today's island

At six o'clock in the evening, it was completely dark, only the street lamps were struggling in the night, and the sea breeze mixed with humidity made the night look salty and damp, making people not want to go out even a step.

The canteen is on the right side of the lobby on the first floor of the dormitory building. Fortunately, there is no need to travel against the wind.

You can also feel the power of the typhoon indoors. The corridor has transom windows. If you stand for a long time, your head will hurt. If you look outside through the window of the room, you can see strange things flying across the sky. Lu Yuanzhe doubts This is the legendary seafood blowing in the wind.

Dinner was served at seven o'clock, as he expected, although most of the people were on vacation, the remaining No. 14 people gathered a grand banquet for them, and there was no intention of having a low-key meal at all.

The first thing he saw was a wine dispenser stacked on a table, and several bottles of white wine on the table, followed by a pile of hard dishes, especially seafood, as if he was really doing research on meat quality.

"Come on, let me introduce the two elites from the task force, Lu Yuanzhe, the leader of the task force; Cheng Mo, the son of Mayor Cheng. The two of you have solved two cases as soon as you joined the police station. You are young and promising." .” Director Jiang enthusiastically introduced it to everyone.

Everyone praised them and invited them to sit down. Before they could sit still, some of them wanted to raise their glasses.

"I came to our small island to work outside during the typhoon. It's been a lot of hard work." The middle-aged man sitting next to Director Jiang was the first to toast to them.

"This is my friend for many years, Hua Changhe, Minister Hua." Director Jiang introduced.

"It should be." Lu Yuanzhe smiled wryly in his heart, but on the surface he still had an enthusiastic face. He raised his glass and drank it down, and Cheng Mo followed suit.The liquor is good, but the quantity is scary.

Starting from Minister Hua, other people introduced themselves one after another.Most of the ordinary employees have already gone back, and those present here are basically technicians and high-level leaders who cannot stop working even in a typhoon. Let Lu Yuanzhe guess that the leaders should stay for He Zhigang's affairs.

Before he was drunk, he roughly memorized that Minister Jin was in charge of funds and patents, and Minister Tao was in charge of projects and plans, both of whom were important partners of Director Jiang.

There are seven experimenters like Cao Zhijie, two of them are Cao Zhijie's apprentices, Xiao Liu and Xiao Qiu, who are in charge of government support projects, so although they have to stop working for two days, they did not go back and stayed to sort out the data.In addition, there are their partner researchers called Xiao Zhang and Xiao Tang, who are 27 and [-] years old, and they are considered young among the researchers.

Compared with them, Lao Yang and Lao He, two 35-year-old researchers, talked much less. They hardly raised their glasses on their own initiative.

Finally, there are Secretary Shen, a logistics manager, Miss Zhao, and Captain Hu of the security team.

There are less than [-] people left in the whole research institute, such a large venue, and two days of avoiding the typhoon, it is really a bit desolate.

After silently reciting the names of a few people, the toasting began again.Lu Yuanzhe chatted with the managers about the research and economic benefits of the past few years, and Cheng Mo added some curiosity about the project from time to time, but they also cooperated tacitly, but no matter how lively they were, they couldn't stop them from constantly persuading them to drink.

When Lu Yuanzhe brought the case to the table and talked about it, everyone suddenly paused collectively.

"In this case, I still have some doubts to ask. It happens that everyone is here, so let me talk about it here." As soon as he opened his mouth, those who were eating, toasting, and chatting stopped.

"Tell me, Captain Lu." Director Jiang put down his chopsticks and looked at him seriously.

"I heard that most of the people left the island yesterday. There are only 30 people on the island. Those who are not present now don't ask. Everyone here, did anyone meet him last night?" Lu Yuanzhe asked .

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and exchanged glances several times.Cheng Mo quietly put down his chopsticks, and his eyes followed their gazes, feeling that almost everyone was involved in this unmanned exchange.

"No." Minister Jin was the first to speak cautiously, shaking his head in line with his words, and then everyone shook their heads, "No...no..."

"If I said that someone went to his room to poison him last night, wouldn't you welcome us to sit here and eat?" Lu Yuanzhe asked the question in a joking tone, and took a sip of his wine.

The sip of wine in his throat made everyone spicy. Many people swallowed, and their eyes drifted to the small piece of table in front of them.

"Really...Really?" Cao Zhijie still looked at Lu Yuanzhe.

"Just kidding, we think the case is quite simple, but it's a pity that a young man is so exhausted." Lu Yuanzhe laughed, relaxed his body, and leaned on the back of the chair, "I'm really too drunk, I think Slip away early."

