Chapter 2: The Unusual Before the Disappearance
After Xiaozhi hung up the phone, she found that Ban Que was looking at her with a strange look, "What's wrong?" She asked Banque. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Zizhi?" Ban Que actually tried to call me by name.
I could feel Xiaozhi panic when she heard Ban Que's mouth say my name, I could feel her pupils dilated a little for a moment, and she asked Ban Que in a low voice, "Brother Ban Que also knows Zizhi?" In Xiaozhi's thoughts, she has always covered up the fact that she is a multiple personality very well, and she is afraid that Ban Que will hate her when she knows her true situation. But what she didn't know was that Ban Que not only knew her secret, but even planned to kill her with this matter.
Ban Que immediately reacted, and now the person who appeared in front of her was still the simple and easy to deceive Xiaozhi, and casually made up a lie: "Well, a classmate I met in my freshman year. When you were analyzing the case just now, I thought of her for a moment, and her tone and expression were quite similar. After listening to this, Xiaozhi breathed a sigh of relief, and kept fanning himself with his hands in his ears.
"Why, look like you're nervous?" Ban Que teased her.
"Nope." Xiaozhi hurriedly waved his hand, trying to cover up his abnormal behavior just now, "I just said such a long list of words, I feel very, very worried." Xiaozhi nodded and repeated as if he had given himself courage again, "Yes, I am very nervous and uneasy, afraid that I will say something wrong." ”
"No, I saw something I overlooked. If it weren't for your reminder, I don't think I would have known that I had ignored such a serious clue and focused the suspect on the prostitute. Ban Que praised Xiaozhi very sincerely. Maybe she mistook Xiaozhi for me just now because Xiaozhi said a string of things that didn't match her usual IQ performance, right?
Xiaozhi grabbed Ban Que's arm, turned it over and said with a serious face: "I didn't say that the prostitute client is not suspicious, maybe the prostitute client who meets the characteristics I said is not necessarily, everything must be found as soon as the body is found." Before the autopsy report appeared, all I said was speculation. ”
Ban Que looked at Xiaozhi in some surprise, and stammered a little: "These, I mean, where did you learn all these that you just mentioned?" ”
"Oh, didn't I sign up for a club similar to mystery novel analysis? I don't go often, but I learn a lot of useful things every time I go. Xiaozhi knew that Ban Que didn't like her participation in these activities very much, but he still had the courage to praise the benefits of going to the event.
Ban Que frowned, and let out an almost inaudible "hiss". Xiaozhi thought that Ban Que was angry, and hurriedly promised not to go again in the future. "Brother, don't be angry." Xiaozhi was coquettish to Banque.
Ban Que recovered his previous expression: "I'm not angry, I just want us, we have a special identity, it's better to make fewer friends, otherwise if you are exposed in the future, you will cause trouble to the people around you." ”
After hearing this, I sneered in Xiaozhi's heart, are I afraid of increasing the burden on others, or am I afraid that if Xiaozhi is so smart, he will notice that something is wrong with your class, not only will he no longer be dead to you, but he will also turn against you when he realizes your true intentions?
Indeed, after Xiaozhi went to college, although it was still the life of school and home, after all, he knew more people, and occasionally participated in activities, plus he and Banque would always help the boss do something related to the organization, which broadened his horizons a lot. Since coming into contact with these, Xiaozhi's progress can even be calculated in days, which makes the people around him start to look at Xiaozhi differently. Even, because of the nightmare growth period that almost all girls will experience when they are not beautiful in adolescence, Xiaozhi is also generous. Becoming more beautiful day by day, and getting smarter day by day, if Xiaozhi is not the same as she is now, and is just an ordinary girl, she should be enjoying a beautiful college romance. But in this world, things often backfire, Xiaozhi fell in love with someone she shouldn't like in her best life, and stepped into a diametrically opposite life.
"Then I won't be there anymore." Xiaozhi has always unconditionally agreed with Ban Que's words, and I am really convinced of this. Ban Que knew Xiaozhi, and knew that if Xiaozhi said that if he didn't go, he would never appear there again, so Ban Que's brows gradually relaxed, revealing his usual fake smile. Xiaozhi likes his smile, always feels very warm and gentle, but he has never habitually ignored the disgust and viciousness in Ban Que's eyes.
Talking, the two came to the nightclub where the accident occurred, because of the recent special incident, there are many people in the police, some customers are not willing to patronize again, plus the number of missing people is indeed a bit large, the people who work are leaving under various excuses, the nightclub that should have started to be lively, now the surprise is that there are only a few bold customers, who are bold, but they are just people who are not in a good mood to buy drunk.
