when the moon whispers

Six accomplices in the case

Twenty-six part-time jobs (Part 2)

Jiang Mo's call came out of the blue. Shao Jie was sitting in the e-sports training room provided by the hotel, holding a bowl of cream of mushroom soup and waiting boredly for the hotel equipment department to help debug and upgrade the network bandwidth with ridiculous latency for ranked training. .

The e-sports industry joint construction strategic cooperation framework agreement signed at the beginning of the year by the leaders of various departments of culture and sports promotion in Shenning City and the organizers of several major e-sports events has not yet had time to be officially implemented. A number of leading companies derived from cultural tourism have taken the lead in seizing the opportunity. The Grandis Hotel, the designated partner of the event, was the first to bear the brunt of the impact with its quasi-five-star sign. It warmly invited several clubs to come and experience it in advance. It also hung a work sign that cooperated with the investigation of the improvement of e-sports facilities, and exchanged it for several teams. The team has unlimited support at the competition training venue in Shenning City, and a 30% discount on accommodation and catering for the whole year.

Manager Xu's abacus beads made a "crackling" sound, so the brothers could only endure the delay and trained hard for a long time, and then they took the fruits and soups sent by the hotel's chef to express their apology. Speechless and sleepy, I waited for the originally scheduled training match to be postponed again.

Jiang Mo's phone call made the whole training room lively.

The soup bowl that Shao Jie was holding in his hand was almost knocked over in a panic. His knuckles that slid to answer the question for the first time scratched the speaker buttons messily. He could barely hear half of Officer Jiang's "sharp" instructions, and he was full of excitement. The teasing that filled the room burst into his ears noisily, with "career and love" from the left and "Jie Shen Niu Biao" from the right, making Shao Jie feel like he was on fire from the tips of his hair to the tips of his toes, greeting him in a mess. Tao Fanghuo Ke, who was preparing for the training match, called out, turned off the loudspeaker and covered the microphone, trotted around the players of each team who were collectively disconnected in the lobby corridor waiting to be restored, and squeezed into the corridor stairwell with his tall height. .

"Jiang...ahem - Officer Jiang?" Shao Jie was still choking on the cream soup in his throat. He obediently glanced at the countdown clock, "There are still four minutes...I thought you had a case recently. I’m busy, I’ll definitely have time later...”

"I send you messages sooner rather than later, usually because I have something to ask." Jiang Mo smiled softly, "At least the relationship has developed, so I took the time to express my concern. Not used to it?"

"It's not that... I... just... I just heard Manager Xu say that you specifically contacted her today to communicate about the follow-up handling of the poisoning case, and then suddenly I remembered that I wanted to ask you."

Shao Jie silently leaned against the fire door panel of the stairwell, smacking the word "care" lightly in Officer Jiang's mouth, grinning his lips in relief, and raised his hand to hold down his cheeks that were about to rise. Bones, reluctantly made a serious ramble: "Li Fubei heard at the convenience store that there was a siren patrol in the industrial park for most of the day. When another company employee went to buy something, he told him that the front door was diagonally opposite. There was a murder in the bar in the neighborhood you passed by. You have been busy since morning until this time...have you eaten? "

"I'm in the field. I'll buy some bread later to make a meal."

"So busy?" Officer Jiang, who has his head tied to his belt, has been living for more than a day or two. Shao Jie could only worry about it, and paused for a second and a half in hissing, "How about I help you decide where to go?" Delivery to the city bureau?"

"Forget the takeout, I won't be able to go back for a while. The people in the team saw that the food was like locusts passing through the border. When I go back, there will probably be nothing left. Besides... the bureau is also a bit chaotic right now. Just take care of yourself. I don't have any connections with my old classmates over at Shenning. I must obey orders and arrangements in everything, including food, drink, and personal safety. You must pay more attention to the children in your team." Jiang Mo said as usual. After muttering a few words, he pondered for a long time, and probably jumped out of the car and got into the sudden wind in Shengcheng. He shouted into the phone with a rumble: "By the way, I just have something else to ask you...yesterday Did Liang Ji go to your club in the evening? Do you have any impression of the approximate time?"

"...I'm just saying, caring about me is just a matter of course..." Shao Jie blinked his eyes for a moment, then raised his eyebrows in confusion and hummed in pretending to be disappointed, then he laughed and listened with interest to Officer Jiang's embarrassing coaxing on the other end of the phone. He persuaded him to explain, cleared his throat, and used the little time left to pick up the serious things that had fallen on the floor: "...Liang Ji did come to the club campus last night. When he entered the parking lot, I happened to be on the terrace of the training room. I saw it on the Internet, driving a black Buick - according to the time, it was probably around 8:20 in the evening. He should have come to pick up Manager Xu from get off work, and he would not have left the parking lot later than 8:40. At that time, I I just happened to go downstairs to get takeout."

Jiang Mo responded with understanding, but did not ask in detail, "Did Xu Muyang leave from Liang Ji's apartment this morning?"

"Well... it was almost 9:13 in the morning? The bus drove outside Mr. Liang's apartment complex. At that time... I looked at my phone. It should be about this time. Liang Ji stood on the roadside to help Manager Xu get on the bus before leaving. .”

Shao Jie paused for a moment, vaguely feeling that Jiang Mo's endless inquiries about Liang Ji's whereabouts didn't seem like an inexplicable innocent lead. He pondered in silence for a long time, and was about to ask if he needed his help to make some insinuations about this situation that he couldn't figure out for the time being. Asking Manager Xu, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of two figures in different team uniforms passing by the glass on the stairwell door. After a moment, they turned back to one of them, and the person opened the hydraulic door of the stairwell with all his strength. He opened the door, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, flicked off the lighter, then slowly raised his head, stared at Shao Jie who was holding up his mobile phone, and looked at each other dumbfounded.

"..."

Jiang Mo was not surprised that Liang Ji's self-certifying statement of absence was all true, but he did not believe it. This man obviously meant something and the clues that marked the direction and trajectory did not hide the slightest hint of knowledge.

Jiang Mo stood in front of the main entrance of the 24-hour convenience store and sighed softly. She raised her head and squinted her eyes, quickly scanning the surveillance arrangements inside and outside the door through the floor-to-ceiling glass. She was distracted when she heard Shao Jie softly leaving the words "I'll call you later when I have time" on the phone, then hung up the phone and picked up the phone. As soon as Tibu stepped on the "Welcome" silk circle floor mat in front of the door, a tall figure rushed up from behind him, stumbling toward the gap between Jiang Mo and the convenience store's glass door. Squeeze in.

The convenience store clerk, who was standing behind the checkout counter and chatting happily with Xiaomi Lu who was waiting for his lunch box to be heated, turned his head following the welcome announcement from the automatic sensor at the door, and his talkative and hearty laughter burst through the crack in the door and flew out. She first raised her arms and waved to the girl who hurried into the workroom, then turned to look at Jiang Mo, who walked into the store unhurriedly, and blinked brightly and curiously.

"——Jiang Linlin, who just came in, was also in the store with everyone yesterday afternoon. When their modeling major is not active, she occasionally comes to the store part-time, and it just so happens that she has a temporary shift today... How about you ask me about the boss? Does she take a look?"

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~

"I am living in a dream, why am I trapped in this world?"

May you not be fettered and may you walk calmly