The "Micro Alliance" website suddenly received a request for help in recent days, and the help-seeker wanted to apply for a detective to help him investigate whether the community owners' committee had colluded with the developer in private, but this seemingly ordinary little thing attracted Shen Mingyue's attention at this juncture, because the community mentioned in the help-seeker's post is the Jinhaiyuan community where the victim of the case lives, and according to the understanding of the Beiting Detective Agency, Tong Minghai is the deputy director of the Jinhaiyuan Community Owners' Committee. This seemingly ordinary message for help was inadvertently related to one of the deceased in a series of cases, and Shen Mingyue immediately felt that this was not a coincidence.

So, Shen Mingyue became interested and interacted with the help-seeker on the Internet. She asked the help-seeker if he had evidence of collusion between the owners' committee and the developer, or if it was just speculation, but the other party appeared very cautious and was not willing to show his hole cards easily, only saying that he needed to talk to a responsible leader.

As the director of the "Micro Alliance", at least on the business related to this website and it, Shen Mingyue has the absolute right to speak, she and the other party emphasized that they can call the shots, as long as there is evidence and clues, they can meet the requirements of the help-seeker and send detectives to investigate, but they need the cooperation and trust of the help-seeker. Shen Mingyue finally admitted that she was the editor-in-chief of the website, and she was a little anxious to grasp this line, and she was also worried that the other party would give up asking for help because of concerns, which would lead to a potentially valuable clue that was finally sent to the door was missed in vain.

The help-seeker still seems to be worried, he said that the interests of all parties involved in this matter, and the stakes are large, and he cannot say it to an unpredictable person through the screen and ask for face-to-face communication. This condition is not common in the operation process of the "Micro Alliance", and it is risky to meet rashly to reveal the identity without clarifying the details of the other party, but Shen Mingyue is already anxious about the case, and Liu Xiaoquan is becoming more and more like a murderer, she has reached the point where she cares about it, so she can't give up when this matter of asking for help involves Tong Minghai, so she agreed.

As for the place of meeting, the other party said that in order to ensure secrecy and to ensure his own concealment, he needed to choose a remote café in a suburban location, and emphasized that he would only see the editor-in-chief alone, and if someone else was present, he would never speak.

Shen Mingyue originally wanted to take Liu Zichen with her, after all, Zichen is more reliable in doing things, and with her by her side, Shen Mingyue will feel at ease, but the help-seeker put forward this condition, which is really harsh enough. There is no way, in order to grasp this line, Shen Mingyue can't wait, plus all these years and Beiting was born and died, self-protection has long been no problem, so she happily went to the appointment. She agreed to all the conditions of the help-seeker, and without even saying a word to Li Yiting or Liu Zichen, she left the Beiting branch and went to her destination alone.

The place chosen by the help-seeker is really called a remote place, not only in the suburbs, but also in a dilapidated old-fashioned residential area, where the exterior walls of the houses have long been peeled off, and all the wires, network cables and other things are dragged outside, like spider webs, which makes people dizzy when they see it. On the side of the road in the residential area, the café is here, and the sign is very random to hang a sign of coffee and tea, and it is difficult for people who don't know to see that this is a café from the outside, and they don't know if they can make money by opening a shop in this kind of place.

As Shen Mingyue expected, after she walked in, she smelled a very bad smell, as if there was no ventilation in this room for a long time, and the rotten smell of the table was everywhere, which made people very uncomfortable when they smelled it. The café was small, with six tables and no customers, except for a long-bearded old man standing at the counter, like the owner of the café.

Shen Mingyue hesitated, but still walked in, after all, it didn't matter what the environment was here, she didn't come to taste coffee, but to meet people. She casually found a place by the window and sat down, and then the old man came over and put a simple order menu on the table, Shen Mingyue didn't care, so she casually ordered a cup of sweetened coffee, and then waited for the mysterious helper to come.

