star hunter

This room is cramped and dark, and the furniture is also old and simple. Perhaps it is because the doors and windows have been closed for a long time and the ventilation is not smooth. There is always a lingering musty smell in the air, but it is still clean. A skinny little white cat was found in the corner of the window sill that was covered by curtains. It looked like it was only two or three months old. It meowed at him with a milky look.

"Boss, this kitten is so cute!" His baby face that didn't match his age flushed with excitement, and he strolled up to Su Xian holding the kitten as if offering a treasure. The latter glanced at the kitten, and immediately His eyes fell on his subordinate's too immature face, and he smiled helplessly: "Sure enough, he is still a child."

"You raised it?" He turned his face to the side and looked at the woman sitting at the foot of the bed questioningly. She lowered her eyebrows and was timid. Since they entered this room, she has been in such a state of high tension middle.

"Ah?" The panicked look of the woman was no different from the reaction of a pupil who had deserted in class when he was suddenly called by the teacher. She raised her head suddenly, trying to force a smile, but obviously failed, her facial features were twisted into a ball in contradiction, and As for the distorted expression, "It's... it's... I picked it up from the side of the road, and I can raise it casually..."

He nodded slightly: "It's quite likable."

The woman straightened her disheveled temple hair and smiled shyly.

Su Xian can understand where her anxiety comes from. This woman is not outstanding in appearance and figure, with fine lines around her eyes and calluses on her tangled fingers. She looks like a silent and responsible laborer.

If it weren't for the special relationship between her and Zhao Tao, such an ordinary person would usually have nothing to do with the Governance Bureau.

Zhao Tao is the first link in their action plan tonight-the miner robber who suddenly mutated at the age of 35.

After grasping the other party's appearance, the Management Bureau followed the clues to find out his real origin, name, experience, and interpersonal relationship.

This woman named Wang Zhaomei is said to be Zhao Tao's best friend, and the facts seem to be true——Zhao Tao is a withdrawn person. He has stayed in the mine for more than ten years and knows a lot of people, but they are basically nodding acquaintances There are not many people who are familiar with him, and Wang Zhaomei is the only one who can be called close to him.

She was also in the mining area before, and she was a kitchen helper. She also had a family before, but her child died early, and her husband also died in a mine accident a few years ago. She was left as a widow. The old bachelor Zhao Tao came together. The two of them had no name or distinction, but when they were in the mining area, they were almost living together in a semi-cohabitation state.

A month ago, Zhao Tao left the venue where he was. About a week later, Wang Zhaomei also left without a word. After that, neither of them heard from each other.

Of course, Zhao Tao's workmates never imagined that a person who has always been timid and lived in isolation would one day dare to run amok everywhere. Naturally, they never connected the gangsters in the city with the disappearing miners.

And Wang Zhaomei's departure didn't attract many people's attention. If it weren't for the careful people of the Management Bureau, they might not have been able to catch such a flash of information.

Su Xian found the new picket team next door who owed him favors and faced Ding Chengye. It took a lot of time and manpower to find Wang Zhaomei's hiding place. After some cross-examination, the psychological defense of this frightened woman quickly collapsed It was a mess, and he explained everything that should be explained in one go.

She did leave secretly under the instruction of Zhao Tao. She was hesitant at first, but Zhao Tao brought her here without saying a word. Just go out.

Generally speaking, Wang Zhaomei is still a very obedient woman. She has hardly been out of the house this month, except one day when she was bored looking out through the gap in the window, she found a small palm-sized small dog in the yard downstairs. The cat is meowing.

"Why did you bring it back?"

Su Xian asked again, and Wang Zhaomei looked frightened again, and said embarrassingly: "The mother cat doesn't want it anymore, it is so small, if no one cares about it... it won't live long."

Su Xian nodded and began to expose the scars: "I heard that you had a child before?"

Wang Zhaomei's eyes turned red all of a sudden, she lowered her head again and remained silent.

But everything goes without saying.

She probably picked up the cat out of pity and boredom, but what she didn't know was that it was precisely because of this cat that something bad happened.

Once you go out, you will always be seen by others. If there is a neighbor with a good memory and a bad mouth, then this existence will not be completely eliminated.

What's more, it's not normal for a person to never go out.

Wang Zhaomei's whereabouts are roughly exposed in this way, but Zhao Tao has not been found so far.

Although Wang Zhaomei said that Zhao Tao hadn't been here for a while, Su Xian was confident that if he guarded her, he would always catch big fish.

Speaking of which, a considerable part of this confidence was given by Zheng Fei—this gentle and introverted young man pushed down his heavy frame and looked at him seriously: "Team Leader Su, I think Zhao Tao is likely to I will come to visit Wang Zhaomei."

Without Su Xian opening his mouth, Xiang Yu couldn't help being curious: "How do you know?"

"I checked, and today is Wang Zhaomei's birthday." The young man with glasses told him solemnly, "According to Zhao Tao's feelings for her, there is a high chance that he will come to celebrate her birthday."

