Thirty minutes later.
Liangcheng County, Liangcheng City.
At a hotpot restaurant.
Master Ma was holding a bowl of hot hotpot ingredients. After carefully cooking it, he placed it in front of Wang Tiandi.
Wang Tiandi was drooling. He curled his tongue and buried his head in his pocket, eating loudly.
"Master Dog, why do you have to follow that brat?"
"If you follow me, Master Ma, I guarantee that you will eat and drink well every day. You won't have to sleep in the wild. As long as you agree to follow me, I will order the most high-end dog house. I will not cheat anyone!"
"Hehehe, I have a document here. You can stamp it with your paw and treat it as a fair trade. When that brat comes back, he can't go back on his word."
"Anyway, he said it. As long as you agree, he can't do anything about it."
"Heh, do you really think that I, Master Ma, am easy to fool? Tsk, tsk, tsk. You are too young. "
He spent the whole night studying the dog's recipe and the dog's taste. Today, he finally managed to cook a pot of "dog food" using the leftover hot pot ingredients.
Grandmaster Ma smiled sinisterly. He planned to take advantage of the fact that Wang Tiandi wasn't paying attention and use the principle of the Five Consecutive Lightning Whips to drag the dog's paw over and stamp a paw print on the paper. Grandmaster Ma admitted that there was some element of gambling in his way of doing things, but who asked that kid to be so immoral in the first place?
He was lying, lying, lying to me, an old man who runs a hotpot restaurant! Hmph!
Hmm?
Master Ma pulled the dog's paw hard.
It didn't move?
It didn't make sense!
Master Ma used all his strength to pull the dog's paw hard. Wang Tiandi had already finished the big bowl of dog food in the Whirlwind Restaurant.
A mysterious smile appeared at the corner of its mouth. It gently moved the plate away and pointed at the ground with its paw.
"Hmm?"
Master Ma was stunned.
The dog's vivid actions made him unable to react for a while.
How many words were there under the dog bowl?
When was it written?
Who wrote it?
Master Ma took a closer look.
Suddenly, his eyes widened.
They were very wide.
It was so wide that a certain Fatso could only dream of it in his lifetime.
Those three words were clearly …
"Dream on!"
"F * ck! Ahhhhh!"
Master Ma felt something sweet in his throat.
A surge of Qi and blood surged up.
There was internal bleeding.
His HP dropped by 0.6%.
This dog … Woof, it's too much of a dog!
You're a real dog!
Grandmaster Ma was in a mess. He couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. He just squatted in front of the dog plate and stared blankly.
When the passersby saw this scene, they all looked at them strangely.
After an unknown period of time.
"Yo, boss, give me a Mandarin Duck Hotpot! The kind with real meat! "
A familiar voice rang out not far away from Grandmaster Ma. Grandmaster Ma, who had suffered a huge blow, finally regained his senses.
Wait a minute.
When he came back to his senses, he felt that something was off.
What was real meat?
Since when did I, Master Ma, use meat and fake meat?
Was synthetic protein not meat?
Weren't they all edible?
Who was it that dared to spout venomous slander in broad daylight?
Grandmaster Ma was furious.
He raised his head.
Just as he was about to throw a heavy punch at the person who spat out these words, he suddenly realized something.
However, he didn't expect that the bright sky above his head, the bright day in his imagination, would be covered by a shadow.
She didn't lift her head high enough.
She lifted her head higher.
A super vegetarian who was 1.99 meters tall was quietly looking at Grandmaster Ma with a kind smile.
Beside the super vegetarian.
Irin was all smiles. "Yo, boss Ma, you don't have to trouble yourself to call the police. I just came back from missing. "
Grandmaster Ma was speechless.
Ten minutes later.
With tears in his eyes, Grandmaster Ma hung up a sign that read, "Today's boss has a happy ending. Closed for the day."
In fact, he wanted to say, "There's a funeral." Unfortunately, he didn't prepare in advance.
It wouldn't be appropriate to do it now.
Irin, Li Erpang, Hu Sandao, Su Xiaosu, and Ou Lele sat around a small round table.
On the table, there was a steaming hot Mandarin Duck Hotpot. The aroma was very tempting.
Li Erpang was already drooling. He subconsciously patted his slightly deflated belly and imagined how much combat power this hotpot could give him after eating it.