She sat there, and the shop was so quiet that it made her heart panic. Shen Mingyue is a lively person, this quiet atmosphere makes her feel very uncomfortable, she can only hope that this mysterious help-seeker will come soon, and tell herself everything about Tong Minghai, now she is unwilling to let go of any clues that may be related to the case.

But after a while, the man still didn't come, and not only that, but I didn't see any customers walking into the coffee shop. For a whole hour, there were only two people in the coffee shop, she and the old man, which made Shen Mingyue feel that the person asking for help had released the pigeons, or that there was something wrong with the coffee shop itself.

Since the person seeking help refused to reveal half of his identity, and did not leave any contact information, Shen Mingyue couldn't think of any other way except to wait stupidly in this strange coffee shop. At this time, she noticed that the furnishings of this coffee shop were very shabby, except for the tables and bars, and compared with the tables, chairs and bars, it was obvious that they should not be in the same place. Shen Mingyue thought to herself, maybe this coffee shop has been open for too long, the decoration has been damaged, the boss may have replaced the tables, chairs and bar counters, but not redecorated them, and the business here is so cold, it seems that there is no need for that.

Shen Mingyue waited for a long time, it was more than an hour, and there was still no movement in the store, she estimated that the guy was afraid of revealing his identity or had other concerns, anyway, he would not come again, so she planned to check out and leave, and go back to contact the family. She went to the bar to settle the bill for a cup of coffee, and then headed out the door.

But just as she was about to leave, the old man on the other side suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Shen Mingyue's arm, Mingyue was taken aback and wanted to pull it out, but the other party used a lot of strength and dragged his arm in his hand. Shen Mingyue felt bad, this shop felt strange from the beginning of her entry, she tried hard to escape, but the old man still took her arm, and dragged Shen Mingyue from the bar to the position where she had just sit.

"What are you going to do!" Shen Mingyue scolded loudly, wanting to roar to calm the other party.

But the old man didn't care, and when he got to his seat, he tore the beard off his face with his other hand, and then removed the hat on his head and the large square-framed glasses on his eyes. The more Shen Mingyue looked at it, the more familiar she felt, and it wasn't until the other party peeled off her eyebrows and wrinkles that she completely revealed her face.

Where is this white-haired old man standing in front of him, he is actually Liu Xiaoquan, who has been missing for a long time!

Shen Mingyue looked at him in surprise, "Xiao Quan, how could it be you, why are you dressed like this?"

Liu Xiaoquan smiled, just like the usual cheerful and optimistic him, and said, "I'm sorry, Mingyue, I'm scared, sit down! I'm dressed like this to observe and see if you are here alone, if you don't keep your promise and bring someone here, I won't show my true face." But fortunately, I've waited for so long and I haven't found anyone else coming, you are really the Shen Mingyue I know, I can definitely trust you now!"

"Oh, I understand!" Shen Mingyue suddenly realized, it turned out that the so-called help-seeker on the "Micro Alliance" was Liu Xiaoquan, he hid his identity to talk to him, and the purpose was naturally to arouse his curiosity by using the matter about the deceased in the case, so that he could naturally ask himself out to meet.

Shen Mingyue saw Liu Xiaoquan appear here safe and sound, although she was a little surprised, but she was more excited, after all, he had been missing for several days, and the Beiting Detective Agency had already regarded him as the number one suspect, the more he hid and did not appear, the more difficult it was to clear the suspicion.

"In other words, if you want to ask us to investigate the collusion between Tong Minghai's owners' committee and the developer, it's completely made up, and it's a fictitious thing, right?" asked Shen Mingyue.

Liu Xiaoquan sat opposite and nodded embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry to make you happy in vain, there are indeed some problems with the Jinhaiyuan Owners' Committee, but this has nothing to do with me, so I don't have any evidence to provide." As for doing this, I hope you can understand me, I can't help it, now I can only trust you, and no one else is trustworthy, so I can only secretly find a way to ask you out, Mingyue, don't blame me for lying to you!"

