Yokai Office

Five o'clock in the afternoon every day is the unshakable closing time of the office.

Shen Xi checked the time, and when it was on time, he ran back to the cubicle in a hurry and transformed into a human form.

"I'm going to eat some meat today! I don't know if the coupon of the store on the first street has expired?" Shen Xi took out his mobile phone, looked down, and walked out slowly.Thinking of the golden and fragrant barbecue in his heart, he swallowed involuntarily.

But before he took a few steps with his head down, he bumped into someone suddenly.

Shen Xi took a step back subconsciously, looked at the white shirt in front of him, and blinked in confusion.

"Sorry, the door is closed..." Shen Xi raised his eyes, before he could finish his words of seeing off the guests, he stopped.

The man in front of him was extremely handsome, his deep eyes were full of scrutiny, and his whole body exuded an inviolable aura.

Not bad.

Shen Xi habitually rated men in his heart, and felt that he was definitely ranked first among the people he had met since he opened the shop!

And it looks strangely familiar...

Um?Where have you seen it?

Shen Xi thought about it for a while, but couldn't think of it. She was so worried that she subconsciously wagged her tail, and decided not to embarrass herself. She raised her head and asked, "This guest, have we... met somewhere?"

"Bajiejiekou in the afternoon, we just met once." The man opened his mouth, his voice was cold and indifferent.

"Oh, that's right!" Shen Xi grinned after getting the answer.He completely ignored the man's indifference, and was just about to speak, but was preempted by the other party.

"Monster Bureau, captain of the investigation team, Zong Ci." Zong Ci simply reported his identity, and then said word by word, "The monster Shen Xi, born three years ago, now runs an office, and has no direct relatives of the monster clan. "

Obviously, the man has a thorough understanding of his identity.

For a little monster like Shen Xi, the word Monster Bureau still has a great deterrent effect.What's more, the background of the other party is not small.

A sense of crisis struck inexplicably, Shen Xi frowned, and nodded imperceptibly.

Zong Ci didn't talk nonsense, he directly took out the electronic device and held it in front of him, "Have you seen this pair of earrings?"

Shen Xi looked at the familiar style of earrings, and his heart skipped a beat.

——It's over, it's over, being a monster really shouldn't be too greedy for money!

—Did the female monster sue him?

Shen Xi seemed to confirm this point, and carefully tried to explain, "...The two gloomy wood spirit pills are not cheap to make. If that female monster thinks I overcharged, why don't I return it to her?"

"Zong, Captain Zongci, I'm really a good monster, I haven't caused any trouble." The more Shen Xi thought about it, the more aggrieved he became.

These days, is it easy to spend your days diligently?

"I exchanged this pair of earrings for 1 yuan, and I handed in all of them. Can you stop arresting me?"

Zong Ci didn't expect that he hadn't even opened his mouth to interrogate.

The other party had already shown an aggrieved expression of 'I was wronged', and even recruited a bunch of messy things.

Even if he was as calm as him, he was a little speechless for a while.

"Female monster? Gloomy Wood Spirit Pill?" Zong Ci straightened his thoughts and grasped the key point.

Shen Xi didn't understand, so could it be that he was thinking wrong?Didn't the female monster go to the Monster Bureau to sue him?

"Yes. I just did business today."

Zongci paused for a few seconds, then drew a photo from the electronic device, "Have you seen this person?"

"Yeah!" Shen Xi nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, with a sincere attitude, "It's the female monster who made a deal with me!"

Shen Xi answered truthfully, but she had some small calculations in her heart.

No matter what the opponent's reason is, he must cooperate well and never get into the game!

If you can keep your money, so much the better!

When Zong Ci heard the words, his expression changed slightly.He paused, and then turned to ask, "When did you see her?"

"I saw her twice today." Shen Xi tried hard to remember the time, "One time at twelve o'clock in the noon, and one time around three o'clock in the afternoon."

"Are you sure it's this person?" Zong Ci asked again with a serious expression.

Shen Xi was confused by these questions, but she still responded cooperatively, "I'm sure, the perfume smell under her body is strong, and there is another smell besides that. Captain Zongci, this woman It's a monster..."

Before Shen Xi could finish speaking, Zong Ci suddenly spoke.

"This woman is Su Qiao, 24 years old, a company accountant, and died at 11:30 noon today. Also, she is a human, not a demon."

Su Qiao, an ordinary person? 11:30, died?

Shen Xi froze in place for a moment, his completely defenseless heart received a huge shock.

"According to the condition of the corpse, it is basically determined that the monster committed the crime. Her missing earrings appeared in your hands and were pawned by you. I..."

"It's not me!" Shen Xi hurriedly interrupted, shaking her head vigorously, "It's none of my business! She's a monster, otherwise why would she ask me for the gloomy wood spirit pill? How do ordinary people know about this thing? Also! She gave me the earrings in exchange..."

What is it all about?Why not ask him to hand over the money he got from the pawn!

Ow!Being a demon really shouldn't be too greedy for money!

Woo!You should collect money honestly!

Zong Ci saw that he was about to cry, full of frustration.For some reason, I suddenly felt helpless.

He hasn't finished his sentence yet, why is the other party acting like a finalized case?

"I know it's not you." Zong Ci finally spoke.

In the afternoon, after Zong Ci got the photo information reported by the team leader, he sent someone to investigate Shen Xi carefully.

Shen Xi went out at 45:[-] noon, went to the fast food restaurant on the first street, and didn't go out until [-]:[-].The surveillance video in the fast food restaurant clearly recorded his whereabouts, and he did not have time to commit the crime.