Fat was the way to go!
"Don't worry. The boss said that it's his treat today. You don't have to be polite," Su Xiaosu said softly as she coiled Li Erpang's head.
Grandmaster Ma, who was serving the dishes on the table, accidentally heard Su Xiaosu's words. His whole body almost split open.
When did I say that it's my treat?
Irin smiled and added, "Deduct it from my salary."
"I don't even plan to pay you a salary!"
Grandmaster Ma finally couldn't hold back and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth. There were still traces of blood between his teeth.
"That's great!" Irin waved her hand. "Eat as much as you want. It's on me!"
"Oh!" Li Erpang shouted happily.
After closing the shop.
Hu Sandao picked up a thin piece of beef and was surprised. "In this era, there aren't many businessmen who are so conscientious. They actually cut the meat into such a big piece."
"Yes, yes!" Li Erpang happily boiled the chilled tripe up and down. His movements were very skillful.
After serving the dishes, Grandmaster Ma sat down at the table.
Since he couldn't get his money back, he might as well eat a portion himself. The more he ate, the less he would lose.
Grandmaster Ma's abacus was loud and clear in his mind.
"By the way, you brat, are you going to lay your cards on the table? I was just wondering how long you could hold it in. "
Grandmaster Ma's mouth was stuffed with food. His row of yellow teeth were smoking. He spoke while eating, afraid that he would lose money.
"Haha, I didn't think that I could hide it for long."
Irin shook his head. Ever since he put Grandmaster Ma's name on the "list" as "pending", he had planned to lay his cards on the table. He didn't expect to encounter a missing person case. So, he decided to have a meal here.
"And …"
Irin calmly picked up a chrysanthemum flower and threw it into the pot. He smiled and said, "Since you know that I'm investigating this matter through your channels, and you even dared to take the initiative to report my disappearance to the police, aren't you trying to force me to jump out myself?"
"The result is just as you wished."
"I, I, I wish your ass!"
Grandmaster Ma choked on a mouthful of chili. He coughed violently and almost choked to death.
"I didn't ask you to bring a group of people here to get back at me. Are you here to seek revenge? "
"We haven't had the chance to become enemies yet."
Irin had a rough understanding of Grandmaster Ma's character after working for a long time. So, he spoke more casually.
"Since you know that I sell information, and you came to me in such a way, could it be that you have …?"
Grandmaster Ma took a sip of ice water and rubbed his index finger.
"Oh? You have a clue? "
Irin was surprised.
"Hahaha."
Grandmaster Ma smiled mysteriously. His row of yellow teeth was very eye-catching.
Hu Sandao was very emotional. "I didn't expect the legendary Grandmaster Ma to be squatting here and opening a hot pot restaurant. I still remember that during the trial, Grandmaster Ma hid from the beginning to the end and won perfectly. His desire to survive made me gasp in amazement. Huff, huff, huff … "
"Hmph, hmph, hmph."
Grandmaster Ma snorted a few times and quickly ate a few more mouthfuls. He was too lazy to explain.
It seemed that Hu Sandao had met Grandmaster Ma during one of the trials.
Grandmaster Ma had left a deep impression on him.
They chatted casually.
Li Erpang buried his head in his food and did not say a word.
Eating was earning. There was nothing wrong with it.
Su Xiaosu quietly picked up food for Li Erpang and wiped the sweat off his forehead. Everyone saw this scene and felt that it was true love.
Grandmaster Ma, who did not know what was going on, cursed.
They did not talk about business. After all, it was dinner time. It was not suitable.
An hour later.
They had eaten their fill.
Grandmaster Ma had tears in his eyes. He stared blankly at the pile of empty plates on the table. His heart was bleeding.
"What a beast!"
Irin threw down a pile of dirty plates and asked the others to go upstairs.
"Wait, aren't you washing the dishes?"
Irin frowned. "Didn't I quit?"
Grandmaster Ma was stunned. "When?"
"Oh, did I forget to tell you? Now I'm officially telling you that I quit. I'll tell you in advance that this meal will be my salary. You didn't lose anything anyway. Let me borrow your room. "
The others did not hesitate and ran upstairs.
When Su Xiaosu stepped on the stairs, the whole house seemed to tremble slightly.
