An Ruqiao didn't know the twists and turns in Xie Jingchen's heart, and while he was angry with himself, he greeted Xie Jingchen with a gentle smile, "I came to K City on a business trip, and the hospital arranged a study exchange meeting." What about you? Why are you here? ”

Xie Jingchen almost forgot that An Ruqiao is a doctor, and he is also a young and promising surgeon in a tertiary hospital.

"I'm also here on a business trip, and I'm working on a case."

Case? An Ruqiao remembered the two families living downstairs, as well as the missing Li Liang.

Thinking of the disappearance case, An Ruqiao didn't rush to ask, but invited Xie Jingchen, "I've been living in the upstairs B&B these days, do you want to come up and sit?" ”

She originally wanted to avoid Xie Jingchen, wanted to distance herself and calm herself, wanted to ignore it completely or pretend not to see or know, but after encountering it head-on, she changed her mind.

She didn't want to act like she was afraid of him, so she might as well take the initiative.

Staying in an upstairs B&B?

Xie Jingchen was inspired by this sudden sentence, anyway, he was here on a business trip, and he was also sent a mission to investigate the case of Li Liang's disappearance, so it is better to live in a homestay here.

He then got down and walked to the elevator, closing the distance between him and An Ruqiao step by step.

An Ruqiao didn't expect that he would be polite, and he actually agreed.

Xie Jingchen's pace was too fast, and the spacing between each step was very large, and he arrived in front of An Ruqiao in three or two steps. The safe social realm within one meter was invaded, making An Ruqiao subconsciously take a step back, and his back was against the elevator door.

An Ruqiao was a little distracted, she watched Xie Jingchen stretch out his hand to her side, as if he wanted to hug her into his arms.

But soon she reacted again and realized that Xie Jingchen just pressed the elevator button.

An Ruqiao completely hid the strangeness in his heart, as if nothing had happened, swiped the elevator with the access control card, and pressed the second floor.

The two entered the elevator one after the other.

The atmosphere was a little awkward. Neither of them was the first to speak.

An Ruqiao looked at the elevator door, while Xie Jingchen was looking at An Ruqiao.

Xie Jingchen's gaze was too obvious, especially when An Ruqiao was already extremely sensitive to the gaze of others, she could always feel that Xie Jingchen was looking at her side face.

In the elevator full of eight people, the space is too small, and the two people are relatively large, although it is not as obvious as if they are breathing, but the air in the elevator does heat up.

The door of the elevator was a little strange, it was all closed, and it was opened and closed again, opening and closing two or three times, An Ruqiao really couldn't hold back, and reached out to press the close button.

His finger pressed on Xie Jingchen's hand.

It was taken back like an electric shock.

After the door closes, you quickly reach the second floor.

An Ruqiao seemed to be running away, when nothing happened, she silently led Xie Jingchen to the door of the room, entered the password, and opened the door.

When entering the password, An Ruqiao did not cover it, and Xie Jingchen did not shy away from it.

After entering the house, An Ruqiao gave Xie Jingchen a bottle of two bottles of mineral water from the guest room, which was regarded as tea for entertaining guests.

Anyway, the water in the guest room outside is as safe as Qiao never drinks.

Xie Jingchen took a look after entering the door, the layout of this B&B room is warm style, and the area is not small, like a "home", but the living room and bedroom are combined together.

The quilt was neatly folded on the couch, and there was nothing on the bed except for a not-so-clean, somewhat yellowed sheet.

The quilts and pillows are all on the sofa, and even the sofa is covered with an obviously unsuitable, white abnormal "sofa cover".

In addition to this, the smell of disinfectant water permeated the room. This kind of smell is like the department where An Ruqiao sits.

"Sit down." An Ruqiao gestured to the bed with her hand.

Xie Jingchen knew that An Ruqiao liked to sleep on the sofa and didn't like the bed, so he sat on the edge of the bed according to her wishes.

At this moment, there was a "Knock!" from downstairs. Boom! Ringing. Actually, it wasn't particularly loud, but it propagated through solids, and the room was quiet, so both of them could hear it clearly.

The sound was like someone banging on a wall with a hammer.

Suddenly there was a sound of the door opening outside, followed by a man shouting: "You knocked on the wall, you m bombed!" Don't let people take a lunch break! ”

The man's shouting was so loud that it seemed to be heard downstairs, and then he stopped for a moment. It wasn't long, only two or three minutes, and then it sounded again, louder and more rapid than before.

An Ruqiao glanced at Xie Jingchen, and remembered that he said that he was investigating the case, probably investigating the case of Li Liang's disappearance, so he complained tentatively: "What's going on with the guy surnamed Zhou downstairs, he always disturbs the people, he was decorated in the middle of the night last night, and now he is hammering the wall, he is also very good at picking time, no wonder he has to be scolded." ”

Speaking of the surname Zhou, Xie Jingchen immediately realized that it was Zhou Yang who lived downstairs.

always disturbs the people, and he doesn't stop when he is scolded, but it gets worse, and it doesn't look like something that Zhou Yang's cowardly person can do.

Xie Jingchen suddenly had a terrifying association - could it be that Zhou Yang was disturbing the people?

Did Zhou Yang imprison Li Liang at home?

The seat under him was not yet hot, Xie Jingchen immediately got up, said "sorry" to An Ruqiao, and rushed downstairs.

There is no time to wait for the elevator, at this time taking the stairs is much faster than waiting for the elevator, one step across three or four steps, the next floor does not take two minutes.

When he arrived downstairs, Xie Jingchen began to knock on the door of 101. At the same time, Xie Jingchen also glanced at it distractedly, and made sure that the upstairs of this room was directly opposite An Ruqiao's room.

When knocking on the door, the knock on the wall can still be heard.

It took about a minute to knock before someone came to open the door. I didn't open the door before, and I don't know if I didn't hear it, or if I didn't want to open it.

The person who opened the door was Zhou Yang. Grizzled, with a hammer in his hand.

Zhou Yang didn't speak for the first time after opening the door, but looked Xie Jingchen up and down, as if to make sure if Xie Jingchen scolded him for "dead m" just now.

An Ruqiao also followed, and walked behind Xie Jingchen.

Zhou Yang has not had direct contact with Xie Jingchen, and Xie Jingchen did not meet him in person when he checked his itinerary before. Zhou Yang saw that Xie Jingchen was wearing a police uniform, and he didn't seem to be able to scold, so he asked him, "What's wrong, what's the matter?" ”

Before Xie Jingchen answered, An Ruqiao opened his mouth first, "This policeman was asking me about Liangliang just now, and I happened to hear that there was movement in your house, and I think you should be at home, so I want to ask you if you have any clues." ”

"Didn't you ask once?" Zhou Yang's reaction was a little big, and his face was displeased, "Why do you have to ask again?" ”