No. 7 Fish House

When He Fu came back from Zhang's residence, Xing Ting was cleaning the house.As soon as he saw He Fu coming in, he quickly walked over with a feather duster. He was a curious person, and he was very curious about the dark shadows that appeared in Zhang Suru's boudoir, especially after He Fu took over the case.

He Fu sat on the sofa, and at some point there was a black cat in his arms. The fur of that black cat was so black that it shone brightly, and its cat eyes were eerie and terrifying.

Xing Ting was stunned when he saw the cat. He has never liked cats very much and thought cats were terrible creatures.Although the cat lay peacefully in He Fu's arms, he also felt terrible.It looks docile and harmless, but it actually has sharp claws that can scratch people at any time. In this regard, He Fu looks very similar to this cat.

"Didn't you go to Zhang's mansion? Why did you bring a cat back?" Xing Ting took the feather duster and sat down on another sofa. The cat was interested in seeing the feather duster, and wanted to run out of He Fu's arms and sit on the other sofa. Standing next to Xing Ting, a pair of cat claws restlessly grabbed the feather duster.

He Fu smiled slightly: "Go, I brought this cat back from the Zhang Mansion."

Xing Ting teased the cat with a feather duster, and complained while teasing the cat: "Is this a souvenir from Zhang Guanhe?"

He Fu glanced at the cat, and said in a low voice, "I stole it back, um, it's not considered stealing, it's considered borrowing."

What kind of person is this, helping people solve crimes and stealing cats?

Xing Ting felt strange: "You were asked to investigate Zhang Suru's disappearance, but you brought back a cat. Could it be that this cat kidnapped Zhang Suru?"

He carefully looked at the little black cat beside him, and the feather duster in his hand suddenly didn't dare to move.

"It's not a fucking cat demon, is it?" Xing Ting jumped up from the sofa in shock, "Hurry up and take it away, take it away!"

After being possessed by a female ghost last time, he was very afraid of coming into contact with such things.

He Fu waved at the cat, and called softly, "Xiao Mi, come here."

"You even know people's names?" Xing Ting watched in amazement as the black cat walked gracefully towards He Fu. When it reached He Fu's feet, He Fu opened his hands to it, and it leaped gracefully Jumped into He Fu's arms.

"The cat's name is Xiao Mi, and the dog's name is Xiao Wang. What's the problem?" He Fu hugged the black cat and smoothed its fur.

Xing Ting was speechless, sat down on the sofa weakly, and replied lazily: "No problem."

"Xiao Mi is a very well-behaved cat." He Fu stroked the black cat, and gently tapped the tip of the cat's nose with his slender index finger. The cat closed its eyes and enjoyed the compliment very much.

He Fu said slowly: "I saw the cat's footprints in Zhang Suru's room."

"Is he really a cat killer?" Xing Ting was shocked.

"The footprints were on Zhang Suru's dressing table, and its feet stepped into Zhang Suru's rouge." He Fu said, "Yang Mingzhen and the others didn't check carefully enough, because their attention was all on the black shadow on the wall, so naturally there was no People are willing to examine these small details, and they don't even see whether the print on the rouge is a human handprint or a cat's paw."

Speaking of this, He Fu lifted up the black cat's paws. One of its front paws was indeed very red, because it was dyed with rouge, so it was redder than the other.

"Xiao Mi secretly used the master's rouge, but did not leave the master, and has been waiting for the master to come back." He Fu asked Xing Ting with a smile, "Do you know where I found it?"

Xing Ting shook his head cooperatively.

"Behind the Zhang residence." He Fu said, "There is a strong fishy smell there."

Xing Ting's eyes widened: "Fish smell? Could it really be this missing fish?"

"The cat was attracted by the smell of fish, but it couldn't find any fish. It kept guarding in the grass behind Zhang's house." He Fu said, "I checked carefully and there was no fish vendor there, but this cat was very persistent. It just sits there like it's being fed every day."

"So I went and bought a small fish and lent it back."

Xing Ting suddenly realized: "Could it be that fish feeding it? You said that fish are aliens. They used to be human beings, so they can become human naturally. This alien once had contact with Zhang Suru, maybe they dated together. At that time, this cat was right next to you?"

He Fu stroked the cat tenderly, and there was a hint of admiration in those beautiful eyes.

"You guessed well. If Yang Mingzhen can also guess like this, maybe he can be smarter." He Fu said, "There are many things in this world that people can't guess, and they will continue to come to you. You can take the opportunity to make money.”

Xing Ting blurted out: "Is money so important to you?"