After all, Ban Que is also the invisible boss here, so no matter how upset the people who work here, Ban Que was also very attentive when he passed, and the manager knew from the security guard that we were coming, and immediately trotted to the door to greet us: "What kind of wind blew you two here?" I know we've had a bad run lately, but you also know we've had a rough time here lately. As he spoke, he glanced outside, and explained the reason for the recent bad business with his eyes. After that, he approached us and whispered, "I heard that you have been paying more attention to this case recently?" ”
"I heard, why don't you help us find all the people who might have something to do with this matter?" Ban Que gave him a blank look, his tone was a little bad, and Ban Que also hated people who had too much physical contact with others, especially people he was not familiar with. (So I admire him for being able to calculate Xiaozhi and endure all the things that Xiaozhi does to him to break his likes and dislikes, such as holding hands.) )
The nightclub manager hurriedly beckoned people to come over with a few people who usually had a good relationship with the missing person.
"Find an empty private room, because there are more things to ask, don't come over, let them come one by one, so as not to delay your business outside." Ban Que casually opened the door of a private room and motioned for him and me to go in first. The manager nodded hurriedly and said yes, so he hurried to order the new requirements.
We waited in the private room for a few minutes when we heard a knock on the door, and after getting Ban Que's permission, in addition to the nightclub manager, there was also a girl who looked to have just turned 18 years old, and her thick makeup concealed her beautiful facial features.
"You go out first, just leave her here alone, I'll call you if there's something." Ban Que commanded.
The nightclub manager nodded his head and stepped back, and in a very stern tone, he said that the girl who came in with him must not make Banque angry.
When the manager walked out and closed the door, the girl was still standing in front of us with a nervous face and fingers stirring.
"Come and sit." Xiaozhi pointed to the sofa opposite Banque and said. The girl looked at Ban Que tremblingly, knowing that Ban Que nodded indifferently in agreement, and then made it to the sofa opposite Ban Que with trepidation.
"Pour her a glass of water." Ban Que turned his head and said to Xiaozhi. When Xiaozhi handed the water to the girl, the girl's hand was still shaking.
"Don't be nervous." Xiaozhi comforted her, "We just wanted to ask you a few questions briefly, because we want to quickly find the cause and person who made your little sister disappear." So just wanted to ask you if your missing little sister had any suspicious people before the accident? ”
"Yes, yes?" I don't know if it's because Xiaozhi's soft voice makes people feel relaxed, the girl is a little calmer than just now, she thought about it and shook her head: "I don't remember, but can you tell me what kind of person you said can look like?" ”
Xiaozhi turned his gaze for help to Ban Que. Ban Que looked at the girl and asked, "Did your missing little sister refuse anyone's request before she disappeared?" For example, when someone wants to ask her to leave the store, she refuses that person's request? ”
Ban Que's voice was low, coupled with the special identity, which made the girl nervous again, the hand holding the cup couldn't stop trembling, and even spilled some water out because of this, this time the girl was even more panicked, constantly apologizing, while trying to deal with the spilled water, but she didn't pay attention, the whole cup fell on the coffee table, and the water splashed on Ban Que's clothes. The girl knew that she was in trouble, and tears fell in a hurry.
Although Xiaozhi noticed that Ban Que's clothes were splashed with some water stains, he saw the girl crying, thinking that the girl was scalded by water, so he thought about going out quickly to find someone to deal with it, but before he reached the door, he was stopped by Ban Que: "Don't go outside to find someone, it will only make people outside think that she is in trouble and will bring her unnecessary trouble." After saying that, he turned to the girl and asked, "Are your hands all right?" ”
The girl probably didn't expect Ban Que to ask her like this, and she was stunned for a while, but she immediately shook her head and quickly said that it was okay. Ban Que found a tissue in the box, handed the girl a water stain on her body, and cleaned the table with Xiaozhi. After everything was done, Ban Que said to the girl: "Don't be nervous, I don't mean anything else by asking these questions, I just want to find out who is looking for my trouble." So, don't worry about the conversation here today that only the three of us know, and I won't reveal it to others. Moreover, if you can't find this person according to his characteristics, you are also in danger, are you willing to live forever in fear that you may be killed at any time every day? ”
When she said this, the girl settled down a little, and she lowered her head and thought for a long time before she said, "I really want to have such a person, but I have only seen him once." But maybe it's because I've only met him once because I've only been here for a short time. And this missing young lady is my fellow countryman, we usually live together, so we are relatively familiar, I just noticed that the kind of man you said used to pester my fellow countryman, but I don't know if this man has ever done the same thing to other people. The girl said with a sincere face.
"Shall you tell me about this man?" Ban Que looked at the girl and asked.
