Chapter 21: Trivia
What!? And this kind of thing!? Will be haunted by ghosts for the rest of your life!? How come I don't know about this kind of thing!? Oh, my God! Mom, the sky is thick! I want to go home! This hapless honeysuckle continent is terrible, right!?
Xiang Chen Liuling, who was drinking soup with his head down, almost choked on food, beat his chest and coughed, and was stunned without saying a word.
However, this cough had a wonderful effect, and Wu Qian really had to worry. hurriedly got up and walked to Xiang Chen Liuling's side, kept patting her on the back, and said while patting:
"Miss Xiang, I don't know about this, if I knew, I would have come to ask you early in the morning! So, I'll entrust you with helping me investigate the cause of my father's death. Either way, I hope you get well soon! ”
Xiang Chen Liuling nodded again and again, and said in his heart: I want to do it myself!
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In the study, Xiang Chen Liuling wrapped himself in a blanket and curled up on the sofa, staring blankly at the floor. The sound of the cart woke her up, and she looked up at Blank's handsome face, feeling both reassured and flustered.
Braak handed the hot coco to her and said softly:
"Miss can rest assured now. This hot cocoa is infused with sea soul grass, which can both increase the taste and help sleep. ”
Xiang Chen Liuling took a sip, nodded approvingly, and then suddenly remembered something, raised his head and asked:
"What kind of sea soul grass is this, is this also given to you by that sea witch Fanny?"
"Yes."
"Is there really a witch here?"
"Really, isn't Fanny?"
Hearing this, Xiang Chen Liuling's face became even more ugly, and he stammered tremblingly:
"That, that, that, what you just said is true? If I can't solve the incident, will Wu Qian's father's ghost always follow me and curse me? I'm so wronged! Who did I recruit and provoke someone! I didn't hurt him, right!? It is said that there is a debtor and a debtor, why do you rely on me, a stranger!? ”
Blank pursed his lips and chuckled frantically, unable to spare time to answer her question.
The moment Xiang Chen Liuling raised his head, he suddenly noticed that his expression was different, he suddenly half-squinted his eyes, squatted on the sofa and propped himself up, like a big white goose ready to fight with others, stretched his neck and leaned in front of Blank:
"You lied to me!? There is no such thing at all! Isn't it!? ”
Blank stretched out his index finger and pressed it to his lips, raised the corners of his mouth and squinted at her, and said in a fox-like sly:
"Shhh I lied to you, but I helped you achieve your goal, didn't I? ”
There seems to be some truth to this, but it seems that something is wrong. Xiang Chen Liuling hesitated for a moment, and his neck stiffened:
"That's not right! But you can't lie to me! Whatever the purpose! ”
"Okay, then I'll let Miss know in advance next time." A treacherous glow flashed in Blank's eyes.
"Next time? And next time!? Alas, forget it...... Anyway, in short, you just can't lie to me! That...... The witch you're talking about is also fake, huh? Saying this, Xiang Chen Liuling's tone was marked with obvious disappointment.
"The witch is real, I didn't lie to you." Blank said, reaching out and gently helping Xiang Chen Liuling back to the chair and sitting down.
"Miss, what are your plans now?"
Xiang Chen Liuling took a deep breath, calmed down and said:
"The most important thing for us now is to find out the cause of Wu Qian's father's death. However, judging from the complete condition of the corpse at the time and the location of the floating corpse, the place of his death should be in the area near Silver Beach.
Because his carcass is well preserved, it means that there are no large scavenging fish in the waters he passes through, and that kind of fish, mainly sharks, are mostly active in the deep sea, and usually do not go to shallow areas such as beaches.
In addition, depending on the temperature and the temperature of the sea, the corpse usually floats in the sea water in about two days in the summer and about 14 days in the winter. Although it is autumn, the temperature of the sea is not very low, it is estimated that it will last for four or five days, and at most it will not exceed eight days.
I've read a story about a wrecked ship with about nine people on board. The bodies found by the salvage team in the first week were intact, and after eight days, the bodies had begun to decompose, and after twenty days, they were horribly rotten. ”
As he spoke, Xiang Chen Liuling couldn't help but think of the seawater he had drunk again, and his chest was churning again. Oh my God, when will this feeling go away!
Glancing down at the hot cocoa in his hand, he felt that it was also becoming difficult to swallow, and put it aside in disgust.
"I didn't expect Miss to know such a thing, but didn't Wu Qian already say that her father left home to gamble a few days ago? You've been analyzing this for a long time, but you're just telling a fact that you already know. Blank raised an eyebrow.
"Ahem, is it wrong for me to share some knowledge with you? Really! This can at least confirm that what Wu Qian said is the truth, right? ”
Xiang Chen Liuling glanced at Blank and said in his heart: When did you kid grow guts? How dare you entertain me? Before, she was honest and a young lady, and she looked respectful.
"Yes, Miss said so." Blank looked respectful, but because of his "disrespectful words" (exposing the facts) just now, no matter what his expression was now, it sounded like sarcasm to Xiang Chen Liuling's ears.
With a painless snort, Xiang Chen Liuling asked, "So, how can we get the autopsy report?" If there is no autopsy report, aren't all our nonsense reasoning? ”
"What Miss said is, I'll do it." Blank owed, took the cups from the table, turned and pushed the cart away.
Uh, that's it? How is he going to do it? Could it be that he is looking for Mr. Zhao, one of the liaison officers of the Xiang family?
Thinking about it, Xiang Chen Liuling couldn't sit still, jumped up and chased out of the door, all the way into Blank's room.
Blank's room is very simply furnished, with few frills to spare, the most conspicuous of which is a set of gold-lacquered vintage European stationery on the desk.
"Miss, why are you here?"
"I'm going to see how you figure out how to get the autopsy report!"
Blank was stunned, didn't say anything, but gave up his seat to her, and stood aside and took out a black box in a rectangle.
"What's this?" Xiang Chen Liuling asked curiously.
"Magic brain, the device used to access the magic network." Blank said, quickly pressing his finger to the coat of arms on the box.
Immediately, the blue light band lit up, and the personable uncle appeared in the projection, and the huge Xiangjia coat of arms behind him exuded a colorful halo.
"Good evening, Mr. Blank."
"Hello Samuel."
Xiang Chen Liuling found that this man named Samuel hadn't looked at him all this time, and asked.
"Blank, who is this uncle? Why can't he see me? ”