Urban Night Returner

Luo Wei died, died on the operating table, her heart stopped beating suddenly, the doctor rescued her for an hour and a half, but she still couldn't save her.

Chi Lili cried until her eyes were swollen, she packed Luo Wei's things one by one and put them in the bag.Luo Wei's parents died early, and there was a younger sister who was fostered by her uncle's house since she was a child. This time, she will come to bring back Luo Wei's things.

Standing in 502, Shen Gu silently watched Chi Lili sobbing while packing up her things.Lu Wei stood aside, dazed in a daze.In fact, everyone knew that he liked Luo Wei, but he never expressed it clearly.Pang Fengyun was still in the hospital morgue, waiting for Luo Wei's sister to come.

"Let's go." Watching Chi Lili pack up her things, Shen Gu said.Luo Wei doesn't have many things, except for a few clothes, her favorite camera and a few accessories.

Holding the tiger head ring that she took off from Luo Wei's finger, Chi Lili cried again.Shen Gu went over and took off the ring and put it in the box: "The train is about to arrive, if you don't go there, you won't be able to get to the station."

Luo Wei's younger sister is called Luo Man. Unexpectedly, she dressed up very fashionable, wearing a brightly colored coat, and was still chewing gum when talking to them. She didn't feel sad for her sister's unexpected death. the meaning of.

"Where is my sister?"

Chi Lili looked at her dissatisfied: "Sister Luo is in the hospital. Let's go there."

Luo Man raised his hand to look at his watch, it was a cartoon-style electronic watch, and it was gaudy: "Is it time to go to the hospital?"

Chi Lili was annoyed: "That's your sister!"

Luo Man squinted at her: "Isn't it exhausting to work in your place? What's the matter, you can't afford to pay for the mortuary to stay for a few more days?"

Chi Lili almost wanted to quarrel with her.Luo Wei's operation this time spent all the savings of the four of them. If it weren't for the solid 2000 yuan, the funeral might not be easy.Now that Luo Wei died, the magazine couldn't find a suitable person for a while, and I don't know how long it can last.Everyone was depressed, and now that Luo Man said something like this again, if she wasn't Luo Wei's sister, Chi Lili would have slapped her heart.

Luo Man spat the gum on the ground carelessly: "Okay, I'm here to find a job anyway, I can't leave for a while, I can go tomorrow. It's this time today, I don't want to go to places like the morgue."

Chi Lili was shaking with anger.Lu Wei's eyes were also red, but Luo Man looked only seventeen or eighteen years old, how could he quarrel with a little girl, gritted his teeth and said in a firm voice: "Okay, then you can go with us to the place where you live. "

Luo Man curled her lips: "I'm here to find my classmate. If you have a place to live, you can just send me there. Which hospital is my sister in? I'll go to the hospital tomorrow."

Luo Man's classmate lived in a fairly high-end residential area. The guard at the gate of the residential area only let her in after asking the residents on the phone, but the others were blocked out.Chi Lili stomped her feet angrily: "Why does Sister Luo have such a younger sister! If it's my younger sister, I'll beat her to death!"

"Forget it." Lu Wei said with a dark face, "Sister Luo Wei was sent to her uncle's house since she was a child. If you have any feelings, let's take Fengyun to our hospital. Brother Shen, go back and rest, you have to return tomorrow Going to work, we can go there by ourselves, there are still some things to deal with."

Shen Gu knew that they might have to discuss money, but he still sent them to the hospital, and then drove home first.It was past 10 o'clock, Shen Gu took a hasty shower, and it was 11 o'clock, when he came out of the bathroom, he suddenly heard something scratching the wall in the study.

"Tangyuan?" The cage of glutinous rice balls has been placed in the study all the time. It sleeps in the cage these days. Could it be that it is grinding its claws at night?

Meow—the sound came from the bedroom on the other side.Shen Gu frowned and walked into the study.The furnishings in the study are very simple, except for the bookshelves, there are computers. Shen Gu listened carefully and found that the sound of scratching the wall was coming from 502 next door.

Into the Wildcats?But this is the fifth floor.So a thief?Shen Gu hesitated for a moment, then took out the key of 502 and went out.As soon as they went out, Lu Wei and Pang Feng Yunchi Lili just came up from the stairs. When they saw Shen Gu standing at the door of 502, they were stunned: "Brother Shen?"

"There is some movement in the house, I want to go in and have a look."

"Is there a thief?" Pang Fengyun smiled wryly, "There is nothing to steal." Although he said so, he still opened the door quietly.

Shen Gu was the first to go in, and after a while, he turned on the light with a snap: "It's not a thief." There was a faint stench in the room, which he had smelled before in this room. It was Luo Wei's birthday, a kind of beast The stench of the body.

"Has anything been moved?" Shen Gu looked around the room and asked Pang Fengyun.

Pang Fengyun looked around and shook his head hesitantly: "Probably - no." There are not many things in the room, and it is clear at a glance. If a thief comes, he doesn't have to bother to search.

