when the moon whispers

Chapter 217 Friends-Corner

case five friends
fourteen corners

"The utility room door was locked. At that time—"

"Ah, I'm sorry, my pen is out of oil, Brother Hu! Do you have any extra pens? Can I borrow one--"

The stairwell on the south side that leads directly to the semi-underground is not too narrow. The corridor about ten meters in front of the utility room is crowded with a few groups of police security officers responsible for searching for missing cases, noisily trying to restore the mystery of Zhou Nan's little friend who was locked in the utility room. However, the original appearance of the thing has not been discovered until now.

Shao Jie lowered his gaze slightly and watched the policeman from the police station who was responsible for inquiring about the scene records blinking obediently. He first focused on the fingertips that raised his arm in front of him to signal to wait, and paused for three or two seconds. In the end, it was still He drifted away absentmindedly, past the little policeman who was poking in front of him with his neck raised, and finally hung on Officer Jiang's hair, which he had unintentionally tucked behind his ears as he bent over.

After receiving the news from the wailing voice on the intercom, Jiang Mo almost immediately rushed to the hydraulic door blocking the fire extinguisher - the sound of running footsteps was strangely heavy, and the emergency stop almost threw her up. The whole person hit the iron door of the passage with a "bang", and the redness can still be seen on the sides of the wrists and forearms.

But she seemed to be harboring some inexplicable and stubborn timidity. After confirming with her own eyes that Zhou Nanyi, who was lying in Shao Jie's arms, was safe and sound, she gritted her molar teeth and ignored Zhou Nanyi's crying and begging for a hug. She stared intently at the traces of scratching and bleeding on the little girl's nails, until Jiang He and Zhou Huaiyu, who were a step late, hurriedly brushed her left shoulder, took over and hugged Zhou Nanyi, who burst out crying again, and hugged her with tears of joy. Make a ball.

Jiang Mo seemed to sigh in a hissing voice. He didn't know whether it was because his arms and legs were hit with a dull pain, or whether he was simply nervous and stood there stiffly, causing cramps in his feet. He took a few weak steps and took advantage of the opportunity to arrive at the scene. While the policeman was trying to comfort him, he walked around to Shao Jie's side without looking away, and pressed his shoulders with trembling palms.

At that time, Jiang Mo's expression was completely obscured by the scattered hair, and Shao Jie could only vaguely catch a glimpse of the water at the end of her eyes, flashing past his eyes.

"There are a bunch of abandoned mobile phones in the utility room that have not been claimed for a long time, and a bunch of plush toys left over from the cultural and creative exhibition years ago that no one wanted. If he had run into this room by himself, both of these would The things were enough to attract him to get in. He looked for comfort items, or used his mobile phone to contact his parents... but he was locked in the utility room by someone who didn't know how or by whom, and the police in the infield didn't find it even after patrolling the infield for several times. ——”

Jiang Mo cautiously got into the utility room and inspected it. He came out sideways and stood next to the door panel that could not be opened with the spare key and had to be pried. He raised the flashlight and bent down to look at the door lock that had been beaten and gouged out to pieces. , probably aware of Shao Jie's wandering gaze, he changed the direction of the flashlight beam and swung it back and forth towards his belly button, "Get rid of that constipated expression on your face. Except I don't know why the door opened." After locking it, did you notice anything else that didn’t feel right?”

"...Uh...well..." Shao Jie curled his lips and muttered. He slightly suppressed the free flow of the fragility and sadness towards Officer Jiang in his mind, and looked at him and stood firmly in front of him. The little police officer who ensured that Jiang Mo was always separated from him scratched the back of his head and sighed helplessly.

"The floor is very clean. The tiles on the floor from the passage to the utility room are very clean. There is a 'crunching' sound when you step on it. Does this count?" Shao Jie turned around and nodded in the direction of the hydraulic door at the entrance of the passage, with his peripheral vision. Jiang He and Zhou Huaiyu hugged Zhou Nan and squeezed in front of the passage door, rumbling and looking back at the incident of being locked in the utility room. So Ran glanced at Jiang Mo hesitantly: "Besides, the door was closed, and the door next to it was closed. It’s the toilet. In order to ventilate and dissipate the smell, this door should be blocked with a fire extinguisher until the game starts tonight, and the ash marks on the ground can be seen.”

