Chapter 150

"Ding Dong!"

On the third floor of the office, Gao Chengcai holds the little girl to the sofa in the living room, and a doorbell rings downstairs.

With the help of the aunt in the bakery, the girl changed into his shirt and went to sleep quite well after taking the antipyretic. There is no need to worry about it for the time being.

Gao Cheng exits the room and looks at the office downstairs. He finds a young brunette standing at the entrance of the corridor: "Hello, this is Chenghu detective office. What can I do for you?"

"I'm sorry to disturb you so late," said the woman, tired on her face, "but I've got something to talk to detective Edo about

"I am Chenghu Gaocheng."

Gao Cheng opens the office: "please come inside."

Office reception sofa, Gao Cheng made a cup of tea for the woman: "here, please use."

"Thank you," said the woman, smiling and nodding. She took out a business card from her bag. "Detective Chenghu, my name is new xiangbaoli. I'm here mainly because of my parents."

"New name xiangbaoli?" Gao Cheng took the card and thought, "how do you feel like you've heard it somewhere?"

"My father is Ren taro," explains Xiang Baoli. "The detective left character series is my father's work."

"It's the author of the left character!" Gao Cheng thought of it and said enthusiastically, "I've seen the detective left character series. I've always wanted to visit your father, but I don't have the time."

"My father often said that he would like to see you, the real left character, and that you are the resurrected left character."

"It's all media bullshit."

Gao Cheng laughed and said, "what can miss Xiang Baoli do for me? Is it your father who wants to see me

"No," said Hsiang Pao Li with a dim look, "to be honest, my father has been missing for nearly two months..."

"Missing?" Gao Cheng Leng way, "but I remember detective left text recently not to start serial again?"

"What I said is true," said Hsiang Pao Li hastily. "My father and mother disappeared a week before the start of the series, leaving only a note saying" go out a little bit ". I asked all my relatives and friends, but no one knew their whereabouts! Every Saturday at midnight, there will be a regular fax to the editorial department

Gao Cheng became dignified: "is there no information of the sending place on the fax?"

"Nothing," the new name xiangbaoli said, holding his fingers tightly. "They haven't contacted me for nearly two months. This kind of thing has never happened before. I was worried about whether they had an accident, so I called the police. However, because there was no threat call and the manuscript was regularly transmitted, they told me not to worry

"I've asked other detective agencies, but their answers are almost the same. I can only come to ask you, the city detective my father once mentioned."

The new name xiangbaoli choked with tears: "if even you can't..."

"No way?" Gao Cheng picked up his eyebrows, slapped the table, stood up, and said with awe inspiring look, "there is nothing that Gao Cheng can't do. Since your father delivers manuscripts regularly, let's go to the editorial department to have a look!"

"Ah?"

The new name xiangbaoli looks at Gao Cheng and wipes the corners of his eyes happily.

"Thank you, detective Chenghu."

"Don't worry, I will find your parents!" Gao Cheng goes downstairs with his new name xiangbaoli and stops a taxi. Suddenly, he says, "by the way, should the fare be reimbursed?"

……

University Library Press, editorial department.

Gao Cheng, led by the new name xiangbaoli, found the editor of the left character series, a chubby and honest young man.

"Yes, the new teacher's manuscript comes every week."

The young man was very excited when he saw Gao Cheng: "are you a detective of Chenghu? I've read about the serial homicide cases a few days ago. I heard that you've been involved, and you can see through the murderer at a glance. "

"It's not exaggeration. I didn't do anything, but it's true that I had a lot of trouble."

Gao Cheng laughed awkwardly and continued to ask, "Mr. editor, are those manuscripts really written by new teachers?"

"Yes, as like as two peas", the young man affirmed that "although the word is typed by a word processor, the font is exactly the same as that used by the teacher, and there is his autograph beside each heading. Shall I show you the manuscript?"

"Is that ok? I'll trouble you. "

Detective left character series stopped serializing ten years ago. The title of this new work is called "half of the summit". Gao Cheng hasn't seen it very much. When he holds the manuscript, it's quite fresh.

"Last time I came over, I confirmed it," said Hsiang Pao Li, sitting next to Gao Cheng. "It's really my father's signature."

