Chapter 224 Taxi
Cui Mingzhi opened QQ and quickly typed a few words, "I suspect a vending machine is tracking me."
He looked at the words he had typed, then glanced at Yan Zhen’s gray offline avatar, and deleted all the words he had just typed.
Anyway, it's too outrageous to say that a vending machine is a stalker, so outrageous that it's like you're crazy.
"I think I've been a little distracted lately." He typed another line, but then deleted it.
Since his parents passed away, Yan Zhen has been trying to get him to eat at Yan's house. Liu Xingquan also invited him to eat at Aunt Luo's wonton restaurant after school. Several classmates who were close to him also invited him. But Cui Mingzhi thought that eating once or twice was fine, but how could he go to his friend's house to eat every day.
Cui Mingzhi was also a young man with self-esteem. He couldn't be so heartless and shameless as to eat for free every day. After the first few times, he resolutely rejected all invitations from his friends.
I can take care of myself.
He only told Yan Zhen about his parents' affairs. He didn't know how much Yan Zhen believed him. If he told Yan Zhen something unbelievable like "the vending machine was following him", this friend would probably really doubt that he had a mental problem. But to be honest, he was no different from crazy now.
Cui Mingzhi sighed and turned off QQ.
He took out his NS and started playing games, but he found it boring after just a while.
In the past, he never had enough time to play games, and he never got tired of playing those games. His father didn't care much about him, but he would force him to stop playing games if he found him playing for more than two hours. Now there are no adults to control him at home, and it's winter vacation, so he can play freely. But after the initial period of indulgence, he now feels that playing games is boring.
He threw the NS aside and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
He didn't want to think about his father, but his mind couldn't stop replaying the dynamic scenes of his father's past page by page. After the initial despair, there was a dull pain of emptiness. After the accident, it was so absurd that he felt it was unreal. He always felt that one day when he woke up from sleep, his father would return intact. But so many days have passed. He is still alone.
All the silk moths died.
His father is really gone.
Cui Mingzhi sniffed. His eyes felt sore again.
This won’t do, so he turned over and decided to go to Yan Zhen’s house to kill time.
Although Yan Zhen has been acting a little weird lately, at least it can divert his attention. Ah, I just hope this guy won't talk about his runaway wife anymore.
Xiao Zhen was sitting on a seat in the commercial pedestrian street eating ice cream.
Although it is winter, this sweet and smooth ice cream can still bring sweet pleasure to his body.
"Excessive intake of sugar is bad for your health." Mr. Cat said as he sat next to him.
Xiaozhen broke off a small ball, put it on a napkin and handed it to Mr. Cat, "But the ice cream is delicious."
"It feels cool... hmm." Mr. Cat sniffed the ice cream ball and began to lick it carefully.
"Right, it tastes good!" Xiao Zhen said.
At this time, a mother and daughter passed by Xiaozhen, and the little girl pointed at Mr. Cat and shouted, "Look, Mr. Cat is eating ice cream!!"
"Don't come near it, be careful it might catch you." The mother took the little girl away.
Mr. Cat glared at the mother and daughter as they walked away, "Why did this woman find me aggressive?"
"Can you please wipe the ice cream off your mouth while you're talking."
At this time, Xiao Zhen followed Mr. Cat's instructions and went out to stroll around, or rather, to act as bait to attract the attention of the mysterious criminal. Since the previous two victims were a combination of Arte cats and ordinary local Homo sapiens, Mr. Cat thought that if he and Xiao Zhen went out to stroll around, the chances of luring the enemy would be higher.
Although they couldn't even confirm whether the murderer was an alien or a local.
Xiaozhen hopes to resolve this matter as soon as possible. He still has a lot of things to deal with. Wei Jingjing stopped the reorganization for unknown reasons, and Cui Mingzhi's family is about to recover. Xiaozhen has been aware of Cui Mingzhi's depression these days. Although he hinted to Cui Mingzhi to stop him from calling the police, his family's long absence will sooner or later arouse other people's suspicion. Xiaozhen calculated that at the latest tomorrow, he can send his family home in good condition. In order to prepare for the return, he hopes to go home early today, the sooner the better.
However, he couldn't afford to offend the cat next to him, so he could only accompany it to continue exploring and carrying out the hopeless bait work.
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At this time, Xiao Zhen had walked back and forth on this commercial pedestrian street twice. The complicated thoughts of the passers-by on the street poured into his mind like a tide.
The things that Laura Homo sapiens thinks about most are nothing more than a few things: colleagues are stupid, leaders are mentally retarded, salary is too low, overtime is too tiring, marriage is so fucking boring, boyfriend is mentally retarded, girlfriend is too annoying, God please give me a boyfriend/girlfriend, etc. The shallow consciousness constantly passes through Xiao Zhen's invisible tentacles.
All the noises were filled with the atmosphere of ordinary life. Xiao Zhen closed his eyes, and he seemed to be enveloped by a hazy rain mist, or floating in a starry sky. He had to listen carefully to find the suspicious flashes.
Then he noticed a flicker of dust.
"That person." Xiao Zhen looked at a young man walking not far away.
