Chapter 57: The Mysterious Gift Case on a Dark and Windy Night

  Wang Yong's equipment is definitely not commercial goods. Chang Ge said that even the most advanced products in the high-end security market can't compare to half of its performance.

  I think it's very powerful, otherwise we wouldn't both fall for it. I'm a super cautious person, and Dr. Jia is extremely meticulous, let alone Chang Ge, he's the one who does trace detection, his eyes are so poisonous! Not a single hair at the crime scene can escape his eyes, and even he fell for it!

  "Psychologically speaking, we wouldn't have thought that there would be something like this outside the mansion, so we let our guard down." I found an excuse.

  "Exquisite! It takes a close look to notice, the installation height and interval width are just right, looking down from the window won't touch it, people of average height holding their hands up below also won't touch it, but if you try to climb in, you'll definitely touch it." Brother Chang blew another mouthful of powder and observed carefully.

  Dr. Jiafa was sulking with his mouth pursed, he's 1.9 meters tall, and it's estimated that the lottery will be drawn soon.

  I joked: "Hey, San Shui brother, what are you doing trying to sneak into my house?"

  "Don't think too much about it, I'm just testing out a criminal's route."

  "But I remember San Shui brother said you think forensic doctors only provide experimental data and don't make any inferences?"

  "So! I am in 'Experiment'! Just in 'Experiment'! And call me Jia Cangmeng!"

  "Good heavens, Brother San Shui is in a hurry."

  "Little Qin, you still have the mood to joke around. You just need to say a word and we won't fall for it. Tell me the truth, you didn't do it on purpose, did you?"

  I rubbed my forehead: "It's really not intentional, I just didn't think of it, such a valuable thing would definitely be taken away, who could have thought that he wouldn't take it?! Ah, my IQ has also been declining recently... probably because I was electrocuted last time! Got electrified and became stupid!"

  "Agreed! Love makes people stupid! You've been electrified by Wang Yong!" Chang Ge and San Shui Ge said in unison.

  "Not what I meant...I'm talking about the electric current of the anti-theft net..."

  "It's always women, who are overly sentimental and easily trapped by love, ultimately sinking deeper and deeper..."

  San Shui brother asked: "Chang brother, what song are you singing? It's a very sentimental tune."

  "Hmm!!!" I pouted, glaring at these two who were ganging up on me! Suddenly, I heard that sound again, a rustling noise, like the chirping of insects. "Shh... don't make a sound, do you hear it?"

  But they still didn't hear it, and Brother Chang worriedly asked me: "Nothing, Xiao Qin, are you having tinnitus?"

  Tinnitus? I wryly smiled: "Maybe, people are actually very fragile, and it's easy to get tinnitus from a loud noise, haha."

  They all knew that I remembered the pervert holding a MAC-10 wanting to kill my whole family, and didn't know how to comfort me. Chang Ge said: "It's getting late, the light is not enough, let's come back tomorrow. Don't worry, we're professionals in this line of work, there's nothing in this world that we can't investigate!"

  Chang Ge endured his discomfort and took a few more photos before getting up with Dr. Jia to bid farewell.

  After they all left, I turned off the lights, computer and phone, and shut down all devices that made a low hum. Lying in bed, I quietly gazed out of the window at the blurry starry sky in the night-colored city. Closing my eyes, I heard the sound of cars driving by on the road in front of the mansion. A small sedan drove past, followed by another one. The next vehicle was much louder, a large truck. Further away, there were motorcycles whizzing by, their noise being the most jarring of all...

  Closer, lovers are chatting in a quiet place, people coming and going on the small road, passing by two who are discussing business, their voices are so loud, who doesn't know you're doing a deal worth tens of millions? Wanting to show off one's wealth, it sounds like they don't have any confidence; A man walked by talking on his phone, heard his ringtone, "Little Apple" song, didn't quite catch what he said and then walked away...

  The trees in the south don't shed their leaves much in winter, and if you listen carefully, you can still hear the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves.

  There should also be the sound of fallen leaves, unfortunately it was covered by noise and couldn't be heard, that must be a very beautiful sound.

  "I didn't know a city could have so many voices, yet it's still so lonely..." I muttered to myself.

  I got up, turned out a glass bottle, took the fruit knife downstairs, and dug in the green belt. I dug and dug, and finally I heard that sound behind me again, like the hissing insect-like sound I heard twice in front of me.

  I laughed heartily but remained expressionless and continued digging, eventually unearthing an earthworm. I then put the reluctant worm brother into a bottle along with some soil and brought it back to raise on my bedside.

  I stared blankly at the earthworm in the bottle and said, "Sorry, Brother Earthworm, I've disturbed your sleep. In this city that's getting noisier and lonelier by the day, keep me company for a few days, even if it's just for a few days..."

  In a sense, in this bustling yet lonely city, Chang is also my companion, a work companion. From the moment he entered my field of vision like Xu Wenqiang, I instinctively knew that some things could be trusted to him.

  The next day I sent a text message to Chang Ge in the toilet cubicle, asking him to find an acquaintance who can spread the net.

  "Cast a net? Cast a net to catch an escaped prisoner?"

  "Not that kind of casting a net, but the kind used for catching fish. The bigger the net, the better. The more skillful, the better. Once found, take action and bring along infrared night vision goggles."

  "What action? What are you talking about?" Brother Chang was left confused by me.

  "Capture the culprit of the Escape Room Gift Case!"

  Active infrared night vision goggles are more advanced than the ordinary infrared night vision goggles we often talk about. Active night vision goggles emit a beam of infrared light, which is reflected back after shining on objects, and does not require objects to emit infrared light, allowing us to see things in any situation.

  ………

  The moon is dark and the wind is strong at night, sharpening the knife and heading towards the sheep.

  The creaky wooden stairs of the old mansion groaned, a girl's figure seemed to float down from above, dressed in white, with her hair scattered, in the darkness her dark eyes gleamed with a bloodthirsty and cruel light, her left hand holding a shining knife, her right hand holding an eerie glass bottle, step by step, the floor of the old mansion was moaning, as if foretelling that something very terrible would happen.

  The girl walked to the green area, took out a knife and started digging the soil. At the same time, she muttered to herself: "Brother earthworm, you are too lonely by yourself, don't worry, I'll help you find a wife right away. Do you like the thick kind or the slender kind? Do you like the rough and bold kind or the gentle and elegant kind?"

  The girl may have realized it, or maybe she didn't, but a strange and eerie rustling sound enveloped her.

  She was still immersed in her own world, after digging out an earthworm, the girl tapped the edge of the glass bottle with a knife, as if it were a ritual, one, two, three...

  This girl is me.

  "Three knocks is a signal between me and Brother Chang, asking if the person he brought has arrived."