The First Publishing House acted very quickly. With the help of Xu Shubai, Bai Tan's comic "The Truth" was released very quickly. The trial issue of the first volume received a good response. It was sold out within a week of its release.

It is said that there is also a mysterious person who claims to be a fan of "Green Sandalwood" and bought a hundred copies at one time through online sales points.

Bai Tan has been paying close attention to the sales of comics recently. After hearing the news, he was very happy and excitedly said to Gu Jianrong: "When I make a lot of money, I will replace you with a computer with higher configuration."

Gu Jianrong's expression was flat, without raising his head, he said, "Okay."

Gu Jianrong has a badly damaged computer that looks almost scrapped. He assembled it by himself. Although it doesn't look very good, Gu Jianrong loves it very much and often browses news on it.

Bai Tan once joked that that computer was Gu Jianrong's lover, and he loved it more than his life.

Strangely, Gu Jianrong denied it.

Naturally, Xu Shubai's ability to work is unquestionable. After accepting the comic "The Truth", he immediately started the publicity and promotion work, cleverly creating momentum, and artificially created some gimmicks to stimulate readers' consumption.Bai Tan's success cannot do without Xu Shubai's help.

Since the manga was officially published, fans have sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. They discussed topics on Weibo and circle of friends, setting off wave after wave of enthusiasm. Some people expressed their crazy praise for the original author, and even established a special support group.

In short, because of the hot sales of the comic book "Truth", Bai Tan became popular.

Until he repeatedly saw his pseudonym on the Internet, and was confessed by fanboys and girls, Bai Tan was still in a trance, feeling unreal out of reality, and said in disbelief: "It's that simple?"

Junior brother Gu Jianrong laughed at him: "Then what else do you want, great cartoonist."

Bai Tan blushed from embarrassment, and said nonchalantly: "I just think, these are too easy, it seems... It seems that everyone likes me when they say they like me, it's like a joke..." He spoke quickly The slowness, obviously because I didn't know what went wrong, but just relying on my intuition, I vaguely noticed something weird.

Hearing Bai Tan's words, Gu Jianrong lowered his head and smiled meaningfully: "What's so strange about this, haven't you always been popular with everyone since you were a child?"

"Really?" Bai Tan scratched his head, thought about it seriously, and had to admit that he seemed to be endowed with a special aura, no matter where he went, he was particularly eye-catching, and everyone couldn't help but prefer him. He, like him.

In Bai Tan's short life of more than 20 years, no one has ever treated him coldly or hated him, even perfunctory, neglect, hatred, jealousy, such negative emotions have never appeared.

Am I supposed to be the legendary heartthrob?

Bai Tan shook his head, tried his best to get rid of those shameless thoughts, and thought: It should be just a coincidence... right?

Logically speaking, the cartoonists who have been dealt with by themselves and signed a contract have made a big splash and made their mark in the industry. In everyone's eyes, it is a good thing to celebrate. However, Xu Shubai did not have the slightest joy. It was finalized, and from the day it was sent to the factory for printing, it fell into an unprecedented panic and was always restless.

His solemn mood even affected the colleagues around him, making the atmosphere in the whole office dull.

Colleagues who are a little closer to Xu Shubai know Xu Shubai very well, and know that he never fights uncertain battles. All the works that Xu Shubai participates in designing, whether it is novels or comics, are basically blockbusters, and there has never been a precedent of failure.

Everyone felt a little strange because of Xu Shubai's attitude, and some people kindly comforted him, but Xu Shubai didn't listen at all.

As the sales of "Manga Truth" continued to increase, everyone thought of the bright future and considerable profits it would bring, and they were sincerely happy for Bai Tan and Xu Shubai, and couldn't help but step forward to express their congratulations.

Xu Shubai declined the kindness of his colleagues, and booked a private room in a nearby high-end western restaurant at his own expense, but he refused to go there with him on the pretext of having something to do.

Maybe they saw Xu Shubai's forced smile, but no one insisted on Xu Shubai's attendance, so they packed up their things noisily, fixed their makeup, carried their bags, and took a taxi, all in a mess.

Just before rushing out of the company, someone exclaimed: "Ah, it's raining!"

The makeup was exquisite, and the ladies who had just had their hair done just wanted to cry, but Jiaoli complained coquettishly, "What the hell is the weather? It's raining when you say it's raining."

No one noticed that Xu Shubai's expression changed immediately when he heard the word "rain". He raised his head and looked at the gray sky. His dark and gloomy eyes seemed to be falling into a cloud of darkness. There was no light to be seen, the hand hanging by the side was tightened inch by inch, the nails dug into the flesh, the whole person was tense and alert.

Take precautions against everything, this day has come...

Xu Shubai closed his eyes weakly, with a helpless expression on his face, he pinched the eyebrows that were gathered together, and sighed faintly.

Such a peaceful and comfortable life will not last long.

"...Eh, is it raining?"

Bai Tan was originally painting indoors, when he heard the movement outside the window, he subconsciously looked up, but he didn't take it seriously.

The meaning of First Publishing House is to strike while the iron is hot. The manga "Truth" has been updated to the third volume, and now it has gradually cultivated some fans, but most of these people are just a temporary hobby, and have not yet developed a sustained interest in reading. Solid fans, follow-up updates must be closely followed, and quality and quantity must be guaranteed.

