can't go wild

People don't know where to find it yet, but mobile phones can be bought first.

When the old man passed away, he left 2 yuan to Aino, which he could still afford to buy a mobile phone, and he didn't need to spend Xing Zhou's money.He asked Xing Zhou to send him information about the incident, and Xing Zhou took the phone directly and downloaded an app for him.

This APP is called - Happy Fighting the Landlord.

When seeing this name appear, Aino suspected for a moment that Xing Zhou had been taken away.However, the APP is downloaded with a specific link, and an invitation code is required to open it, which adds a bit of force.

"The APP has a special encryption method, and the files sent will not be stolen. The customer service is Cassia. If you want to know anything, you can contact him directly."

Sure enough, Aino saw a blue elf portrait in the lower right corner of the interface, and the rest of the place was no different from ordinary Landlords. There was even a Doudizhu points leaderboard, and he didn't know who was usually playing.

He registered an account and used his initials as a nickname.

XY:?

Customer Service Elf: Dear, you are here.

XY: I am Aino.

Customer Service Elf: [Scattering Flowers.jpg]

Customer service elf: [Warm welcome.jpg]

XY: Please send me the relevant information.

Customer Service Elf: Okay, but some of the information about Chu Lian is a confidential document, so I can’t show it to you yet.But if you join our arrest department, you can watch it~

Join the police department?

Aino glanced at Xing Zhou, in exchange for his silent questioning gaze.

"It's okay." Aino thought, let's talk about it, and this kind of organization is not something he can join just because he wants to.With his current level, he can only give away his head.

Although Cassia was nagging, his efficiency was not bad, and he quickly sent Aino the information he needed.

Back in the unfinished building, Aino took out the old man's easel, put it on the small blackboard, and began to sort out the timeline.According to the data, his parents were the first to have an accident, followed by Chu Lian's disappearance, and Xiangqi came to Jiangzhou to take him away, which happened more than a month later.

On July 2012, 7, Shen Yanzhi and Song Ling encountered a mountain torrent.

On July 2012, 7, Chu Lian killed people and seized the bones, and has since disappeared.

On August 2012, 8, Xiangqi came to Jiangzhou and took Xiangye away.

It is now June 2022, 6, and nearly ten years have passed.

Chu Lian and Song Ling escaped from Luye together, and Xiangqi and Chu Lian are old acquaintances, so most of these three people know each other.The most obvious and weirdest thing about the matter now is that Xiangqi stayed in Jingzhou well before Song Ling and Chu Lian had accidents one after another, and his appearance and age match.

A month later, he became an old man, and even falsified his household registration information and went to Jiangzhou.He has been in Jiangzhou for more than ten years, and it is no different from hiding his name.

What happened to Xiangqi during that month?

Aino couldn't help but think of that painting again, did it have something to do with Lu Ye that Xiangqi became like that?Apart from Lu Ye, a place that defies common sense, what else can make a person age instantly?

Thinking of this, he read Xiangqi's life again.

The Xiangqi in the data is completely different from the old man in Aino's memory.Although his parents are divorced and he lives alone, he does not have to worry about food and clothing. He is even considered a rich second generation. He was admitted to a well-known art academy in China, and he is already famous at a young age.

He is not withdrawn at all, sunny and handsome, and even joined the school basketball team.

Such a person should have a bright future, but why did he live in seclusion in an unfinished building, and finally died in a foreign land?He taught Aino how to doubt, learn to survive, and learn to think, but his own life was messed up.

The more Aino thought about it, the more he felt as if he had never understood him.

Near sunset, Xing Zhou answered a phone call and went out, but did not come back for a long time.

Aino's danger warning started to take effect again. He stood by the window and watched for a while, and was about to call him when someone came to the door.But it wasn't Xing Zhou, it was one of Shuangsha, the young man with a cropped head.

Cun Tou frowned, with a stern face and a knife on his back, like a young and Dangerous boy, the kind who looks at people with his chin and draws his knife to slash people when he disagrees with him.

Aino glanced at the takeaway dinner in his hand nonchalantly, and asked, "Did Xing Zhou ask you to come?"

Young and Dangerous nodded, but he was cold and didn't say a word.When eating, he also squatted aside alone with his rice bowl, and there was an aura of "don't get close to strangers" all over his body.

