Xie Chen held the two wires in his hands and slowly walked back to the main hall on the second floor.
After returning to the stairs and confirming again that no one would go upstairs at this time, Xie Chen came to the corner door with confidence.
The door was very quiet at this time.
There was no sound from inside.
The woman probably hasn't woken up yet, otherwise, she would definitely open the door and come out of the curator's room.
In fact, I don't know why Luo Guyu locked the woman in the curator's office.
It's possible that the employee code was really changed by Luo Guyu himself, otherwise it would be the intention of the director of this swimming pool.
Although these ideas are a bit fanciful.
There is not even a certain direction, but the direction needs to be confirmed step by step.
I always feel like I am being led by the development of the dungeon. I don’t even have definite evidence in my hand, and sometimes I can’t even convince myself.
After sighing, Xie Chen refocused his attention.
Now is not the time to complain. We can sneak into the curator's room first.
Xie Chen gently straightened the first wire, and then slowly inserted it into the keyhole.
After exploring it to the bottom, he slowly pushed it down, and gently broke the part he was holding against the door lock, and the entire wire was folded into a right angle.
The other end also got stuck into the keyhole easily.
After Xie Chen completed this first step, he let go and tossed the remaining wire in his hand.
After pressing down on the corner of the wall, the length of less than half a centimeter at the end of the wire was gently pressed up.
"Perfect."
Xie Chen grinned.
After squinting one eye, he concentrated on reaching into the lock.
The door lock structure of this door is not complicated. If it were replaced with a smart anti-theft door, I would really be helpless.
After exploring the first two locks in the first row, the wire gradually reached the middle of the keyhole.
There is a lock with a huge span here, which is different from the previous two.
While Xie Chen spent a long time trying to capture it, he still had to concentrate on the stairs.
Several times, there was a little noise coming from downstairs, and I couldn't help but tremble all over.
Once, I almost pulled out the wire, but someone just passed by the stairs downstairs.
As the wire underneath suddenly turned.
A clicking sound followed.
This familiar voice entered his ears, and he couldn't help but let his face light up with joy.
The room door also opens automatically due to inertia.
Xie Chen quickly put away the wire and put it in his pocket, then opened the door and walked in.
The walkways inside were still dim.
Compared to when I first came in, it was obviously not as bright.
Xiechen himself couldn't figure out the reason for this.
But halfway through, Xie Chen immediately stopped and bowed slightly.
It can be said that he is on full alert.
Looking from the angle of view, the door of the curator's room was ajar at this time, and there was a slight sound coming from inside.
Although it was not obvious, Xie Chen heard it very clearly.
There seemed to be some breathing.
Xie Chen immediately took out the pocket watch in his pocket, then relaxed his steps and walked slowly towards the door of the curator's office.
As the distance got closer and closer, the wheezing and strange noises became clearer, as if an unknown monster was standing in front of him.
Could he be the director of this swimming pool?
Xie Chen was so nervous that he asked himself in his mind.
But you can only find out the answer if you get closer.
I know this very well.
The distance is getting closer.
There was a click.
The sound was not loud, but with such high concentration, it was like thunder from the ground.
Even Xie Chen himself was shocked.
Boom, boom, boom.
There was a crashing sound in the curator's room.
Xie Chen gritted his teeth.
My steps are already light enough, but why is there still an abnormal sound on the floor under my feet?
It's just that I don't have time to think so much now. After finally groping here, how could I let the things inside escape?
Xie Chen immediately took the remaining three or four steps and kicked open the door of the director's room.
What caught his eyes was still darkness.
It's even darker than when exploring in a time-suspended state.
Xie Chen found the room's light switch familiarly in the corner.
With a gentle pat, the curator returned to the brightly lit state.
The appearance of the surroundings is basically the same as when time was paused for exploration.
But when he looked at the previous bookcase, many documents and books were scattered on the floor.
"What about the woman?"
Xie Chen looked at the ground around him very vigilantly, but did not find the figure of the woman thrown in by Luo Guyu.
This made Xie Chen feel a strong sense of uneasiness.
Is it possible that there is really someone in this curator's room?
Or is it just the woman who woke up on her own?
Xie Chen shook his head. From the moment he came in until now, he had not noticed the woman at all.
If the woman really woke up on her own, where would she have a place to hide?
And considering the purpose of a woman coming to this swimming pool, why should she hide?
"I know there is someone here, come out quickly, don't hide."