"Cough." Minister Jin wanted to speak, but was choked by his own saliva. After a while, he managed to say, "Is it true?"

"Really." Lu Yuanzhe blinked mischievously, and looked at Cheng Mo, "That's right, it's hard to fly on this island, so there are no fools committing crimes, it's better to go to the island city and kill people."

Everyone paused for a moment, and then became lively again in a moment.

"Captain Lu, you are so scary." Minister Hua glanced at him, and toasted him dissatisfiedly, "Scared us to death."

"That's it." Xiao Zhang and Xiao Tang also sang together and began to mutter, "What... I said that there will be no bizarre murders in our research institute."

"Young people's physical fitness is not as good as ours now." The silent Lao Yang snorted softly.

Everyone laughed and discussed this topic, from the national fitness initiative to the dangers of staying up late, and finally even abducted to hair loss, without resting for a moment.

"Xiaohe's hair is quite thick." Suddenly Lu Yuanzhe said this, and the atmosphere froze for another half a second, but this time everyone didn't stop, and retaliated to push the atmosphere to a climax, toasting the hair.

Looking at this tense and absurd scene, Lu Yuanzhe glanced at Cheng Mo quietly. Cheng Mo was toasting with a harmless smile, and praised Lu Yuanzhe very cooperatively: "Captain Lu's hair is quite thick."

Lu Yuanzhe slammed glasses with him, and they both tacitly sipped their glasses.

From the corner of the eye, everyone was watching them both openly and secretly. Some looked at each other generously with big grinning smiles; Some lost their minds and almost knocked off their chopsticks.

If I took a photo at this time, it would definitely be included in the satirical topic of some modern art photography exhibition - the various aspects of life on the wine table.

Lu Yuanzhe sighed in his heart, and said that this was not a Hongmen Banquet, which was extremely terrifying.

·

Lu Yuanzhe didn't dare to get down in such a drinking situation. To put it more seriously, he might not be able to sleep.Most of the people in the research institute also had the same vigilance, for fear of saying the wrong thing, they cautiously put him and Cheng Mo down quickly.

In this way, they fought fiercely for more than two hours with full vigilance. Finally, Minister Kim fell down.

He probably had heard about Mayor Cheng's temper. At this point, Director Jiang let them go, not wanting Cheng Mo to go back and tell his dad that the institute was full of alcoholics.

Hearing "It's almost there, let's go to bed earlier", Lu Yuanzhe finally let out a long sigh of relief in his heart, and looked down at the bowl in front of him, as if a double image.Even a person like him who would play tricks and avoid drinking in the drinking game was a little drifting, which shows that the opponent is also a veteran.

He's already like this, Cheng Mo will always play the honest man, I'm afraid he will drink more.Thinking of this, he turned his head to look at Cheng Mo, who was facing Cheng Mo's piercing eyes.

Here it is again, Cheng Mo's invulnerable initiative gave Lu Yuanzhe a bad feeling.

This bad premonition was confirmed after returning to the room. Cheng Mo sat on the bed as soon as he returned to the room, his eyes quickly turned gray, and looked as dry as a balloon that had deflated.

"Don't tell me that you have a relapse of acute gastritis at this time, then I can't take you back." Lu Yuanzhe sat next to him, touched his forehead, it was warm, I don't know if there is a problem or not .

"I'm fed up." Cheng Mo waved his hand away, at least a little stronger than last time, but it didn't look too comfortable.

The doctor is right, the stomach depends entirely on nourishment, and the cure is temporary.

"The seafood is greasy enough." Lu Yuanzhe sighed, looking around, there was no useful container, "I'll borrow you a hot water bottle."

"No need." Cheng Mo wanted to reach out to pull him, but he had slipped away like a fish.

The door was gently closed by him, Cheng Mo in the room let out a long breath, clutched his stomach and collapsed on the bed.It's really not good, the stomach is churning together, and the vigilance is relaxed, the pain is more obvious.

As soon as he fell down and frowned, the door opened again, and it was still Lu Yuanzhe.

"Look, the detective's insight is not easy to deceive." Lu Yuanzhe stood outside the door for more than ten seconds, did not leave at all, and waited for Cheng Mo to relax his vigilance so that he could kill the carbine.

Startled by him, Cheng Mo froze on the bed, a little embarrassed, and sat up with support.

"Lie down." He persuaded, then retreated to the corridor, "Relax and rest for a while, don't play tricks on me."

Cheng Mo fell back on the bed with a fever on his face, and lowered his head not to look at him.