Shen Mingyue still had some regrets about the non-existent request for help, after all, she felt that she might be able to open a gap from here, but she didn't blame Liu Xiaoquan, she knew very well that the other party's situation was very embarrassing, and she had no choice but to do so.

Liu Xiaoquan saw that Shen Mingyue didn't blame him, so he continued to narrate, "Mingyue, I want to see you alone because everyone disagrees with my prophecy, only you have supported me, I am really grateful to you." In the past few days, I have carefully deduced it, and the prophecy I said before does exist, but the order is a little off, so it doesn't sound so accurate, but now I have successfully found the correct order of death!"

Shen Mingyue was very interested in this, she originally believed in Liu Xiaoquan's prediction, but what happened later made her have doubts, and now the Lord has appeared, and listen to how he justifies himself.

"Actually, it was in the order of the wreck of the cable car on Monkey Island at that time, but one person in each car had to die, and when one person died, the god of death would move to the next car, so only one person died in the car before and the others were okay for the time being, because there was still a dead amount in the car behind. Liu Xiaoquan said vividly.

"If that's the case, I remember the order at that time, the one who died was the old man on the first car, Tong Minghai on the second car, Hou Hong on the third car, and Liu Changshou on the fourth car, then there was the ...... on the fifth car" Shen Mingyue sorted according to Liu Xiaoquan's thoughts, and at the end, she found a terrible conclusion, and she didn't dare to finish it in one breath.

"That's right, it's the fifth car's turn next, and sitting on this car are Zheng Xing, Liu Zichen, and you and me, a total of four people, so the next Grim Reaper will be born among the four of us!" Liu Xiaoquan said the most terrifying conclusion about himself for Shen Mingyue.

For a while, Shen Mingyue felt a little unbelievable, Liu Xiaoquan's so-called prophecy sounded very reasonable, but Chen Tianyu's reminder and their return to Monkey Island had already deduced that the premise of this prophecy, that is, the situation of the cable car crash, did not exist, but now that Liu Xiaoquan appeared again, it made Shen Mingyue's brain a little dizzy, and she didn't know which side to favor.

After Liu Xiaoquan finished saying his analysis, he suddenly became excited, and held Shen Mingyue's hand tightly with both hands, "Mingyue, the matter has come to this, I am not afraid of death at all, but the only thing I am worried about is you, you are also in our car, so I must ensure your safety." When the danger is lifted, I can let you be separated from me, or I will have to stay with you and watch. Even if everyone doesn't believe in my prophecy and misunderstands me, as long as you are safe, I am willing!"

Hearing the sudden confession, Shen Mingyue's heart was warm, indeed, no matter what the truth was, she had clearly felt Liu Xiaoquan's sincerity to herself, maybe she didn't care too much about his feelings before. But Mingyue also understands that it is not okay to be just sincere, during college, Liu Xiaoquan was also very attentive when chasing himself, and often made romantic moves, but these cannot hide Liu Xiaoquan's inherent problems, let alone be selfish in the face of major cases just moved.

Shen Mingyue didn't pull away the hand that was held this time, she wanted Liu Xiaoquan to understand that she was also good for him, so she said, "Xiaoquan, you go back to the Beiting branch with me, since we are all on the shortlist for the next death, we should be with everyone, there is Brother Li, Fourth Brother, and Sister Zichen, which is the safest place at present." ”

But Liu Xiaoquan didn't agree, he raised an objection, "Mingyue, I can't go back with you." I've got the exact news, and now everyone in your detective agency suspects me of being a murderer, and no one believes my prophecy except you, so I'm hiding, because if I don't hide in the shadows, but if I am caught by your people, I won't be able to protect you. If I go with you, those people will immediately restrict my freedom!"

Speaking of which, Liu Xiaoquan's only purpose in acting like this was to protect himself, and Shen Mingyue was grateful to him from the bottom of her heart. For Liu Xiaoquan's affection, Shen Mingyue was really in a dilemma, and she sat on the stool hesitantly, not knowing how to decide.