Aino kept tinkering with his small blackboard and ignored him until Jue Ming sent him another message.

Customer service elf: I heard that Yang Yang went to your place?

XY: Yangyang?

Customer Service Elf: The cutest Yang Yang in our crime prevention department!

Aino glanced at the young and Dangerous boy who was sitting on the window sill and looking down at his phone. He couldn't figure out how he had anything to do with the word "cute".

Customer service elf: You hear how cute his voice is, a hundred snails can’t compare to Little Bailing, a cute boy should make a cute voice! ! !

Customer service elf: But you can't say that in front of him, and don't say I said that.Because he will be shy and angry, and will ignore you next time, and if you offend him, his sister, Xiao Taozi, will kill you with a knife.

Customer Service Elf: If you have to say something, say it is from the boss.

Customer service elf: [hee hee.jpg]

XY: ...

not interested.

Aino directly threw the phone aside, what about Xiao Bailing and Xiao Taozi, is this crime arrest department a serious organization?He reasonably suspected that behind the elf was a mighty man in a sailor suit.

At night, Xing Zhou still didn't come back, so his camp bed was naturally given to Young and Dangerous.The two slept in their own places, and they were so indifferent to each other that they didn't say a word.

But early the next morning, Aino found that Young and Dangerous seemed to have something to say to him.Standing three meters away, he hesitated to speak, and even his ears turned red.

"What's wrong?" Aino raised an eyebrow.

"%*&." Young and Dangerous replied in a low voice.

"Did you make a sound just now?" Aino really didn't hear clearly, but when he squinted his eyes, he always gave people a sense of mockery.Young and Dangerous angrily asked loudly: "I asked if you have internet!"

fuck.

what sound is this.

Did he turn on the sound card?Little Lark?This is clearly the voice of a boy who is twelve or thirteen years old and has not yet passed the voice change period.No wonder he didn't speak all the time, he didn't speak that night, and he didn't speak when we met yesterday, if he just opened his mouth, he would OOC.

But Aino didn't care, and answered him directly: "No, I'm poor, I can't pretend."

Young and Dangerous: "..."

He doesn't know which one is worse, poverty or OOC.

Young and Dangerous: "My name is Chen Junyang."

Aino: "Nice to meet you."

Young and Dangerous: "Can you turn on a hotspot for me?"

Aino: "I can't."

Today's Aino is no longer yesterday's Aino, he feels his heart is a little colder.Sitting back on the rocking chair, he occupied the only chair in the room again, and began to tinker with his small blackboard.

When he was sleeping last night, he vaguely felt that he had overlooked something, so he took out the audio recorded by the bug and played it repeatedly.He did hear something else as he drifted off to sleep.

It was mixed in Chu Lian's voice, like a clock ticking.But the clock in the living room is silent, even if there is a sound, it is too small to be recorded at all.

Aino took out the audio again to identify it, and he was sure it was a sound similar to a clock.Then this thing must have been carried by Chu Lian, because Chu Lian got close to the bug, so it was recorded.

But what would this thing be?Pocket watch?

But even if it is a watch, what does this point to?

Aino's thoughts began to knot again, so he simply recalled all the materials and read them again.But in the materials related to Chu Lian, there is no specific mention of clocks and watches.

At this time, Jueming just sent him new materials.

Customer Service Elf: [File] [File]

Customer service elf: These are Shen Yanzhi's relevant materials, about his hometown, company, school, and all social relations.I have listed all the ones I could find. Some of them are too scattered and may not be helpful, but I think you may want to have a look.

Customer Service Elf: Remember to give five-star praise~

Aino really wanted to see it, and after the fake parents came to the door, he also wanted to check it, but he was in a hurry and couldn't find anything.He immediately opened the file and scanned it quickly.

Soon, a line of information caught his attention.

"Watchmaker." Aino's eyes fixed on these three words.

According to the information, in his hometown, in that remote village, there is a neighbor of the Shen family who specializes in repairing watches, and he opened a hardware store in the town.

Is this clock related to the sound Aino heard?

Aino was not sure, but even if there was only a little clue, he would hold on tight.At this time Xing Zhou hadn't come back yet, Xiangye waited for a while and then didn't wait at all, and said to Chen Junyang: "I'm going to Gutong Town, there may be clues about Chu Lian over there."