·

Just like what the driver who brought them here said, if the weather is bad, the dormitory building may lose power, so other warm appliances are very much needed.Lu Yuanzhe asked Sister Zhao casually, and the hot water bottle was about to arrive.

He went back to the room and saw that Cheng Mo had taken a shower and got under the quilt, his eyes seemed even more decadent.After stuffing the hot water bottle into Mo's arms, he straightened up and walked towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Cheng Mo asked him immediately although he didn't have the strength to sit up.

"Go drop by and ask me what stomach medicine I have." Lu Yuanzhe replied.

"No need." Cheng Mo refused.

"I didn't ask for it for nothing. I'll go and see who is still gathering quietly after drinking." Lu Yuanzhe smiled, held the doorknob and turned to ask him, "Do you still want me to accompany you?"

"No need." Cheng Mo turned his head and stopped looking at him.

He smiled and closed the door gently: "Come back soon."

The door closed briskly, Cheng Mo took a deep breath, hugged the hot water bottle and closed his eyes.Originally according to his biological clock, he could start to sleep at this time, and with alcohol hypnosis, a little stomach pain could not keep him awake, and he fell into a light sleep within 5 minutes.

But in just 10 minutes, he was woken up by the landline on the bedside table.He picked it up to answer in a daze, and said "Hello" first.

"Not Team Lu?" The other party asked, his voice sounded like he was in his 30s or [-]s, and his voice was delicate but still elegant.

"I'm Cheng Mo from the task force." Cheng Mo replied, somehow feeling that the voice was a little familiar.

"Hello~" The other person greeted briskly, thought for a while, and sighed regretfully, "Tsk, I have passed the voice-changing period, and you may not remember me."

Although it was a nonsensical remark, Cheng Mo's pupils suddenly dilated, and his sleepiness was thrown to the back of his mind.He turned over and sat up, gripping the receiver tightly, not daring to let go of a word.

"Do you have any impression?" The other party heard the movement in the receiver, and there was expectation in his tone.

"Of course." Cheng Mo's voice sank, and his speaking speed also slowed down, carefully considering his words, "Are you looking for Lu Yuanzhe?"

"En." The other party responded, although Cheng Mo couldn't see him, he still nodded.

"I want to see you too." Cheng Mo said while clutching the microphone, suppressing the urgency in his heart, trying to sound as calm as possible.

"But I don't want to see you very much. I still want to see your captain." The other party refused lightly, and smiled lightly at the end.

"Why?" Cheng Mo asked.

"Ask him if you have any questions." The other party answered bluntly, but did not explain what to ask. "It's okay, I know you won't call him for me, I will find him myself."

"Are you on the island?" Cheng Mo held his breath and heard his own heartbeat.This was an internal call. Secretary Shen told them that the external line function was not available in the afternoon, and the other party could only call in from here.

He lowered his head and wanted to notify Lu Yuanzhe with his mobile phone, but found that there was no signal.

The other party didn't answer his question, and mocked him with a provocative ending: "Are you still a deserter this time?"

Before Cheng Mo could reply, the blind tone of hanging up came from the microphone.With the resentment that Lu Yuanzhe put down the phone last time, the other party also hung up the phone suddenly. It's a pity that Cheng Mo's astonishment could not be seen, otherwise it would be more exciting.

Cheng Mo was indeed stunned for a moment, and before he put down the receiver, there was a click from the door.

He thought it was Lu Yuanzhe who came back, but it turned out not, the door was not opened.

He moved to the door, held the gun in one hand, and closed the door with the other.

After taking a deep breath, he tensed his body, twisted the doorknob, and pulled it open.

With a pull, the door remained motionless.He twisted it twice more, but still couldn't open it.He just remembered that he didn't hear the beeping sound of swiping the card just now.

This building is managed in a hotel style. Like in the laboratory, everyone enters with a card, but there is a mechanical lock with a key inserted outside the door. It is probably the mechanical lock that locked this room, and he cannot go out now.

Why is this arrangement?This has no protective effect on the residents in the house at all, and it also adds a lot of inconvenience. Has anyone raised any opinions?He frowned and thought for a moment, then remembered what the other party said again.

"Are you still a deserter this time?"

The same was locked, and the other was outside. He seemed to have returned to the small space before.

The heater was burning hot, making his back sweat.

"Lu Yuanzhe!" He knocked on the door and shouted loudly, hoping that someone would notice.No matter what the sound insulation effect of this room is, even if you can't hear the sound, at least you can hear the sound of the door being smashed.

After a crisp tripping sound, the room suddenly went dark, and his heartbeat reached its climax.

He paused for a moment, his palms soaked in cold sweat, and then slammed on the door louder and louder.