Because of the last encounter, Fang Shuchen woke up in the middle of the night intentionally or unintentionally these days, trying to see if he could meet the doctor again.
He always felt that... this doctor should be some key figure.
Unfortunately, since the last time they met, the other party seemed to have disappeared from the world and never appeared again.
Disappointed again, Fang Shuchen returned from the door.
It was already getting late, and the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel had been cleaned up and ready to close. When the boss saw Fang Shuchen coming back, he nodded and continued to mop the floor.
He has some white hair on his head and looks very old. His expressionless face makes people look scared.
Fang Shuchen has seen all kinds of monsters or humans who are scarier than monsters in so many dungeons, and has even killed people with his own hands, so he is not afraid.
Seeing that the boss was busy, he went to the water dispenser and poured a glass of water. While drinking, he pretended to be casual and asked, "Do you have a clinic here?"
How could a normal small town not have a clinic? Such questions seem particularly purposeful.
The boss mopped the floor for a moment, then continued, responding in a nonchalant manner, "Of course."
Fang Shuchen lowered his eyes to look at the clear water in the water glass and continued to ask, "I saw a male doctor downstairs last night. I don't know where he was. He was quite good-looking, but he disappeared as soon as I turned around. I don’t know where he went, I’ve been asking around here recently and I haven’t heard anyone say anything about it.”
The boss not only stopped mopping the floor this time, he even straightened up, looked at Fang Shuchen, and tightened his grip on the mop, "What kind of doctor?"
So nervous?
Fang Shuchen deliberately pretended to reminisce, and then added little by little the details of what he saw that day, "Wearing a white coat, he looked stained with some dust. Maybe I saw it wrong. After all, it was very dark. I don't know why he Showing up in the middle of the night dressed so thinly.”
"Appeared in the middle of the night..." the boss muttered and repeated, and then he lowered his head and continued mopping the floor, as if nothing happened. "Since it is said to be midnight, you must be wrong."
Fang Shuchen stopped asking questions. Now that he had determined that the doctor was an important NPC, there was no need to ask any more questions.
You should try your best not to involve yourself in this kind of temptation.
Fang Shuchen pretended to take a sip of water and sighed: "What a pity. I wanted to get to know you originally, but maybe I was dreaming." After he finished speaking, he went upstairs with the cup in hand.
Fang Shuchen turned his back, and the boss stopped mopping the floor and slowly looked up at Fang Shuchen.
Fang Shuchen felt the gaze, but he did not look back and pretended not to notice.
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"Hmm...ahem...help me...ha...it's so cold..."
Fang Shuchen opened his eyes suddenly. The weak cry for help in the dream seemed to be still in his ears. Fang Shuchen rubbed his brows and sat up from the bed. He opened the window and looked outside. It was the end of summer and it was still very hot. There was a cool breeze outside the window. When it blows in, a room with only a broken fan becomes instantly cool.
The cold sea breeze at night made Fang Shuchen couldn't help but shiver. He turned around and turned on the bedside lamp, picked up his coat, put it on and poured a glass of water. After drinking it down, he put on his shoes and went out.
As he walked outside, he looked down at his phone.
The time displayed on the phone was 1:35 pm, and it was dark outside.
A small town like this seems particularly quiet at night.
There were so many people everywhere during the day that I couldn't take a good look at it. Although there was nothing interesting to see at night, Fang Shuchen still decided to go out for a walk.
The news he received before coming here was that several people had died, but after entering the place and asking around, no one mentioned the deceased, as if those dead people did not exist.
It stands to reason that in such a small town, most people are related to each other. How could such a big news about a serial murder case not be mentioned by anyone?
It has been several days since he came here, but he has not heard any new death information. The situation is abnormally calm.
Fang Shuchen turned off the flashlight of his mobile phone and walked forward by the street light while thinking about his current information.
Although he is a police officer, he has received very little information. It is obvious that people with his identity don't know much.
"Ahem..."
The sudden cough made Fang Shuchen immediately alert. He was sure that there was no sound of anyone else breathing around him just now. This person seemed to appear out of thin air.
When Fang Shuchen turned his head, he saw a man with his back to him, leaning on the wall, bending over and coughing.
When Fang Shuchen saw this figure, he remembered the doctor from last time. He squinted his eyes and walked over quickly.
"How are you?"
But before Fang Shuchen could walk over, the dead-looking snake on the other person's neck suddenly turned to look at him, coldly spitting out a snake letter, and with its triangular head, one could tell at a glance that it was a highly venomous snake.
Fang Shuchen immediately stood on the spot. He was not the kind of fool who risked his life just for some information.
After Shang Yunbai relieved his discomfort, he stood up straight and looked back at the person behind him. He tilted his head and stared at Fang Shuchen.
No one in this world can see him. If they can, it means that this person is not from this world.
Fang Shuchen felt a little uncomfortable under the other party's focused gaze.
Compared with the distance from the first floor to the second floor that day, now the two people were less than one meter apart, and he could clearly see each other's appearance.
The delicate and handsome facial features reveal a sharp coldness, and the red phoenix eyes have a special kind of beauty even when looking at people indifferently. The cold temperament is dispelled by the curiosity on the face, revealing a little innocence that does not suit his status and age.
"Hello." Fang Shuchen was the first to say hello, but his eyes subconsciously followed the snake on the other person's neck.
The black snake climbed onto his master's shoulders and crawled along the collar. The thin shirt bulged out in an ambiguous arc, and the snake could be seen crawling along the chest to the abdomen, and from the waist to the back.
Its owner seemed to have become accustomed to the snake's arrogance. He raised his hand and grabbed the snake's tail and pulled it out, but the snake burrowed deeper.
Its owner noticed the probing gaze of the outsider, and the other person smiled as if he was embarrassed, pulled out the snake harder, and hastily touched the snake's head with his lips. The snake then settled down as if it had been rewarded, and continued As a black pendant.
"...H-Hello..." The doctor said, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, with a dry and blocked feeling.
"You can't sleep and go out for a walk?" Fang Shuchen took the initiative to bring up the topic.
The doctor put his hands into the pockets of his white coat and nodded slightly.
Fang Shuchen raised his eyebrows and continued to raise the topic. The other party's responses were very concise.
Fang Shuchen could only continue to test and try to use topics to elicit some clues.
(28-1=27, ball segment review)
