Nocturnal

Time seemed to freeze.

Qin Mochi stood stiffly at the door of the guest room, not even daring to think deeply about what was floating over his head.There was also that faint scent, which seemed to be different from what he had smelled in the temple, but it vaguely gave him a feeling of deja vu.

He didn't know when the temperature dropped, Qin Mochi felt that his fingers stuck to the door were a little stiff, he moved his fingers unconsciously, he didn't know whether to knock on the door or turn around and run away.When the darkness suddenly fell, he once closed his eyes subconsciously, and he was not sure if he missed something at that moment.But the darkness itself did not affect his vision. Since his eyes changed, he even found that he could see things more clearly in the dark.

The white wooden door of the guest room was tightly closed, and there was no one else in the corridor, not even a sound.It was as quiet as if covered by an invisible veil.Qin Mochi could only hear his slightly rapid breathing, beating his tense nerves.

Qin Mochi trembled subconsciously with his fingers raised in front of him. He felt as if he smelled some kind of alarming smell, which was full of danger that he had smelled before.Before he could think about it, a feeling of nausea and nausea suddenly appeared in his stomach, and this disgusting feeling was mixed with some kind of strange excitement, as if some sleeping sense organs in his body were stimulated and quickly woke up , sent a thirsty signal to his brain.

The dazzling light flashed twice above the head, and then the lighting was restored.

A strong longing rose in Qin Mochi's heart, as if there was something behind a door that he desperately wanted.At this moment, it seemed that something surpassed his reason and took over this body.

Qin Mochi was frightened by this sudden strange feeling, subconsciously took a step back, turned around and staggered away.He had a very strong premonition that if he didn't leave this place immediately, something... something terrible would happen that was out of his control.He heard faint voices behind him, but he didn't bother to turn around to look.A sense of urgency of imminent disaster drove him to leave this place desperately.He didn't even bother to wait for the elevator to come up, he ran directly to the stairwell at the end of the corridor, and ran all the way down the stairs.

Qin Mochi ran faster and faster. When he ran down the stairs, he almost fell several times.The inexplicable pressure made his heart pound uncontrollably, and his eardrums buzzed. There was a blurry bright white light in front of his eyes, and he couldn't tell whether it was the light from the overhead or the sunlight from the window in the stairwell. .

The door of the stairwell was pushed open, and two young men in hotel work clothes came in with a storage box. Qin Mochi couldn't stop, and bumped into the person in front of him.

After a while of flying around, the hotel staff helped Qin Mochi, who had sprained his feet, to sit down in the lobby lounge, and thoughtfully offered him a glass of lemonade.Regarding the sudden power outage on the twelfth floor he mentioned, the two staff members said they would check it out immediately.When they turned around, both of them showed amused expressions. It was unimaginable that Qin Mochi, who was such a grown-up man, would be afraid of the dark to such an extent.

When he arrived at a crowded place, Qin Mochi's heartbeat gradually calmed down.The sense of fear just now came too suddenly, but it was so strong that it was completely irresistible. Looking back now, I still feel a little unbelievable.And the smell he smelled outside the door, thinking about it now, was actually the smell of blood he smelled on the beach that night.He suspected that something had happened to the people in the room.

Qin Mochi took out his mobile phone, called Xia Zhifei tremblingly, and told what happened just now.

Xia Zhifei knew that his five senses were more sensitive than ordinary people, so he didn't dare to be careless, so he promised to take someone there immediately, and told him to sit there and wait, and don't run around.

Qin Mochi hung up the phone, holding the water glass in a daze in a daze.After being relieved, he wondered if he was a little nervous again. In fact, he didn't even see what happened on the beach that night.It was precisely because he didn't see anything that the smell left such a deep impression on him.What frightened him the most was that the smell of blood actually made him inexplicably excited—could this be the truest reaction of the "demon" part of his body?

Qin Mochi's heart trembled, he didn't dare to think deeply.

The phone rang suddenly, and Qin Mochi was taken aback. He picked it up and saw that it was Yang Ke.Years ago, he took some materials from Yang Ke and promised to make a pair of jade pendants for him.There were a lot of things to do a few years ago, and he and Yang Ke had decided on a style, but they hadn't had time to do it yet.Yang Ke is probably calling now to ask about the progress.

"Old Yang?" Qin Mochi's shoulders relaxed, and he leaned back on the sofa with his eyes closed, "What are you busy with? Are you still in Linhai?"

"I'm in Linhai, but I'm going out soon." Yang Ke seemed to be outside, and there was the sound of a car horn nearby. "Leave early tomorrow morning, go to Yunnan. I'll probably be back next month."

Qin Mochi pondered for a while, and when he came back, the pair of jade pendants he wanted should have been made.

"I'm stuck in traffic here," Yang Ke said a little irritably, "I was going to send you some things... I planned to drive back, I left the things on the farm, you can come and get them when you have time in a couple of days. I explained it to the supervisor."

Qin Mochi cheered up a little, "What is it?"

"Recently, I received a bunch of messy things," Yang Ke said, "There are also two baskets of rough emerald stones—debt. It is said that they were quite expensive when I bought them. I have no interest in this stuff, and I don't know much about it. You If you have time, come and take a look, I have marked the price, and if you want it, take it away."

