Chapter 11: Chances

Christmas is just a few days away, and this year is Leo and his first Christmas after leaving the town, and every year when they are in the town, someone decorates the town and every house. This year they are going to decorate their own house, and they are all very excited.

There is a fireplace in the living room of the villa, and the lowest temperature in Miami is above 10 degrees Celsius a year, so you don't need a fireplace at all, this is just for decoration. They set up a Christmas tree next to the fireplace and decorated the Christmas tree with small pendants, and the children were very happy and at the same time looking forward to what kind of Christmas gifts they would have.

Xiaolan made an appointment with Emma to go to the mall today to buy some small gifts for everyone, and said hello to Merelin and went out. Let the two of them go out alone, Merelin is also relieved, because these little guys are afraid that no one can really make them suffer yet.

So the two people who went out took a bus to the largest commercial street nearby. Usually there are a lot of people here, but now that it's close to Christmas, there are so many people that they are a little dumbfounded when they walk into the mall. They were afraid that they would be separated from each other, so they could only walk into the crowd hand in hand. They easily found a gift store and walked in. The young female clerk saw two little girls who were as beautiful as dolls coming in, and walked up and asked, "Hello, you want to buy something, can I help you?

Xiaolan smiled sweetly at the clerk and said politely: "Hello! Our parents are in the mall, we come to buy what we want, and we will go to them later, don't worry, we have brought money."

The female clerk didn't suspect it, so she took them to pick out gifts in the store. Xiaolan had already decided on the gifts she wanted to buy before she came, so they chose them quickly. They bought a beautiful hairpin for Anna, a sports wrist for Leo, a notebook for Mason, a sticker for herself, and Emma for a landscape puzzle. He bought Merelin a pair of slippers and a pen for the Doctor, which was the most expensive gift, and the Doctor also bought them a Santa Claus costume, saying that he was going to play Santa Claus and hand out gifts to everyone.

I wanted to buy a better set of mice and keyboards for Gibson, because he often said that the mice and keyboards in the study were too old to use. But there is no one in this store, and you can only buy it at a specialized electronics store.

As soon as they finished settling the bill and were about to walk out of the store with the packaged gifts, a person hurriedly came in and happened to bump into Xiaolan and them. When Xiaolan and the person who had just come in saw each other's faces clearly, they said in surprise at the same time, "Why are you?"

It turned out that the person who broke into the store was a female TV reporter who was rescued by Leo and them a month ago - Daisy. Xiaolan looked at her in a panic, and looked outside from time to time, knowing that she must be in trouble. So Rama and Daisy returned to the gift shop, and the female clerk saw them bumping into each other and wanted to come over to inquire, but when she saw that they seemed to know each other, she thought that their family was coming to them, so she stopped paying attention to them.

They came to the corner of the gift shop, Emma asked Lan, "You know?", and Lane replied, "She is Daisy, the female reporter that Leo and they rescued before, why are you here, so nervous, what happened?"

Daisy replied, "I'm being hunted down now, I see that there are a lot of people in this shop, so I wanted to come in and hide, but I didn't expect to meet you again, what a coincidence."

Xiaolan and the others were very surprised, someone was hunted down, they never thought that this kind of thing would really happen, not only were they not afraid, but they became excited.

Xiaolan knew that the female reporter had encountered dangerous things before, so she didn't pay too much attention to it, she thought it was just Daisy's exaggeration. When they saw the gift bag in their hands, they immediately thought of ways to help her.

Ran pulls out the Santa Claus costume she had prepared for the Doctor and puts it on Daisy as they put on a white beard and white eyebrows. No one would have thought that Daisy would be hidden among the Santa Claus that can be seen everywhere on the street.

Xiaolan and the others followed the dressed Daisy and walked behind her with gifts, as if it was an event in a shopping mall.

Just as they walked out of the gift shop, a lot of white men in black suits broke into the mall. When they came in, they searched among the people. One of the men in black walked towards Xiao Lan, Xiao Lan walked out quickly, stopped in front of the big man in black, showed a sweet smile, and said, "Merry Christmas, do you want to buy some gifts for your family, we have beautiful hairpins, beautiful notebooks, and jigsaw puzzles here, do you want to buy them?"

