The Cheng Sheng Building is located in the relatively remote southwest corner of this small city, compared with the bustling department stores in the east of the city, because of the existence of Dezhang University, the surrounding bookstores make it a little more bookish. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Although the Chengsheng Building is only seven floors, since the reform and opening up, various small-scale units and companies have settled in one after another, and there are more than 10 large and small, so it is not deserted. Now the building is enveloped in darkness, and only the guard room on the first floor is still lit.

In the guard's room, on the marching bed, lay an old man, full of alcohol, snoring, and snorting from time to time. And on the chair behind the desk, there is a middle-aged man crooked, with his legs on the table, and the hole in the sock on the sole of his left foot looks like a medal for his smelly feet. A big moth kept hitting the lamp, and the middle-aged man in the chair looked at the moth and the lamp tube desperately.

Zheng Pei's appearance broke the coordination of this room, and the moth flew to the window in fright, dormant and unmoving. Maybe it was because the farce of the moth and the lamp was suddenly interrupted, or maybe it was the snoring of the old man, or maybe for some other reason, the middle-aged man who was crooked in his chair was very unhappy. Expressions of disgust, resentment, and anger appeared on his face in uniform proportions. Zheng Pei was like an enemy who had a feud with him at this time, and he came to dislike him at this time.

"Yo, college student, where are you going to study?" A sharp voice that was extremely incommensurate with his chubby stature said something in a strange way, like a crowing rooster suddenly being choked by the neck. At the same time, the two feet on the table in torn socks began to shake incessantly, making the smell of the cabin even more suffocating.

"I'm sorry, Brother Zhang, there is a delay in my school, and I'm late." Zheng Pei put his schoolbag on the corner of the table, smiled innocently, and stood in front of the table respectfully.

"Oh, there's something, isn't it? Who's okay! The two feet shook even more, like a soldier on the battlefield chasing after victory, "You have a lot of culture, but we also have wives and children, you have something today, he has something tomorrow, and we honest people are unlucky, right?" ”

"Brother Zhang, don't be angry, I was wrong today, and I won't next time." Zheng Pei was a little embarrassed, he felt that his palms were wet.

"Alas, you young people now, you don't understand anything, you think it's great to drink some ink, hum!" The middle-aged man squinted and glanced at the old man on the bed, "People can mix wherever they go, how can we be honest people, we have suffered hardships, and good things will not be our turn at all." ”

Zheng Pei didn't know what to say, he knew that he was late today. So no matter how harsh the words were, like a slap in the face, he just laughed and didn't make a sound.

Seems to be tired. The middle-aged man withdrew his feet, pulled his shoes, stood up, and walked to the door step by step. Just as he was about to go out, he turned around and threw a large bunch of keys on the table, making a loud "bang", and the moth on the window seemed to be frightened, and began to crash around the house again. Perhaps this was a victory in some sense, and the middle-aged man pushed the door out humming a small tune.

Zheng Pei looked at the quartz watch on the wall, he had just arrived at half past ten, he was relieved, fortunately he was not too late. After putting the key in the drawer, Zheng Pei sat in a chair in a daze.

"Huh? Xiao Zheng is here? Old man Zhang opened his eyes and looked at Zheng Pei, scratched his stomach, and said vaguely in a drunken drunkard's tone, "Don't listen to his nonsense, work with peace of mind, it's okay to leave early tomorrow......" After saying this, the snoring started again.

Zheng Pei was a little confused, I don't know if this old man is awake or not, but after thinking about it, let him sleep, he can sleep for me for a while tomorrow morning, so that he can go back to school early, after all, the tables and chairs in the library have not been cleaned up, and he can deal with it if he goes back early tomorrow.

Old man Zhang's snoring sounded rhythmically, and Zheng Pei was a little sleepy when he listened. Zheng Pei took out the key, picked out a good flashlight, and planned to go around the building. This is not only for work, but also for refreshment, if you stay in the guard room again, you will probably have to fall asleep.

Working as a security guard in the Cheng Sheng Building is not hard, compared to other urban areas, most of the people here are locals, and there are very few public security cases, and even if there are, most of them are drunk fights. Something like theft, robbery, etc., almost never heard of. In addition, the first and second floors of the building have been equipped with anti-theft window bars on the windows, so there is no need to worry about theft. The reason for the night patrol is to prevent fires, water leaks, and animals such as rats from damaging the building, and it takes more patience than the courage of traditional security work.

