On the first floor of "The Sun Never Sets" B&B, in the office of the owner of this B&B.
Shen Xing and Ren Guangming sat side by side, looking at Lele on the sofa.
There are still tears on Lele's face at this moment, but he is no longer crying, but is looking at them with a firm expression. It seems that although he is young, he has a strong personality, and his inner decision does not seem to be easily swayed.
"Are you sure you want to follow us and catch the crying man?" Shen Xing asked.
His expression was serious and he didn't look like he was joking.
Lele nodded fiercely: "Well, uncle Sheriff, I want to catch him, he is a bad guy!"
I don't know where Lele heard that Shen Xing was also a police officer, or he made this guess based on the attitude of other police officers towards Shen Xing.
"That person might be scary." Shen Xing was not an alarmist. He believed that Lele must have seen or heard something at the scene, so he made this decision.
Lele nodded sharply again: "I know, my...my parents were still in the house at first. I hid under the quilt because I was afraid. I heard them talking, and then the person took off my quilt, His tears fell onto my face."
"When the quilt was lifted, did you see your parents?" Ren Guangming asked.
"No, they are gone." Lele shook his head, then pursed his lips and gritted his teeth tightly, "Mom and dad, they must have been eaten by him, he is a monster, he is a monster that can eat people. !”
"Can you describe to uncle what this crying person looks like?" Shen Xing asked tentatively.
Lele lowered his head, seeming to be trying to think back, but soon he shook his head, his expression a little uncomfortable.
"Don't think about it if you can't remember it. Uncle will find him." Shen Xing stopped him immediately.
Now it seems that "who he is" cannot be described from the child's mouth, mostly because of his characteristics.
Ren Guangming pulled Shen Xing aside and asked in a low voice: "Really let this child follow us?"
Shen Xing nodded: "The children before were frightened and couldn't cooperate with us at all. Now it can be seen that Lele is very courageous and has a stubborn temper. In addition, he can see crying people. If he decides to help us, The chance of finding that guy has increased by at least half."
"I'm afraid he will be in danger." Ren Guangming said.
"I will protect him. There will be no danger." Shen Xing shook his head.
If there is really danger, he can directly throw Lele into the black space and let him stay there for a while. It is impossible to find "who he is".
"What are we going to do now? How do we need to cooperate?" Ren Guangming asked.
Shen Xingdao: "It's already three o'clock in the morning. We, including Lele, need to take a rest first and get some sleep. When we get up, I will take Lele to look for B&Bs one by one, focusing on tourists with children under seven years old. . Then there are the local residents, which are also families with children of the same age. You ask the sheriff to greet the B&B in advance. You don’t need to be accompanied by an ordinary sheriff, but you have to be on call at any time.”
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away." Ren Guangming nodded and asked, "Do you need me to notify my superiors to send more special personnel?"
Shen Xing shook his head: "This anomaly is of a very high level. People are more valuable than finesse. If there are too many, it will not be able to guarantee everyone's safety."
"Well, I understand."
It has to be said that Ren Guangming is a special coordinator who is very considerate in cooperating with his partners. After agreeing, Lele was temporarily handed over to Shen Xing's care, and he and other police officers started preparations separately.
Shen Xing took Lele back to his room. Because it was a double bed room, he asked the front desk to bring an extra quilt, and soon the two of them fell asleep.
Early the next morning, when Shen Xing got up, he found tears on Lele's face again. He thought he might have secretly cried again just after waking up.
He pretended not to notice, and asked Lele to go to the bathroom to wash his face, comb his hair, and arrange his clothes and small backpack.
After asking yesterday, the Sheriff has contacted Lele's uncle and aunt, and other relatives are on their way. However, the Sheriff has made arrangements. Even if they arrive in advance, they will have to wait until Shen Xing's case investigation is completed. Let’s talk about the progress.
The tourist area did not conduct an emergency evacuation of all tourists, because according to past experience, after a person goes missing this time, it is not known how long it will take before a second one appears next time.
There have never been cases of people disappearing one after another in the past. Such cases were long-term and random.
After the two of them were ready, Shen Xing squatted in front of Lele, stared into his eyes, and said solemnly: "From today on, stay with your uncle. Your uncle will help you investigate the case of your parents' disappearance. You can do whatever I ask you to do." , during this period, even if you see something that makes you feel very scared or terrifying, don’t scream, don’t run around, and don’t leave my side. Do you understand?”
Lele listened attentively and nodded vigorously: "I remember, I remember everything."
"Lele is great! So brave!" Shen Xing smiled and praised.
