Although the metropolis was mostly flooded and became a water city, it unexpectedly gave birth to new industries and retained its status as a commercial metropolis, so it was still an easy place to make money.

A place where it is easy to make money can naturally give birth to a lot of rich people, but a place where it is easy to make money is not necessarily a livable place.

Mrs. Zhuang is such a rich man.

Every time Mrs. Zhuang arrives at the hottest time in the metropolis, no matter how busy she is, she has to give herself half a month's vacation. In this carefree half month, she either swims in the sea, hunts in the mountains, or lives a leisurely life by a quiet lake without a silk and bamboo mess and without a case.

This year's holiday was no exception, Mrs. Zhuang took two experienced explorers to the undeveloped mountains in the north to ski, and lived a very exciting life for a few days, but when she returned home happily with the fatigue of traveling, there was still a greater thrill waiting for her at home.

Her husband is missing.

Mrs. Zhuang's husband Lin Cong is more than ten years younger than Mrs. Zhuang, very handsome, and it is said that he is also very strong in that regard, he is simply a gentle beast, but what is even more rare is that this young man is actually very simple, has no concept of money, and can be said to be with Mrs. Zhuang purely for love.

But after all, Mrs. Zhuang is old and has rich experience in life, and at the beginning, she didn't believe that there were such peach blossoms falling on her head in this flashy world, so she set up a few rounds to test Lin Cong, but in the end, Mrs. Zhuang realized her "smallness" and felt ashamed of him, so she gritted her teeth and simply married him.

For this marriage, Mrs. Zhuang's group of girlfriends are not optimistic, after all, everyone is a person who has seen the world, little fresh meat, just have fun, if you really want to get married, it is indeed very risky.

But everything that followed surprised everyone, because Mrs. Zhuang and Lin Cong had a very happy married life, except for the incommensurate age, the rest were all harmonious.

That's not all, after Mrs. Zhuang's best friends saw Lin Cong himself, they were attracted by the sunny and young charm of him, and they joked and said, "I want to hook up." ”

Later, a few people did this, but without exception, they were all rejected neatly. When Mrs. Zhuang heard about it, she felt that she had picked up a treasure.

Who knows, it's such a baby, and it disappeared for no reason.

Generally speaking, a case of disappearance like this is nothing more than elopement due to love, running away with money, or both, but Lin Cong's disappearance is not on the line for both, saying that it is because of love, and Mrs. Zhuang have been married for two years, although he is an old woman and a young husband, Lin Cong has no signs of an affair; Said to be for money, Lin Cong is not a greedy person, this disappearance, except for simple luggage and clothes, did not bring much money on his body, and there was no loss of property at home, so Mrs. Zhuang concluded that Lin Cong must have been murdered, because someone was jealous of their current happiness.

With this firm thought, Mrs. Zhuang even had several suspects in her mind.

Under this obsession, Mrs. Zhuang not only called the police, but also hired a private detective to investigate.

If you want to say that the private detective invited by Mrs. Zhuang still has two drops. He found out that Lin Cong had bought an airship ticket a week ago, and the destination was the southern jungle.

The southern jungle can be said to be the last frontier of humanity, and beyond is the uncharted territory of Eden. The endless primeval forest is a green desert, ready to devour all the creatures that intrude. Except for a very small number of scientific researchers, very few people enter this field.

The private detective did not find Lin Cong here, but I heard someone say that he had seen an old man carrying a backpack of the same style as Lin Cong, entered the forest, and never came out again. And deep in the forest, there are fabled and terrifying man-eating birds, even the locals never go deep into the forest.

The private investigator gave up the pursuit and returned to the Metropolitan to inform Mrs. Zhuang of the information, and advised that if Mrs. Zhuang wanted to continue the tracking, she was afraid that she would have to hire a bounty hunter or explorer.

This is not difficult for Mrs. Chong, because she is a rich man. But some things are easier said than done, and to venture into unexplored territory, you need to get an application from the city-state alliance. Because when landing in the world of Eden, everyone swore to protect the environment of Eden, so they signed a declaration to delineate the scope of human life, and the development and exploration of unexplored areas must be approved by the Alliance.

Mrs. Zhuang hired the best lawyer, spent a lot of money to operate, and took three weeks to get the application, but the expedition team did not work so well, and the two expeditions organized successively ended in failure, the first expedition team turned back because it was attacked by man-eating birds after dozens of kilometers deep into the forest, and the second expedition team simply disappeared without a trace, so when Mrs. Zhuang recruited people for the third time, no one was willing to sign up.

In desperation, Mrs. Zhuang remembered one of her best friends, Ms. Irina.

I heard that this lady Irina was a forensic doctor, and she was also a very brave warrior, and she also obtained the status of a professor at the university. But this was only heard, because Mrs. Zhuang gave up associating with Ms. Irina when she learned that she was a forensic doctor, for fear that she would smell suspicious. But now for Lin Cong's sake, these little things are nothing.

Mrs. Zhuang found Irina and found that Irina was still single, so she began to cry: How difficult it is to find a good man in this world...... Lin Cong is so gentle and considerate, not greedy for money and not lustful, he is a man who combines tens of millions of advantages.