Chen Junyang wanted to call Xing Zhou to report first, but Aino acted vigorously, took out his backpack and packed it briefly, "Talk while walking."

Xing Zhou's response came quickly, and the two agreed to meet in Gutong Town.

Gutong Town is a small town in a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiangzhou. It is not developed enough and the transportation is not very convenient; it is not old enough to be called an ancient town.

Because Shen Yanzhi severed ties with his family, Aino didn't come here many times, the last time he came was ten years ago.

Over the years, the town has taken on a new look. The road has become much wider. There are newly opened shops on both sides of the street, and there is a "Trust-Mart" supermarket.

The two came here by taxi, so they didn't waste much time.According to the address written in the document, Aino found the vegetable market on Zhendong Street, and the watchmaker's hardware store opened next to the vegetable market.

Unexpectedly, the owner of the fishing tackle shop next door told them, "The shop has been closed for several years. The original owner has passed away, and the children have gone to other places. Who knows when they will come back."

Aino: "They don't have anyone at home?"

The owner of the fishing tackle shop showed suspicion, "What are you asking about them?"

Aino: "I'm a columnist, and I'm currently collecting some information about folk craftsmen, and I plan to do a concentrated report. I heard that there is a watchmaker here, and he is an old crafter, so I came to inquire about it."

Although Aino is young, his eyes are calm and not childish, and he is tall. Wearing a peaked cap, it is easy for people to ignore his real age.

The owner of the fishing tackle shop: "That's right. Old Tang's craftsmanship is good, but now there are people who come here to repair watches. Even if they can afford that expensive watch, they won't come here to repair it. His daughter doesn't even know the craftsmanship. I don’t want to learn, so I went to another place, and there is only an old woman who stays at home with her little granddaughter. But now people are going to join their daughters, as a family, after all, they have to live together to be harmonious.”

Aino chatted with him a few more words, but couldn't get any useful information, so he left the vegetable market with Chen Junyang.Chen Junyang didn't say a word on the way here, and practiced the silent meditation perfectly, but now he couldn't help asking: "Go back?"

The information at the hardware store was wrong, but the error was in the time.Cassia is not a god, and the information collected should come from the former files and network of the crime prevention department, and this error is inevitable.But Aino thought, he had come all the time, so he was a little unwilling to go back like this.

"Let's go to the village." Aino decided to go back to the Shen family's old house.

But there was no taxi in the town for a long time, so Aino had to go back to the vegetable market and successfully stopped a battery tricycle.Because Guanshuitan is far away from the town, only some old people live there, and few people usually go there, so Aino paid 50 yuan to persuade the car owner to earn this extra money.

Guanshuitan is the ancient name of the village, and now it has been renamed Shenjia Village, but the locals still prefer to call it Guanshuitan.When Aino was young, he heard from Shen Yanzhi that the Guanshuitan was actually a large pool near the village. The pool was connected to the big river outside, and the big river extended out to connect with the river.

There is a small island in the pool, about [-] meters away from the shore.There is a small temple on the island, which enshrines a famous local official a hundred years ago, so it is named Guanshuitan.

Aino remembered that when he was brought back by Shen Yanzhi when he was a child, he went to the temple to offer incense.He was in poor health when he was young. It is said that the official's surname is Shen, and he belongs to the family, so Shen Yanzhi hoped that the ancestor of the family could protect Xiangye and be free from illness and disaster.

The closer he was to Guanshuitan, the more active Aino's brain became, and some memories that had been forgotten over time began to emerge.He vaguely remembered the scene when Shen Yanzhi and Song Ling took him to the island by boat. The man's generous palm and the woman's gentle face seemed as far away as a dream.

After another 20 minutes, Guanshuitan arrived.The old trees by the lake shaded the village road, and Aino looked at the temple on the island through the gaps in the trees, narrowing his eyes slightly.

The village is not big, it is just beside the pool, and it is just across a small forest.Aino followed the route he remembered to find the Shen family's old house, and saw the yard full of weeds without any surprise.

The old house is still a brick and tile house many years ago, and the roof has been in disrepair for a long time, and a hole has been broken.A corner of the courtyard wall also collapsed, and weeds poked out from it. If you look in carefully, you can still see spider webs hanging under the eaves.

No, someone has been here.