Then he stood up and held Lele's hand, and began to investigate from the "Sun Never Sets" B&B where he was staying.
The subjects of his survey were very simple. One was a family with children under seven years old, and the other was a person who had recently traveled alone.
If this anomaly is lurking among humans, it is impossible for his friends and family to not know about it, so it is more likely that this person lives alone.
Of course, it is not ruled out that there is a family that is all abnormal and hides "who they are" from each other.
So Shen Xing decided to check every room.
Fortunately, this is just a small town. Although it is troublesome to see all the rooms, it is not difficult to do. It just takes a little more time.
Two people, one large and one small, began to conduct door-to-door inspections.
Usually after arriving at a room in a B&B, Shen Xing would take Lele to walk around every corner of the room, and Lele would focus on checking whether there was anyone hanging upside down and crying.
As for Shen Xing himself, he used his strange eyes and abnormal perception to check.
All the B&Bs in the town had been greeted by the police officers, and all of them were extremely cooperative. After Shen Xing and Lele arrived, a dedicated person followed them to open the doors of each room and inspect them.
At the end of the day, there were more than twenty homestays on the street, including near the sun viewing platform. Shen Xing and Lele visited them all and found nothing. Then the two began to visit local residents one by one as planned.
These residents were also greeted in advance by the police chief and the community, and they all seemed very cooperative.
However, it was getting late, and before the two of them walked a few steps, Shen Xing was ready to end the day's inspection and continue the next day.
Throughout the day, Lele kept walking with him. Due to his weak body, his legs were already shaking when he stood.
The two found a restaurant on the street and sat down. Shen Xing squeezed his legs and ordered a bowl of steaming wontons, while he ordered a bowl of rice bowl.
Just after ordering the meal, Shen Xing heard someone at the next table talking on the phone. The voice sounded familiar. When he turned around, he saw that it was Shen Congwen.
Shen Congwen said on the phone: "I will handle it when I get back. Hand over the goods first. I will make up for the missing items when I get back. Tell Boss Tian that he will never send him away."
After hanging up the phone, Shen Congwen found someone looking at him. When he saw it was Shen Xing, he laughed: "Why do I always meet you while eating?"
Seeing Lele sitting next to Shen Xing, he asked, "Is this your relative? Why didn't you see him last time?"
"A friend's child." Shen Xing replied with a smile.
Shen Congwen sat down with a rice bowl in a large bowl. He had already eaten half of it and said, "Where did you go to play today? Chidori Valley or Red Algae Lake? Let me tell you, the red algae has been everywhere in the past two days. We came out and the lake is very beautiful!”
"I haven't gone yet." Shen Xing shook his head, "By the way, we went to your B&B today, but we didn't see you."
"Oh, did you come to see me specifically?" Shen Congwen said in surprise: "I went to Hongzao Lake today. I have been there twice this time and took a lot of photos."
As he spoke, he took out his mobile phone and opened the gallery to show Shen Xing.
While Shen Xing was watching, Shen Congwen was still introducing.
When Shen Xing and Lele went to the B&B store today, some tourists were not there, but they all made detailed registrations. They went for a walk later just now, and most of the tourists had returned.
"Kid, have you gone to Hongzao Lake to play?" Shen Congwen put away his phone and asked Lele with a smile.
Lele nodded, stuffed a small wonton into his mouth, and just looked at Shen Congwen without any other expression.
He and Shen Xing ate and chatted. After the meal, Shen Congwen enthusiastically prepared to take him and the two of them shopping, but Shen Xing saw that Lele couldn't walk anymore, so she declined his invitation.
Shen Congwen didn't say any more, but bought a hand-stitched local puppet on the street and gave it to Lele.
After taking it, Lele remained silent silently. After being reminded by Shen Xing, she bowed to Shen Congwen, but still did not say thank you.
After they separated, on the way back to the B&B, Shen Xing asked Lele, "I think you are usually very polite. Why didn't you say anything or say thank you just now?"
Lele suddenly stopped, and Shen Xing, who was holding his hand at this moment, also stopped and looked down at him.
Lele glanced back and saw that Shen Congwen was no longer visible. He whispered, "Uncle, the man just now looks very similar to the man hanging upside down and crying."
"Huh?" Shen Xing looked at him doubtfully, seeing that Lele didn't look like he was lying.
"Like?"
Under normal circumstances, if Lele encounters the anomaly and recognizes it, then it means yes, and if it doesn’t, it means no. There can’t be a similar statement?
"Are you sure you read it correctly?" Shen Xing asked.
Lele shook his head: "When we were eating just now, I noticed that he looked very similar, but he seemed to be different in some places."
