messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 93
The sound of rain kept beating in her ears. Chu Chu held an umbrella and walked through the street. The humid air was not so comfortable, and the splashed rain on the ground wetted her shoe uppers.

But it didn't rain for long, and the rain stopped as some sunshine broke out in the sky.

The umbrella was put away at the beginning, and the smell of blood in the air became weaker and weaker. The rain seemed to be an accomplice to the murder, coming quickly, and then leaving quickly with the remaining traces.

When she first thought about this case, she could have prevented the murder earlier, but just like a person's vision, her perception also had a blind spot.She pays attention to the distance, the nearby things are not so clear, she pays attention to the near, the far away is blurred.So she can't stop all crime, she can only reduce it as much as possible.

When the woman yesterday said that she was a good person, she was a little distracted, so that she didn't look at the fog or the suspicious person for a while, which led to the occurrence of this case.

At the beginning, I thought of the woman who thanked me under the street lamp last night, and the smiling man who passed by me.

After all, she is no longer the emissary who only thinks about the mission, she has some distracting thoughts, some side thoughts, such thoughts make her a little dazed.

With the candy in his mouth, Chu followed the smell of blood all the way down.

After walking for another half an hour, she finally stopped at a street corner.

So far, she can't tell the taste.

And the faint smell of blood still wafting in the air made her a little irritable.

"Crack."

She bit the candy in her mouth and threw the stick into the trash can beside her.

The rain stopped, the cloudy sky dispersed, but the fog did not dissipate, and the sunshine after the rain fell faintly on the road and the street.

Standing at the corner of the street for a while, Chu raised his head and looked at a road sign standing beside the sidewalk.

The two arrows on the road sign point to the left and right respectively, marking where the road will lead.

The road on the left leads to the downtown area. Although it is said so, the downtown area of ​​the Fog City is also deserted, but there are a little more people, and there is still no sound on the street.

The road on the right leads to a more secluded residential area.This is not a wealthy area, but there is a very obvious building in the residential area on the right.

It was a white manor, whether it was a wide courtyard or a tall and elegant building, it was very eye-catching on this street.

The center of the manor is a four-storey western-style mansion, with a few black carved windows half-opened on the white walls. Outside the western-style mansion is a green lawn, with various flowers and trees planted on both sides.

There is a swing on the grass, and some children's laughter can be faintly heard from both sides of the swing.

Chu looked carefully and saw a few children in uniforms playing on the grass.

A gentle man was holding a little girl sitting on a deck chair in front of the mansion, holding a book in his hand, as if he was reading some story to the girl.

The reclining chair swayed slowly. In the sunshine, the grass in the courtyard was green and the water droplets on the swing were crystal clear.

Standing on an empty street corner with an umbrella in hand, for some reason, listening to the laughter of those children, her restless heart calmed down again.

Otherwise, go and inquire about it.

She thought and walked towards the manor.

When he came to the gate of the manor, Chu could already clearly hear the laughter of the children in the manor.

There is only one door separated, the laughter in the yard is in stark contrast to the desertedness outside the street.

Chu raised his hand and rang the doorbell.

"Ding."

The doorbell rang, which caught the attention of the children and the man in front of the mansion, and they looked towards the door together.

Only then did I notice that this man was surrounded by more than a dozen children.Not far away, there are several children playing together, and several children are sitting and reading together.

In this huge manor, it seems that all children live.

When the man saw the police uniform on Chu Hechu's body, he froze for a moment.

But soon the gentle smile returned to his face, he patted the head of the girl beside him, and then told the children around him a few words.

The children nodded and continued to play, he stood up and walked towards the door.

"Crack."

The iron gate was opened, and the man walked out of the yard, walked outside into the mist, and stood in front of Chu.

He raised the hat on his head, bowed slightly to Chu and asked.

"Beautiful police officer, is there anything I can do for you?"

The man smiled sincerely, and there was no falsehood in his light gray eyes, which made people feel a little fond of him unconsciously.

His attire is very neat, unlike his manor, his attire is not particularly gorgeous, but very plain and simple, even so, he still looks like an outstanding gentleman.

At the same time, he seemed to have sprayed some perfume on his body, with a light fragrance.

That's the only weird thing, because very few men wear perfume.

The scent of this perfume seems to be to mask something else.

"Hmm." I first glanced at the yard behind the man. Although the children in the yard were still playing around, some of the older children looked towards the door from time to time, and it was obvious that they cared about this man.

"Can I ask you a few questions?" Chu said.

"Of course." The man didn't refuse, he raised his head with a smile, and looked at Chu formally.

He was surprised at first, and with undisguised admiration in his eyes, he looked at Chu's face, and finally his eyes fell on the scar on Chu's left eye with regret.

"What a pity, it should have been a work of art."

The man muttered to himself intoxicated and regretfully.

Chu was stunned for a moment, not knowing why the man said that suddenly.

But before she could ask, the man apologized first.

"Oh." He patted himself on the head and said, "I'm sorry, officer, I shouldn't judge you privately. This is a habit of mine. Please forgive my unintentional offense. But please believe me, your beauty is worth it sigh."

"It's ok."

Chu Chu obviously didn't care about this, she didn't even hear the man's compliments to her, pointed to the corner of the street where she came, and talked about the business.

"Did you see anyone there last night?"

The man looked in the direction Chu pointed, seemed to think about it, and shook his head regretfully.

"Sorry officer, I don't know about it either. I don't like to go out at night."

That's a pretty normal answer, or at least it sounds like it.

There was no surprise at the beginning, because most of the residents of Fog City are like this, and no one likes to go out at night.

"That's it." Chu didn't continue to ask, but looked at the manor, she still cared a little about those children.

"Are those all your children?"

The man also looked back towards the courtyard, looking at the boys and girls chasing and fighting in the courtyard, with a happy and proud smile on his face, he said in a gentle voice.

"Yes, they are all my children."

It was a sunny estate, not at all the same as the foggy city of Fog, even if it were in it.

"Jack Fosse."

The man turned around, extended a hand politely to Chu, and introduced his name with his gentle smile.

"You can call me Jack or Foss, because I can't tell which side is the last name."

"Chu." Now that the man introduced himself, Chu also said his name, reached out and shook the man's hand.

But then, unexpectedly, Jack took her palm, leaned down, and kissed the back of her hand lightly.

"It's an honor to meet you, ma'am."

At the beginning, he raised his hand a little stiffly.

To be honest, she is not very good at this kind of etiquette.

(End of this chapter)