Aino sharp-eyed saw traces of people walking through the weeds, probably using sticks or bamboo to push the weeds away, leaving an inconspicuous gap.The courtyard door was unlocked, and such a dilapidated house didn't need security guards at all, so Aino pushed the door open and walked in quickly.

"Squeak—" The door of the main room opened, and dust rushed in.

Aino quickly covered his mouth and nose, and stopped Chen Junyang who wanted to go in first to explore the way.Chen Junyang looked sideways, and saw Xiangye squatting down, reaching out to wipe the dust on the green bricks.

"The imprint of leather shoes. Judging from the size, the height is about 1.7 meters [-]; the steps are very steady, the distance is relatively short, it is likely to be a middle-aged man, and he is carrying a stick, or it may be a cane."

Chen Junyang: "???"

What are you talking about?

Aino ignored the footprints. He walked around the footprints and made sure that there was a small spot near each pair of footprints, which was left by a stick poking the ground.The man pushed open the weeds with a stick and walked in, leaving traces in the house. His reasoning was correct.

Could it be Chu Lian?This height and age, as well as the dress in leather shoes, really resemble him.

Aino followed the footprints until he came to the house where he used to live.This was originally Shen Yanzhi's room. Although he severed ties with his parents, after his son was born, he still came back once with the idea of ​​repairing the relationship with his parents.

In Xiangye's memory, they came back twice. The second time was before Shen Yanzhi and Song Ling went to other provinces for a trip. They sent Xiangye back to their hometown and asked the old man to take care of them.

Thinking about it this way, the relationship between Shen Yanzhi and his parents has eased, otherwise it would be impossible to send his son here.

Aino didn't remember much about the scene at that time, he continued to follow the footsteps, and found that the owner of the footprints stayed by the window for a while, and then came to the bed again.

This is an old-fashioned Babu bed, which is big enough to sleep a family of three.There was still a mosquito net on the bed, but a thick layer of dust had accumulated on the mosquito net, blocking the mesh.

Aino suspected that the owner of the footprints was Chu Lian, he couldn't have come here for no reason, so he searched for things against the dust in the sky.But he couldn't bear the dust the most, and he started coughing soon, and it didn't help to cover his mouth and nose.

Chen Junyang was standing at the door, but Aino didn't turn on the hotspot for him, and he was very angry.But the cough continued, and he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He stepped forward and pulled Aino out of the room, and drew out his knife——

Without saying a word, the house was violently demolished.

Rumble, the cabinet fell down, the bed fell, and you will find all the bed cracks, brick cracks, and wall cracks, even the mouse holes.Not to mention, things were really found in mouse holes.

What kind of small enamel bowls, broken gloves, melon seed shells, etc., are dazzling.Chen Junyang put them in a piece of rags and brought them in front of Aino, without saying a word, just a single expression was enough - I'm good.

Aino glanced at the cobwebs hanging on his short cut, and said, "The hotspot password is eight zeros."

Chen Junyang's face showed joy visible to the naked eye, he put down the rag bag, and went to play with his mobile phone.But Aino caught a glimpse of his position from the corner of his eye, and found that every time he stood in a very good position, although he looked at a distance from Aino, no matter how Aino moved, he was still within his sight.

The police department seems to be professional.

Aino collected his thoughts and focused his eyes on the pile of things.He actually has a little cleanliness, but the experience of the past few days is no different from the reconstruction of the world, and the cleanliness has become Schrödinger's cleanliness, and it is no problem to dig through the garbage with his bare hands.

Soon he found a suspicious item in the pile of garbage - half a photo.

This is a photo of Aino and his parents. The photo must have been bitten by a mouse. There are obvious jagged bite marks on the edge, and half of Shen Yanzhi's head was bitten off.Turn the photo over, and write a few words on the back with a red pen.

Because of the long time, the handwriting has been blurred and incomplete, but the content can still be roughly recognized.

"Is he... crazy?" Aino read it out in a low voice.

crazy?

Who is crazy?

Aino stared at the bitten off half of Shen Yanzhi's head in the photo, and then remembered the inexplicably more 50 on his card, and frowned slightly.

At this time, the sun has quietly slipped from the sky, and night is approaching.Xing Zhou hadn't come yet, I don't know why it was delayed because of something, but Xiangye and Chen Junyang made such a big commotion here that no villager came to ask.

The whole village was silent, as if dead.