He Fu stood up and handed the cat to Xing Ting. He said lightly, "Of course money is not important to me, but it is important to you, so please take good care of Xiao Mi."

Seeing him turning around and going into the secret room again, Xing Ting immediately asked: "Why did you take me in?"

He Fu turned sideways and glanced at him: "Because I think you are very interesting."

interesting?

Xing Ting knew that this person would not answer his question directly, but he still couldn't help but want to ask.He Fu didn't need to eat at all, and Fish Restaurant No. [-] didn't need a cook, but He Fu was still willing to take him in.He Fu gave him money and asked him to go to the street to buy vegetables and live a leisurely life in this No. [-] fish restaurant every day. He Fu made all the good dishes and meals for himself, and He Fu never ate a single bite.

Isn't this really... keeping him?

He had imagined countless times in his mind, why did He Fu treat himself like this, is it because he likes men?

Thinking of this, Xing Ting shook his head straight, no, no, it would definitely not be such a simple matter to take him in as He Fu.

Since He Fu doesn't want to say more now, it doesn't make any sense for him to ask more.

Xing Ting hugged the little black cat and learned to meow.

"Xiao Mi, what do you like to eat, brother will cook for you."

Xiao Mi stared at the half-person-high fish tank, a cold light flashed in her eyes.

Xing Ting said helplessly, "Uh, everything else is fine except that."

"Meow..." Xiao Mi lay powerlessly in Xing Ting's arms, what's the point of living for a cat that can't eat fish!

Two more days passed.

In the past two days, He Fu always hugged the black cat and sat on the sofa very quietly. Sometimes Xing Ting felt that a person and a cat could be instantly petrified, and the motionless appearance really looked like a statue. .

At night, the No. [-] fish restaurant should be closed, and at this moment a hand stopped Xing Ting.

Wearing a big black hat and a black windbreaker, the man said mysteriously, "I'm here."

Xing Ting said very apologetically, "Sorry, we are closed."

He Fu's voice came from inside, "Let him in."

The man in black crossed Xing Ting to the No. [-] fish restaurant. He Fu hugged the black cat and smiled slightly: "Mr. Zhang, good evening."

Hei Yi took off his black hat, revealing a familiar face, it was the Zhang family who advocated Guan He.

Zhang Guanhe smiled awkwardly, "Little brother, what I said was wrong that day, don't take it to heart."

In Zhang Suru's room two days ago, the young man asked him to carefully recall the shadow of the statue on the wall, whether he had seen it anywhere.He lied and drove the young man away.

Before the young man left, he had told him the address of No. [-] Fish House.

After thinking about going at home for two days, Zhang Guanhe decided to come to No. [-] Fish Restaurant.Because he felt that there were some things that he couldn't go to Yang Mingzhen to explain the situation, but this young man was an outsider, so there should be room for negotiation.

He Fu said in a gentle voice: "Mr. Zhang is a guest when he comes to No. [-] Fish House today. When guests ask the host to do something, they need to charge a fee. This is different from the day when I came to look for you proactively."

He spoke very clearly, leaving no room for Zhang Guanhe.

Zhang Guanhe nodded slightly: "I understand, I am a businessman and I understand this. I am a businessman and I understand this."

"It seems that Mr. Zhang must have remembered what that statue is." He Fu sat up slightly, posing as a listener.

Zhang Guanhe glanced at Xing Ting warily, He Fu smiled and said, "It's okay, he's mine."

Xing Ting rebelled in his heart: When did I become yours?Angrily, he took the black cat away from He Fu's arms.

"Then I hope the little brother will keep the things I said a secret for me." Zhang Guanhe said with some embarrassment.

He Fu nodded: "OK."

Zhang Guanhe sighed deeply: "I didn't want to talk about these things at first, but that night I saw Suru's shadow trying to kill me! Her shadow was standing on the wall next to my bed with a knife, and it scared me badly After a loud cry, Suru's shadow disappeared."

"It seems that that person must want Mr. Zhang's life very much." He Fu analyzed boldly.

Zhang Guanhe said excitedly: "What can he do to come at me, but why does he have to kidnap my daughter! He even used this dark magic to control my daughter to kill me!"

"Dark spell?" He Fu repeated, "Why do you think it's a spell?"

Zhang Guanhe said: "To be honest, I lived in that Tonghu village for a while in the early years. There are one or two strange people in that Tonghu village, and they can do some things that ordinary people can't do. One of them is to manipulate shadows... ..."

Xing Ting suddenly became interested, looked at Zhang Guanhe and asked: "Is there really such a magical technique?"