Qin Mochi's mood improved, "Okay."

"That's it." Yang Ke thought for a while, and then said, "Don't forget the jade pendant you promised to make for me."

"It will be finished when you come back."

"That's good." Yang Ke felt relieved, "Don't miss me too much when brother comes back to bring you a gift."

Qin Mochi laughed.

"By the way, when you come here, remember to take the road behind the mountain." Yang Ke reminded him: "The farm next to us, Badaoling Farm, is undergoing expansion. The road up the mountain ahead has piled up a lot of stones and wood. And stuff, and wagons coming and going. Your little cart won't fit in."

Inappropriately, the old master who reminded him not to go out of the city appeared in Qin Mochi's mind.

Qin Mochi hung up the phone, and when he looked up, he saw several hurried figures running towards him through the hotel lobby, and the leader was Xia Zhifei.He probably came out in a hurry, the sleeves of his shirt were still rolled up, and the coat was just draped over his body casually.Qin Mochi glanced at Qu Zhi, Yu Qing and the others who came in with him. They were all dressed in casual clothes today, but it was hard to conceal the sharp aura between their brows.

Seeing that Qin Mochi was safe and sound, Xia Zhifei breathed a sigh of relief.People in the Sima family have very weird tempers, and they often act without the approval of the "Special Affairs Division".They have a high status in this industry, and the current head of the family is also a very influential figure, and they don't take the "special affairs department" seriously at all.With his backing, the Sima family basically walked sideways wherever they went.The person who died in Linhai a few days ago was a child of a side branch of the Sima family, and the cause of death is still under investigation.It was also because of this incident that Sima Cheng was sent to Laihai to assist in the investigation. Sima Cheng's nephew, Sima Zheng, also came with him.

Qin Mochi gave an overview of the situation, emphasizing that he was timid, and fled downstairs as soon as he noticed something was wrong.So he couldn't tell what was going on in the guest room.

Xia Zhifei didn't know whether he was more nervous or more fortunate.Ever since he discovered that Qin Mochi had cat eyes, his heart has never been at ease.Sima Cheng's appearance just brought his worries to the surface.If his problem is not resolved, even if there is no Sima family, there will still be Xie family, Zhong family, Qu family... sooner or later something will happen.

Seeing that he had finished talking about what he knew, Qu Zhi began to hurry up and arrange the manpower, "Follow me upstairs first to see the situation. As for you," he looked at Qin Mochi, "you wait here for a while."

Qin Mochi nodded nervously.

A group of people dispersed quietly and took different elevators up the stairs.

Qin Mochi drank too much water and went to the toilet twice, but Xia Zhifei and the others hadn't come down yet.He was about to make a phone call to ask, when he saw a man rushing in from outside the hotel.The man was wearing a well-tailored light-colored coat with a classic Burberry plaid scarf around the neckline. Because of the rush, the scarf was undone, revealing a slightly messy shirt collar.

Qin Mochi felt that this man probably just got up from the bed.He looked at the wall clock in the hotel lobby. At this time, between nap time and dinner time, it was inevitable that people would think of some not-so-pure possibilities.Qin Mochi couldn't help but look at him twice.

The man hurriedly walked towards the elevator. When he reached the center of the lobby, he seemed to be startled by something. He suddenly turned his head and looked straight in Qin Mochi's direction with a pair of slightly gloomy eyes.

Qin Mochi had already fallen into trouble. Seeing someone staring at him like this, he wailed in his heart: No way, have celestial masters become so popular these days?All over the street?

The man walked towards him, his two beautiful eyebrows furrowed tightly, "Qin Mochi?"

Qin Mochi, "..."

Was he already so famous?Qin Mochi didn't want to think deeply about why he became famous, and in which circle he became famous.

An impatient look appeared on the man's face, "You came to see my third uncle? What about others?"

Qin Mochi was stunned for a moment, he didn't know that Sima Cheng brought his relatives along on a business trip, "I didn't see him."

The man's eyes turned cold, "He was waiting for you when I left."

Qin Mochi is most annoyed by other people's embarrassment to him, his patience is limited to his own customers.The man kept putting on a superior posture, Qin Mochi lost his patience, and said stiffly, "I don't know."

"How come you don't know?" The man was a little anxious. The members of the Sima family have their own unique way of contacting each other. Now this kind of contact is broken, and this Qin Mochi is obviously a very important clue.

"How would I know?" Qin Mochi asked him back, "I haven't even seen anyone... Forget it, why tell you this? Go upstairs by yourself, the 'Special Affairs Section' has already gone up."

The man's expression changed, he gave him a vicious look, turned around and ran to take the elevator upstairs.

Qin Mochi watched his back disappear behind the two elevator doors, and slowly sorted out the clues he knew: Sima Shi who died at the seaside, the "special affairs department", Sima Cheng and his nephew who came to assist the investigation, and the situation is unknown Sima Cheng... Qin Mochi realized that these things seemed to have something to do with him.

This is not a good sign.

Who would believe in his innocence if all the bad things had to do with him?The attribute of him that no one can explain clearly, in his opinion, is likely to become one of the most suspicious clues.