"I see," the editor said with a smile, "your father must have been so engrossed in writing that he forgot to contact you. Don't worry."

"But..."

"Even if Mr. new name forgets, Mrs. new name will not forget, will she?"

Gao Cheng took the manuscript and examined it carefully. He asked in a deep voice, "when was the last time you met Mr. Xinming?"

"Well, I've seen it several times before I started the series, but I haven't seen it a week ago..."

"Was there anything unusual about Mr. Xinming at that time?"

"Something unusual? I don't think there's anything wrong with it, "the editor recalled." if you really want to say that, it's strange to reprint detective left character. We asked the teacher to reprint it four years ago, but every time the teacher said that left character was dead and could not be revived

"We almost gave up. I didn't expect that the teacher suddenly called about two months ago and said that he wanted to re serialize," the editor said with a smile. "I think he must have heard about the city detective. Our editor in chief also wanted to ask you to interact in the weekly."

Gao Cheng is not in the mood to talk about other business now. He asks, "is there anything else strange?"

"Er, this... The very gentle teacher added a very provocative declaration in the preface this time. I don't know if it's unusual," the young editor pointed at the beginning of the manuscript. "Look, that's it." I'd like to tell the famous detectives all over the country that they think they are superior to me. Let's find out the truth of this incident. "

"The truth of the incident? Isn't that why Mr. Xin Ming went missing on purpose? " Gao Cheng is suspicious.

"No, I think it's probably the teacher who wants to make the new work more attractive, because recently there have been a lot of phone calls or letters to guess about the prisoners in the work."

The young editor was very happy to say: "another thing, the new teacher also appeared in the novel this time. In the novel, he appeared as an old friend of the left character and set himself as an unsalable novelist living in France. This is the first time that the whole series of nearly 40 books has happened!"

"So."

Gao Cheng was a little disappointed. He couldn't find anything useful in the editorial department.

"Can you make a copy of these manuscripts?"

The editor was stunned: "ah? Of course. "

While the editor left to photocopy the manuscript, Gao Cheng turned to the new name xiangbaoli: "are those manuscripts really written by your father? Or is someone forcing him to write? "

New name xiangbaoli shook his head: "it's really my father's style. If there's anything different, it's my father's strange dialogue when he appeared in the novel."

"Dialogue?"

"Well, different from other dialogues, it looks a bit messy," Xiang Baoli nodded. "At first, I thought it was my father's mistake..."

"It's not a clerical error," the young editor returned with a pile of manuscripts in his arms. "We had planned to revise it, but the teacher told us not to change it without permission before serializing it. He also said that if we didn't publish it like this, we would stop writing immediately."

Gao Cheng was surprised to receive a thick bundle of manuscripts: "so fast photocopied?"

"Because there happened to be a photocopy, I brought it to detective Chenghu first."

"Thank you very much. This fee..."

"Nothing, just some photocopies," the young editor expected. "If I can, can I talk to you about cooperation next time?"

"We'll wait until we find a new gentleman."

Gao Cheng and the young editor left each other's contact information before leaving with all the manuscripts.

On the way back, he didn't continue to work with the new name xiangbaoli. He just made an appointment and contacted him later. He felt that the new name Ren taro might have left some message in his manuscript and needed to think about it.

"Miss xiangbaoli, I'll contact you as soon as I find any clues."

"Thank you." Xiangbaoli is moved to tears again. If Gao Chengdu can't help it, I'm afraid even if she goes to find another well-known detective, Maori Kouro, the result is almost the same. Gao Cheng is her last hope.

……

The next morning, Chenghu detective office.

The girl's eyelashes on the sofa in the living room on the third floor moved. She gradually opened her eyes and looked around suspiciously and warily.

It's not a laboratory, it's not a place to organize imprisonment, it's just an ordinary residence. Judging from the messy furnishings and some items, it's probably a single man's room.

The girl recalled last night.

It's like I've lost my head and fallen in front of a teenager who looks like Shinichi Kudo. I vaguely heard that I was going to send her to the police station

"No, never go to the police station."

The girl got up weakly and put on her big slippers. She found that her clothes had been washed and she was wearing a loose shirt.