"The uncle just now was very tall." Shen Xing reminded him.
"The person who was crying seemed not as fat as him." Lele recalled carefully.
But he quickly shook his head: "I can't remember, I can't remember what he looked like."
"It's okay." Shen Xing held his hand, "How about we don't rush back for the time being and go back and have a look. If your legs don't have the strength, I'll hold you."
"I can still leave." Lele said firmly.
Seeing that his legs were obviously shaking, Shen Xing said, "I'll carry you for a while first, and you can walk again later."
Without further ado, he picked up Lele and turned around in the direction Shen Congwen left.
He still remembered that Shen Congwen said that the B&B where he lived was called "Sunny Sky and Sunset", and they quickly found the B&B. However, after arriving, they found that Shen Congwen was standing at the door talking to someone. Disperse.
The two stopped far away and put Lele on the ground. Shen Xing squatted aside and asked, "Take a closer look to see if he looks like the crying man. Make sure you saw it right just now."
Lele was hiding behind a stone pier at the moment, only revealing his two eyes to identify carefully. After a while, he raised his head and said: "Uncle, I feel that he still looks very similar, but some places are different."
Shen Xing had directly activated the abnormality sensor at this moment, and the coverage area completely enveloped the "Sunny Sky Sunset" B&B. There was no abnormal reaction, including Shen Congwen.
He frowned and looked carefully at Shen Congwen who was chatting with others.
From the looks of it, this guy likes to make friends with others, and there is nothing weird about him at all.
He turned his attention to Lele who was squatting next to him. This child had seen the hanging man several times yesterday. It was impossible for him to start lying after meeting Shen Congwen. There was a situation where he deliberately framed Shen Congwen.
Otherwise, there is only one fact: Shen Congwen and the hanging man collided.
However, this level of confrontation also indirectly shows that he is very likely to be related to the person who hanged upside down.
Ren Guangming also said that similar disappearances do not happen often. Normally, they may happen once a year, or not at all, but they may also happen twice a year.
When he first met Shen Congwen, the other party told Shen Xing that he would come to Sunset Mountain basically once a year, and sometimes twice.
Thinking of this, Shen Xing stared at Shen Congwen's smiling face in the distance, and suddenly felt an unreal feeling.
"Has this guy been pretending all along?"
However, Shen Xing believed that even if he was pretending, he could not escape the skill of sensing abnormality.
Or maybe Shen Congwen has a special way of hiding abnormalities that he doesn't understand.
He pondered for a moment, stared at Shen Congwen's figure, and said to himself: "Maybe, I can test it."
As soon as the words fell, he directly activated the causal isolation, and said silently in his heart: "Shen Congwen may know that this anomaly has been following him, or he may not know its existence at all. After this anomaly achieves its purpose like before, it will Because it is happy and satisfied, it inadvertently reveals its whereabouts, just like the satisfaction it felt yesterday, and it is only now that its characteristics are revealed, and it doesn't even care about this anomaly."
Mental energy was consumed rapidly, and Shen Xing was not sure whether the isolation of cause and effect or the detour and grafting of cause and effect could be successful this time. After all, the opponent was a super-level anomaly.
The causal isolation has been exerted, but Shen Congwen, who was standing at the door of the B&B shop chatting with others, had no reaction at all. He still chatted happily with the middle-aged man who seemed to be the owner of the shop, and even reached out to pat him on the shoulder from time to time.
Shen Xing barely even blinked, and kept watching Shen Congwen's every move at this moment, trying to find any suspicious signs of abnormality in his behavior.
But after five minutes passed, there was still no discovery.
He now suspected that Lele's confirmation might have been wrong, or that Shen Congwen actually looked somewhat similar to the hanging man.
After all, Lele was very frightened at the time, and her only memory may be biased.
At this moment, Shen Congwen and the man who were standing at the gate finally ended their chat. The man seemed to be leaving, waved to Shen Congwen, said polite words about getting together another day, and walked towards the street.
Shen Congwen also smiled and waved before turning and entering the door of the B&B.
But just after he turned around, Shen Xing was shocked, his pupils shrank, and he stared straight at Shen Congwen's back.
I saw that there was another person behind him at this moment!
This person has a complete cheek, which appears on the back of Shen Congwen's head. It is indeed somewhat similar to Shen Congwen's appearance. He also has complete limbs and an equally complete torso, but almost all of them are embedded in Shen Congwen's body. back.
When Shen Congwen walked towards the store, this man was also swinging his arms, but he was walking backwards, which looked extremely weird!
The most important thing is that this man's expression at this moment - he is crying!