In order to live up to the readers' expectations, Bai Tan intends to retreat and practice recently, planning to hold back a big move.

The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, from pattering to pouring, washing the city forcefully, a few lightning flashes across the dark sky, like a ferocious silver snake, opening its mouth like a black hole, screaming It slammed into the world with a click, which was deafening.

Through the glass and the rain curtain, looking from a distance, everything that was familiar around has been distorted and deformed, and it has become an unknown appearance.

Bai Tan covered his chest, and murmured absentmindedly: "Strange, why do I always feel that something bad is about to happen..."

He frowned and thought for a while, but couldn't figure out why, and quickly gave up.

The heavy rain fell all night, and it gradually stopped at five or six in the morning. After the rain, Fangcheng took on a new look, and the air became more fresh and moist.After a night of wind and rain, the green trees beside the road shed a lot of leaves, sticking to the asphalt road surface in a disorderly manner, making it inexplicably more bleak and cool.

The cleaners started cleaning early in the morning, holding the broom tightly with their skinny hands, hunched over their bodies, and carefully cleaned up the dirt one by one.In the middle of Qiyi Road, there is a cultural square for citizens to rest and relax. It is surrounded by antique-style railings, and a ditch about two meters deep has been dug around it. Some common and easy-living aquatic plants are planted, because it is not yet summer. , the lotus is not open, only the emerald green lotus leaves are densely covered with the lake.

The cleaner was older, and his eyes were not very good. When he stretched his arms to pick up the plastic bags floating on the water, he could vaguely see a mass of white flesh under the green sticky algae.

The dark clouds dissipated, and the warm sunshine fell down. The cleaner rubbed his eyes, his face paled in shock, and he yelled, "Killer! Killer!" Shouting, he stumbled and ran away, knocking down many pedestrians along the way. .

After receiving the report, the Fangcheng Police Department immediately dispatched staff to the scene for inspection, questioning the cleaners and other onlookers in detail.

Qiyi Road is one of the main roads in Fangcheng. It is surrounded by commercial streets, food courts, and various high and low office buildings. The flow of people is very large, which has caused great difficulties for the police to investigate. .

Logically speaking, in such a bustling commercial district, there should be cameras and other monitoring equipment everywhere, but by coincidence, several shops are being demolished and renovated recently, which has affected the nearby circuits, causing two or three cameras to stop working. Missed the scene of last night.

Besides the autopsy, the deceased was a girl in her early 20s, with medium-length hair and a fat body. When she was killed, she was wearing a nude pink floral dress, soft-soled rubber white sneakers, and carried a dark blue canvas bag. The dress style is very common and common.

Due to soaking in the water for too long, the face of the deceased had already become swollen to a certain extent. The already round and plump face was swollen three times, and the facial features were somewhat out of shape, making it difficult to recognize the original appearance.

In the dead man's canvas bag, except for some cosmetics and odds and ends, there is nothing that can prove his identity.

The strange thing is that the clothes of the deceased were relatively cheap, obviously from a low family background, but in her canvas bag was a very special and expensive necklace.

With the cooperation of enthusiastic citizens, the police quickly found some clues. After on-site identification, it was finally determined that the deceased was a student at Fangcheng University, named Ren Zhenzhen.

According to the feedback of the students, this Ren Zhenzhen is really lazy and lazy. He has an ordinary family background, but he has a princess disease that cannot be overcome, has unrealistic dreams, and especially likes to chase stars. The "husband" on the right fantasizes every day that he can marry into a wealthy family, fly on a branch and become a phoenix, and even sleep with his idol's body pillow, the degree of nympho is chilling.

If it's just this level of infatuation, it's fine. Ren Zhenzhen still has a lot of show operations, which are amazing to watch, such as pretending to be a poor student with financial difficulties, receiving scholarships, and turning around to watch concerts; Squeeze out skin care products and resell them; privately have an affair with a certain male leader of the campus, and compete for a place in the insurance research...

According to a few girls of the same major, although Ren Zhenzhen was born a little fat, but his appearance is not ugly, take a closer look, big eyes, small mouth, two deep dimples on the cheeks, also kind of sweet and cute.

The most rare thing is that Ren Zhenzhen has an ethereal, melodious, clear and beautiful voice. Just listening to her, it is really hard to imagine that the owner of such a beautiful voice has such a poor character.

A male classmate said that he once saw Ren Zhenzhen and a 40-year-old, unattractive man in a suit and leather shoes behaving intimately and going in and out of a certain club together.

With the help of the school, the police investigated Ren Zhenzhen's interpersonal relationship little by little, trying to find some breakthroughs.

The impact of Ren Zhenzhen's death was bad. When the body was discovered, there were many passers-by. Even though the police deliberately blocked the news in order to stabilize the social environment and control the direction of public opinion, the incident was reported in the newspapers soon after all. Major media, Social platforms are rushing to report.

When Bai Tan was eating dinner, he overheard the host of the local TV station talking about the case with emotion. He frowned and listened for a while, and unexpectedly heard a faint sense of familiarity.

Gu Jianrong was puzzled: "Why don't you eat?"

Bai Tan hesitated for a moment, pointed to the TV screen and asked, "Who is in charge of this case?"

Gu Jianrong didn't move his eyes: "It's Feng Siwei."

Bai Tan snorted, and thought: If it was Feng Siwei, the case should be solved soon.

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