Irina listened to Mrs. Zhuang's snot and tears for a long time, and suddenly asked, "Do you love him?" ”

This sentence stopped Mrs. Zhuang, and she blinked her eyes and was stunned for a while before she said with certainty: "Love." ”

Irina said, "Alright then, I'll help you, but I'll have to talk to your private investigator before I can decide what to do next." ”

Mrs. Zhuang was very happy, but it had been a long time since the police had conducted an inquest at home, and had done many cleanings, could this Irina find what she was looking for?

Who knows that this Irina is indeed a capable person, she not only obtained information through the police, but also retrieved some skin chips through Lin Cong's game console - this trick is really amazing, even the police didn't expect it, because this is all the things related to Lin Cong, Mrs. Zhuang and the servants will never touch, this is Lin Cong's "bottom line and self-reserved place" as a man, and Mrs. Zhuang, who loves Lin Cong deeply, absolutely respects Lin Cong's privacy.

After extracting the evidence, Irina talked to the private investigator hired by Mrs. Zhuang again, and even paid another fee for it.

Mrs. Zhuang was involved in the whole conversation from beginning to end, and she found that Irina was very professional, and her inquiries were very detailed, even a little cumbersome, but when she thought about it, it seemed that there were no unnecessary questions.

When everything was done, Irina waited for another day or two for the results of the test, and finally Irina said to Mrs. Zhuang, "Your husband is dead now." ”

Mrs. Zhuang was not surprised by this result, but she asked, "Who killed him?" ”

Irina said, "You may not believe it, but he died of old age. ”

Mrs. Zhuang subconsciously said, "Impossible! How can it be! He's not even twenty-five years old! ”

Irina had to take out a sample slide and show it to Mrs. Zhuang, which was a sample of the crumbs of the nine-square grid. Irina explained: "In the last week, your husband is aging almost five to seven years a day, and the old man you hired the private investigator to hear about in the southern jungle carrying Lin Cong's backpack is probably Lin Cong himself. ”

"I don't understand what you're saying!" Mrs. Zhuang lost her wife's temper, pushed the slide to it, and really vented for a while, and then sat in a pile of debris and cried: "Why doesn't he wait for me to see the last meeting, I have money, I have money, and Progeria is not incurable." ”

After crying for a while, she fantasized like a girl again, and said, "I know, he is afraid of affecting me, he loves me, and he is afraid that I will be sad for him, so he left alone." Definitely, yes. ”

Irina didn't care how poignant Mrs. Zhuang's love affair was, she just felt that Mrs. Zhuang shouldn't have lost her love temper in her living room, so she called a rental speedboat to send Mrs. Zhuang away.

The second day was uneventful, the third day was uneventful, and on the fourth day, Mrs. Zhuang went to the door again, and this time, Mrs. Zhuang was dressed differently than usual.

She cut her hair, wore a green overalls and custom-made jungle boots, a wide tactical waistband made her plump waist clearly divided into upper and lower parts, in addition to wearing a pair of fingerless gloves, instead of carrying the usual handbag, but straddled a tactical satchel, which was bulging and I don't know what it was all about, but her outfit looked like a lightly armed explorer.

Mrs. Zhuang's spirits were also much more uplifted, and she said excitedly to Irina: "It is better to ask for others than for yourself, I am ready to conduct a search and rescue myself, you can be my advisor." ”

Irina was taken aback by her state and said, "Aren't you fooling around?" Lin Cong's aging rate is five to seven years a day, and now it has been a month, saying that it is a search and rescue, but he definitely has no hope of survival. ”

Mrs. Zhuang said stubbornly: "I know, but I have to see people in life and corpses in death." No matter how much we love each other, we can't just give up. ”

Irina said, "It looks like you've made up your mind. ”

Mrs. Zhuang said proudly: "Of course, I hired a professional manager company to take care of my business temporarily, and I also ordered a company that deals in expedition equipment, which can supply me with all kinds of equipment at any time, but there is no suitable manpower." ”

Irina said: "Lin Cong's matter is indeed very strange, and I also want to find out." But last time you were so emotional that I didn't have time to tell you some news, so if I tell you these news, you still stick to the current way, and I will help you solve the manpower problem of the expedition. ”

Mrs. Zhuang said, "Great, what do you want to tell me?" ”

Irina said, "It's a big deal, come in and talk about it." ”

Irina took Mrs. Zhuang into the laboratory and stopped in front of a large culture tank, the culture tube was covered with a white cloth, and I don't know what it contained.

Irina said to Mrs. Zhuang: "I checked Lin Cong's DNA, and it's very strange, it's not in any of the known pedigrees. ”

Mrs. Zhuang said: "Lin Cong said that he came from a small tribe in the south, and it may not be that he was omitted by the alliance. ”

Irina said: "But the strange thing is coming, I received this sample a year ago, his DNA composition is exactly the same as Lin Cong's, so to speak, the two are like twin brothers." ”

Irina said as she pulled down the white cloth of the cultivation tube, and Mrs. Zhuang saw that the cultivation tank was soaked in the corpse of the ugly, old tree elf.

Mrs. Zhuang screamed, then covered her mouth, staggered a few steps, and sat down on the ground.