After the others went upstairs.
Irin was the last to go. There was something he wanted to say to Grandmaster Ma, but he did not have the chance to do so.
"In the future, when you sell information about someone, remember to add the information about the person's parents, seven or eight aunts, eighteen generations of ancestors, godparents, and so on."
When Grandmaster Ma heard this, he was so angry that he almost choked. He blurted out, "Are you stupid? I'm doing a legitimate business! What I'm selling is legitimate information! You want me to buy one and get one free … Ah no, buy one and get eighteen free? Do you think I look like someone who would lose money? "
"But if you don't write the information in detail, there will always be some idiots who will think that I'm an idiot."
Grandmaster Ma did not understand Irin's words. He suddenly looked at Irin vigilantly. "Wait, I don't remember you buying information from me. Have you been cheated before?"
Yi Lin sighed. If you had written more detailed information about Xiao Yang in the past … Uh, no, in the other "future", then there wouldn't have been a series of messy things that happened afterwards.
But Irin could not explain this to Grandmaster Ma.
He could only say, "I have a good friend who has a slight opinion."
"Get lost! I'm not doing charity! If you want to buy, then buy. If you don't want to buy, then forget it! "
Irin was helpless. His persuasion was useless. He could only go upstairs.
In the end.
Irin added, "I'll remove the listening device under the bed. You won't have any opinions, right?"
"…"
…
Everyone was full. They burped and huddled in Irin's small dormitory to discuss important matters.
Irin's small dormitory was very cramped.
When this group of people squeezed in, Irin had the illusion that he had accidentally entered a refugee camp.
Su Xiaosu sat cross-legged on the bed, feeling wronged. Her head almost hit the ceiling.
Li Erpang lowered his head worriedly and looked at the bed board.
His expression showed that he was afraid that the bed board would suddenly collapse. Little Fatso had experience in this.
In front of everyone, Irin took out a knife and stabbed it into the bed board. He dug out the listening device hidden under the bed board and threw it to little Fatso.
"What the hell? A listening device? "
Little Fatso squinted his eyes and stared at it for a few seconds. He felt bored and clapped his palms together. He smashed the listening device into pieces.
Hu Sandao seemed to understand Irin's plan. His expression did not change. He whispered, "You don't plan to let that guy get involved?"
"Not now." Irin smiled. "Now, let's cut the crap and get down to business."
As soon as Irin finished speaking, Hu Sandao smiled and said, "Isn't it obvious?"
Fatty Li rubbed his face three times to the left and three times to the right.
The bruise had subsided a lot.
"By the way, what are you talking about? What's obvious? "
Irin smiled and looked at Hu Sandao. "How can you tell?"
Hu Sandao pondered for a moment and said, "If I say it's a man's intuition, it'll be hard to convince everyone."
He habitually took out a scalpel and spun it quickly on his fingertips. He said slowly, "The thing that makes me think that Officer Cao has a problem is his eyes. Although he hid it well, it should be related to his professional training. But there was fear in his eyes. "
Hu Sandao squinted his eyes and smiled. "I'm familiar with this look. I can see that he's afraid of us."
Li Erpang could not help but complain when he heard this reason. "By the way, as a surgeon, you're familiar with this look of fear. Do you think there's really no problem?"
"There's no problem." Hu Sandao said matter-of-factly. "I haven't done surgery for many years. Now, my scalpel only kills people, not saves them. Is there a problem? "
Li Erpang was speechless.
"Sister Su, what about you?" Irin looked at Su Xiaosu.
Sister Su lowered her head and stared at Li Erpang's little head. She thought for a while and said, "The reason is similar to Doctor Hu's. But I noticed that when he heard that Sheng Chunrou could not be cured, he seemed to be relieved. He didn't seem to want us to cure Sheng Chunrou. "
Brother Su, your reason is not convincing at all!
Who the hell would tremble at the sight of your body, okay?
Li Erpang cursed again in his heart.
But this time, he did not dare to say it out loud.
After all, that was Brother Su.
His fists, which were as big as a clay pot, were already very convincing. Moreover, Brother Su's body was extraordinary.
Li Erpang decided to be a coward.
"Ou Lele, what about you?"