When she thought of something, the girl's face turned red, and soon she took a breath again, a trace of bitterness flashed across her face.

She touched her hungry stomach and stepped into the kitchen with her slippers. When she saw almost unused tableware, her eyebrows jumped and she turned to the refrigerator. When she saw that the refrigerator was empty, she was stunned.

After looking for the cabinet next to her, when she turned to a few boxes full of instant noodles, the girl's whole face couldn't help wrinkling together.

In the office on the second floor, Gao Cheng sleeps on his desk with a chicken nest. In front of him are the manuscripts of the novel half of the summit, a book used to analyze the secret signals, and some crumpled papers. The little girl turned the handle outside the door and found that the door was not locked. When she pushed the door, she saw a messy office“ Chenghu detective Office... "Unexpectedly, she looks at Gao Cheng who is sleeping. The girl's mouth is slightly tilted. Then she notices the paper ball lying on the ground. A big dog is also sleeping with a paper ball in its mouth. The big dog was very alert. His ears moved and he got up immediately. Only when he saw that it was the little girl last night, he sat back quietly. The girl couldn't help touching the clever big dog and picking up the paper ball on the ground. It can be seen that Gao Cheng is studying the character code, but he seems to be in trouble. Stand on tiptoe to pick up a manuscript, the girl looks with relish“ Half of the vertex? It seems that the secret code has been specially added. " The girl closed the manuscript and said with a smile“ It's already dawn... "Gao Cheng yawned and rubbed his eyes. After stretching, I suddenly saw the girl sitting on the sofa reading the novel manuscript, slightly stunned“ You wake up, little sister Gao Cheng went to the girl and took the manuscript from her hand: "can you understand these manuscripts? My brother still has to work. I'll show you after my brother's work, OK The girl is very quiet, let Gao Cheng relieved, he sat back, continue to study the manuscript headache. It's too much trouble for him to see the code. He didn't see anything all night. Maybe there was no code at all. Grabbing her hair and sighing, she hesitated to put her finger on the phone. He planned to ask Conan. Anyway, Conan would definitely be interested in this kind of thing. He just felt that he had no face. Last time, uncle Maori laughed at him... "Half of the peak." The girl suddenly said mysteriously“ What? " Gao Cheng looks at the girl who quietly looks at a mystery novel and responds, "I'll send you back later. By the way, I don't know you..." "one of the keys to the secret code is" half of the peak. "The girl looks at the novel and says flatly," the words on the top of each column of the dialogue are only half, that is to say, the two words together form a word, Every time Mr. Xinming appeared in France, according to the rule of French silent h, he removed the similar words in the combination... "Gao Cheng looked at the little girl, followed the girl's reasoning and looked at the manuscript again:" is this“ Yes, "the girl turned her eyes to Gao Cheng." the first dialogue of Mr. Xinming was "come and help me", the second was "where I am now", the third was "Beihu City Hotel", and the fourth was "room 2407"... "Gao Cheng's manuscript fell down and looked at the girl with trembling eyes, The big wavy curly hair with the common breath of children, even seems to face an adult. This kid... "Who the hell are you?" Gao Cheng's voice seemed to be stuck, and the whole world seemed to be just a little girl, "what's your... Name?" The girl made a pause in her hand, stroked her hair around her ear, and glanced over all kinds of reasoning books on one side of the bookshelf: "gray... Gray yuan AI."“ What's the reason for this Gao Cheng is in a trance, and suddenly seems to be back when he was chasing Conan TV. He was not a fan of sadness, but at that time, the role of huiyuanai still left an indelible deep impression on him. When he came to Conan world, he also thought about when he would see Xiaoai, but he didn't expect that the day would come so suddenly and so insipid. With clear and indifferent ice blue eyes and Tan hair, the combination of loveliness and maturity... And the clothes of adults at the beginning, such a strange child really should be Xiao AI. It's just that the name "ashihara AI" was taken together with Dr. Ali“ What's the matter? " The girl's clear eyes flashed the color of doubt, "don't you go? Maybe it's too late now. "“ Ah Gao Cheng returned to his senses and rushed out with his mobile phone: "there are still some biscuits in the office. If you are hungry, you will be pressed. There are instant noodles upstairs."