The dark corridor was quiet, and the air seemed to be frozen, with no traces of flow. Zheng Pei strolled through the corridor, accompanied only by a beam of a flashlight and his own "popping" footsteps.

This is the sixth floor, and Zheng Pei is used to patrolling from top to bottom every time, because he thinks it is more labor-saving. He walked to the window at the end of the hallway, stretched out his hand to open the window, and felt calm as the wind blew and looked at the night scene dotted with stars and lights. Somehow, he felt a little tired tonight. The window edge was very wide, Zheng Pei sat up against the window frame, and slowly, he recalled what happened at night.

The girl was familiar, maybe somewhere on campus. What happened to her, how could she come out with so much blood? But why did the doctor say she was fine, how was this possible? The girl's things are still spread out on the desk in the library, maybe you can know her name and major from the textbook, she should indeed go back early tomorrow, and the blood stains on the chair should be cleaned up well.

Zheng Pei turned sideways, and by the way, even put his two legs on the window edge. The wind outside the window was blowing around his neck, making him feel a little hot on his bare skin—the girl's face was resting on his neck at the time.

When he sent her to the hospital, Zheng Pei just felt her weight and was anxiously on the way. But when he really calmed down, all kinds of feelings he had for the girl sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and secretly emerged like an elf: it was a very fragrant smell, but not the smell of soap or shampoo, but an indescribable natural and intimate scent. It didn't stay in his nose, but floated leisurely to his heart; and the bangs on her forehead, slender and long, against his neck, as if inadvertently brushed by; And her weight, such a thin girl, even so heavy, but not heavy, but a just right weight, just enough to make him feel her truth; And that soft touch on the back......

It may be difficult to see in the pitch black environment, but the hot feeling makes Zheng Pei realize that he blushes. He moved his body very unnaturally, so that he could change his position and lean, but after twisting for a long time, he couldn't find a comfortable position, and finally he had to give up, still maintaining his original position, leaning against the window frame blankly, thinking blankly......

I don't know how she's doing now, is her book in the library? Or, take her to the hospital when I'm not busy...... Thinking of this, Zheng Pei smiled stupidly.

"Boom", a muffled sound, like something falling to the floor. This voice suddenly pulled Zheng Pei into reality, and he didn't fully come back to his senses, but just straightened up out of instinct and carefully discerned the direction from which the voice came.

It should be past eleven o'clock in the evening, and the people in the building have already left, what is it that makes such a sound?

Zheng Pei pressed the flashlight and looked back and forth in the corridor, but found nothing unusual. The flower pots, doors and windows were all in their usual state, and there was nothing on the floor of the hallway, could it be the noise coming from this company on the sixth floor?

Zheng Pei looked into the room with a flashlight through the window, and the table and miscellaneous items were relatively neat, and he didn't see anything unusual. But judging from the sound at the time, it should have been a heavy thing that fell to the ground, what could it be?

There is only this company on the sixth floor, and Zheng Pei looked back and forth twice and found no problems. He wondered a little in his heart, he was already not too sure about the specific details of that voice: what kind of voice it was, from which direction, could it not be on the sixth floor?

Zheng Pei thought about it and went up to the seventh floor with a flashlight, this kind of strange thing, it is better to check it carefully.

There are two companies on the seventh floor, and one room is a small warehouse. Zheng Pei checked around and didn't find anything unusual. It was pitch black all around, except for Zheng Pei's flashlight, there was no light.

He suddenly felt a little like going to the toilet.

The toilets on the seventh floor are located near the stairwell on both sides, and the men's toilet is located near the stairwell on the east side. Zheng Pei listened to the movement with his ears pricked up as he walked, and when he walked to the men's bathroom, the surroundings were still quiet, and he thought that something had probably fallen to the ground, so he didn't think about it anymore.

After walking into the men's toilet, Zheng Pei also deliberately checked around, but found nothing. He put the flashlight on the windowsill, illuminated the urinal with light, and after shivering, Zheng Pei was still thinking that he was really making a fuss now, and he was not scared like this when he walked so far at night before.

