Chapter 278 Even if it comes to your door
Coming so fast?
The moment a chill ran down her neck, hallucinations flooded into Xia Lili's mind like a tide.
The Christmas streets are covered with light snow and colorful lights are twinkling in the night.
She saw herself in a hallucination, holding her brother's arm, pointing at a roadside stall and cheering, "Brother, that candy cane is so pretty! I'm going to buy one!"
Xia Lili "saw" herself in the hallucination standing in front of Santa Claus's stall, with bodyguards protecting her.
The red and white candy shone temptingly under the light. Just as she reached out to take it, Santa Claus suddenly grabbed her wrist.
"Miss, be careful!"
The bodyguard behind her stepped forward quickly, but suddenly twisted her arms behind her back when he got close.
Santa pulled out a potion-soaked handkerchief from under his beard and placed it over her mouth and nose with precision.
Xia Lili's struggle was firmly suppressed by the bodyguard's iron-like arms.
Her wide eyes reflected the sight of Santa Claus's wrist, where his cuff had slipped down, revealing a faint ring.
It must be because I often wear a smart watch or bracelet on my left wrist, which caused the color difference due to the sun exposure.
She also saw this mark on the hand of the delivery man she met today!
The delivery man’s headphones were the latest model and cost $800, which was not in line with the delivery man’s salary, so he and she took a few more glances at it at that time.
Xia Lili suddenly looked at the fingertips of this Santa Claus. There was a 2-centimeter horizontal scar on the knuckle of his right ring finger, which looked like a suture mark from surgery.
This person has the same hand features as the delivery man he saw near Hollywood Studios. They are the same person!
So the delivery man was the one who picked up the voyeur on the set?
After secretly filming the crew, the voyeurs on the set cannot risk transmitting several GB of high-definition footage over the Internet, as they are easily tracked by the network security team.
So we need someone to run errands and pick up the people. If this person disguises himself as a delivery man, it would be very convenient and inconspicuous!
After seeing this scene in the hallucination, Xia Lili got goosebumps.
This voyeurism and extortion gang is so quick to retaliate and has such a wide reach that there are even spies among their bodyguards!
In other words, the scene continues.
Christmas carols were still being sung cheerfully on the street corner, and the laughter of passersby drowned out any unusual noises.
Before his hallucinatory consciousness completely fell into darkness, the last thing he saw was the bodyguard's cold profile as he whispered a report into the headset.
This bodyguard is in cahoots with Santa Claus!
Xia Lili tried hard to remember the appearance and physical features of the bodyguard in the hallucination.
The hallucination scene changed and came to the next scene——
Xia Lili suddenly opened her eyes, and the dull pain in the back of her head made her vision go black.
The damp and moldy smell mixed with the salty sea breeze filled her nostrils, and she found herself curled up in a dim basement.
Salt frost condensed on the cement walls, and the corners were crawling with a salt-tolerant sea purslane.
This plant grows only in coastal areas.
There were several fast food boxes swollen by sea water scattered on the ground. The trademark was blurred, but it was still recognizable that they were packaging from the "Seagull Wharf" chain store.
Further away, several glass bottles lay tilted against the gutter. With her good eyesight, she could see clearly that the labels read "Old Captain's Rum," and the bottle mouths were stained with dried salt.
Suddenly, the rusty iron door creaked sharply, and a man with chestnut hair bent over and came in. The scar on his right eyebrow looked particularly hideous in the dim light.
The man kicked away the wine bottle that was blocking his way, and the glass shards flew past Xia Lili's calf, leaving a line of blood on her skin.
"Awake?" The man grinned, his gold-inlaid canine teeth gleaming coldly in the dim light.
He roughly pulled the rag out of Xia Lili's mouth.
"You're the one who ruined our good thing?"
He leaned over and breathed tobacco on Xia Lili's face. "Now the police are biting us like mad dogs!"
Xia Lili coughed violently. Before she could catch her breath, the man suddenly grabbed her chin and said, "You Dragon people, why do you have to meddle in other people's business here?"
He loosened his grip and pulled out a folding knife from his pocket, the blade twirling nimbly between his fingers. "I heard you're working in security consulting in Longguo?"
The man suddenly put the tip of the knife to Xia Lili's throat and said, "Now I give you two choices—"
"First," the blade gently grazed her collarbone, "return to Dragon Country and serve as our internal support."
"Second," the cold metal pressed against her carotid artery, "stay in this basement forever."
In the hallucination, he seemed to be thinking about how to save himself, but the chestnut-haired man thought Xia Lili was hesitating.
Seeing Xia Lili's silence, the man sneered and put the knife back into his pocket. "Looks like you need some time to think about it."
He stood up and looked down at her. "It's okay. I have plenty of patience."
For the next two days, Xia Lili was imprisoned in this damp and moldy basement.
Every day, only a small piece of dry bread and half a bottle of muddy water were stuffed in through the crack of the door. She leaned against the wall, listening to the sound of waves hitting the rocks in the distance and calculating the time of high and low tide.
Until the early morning of the third day——
The iron gate was suddenly kicked open, and a frightened young man rushed in.
Xia Lili raised her pale face, thinking that the other party was here to ask for her final decision.
But the next second, a cold light flashed.
The younger brother held the dagger in his trembling hands and stabbed it directly into her abdomen.
The younger brother looked very panicked. After confirming that Xia Lili had lost vital signs, he fled in a hurry.
Xia Lili could see a dark red pool of blood slowly spreading beneath her in the hallucination.
The hallucination scene switches to the last scene.
On the beach in the dim morning light, Xia Lili's body swayed with the waves.
Her black hair was spread out like seaweed, and her pale face was half submerged in the sea water, as if she was just asleep.
Xia Lili, who was watching the hallucination scene: ...It's a bit unlucky.
After the hallucination ended, consciousness returned.
Xia Lili stared at herself in the mirror for a moment.
Then I started working non-stop!
This time, the hallucination allowed her to directly see the traitor among the bodyguards and the lair of the peeping Tom!
And judging from the tone of this criminal gang that engages in illegal filming and extortion, they also have members in Longguo.
Take it down!
It must be eliminated in one go!
Although she foresaw her own death, Xia Lili's blood was boiling at this moment.
She took out the colored pencils she carried with her and drew all the lunch box packaging and beer bottles she saw in the basement.
I don’t know if we can confirm the approximate location of this basement based on these clues.
First of all, it must be in the seaside area. Xia Lili remembered the venomous person's threats to her: "Do you believe that tomorrow your body will be found floating on Santa Monica Beach?"
Is this guy just telling the truth?
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