It rained heavily.
Heavy raindrops hit the plants in the courtyard, and the rustling sound became a natural protection for Yu Guang and the two of them.
The two of them soon arrived at the house, and the curtains on the porch were blown by the wind and made a snapping sound. The lights were on in the house, the doors and windows were closed, and it was impossible to tell from the outside if anyone was inside.
Xu Mingzhi was about to touch over to see what was going on inside. Before he could step out, the door of the room was suddenly pulled open from the inside.
Yu Guang reacted faster than Xu Mingzhi.
Xu Mingzhi didn't even have time to see clearly who was coming out. Out of the corner of his eye, he had already jumped out. Like a bolt of lightning, he was in front of Zhang Xueyi in an instant. He grabbed his hand and turned around. Pushing forward with more force, Zhang Xueyi's slender body was hit to the ground with a bang.
Zhang Xueyi couldn't even see clearly the wind and rain outside, his whole face had already touched the ground, and the glasses on the bridge of his nose flew out.
After suppressing him with his peripheral vision, he immediately signaled Xu Mingzhi to go inside to check the situation.
Xu Mingzhi looked at Zhang Xueyi on the ground with a somewhat complicated look from the corner of his eye, then he didn't dare to delay and hurried into the house.
However, the room was empty, with no sign of Zhou Jiaoran at all.
Where are people?
Xu Mingzhi couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
From the corner of my eye, I saw that he was standing still as soon as he entered the room, so he knew something was wrong, and he quickly asked: "What's wrong? Is he not here?" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Xueyi, who was pressed to the ground by him, started laughing.
The laughter was not loud, but no matter how noisy the wind and rain outside were, his laughter still penetrated the ears of the two of them very clearly, and it was extremely scary.
"Where is Zhou Jiaoran?" Xu Mingzhi stepped back, squatted down and stared at Zhang Xueyi and asked.
Zhang Xueyi suppressed his laughter and moved his neck, signaling Yu Guang to let go and let him get up first.
Yu Guang hesitated for a moment, then let go.
After Zhang Xueyi sat up, he rubbed his painful shoulder and adjusted his position to sit against the door frame. Then, he raised his eyes, glanced at the faces of Yu Guang and Xu Mingzhi with disdain, and said with a chuckle: "Who is Zhou Jiaoran?"
Xu Mingzhi suppressed his anger and shouted: "What are you pretending to be! Zhou Jiaoran is your college classmate, and I have been in love with you for several years. Don't you remember? You have depression, not amnesia!"
I don't know that the word in Xu Mingzhi's sentence irritated Zhang Xueyi, and the smile suddenly disappeared from his face. He turned cold and said: "She once fell in love with me. What's wrong? Is this also illegal?"
Xu Mingzhi knew the sophistry ability of the man in front of him, and did not want to get entangled with him, so he asked again: "Where is he?"
"I don't know what you are talking about!" Zhang Xueyi said coldly.
Xu Mingzhi laughed angrily, stared at him for a while, and said, "Okay!" After that, he took out his mobile phone and called his people. After learning that they had arrived outside the hospital, he let them in directly.
The courtyard door was quickly opened, and a plainclothes policeman and two police officers came in.
Xu Mingzhi asked them to get people into the car first.
Zhang Xueyi did not resist and allowed them to put the handcuffs on his hands, then pushed him and walked into the rain.
Seeing that figure gradually disappearing into the rain, Xu Mingzhi's face became extremely gloomy.
At this time, Yu Guang suddenly said from the side: "Did you see his car just now?"
Xu Mingzhi was stunned.
He recalled carefully and found out that indeed, they had just come all the way and didn't see any cars nearby. However, because it was night and raining again, the two of them were so anxious to find someone in the small courtyard that they didn't even notice this.
The surrounding area of this small courtyard, except for the road in, is surrounded by dense woods, and it is impossible for a car to hide in it. In other words, the car should be hidden somewhere else.
Where is this other place?
Xu Mingzhi suddenly thought of the term "Cunning Rabbit Three Caves".
In fact, the technical department discovered that the Hyundai car was being monitored outside on the road, which was quite a distance away from here. The main reason why they went straight here was because of the limitations of their own thinking. They did not think that Zhang Xueyi had any other foothold nearby.
But in reality?
The Trace Inspection Department has passed the Wu Lanlan's residence they discovered today. Although the work has not yet been completed, it is basically certain that no murder occurred in that house.
In other words, except for the first scene of Yu Keke, who has been identified, they still have no clues about the first scene of the other victims.
Zhang Xueyi must have other footholds.
At this time, it was already past ten o'clock.
The last time I took a photo of the Hyundai car was just before six o'clock. Nearly four hours have passed now.
In four hours, you can do a lot of things, including killing people and dumping their bodies.
Thinking of this, Xu Mingzhi immediately took out his cell phone and called for reinforcements.
No matter what, Zhou Jiaoran must be found tonight. Even if you can't find the living ones, at least the bodies must be found.
"The place where he hid the car shouldn't be too far away." After he hung up the phone, he said from the corner of his eye.
Xu Mingzhi looked at the dark rainy night outside and didn't answer. He just took out a pack of cigarettes, handed one to Yu Guang, and then stuffed one into his mouth.
"It's been four hours. Do you think it's possible for Zhou Jiaoran to still be alive?" Xu Mingzhi murmured.
After Yu Guang thought for a while, he shook his head and said, "It's hard to say."
After hearing this, Xu Mingzhi lowered his head and took a lighter to light a cigarette. When the cigarette butt lit up, he turned around and lit the lighter before sending it to Yu Guang.
Seeing Yu Guang lowering his head to light a cigarette, he asked again: "Do you think it's a little strange that Zhang Xueyi appears here?"
He raised his head and blew out the smoke ring out of the corner of his eye. He considered it for a moment before speaking: "Do you think he seems to be here specially to wait for us?"
Xu Mingzhi hummed.
She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and didn't answer.
After a while, the two of them finished smoking the cigarettes in their hands.
After saying "I'll go in and take a look" out of the corner of my eye, he turned around and entered the house. There are not many furnishings in the room, and everything can be seen at a glance. Except for a bar counter, there is no place to hide people. I glanced behind the bar out of the corner of my eye, and there was no surprise.
When he came out, Xu Mingzhi was no longer in the corridor.
After waiting for a while, he saw him coming around from the back of the house.
"How is it?" Yu Guang asked.
Xu Mingzhi shook his head.
This result is not surprising.
"Let's go out first." Out of the corner of his eye, he raised his hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder.
Xu Mingzhi hummed and followed him out.
Outside, police lights were flashing.
Zhang Xueyi was locked in the back seat of the police car, leaning there with his eyes closed and expressionless.
Xu Mingzhi took a look outside the car and gave up the idea of asking questions.
He knew very well that nothing could be gleaned from this man's mouth.
Reinforcements came quickly.
Xu Mingzhi and the others had just come out of the fork in the road when reinforcements arrived.
The leader was He Yu.
After Xu Mingshang stepped forward and gave some instructions, a group of people, driving and walking, dispersed and began a blanket search.
The previous surveillance camera that captured the Hyundai car was some distance away from here, while the next surveillance camera was two or three kilometers away. There are many forks in the middle. Some of the forked roads were dead ends like the one leading to the farm, but there were also quite a few that connected to other roads. Although Yu Guang said that the car could not park too far, Xu Mingzhi did not dare to take any chances, just in case!
Sometimes, he had to admit that if Zhang Xueyi had not gone down the road of crime, his anti-stalking skills would have definitely made him stand out if he had used them on the right path.