"Bang-knock" Although there was no sound just now, this time Zheng Pei heard it very clearly, it was coming from outside, as if something was hanging on a tree, and then fell to the ground.

"There are thieves!" Zheng Pei's heart tightened, he picked up the flashlight and ran out, and his pants were not properly on.

Looking down from the side window on the men's restroom, there was nothing, and there was nothing on the tree. Zheng Pei hurriedly ran to the side window on the west side, although he couldn't see what was underneath, he could vaguely see that the branches were still shaking.

Zheng Pei rushed down from the seventh floor, and heard a "bang" on the way downstairs. When he went down the stairs to the third floor, he saw that the side window on the west side was open, and he leaned in and shone it with a flashlight, and only some leaves could be seen on the ground. Since there are guardrails on the side windows on the first and second floors, the thief must have jumped out of the side windows on the third floor. But the third floor is ten meters high, will the thief be light? Did you just jump off?

Zheng Pei leaned over and looked to both sides, and found that there was a drainage pipe near the window on the right, and the thief should have grabbed the drainage pipe, stepped on the guardrail of the window on the second floor, and jumped down until he reached a suitable height.

Zheng Pei turned around and quickly went downstairs, running to the west window of the building, no one saw anyone here, only saw scattered leaves and small branches on the ground, and some traces of dragging, but these traces only continued for a small time, and it was almost difficult to distinguish them on the cement pavement.

Zheng Pei was a little annoyed, he wanted to chase, but he didn't know which direction to chase, he wanted to find it, but he couldn't find any traces.

Wait a minute! Zheng Pei's eyes lit up, and he found something from the small grass pile at the junction of cement bricks and mud, which flashed and reflected the light of the flashlight. Zheng Pei walked over and picked it up, it looked like a small blue-green stone, only the size of a soybean, crooked like a snail shell, not very good-looking, but the traces of carving clearly indicated that it was not a naturally formed thing.

Could this be left by a thief? Zheng Pei was very depressed, the building entered the thief, and he only found a small stone.

After running back to the guard room, Zheng Pei shook Old Man Zhang vigorously.

"Uncle Zhang! Wake up! There are thieves! ”

"Huh? Bite? What do you have to eat? Old man Zhang's mind didn't seem to be at home, and he looked at Zheng Pei in a daze.

"There was a thief in the building just now!" Zheng Pei was angry and funny.

Old man Zhang looked at Zheng Pei blankly, and after about a minute, he suddenly came to his senses, "Ahhh There are thieves! Did you catch it? ”

"No, let him run away!" Zheng Pei replied very dejectedly.

"Oh, what's that missing?" Old man Zhang yawned heavily.

Zheng Pei thought for a while and replied, "Now I don't know, I chased after him when I heard a sound, and I didn't look at what he stole from." ”

"Oh," Old Man Zhang scratched his head, "Then let's go and see what's missing." ”

Zheng Pei was surprised that this old man Zhang was so indifferent, as if this matter had nothing to do with him at all. He watched Old Man Zhang put on his shoes slowly, lifted his pants, combed his hair with his hands, and then wiped the sweat and hair oil on his hands on his pants.

Zheng Pei was so anxious that he began to jump on the spot.

"Hey, young man, don't worry, it's useless for you to be anxious now." Old man Zhang pushed his cuffs up and reluctantly, and then said like an emperor leaving the palace, "Let's go, go and see!" ”

The two of them went upstairs and downstairs to check around, but found that all the doors and windows were intact, and there was not even a trace of scraping.

Old man Zhang thought for a while and said to Zheng Pei: "Don't say this in advance, you'll know tomorrow if you lose something." ”

"Is that good?" Zheng Pei was a little uneasy.

"Oh, you stupid boy, if you lose something, the police will catch you, what are you mixing with!" Old man Zhang smiled, "You, I'll go back to school tomorrow, I won't do anything if I ask you, I'll tell you what's wrong, do you know?" ”

Although Zheng Pei was very unsure, he didn't refute it, in fact, in the face of such a situation, he didn't know what to do.

