The recording was playing until this point, and was interrupted by a loud ringing. Although Zhou Yu wanted to continue listening, when he saw that the caller was Chen Wei's number, he still frowned and answered the call. Before he asked about the other party's intentions, Chen Wei said straight to the point without any extra greetings: "The dwarf is gone."
Zhou Yu was stunned for a moment.
"Isn't she sleeping upstairs?"
"When we arrived at the parking lot, I called to wake her up. Later, I asked her to come down to B2 and wait at the elevator door."
"Isn't she here?"
"It's not in the parking lot. I also went upstairs to look for it, at least it's not on the entertainment area level."
"Isn't she playing a prank? Is she hiding in the women's bathroom on purpose?"
"It's true that this is something a dwarf can do, but it doesn't seem to be the case this time."
"Why?"
"Because I found something strange in the elevator... You'd better take a look too."
Zhou Yu hurriedly said "I know", then hung up the call and stuffed the recorder into his shirt pocket. With Zhang Mumu's whereabouts unknown, she had no intention of standing here and wasting time.
He walked through the parking lot as fast as he could, and when he came to the elevator, he saw Chen Wei standing in front of the car door. Apparently waiting for his arrival, Chen Wei kept dialing his cell phone while pressing the elevator door button with his right hand.
So, following the open sedan door, Zhou Yu saw what was inside at a glance.
There were several black feathers scattered in the empty car.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Yu, who was about to question Chen Wei, stopped talking. His feet also seemed to suddenly remember his injury and involuntarily swayed. No matter how much Zhou Yu urged, he could only walk slowly towards the elevator entrance one step at a time.
Seeing his appearance, Chen Wei put one arm against the elevator door and reached out with the other hand to support him.
"It wasn't there when I went up to look for someone. I discovered it when I came back. Isn't it strange? These look like crow's feathers."
In this situation, there was no laughter in his voice, but by ordinary people's standards, this reaction was too calm.
Zhou Yu leaned down, took the outermost crow feather in his hand, and turned it gently. The fine and smooth barbules are actually beautiful.
"Classmate Chen, what are you going to do?"
"Look for ten more minutes. If it doesn't work, I have to call the police. This was my mistake. I shouldn't have brought the dwarf here."
Chen Wei sighed: "I didn't expect it to be so troublesome."
"You seemed to have said the same thing when you played that four-corner game, right?"
"Indeed. The frequency of encountering strange things this year is a bit too high. This is called a bad year. Anyway, classmate Zhou, let's look for it together. For safety reasons, the two of us should not act separately again."
"No need."
Zhou Yu closed his palms and held Crow Feather in his palm. There was a cold tingling sensation on the umbrella handle that was clenched tightly with the other hand.
"I probably know the whereabouts of classmate Zhang. Give up, even if you turn the whole building over, you will never find her. It's better to call the police. It will only bring trouble to your friends."
"It's a matter of human life, and 'Xiao Ming' will understand what I'm doing. But from what you said, it seems like you know what these feathers are about."
"Ah, I recognize a slug crawling around. It really likes raising crows. Classmate Chen, is it almost half past eight now? Let's go out first and then talk about it."
Zhou Yu spoke smoothly. After seeing Crow Feather, he should feel anxious, but it felt like his chest was filled with ice, and his heartbeat slowed down and became steady.
"Classmate Zhang is still living on campus, right? Does it matter if he doesn't go back for one night?"
"It doesn't matter in the short term. She doesn't have any classes anyway. Her roommates will just treat her as going home."
"That's good. Try to solve this matter in three days."
Chen Wei stopped talking and just pressed the elevator on the first floor. The two of them walked all the way out of the main entrance. The security guard in the duty room was focusing on the football game on TV. Probably because there were more than one group of people entering the building during the day, he didn't notice Zhang Mumu's disappearance at all.
At 8:40 pm, the amusement park was closed, and there were only a few pedestrians on the road. Facing the direction leading to the subway station, the two of them stood in the same spot, neither of them taking a step.
"...You go back first, I will find Mr. Zhang back."
"No, I can't sleep even if I go back in this situation. Your feet are not very convenient either. You still need someone to take care of you, right? The dwarf has already disappeared. If another one is lost, I can't bear the responsibility."
There was no intention of giving in in Chen Wei's words. Because he understood that Zhang Mumu's loss was his responsibility, Zhou Yu could not open his mouth to argue with him.
"...It will be very dangerous. You will only get in the way here."
"If there is any danger, I will take care of myself. But your expression now makes me feel like you are ready to kill someone with a sword."
Chen Wei stared into his eyes and made a decisive conclusion: "Is he the person you have a dispute with?"
"Now that you know, don't hold me back anymore."
After saying this, Zhou Yu immediately walked forward. He had already thought about his destination - although the situation he faced must be very unfavorable, he still had to go to that mall first. The other party is probably waiting for you there.
"Wait a minute. This has to happen first..."
Behind him, Chen Wei seemed to want to argue, but Zhou Yu was no longer interested in listening. He walked quickly for more than ten meters, but suddenly he stumbled and fell towards the side of the road.
"Be careful."
Chen Wei caught up in time, put his hand on his shoulder, and waited for Zhou Yu to stabilize his balance before letting go again. He no longer cared about etiquette issues and squatted down to look at Zhou Yu's right ankle.
"It's worse than the past few days...don't you feel any pain at all?"
Although it was indeed a little painful, Zhou Yu didn't think it would be serious enough to affect his movements. So much so that when he noticed the obvious redness and swelling of the injury, he couldn't help but be surprised.
But now was not the time to think about such things.
"It's just a minor injury. There will be discomfort during the bone healing process, so don't make a fuss about it."
"What you said is different from what the doctor ordered, right?"
"That's what I'm saying..."
Zhou Yu spat out a half-sentence of rebuttal in annoyance, but even he himself couldn't figure out what the unthinking words meant. Just because he was speechless at this moment, the conversation fell on Chen Wei again.
"Let's take a rest first. Don't talk about looking for someone like this. You can't walk very far before rolling onto the road. No matter who you are looking for, since he is here for you, in the short term, I won't do anything to the dwarf. If you can go to such great lengths to help someone, you should still have the patience to let you take a breath, right? If you don't calm down, I won't be able to let you go without any worries, otherwise I can't let you go in one breath. Lose two and I’m completely clueless.”
Having said this, Zhou Yu had no choice but to accept his suggestion. He stood on the ground with his less injured left leg and looked around blankly. This place was so unfamiliar to him that if he didn't take the subway back, he wouldn't even know where the pharmacy was.
"...where to go now?"
After his mind gradually calmed down, he asked Chen Wei in a low voice.
"Unfortunately, there shouldn't be a 24-hour pharmacy nearby, and the amusement park is closed now, so it's not very convenient to take a taxi... Find a place to get your feet treated first. It's still a matter of my arrangement. I should have known better. Come back next week.”
While saying this, Chen Wei held his right arm with his body and walked in the opposite direction to the subway station.
