Yokai Office

"Xixi, did you find anything?" Zongci saw his movements and asked in a low voice.

"The fragrance of flowers remains on both items." Shen Xi said truthfully, "However, they are all in this apricot blossom forest, so it is not difficult to catch this smell..."

In this case, relying on these two things alone is not enough to explain the problem.

Both Zong Ci and Fu Chenglin understood what Shen Xi meant.

"Old Fu, let someone check first, the surveillance inside and outside the garden." Zong Ci glanced at Chen Huansheng, "See if we can find Su Lan's whereabouts."

If a popular celebrity disappears in the garden... once this news gets out, it will definitely cause quite a stir.

"Well, I understand." Fu Shenglin was thinking about this, and nodded in agreement.

He summoned an inspector casually, and after ordering his sight down, he took Chen Huansheng to check the surveillance.

"Old Fu, there is one more thing to trouble you." Zong Ci said to Fu Chenglin.

"Say it straight."

Zongci looked at the ancient well, then regained his composure and said, "I want to wait until tomorrow to explore the bottom of the ancient well. Do we need to say hello in advance?"

After all, this well is also one of the protected monuments.

"Also, starting tomorrow, it's best to block the ancient apricot garden!" Shen Xi said his thoughts.

Zong Ci nodded and agreed, "Well, if the disappearance of these people is related to this garden, then we must cut off this possibility from now on."

"I understand." Fu Chenglin thought for a while, "Don't worry, I will personally report this matter to my superiors."

Zongci nodded.

It was getting late, and the night wind was getting stronger.Shen Xi shivered for no reason.

Sensitive Zong Ci noticed this, and simply put his arms around Shen Xi, and brought him closer to his side.

"Old Fu, it's getting late, I'll take Xixi home first. We will report to the Inspectorate at 08:30 tomorrow morning."

Ever since Zongci and Shen Xi got together, he doted on the latter to the bottom of his heart.

As a bystander, Fu Shenglin had already seen through this point.

"Okay, you go back first, I will order people to prepare the relevant materials of several cases and hand them over to you tomorrow morning."

"okay."

"Goodbye, Fu Ju."

March night is the coolest.

Zong Ci was afraid that Shen Xi would catch a cold, so after saying goodbye to Fu Chenglin, he took Shen Xi with him and went back by car without delay.

***

The two returned home, and after washing up, Zong Ci took the opportunity to send text messages to Liu Huo and Yu Ruyi, telling them to come to the Inspectorate for help tomorrow morning.

Both of them were still awake, and they gave quick replies one after the other.

Seeing this, Zong Ci turned off the light and lay down.

Shen Xi, who was still asleep, slipped into his arms and found a comfortable position, "Zong Ci."

Zong Ci put his arms around him, "Huh?"

"Tell me, why did these people disappear? We have visited the garden today, and we haven't noticed any traces of evil activities."

"Xixi." Zong Ci replied in a low voice, "In this world, there are not only evil spirits."

Hearing this, Shen Xi couldn't help but think of the previous snow case.

The original Xuezi who committed the crime was not evil.

"Well, that's right." Shen Xi said again, "Then Le Chaoyang...do you think it has something to do with the disappearance of these ordinary people?"

"You also saw that the mouth of the well was blocked by barbed wire, and the edge of the net was locked. The gap in the barbed wire is much smaller than the backpack." Zong Ci patiently raised a point, but then asked, "Then why is his backpack Will it appear at the bottom of the well?"

Shen Xi thought about it seriously, and said, "There are two possibilities."

"Which two?" Zong Ci asked deliberately.

"First, someone started a fight with him and was defeated. The other party threw his backpack into the deep well as a cover."

After all, under a deep well, no one will look so carefully.

Shen Xi paused, and continued to talk about the second possibility, "The second possibility, Le Chaoyang, as a mermaid royal family, should not have a low level of spiritual power. Did he run into the well by himself?"

Shen Xi was talking, but then he couldn't understand.

"No! If he ran into the well by himself, why would he throw his backpack at the bottom of the well?"

Shen Xi was thinking hard, seeing that Zong Ci didn't respond for a long time, she couldn't help squeezing his arm, and muttered, "Zong Ci..."

Zongci heard his tone, chuckled lightly, couldn't help kissing his forehead, and then spoke.

"Did you forget the blue pearl that girl picked up?"

"That's right!" Shen Xi remembered this.