Hearing this, the little policeman frowned and followed Shao Jie's gaze, giving half of his body to Jiang Mo who was walking back slowly. He was a little annoyed and did not dare to look directly at her side face, "We can patrol the venue like that." After the clues provided by the witnesses, the police were mainly placed on the west side and the north gate. After two rounds of searching on the southeast side and no obvious abnormalities were found... the regular patrol frequency was resumed. This is considered to be the backstage work area. Inside, there are people flowing in and out all the time, and the semi-underground passage is fine. It’s because we neglected our senior sister. Fortunately, the child is fine—" "I didn’t ask you to write the inspection when I made the record. What’s more, according to what Shao Jie said, the door was locked. After clearing the corridor, the possibility of diverting the attention of the police cannot be completely ruled out." Jiang Mo waved his hand, raised his eyelids and caught a glimpse of Shao Jie, who was curious and confused, lowering the corner of his mouth, smiled, shook his head, and added: "Police Academy During the competition, we both coached each other, and he was a year younger than me, so he kept calling me that."

"Oh..." Shao Jie didn't expect Jiang Mo to take the initiative to explain. He raised his eyebrows in surprise, cleared his throat and paused for two seconds. He glanced at Officer Jiang's ready-to-shoot eyes, and was very surprised. He obediently stopped trying to counterattack, and asked slowly: "... Are there any witnesses? Liang Ji?"

"Yeah. According to what he said, Zhou Nanyi was scared away after he took him through a semi-underground passage. He didn't see where Zhou Nanyi ran specifically. The witness testimony caused unnecessary misleading... "Jiang Mo frowned slightly and stopped complaining about naming names. "Did you mention the little one when you found him?"

"I probably mentioned something about Director Liang, but he must have been really frightened. He kept talking incoherently."

Shao Jie thought about it for a moment, and managed to piece together an incomprehensible scene from Zhou Nanyi's cry that lacked words and sentences: "...Zhou Nanyi said that he met Liang Ji next to a trash can - he originally remembered it. I'm not sure what the name is. I confirmed it after looking at the photo. At that time, he must have just gotten separated from Teacher Jiang. Zhou Nan didn't want to wait where he was, so he accepted Liang Ji's suggestion and took him to the west auditorium, but he didn't expect that Liang Ji took him into the semi-underground passage. The parking lot inside was unclear and there was little lighting. He was a little scared when he saw everything was dark. Liang Ji didn't talk to him, so he was afraid to run away. But because I couldn't find the direction, so when I saw the word 'nan' at the entrance of the south passage, I thought about running to a place where no one could fool him."

Jiang Mo raised his hand to confirm and interrupted, then asked: "What Zhou Nanyi told you was to run directly to the south passage entrance and not run in other directions, right?"

"He said that when he was afraid of struggling, he dragged Liang Ji around in circles a few times. After that, he couldn't tell the direction at all. He only dared to run in the direction of the words he knew." Shao Jie nodded firmly, and then he was not sure. Wrinkling his nose, he said, "That's what I said, but Zhou Nanyi actually said it quite confusingly, and that's probably what he meant. Later, he ran up the stairs and happened to bump into a fat man smoking and swearing at the entrance of the passage, saying What's good for the police... He hid back in fear. The utility room door happened to be open, so he just ducked in. Unexpectedly, the fat man chased after him and kicked the door a few times to shut him up... This All of a sudden, he was completely frightened to the point where he didn't dare to move, until I heard a slight cry and went over to knock on the door to test."

"That's why he never dared to call anyone. He didn't even hear when the door was locked -" Jiang Mo pondered for a moment, then looked back at the utility room with the door open, "I just saw Plush inside. A piece of the toy pile collapsed, so he probably dug a hole and the cat was in it."

Shao Jie lowered his eyes and glanced at the scene record handed to him by the police comrade. He signed his name obediently and confirmed, and neatly complied with the expectant gaze of the young policeman. He wrote "To" on the title page of the notepad he handed over. ", and then finally caught the little policeman's opportunity to go to report, and got closer to Jiang Mo, "Is it possible that the locking was an accident?"

"The door lock of the utility room was changed, probably not long ago - but the venue did not have a spare key, which means that there was no pre-registration and handover. If the cleaning or duty staff in the venue changed it privately, one He will not leave the door open when no one is watching him. Secondly, even if he forgets for a moment, he will usually go inside to make a general inspection before returning to lock the door. However, none of the possible situations are covered, and even after locking the door, he will Someone carefully cleaned the floor...and closed the hydraulic door panel for ventilation."

"With so many coincidences, can it still be considered a coincidence?" Jiang Mo frowned, and rubbed his cheek, which was sore from her clenched teeth, twice, then picked up a flashlight and tapped Shao Jie's shoulder. , "Do you still have any impression? Approximately when Liang Ji returned to the lounge?"

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