When the man in black saw such a beautiful and sweet-voiced little girl coming to sell him a product, he also showed an ugly smile that he thought was amiable, and said to Xiaolan: "Thank you, little girl, I don't need to buy gifts for my family, you better go somewhere else and see who needs it." After saying that, he turned around and walked away in other directions.

Xiaolan sold another man in black near them, but it didn't sell. The men in black also gave up looking at their combinations. Xiaolan walked out of the mall slowly and leisurely, selling while walking.

After they walked out of the mall, they walked to the bus stop, and Xiaolan asked Daisy what happened to her as she walked.

It turned out that the case of Daisy murder a month ago did not identify the culprit, and although the Cuban couple identified the three people who kidnapped them, they did not admit to the murder. Although she was also imprisoned, Daisy also became a thorn in their side and the object they wanted to get rid of.

Daisy also knew that this group of people was not easy to mess with, so she took a month's off from the TV station and went out to avoid it. She thought that the gang wouldn't take her too seriously, and that after a month, they shouldn't bother her anymore, so she went back to her apartment. But before she got home, she noticed that someone seemed to be following her.

She knew that in this case, she would be caught in the net if she went home again. So he pretended to buy fast food at KFC and ran out the back door. entered this mall, and finally met Xiaolan and the two.

Daisy said to Lan, "Thank you, for helping me again."

At this time, Xiaolan didn't say kind words to her, but frowned and thought about it, and thought for a while before asking: "This matter, it doesn't seem to be so simple, why do they want to catch you, what do you deserve their attention so much?"

Daisy didn't understand either, and couldn't figure out why after thinking about it for a long time.

Xiaolan asked again: "Then where are you going now, if there is no place to go, go to our house, Leo and they you also know." Ran sent an invitation to Daisy, and although Emma looked at her with strange eyes, she didn't say anything. Although Xiaolan is only nine years old, in her heart, she feels that helping good people is something everyone should do. And she thinks that Daisy is a good person, and she often reports things that are helpful to immigrants regardless of the dangers, so she should be helped.

Daisy didn't think where to go for a while, and she was also curious about who was treating Leo and them, so she agreed and returned to the villa with them.

When she came to the villa, Merelin was surprised why they would bring outsiders back to the villa. But she didn't ask much, because she knew the kids too well and they wouldn't do something unthinking. Since they can bring it back to the villa, they should have a certain understanding and trust in this person. Merelin also welcomed Daisy warmly, and when she learned that she was going to stay in the villa for a few more days, she offered to arrange a room for her.

After dinner, the little ones came to Daisy's room and studied the whole thing.

Xiaolan first analyzed: "Daisy's matter, everyone knows the ins and outs, first of all, when Daisi was kidnapped for the first time, the other party didn't ask for anything, and directly threw her into the lake, which obviously meant to kill her." The second time, Daisy was out for a month and was targeted as soon as she returned. I think their purpose is the same as last time, which is to kill her. ”

Mason continued, "The last time we rescued Daisy, we heard from the people on the boat that she was targeted because she was investigating and reporting on the disappearance of migrants. In other words, both murders were because of cases of missing immigrants. Maybe she knows the truth about the disappearance, and the other party is afraid that she will reveal it, so he wants to kill her before she reveals it. ”

Everyone nodded in agreement, and Ran asked Daisy, "What substantial evidence did you investigate before, and they must get rid of you if they are so jealous of you?"

At this time, Daisy was completely stupid, speechless in surprise, and the expression on her face was quite exciting. Looking at these children who are only about 9 years old, including three children over 6 years old, they analyze things clearly, and their expressions are not at all childish and ridiculous that children of this age should have, just like seasoned adults.

If it's just one such child, it's understandable, because there is no shortage of geniuses in this world, but there are 5 or 6 such children here, which is a bit scary. If it weren't for the fact that she thought her ideas were ridiculous, she really thought they were all rejuvenated adults.