His reason obviously failed to convince Xiang Yu, he sneered: "He is over 30, and he is not a young man like you, what kind of romance is he playing..."

Zheng Fei didn't respond to being ridiculed by his seniors, and he still looked calm: "This has nothing to do with age, it has to do with personality."

As he spoke, he turned to Wang Zhaomei: "Ms. Wang, I see that you have a lot of jewelry, gold and silver in your drawer. Are they from Zhao Tao?"

Wang Zhaomei's face was pale, but she still nodded her head: "Yes... I said no, and I can't wear it out. I asked him to return it to someone else, but he wouldn't listen..."

Zheng Fei turned around and continued to analyze: "I think Zhao Tao's behavior is more about showing off than romance. The information we got from the mining area said that he is an honest and responsible person... I don't think so, It’s just that he never had a chance to show off before.”

Su Xian nodded: "That's the reason. If you are really honest, how could you make so many troubles."

A person's tranquility may not be innate, it may be the result of external factors not allowing or suppressing, once the power is gained, the original heart that was just about to move will have nowhere to hide.

"I don't know if you remember or not," Zheng Fei said, "During the robbery last night, a woman's finger was broken because the robber wanted the ring on her hand."

He glanced at Su Xian: "There is no evidence yet, but I think the murderer is probably Zhao Tao."

Xiang Yu was stunned: "Okay, I admit that what you said makes sense." After that, he gouged out Wang Zhaomei, who was pale, and his tone was not without sarcasm: "Did you see that? That's how you got all your jewels. "

The woman's shoulders flinched.

Su Xian still counted on her to cooperate with the arrest, and slapped Xiang Yu away: "Don't be so wordy, bring two small ones, hide them for me!"

After they each hid in the ambush point, he turned to Wang Zhaomei with a pleasant face: "Don't worry, the stolen goods have been confiscated, and you are very cooperative. His affairs will not implicate you."

He paused, and seemingly casually added: "Besides, didn't you say that you don't even know where he is?"

Wang Zhaomei nodded stiffly: "I never knew what he was doing... I asked him and he wouldn't say anything, but he brought back so many valuable things and refused to let me go out. I also knew that he was probably not doing something serious. "

"That's it." Su Xian continued to ask, "What about the time after he left the mining area? Did he say where he went during that time?"

She shook her head: "I never said..."

He didn't get the answer he wanted, and he remained calm: "Then do you feel that he is different?"

He didn't say the word "supernatural power" directly, but the inductiveness was obvious. Unexpectedly, Wang Zhaomei didn't go in this direction, and her complexion changed slightly: "Others are okay... I just think his temper has changed." Worse……"

Su Xian was startled: "Huh?"

"I can't tell..." The woman lowered her eyes and looked gloomy, "He seems to be unable to control himself... The last time he came here, he had a big fight with me about keeping a cat, and almost strangled the cat... If I hadn't cried and begged him, he would..."

She choked up, sniffed, and said in a vague voice, "He wouldn't be like this before..."

"Irritable, impulsive, hard to control," Su Xian repeated Zhao Tao's description by Wang Zhaomei, "Did these symptoms appear after he left the venue?"

The word "symptom" he used obviously made Wang Zhaomei very uneasy, her eyes were full of worry: "Why do you say it is... a symptom?"

"Because this is not the state that a normal person should have." His voice was flat, "He changed from normal to abnormal, and the most reasonable explanation is that he was sick."

Wang Zhaomei bit her lower lip hard, accidentally biting the skin, and her front teeth were stained with blood, but she didn't seem to notice it, she hesitated, and said: "There is something, I forgot to tell you explain."

Su Xian raised his eyebrows: "What's the matter?"

"It was the last time we quarreled. He was very angry. At first I thought he was going to hit me, but he slammed his head against the wall desperately. His head was bleeding. I was terrified and thought he was crazy. Later, I knelt on the ground and begged him not to do this, he smiled again and told me it was okay, it would be fine in a while..."

"and then?"

"Then how long..." Wang Zhaomei's eyes showed a trace of residual fear, "His wound will really heal."

A chill ran down Su Xian's spine: Sure enough, there is definitely something wrong with Zhao Tao's group.

When he was about to say something, the sound of a key being inserted into the lock suddenly came, Wang Zhaomei suddenly changed color, and looked nervously at the security officer.

Unexpectedly, he had disappeared.

Only the whisper in the ear remained: "Don't worry, nothing will happen to you."

These words acted as a tranquilizer, she took a deep breath, got up and walked towards the door, her voice sounded full of expectation and tenderness: "Old Zhao, is that you?"

Zhao Tao's voice came through the crack of the door: "Well, it's your birthday today, let's come and see you."

Wang Zhaomei's hand on the doorknob trembled uncontrollably, but in the blind spot of her vision, on the window sash with her back to it, a huge black shadow in the shape of a human appeared at some point.

It seems that there is a giant floating in the air five stories high, lying on the window, silently watching the movement in the room.