Ou Lele chewed on his lollipop and lowered his head to press on the tablet. He muttered, "Originally, I didn't realize that there was a problem at that time. But all of you said that there was a problem. If I said that there was no problem, wouldn't it show that there was a problem with my IQ? But now … Hehe. "
"I took some time to check all the names of the missing persons that have been announced. Although on the surface, these missing victims did not have any similarities in terms of age, gender, social background, or occupation, I discovered something. However, I discovered one thing. Among the 84 victims, 75 of them had financial transactions with the same psychological counseling organization. "
Ou Lele showed the tablet. On the screen was a table filled with all kinds of data … They could not understand it.
Ou Lele smiled smugly. "Although this little bit of money flow isn't a big point of suspicion, it should be a very obvious common point when all the statistics are put together. I think that Officer Cao must have seen it. Unless he pretended not to see it. "
"Oh?"
Irin quickly took the tablet from Ou Lele's hand.
This was a blind spot that Irin did not notice.
After all, everyone specialized in this field. Ou Lele specialized in this field. It was not strange that he could discover this in such a short time.
"Daybreak Psychological Counseling Center? … Daybreak? "
A moment later.
Hu Sandao and Irin looked at each other and said in unison, "Daybreak!"
Daybreak had the same meaning as Dawn.
They were investigating this organization. The name "Daybreak" was equivalent to a clear indication.
"Am I awesome?"
Ou Lele raised his chin and had an expression that said, "Praise me, praise me."
Irin cooperated and gave Ou Lele a thumbs up. "Awesome!"
"Of course!"
"You go and investigate this psychological counseling center. I want it later."
"Okay, leave it to me, Ou Lele!" Ou Lele was praised. His expression was like a blooming chrysanthemum and he happily agreed.
Children were children. They were easy to fool.
The others silently flashed this thought in their minds, but they did not point it out.
Next.
Li Erpang, Su Xiaosu, and Hu Sandao looked at Irin at the same time.
They seemed to want to hear Irin's opinion.
"Well …"
Irin smiled mysteriously.
He wanted to keep them in suspense.
However, Su Xiaosu and Li Erpang had already clenched their fists at the same time. They looked unfriendly.
Irin was helpless. He knew that he could not keep them in suspense.
He might … get beaten up.
Therefore, Irin smiled and said, "I went to the Litai City police station not long ago to check the surveillance video in front of Sheng Chunrou's house. The video was well preserved from September until yesterday. In other words, the only entrance in front of Sheng Chunrou's house was completely under surveillance from the day Sheng Chunrou disappeared until now. "
Li Erpang's expression was slightly stunned. He did not understand, but he did not dare to pretend to understand. He could only ask honestly, "And then? How could you find anything suspicious? "
Irin shook his head. He did not look down on little Fatso's intelligence. "Did you forget what we found at Sheng Chunrou's house?"
Li Erpang's mouth moved. He was about to say something.
However, Irin thought about it. He was afraid that little Fatso would say something that he should not say. He quickly opened his mouth and forced Li Erpang to swallow back the words that he had thought of with great difficulty.
"Before little Fatso and I sneaked into Sheng Chunrou's house, someone had already visited there."
"But that 'someone' who visited Sheng Chunrou's house did not discover Sheng Chunrou's true secret."
"Because that secret can only be discovered by us, who are also 'apostles'. It can be considered as … a simple encryption done by professionals."
"I've checked Sheng Chunrou's house. The anti-theft devices on the balcony and windows are very complete. It does not look like they have been broken through by force. The only entrance is Sheng Chunrou's house. "
"And the message that the police officer with the surname Cao conveyed to me was that from the surveillance video until now, no one has entered Sheng Chunrou's house from the front door, including the police."
Li Erpang was furious. He stood up angrily. "F * ck! That old bastard is too cunning! "
"No rush. It's not that simple. "
Irin chuckled. He gestured for little Fatso to calm down. He continued, "Of course, this alone is not enough to be a reason for me to suspect him."
"Actually, there are two possibilities. First, there is a skilled 'thief' who entered Sheng Chunrou's house without anyone knowing. "
"But if you think about it carefully, it does not make sense. Why would such a skilled thief visit the residence of an ordinary university teacher? And he did not take away anything valuable? Little Fatty, you've even rummaged through her private wardrobe several times. You should know best. "
Little Fatso did not suspect anything. He nodded subconsciously and said with a smug face, "Of course I know! I can't be any clearer! No one knows it better than me! Please call me Fiery Eyes Li Erpang! "
Suddenly.