Qin Mochi didn't regret his actions today. It might be rash to come to the hotel alone to see Sima Cheng, but judging from the current situation, no one except Sima Cheng would tell him exactly what happened to him.And what Qin Mochi most urgently wants to know is... who is he?

When Sima Zheng ran upstairs, the entire twelfth floor was already under the control of the police.He showed his identity and was let in by police officers from the "Special Affairs Division".

The door of the guest room was open, and one could see the situation inside at a glance from the door: Sima Cheng was lying face down on the carpet in front of the window, the bright red color had soaked a large area of ​​the carpet.

Sima Zheng kept panting heavily, unable to believe what he saw.

He reached out and grabbed a plainclothes passing by, his voice trembling slightly, "It was made by the leopard downstairs, right? It must be him. There is such an obvious feline smell in this room. Why do you guys?" Don't catch him?!"

Xia Zhifei knew that he was the nephew of the victim, and it was not easy to argue with him about his attitude in this situation. Although he was questioning his younger brother, Xia Zhifei could only restrain his temper and comfort him, "Mr. Sima, please calm down. Shall I help you sit down?"

Sima Zheng couldn't help shaking, "How to calm down? How do you tell me to calm down?"

Xia Zhifei had a lot of things in his hands, and he didn't know how to calm him down.Seeing Qu Zhi come out from the guest room diagonally opposite when he was suffering from a headache, Xia Zhifei quickly dragged Sima Zheng over, leaving the task of comforting the victim's family to his immediate superior.

"Is it the leopard spirit downstairs?" Sima Zheng knew who the guest Sima Cheng was meeting with, and felt that the leopard spirit was the most suspicious.

Qu Zhi patted him on the shoulder, "My condolences."

Sima Zheng's eye circles suddenly turned red.

Qu Zhi pulled him to sit down and poured him another cup of hot water. Seeing that his mood had eased, he asked softly, "Did you see Qin Mochi just now?"

Sima Zheng nodded.

"We've checked the surveillance," Qu Zhi said, "He hasn't entered the guest room, that's for sure."

Sima Zheng closed his eyes tiredly, "Surveillance?"

"Yes." Qu Zhi said: "Qin Mochi said that when he reached the twelfth floor, the power went out for a few seconds. But from the monitoring, there was no power outage. He just stared at the door of the room for a while, and then ran away .And with his ability...do you really think he can kill Mr. Sima?"

Sima Zheng turned his head to look at him, his eyes were slightly red, "Then how do you explain the smell left in the room? Don't say you didn't notice it."

Qu Zhi did find out, which made him even more confused.As soon as he walked into Sima Cheng's room, he could smell the smell Sima Zheng said, it was a domineering and fierce smell left by a big cat walking through the dense forest inadvertently declaring territorial sovereignty.Qu Zhi once noticed this smell in Qin Mochi's body.Perhaps Qin Mochi himself didn't notice anything, but the two flavors are indeed very similar.

"Did you know that he came back to visit your third uncle today?" Qu Zhi asked him, "Did your third uncle tell you?"

Sima Zheng nodded, "He said he wanted to talk to Qin Mochi alone."

"Talk about what?"

Sima Zheng shook his head.

Qu Zhi asked again, "Have you met Qin Mochi before? His situation... What do you think?"

Sima Zheng asked him back, "Isn't his situation obvious? Can't you see it?"

Straightforward and silent.

Sima Zheng sneered twice, "If you can't even see this, I think the boundary of Linhai City will have to be guarded by someone else."

Qu Zhi was mercilessly robbed, and his face was a bit ugly, "Suspect needs evidence to prove it. Qin Mochi's experience is very simple, and there is really nothing suspicious." Judging from the investigation, Qin Mochi should be a genuine of humans.The only suspicious thing is the eight years when he disappeared as a child.But Qu Zhi found the paternity test record with Xia Hong when he was just sent back to Linhai.He is Xia Hong's biological son, there is no doubt about it.

Then the question arises, what happened to Qin Mochi to make the testing equipment of the "Special Affairs Section" think he is a demon?

"It's a coincidence, or it's just luck." Sima Zheng glanced at him lightly, "The Sima family is not that easy to bully." "If you really can't do it, why don't you leave it to me?"

"No need." Qu Zhi quickly refused, looked at him sincerely and said, "You have to believe in the power of the people's police."

Sima Zheng, "..."

Sima Zheng felt that he went around such a big circle just to appease him and not let him do it secretly, which was a big deal.His face was a little ugly, and he asked coldly: "What if I don't believe it?"

Qu Zhi ignored his provocation, turned his head to look at him, and frowned slightly, "Qin Mochi's situation... did your third uncle say anything?"

Sima Zheng was silent for a long time, just when Qu Zhi thought he would not answer, he whispered in a whisper, "He is a demon."

"My third uncle said that Qin Mochi is... a demon."

Quzhi was silent.

Sima Zheng turned his head to the side, a trace of cruelty flashed across his eyes, "Why, don't you believe me?"

"No." Qu Zhi looked at him, "I just think I need to have a good talk with him."