"Yes, I saw it with my own eyes." Zhang Guanhe said with certainty, "When I went to Tonghu Village that year, the village head brought two young girls to perform dances for us. They danced behind the curtain, and I saw The shadow moved around, very beautiful, but when the curtain was pulled up, I realized that there was no one behind the curtain at all!"

"Shadow dancing is the technique that the people of Tonghu Village know." Zhang Guanhe insisted, "It must be the people in their village who kidnapped the people in my house!"

He Fu was not surprised after hearing the story, his face was calm as usual, he blinked his eyes and smiled and asked Zhang Guanhe: "Then why didn't you explain this situation to the police from the beginning?"

Zhang Guanhe was dumbfounded, obviously not knowing how to answer this question.

"If you had told Officer Yang about this at the beginning, the two maids would not have been kidnapped." He Fu reminded.

Xing Ting was also thinking, why didn't he say it at that time, why did he say it now?

Zhang Guanhe said in a hurry: "At that time, I thought that no one in the tea city could do this kind of trick. Someone must be trying to play tricks on me. I didn't know that this person was sure until the bronze tiger statue appeared on the wall after the two maids disappeared. It's coming for me!"

"He kidnapped my daughter just to threaten me!"

"What are you threatening?" He Fu asked.

Zhang Guanhe said: "They must want money, they can get a lot of money by kidnapping my daughter..."

"Then what is the purpose of kidnapping the maid?" He Fu smiled lightly, "Could it be that the two maids are also your daughters?"

Suddenly Zhang Guanhe couldn't speak.

He Fu looked at his eyes flickering, knowing that he still had some things to explain, so he didn't bother to continue the conversation with him, "If Mr. Zhang is not sincere and wants to discuss this deal with me, then please go back."

"I..." Zhang Guanhe stammered.

He Fu smiled and said: "Actually, I really want to see the so-called shadow dance. Maybe one day he will really let a group of shadows dance in your room. At that time, Mr. Zhang will invite me to have a look. See you." world."

Xing Ting thought to himself that this man's heart is really good, and he can say such words.

Zhang Guanhe said helplessly, "Actually...the people in Tonghu Village are all gone."

"What do you mean?" Xing Ting was very surprised.

"Not long after I left Tonghu Village, their village was wiped out by a mudslide, and the whole village was turned into ruins." Zhang Guanhe said, "Everyone died, and no one knew how to dance with shadows. I suspect it was ghosts... "

"There must be a reason for the ghosts to act." He Fu said, "I want to know what you did in Tonghu Village, turning them into ghosts would not let you go."

Zhang Guanhe stammered: "It's nothing, I was too young... I was lustful and made a big mistake."

Xing Ting cast aside in his heart: scum, scum!

"What happened to the girl?"

"I heard from the village chief that he was dead and hanged himself." Zhang Guanhe lowered his head, not daring to look at He Fu and Xing Ting.

"Oh, so that's the case." He Fu said with emotion, "It's been so many years that I've been a ghost and I'm not willing to let you go. It seems that Mr. Zhang will have a hard time escaping this time."

Zhang Guanhe immediately looked at He Fu as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and said aggrievedly: "I did something wrong, it was my fault, but it has nothing to do with my daughter, she is innocent. So little brother, can you help me?" If you can’t help me find my daughter, I’m willing to give you any amount!”

He Fu smiled: "Okay, no matter what your daughter turns into, you will be right?"

"Of course, that's my daughter." Zhang Guanhe said.

He Fu said with a gentle smile: "That's good, Mr. Zhang please give me a photo of your daughter, and I will bring him back to your house tomorrow morning."

Xing Ting stared at He Fu with wide eyes, what kind of supernatural ability did he have to find Zhang Suru in one night?Could it be a lie again?

Zhang Guanhe touched his body left and right, and remembered that he had a pocket watch with a photo in it.He immediately took out his pocket watch and handed it to He Fu with both hands: "This is Su Ru's photo, can little brother really find her?"

He Fu nodded.

Zhang Guanhe looked at him gratefully: "Thank you little brother, thank you little brother, I am willing to give no matter how much money it is."

He Fu took the pocket watch and opened it to see that Zhang Suru in the photo was gentle and pleasant, in his early twenties.

"Well, Mr. Zhang, please go slowly."

"Okay." Zhang Guanhe got up, said thank you again, and walked out of No. [-] fish restaurant wearing a black hat.

Xing Ting immediately asked He Fu: "Are you really going to take Zhang Suru to Zhang's residence tomorrow?"

"Ah."

"You really didn't lie to him?"

"No."