Just as Li Erpang finished saying this proudly, a boundless killing intent surged from behind, above, and behind his head. It was silent. It made Li Erpang feel as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. His whole body shivered and the fat on his body trembled.
Crack.
Su Xiaosu pressed Li Erpang's head with her palm. The veins on her five fingers were exposed. Li Erpang's skull was being squeezed until it made cracking sounds.
"Private closet?"
Su Xiaosu was expressionless.
She paused.
Su Xiaosu asked again, "How many times?"
Crack, crack, crack.
Li Erpang's skull made a crisp cracking sound.
Li Erpang did not look back.
It was not that he did not dare to.
It was that he could not.
Su Xiaosu held his head tightly and he could not move at all.
"Su, Su, Brother Su, ah no … Sister Su, listen, listen to my explanation."
Fatty Li stammered, trying to put up a last-ditch struggle.
Su Xiaosu looked apologetic. She smiled softly to the others and said, "Sorry, I'll go out with Erpang to get some fresh air."
After that.
Su Xiaosu did not care about the others' reactions. She directly dragged Erpang, who was screaming, out of the room.
In an instant, the small room became much more spacious.
Ou Lele sucked on his lollipop and mumbled, "My condolences."
Hu Sandao nodded. "I hope he's okay."
Irin smiled and continued, "That's not important. Let's continue our discussion. "
The remaining three did not take this little episode to heart.
After all, beating was flirting, and scolding was love. If Su Xiaosu could beat Li Erpang to death, it meant that her love for him was very deep.
Ou Lele suddenly envied this kind of pure love.
Yes, I'm envious, but I, Ou Lele, don't want it.
After the room was empty, Irin continued to talk about the blind spots he found.
Irin's expression was calm. He did not show any embarrassment after tricking little Fatso.
As long as he did not feel embarrassed, it would be others who would feel embarrassed.
Where was I just now?
Oh, a thief.
"Then the second possibility is that 'someone' who sneaked into Sheng Chunrou's house is also an apostle."
"But there's another problem. If it's an apostle, unless his IQ is not high, it shouldn't be difficult for him to discover the secret in Sheng Chunrou's computer. Even if 'he' does not have the rich experience of little Fatso, who can detect the change of the file's suffix and find out the true identity of the file, at least 'he' would not leave that special file behind. "
"Ah, this?" Ou Lele was fiddling with the tablet while casually asking, "You haven't told me the secret in Sheng Chunrou's computer."
"Actually, it's nothing. Sheng Chunrou left a video and mentioned the name 'Dawnlight'." Irin's face was not red, and his heart was not beating fast. This sentence sounded as if it was true.
Hu Sandao was deep in thought.
Ou Lele did not suspect anything.
It's been hard on you, Er Pang.
It's your fault for being such a big mouth.
Irin quickly continued, "In summary, if the two possibilities mentioned above do not make sense, then naturally, I thought of the third possibility."
"In the whole process, there might be a problem somewhere."
"So, I carefully recalled all the videos and found that on the 7th of December, which was not long after Sheng Chunrou was fished out from the river, the short one minute between '3: 40' and '3: 41' in the morning was not right. The video was shortened by about forty-two seconds. "
"In other words, this was edited."
"Cao Anbang got the first-hand information from the surveillance in the neighborhood. If the infiltrator was someone else, they would not have spent so much effort to delete this forty-two-second video and put it back in its original state. If it were me, I would have directly destroyed all the videos of these three months. This way, there would be no way to investigate and it would save me a lot of trouble. "
"So, the infiltrator must have sneaked into Sheng Chunrou's house in these forty-two seconds. Sheng Chunrou's AI butler is the same as most apostles. It doesn't carry any video or audio recordings, so as to avoid being recorded when it's causing trouble at home. "
This logic was actually the same as most driving recorders only recording video and not audio.
It was to avoid getting oneself killed.
Irin recalled that day at the police station, when he accidentally pressed the "pause" button, Cao Anbang's expression was not right.
Now that all the clues were put together, everything made sense.
There was only one truth.
"The murderer … Uh, no, Cao Anbang, there's a problem!"
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