The girl's expression was a little hesitant: "My fellow did complain to me after being pestered, but because the light was relatively dim at that time, I also had guests to take care of, so I could only rely on what I heard and tell you." ”
Ban Que nodded, motioning for her to continue. Only then did the girl boldly speak: "My fellow said that the person who pestered her at that time was very strange and rude. You may think it's a joke to hear me say this, but in fact, even though we do do what we do and do our own things, we also have some final self-esteem. Although we usually hate being eaten tofu by guests, after all, we choose to do this business, and we will try to endure it. But the man who refused was obviously a little too much, and the fellow said that he pulled my fellow out without any prelude as soon as he came in. The fellow didn't care at first, he thought it was a guest who was drunk and crazy, and just when he wanted to persuade him to break free, the man suddenly turned around and dragged my fellow out harder. It's not pulling, it's dragging, my fellow felt that something was wrong at the time, she didn't smell any alcohol from the guest, she could confirm that the person was very sober at that time. And when the man turned around, and for a moment the two of them looked at each other, she could feel a very obvious disgust in the eyes of the man who was pulling her. Although my fellow felt very uncomfortable at the time, she knew that this was in the store, and if it was opened, it would not only be laughed at by people for being pretending to be high, but also affecting the business of the store, so he didn't make a noise, but was dragged out like an object by the man. She thought about the outside of the store at the time, anyway, there was security outside the store, and if there was a quarrel at that time, or if she broke free again, there would be someone to protect her, because she had a good relationship with the security guards on the outside, and they were quite sympathetic to her, so she knew that the chance of breaking free outside was much greater than that inside. At this point, the girl raised her eyes and observed Ban Que's expression, reflecting when he was listening to her carefully.
The girl continued to say reassuringly: "But it's strange that when they arrived outside the door that day, they didn't see the usual security guards. My fellow panicked at the time, so he didn't care about the situation in the store anymore. And more importantly, as soon as the man stepped out of the door, he began to curse and say some very ugly words, and they were all insulting words, and it didn't sound like he wanted to take my fellow out for the night, but as if he just wanted to scold her, and by the bright lights outside, my fellow confirmed his fierce eyes, so he was very scared, so he screamed, because the music inside was so loud, no one heard her quarrel with the man. However, since the place where they were standing could be photographed by the surveillance at the door, it seemed that the manager sent an infield security guard to come over to see what was going on. As soon as the man saw that someone was coming, he didn't say anything and immediately fled, and the security guards asked my fellow villager about the situation, and found that the man was also gone, and my fellow was not injured, so he comforted me and left. ”
"How long after this incident, your fellow went missing?" Ban Que asked the girl again, "Did anything happen in between?" ”
The girl then shook her head: "No." As for when she disappeared, I think it was two weeks after this incident. At that time, there were not so many disappearances, and everyone's vigilance was low. When my fellow disappeared, I just thought that she went out for the night and didn't come back, because there had been cases before where she stayed out for the night and didn't come home, so I didn't pay much attention to it. It wasn't until the next night that she didn't come to work or go back to the rental house that I felt something was wrong. Although some people say that she may have left with someone, I always feel very uneasy because her clothes and some passbooks are still in our rental house and she has not come back to pick them up. But I didn't dare to call the police, after all, you know what she did was also illegal. The girl glanced at Ban Que, who didn't mind what he said.
"It wasn't until later, when there were more and more little sisters who didn't come to work in the store, and then there were horrible letters, that I knew that my fellow would never come back. Before I entered this industry, I had heard about the risks of doing this profession, but I didn't know how scary it was until I experienced it firsthand. I know you're going to be unhappy when I say that, but I do regret doing it to myself. ”
Ban Que didn't show any obvious joy or sorrow, causing the girl to apologize for her last words. Ban Que stopped her, asked me to pour her a glass of water to stabilize her mood, and asked her to deal with the tears on her face, and after asking for the name of her fellow countryman, he let her leave. "By the way, you're still in college, right?" Ban Que finally asked.
The girl on the other side was stunned for a moment, and admitted with some fear: "Yes." But please don't tell my school about this, please. ”
Seeing that the girl was about to cry again, Xiaozhi hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, we'll help you keep it a secret." ”
"I'm not asking you this question to humiliate you, not to threaten you, but to think about what you're doing. I know you're doing this very fast, but it's also going to ruin your health and even make you fall into the way you once hated. So, you have to think about what kind of person you want to be. You just said that you regret doing this with your fellow countryman because you are worried about your own safety, but in addition to things that directly threaten your life, there are other risks in doing this industry. You have to think about it, you have a great future ahead of you, and don't make decisions that you regret. You can also change yourself. Think about it, what do you really want? After saying this, Ban Que closed his eyes and leaned on the back of the sofa, which meant to give it away.
The girl softly thanked her, turned and walked out the door. Because of what he said to the girl just now, I also had a different opinion of him, except for the various 'atrocities' against Xiaozhi, from the reminders he just said to the girl from the girl herself, I feel that he seems to be a little different from the bastard I imagined.
After that, a few more girls came in, and Ban Que summed it up and found that each of the missing people seemed to have been dragged outside by men who did not have some special needs before the accident. But because it's a mixed bag, it doesn't attract much attention.
"Xiaozhi, maybe you're really right." Ban Que looked at the list of missing persons in his hand and the mark he had made next to their names, and suddenly turned his head and said to Xiaozhi seriously. (To be continued.) )