Shen Gu walked towards the wall.Judging from the sound he heard in his room, it was this wall that made the scratching sound just now.At the beginning, the house was simply decorated, and Pang Fengyun and the others had no extra money to decorate, so the walls were simply painted with white paint.Shen Gu bent down to take a look, and immediately frowned—there were a few slender marks in the corner of the wall, which seemed to be scratched with a knife, and the paint powder that was scratched was sprinkled on the floor.Shen Gu searched carefully again, and found that there were still a few places with a little powder on the floor, and the traces were intermittent, extending all the way to the table in the middle of the room.It looked as if some beast had clawed at the wall a few times, and then walked right up to the table, leaving traces of powder on the soles of its feet.

table.The table was bought from an old furniture market. It is very old-fashioned. It has four legs and a board. It can’t hide anything. On the table is a bag containing Luo Wei’s belongings, which is bulging. Buckle it, and can't hold anything else.

"Brother Shen, what's the matter?" Pang Fengyun worriedly followed.They used this house very carefully, never messing with the walls and floors, "Has anyone come in?"

"No." Shen Gu glanced at the window, which was closed tightly.It is because the air is not circulating that the stench can be smelled, "It may be a wild cat or something, please take a good look at each room."

Lu Wei searched every room, but found no stray cats.Shen Gu didn't say anything else, just told them to lock the door at night, and then went back to his room, then went to the study to check, the glutinous rice balls had already entered the cage, and the scratching sound was never heard again that night.

In the matter of creating a city, there are not many big things, but a lot of small things.Shen Gu has never done such trivial things in his life, and he feels more tired than the previous training after a day.It was already dark after six o'clock, so he came out of the institute and walked to the car.To get from the institute to the community, you have to back up your car once.Shen Gu had a car, but that car belonged to Shen Zhiyun, so he rarely drove it except to visit Shen Zhiyun in the nursing home.Moreover, it is inappropriate for a police officer to drive a private car to and from get off work.

Take bus No. 308 to No. 15, then transfer to No. 11.Shen Gu walked along the wedding dress street to the No. 11 station, and suddenly saw a man looking around across the road.He had met that person once, and it was the Mai Qiao that Pang Fengyun and the others recruited a few days ago.After Luo Wei's death, it took more than ten days to deal with the aftermath. Luo Man took away all Luo Wei's belongings with great difficulty, and the magazine was a little bit unable to continue.Shen Gu hadn't seen this wheat for several days, probably because Pang Fengyun and the others couldn't use him anymore.

Mai Mai didn't see Shen Gu, he was walking back and forth at the corner of the street, as if looking for something in those small shops.Shen Gu was about to say hello to him, when suddenly a young man appeared from the crowd, and said something softly behind Mai Mai, and Mai Mai turned his head quickly, the two of them said a few words, and went to the street one after the other. Go around the corner.Although it was dark, the lights of the night market were enough for Shen Gu to see clearly. The young man looked a few years older than Mai Mai, with fair skin, wearing a light gray coat, and a lifelike figure embroidered with silver thread on the left chest. The tiger head, the eyeballs seem to be inlaid with sequins, and they are green and shiny under the light, just like the real thing.Shen Gu suddenly thought of the handsome guy in the jewelry store that Luo Wei said, the tiger head pattern on the jacket was very similar to the pattern on Luo Wei's ring.

The road these two people walked was exactly the way Shen Gu was going to the No. 11 station, but when Shen Gu turned the corner, he found that these two people had disappeared.In fact, there was only a dozen or so steps before and after, no matter how fast these two people were, it was impossible for them to walk out of Shen Gu's sight all at once.Shen Gu looked at both sides, and there were women's clothing stores on the left and right, but he didn't see any small jewelry stores.A trace of doubt floated in his heart, Shen Gu slowed down and walked past the door of the store, looking inside to search—nothing.The shop is full of girls, even two men would not go to this kind of shop.

Shen Gu pondered.Whether Mai came here to meet someone was supposed to be his personal business, but somehow he felt that it was wrong.It was a bestial intuition honed in life-and-death situations, and it had saved his life many times.

He walked back and forth on the street three times, but still did not see the figure of Mai Mai, so Shen Gu stood leaning against the street lamp.He took out a cigarette from his pocket, and just as he lowered his head to light it, he saw Wheat appearing when he looked up.He was standing on the side of the road, holding a mobile phone in one hand, talking with a distressed face.Shen Gu narrowed his eyes.Just bowing his head, at most ten seconds, where did Xiaomai jump out from?Behind him is a huge unfinished billboard. Is there something behind the billboard?

Mai Mai hurried away while talking on the phone, Shen Gu walked towards the billboard, and when he got closer, he realized that there was really a small facade behind the billboard, without even a store name, no wonder he couldn't find it.

The glass door was half open, and there was a thick leather curtain hanging inside. As soon as Shen Gu opened the door, he could smell a strong leather smell. There seemed to be some smell mixed inside, but it was covered up.The storefront is small, with brightly polished glass cabinets on the left and right sides, scattered with various accessories such as bracelets and necklaces, and at the end there is a small table with a cup of coffee.There was no one in the store, and there was a door leading to the back, which was also tightly closed at this time. A string of glass wind chimes hung at the door, and the pendants hanging at the bottom were in the shape of little people, shining brightly under the light.Shen Gu looked at the store, suddenly, he felt a feeling of being spied on, as if two eyes were staring at him from the back and the top, but the back and the top should be the lintel of the store, there could be no one there.