"Yo, it's half past three, I need to sleep again." Old man Zhang took off his shoes and crooked to the bed, "Xiao Zheng, you call me at half past six, don't go too far." ”

"Hmm." Zheng Pei agreed, his tone full of guilt and self-blame. Old man Zhang glanced at him, smiled and shook his head, "This stupid boy." ”

The snoring sounded again, and Zheng Pei was distraught.

He felt ashamed that the manager was so good to him, and as a result, he poked the basket, what does this make people think of him, does it make people say that he is unreliable as a young man?

Maybe it's good if you don't be in a daze, maybe it's good to be diligent and turn around, what's the use of regretting it now, I hope the manager doesn't fire him.

The more Zheng Pei thought about it, the more unwilling he became, and he carried a flashlight and went into the building to inspect, he hoped to find some clues to catch the thief, so he was extra careful and serious in this inspection. But in fact, it often does not meet people's wishes, and after nearly an hour of inspection, Zheng Pei did not find any clues.

On the side window edge on the west side of the third floor, Zheng Pei leaned on the window frame tiredly, he kept thinking about the whole thing, and always felt that something seemed to be missing.

Suddenly, there was a slight tingling in his thigh, Zheng Pei took out his trouser pocket, and found that there was only that ugly little stone in his pocket, just when he wondered how such a thing that was not pierced and had no flutes could sting him, this thing like an earring made his brain flash, and suddenly realized what he was missing!

Lady!

That's right, it's the women's restroom! He looked up and down several times, but only the women's toilet was not checked, and perhaps the important clues were in the women's toilet.

But now he has a big problem! He had never been in the women's bathroom, it was as if there was some forbidden law, and he had never seen anything inside.

If you don't go in, you might miss some major clues, but if you do, he will become a hooligan. Zheng Pei stood at the door of the women's toilet on the third floor, struggling with his simple logic, whether to enter or not to enter!

In the end, Zheng Pei still chose to become a hooligan instead of a derelict security guard. He squirmed into the women's toilet on the third floor with a flashlight, with shame and a hint of curiosity.

After Zheng Pei went in, he found that in fact, the biggest difference in the women's toilet was that there were no urinals, and they were all squatting positions with partitions. After a serious search for a long time, he was very disappointed to find that there were no valuable clues.

Zheng Pei walked out of the women's toilet in a daze, feeling that he was not worth being a hooligan this time. However, he thought about it again, maybe it was because he didn't find the right place? The first place to make a sound was on the sixth floor, and perhaps the clue should be in the women's restroom on the sixth floor.

But in this case, I have to go to the women's toilet again!

The terrible thing about adaptability is that you don't care about the second time when you have the first time, especially in the pursuit of personal gain, and this adaptability can quickly eliminate the principle.

Anyway, they are all hooligans, in order to solve the case, what can they do if they become hooligans again?

Zheng Pei turned up the brightness of the flashlight and walked into the women's toilet on the sixth floor.

This time the hooligans were not in vain, Zheng Pei found another ugly small stone on the ground in a compartment, but this small stone was purple-red, is this the stolen goods that were missed?

Zheng Pei didn't know these answers, but he was sure that this thief had been in this squatting position with the things he had stolen, and judging from the place of the women's toilet, this thief should still be a woman!

A female thief? This answer made Zheng Pei a little sad, because with Zheng Pei's life experience, his impression of women has always been kind and kind. Although there were occasional articles in newspapers or magazines about female criminals, he was still reluctant to believe that women would steal.

Still running so fast! This made Zheng Pei's male self-esteem somewhat damaged, and he felt a little ashamed.

The sky was already slightly bright, which meant that the darkness was about to pass, the light was coming, and all sins could not be hidden in the sun, even the crime of entering the women's toilet made Zheng Pei feel ashamed and unbearable. He was very weak-hearted, put all the ugly little stones in his trouser pocket, and walked out in a panic with a flashlight, for fear of being seen by others.

At the moment when he walked out of the door of the women's toilet, Zheng Pei suddenly felt a cold wind rushing towards him, pushing him backwards, and the cold suffocation tightly wrapped his whole body, like a brutal butcher pinching a chicken and carrying him in mid-air, he felt like a person who was about to starve to death in a dark cave on a winter night, and his body gradually became an empty shell, and the endless chill invaded from every pore of his body......