Chapter 215 Daniel

【Moore Pet Shop】

Under the dazzling halo, Chu Zihang looked up at the wooden sign hanging above his head and knocked on the dusty roller shutter door with his fingers.

The iron sheet vibrates.

He looked up and shouted, "Daniel, are you home? The teacher at school is very worried about you. Let me check on you!"

The voice is loud and the thumping sound is harsh enough.

But five minutes later...

Still no response from the house.

Chu Zihang put down his arms and squinted his eyes to look at the gaps and angles that could allow him to sneak into.

soon.

While walking around to the back of the house, he found a half-open window on the second floor.

then.

He took a few steps back, preparing to leap over with force.

Abbott's physical fitness is obviously much better than Adam's. He can feel the muscles in his calves flexing when he pushes the ground with his feet.

But just before Chu Zihang was about to step onto the wall...

He stopped abruptly.

The wall covered with white paint is very close.

Chu Zihang stared at the dark gray lime in the cracks, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down.

——He suddenly realized that there was something seriously wrong with his mentality!
Even if it was for gathering intelligence...

But he actually wanted to break into a child's room in broad daylight without any cover.

Moreover, he had just subconsciously decided... If Daniel refused to cooperate, he would use force to force him to tell the truth!

——Too impatient!
He lost his usual calmness!
Chu Zihang tried to slow down his breathing.

He knows it very well!

This mentality is of no help in action.

But he also understood that—

Even though he maintained a calm expression as always, after what happened yesterday, the anger and regret had already taken deep root in his heart!
Woman dies...

The accidental killing of doctors and police officers...

The second time he possessed someone, he took their life again...

And dragged his family into the vortex...

So many bad things have happened since I set foot in Brixham!

That's why he couldn't wait to plunge into the investigation, hoping to numb himself.

Chu Zihang closed his eyes, but he couldn't suppress these complicated thoughts.

……

You can remain silent for ten minutes.

Chu Zihang opened his eyes again.

After waiting until no one was watching, he grabbed the windowsill and squeezed in through the open window.

No!

He simply couldn't convince himself to wait patiently.

……

Light and shadow intersect.

Chu Zihang stepped on the dark floor.

He did not hide his movements, intending to deliberately tell Daniel that someone had broken in.

But surprisingly, no one came.

Not at home?

Chu Zihang frowned and looked around.

This is a utility room, with all kinds of feed and pet supplies on display. Some cages are covered with hair and have various price tags on them.

Chu Zihang walked through the narrow interval and pressed down the rusty door handle.

squeak~

The poorly lubricated wooden door groaned.

Outside the utility room is a straight corridor.

At the end of the corridor is a staircase leading to the first floor, with four rooms on both sides.

Chu Zihang pushed it open accordingly.

The room opposite the utility room is decorated as a living room, with a sofa and a TV, and two plates of wrinkled apples on the coffee table.

The two rooms further inside are bedrooms.

The room on the left only had a single bed and a desk by the window, with pencils rolling around on the floor.

The room was empty, with no one in sight.

But when Chu Zihang opened the last door, he finally found what he was looking for -

A half-grown child curled up on his bed, facing the wall. The heavy curtains blocked the sunlight and buried him in shadow.

"Daniel?"

Chu Zihang asked tentatively.

He walked closer to the bed and saw the boy holding a white plastic photo frame in his arms.

Although he couldn't see the contents clearly due to the angle, Chu Zihang could roughly guess what it meant.

Hearing the sound, Daniel slowly turned back.

He looked at this sudden stranger, without panic or fear, but just asked woodenly with empty eyes.

"who are you?"

"Hello, my name is Abbott."

Chu Zihang said softly: "I'm very sorry for coming here uninvited, but I need to know something about what happened before Ian committed suicide..."

"Oh, but I don't have anything to say."

Daniel faced the wall again, pulled a corner of the quilt over his head, and looked like he refused to communicate.

Chu Zihang was helpless.

He looked at the boy curled up in bed and suddenly missed Caesar.

He believed that if the other party was here, there would be a way to make Daniel cooperate actively.

Even if the two of them don't get along with each other, Chu Zihang will definitely admit that Caesar does have extraordinary talent in eloquence and public speaking.

A moment of silence.

Chu Zihang recalled the fragments of information he had heard at school and slowly sorted out the story of Daniel.

