"Knock knock knock".
It was the sound of footsteps coming downstairs. Analyzing the frequency, it must be Lillian.
Gao Feng pretended to be heading back to his bedroom, and just as he passed the stairwell, he brushed past Lillian.
"Good morning!"
Lillian greeted them first, but unfortunately did not receive a warm response.
Seeing Gao Ang return to his bedroom without looking back, Lillian pouted angrily and waved her little fist, "Rude guy."
After she went to eat, Gao Ang peeked out from his bedroom.
Indeed, the difference in clarity between the two remaining images at the stairwell was quite obvious.
If his own image resolution is 100, then Lillian's image resolution is at most 80.
In other words, Lillian's body surface temperature is about 0.8 times his, which is around 29°C, less than 30°C.
Such an abnormal body temperature would have caused serious problems for an ordinary person, perhaps even leading to death.
But she is still alive and well, even healthier than a healthy person.
This woman has a problem, a very big problem.
Suddenly, Gao Ang recalled a scene: Xiao Hua was circling around her, her eyes had a special look, and she also showed a kind of restraint and... fear?
In addition, given her intrusion into his territory without any reason and her abnormal body temperature, Gao Ang felt he needed to pay more attention to her.
Of course, the premise of paying attention is that it cannot arouse suspicion from her and Xia Weiwei.
After breakfast, Xia Weiwei went to work, while Lillian said she had to go discuss a contract, leaving Gao Gao alone at home.
He opened his notebook, about to start writing, when he remembered that there was such an unreliable person as Lillian in the house.
She didn't discover her notebook last night, but there's no guarantee she won't discover it in the future.
Install a safe? That would be like protesting too much.
Save it to your computer? The internet is the most insecure place.
After much thought, I realized that I could only 'write' this notebook into my head.
As for the physical notebook, the only solution is to cremate it...
July 2nd, cloudy.
A lot has happened recently, and due to confidentiality requirements, the physical notes have been disposed of;
Lillian is a problematic woman; we need to be more careful in the future.
The visual mutation has given rise to new capabilities, such as the ability to see temperature imaging effects, similar to the temperature imaging device in TV series.
A thumb ring has been discovered, which is very likely the culprit behind the tragedy of Wu Mei's family. At present, it is only a suspicion and further investigation is needed.
This ring affects people's emotions, including my own, but it has no effect on Xiaohua;
It's very likely that Senior Brother Cao Kun and Section Chief Zhang got into a fight and were put in solitary confinement because of it;
How this ring works and how it affects people's emotions is currently unknown; I will analyze it later.
After storing this information in his brain, Gao Ang began his exploration of the ring.
It's unlikely that he'll face that ring again; he's witnessed its terrifying power firsthand.
If it weren't for my strong willpower and my cleverness in jumping into the stinking ditch to detoxify myself, a disaster would have likely occurred long ago.
One thing he was certain of was that the ring would not actively affect others.
This ring stayed at Wu Mei's son's house for so long, and they were all fine; it was left in her room for so long last night, and nothing happened; Lillian held it and looked at it for so long last night, and nothing happened either.
There must be a trigger condition; only those who meet this condition will be affected by emotional violence.
Gao Ang first took a picture of the ring with his eyes closed, then immediately turned around and opened his phone's photo album.
He stared at the ancient patterns for five seconds before immediately shifting his gaze. After a moment of contemplation, he became very calm.
Watch for another 10 seconds...
Watch for another 30 seconds...
Watch for one more minute...
Nothing unusual happened, and he even wondered if the ring had lost its effectiveness.
But the moment he glanced at the ring, that violent feeling immediately came over him.
"Damn, it seems the problem is with the ring itself."
He quickly looked away, took a deep breath, and slapped himself several times across the face.
It took him almost ten minutes to calm down and suppress his violent emotions.
With this experiment, he was basically certain of one thing: only by making eye contact with the ring itself could he trigger an emotional resonance.
If that's the case, it would explain a lot of things.
Why were Cao Kun, Section Chief Zhang, and himself all affected? Because they all needed to carefully examine the thumb ring.
Why weren't Wu Mei's son and his associates affected? Because they simply thought it was just a broken thumb ring, and after getting it, they didn't pay much attention to it.
Wu Mei's case is even easier to explain. She needs this thumb ring as a thimble, and her eyes will keep lingering on it when she's sewing shoe soles. Over time, the influence on her is greater than that on Gao Fei and the others.
But they should be a loving couple. Could this ring possibly break the bottom line of human nature?
He couldn't give a reasonable answer to these questions either.
What he wants to know now is where this ring came from.
