CH 22

Seeing Xiao Lan’s lack of response, Gu Shengan asked with some concern, “What’s wrong with you?”

Xiao Lan shakes her head and tells him what she encountered during the day.

Gu Shengan said in surprise, “You’ve gone back ten years! I never thought that those five guys who were so human would be such people in private.”

“So did Gu Mo get them here? She wanted revenge, but why did it turn out to be on us?”

That’s a question Xiao Lan can’t answer either, except to say, “The reason is mostly in the reunion gang. Now whether it’s the boss, or her past and our current situation, it’s all related to that group of guys, and we need to find a way to find clues on them.”

Gu Shengan nodded, “Let’s go to Tong Qing and Zhao Fan first, four people is always better to work with. Liu Yiyi is fine …… she’s been looking weird lately, always gives people a chill down their backs.”

Xiao Lan agrees that he would not want to deal with the secretive Liu Yiyi if he didn’t have to.

Come to the door of Zhao Fan’s room.

Gu Shengan knocked on the door: ” Zhao Fan, Zhao Fan, are you there?”

There was no response at the door.

Gu Shengan frowned and increased the force again, ” Zhao Fan! Open the door!”

After a while, the wooden door opened a crack from the inside and Zhao Fan’s breathless voice came out, “What’s up?”

Gu Shengan lowered his voice: “We’ve found a clue and we’re going to confront the gang across the street together, come on let’s go together.”

Zhao Fan, however, closed the door behind her: “No, I won’t go, I’ll die.”

Gu Shengan slams the door: “You’ll only die if you don’t go!”

Zhao Fan is not listening: “No! No! If you want to go, you go yourself!

Gu Shengan was furious and rapped on the door several times, but the door would not respond to him.

“Forget it, let’s go.” Xiao Lan stopped Gu Shengan and left Zhao Fan alone. In the Advent world, moving forward might not necessarily lead to survival, but running away would certainly lead to death.

Xiao Lan knocked on Tong Qing’s door and suddenly felt something was wrong.

The door made a dull sound and there was a wet feeling when I touched it with my fingers. This reminds Xiao Lan of the water stains in the corner of the room last night, and he feels like he’s going to get screwed.

Xiao Lan rapped vigorously on the door: ” Tong Qing! Tong Qing! Give me a response if you’re there!”

But the room was dead silent.

Xiao Lan and Gu Shengan looked at each other and their hearts sank.

At that moment, a water stain spread a little from Tong Qing’s room, soaking a spot in the doorway. The two men hurriedly jumped out of the way and watched the water stains from the sidelines.

It was a relief after confirming that it was just an ordinary water stain.

Gu Shengan stepped forward and banged on the door, trying to open it violently but it wouldn’t budge. He lifted his foot and kicked the door several more times, but the door made a dull thumping sound, but still nothing happened.

Gu Shengan is panting heavily with his hands on his knees and turns his head to greet Xiao Lan.

Suddenly there was a whoosh and a black shadow swooshed past his eyes, bringing up a wind that ruffled his hair. Then there was a loud “bang-” and the door, which he had been unable to bang on, opened.

The door lock was sent flying straight out of its place by the violent impact and is now lying poorly, weakly and helplessly on the floor next to it.

The black cat with the hood next to Xiao Lan is standing in the room, looking like “I don’t know anything, I’m just an elegant kitty”.

Gu Shengan : “……”

Is he really too lacking in exercise? Shouldn’t he be lying on his bed all day playing with his phone, or it would be a shame if he couldn’t even beat a cat.

Xiao Lan patted him on the shoulder as a comforting gesture and lifted his leg into the room as well.

The room was wet, with water all over it, from the ceiling to the walls to the floor. The air was filled with the characteristic scent of hot spring water, exactly like the hot springs at the inn.

Tong Qing is lying on the bed in her going-out clothes, her long hair spread out, her body soaked in water, and there is still a lot of standing water on the bed that half-soaks her whole body. Her eyes were wide open and staring at the ceiling as if there was some kind of flood.

Xiao Lan closed her eyes and asked Gu Shengan as she examined the body, “When was the last time you saw her?”

Gu Shengan thought for a moment, “It was probably in the afternoon, we woke up in the morning to find you gone and split up afterwards to look for clues, I also met up with her downstairs in the afternoon, she seemed normal at that time.”

Xiao Lan’s attention was drawn to Tong Qing’s right hand, which was clenched tightly in the water, the edges of the fingertips showing a little white flake that looked like a paper object.

He reached out, opened Tong Qing’s clenched fist, and found a yellowed photograph inside, the image on it slightly blurred by the water.

The photograph shows a girl in a dress bending down to pick something up off the floor as a gust of wind lifts the hem of her skirt. The photographer happened to be at a tricky angle and captured something inappropriate.