Then he lowered his head and organized his words.

"Daniel, I don't know what you think...but there may be something else going on. I want to find out, so..."

"Is there something else going on?!"

Stimulated by these words, Daniel under the quilt sat up suddenly and cast a hateful look at Chu Zihang.

"You also want to say that Ian is innocent?! I deserved my father's death?!"

Chu Zihang stopped immediately.

He realized that he might have said the wrong thing.

But before he could remedy the situation, Neil yelled, "Get out!"

The shrill sound echoed in the room.

Chu Zihang looked at the boy's heaving chest with indifference.

Silent.

But suddenly!
He suddenly stretched out his hand and instantly pulled out the photo frame that the other person was holding in his arms!

"Damn it! What are you doing?!"

Daniel subconsciously tried to grab it.

But Chu Zihang had already taken a few steps back to create some distance.

"give me back!"

Daniel got out of bed barefoot and lunged forward with a growl.

But Chu Zihang put the photo frame behind his back and used his body to block the other party.

"Give it back to me! Give it back to me now!"

After reaching out several times and failing to reach her, Daniel's eyes suddenly turned red and his voice became tearful.

Chu Zihang said sorry in his heart, but still looked at him expressionlessly.

"Tell me what happened before Ian Jones committed suicide."

Daniel gritted his teeth and said, "Give me the photo first!"

Chu Zihang thought about it, handed him the photo frame, and then blocked the door.

Daniel held the photo frame in his arms, his eyes vicious.

After a long time, he said, "What do you want to know?"

“Why did Ian Jones commit suicide?”

"Because the snakehead he caught killed my father!"

"that's it?"

"Isn't that enough?!"

Daniel's expression was a little unnatural.

Chu Zihang saw it.

But he thought it was not a good idea to press the issue now.

So he continued to ask: "Before Ian died, was there anyone he cared about in particular?" "In particular?"

"It means seeing, or looking at."

Chu Zihang explained.

Daniel frowned at the memory.

"At that time... before he jumped, he seemed to look at all of us."

Chu Zihang narrowed his eyes.

"Everyone? Who?"

"Me, Andre, and the three policemen who were there at the time."

"Just the five of you?"

"Correct."

Daniel nodded, then hesitated.

"But... I remember there were a lot of reporters outside the police station... I don't know if they fall into the category you're asking about."

reporter?
Chu Zihang asked again: "Which newspaper is it?"

"The local Brixham newspaper."

Daniel replied.

Chu Zihang paused: "Are there a lot of people?"

"About seven or eight? Uh, I don't know."

There were quite a lot of people, and Chu Zihang felt it was a bit troublesome.

But while he was thinking, he raised his head again and stared at Daniel in front of him secretly.

He was wondering...could the other person be the one possessed by the mastermind behind the incident?
But Chu Zihang did not show his doubts.

"sorry for disturbance."

He opened the door behind him, bowed politely, and walked out.

……

The long and narrow corridor was still so dim.

Thinking of the closed roller shutter door, Chu Zihang did not go up to the first floor via the stairs, but returned to the utility room.

Hold on to the windowsill.

——He planned to go to Andre's house now and find a way to bring him to Daniel's house.

Because according to his experience, it is very difficult to read the original owner's memory after being possessed.

So!

As long as Daniel and Andre ask each other about some things in the past, it will be easy to determine whether there is something wrong with either of them's memory!
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The morning class is over.

The teacher still left as the bell rang.

Lu Mingfei felt groggy and yawned, preparing to go outside to sober up.

But when he turned his head, he saw a golden head sticking out from above the glass insulation sticker.

——Anna came over again.

Looking at the girl who kept waving at him, Lu Mingfei walked over guiltily, scratched his head and turned his eyes away.

"Uh... that... I'm still a little short of the money. Give me another 20 days and I will definitely pay it back!"

That's right!

Lu Mingfei shamelessly prepared to drag the matter over.

Anyway, after 20 days, either everything will be resolved and you will return to your own body, or you will be reduced to ashes and be gone forever.

In either case, there is no need to continue paying the money.

But unexpectedly, Anna didn't mention it at all.

She grabbed Lu Mingfei's wrist and said excitedly, "Ryan! Come with me to the port!"

"Port? Now?"

Lu Mingfei was confused.