Mr. Cat said: "This is an ordinary Homo sapiens."
"I know, but he has no desire to live. He wants to commit suicide," said Xiaozhen.
"This is not within the jurisdiction of the Oversight Eye."
"But he plans to enter the building opposite and jump from the top floor."
"So?" Mr. Cat said, "You want to interfere with his will so that he won't die? I say, isn't interfering with the will of intelligent life the thing you hate the most?"
"I don't want to interfere with the lifestyle of intelligent life," Xiao Zhen said, "but life is really important to every intelligent creature. When an intelligent creature goes astray, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to give it some advice."
"Whatever you want."
Xiao Zhen gently dropped some bright hints of information to the man in front of her who had lost all hope, (I'm hungry), (My mother has cooked dinner and is waiting for me at home). The man who was about to enter the commercial building stopped. His originally dark eyes lit up with a glimmer of light.
He turned and left.
Mr. Cat looked at his back and said, "Have you ever thought that maybe he borrowed millions of dollars in online loans, or maybe he was addicted to gambling and could only rely on his parents to make a living, and his death would be a relief for his family."
"Don't presume guilt. Life is a journey full of unknowns and possibilities," Xiaozhen said. "Being alive is the continuation of hope."
"Even if it is a continuation of pain?"
Xiao Zhen ignored him and said, "It wasn't me who asked him to retract his steps just now."
"oh?"
"It was him. I just made the thoughts that had been in his subconscious surface."
"Well," said Mr. Cat, "I just hope you won't keep doing unnecessary things and neglect our goal."
Xiao Zhen cast his gaze to the other side of the street and saw a familiar figure. He had fought with this person in the Chen Yuxin incident. He was Cao Yu, an agent of the Security Committee and a subordinate of Inspector Sheying. The young man was standing on the side of the street, scanning the passers-by on the street vigilantly.
"That person is from the Security Committee." Xiao Zhen said.
"Well, Cao Yu, Sheying's little follower." Mr. Cat said, "He is also investigating the alien killer."
"Oh, so he's your rival."
"Don't equate the garbage from the Security Committee with the Eye of Supervision." Mr. Cat glanced at Xiao Zhen, "Please act as bait and lure the criminals to come."
"Can you please wipe the ice cream off your mouth while you're saying this!"
Old Zheng was sitting in a taxi, telling the driver how amazing his neighbor was.
"Now they all say that the family went abroad, but I don't believe it." Lao Zheng said, "A family going abroad always has to bring suitcases, and dragging suitcases will definitely make noise. The sound insulation of our building is terrible. I was at home that day and didn't hear any sound. And the wife of the family must have said hello to my wife before going out, but my wife said she didn't see anyone either."
The driver nodded in agreement.
Seeing the driver agree with him, Lao Zheng couldn't help but get excited. "But the problem is that this family suddenly disappeared, leaving only a boy at home. So many days have passed, you think whether they went abroad for travel or to visit relatives, they should have returned, but there is no movement. I asked Xiao Ming, and every time I asked him he was unhappy. I guess something must have happened."
The driver nodded again in agreement.
"You've heard the news before, right? A family in a certain city called the police and reported that a woman had suddenly disappeared. The family checked the surveillance and found that the woman had never left the community. It was horrifying that the woman was dismembered by her husband." Old Zheng shook his head. "Now the family next door to my house has also suddenly disappeared. I get scared every time I think about it. I don't dare to go to the security guard to check the surveillance, for fear of finding out something."
"What's up?"
"It's a murder case involving dismemberment." Old Zheng lowered his voice. "If something is found out, wouldn't the housing prices in the community plummet? The housing prices here are rising rapidly, so it's better not to do anything unlucky like this."
The driver nodded in agreement: "It will be fine."
"Hey, of course there won't be any problem. I won't lie to you, my intuition has always been accurate, or as the popular saying goes, it's the sixth sense. But, I don't think it's a murder case." Old Zheng paused, "My neighbor Xiao Ming has always been a good kid. I don't believe he will do anything wrong."
The driver nodded again.
"It feels so good to get it all out to you." Old Zheng exhaled happily, "My wife said that I was just daydreaming and forbade me to tell anyone in the community about it. She said that if that family came back and heard rumors everywhere in the community, it would be my fault. I had no choice but to hold it in. Now I can finally find a stranger to talk to, don't mind it."
The driver looked at the road sign ahead and slowly parked the car on the side of the road. "We're here. This is the entrance to your community, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes. Do you accept cash?"
After paying the cash, Lao Zheng slowly pushed the door and got out of the car. At this time, Cui Mingzhi came towards him. Lao Zheng felt that the boy from the neighbor's house seemed to have deliberately avoided the vending machine next to him.
"Hello, Uncle Zheng." Cui Mingzhi greeted Uncle Zheng politely.
"Hello, Xiao Ming." Old Zheng said with a smile. Apart from anything else, Old Cui's son looked likable, much more likable than his own bastard son.
Old Zheng walked towards the gate of the community.
He didn't notice that the taxi driver behind him was looking at Choi Ming-chi thoughtfully.
Cui Mingzhi turned into the street on the right, and the taxi followed silently.
