sunk in yesterday

There is still some distance from the station to the town. Xia Zhuo looked at the surrounding environment and talked to the boy who was walking beside him with his head down: "You look so small, did you just go to college?"

"Ah, this..." The boy hesitated and said with some inferiority complex, "I, I actually stopped studying in the first year of high school..."

Xia Zhuo quickly came to his senses, and said in a nonchalant tone: "If you want me to say, it's enough to know how to read. Some people have been in school for half their lives. It's better to struggle for a while without going to school. Hey, tell me Guan Yuzhou."

"Mr. Guan?" The boy was a little confused, blushing and waved his hands quickly, "I don't know Mr. Guan well, we only contact each other when we are in our dreams, but Mr. Guan is a very nice person. Although his expression is usually... a bit It's scary, but I... I'm not afraid, he is very good to us."

"It's scary?" Xia Zhuo was amused, and couldn't imagine how scary the other party was.Smiling, he fiddled with the wet hair that had clumps on his forehead, and then asked, "How to scare people?"

"This is not very good...say." After he uttered the last word dryly, his neck shrank suddenly, and he shouted straight ahead: "Guan, Mr. Guan."

"Huh? What about him?" Xia Zhuo was still waiting for him to complete the sentence with great interest. He didn't even notice that the real master in the topic was already waiting on the top of the mountain. He didn't turn his eyes until he saw a pair of black leather shoes. Withdrawing from the person next to him, he looked at the man ten meters away in shock.

Unexpectedly, Guan Yuzhou really came in a suit.

The well-tailored clothes are being put on the clothes rack, the high-quality face is smiling slightly, and the eyes are bent to look in the direction where Xia Zhuo is. The words broad shoulders and long legs stand out vividly on him.

"Are you talking about me?"

Xia Zhuo came back to his senses, subconsciously swallowed his saliva, "What shameful things have you done, can't you talk to me?"

"Why are you in such a mess, are you injured?" Guan Yuzhou raised his foot and approached him, frowning slightly, looked him up and down, and his face softened when he saw that there was nothing serious.There was no dissatisfaction in his voice, and he was still as gentle and gentle as ever, "Want to know something about me? Wouldn't it be better to ask me directly."

"...No, I'm pretty good. I don't lack any arms or legs, and I can do a couple of laps for you." I don't know if it's because I slept for too long, and my heart is not at ease. After hearing the familiar voice, Xia Zhuo licked his back molars, and the breath he had been holding was finally relieved.

Asked about other people's affairs behind their backs, and was caught straight. Although they didn't say anything bad, it was somewhat embarrassing to be caught.There are only a handful of embarrassing times for him, and it may be the first time for now. He wanted to do something to relieve the discomfort in his heart, so he rubbed his lips casually with his fingertips, rubbing the small piece to make it rosy , "When did you arrive?"

"It's fine." Guan Yuzhou answered him, "I just arrived not long ago."

Seeing that the topic was successfully diverted, Xia Zhuo smiled brightly again, looked down at the splashed mud and blood on his body, and wrinkled his face slightly dissatisfied, "I want to take a bath, it's very sticky. uncomfortable."

As soon as he finished speaking, Guan Yuzhou's suit jacket was put on his back, and the smell of Yu Wen and the light perfume instantly surrounded most of him.

"Wear it, don't catch a cold." Guan Yuzhou withdrew his hand, and stood between the two of them again, "First go to the assembly to trigger the initial plot, and then I will find a way to wash your hair."

"I have to wash my face and hands and have breakfast."

"Ah."

During the conversation between the two, the boy on the side kept walking with his head down and staring at the ground, his sense of presence was extremely low.After hearing Xia Zhuo's straightforward response, Guan Yuzhou introduced him to his new partner who was traveling with him this time: "I mentioned it to you last time, you can call him Little Sheep or Tan Nian."

"Little sheep?" Xia Zhuo tilted his head and looked over, feeling that this title really fits this person, "It's quite cute."

Tan Nian seemed not used to being stared at him, so he said awkwardly: "Usually, just call me by my name... because some people know this name...so you, if you don't mind, you can call me by my name .”

"Okay, if you don't mind, I'll just call you by your name." Although Xia Zhuo didn't quite understand, but everyone else mentioned this, he must obey.

Since its formation, Shuixi Town has been hidden in the deep mountains and old forests. It is an antique small town evolved from a village.

The buildings in the town are not densely packed, and the roads are wide enough for two cars to drive side by side.And the terrain is not high, and you can roughly see it at a glance from the hillside.Although not rich, it is enough to be self-sufficient, with everything from shops, schools and clinics.

According to Guan Yuzhou's search for information after arriving first, this town is made up of several scattered small villages, some of which were migrated collectively, and some were caused by natural disasters. In short, the current situation can be regarded as a family .

As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the town, there was an old man with a slightly bent back waiting there.He had obviously seen Guan Yuzhou before, and seeing the two strangers following behind him, he nodded with droopy cheeks, and then led the way in front without saying a word.

"This is the mayor, and he is the one who invited us this time." Guan Yuzhou briefly explained the background of the dream to Xia Zhuo, "There is no police station in the town, so we all need to go to the city center by car to file a case. Sixteen detectives were recruited, and you were one of them."

