, you might want to pay attention. I've noticed that quite a few businessmen from other places have moved into Area A recently. Some of them seem to want to develop in Area A, while others are just trying to take advantage of the situation."
"Okay, thank you!" Ji Yile immediately wrote down the information.
Around noon the next day, Zhong Wenxu suddenly said, "It's back, and it's holding a torch."
The two looked at each other and rushed out under Lan Xin's confused gaze.
Lan Xin sighed, "I was planning to ask them if they wanted to go out for dinner together. Young people nowadays are so energetic!"
Feng Junan chuckled and handed a report to Lan Xin. "Then, Section Chief, you have to work harder too. Don't be swept away by the waves behind."
"What the hell is this?" Lan Xin took it with a look of disgust.
"A new mission from the General Administration. The surrounding countries have discovered that a large number of humans and monsters have suddenly disappeared, and many monsters have suddenly been killed. The reason cannot be found, but this situation has not decreased, so they have asked our country for help."
"So what?" Lan Xin asked.
"What the higher-ups mean is that each district will select two or three staff members to assist in the investigation. They suspect that it was done by the [scavengers]." Feng Jun'an said calmly.
"Do we really need so many people?" Lan Xin flipped through the report and went over the contents in her mind at a glance.
"Several countries."
"We can't spare any staff from our office. We are already short of people, and the cadres who are away from home haven't come back. Who can we assign? No one is suitable! No one!" Lan Xin made the final decision.
"I knew you would say that, so Director Lin directly asked Qiao'er to go over." Feng Jun'an said.
"…Then why are you asking me? Lao Lin is just looking for trouble!" Lan Xin threw the report on the table with one hand.
Lin Qiaoqiao turned back sinisterly, "Brother Xin, I don't want to go!"
"I don't want you to go either!" Lan Xin shrugged.
"If you go, who will do your job?" Lan Xin held her head in despair.
"..." Lin Qiaoqiao turned back expressionlessly, "So this is why you are so reluctant to let me go."
Ji Yile and Zhong Wenxu quickly went to the Forest Mansion. This time they wore strange masks, so no one noticed them.
Arriving at the door of Fan Wei's room, Ji Yile smelled the aroma of barbecue with cumin powder.
Fan Wei is roasting a monster, which does not violate the laws of Area A. However, playing with fire at home is not right.
They were just outside the door and could already hear Fan Wei screaming excitedly, followed by loud slogans like "set fire".
A person with a natural ability of fire, constantly releasing his natural ability in the room.
Ji Yile wiped the sweat off his face. Even though it was spring, the temperature was still very low, but Ji Yile just felt very hot.
The door of Fanwei's house was obviously burned.
Zhong Wenxu controlled a flying bird to film the scenes at Fan Wei's home from Fan Wei's balcony.
A beetle man, holding two torches and waving his hands, dances around the barbecue grill at home.
His emotional state was extremely unstable, and he also set fire to the surrounding sofas, cabinets, and wooden doors.
"Wakakaka! Burn it!"
"Get high!"
"Yohoo!!!!"
Using a special instrument to test the critical temperature of Fan Wei's home and the degree of use of the strange fire, Ji Yile decided to interrupt his cheers, "Room A302, open the door, I need help!"
After knocking once, Ji Yile didn't want to knock again. The door was burning and very hot.
"Get ready to put out the fire!" Ji Yile said to Zhong Wenxu.
"No problem!" Carrying the special fire-fighting equipment in both hands, Zhong Wenxu was full of confidence.
Fanwei had no intention of paying any attention to the uninvited guest outside the door who was spoiling his fun, and continued dancing.
Ji Yile pursed his lips, took a deep breath, took a step back, then raised his foot and kicked the door hard.
The wooden door fell down with a bang, flames shot out, and Ji Yile subconsciously raised his hand to block his sight.
"Fan Wei, you have been surrounded by us, surrender!"
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