"I don't take you as a suspect, don't worry."

Shen Xi choked, feeling ups and downs, "Huh?"

As soon as the words fell, a young man hurried in, "Zong team, I'm sorry! It's too hard to find a parking space at this spot!"

Liuhuo came with Zongci, but it took a while to stop.

Shen Xi's gaze moved back and forth between the two of them, feeling his head was in a daze, not knowing what he was going to do at all.

"Liu Huo, start recording." Zong Ci ordered.Without further ado, Liu Huo quickly took out the equipment.

"Next, whatever I ask, you can answer truthfully." Zong Ci stretched out his hand and exerted force, then moved the armchair to the side and sat down.

Seeing his serious face, Shen Xi didn't dare to delay.His spiritual power was weak, so he could only honestly move a chair and sit opposite Zong Ci.

"Zong, Team Zong, you can ask!" Shen Xi said nervously.

It looks so pitiful that he looks like he is being slaughtered.

Zong Ci fixed his eyes, "Tell me the details of meeting her today."

"Oh, good." Shen Xi glanced at Liu Huo from the corner of her eye, and saw that the other party was holding a device to record, "Today at twelve o'clock, she entered the store for the first time, and she bought gloomy wood spirit pills from me, and then put the pair of diamonds The earrings were given to me. By the way, the perfume on her body is very strong! And... and the smell is a bit strange."

Shen Xi recalled.

Zong Ci sat opposite him, silent, just nodded slightly to let him continue talking.

For some reason, Shen Xi suddenly gained confidence, and most of the tension in his heart disappeared.

"After the man left, I closed the store, went back to the monster enchantment, and asked an acquaintance to get the gloomy wood spirit pill. When passing by Eighth Street, I happened to be carrying something to go back to the store."

When Zong Ci heard the words, he seemed to think of something, "What do you mean by the words you muttered at the street corner this afternoon?"

"Talk? What did I say?" Shen Xi frowned, thinking for a while in distress.

Seeing him like this, Zong Ci didn't make it difficult for him to say that sentence exactly.

——Why do you like to use this perfume?The smell of blood can't be covered.

"Oh!" Shen Xi suddenly realized, "Because the scent of the victim's perfume in the afternoon is the same as that of the monster I saw!"

Zongci looked sideways, and the witty Liuhuo handed over the jade bottle, which contained the smell of Su Qiao's body at the scene of the crime.

"Is this the smell?" Zong Ci opened the jade bottle and attached spiritual power.

"Well, but it seems a little different?" Shen Xi tilted her head subconsciously, trying to find a suitable wording, "The corpse smelled of perfume and blood. The strange smell of the female monster was not the same as the smell of blood. "

Zong Ci looked at Shen Xi's pensive look, and was not in a hurry to interrupt.

He knew that the more it was like this, the more he had to give the other party a quiet space to think.

"Different taste? Different from that strange smell?" Shen Xi tilted his head in thought, still muttering, "It's different from the smell of the corpse..."

"Corpse!" Shen Xi shuddered, and immediately stood up from the chair, "That's right, a corpse!"

Liu Huo was startled by his sudden action, "What?"

"Sit down and speak clearly." Zong Ci raised his eyes, and the light in his eyes changed slightly.

Shen Xi came to his senses and sat down obediently as he ordered.Facing Zongci, he said, "It's the smell of a rotting corpse."

"Are you sure?" A trace of surprise flashed across Zong Ci's face, and he quickly returned to calm.

"Well, I'm sure. I went hunting in the back mountain with my second uncle next door. I met a small wild animal that was killed by a trap. Most of it had rotted away, and the smell it gave off was similar to hers!"

Zong Ci was no longer suspicious, but let him continue, "What about the meeting in the afternoon?"

"At about three o'clock in the afternoon, I came back to the store from Eighth Street. She was waiting for me at the door, saying that she was in a hurry to ask for something. I gave it to her, and she left."

"Think about it again, is there anything missing, are you sure it's the person you saw at noon?"

Seeing the other party staring at him, Shen Xi didn't dare to be sloppy, and tried hard to remember.

"She was holding an umbrella, and I didn't look at her face carefully. However, her smell has not changed! Every person or demon has a different smell, and I can tell the difference."

Zong Ci rested his fingers on the electronic device and tapped it lightly.

This is his habitual action when he is thinking.

After a long while, Zong Ci got up from the chair, a faint light flashed in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "I think, I probably know."

"Running fire, call it a day."

Liuhuo hastily put down the device, approached him, and asked in a low voice, "Team Zong, are you sure? What if he smelled it wrong?"

He has been with Zong Ci for many years, so he naturally believes in Zong Ci's ability.But he still doesn't believe in Shen Xi.

You must know that if a clue is misjudged, it may lead the case to develop in a completely different direction.

"Hmph! Even if you don't believe me, you shouldn't doubt my dog's nose!" Hearing this, Shen Xi shouted angrily.

Liu Huo was stunned for a moment, and shut his mouth embarrassingly.

After Shen Xi finished speaking, he immediately looked at Zong Ci, his eyes implied a message: what he just said was the truth!

trust me!trust me!

Zong Ci looked back at him without expressing his opinion.

... dog nose?This description is apt.

Thinking of these words, Zong Ci curled up the corners of his mouth, and it was fleeting, as if it was just an illusion.

Shen Xi noticed his sudden change and was surprised, so she heard him speak again.

"Thank you for your cooperation, but..."

Zong Ci paused for a moment, his eyes froze, and suddenly he reached out and touched Shen Xi's forehead.