Zong Ci said, "Le Chaoyang put the pearls in his backpack, and the pearls that the girl picked up are by the ancient well."

"what do you mean?"

"The first option you mentioned is more likely, and he is likely to be in a dangerous situation." Zong Ci guessed.

Shen Xi responded, and thought about it carefully, but lost his mind for a while.

Le Chaoyang, as a member of the Monster Clan, had just been born.If something happened to him in Jindu, the Monster Bureau would definitely come forward to deal with it.

"Okay, it's getting late, go to bed first." Zong Ci coaxed in a low voice.

Now that there are not enough clues, if you think too much, you will easily fall into a dead end.

Shen Xiji was concerned about this matter, and couldn't calm down to sleep for a while, so he moved back and forth in Zong Ci's arms, a little irritable.

"Xixi!" Zong Ci said in a low voice, hugging him tightly.

Before Shen Xi could react, he heard Zong Ci approaching his ear and said viciously, "If you are restless and sleep obediently..."

"I'm going to do something bad to you."

Now that he said it, Shen Xi noticed that there seemed to be some signs somewhere under the two of them.

In the darkness, Shen Xi's cheeks were flushed with embarrassment, and he cursed secretly, "Rogue."

Zong Ci smiled, "I won't bother you anymore, go to sleep."

"OK, good night."

***

The next morning, the two arrived at the Inspectorate on time.Just happened to have a face-to-face meeting with Liuhuo and Yu Ruyi.

The four walked into the office together and sat down casually.

Zong Ci didn't talk nonsense, and roughly explained the matter to Liu Huo and the other two.

Immediately afterwards, Fu Chenglin brought in the documents.

"Liuhuo, help project the data." Fu Shenglin handed the electronic chip containing the data to Liuhuo.

"Received." Liu Huo was unambiguous, and immediately walked into the meeting room to mess around.

The rest of the people followed closely and entered the meeting room.

"Fu Ju, Zong team, it's already done."

"Well, let's get started."

Liuhuo released the information he brought, and read it word by word.

"Missing person one, male, Lin Yancheng, 23 years old, disappeared nine days ago, student."

"Missing person 19, male, Meng Jiang, [-] years old, disappeared six days ago, student."

"Missing person three, male, Yuan Senmo, 25 years old, disappeared four days ago, a white-collar worker in the company."

Three missing persons correspond to three photos.

Fu Chenglin rubbed the space between his brows, and added, "Also, missing person four, male, Su Lan, 25 years old, disappeared last night, actor."

Liuhuo pressed down, and sure enough, Su Lan's specific information appeared.

He looked at Zong Ci and Shen Xi, and deliberately explained, "Su Lan's timeline is clearer. The Bureau has already checked all the monitoring of the corresponding time period last night. Some monitoring showed him, but he didn't stay for long... ..."

Fu Chenglin paused for a few seconds, then sighed, "It's as if it disappeared out of thin air."

"There is one more person!" Shen Xi explained Le Chaoyang's affairs carefully.

Fu Chenglin nodded, "So, that bag last night was his?"

"Correct."

"Four people and one demon." Yu Ruyi stared at the information and said in surprise, "They are all men."

"Well, I don't know about the Le Chaoyang you are talking about. But the other four people have something in common..." Fu Shenglin said some information summarized in the previous stage, "They are all young men, and they disappeared for a period of time. Mostly at night."

"Also, through the monitoring and investigation throughout the day, it can be basically concluded that several people are missing in the park."

This apricot orchard is neither big nor small, and there is even surveillance.

So how many living men would disappear out of thin air?

The more Fu Chenglin thought about it, the more suspenseful he felt.

"Old Fu, don't worry, I will handle this case." Zong Ci said bluntly.

Shen Xi quickly responded, "That's right, Bureau Fu! To be honest, Zong Ci and I felt that this case was inhumane from the very beginning. Now that we have combined these materials, we are more certain!"

Ordinary people simply cannot disappear out of thin air!

Unless it is using blindfold or enchantment!

"Are you sure?" Fu Shenglin's eyelids twitched, unexpectedly.

He thought that the crimes committed by monsters would be over after Phantom Mirage.But now, less than a month later, it happened again!

"Sure." Zong Ci replied, "Transfer this case to the Monster Bureau."

"Okay." At this point, Fu Chenglin had no choice but to nod.

Zong Ci turned around and asked everyone to continue to memorize the information of the missing person.He even let Liuhuo log into the Monster Bureau's system, projecting Le Chaoyang's news.