Although he can’t see the girl’s face in the photo, the first thing Xiao Lan thinks of when he sees the dark hair is Gu Mo. He recalls Fu Wenbo’s explicit discussions ten years ago, and Yang Degao’s shameful hobby, so could they have taken more than one sneak peek at Gu Mo?

Gu Mo’s high school life is filled with classmates who tease her for being poor, a class girl who adds fuel to the fire, a crush who stomps on her in pursuit of the class girl, a constant stream of lewd snappers, and a teacher who is supposed to be helpful but has a special fetish.

What a day it is!

Xiao Lan handed the photo to Gu Shengan and described what Fu Wenbo and the others had done earlier.

Gu Shengan: “Holy shit! No wonder Gu Mo wanted to drag them out and tear them apart.”

Xiao Lan : “It would have been better if she hadn’t torn us apart with her.”

Gu Shengan looked at Tong Qing’s corpse and felt a sense of sadness: “There is a reason for injustice, sister, can you get a pair of glasses ……”

Xiao Lan : “They must have done something to mislead Gu Mo , let’s go, it’s time to go and find them.”

As it turned out, none of the five men were in the room.

Luo used the Black Cat’s identity to run to the front desk and took the opportunity to check the room records, only to find out that they had opened a new room on the first floor.

The first floor is empty and quiet, and there are no other guests staying there.

Xiao Lan found the five men’s room and pried open the door to their left with as much ease as if he were holding the original key instead of a wire.

Gu Shengan looked impressed: “Awesome, brother!”

Xiao Lan waved his hand: “It’s nothing.”

They went straight up to the balcony, which, as Xiao Lan had observed before, was a good place for peeking because of its structure and its proximity to the next room.

Xiao Lan and Gu Shengan crouched down and began to observe what was going on next door, using the cover of the plants on the balcony.

Du Yuhui tugged at the corner of his shirt apprehensively, “Is it really Gu Mo who came to see us?”

Zhang Jie rolled his eyes, “That’s not true, look at the women who drank my glass of wine and their life lights went out.”

Du Yuhui was busy saying, “That’s good, that’s good, now we’re all safe, right?”

Zhang Jie grunted, “Having already switched our scent with theirs with the spell the master gave us, Gu Mo will think they are the ones they are targeting, especially the two who have been drinking will be the priority ones to find. Once they’re clean and dead, the Gu Mo’s resentment will dissipate and we’ll be safe then.”

“It’s a treasure I’ve been collecting for years to save my life, it’s killing me with heartache.”

Xiao Lan and Gu Shengan looked at each other and it was really their doing.

But the bad news is that it turns out that even if you don’t drink their wine, you’re still on the radar.

Fu Wenbo was also relieved: “That’s good, we won’t be able to get out of the hotel for a few days, it’s been weird.”

Du Yuhui was unhappy, “That bitch too, who knows what she did back then, why did she come to us when she was dead outside? We didn’t get her killed, so what’s the point of talking about her.”

Fu Wenbo : “Is she resenting us back then ……”

“What did we do! I didn’t do anything!” Cheng Lang raised his voice, “The worst part is that even Mr. Yang is involved, isn’t it, Mr. Yang?”

Mr. Yang Degao did not respond, his eyes were blank and he did not know what he was thinking.

Yang Degao snapped back to her senses, “Huh? Yes, yes …… I didn’t do anything ……”

The room is still grumbling, with no sign of remorse. The strange reaction of Yang Degao caught Xiao Lan’s attention. The other four were all looking faint-hearted but in denial, but he was the only one so faint-hearted that he couldn’t even speak properly.

Gu Shengan’s heart was burning: “This Yang Degao is obviously in trouble! It’s almost written on his face that I’m the murderer, I’ll ask them!!!”

He said he was going to get up with his hands on the ground.

Xiao Lan hurriedly pulled him back, “What do you want to ask?”

Gu Shengan jammed: “It’s …… ask directly ah ……”

Xiao Lan didn’t even want to give him a disgusted look, “They’ll tell you if you ask?”

“……” Gu Shengan looked at his small frame, thought about the other side besides the old man there were two other males both a head taller than him and was a bit worried, “So what to do? ”

At that moment, Yang Degao, who was distracted, got up and said he wanted to go out for some air.

Xiao Lan returns to his room and removes the thick rope from the curtain, pulling it in his hand to test its strength, before asking Gu Shengan to come out with him.

Gu Shengan looked at him with a horrified face, “You you you …… what are you doing?”

Xiao Lan gives a cheerful smile: “Go and implement a bold idea.”

Gu Shengan’s face was bitter and torn as he said, “You can’t attack an NPC’s big brother.”

“This is called a friendly exchange, how can it be considered an attack?” Xiao Lan slung the rope over his shoulder and his smile became more and more cordial “Look at my face, amiable or not? Friendly or not?”

Gu Shengan : “……”

Too damn friendly!!! Brother, are you so rigid in your work?