Looking at the time on her phone, Anne found that it was almost six o'clock, and looked out the window of the library, it was already completely dark outside. She inexplicably thought of the inexplicable sense of fear when she went to the laundry room last night to close the window.

Shaking his head, he took a sip of the cocoa that had become warm, and the sweetness of the chocolate soothed the palpitations a little.

Look at the side, the four of them are drinking drinks in silence here, which also makes Yi Annie feel a little more at ease, there are still people together, and she also earned half an hour of interview time for nothing.

But fortunately, at this time, Inferno finally appeared.

It's still a retro suit that looks very expensive, and a few trinkets on the body are full of luxury.

Looking at Anne's "You've finally arrived" gaze, Noah immediately stood up as if he saw hope: "Hello, you are Mr. Inferno, the secret commissioner, thank you for coming!" ”

This attitude is completely different from when I met Anne.

Inferno looked strangely at the enthusiastic Noah in front of him, among the four people at the table, he and Yi Anne had a relationship.

Yi Annie only then reacted and introduced the other three to Inferno one by one.

"Would you like something to drink?" Polly asked, as before.

"No need." Inferno waved his hand and sat down in a position furthest away from Yi Annie.

The café booth has a rectangular table, and the four people sat opposite each other in pairs. Theoretically, the closest seat to Inferno was next to Iannie, but he went around to the other short side of the table.

Wang Yuxin looked at Inferno, who was sitting next to him, thoughtfully.

Yi Annie had already told Inferno about Noah on the phone before, and after a little reintroduction, she said: "Noah said that someone has disappeared in Naya Town again, this time it is a three-year-old child, and he has clues to prove that this matter is related to his mother. ”

After saying that, Anne asked Noah to continue, and easily activated the voice recorder again.

Polly didn't seem to know anything about Noah's new clues, and when she heard Yi Annie say this, she looked at Noah in some surprise.

Noah looked at Polly apologetically, "I'm sorry, I just don't want you to worry too much. ”

Polly shook her head to indicate that she was fine, but the worry in her eyes was even heavier.

Eaanne had been waiting for Inferno to arrive to find reports of the disappearance of the child, Tom, a three-year-old boy who had disappeared yesterday afternoon.

At that time, he was walking the dog with his grandmother in the rain, and suddenly, the dog barked wildly, and the grandmother turned back to comfort the dog, and then turned back to see that the grandson was gone.

Due to the recent baseball qualifiers, the number of people in Naya Town has surged, and several hotels in the vicinity are full of people who come to play and watch nearby, and it is difficult to investigate them one by one due to the mixed population.

In addition, the place where the child was lost was close to the water, and the police and nearby residents also launched a dragnet investigation in the water, but nothing was found.

"In addition to this speculation, I also made this diagram." Noah opened the laptop on the table and turned the screen to Inferno to see, while leaning over to explain.

Anne Yi, Yuxin Wang, and Polly also leaned over to see a map on the computer screen with a line segment and a few dots.

"This is where my mother had an accident," Noah pointed to one end of the line segment, then to the other, "This is my house." ”

Then he pointed to the three dots on the line and said, "This is where my father's car was found, here is the hospital, and this is where Tom disappeared." ”

"Shhhh

In Noah's letter, Anne saw that her mother would appear when it rained, and that the rain would disappear when it stopped. From this point of view, it seems that Noah's mother is controlling the rain, and then at a certain point in time, it can also stop the rain.

Inferno didn't care much at first, but when he looked at the picture, he straightened up.

"Is it going to rain in Naya tonight?" Inferno asked.

Noah shook his head: "It's raining during the day today, but it seems to have stopped now." According to the weather forecast, the next time it rains is tomorrow afternoon to evening. ”

Noah switches the window on the computer, and the window that appears appears to be a surveillance video footage, showing a typical front yard of a house, not very large yard surrounded by a half-height wooden fence, and a driveway leading to the main entrance in the middle.

Since it was already dark, the surveillance went into night mode, and everything in the picture was black and white. If you look closely, the cement driveway in the yard is a little wet, but it's not raining.

"When it's raining, can you see your mother on surveillance?" Anne was curious about this.

In many horror films, ghosts that cannot be seen by the human eye will be captured by the camera. And there are other horror films, which can be seen by the human eye, but cannot be seen in the camera.

Noah shook his head: "I can't see my mother in the surveillance, even though we saw my mother outside the window in the house at that time, but we couldn't see it with mobile phone photography and taking pictures." ”

"Is it possible that the window is fine...... Hey, no, you still go to the courtyard to help people through the door......" Wang Yuxin made a guess, but was quickly denied by herself.