Xie Chen frowned and shouted.
It's just that the curator only sent his own echo, and there was no other movement.
However, Xie Chen heard the breathing and strange noises just now very clearly, and there was absolutely no suspicion of auditory hallucinations.
Coupled with the scattered books and papers on the ground, Xie Chen only felt that the threat on his body was getting heavier and heavier.
It's like there is a pair of eyes hiding in the dark, monitoring your own movements all the time.
Xie Chen took a breath and looked around the layout of the curator's room again.
Obviously nothing gained.
Xie Chen bent down and picked up the documents on the ground.
"On July 3rd, the swimming pool will be open..."
"On August 12, the case of missing teenagers..."
"September 17, news report."
"The swimming pool opens its marine life area to the public, so you can do more than just swim here."
"Take you into a different kind of nature..."
Except for the content of the third document, which is slightly longer, everything else is just a scrawled beginning.
It’s not that the content that follows is missing, but it’s all in a pile of debris on the ground.
It was obviously torn off like crazy.
This made Xie Chen immediately think of the woman who should have been in the curator's room.
"Did these contents become like this after she saw them?"
"Missing Teenage Case, August 12..."
Xie Chen frowned.
At the beginning of this report, I had to remind myself of Xiao Xiang, whom the woman kept shouting.
We even have to add the grandson mentioned by the old man who is also acting suspiciously.
"Disappearance case..."
"What happened in the middle?"
Xie Chen vaguely realized that this should be related to the swimming pool, but he couldn't connect it in series.
There is no relevant information at all.
Xie Chen focused on the third piece of broken paper.
"Marine life zoning?"
I have never seen such an area in a swimming pool.
"September 17th..."
Xie Chen muttered the opening date in his mind.
If the swimming pool really has this open area, then you have to figure out what day it is.
Perhaps the decline of the swimming pool is closely related to this marine life zone.
If you didn't discover its existence, it might be because it was shut down or eliminated.
But I have no idea how much time passed between them.
Xie Chen silently memorized this information in his mind, and then walked towards the bookcases.
When I came to the front and back of the bookcase, I discovered that there were signs that it had been turned over.
Maybe it was really because the woman woke up.
But where the woman went, there is no answer for the time being in this curator's room.
Xie Chen took out the scattered documents from the bookcase.
After flipping through several books, I discovered that these were all the swimming pool’s business records over the years.
Basically there are ups and downs.
This is definitely an extremely abnormal situation for a company.
It's normal to keep pace, and occasionally there will be some drops.
If there is some vitality and market, then it should also tend to a gradually rising situation.
But this ups and downs only proves that there is definitely a problem with the swimming pool in terms of facing guests.
Just as he was throwing these documents into the bookcase again, the corner of his eye that reincarnated made him stop.
Xie Chen slowly came to the bookcase next to the corner.
It was slightly open at this time, and there was a half-remembered photo inside.
Next to the incomplete photo, there is still a small half of the red rope.
This thing is very familiar to Xie Chen.
This kind of thing is usually used on jade pendants.
Most of those strap-style jade pendants are used to bring good luck and avoid bad luck to their children.
In the real world, my family is also engaged in jade work. I have been exposed to it since I was a child, so I naturally have this kind of thing at my fingertips.
Xie Chen picked up the half of the red rope and looked at the child in the torn photo, only the lower half of his body could be seen, and his face could not be seen at all.
"Could this thing be what the woman said Xiao Xiang left behind?"
"Xiao Xiang is the son of a woman..."
"Is it possible that the disappearance of the teenager on August 12 is directly related to this swimming pool?"
Xie Chen put the red rope into his pocket, turned around and walked towards the desk in the curator's room, touching his chin with a troubled expression on his face.
If this is the case, then the swimming pool is probably in decline because public opinion cannot be suppressed.
But what is unclear now is whether this case is directly related to the swimming pool?
After all, I can't directly link the swimming pool to the case of a missing teenager just because of a woman's one-sided remarks.
That half of the red rope may also be the product of other things.
Xie Chen scratched his head, feeling a little irritated.
After all, there is still no direct evidence to prove my conjecture.
As soon as I found some new clues, I fell into endless questions.
Xie Chen came to the desk and looked at the picture again that he couldn't see clearly.
Inside was a man who looked very shrewd.
Just as Xie Chen was about to take a closer look, the sound of a door opening came from the corridor outside.