Shen Gu turned around slowly and calmly, but there was no one behind him. A mirror was hung obliquely above. The frame of the mirror was a tiger's head with its mouth wide open, and the mirror surface was embedded in the tiger's mouth.The mirror is tilted downward, looking from below, you can see your own face in the mirror, as if your head is held in the jaws of a tiger, or because of the light, the mirror looks very dim, and Shen Gu can't see clearly from inside own face.

The wind chimes jingled, Shen Gu turned his head, and the young man who had just talked to Mai on the street came out. He took off his gray coat, and inside was a brown sweater with light yellow horizontal stripes. Much like tiger skin.Seeing Shen Gu, he smiled slightly: "Sir, come to see the jewelry?"

Shen Gu also smiled: "I heard from my friends that the accessories here are very interesting. If I pass by by chance, I will come in and have a look."

The young man looked him up and down, and shook his head apologetically, "I'm afraid we don't have any suitable accessories here for Mr."

Shen Guyang raised his eyebrows: "My friend bought an ornament with a tiger head. I think it's good. Can you find me one too? I want to give it away."

The young man frowned slightly: "The general's seal, that's the general's seal. Sorry, there are very few accessories with the general's seal, and now all I have are sold out."

Shen Gu pointed back: "What about this mirror?"

The young man's face changed slightly, and he smiled: "That's not for sale, it's for store maintenance."

Shen Gu snorted, and took a few steps forward.The shop is small, and his steps are big. With these few steps, he has reached the innermost small table. When he lowered his head, he saw a pattern on the surface of the cup of coffee that was washed out with milk. A tiger head pattern can also be seen.

The young man also noticed the steady gaze and smiled: "Sir, do you like coffee too?"

Shen Gu shook his head: "I don't understand coffee, but I just think this pattern is very interesting, how did you make it?"

The young man glanced at him meaningfully: "It's made with milk, would you like a glass, sir?"

Shen Gu smiled: "Is coffee still served here?"

The young man gave a hearty smile: "No, it's not bad just to have a drink with the guests you can talk to occasionally. I learned this before, although I don't do it now, but I have time to show it, it's still very satisfying for vanity "He said he had already entered the room, the moment he opened the door, Shen Gu took a look inside, but it was very dark inside, without any light, even though Shen Gu had excellent eyesight, he couldn't see anything clearly.It's just that when the door opened and closed, Shen Gu smelled a scent of perfume, which was mixed with other things, but the smell of perfume was a bit strong, confusing other smells.

The young man came out quickly, bringing out a coffee pot and a cup, and a small china pot with a pointed mouth, with a crouching tiger painted on it.The hot coffee was poured into the cup, exuding a strong and bitter aroma, and the young man lifted the small porcelain pot, which contained milk.The white liquid flowed down, and somehow he turned his wrist a few times, and a lifelike tiger head pattern appeared on the surface of the coffee liquid.The coffee ripples slightly in the cup, and the tiger head pattern also shakes slightly. The two small pieces of coffee liquid that are eyes reflect the light, flashing and blinking, as if they are also watching the person who is looking at the cup.

Shen Gu looked at it for a few seconds, then raised his head: "It's very interesting, this tiger's head is really the same, how did it come out?"

The moment he raised his head, a trace of panic flashed across the young man's face. Although he hid it well, he was caught by Shen Gu.The young man stood up immediately: "It's good if you think it's interesting, sir. But it's getting late, I'm afraid I'm going to close, so—"

Shen Gu didn't insist anymore, and left the shop.The glass door was closed tightly behind him immediately, and there was a creaking sound of the rolling shutter door being pulled down from inside, it seemed that it was really about to close.Shen Gu looked around, it was only past seven o'clock, and there was a night market in Taitung. Although the weather was not too warm, almost every store was still open for business at this time.Shen Gu walked slowly along the street, pondering over and over the strange feeling just now, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang, it was the phone number from the institute.Shen Gu picked it up, and Lao Chen, who was on duty, said loudly: "Xiao Shen, come early tomorrow morning! Just now the bureau asked each office to check if there was any missing person report. It seems that there has been a homicide case!"

Shen Gu arrived at the institute early the next morning, and Lao Chen had checked all the reports in the past few months, and did not report any missing persons.Old Chen wiped his face, took the soy milk that Shen Gu brought him, and sighed: "I really can't eat anymore. After seeing the photo, I lost my appetite at all."

"What picture?"

"Here——" Lao Chen called out the photos on the computer to show him, "It was found on Laoshan Mountain. It seems that it was killed by two dogs raised in the nearby cherry garden. The body was half eaten. Look! I haven't checked my identity yet."

Shen Gu glanced over, and immediately frowned: "There's no need to search, I know this person." Although the face had been distorted by terror, the eyebrows and eyes could still be seen, not to mention that there was a piece of him on the remaining half of the palm. Very familiar tiger head ring - Luo Man.