Inferno tapped his fingers on the table, making a small noise, but causing everyone to stop and look at him: "I need to take a look at Mother Noah." Also, my charge is $200 per hour, is the bill sent to the press center or to Noah? ”

(*ΦDish Φ*)...... Yi Annie didn't want to speak, she hadn't thought about this problem at all before, and the mysterious version only had a budget of 50 dollars a week.

Noah also seemed to be choked by the neck, staring wide-eyed and speechless.

The minimum hourly wage in this remote area is only $10, which is about the same hourly wage that the student party can get when they work odd jobs, and after deducting taxes, they will get even less.

Looking around and seeing that no one answered, Inferno looked at the diamond-encrusted watch on his wrist: "It's been 15 minutes, is there anything else?" I'll leave first if it's okay, and I'll have Anne contact me. ”

With that, Inferno got up and left in a dashing manner, waving the corner of his retro suit without taking a cloud with him.

Polly was the first to act and began to call: "Cousin Olivia, yes, yes, we met the exorcist...... Uh-huh, but he said he was charged $200 per hour? …… Oh well...... Thank you...... Say goodnight to my little nephew and ...... on my behalf."

Anne reacted that Polly was probably asking her cousin about the mysterious incident a few years ago.

After the call, everyone looked at Polly.

Polly pursed her lips: "Yes, my cousin said he would charge for it, three years ago it was $150 per hour ......"

After confirming this, everyone looked at Noah again.

Yi Annie was the first to speak: "I didn't know that he would charge before, if you don't plan to ask Inferno to help you again, I can still go to the account of the news center for today's 15 minutes." ”

Noah shook his head depressedly, "I'll think about it first." ”

Polly's face was full of distress, and she hugged Noah into her arms: "Noah, I can help you with some of the money." ”

Noah's face was full of emotion, and he hugged Polly tightly.

Yi Annie knew that there was nothing to say now, and when the light bulb was easier to grow needle eyes, she planned to pull Wang Yuxin and leave quietly.

Noah suddenly looked up at Yi Anne and asked, "What if...... I mean, if ...... I didn't ask Mr. Inferno for help, will you continue to investigate this? ”

Yi Annie thought about it for a while, then ignored Wang Yuxin's action of pulling her sleeve, and said firmly: "I will try my best to help finish this report." ”

Leaving the library, Yi Annie followed Wang Yuxin to find a restaurant to settle dinner first.

Usually eat Chinese food made by Wang Yuxin at home, so the two chose a French fast food near the university. Although the word "French" is used, the menu is still a common dish in North America.

The two of them each ordered a sandwich and a drink, and then a seashell platter.

"Alas, the profession of exorcist seems to be very lucrative!" Wang Yuxin cut the food on the plate with a knife and fork and sighed, "200 for an hour, 1600 for 8 hours a day, and 8000 for five days a week...... Oh my! ”

"Flutter!" Anne Yi laughed in the seat opposite, "That's freelance, not a stable 9-to-5 job like mine." ”

"I know, it's just talking, but in any case, people's income must be much, much higher than yours." Wang Yuxin inserted a fried scallop pillar into her mouth with one hand, and curled a strand of her hair with the other hand, "Handsome is really handsome, and he is so rich and cold." Alas, I didn't even dare to talk to him when he sat next to me. ”

Yi Annie looked at her roommate with some incredulity: "Are you trying to chase him?" ”

Wang Yuxin replied: "I have considered it, but I feel that there is too much difference in class...... Moreover, his profession, my parents can kill me if he says it. ”

"Ahem, that's a real problem." Anne laughed until she choked on a sip of her drink.

"Speaking of which, this is already a matter of five lives?" Wang Yuxin counted the number of people who were taken away by Noah's mother's ghost, plus Noah's mother herself, this incident felt more and more complicated, "You dare to get involved in this?" Let me say, don't die, don't die, don't die! I thought that there was a secret specialist who could help the emergency, but if I had to charge for it, I really couldn't afford it. ”

"Alas," Yi Annie also sighed, "Actually, I did a divination this morning at my own expense for 30 dollars, and the other party said that this matter is not dangerous. ”

"Ahem!" This time it was Wang Yuxin's turn to choke on water, "Do you dare to believe this thing of divination?" ”

"It's a psychological effect." Yi Annie spread her hands helplessly, "It's Wednesday, I have to deliver the manuscript next Monday, and then I can catch up with the mysterious version of the report next Wednesday, since I plan to study this matter, let's take a look." ”

After dinner, Yi Annie and Wang Yuxin went to the student parking lot of the engineering university with idle steps, and Yi Annie planned to take Wang Yuxin's car home tonight. Anyway, the two of them went to work and school in the morning, and asked Wang Yuxin to send her to the company early the next morning.