Zhang Heng said as he took out his phone, opened WeChat, and paid the one yuan for the college student in front of him.
The college student did not say anything to thank Zhang Heng. He grabbed the pack of cigarettes, pushed open the door of the convenience store, and left quickly.
"What kind of person is he?" the cashier muttered, feeling indignant for Zhang Heng. "He has no manners at all. You shouldn't have paid for him."
"It doesn't matter. It's only one yuan anyway," Zhang Heng said. "We are neighbors in the same community."
If Zhang Heng remembered correctly, the cashier had a crush on the college student when he was still a college student. Every time the college student came to the convenience store, the cashier would always want to buy him some snacks or something, paying for it herself. At the same time, she desperately tried to find a topic to talk about. However, the two of them had different life experiences, and this tactic did not work.
However, the college student's current situation made it difficult to associate him with the energetic young man from before.
Zhang Heng did not think too much about it. After that, he scanned the QR codes to pay for the things he bought.
After strolling outside for a while, he estimated that his grandfather should be back soon from buying fish. So, he returned home early.
After dinner, Zhang Heng returned to his room, closed the door, and turned on the computer.
He then searched for news about three drowned children on the Internet. Two boys and one girl, all living in the same community, and they knew each other. The girl was from a single-parent family, and her father had passed away a long time ago. After learning about her daughter's accident, her mother cried and fainted several times. The police even had to call an ambulance to send her to the hospital.
Zhang Heng watched the interview video on the news, and just like before, he could not find anything fishy about it.
If it weren't for the fact that three children had died, this incident would not have attracted so much attention. It would have been considered normal news.
However, Zhang Heng had no clues at the moment.
He could only try to investigate this matter first.
He waited until 10: 30, and his grandfather went to bed on time. After waiting for another half an hour, he estimated that his grandfather should be fast asleep. Zhang Heng carried the backpack and the Pestilence Bone Bow that he had prepared earlier. He also took the Volkswagen's car key on the table.
He tossed his backpack and the Pestilence Bone Bow into the backseat, got into the driver's seat, and slowly drove out of the neighborhood. He also chose a CD, plugged it into the car's CD player, and soon, Jay Chou's voice could be heard.
Zhang Heng's residence was quite a distance away from the riverbank where the three children were killed. Considering that he was only a high school student and not yet eighteen years old, Zhang Heng took a detour to avoid several intersections with many cars.
He reached the riverbank at 11: 36.
At this time, there was no one on the riverbank, and there were no lights either. There was only the sound of flowing water. It looked dark and a little eerie, but for someone like Zhang Heng who had killed one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, he did not find it scary.
He found a place to park the car, turned off the engine, took all his equipment, turned on the flashlight, and walked towards the scene of the incident.
The police found the body on a rocky beach downstream. As for the location of the incident, it was based on one of the girl's shoes.
The police speculated that the girl fell into the water accidentally. After that, the two boys wanted to rescue her and jumped into the water one after another. As a result, all three of them failed to get ashore.
Zhang Heng walked down the embankment. A few years ago, when the water was high, these steps and the riverbank below would be submerged. However, the drought in the past two years had caused more and more of the riverbank to be exposed. People often fished and swam here.
Zhang Heng walked for about five minutes and arrived at the location on the news. Probably because the police had completed their investigation and removed the yellow line, there was a sign not far away that said 'No Swimming'.
Zhang Heng turned the flashlight over and found that the 'No Swimming' sign was nowhere to be found.
The crime scene was very unfriendly to the investigators because there were cobblestones everywhere, and it was difficult to find footprints. Besides, the police had already been here once, destroying the crime scene. Zhang Heng could only think of other ways to solve the problem.
He stood at the place where the girl left her shoe, stretched out his foot, and tried to feel it. He found that the stones at the edge of the riverbank were quite slippery, probably because they were covered with moss. If he wasn't careful, he would fall into the water.
There were also many small puddles, probably formed when the water rose. Some small fish and tadpoles were trapped in them, and they could be caught with a mineral water bottle. It was a great attraction for children. Coupled with the diary that the police found later, was this really just an accident?
While Zhang Heng was thinking, he heard something behind him.
He moved the flashlight over and found a toad lying there, motionless under the bright light. Zhang Heng guessed that this little thing was jumping around and kicking the cobblestone, causing the commotion.
But then he seemed to think of something. The moment the flashlight turned, he found a bridge not far away and squatted down. He seemed to have seen something else, but when Zhang Heng turned the flashlight again, there was nothing there.
Zhang Heng stood there, thinking for half a second, and then decisively turned off the flashlight.
He took out the Filter Lens from his pocket, put it on his eyes, and walked in the direction of the bridge pier.
If there was really something hidden behind the bridge pier, that thing should have quickly retreated before he walked over and turned off the flashlight.
Of course, he couldn't rule out the possibility that the other party was still hiding there, waiting to ambush him.
Zhang Heng wasn't worried about this. He still had the Pestilence Bone Bow and Paris Arrow on his back, and a knife in his pocket.
As soon as Zhang Heng took two steps, he saw a dark shadow jump out from behind the bridge pier and run to the other side.
Judging from its appearance, it should be a person, or at least a humanoid creature. Its face was covered, and Zhang Heng couldn't see its face clearly. Zhang Heng could only roughly tell that it was a man.
Zhang Heng followed. The other party's physical strength was obviously average, even worse than an ordinary man, let alone a metal addict like Zhang Heng. It was dark now, and he couldn't see his feet clearly. He was staggering as he ran. On the other hand, Zhang Heng had the help of the Filter Lens, so he didn't slow down at all.
The distance between the two was quickly narrowing. The black shadow obviously knew that he couldn't outrun the guy behind him. Gritting his teeth, he jumped directly into the river.
Zhang Heng, on the other hand, stopped on the bank. Although he was a good swimmer, this river was notorious for drowning people easily. The situation underwater was very complicated, with undercurrents and whirlpools. In a sense, he was a little surprised that the other party would risk her life to jump into the river to get rid of him.
Of course, the main reason was that Zhang Heng already knew who the other party was. He could just go and find him tomorrow.
Zhang Heng didn't want to go into the water again and get his clothes and game items wet.
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