In Mr. X's apartment, Bai Xiaohan tells Star Swirl about Han Dongzhi's situation in general, "I suspect something happened to him after he went back to become so abnormal. ”

"Do you want me to try possession?" Star Swirl asks.

"It would be great if I could," she said, turning to Mr. X, "and if you can't do it, you'll have to work hard again." ”

However, the energy lock did not react to Han Dongzhi, and even the temporary possession function could not be opened.

The three of them stood in front of the door of Room 501 of the Guanlin District Apartment, and Bai Xiaohan and Star Swirl took a step back, leaving the space to Mr. X, "It's up to you." ”

After a slender finger scribbled a symbol on the door that Star Swirl couldn't read, the door panel turned translucent and Mr. X strode inside.

It's not the first time I've seen him use this kind of trick, but I can't help but be amazed in my heart.

The room was silent, no different from when they had come. Her blue eyes swept around the room, eventually landing on the dark red.

Star Swirl notices the ball and bends down to pick it up. The moment it touched the surface of the ball, a thick smell of blood suddenly poured into the nostrils.

She immediately dropped the ball and froze in place.

"What's wrong?" Bai Xiaohan asked.

"This thing... There is a 'dead air'. Star Swirl muttered.

"Dead air...?" Bai Xiaohan picked up the ball again and looked at it carefully.

"Doll Workshop." She also saw the small line at the bottom of the ball, "Is there such a place in K City?" ”

Mr. X shook his head slightly: "I haven't heard of it." ”

After the three of them checked the room, they found nothing else unusual, so they left the apartment in Guanlin District with the red ball.

On the way back, Bai Xiaohan mentioned the matter of the 502 scar man, "I asked my colleague to investigate, his wife's maiden home is not in K City at all, and it takes more than ten hours to take the train, this man is obviously lying." ”

"Do you suspect that this man killed his wife?" Star Swirl asks.

"I haven't found the motive for committing the crime, not to mention that if he really did it, he shouldn't have reported the disappearance." Bai Xiaohan pondered.

The car pulls to a stop in front of the police station, and Bai Xiaohan and Star Swirl get out of the car together, but Mr. X leaves alone.

Glancing at the black sedan that was fading away behind her, Star Swirl's eyebrows were a little stunned.

"Ignore him, I guess he was called back because of the trouble in the family." Bai Xiaohan sensed Star Swirl's momentary depression and tried to comfort her.

Star Swirl smiled and shook her head, "It's nothing, I'm used to it." ”

Yes, he has long been accustomed to burying all his emotions in his heart and not sharing his own affairs, so that she has no way to understand and does not want to explore.

Bai Xiaohan found the registration information about the "puppet workshop" in the registration information of the commercial real estate, which is a shop specializing in selling artificial dolls, and the owner of this shop turned out to be Han Dongzhi's landlord - the woman surnamed Yuan.

"This woman's industry is really all over K City." Star Swirl sighed, "It seems that her two dead husbands have left quite a lot of legacy." ”

"It's really not easy," Bai Xiaohan said in agreement, "Then let's go." ”

The puppet workshop is far from the area where Star Swirl lives, and it took the two nearly an hour to get there by subway.

Coming out of the subway station is a pedestrian street, and the quaint street is lined with a variety of shops, most of which are specialty or snack shops in K City.

"It's a must-see place for tourists, and it's a major feature of K City." Bai Xiaohan raised his head and looked at the shop on the second floor, looking for the sign of the puppet workshop.

However, the two walked along the street for a long time, and according to the registered house number, they could not find any shops related to the dolls.

The old lady sitting on a wicker chair on the corner of the street shook her fan, and her eyes fell on them from time to time, and she wanted to stop talking.

"Old man," Bai Xiaohan stepped forward with a smile, "Do you know if there is a shop called 'Puppet Workshop' in the vicinity?" ”

The old man's expression froze slightly, and he immediately waved his hand and replied, "I haven't heard of it, I've never heard of it." ”

"Maybe it's because of poor management and it went out of business?" Star Swirl stands in the shade of a tree, biting on a popsicle to cool off.

Suddenly, a voice sounded faintly from behind them: "You... You're looking for the man who made the doll, right? ”

Star Swirl is startled to find a woman standing in the shade of the tree, staring straight at her. Her face was pale, her eyes were round, and she could even see bloodshot eyes.

"Auntie," Star Swirl smiled nicely, "do you know where 'he' is?" ”

"Underground—" A smile appeared on the woman's pale face, as if to summon them to the Netherworld.

"You mean the basement?" Bai Xiaohan asked.

"That's right, it's hard to find, you guys should be here for that man, right?" There was a hint of prying eyes in the woman's gaze as she looked at them.

Bai Xiaohan and Star Swirl glanced at each other and nodded as if they were could. But there was a murmur in my heart, man? What man?

The woman pointed to a very ordinary-looking jewelry store around the corner and said, "Just enter through that door and go down the stairs." ”

Bai Xiaohan nodded gratefully at her, and took Star Swirl's hand and walked towards the corner of the street, but the voice came into their ears from behind them:

"Another bewitched woman..."

Pushing open the glass door, the two walked into the jewelry store called "Sea Breeze", and the wind chimes hanging from the door jingled. A young woman sat leisurely in the bay window, drinking coffee, not paying any attention to them.

"How do I get to the puppet workshop?" Bai Xiaohan, who didn't see the stairs, had to ask her.

The woman turned her head, looked Bai Xiaohan up and down, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she praised: "You look so good!" Turning his gaze to Star Swirl, he asked, "Is this your daughter?" ”

Bai Xiaohan couldn't cry or laugh, and several times he and Star Swirl went out to look for clues, but they always couldn't avoid being mistaken for a mother and daughter.

She didn't deny it, and she didn't bother to explain, and continued to ask: "Did the puppet workshop enter from here?" ”

The woman stood up slowly, and Shi Shiran walked towards the door with the words "warehouse" written on it, "Come here." ”

Pushing open the iron door, a staircase leading to the underground appeared in front of him. It was pitch black inside, and there was no light in sight, as if it was really going to the eighteenth layer of hell.

Bai Xiaohan stood in front of the door and hesitated for a moment, and the woman next to him urged impatiently: "If you want to go down, hurry up, I will close the door in a while." ”

"The shop is open for business, isn't it?" Bai Xiaohan asked again.

The woman folded her arms and nodded silently.