Judging from its appearance and material, it is definitely not a natural product; it must have been processed.
So, who made it, and who delivered it to Wu Mei through what means?
Wu Mei definitely knew the answer, but to ask her questions, permission from the Municipal Bureau was required.
Even if he could have a private conversation with Wu Mei, there would definitely be a recording. If there was a recording, the Municipal Bureau would know about the unusual nature of the ring, and things would become very troublesome afterward.
Because this ring disappeared from Wu Mei's son's possession...
What follows is an endless search for this ring, and then my troubles will probably begin.
The Wu Mei case happened so long ago, it would be extremely difficult to find any trace of it from the scent on the ring. Even if Gao Yuan had a superhuman sense of smell, he couldn't do it.
"Damn it, even if you have superpowers, you'll still feel powerless!"
I'm stuck in a vicious cycle, and my high spirits are starting to crumble a little.
Around noon, Lillian finished her business and returned to the villa.
Gao Ang was making lunch in the kitchen, while Xiao Hua was watching TV in the living room, specifically "Animal World".
Hearing the door open, Gao Ang didn't look up much, but Xiao Hua ran forward with great interest, circling around Lillian who had just entered, and occasionally raising her cat head to look at her.
These two eyes left Lillian a little bewildered, her body stiffening slightly, until Gao Dang called out "Little Flower!" which helped her out of her predicament.
"This woman is definitely suspicious. She's so afraid of cats, she can't be allergic to them, can she?"
Once she went upstairs, Xiaohua quickly ran over, tickling his calves incessantly, her little mouth even biting his shoelaces, as if trying to lead him somewhere.
"What are you doing? I'm cooking, making you some delicious braised fish."
Little Flower, who usually loves to eat, ignored everything and kept pulling back.
"Okay, okay, I'll turn off the stove first."
Unable to resist its urges, Gao Ang had no choice but to turn off the stove. He wanted to see where this little flower was going to lead him.
Following Xiaohua's footsteps, the man and the cat returned to his bedroom.
Xiao Hua was meowing at a small black box on the bookshelf above the computer desk.
What do you mean?
Gao Ang was somewhat puzzled; this little black box was a place he had specifically found for the thumb ring.
"Meow."
Little Flower got a little anxious, jumped off the bookshelf, ran to the door, and kept meowing at the stairwell.
"you mean……"
Gao Ang pointed to the small black box, then to the upstairs, and nodded to Xiao Hua.
"Meow." A cheerful meow, meaning: This child is teachable.
Gao Ang quickly ran to the stairwell and took a deep breath in the spot where Lillian had just walked.
Only after all the newly discovered scent molecules had been added to the database did he return to his bedroom and close the door behind him.
He opened the small black box with his eyes closed, took a few deep breaths, and then put the small black box back in its original position.
By comparing the databases of these two temporary odor molecules, some overlap was indeed found.
The presence of an intersection indicates that Lillian and this ring have some connection.
Excluding the unique scent of the villa, and the scent that Lillian had picked up on the ring when she sneaked into his room, what remained was the most unique point of intersection.
The scent molecules at this intersection point are particularly noticeable on Lillian, and must be unique to the target object or place she visited today; the scent molecules at this intersection point on the ring are almost on the verge of dissipating.
If the concentration of scent molecules on Lillian's body is 100, the concentration on the ring is only a single digit, or even less than 5.
"No wonder I didn't smell her when she first came in. You did a good job this time. I'll give you an extra meal at noon."
"Meow."
The mountains and rivers seemed to block the way, but then a village appeared amidst the willows and flowers.
Gao Ang thought he had reached a dead end, but unexpectedly, his good brother Xiao Hua gave him a helping hand at the crucial moment.
By this time, Gao Ang had a general idea about the Wu Mei case.
However, he was a little confused about Lillian's identity. Was she involved in the case? If so, what role did she play?
If she really got involved in Wu Mei's case, whether directly or indirectly, should he tell Xia Weiwei then?
Judging from the current relationship between the two women, they should be very close best friends.
Assuming Lillian is indeed the mastermind or an accomplice, this poor frozen beauty...
"Forget it, let's find out the truth first. Maybe it's all a misunderstanding?"
Summer weather is so strange. It was sunny in the morning, and I had just gotten home after delivering lunch to Xia Weiwei and the others when the sky turned gloomy. It looked like a torrential downpour would be coming soon.
In order not to waste time, Gao Ang took Xiao Hua and drove off in their beat-up car, following the scent on Lillian, without even washing the pots and pans.
Upon exiting the villa, Gao Ang discovered a serious problem: the smell was extremely faint.
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