Xu Jie was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night.
"It's so late, who is it?"
"Is this Ms. Xu from Jixiang Apartment?" A gentle man's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"It's me, who are you?"
"I am a staff member of the Civil Affairs Bureau. I need to check the situation in the apartment for some things. Can you please open the door to the apartment?"
Xu Jie looked down from the window and saw two young people blocked by the door of the apartment.
However, she did not agree immediately. Instead, she questioned: "Civil Affairs Bureau? I haven't heard of it. What are you asking about? Why do you want to check the situation in the apartment?"
"It concerns the safety of people's lives. I hope you will cooperate, Ms. Xu."
Hearing that the voice on the other end of the phone was unquestionable, Ms. Xu had no choice but to agree and came downstairs with a dubious attitude.
Zhong Yun and his colleagues strictly presented their IDs.
"Civil Bureau?"
Xu Jie was confused in her heart. She had never heard of this department, but it was indeed stamped with the official seal of Chuchuan.
She made up her mind that if the other party tried to sell her something later, she would reject it, and if anything went wrong, she would call the police directly.
…
As soon as he entered the apartment building, Zhong Yun smelled a faint stench.
Looking at the terminal in his hand, the red signal kept flashing, indicating that the target was indeed nearby. Following the source of the odor, I came to a door and looked at the number on the door, 107.
He turned to the landlord and asked: "Ms. Xu, is there anyone living in your house?"
Xu Jie nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it's a young man who works at the Walmart next door. Is there any problem?"
"Don't you think it stinks?"
After hearing what he said, Xu Jie reacted, her face changed drastically, and her voice trembled: "Did he... hide a corpse in the house?"
Damn it, if this house turns into a murder scene, I’m afraid I won’t be able to rent it out anymore.
“You’ll know only after you’ve seen it.”
But it should just be the smell of dead rats, the smell of corpses is still different.
Zhong Yun knocked on the door, but there was no response. He knocked several more times, but still no response. Grabbing the rotary lock and twisting it, the door opened.
It's not locked.
Suddenly a foul smell came out from inside, causing the landlady to retreat subconsciously.
Zhong Yun didn't change his expression, turned on the light in the room, and found that there was no one in the room. He turned back to the landlord and asked inquiringly.
Xu Jie said hurriedly: "I'll call and ask."
"Okay, please."
"No trouble, no trouble."
She dialed Liu Xing's V message and said, "Hello, Xiao Liu? I'm the landlord, Sister Xu. I want to ask where you are now. I just came to see you for something, but you're not here and the door is not locked."
"Huh? Are you in the hospital? Are you feeling unwell? When can you come back?"
"Sister Xu, it's not that I don't want to go back, it's just that I can't go back."
On the other end of the phone, Liu Xing, who was lying on the hospital bed, smiled bitterly.
The right toe that had just undergone emergency treatment was wrapped with a thick layer of gauze. There was still blood oozing out, and his eyes were frightened: "The smell of dead mice has come from nowhere in my room for the past two days. It stinks terribly. At first, I thought there was a mouse dead in the room, but I searched every corner and couldn't find the source of the smell. The most terrifying thing is that I just woke up in the middle of the night and found that half of my big toe had been chewed off by a mouse. You think I dare to go back and live there? ?"
It's so scary.
This time it was the toes, next time it might be the head.
Xu Jie's scalp felt numb when she heard that. Oh my god, half of her toes were gnawed by mice? !
seriously?
Zhong Yun directly took the landlord's phone number and said to Liu Xing: "Hello, we are official staff, and we are here just for this matter. Can you tell me which hospital and department you are in? There are some things we need to ask clearly. "
Liu Xing was stunned and said hesitantly: "Okay, then come over." Then he reported his address.
Deep down, he still wanted to believe the official.
Mainly because it was so ridiculous that no one would believe it if he told it. He had no one to share it with and he was afraid that he would go crazy.
He vaguely remembered those green eyes in the darkness, staring at them that made his scalp tingle, but they disappeared instantly after turning on the light. If it weren't for the bloody toes stinging him, he would have thought it was an illusion.
To be honest, he suspected that if he had turned on the lights any later, the thing would have eaten him clean!
…
Soon, Zhong Yun and Yan Jing rushed to the hospital ward where Liu Xing was located.
As soon as they entered the ward, they smelled a faint smell of dead mice and frowned slightly.
"Did you smell it too?" Liu Xing smiled bitterly.
When he took a taxi here in the middle of the night, the driver scolded him, saying that the car stunk because of him.
When we arrived at the hospital, the nurse also frowned.
Liu Xing was helpless.
The smell of dead rat seemed to get to him.
After showing his ID, Zhong Yun nodded: "Tell me how you provoked that thing."
"ah?"
"It's just a mouse. You must have guessed. This is no longer an ordinary situation."
"I really don't know!"
Speaking of this, Liu Xing collapsed: "I just hate the rats for stealing my snacks, so I want to catch them and kill them. Who knew such a thing would happen..."
I thought it was just an accident, but now the tone of this official staff member seems unusual, and it is a lie to say that he is not afraid.
If he keeps being pestered by the other party and refuses to give up, then Liu Xing really doesn't know what to do.
"Don't worry, we will take care of this."
Seeing this, Zhong Yun had no choice but to offer words of comfort.
Yan Jin took out a small bottle of spray and sprayed it everywhere in the room. The smell of dead mice suddenly became lighter.
Feeling the air in the room become fresher, Liu Xing's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.
"You said the other party disappeared after turning on the light?"
This is important information.
"If I read it correctly, it should be. The moment I turned on the light, the thing ran away. So you see that in the ward now, I always turn on the light, otherwise I would not dare to close my eyes. I'm afraid Turn off the light and close your eyes, and it comes back and bites off my other toe.”
Liu Xing was still frightened.
…
After understanding the situation, Zhong Yun stood up and said to Yan Jing: "Let's go back to Jixiang Apartment to have a look!"
On the way back, I reported the situation to the command center.
"Preliminarily determined information about the target. It is suspected to be a rat but not a human being. Please confirm the current location of the target."
"The target position has moved slightly, but it has not left the apartment area."
"Baixing Street has a complex environment and a large population. I apply to evacuate nearby people to avoid accidental injuries!"
"now?"
"yes!"
Even though it was half past two in the morning, Zhong Yun still made such a request.
The command center agreed, made a prompt decision, and made calls one by one. All departments that received the call notification quickly acted, and everyone was in place immediately.
"Urgent notice! Urgent notice!"
"Due to a serious leakage accident in the underground gas pipeline of Baixing Street, there are major safety risks. Residents and friends are requested to evacuate the area quickly and orderly and go to the nearby Wal-Mart Plaza, Yueyue Kindergarten, Wang Ancestral Hall, Universal Hotel Lobby, Mingzhou Hotel Lobby, etc. The place is temporarily resting, we have set up tents and free hot porridge and boiled water..."
The tweeter carried by the drone circled back and forth over the area, waking up sleeping people.