She didn't answer Xiaolan's question, but asked the question in her heart: "Are you really children? When Leo rescued me before, I was thinking, how did you save me, you can't breathe underwater, it takes a few minutes to get out of the center of the lake, how can you hold your breath for so long?"

And I'm an adult, how can you easily get me ashore, and you know so much, and I'm here today, watching you analyze what happened, I can't compare it to the analysis that a few children under the age of ten can do.

The expressions on your face when you analyze them don't look like children at all. You're not going to be adults getting young, are you?"

Leo said with a serious expression: "The real situation of the matter, similar to you, in fact, we were both detectives, when we were working on a transnational case together, we were organized by the bad guys and gave us a poison, APTX-4869, this poison can make cells die automatically, and it is impossible to see that we are poisoned, but this medicine did not make us really die, but made us smaller, and now in order to disguise our identities, we pretend to be students to facilitate our continued investigation." Actually, my name is not Leo, my real name is Shinichi Kudo" Leo said at the end, and he couldn't help but laugh.

Anna put her hand on her forehead, looking like she didn't know him, Xiaolan said to Leo with some blame: "When are you still playing, now we are talking about business." Although Xiaolan didn't know that Leo was talking about the content of a Japanese cartoon, she heard Leo talking nonsense, so she had no choice but to stop Leo.

This cartoon was seen by chance by Anna and Leo while taking a break from learning martial arts, and they have only seen a few levels. Unexpectedly, he was used by Leo to bluff people today. Daisy believed Leo when she first said it, but later looked at his smile and realized that she had been fooled by him.

But looking at Leo's naughty little expression, you can really believe that they are children.

Xiaolan opened her mouth and explained to Daisie: "Didn't I tell you before that we all had a disease, and our heads were very big, and we slowly got better after treatment. Although our bodies look scary, there is also a benefit that our IQ is very high. And I usually have little contact with my peers and often get along with adults, so our behavior is less lively than our peers, and more like adults" Xiaolan can't tell Daisy the real situation, so she can only make up a reason to prevaricate in the past.

Daisy felt that this explanation was very reasonable, and she didn't suspect anything, so she thought carefully about the question Xiaolan just asked, and felt that there was nothing worthy of the other party's reason to treat her like this.

Xiaolan thought for a moment and asked again, "Then can you tell us about what you have investigated in this case?"

Daisy quickly gave the answer: "I actually just took over the report, and I didn't start an investigation into anything, just a TV interview with a few immigrants at the locations where they may have disappeared." ”

Several people exchanged glances, and they could already confirm that the problem was in this interview, maybe they asked about a key person, or some key evidence was taken.

Xiaolan then asked, "Where is the video of your interview at that time? They may be looking for this video."

Daisy also suddenly realized, after Xiaolan's analysis, she also felt that the problem might be in this video, but she said negatively: "If it's a problem with the video, why don't they ask me where the video is, but just kill me"?

Xiaolan said: "That's because they have already got the video, and they are worried that you know the content of the video, so they want to get rid of you." ”

Leo shrugged his shoulders and said, "Then we analyzed it in vain just now, the evidence is likely to have been destroyed by them, and now they can destroy the witnesses, we can't do anything." Daisy, I think you'll just keep hiding, or just get out of here. ”

At this time, Daisy said with a strange expression: "Maybe I can know what is in the video, as a scene investigative reporter, I have a strong ability to adapt to the scene." In order to discover my on-site adaptability, I have a habit of making a copy of the day's video and taking it out when I have nothing to do, so as to improve the on-site handling situation. ”

Everyone laughed, and Xiaolan said, "You really have to thank yourself for having a good habit, so where is the video you copied? Does anyone else know that you have a habit of copying video?"

"The footage is in my apartment, and I haven't told anyone that I'm in the habit of copying footage other than telling you. But there must be a lot of bad guys around the apartment now, and as soon as I show up, they will know. How can I get the copy of the footage?" asked Daisy with some concern.

"You don't have to worry about this, you just have to tell us the location of your apartment, where is the video, just give me the door key, and we'll find a way to make sure we get the footage without anyone finding out," Leo said confidently.