"Did you find it?"

Yu Ruyi, the only woman among the five, suddenly spoke.

"What did you find?" Liu Huo asked.

Yu Ruyi stretched out her hand and flicked at the photos of these five people, "These people all look pretty good."

Several men present were slightly stunned.

Shen Xi was the first to react, carefully looked at the photos of the five people, and said sincerely, "Well, they are all pretty good-looking. Especially Su Lan, she is very handsome! No wonder she became an actor..."

When Zong Ci heard the words, his eyes narrowed slightly.

He turned his head, looked at Su Lan's photo, and thought to himself——

Su Lan?handsome?

"That's right!" Yu Ruyi gave Shen Xi a thumbs up, "Xiao Xi has eyes, among the five, Su Lan is indeed the prettiest."

Liu Huo was distracted by their words, and also praised Su Lan.

The rest of Zongci and Fu Chenglin looked at each other, speechless for a moment.

"Knock knock." Zong Ci tapped the table twice and said, "Okay, let's get down to business."

Yu Ruyi was never afraid of Zongci, she stroked the broken hair next to her ear, and said, "It's just talking about business."

"They all disappeared in the apricot garden, and the missing are all young men..."

"Sister Ruyi means that the perpetrators are targeting these young men?" Shen Xi responded excitedly.

Yu Ruyi nodded, "It's still our Xixi who is smart."

"This perpetrator is a woman? Could it be that she is really a robber?" Liu Huo heard this, inconceivable.

Yu Ruyi glanced secretly at Zong Ci and Shen Xi, and teased, "It's really hard to say about gender."

Zongci was silent.

Shen Xi, on the other hand, was staring at the photos of several people closely, always feeling that something was wrong.

After a while, Zong Ci asked, "Old Fu, is the Xingyuan matter settled?"

"Well, I have already notified my superiors, but I haven't responded yet."

"As soon as possible, I want to go to the apricot garden and the bottom of the ancient well in the afternoon to see the situation." Zong Ci said.

After all, with so many missing persons now, life and death are uncertain.It would be a good thing if this case could make progress a second earlier.

"I see. I'll make another call to ask." Fu Chenglin got up and walked out.

After Fu Sheng left, Zong Ci said to Liu Huo, "Liu Huo, report this to the Monster Bureau."

"Okay." Liu Huo stood up and walked out.

Yu Ruyi looked at Zong Ci and Shen Xi, then tapped the table, "Then I'll go out first, and I won't stay here as a light bulb."

After finishing speaking, she got up, stepped on her high heels, and went out.

***

In the conference room, only Zong Ci and Shen Xi were left.

Shen Xi was concentrating on memorizing the information, trying to find out some connections from these missing persons.

Seeing him like this, Zong Ci simply closed the file and approached him.

Seeing that the information on the screen suddenly disappeared, Shen Xi looked at Zong Ci in puzzlement, "What's wrong?"

"These materials are nothing to study." Zong Ci sat down beside him, "Go to Xingyuan in the afternoon and see the scene."

Hearing this, Shen Xi nodded.

He rubbed his astringent eyes, staring at the screen for too long, feeling a little uncomfortable.

Zong Ci stretched out his hand, stopped his movements, and helped him press the acupuncture points beside his eyes.

"Hmm..." Shen Xi felt comfortable and simply leaned on Zong Ci's body.

Zong Ci pressed it for him for a while before stopping.

"Sisi."

"Huh?" Shen Xi opened his eyes.

Zong Ci bowed his head and got very close to him.The breathing of each other blends together.

"What's wrong?" Shen Xi stared at Zong Ci's lips, inexplicably feeling itchy.

Zong Ci reached out, pinched his chin, raised his eyebrows and said, "Su Lan is pretty?"

"...?" Shen Xi was stunned, obviously he didn't expect Zong Ci to remember this matter.

"Huh?" Zong Ci stared at him and continued to ask.

Shen Xi remembered what happened just now: In front of his lover, he praised other young men for their good looks...

For some reason, he suddenly felt guilty.

"Of course, you are the prettiest." Shen Xi boasted.

As soon as the words fell, he realized the sourness in Zong Ci's words belatedly, and couldn't help but squinted his eyes, "Team Zong, is this important?"

Zong Ci was not annoyed by his deliberate teasing, but just rubbed his nose and responded.

"Top priority."

Yu Yin fell into the kiss.