"Inspector Xia" greeted him with a smile: "I like this identity. But usually there is only one detective, and at most an assistant or something... Why are there so many at once?"

Guan Yuzhou explained: "The large number of people shows that this time the scope is not small."

The old mayor took them to his own home, and there was no council hall in the town. On the other hand, he didn't want to disturb the townspeople, so he temporarily let a group of people sit in the living room.

There are not so many chairs in the house, and when the three of them walked in, all they saw were a row of unfamiliar faces standing or sitting.

Xia Zhuo made a rough count, excluding the mayor and one aborigine, there were sixteen people present including himself, which meant that all the participants were present.

"Please come all the way here today. The inspectors must have heard the whole story." The old village chief didn't sit down, and stood in front of the fireplace with his hands behind his back, sighing: "This town is not so good. It’s easy, everyone came here fleeing for their lives, and everyone wants to make a living here, so that their families can continue their family life. But everything is going well until last month, and several families have lost their children one after another. We are also in the mountains. I searched in the river and ditches, but found nothing and no clue. Now some people in the town suspect that foreigners have come here to abduct the children. As a last resort, I have to apply to cut off the traffic with other places. Today I would like to invite everyone Come and help me find these children... Otherwise, firstly, I will not be able to explain to the townspeople like me, and secondly, the traffic will not be restored, and the land that has been pulled up with great difficulty will be gone, and we will have to return to the life of seclusion in the future."

"That's easy to say, looking for someone, then you have to tell me in advance whether there is any place you can't go here." One person raised his hand.

The mayor squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then said: "There is a swamp on the other side of the river to the east. Except that it is not safe, you can go to other places. But after dark, I suggest that you don't run around. This mountain is not safe."

Someone asked: "Is there a wolf?"

The mayor replied: "There are no wolves, you are not familiar with the terrain, it is better to avoid mountain roads."

"Okay, since you are here to find a child, you have to tell us the characteristics of the lost child, right?"

Unexpectedly, the mayor skipped over this question, but said in a smoky voice what Xia Zhuo was most concerned about: "These children all disappeared on the way from school to home, so the school in the town has been closed recently, and with several A townsman temporarily vacated a few rooms for you to use as a dormitory, with water and electricity, and I will take the detectives there to have a look in a while."

Having water means you can wash. Xia Zhuo immediately blinked at Guan Yuzhou twice, conveying the meaning very clearly.

There is no opinion about where the participants live. After all, even if they throw a few tents out and let them sleep under the trees, they have to do so.

Several people asked some questions about the lost child, but the answers given by the aborigines were all vague, and it seemed that they needed to find out by themselves.

When it was almost eight o'clock, a truck came outside the house, saying that it could take them to the school first.The participants divided into several groups at the gate of the mayor's house, and most of them chose to go around immediately to find information. Only Guan Yuzhou and the other three got into the car with another man and a woman.

People on both sides stand at the front and rear of the car without interfering with each other.Xia Zhuo picked up the dirty blue iron sheet with one hand, and quietly took out the crumpled half missing person notices from his pocket with the other hand, and took the opportunity to ask Guan Yuzhou for credit in a low voice but excitedly, "Guess what I did before? What did you find at the station!"

Guan Yuzhou looked up at him, "Huh?"

The two of them were head to head, as if they were whispering something.Xia Zhuo was not afraid that Guan Yuzhou would be disgusted, so he handed over all the papers, "I didn't slow down my efficiency, I went to the place where I lived first because I had the confidence."

In the past, he had the cheek to tell people that he was a hindrance to Skill Thief 6, but now he explained it too much.

Guan Yuzhou took it and stuffed it in his pocket, not planning to check it in such a windy place.He smiled softly and said, "It's better to go to the dormitory first, after all, that's where we're going to live at night. And since the person got lost between two o'clock and one line, there must be clues in the school, even if you don't tell me , I will also take you to the school first."

"Aren't you..." The woman diagonally across had been looking at them all the time, before Xia Zhuo couldn't bear the gaze, she said, "Are there any clues about this dream?"

Xia Zhuo looked over and didn't speak.

Those two people were not afraid, the woman glanced at the man beside her, and then said: "We have no other intentions, just...we met a driver on the way here, and he gave us a ride, it seems that it is not like this town, but he told us about an incident a few years ago, that there was a—”

The man interrupted her, "What are you talking about so much?"

The woman was so fierce that she shivered, shut her mouth quickly, and stopped looking at Xia Zhuo.

As soon as he mentioned what happened a few years ago, Xia Zhuo remembered the disappearance of the lumber camp in the newspaper.But he didn't know if what this woman wanted to say was the same thing, so he tried to formulate a phrase: "A few years ago, there was also a child lost?"

Of course he couldn't disclose any information, so he made up a random sentence at the moment. It's okay if this person denies it, it's just a quotation.

Unexpectedly, the woman's eyes widened a little, and her voice raised in a low voice: "How do you know?"

Xia Zhuo smiled smugly: "Because we also have this clue."

Hey, he really doesn't know.

So there were also children lost years ago?Or is this woman talking nonsense like herself?