In the future chat group, I'll become the richest man by just eating gossip.

Chapter 20: Being Watched?

Feng Nan put her notebook down and continued eating her slightly cold noodles, unaware that the elderly scavenger sitting on the steps of the green belt outside the small restaurant was squinting at her.

"Ha ha……"

The old scavenger grinned and crushed the maggots that crawled out of the hole in the woven bag with his hand.

The noodles got colder and colder as I ate them, and a layer of congealed red oil floated on top of the chili oil that had been simmered in butter in the bowl.

Looking at these red oil blocks, Feng Nan felt nauseous and subconsciously thought of congealed blood.

After finishing the braised egg, Feng Nan paid the bill.

He walked out of the small restaurant carrying his schoolbag.

But she didn't notice that outside the window of the table where she had just eaten, there were many white maggots crawling on the ground without restraint.

The old scavenger squinted, staring at Feng Nan's retreating figure until she disappeared around the street corner before turning his gaze away.

The old scavenger patted his dirty woven bag and said in a hoarse voice, "Old friend, how do you think she found out about me?"

squeak-

The sliding door of the small restaurant opened.

The restaurant owner walked over with a bowl of noodles filled with black chili peppers: "Here, have some. Don't come in next time. If you keep doing this, my shop will go out of business sooner or later because of hygiene issues."

The elderly scavenger accepted the noodles with a forced smile, saying, "Don't worry, don't worry, I definitely won't do it again."

The restaurant owner shook his head and sighed, then turned and went into his shop, unaware that the old scavenger behind him was staring at his buttocks and swallowing hard.

"Hey buddy, do you think this boss likes me? He makes me noodles every day, so he shouldn't dislike me, right?"

"If he didn't like me, I really wouldn't have the heart to kill him..."

The woven bag lay quietly at the feet of the old scavenger, rustling softly in the wind, as if it were remembering him.

The elderly scavenger ate his noodles with gusto, the chili oil and chili flakes crunching as he chewed, the oil dripping from his lips like dark red blood...

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Turning the corner, Feng Nan leaned against the wall of a shop, patting her chest with lingering fear.

"Damn it, have we been found out?"

Feng Nan muttered to himself.

Peeking cautiously towards the small restaurant, Feng Nan saw the elderly scavenger sitting there eating noodles heartily, and he didn't chase after her. She breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, thank goodness he didn't chase after us. That old man is too strange. His eyes are like those of a starving stray dog ​​by the roadside, so aggressive."

After calming herself down, Feng Nan turned and walked into the shop behind her.

This is a coffee shop. Feng Nan found a seat by the window and ordered a latte.

Feng Nan wanted to see if the old scavenger would actually catch up with them.

Now that it's broad daylight, Feng Nan felt that the old scavenger probably wouldn't dare to do anything to her.

Even if they were to take action, they would wait until night.

Thinking of this, Feng Nan took out her phone.

[Feng Nan: Brother Yue, I'm temporarily homeless. Could you arrange a bed for me in the Major Crimes Unit's dormitory?]

Ever since meeting the elderly scavenger, Feng Nan has felt a faint sense of crisis.

It was a bad feeling.

She has a feeling that something bad is going to happen to her recently.

The Major Crimes Unit's dormitory was clearly her best refuge.

Feng Nan refused to believe that no matter how ruthless the elderly scavenger was, he would dare to sneak into the criminal investigation dormitory and kill someone.

[Yueyang: Xiao Feng, you should go check into a hotel first. I'll personally reimburse you. The entire Major Crimes Unit is working overtime lately, and there are no available rooms in the women's dormitory. I can apply for one for you in a couple of days.]

Seeing Yueyang's reply, Feng Nan was speechless.

"Ugh……"

"Looks like we'll have to go back to the hotel."

Feng Nan sighed helplessly. Feng Nan really wanted to tell Yue Yang that she had found the real culprit in the case, and that she might even be being targeted by the killer.

But after thinking about it, Feng Nan gave up.

She had no proof, only words.

On the contrary, it will alert the snake.

Once the elderly scavenger finds out that the serious crimes unit is watching him, it will be even more difficult to find any flaws in his record.

Feng Nan shook her head and put away her phone.

I sipped my coffee intermittently.

His eyes kept glancing out the window.

While Feng Nan was considering whether to ask for a refill, the old scavenger finally arrived, dragging his filthy woven bag whose original color was no longer discernible.

Upon seeing the elderly scavenger, Feng Nan instinctively tensed all her muscles, preparing to run away.

Feng Nan spotted the elderly scavenger, and the elderly scavenger also spotted Feng Nan.

The old scavenger looked up at the shop sign, shook his head in disappointment, as if regretting that he couldn't enter the shop.

The old scavenger suddenly raised his head, grinned at Feng Nan, revealing his big yellow teeth and bright green vegetable leaves stuck between them.

Feng Nan took a deep breath, looked at the elderly scavenger through the glass, smiled and nodded, then looked away and gestured for the waiter to refill her glass.

Sipping her refilled latte, Feng Nan scrolled through short videos, seemingly oblivious to the elderly scavenger outside her window.

The old scavenger stood under the tree, tilting his head to look at Feng Nan, his eyes constantly flickering.

Half an hour later!
Feng Nan glanced out the window out of the corner of her eye.

The elderly scavenger was found to be missing.

Feng Nan frowned slightly: "Give up?"

"Unlikely?"

After glancing out the window again to make sure there were no elderly scavengers in sight, Feng Nan opened a ride-hailing app and called a private car.

"He doesn't seem like someone who will give up easily, so I need to be careful from now on."

Feng Nan muttered to himself.

five minutes later!

The car stopped outside the coffee shop.

Feng Nan paid the bill, grabbed her backpack, and left.

As soon as Feng Nan stepped out of the coffee shop, she saw the old scavenger, dragging his dirty woven bag, standing to the side smiling at her.

Looking at the old man's smile, Feng Nan felt a chill run down her spine for no apparent reason.

After opening the back door of the car and getting in, Feng Nan quickly gave the last four digits of her phone number and urged, "Driver, please drive quickly."

Feng Nan dared not linger here.

She was afraid that if she walked too slowly, the old scavenger would surprise her.

The car started moving and slowly merged into the traffic.

Turning her head to look at the rear windshield, Feng Nan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the old scavenger still standing there. But seeing the old scavenger watching her go made Feng Nan's heart pound.

"It's over, we're really being watched."

Feng Nan inwardly groaned.

After pondering for a moment, Feng Nan immediately took out her phone, opened Leisure Town, entered the Future Chat Group, and prepared to use her cheat code to see if her future self was in any danger.

[Preserved Mustard Greens with Braised Pork Belly: @Everyone, friends, any new developments regarding the Thirteen Corpses case and the Nango case?]

Feng Nan knew that she had definitely changed the future; at least the other four skeletons would not have been discovered four years later along with the Nan Ge case.

Feng Nan waited quietly for a while, and then some group members sent her news links and information that she had updated because of her "Change the Future" initiative.

(End of this chapter)