"Stop talking nonsense! You have to obey me before you pay me back!"

Anna shook her head and dragged him out.

[So this loan shark of yours also comes with a contract of sale! ]

Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes and followed a few steps.

But suddenly, he remembered the other party's gangster background and was instantly horrified.

"Wait! Going to the port? What do you want to do?!"

Lu Mingfei stopped walking with his waist and horse together, and couldn't help but imagine the tragic ending of himself being tied to an operating table and having his kidneys cut off and sold for money.

Anna pulled but failed to move it, so she turned around and glared at him angrily.

"Damn it! Ryan! You don't keep your word! I will never lend you money again! I'm going to tell your mother now!"

[No, how old are you? You still want to sue your parents? How childish! ]

Lu Mingfei really wanted to say this to her with contempt.

But inexplicably.

When he heard the words "tell the parents", Lu Mingfei subconsciously chased after him.

"Wait, wait... I'm not not going, but you have to tell me why you're going there, right?"

Anna paused.

Glancing at him, she explained unhappily, "There was a very strange incident at Brixham harbour yesterday morning."

"Accident? Was there?"

Lu Mingfei thought back to the newspapers of the past two days: "I didn't see any reports?"

"This is where the problem lies!"

Anna folded her arms and sneered.

"Of course you can't see it! Those greedy government officials don't want to affect Brixham's tourism industry so they won't let any unfavorable reports get out."

Lu Mingfei scratched his hair.

"Then how did you know?"

"Idiot! Have you forgotten that my uncle is in the gang at the port? Of course he told me that himself!"

Anna's expression became a little serious.

"He told me... a fishing boat was attacked by an unknown creature while out at sea. The steel hull was gnawed, and even several crew members died!"

Lu Mingfei's heart was suddenly shocked!
This kind of thing...why does it sound so much like it's related to dragons?

He looked at the girl in front of him and immediately dissuaded her: "If it's so dangerous, why do you want to go there?"

"To make the truth known to the public, of course!"

Anna raised her head, revealing her white neck.

"If there is really danger in the sea, concealing the news is irresponsible for the lives of the people! As a future famous journalist, I must expose them!"

Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched, and he thought that compared to worrying about the country and the people, a gangster girl like you is more suitable to use news to fool the people and cover up crimes.

But he was a little confused.

"Then why did you insist on calling me?"

"Come on, I'm a girl!" Anna rolled her eyes. "What if I get into danger and no one protects me?"

The corner of Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched.

He really wanted to say that he was not cut out to be a knight. If they really encountered danger, there was no telling who would kneel down first.

……

Lu Mingfei doesn’t want to go to the port now!

He knew himself well enough to know that going to investigate on his own would be tantamount to committing suicide.

After all, he is not as fierce as the boss and senior brothers.

Even if he wants to investigate, he has to wait until he finds a strong supporter first!
then.

Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes and called Anna who was about to skip school.

"Wait! Isn't it a bad time to go now?"

Seeing the girl turn around, he quickly said, "Think about it, there must be a lot of people there for what happened yesterday! Do you want to investigate the evidence under the noses of those government officials?"

Anna thought about it and felt that it made sense: "Then what do you say we should do?"

"Let's talk about it in two days."

Lu Mingfei looked like he was doing this for your own good: "You just want evidence, you don't need to pursue effectiveness."

That's right!

He used his procrastination tactic for the second time!
Anyway, children's thoughts jump around, so who knows? They might forget it tomorrow.

"Oh well--!"

Anna drawled out her voice somewhat unwillingly.

Lu Mingfei exclaimed "nice" and felt that the 13-year-old girl was so easy to fool!
But before he could be happy for long, Anna said firmly: "Then tomorrow afternoon!"

Lu Mingfei's happy expression froze in an instant.

"what?"

"Ah what? You don't think I'm as easy to fool as a child?! Coward! You just don't dare to go!"

Anna snorted coldly and turned away.

"I'll give you another day to prepare yourself mentally, and I'll come see you at noon tomorrow!"

"Oh, right!" The girl suddenly turned around and threatened him: "I advise you not to run away! Otherwise I will tell your mother that you secretly ran to a black bar to drink!"

Lu Mingfei was defeated after being double-killed by "suing the parents".

Injustice!
It’s really not me who goes to the black bar!
He wanted to cry but had no tears.

(End of this chapter)