After I traveled through the book, I gained a humanoid pendant

"died?"

Meng Ting looked at the big guy and stopped talking and asked.

"do not know."

Bi Feng put down his hand: "He should not be dead."

"He fainted. I carried Xiaojin to the hospital. He was still breathing when he passed away. When I went to check on him the next day, he was gone."

Bi Feng was on guard in the hospital all night and was seen crying in front of the window by Yan Jin's family. Since then, he became one of the people that Yan Jin's family strictly guarded and did not allow to approach.

The little paper man in his chest pocket kept knocking at Meng Ting, as if he had something to say anxiously.

Meng Ting understood and asked a few more questions.

"Did you see anyone then?"

Bi Feng frowned and recalled, "It was too dark and rainy, I couldn't see anything clearly."

"but……"

"I didn't see anything when I was carrying Xiao Jin on my back."

"Didn't you see anyone? Didn't you see Ni Yangzhou either?"

Bi Feng frowned and lowered his head, recalling carefully.

"No, I didn't notice."

Meng Ting nodded, added Bi Feng's new phone number, and went out again along the same route with the little paper man.

Bi Feng's cell phone was also damaged by water when he was carrying someone to the hospital.

When they reached a deserted place, Ni Yangzhou was finally able to speak:

“It’s also near the internet cafe!”

Ni Yangzhou said excitedly, "They just didn't see me. The two alleys there are facing each other, but they are quite slanted, with a wider road in the middle, which is barely enough for one car to pass."

Meng Ting remembered the terrain, or rather, he would always be impressed by the alley with a tricky angle.

Ni Yangzhou was still a little disappointed.

"Bi Feng, who was facing me, didn't see it, and Yan Jin couldn't see it either. I called him, but he didn't hear me."

Meng Ting also remained silent, but continued to ask:

"Who else to look for?"

Ni Yangzhou thought for a while:

"Let's go find Zhang Min."

I got the address from Pan Dongxue and found Zhang Min's home not far from the commercial street.

My parents were at work, and when I knocked on the door, only Zhang Min came out to open it.

Obviously, the other party had heard the news of Ni Yangzhou's death from a good friend.

"Mr. Meng, what's the matter?"

Zhang Min was not in a good mood. Anyone who was kidnapped and escaped by chance, and then heard the news of the tragic death of a classmate, would not be in a good mood.

Meng Ting was too lazy to talk nonsense.

"Ni Yangzhou appeared in my dream and asked me to find the murderer."

"He said the murderer was probably someone he knew."

Zhang Min looked up, her face full of surprise. She even wondered if the top student couldn't accept the blow of his deskmate's death and was having hallucinations.

Is this really what the top student in the class who scored close to full marks in physics, chemistry and biology would say?

"He...he,"

Zhang Min stuttered for several sentences, as if he had finally figured it out.

"It would be much quicker to follow up with the police then."

"Well, forget it. I'll tell you. There's nothing I can't tell you."

Meng Ting found a chair and sat down, watching the girl with dark circles under her eyes telling her story.

"You should have known about the kidnapping. I woke up in an abandoned factory. Jiao Kaifeng was there too. He was the one who woke me up."

"We untied the ropes and ran away, but we didn't get far before the guards who were changing shifts found us."

"Jiao Kaifeng picked up a steel pipe from the ground and stopped the person. He..."

Zhang Min took a breath and said, "He told me to run, so I ran as hard as I could, through the woods, and when I ran far, I ran to the main road."

"Luckily, I met an aunt on the way home on the night bus. I borrowed her cell phone and contacted my parents."

"The police arrived before my parents, and they also sent people to the hardware factory."

“I don’t know what happened next.”

After listening to this, Meng Ting asked, "Where is Jiao Kaifeng?"

Zhang Min shed a tear: "I don't know. There has been no news since that day."

"The police said that when they arrived, the entire factory was empty, with no one there."

The girl recalled the figure standing behind her that day:

Jiao Kaifeng was covered in mud, holding a steel pipe in one hand, and shouting at her to run fast.

Zhang Min has woken up in the middle of the night countless times in the past few days, worrying about the boy who has disappeared without a trace.

What if I had stayed that day and resisted together, would we both have been able to leave?

There has been no news for so long, how is that person doing?

Zhang Min lowered her head and wiped away her tears with her hands.

Meng Ting stood up from the stool, took the paper and handed it to the girl, then turned and walked out of Zhang Min's house.

The little paper man in his pocket started pounding on his chest again.

Ni Yangzhou said something in a low voice.

When everyone left, Zhang Min's tears finally flowed uncontrollably. Self-blame and worry filled the teenage girl's heart with pain.

Suddenly, the boy who had gone far away came back.

Meng Ting opened the door against the light and said something.

"It's useless for you to stay. The strength difference between an untrained man and a woman is too big. They have never fought before. If you stay, neither of you can escape. It will also delay the police's time in finding clues."

Zhang Min had tears on her face. It took her a few seconds to understand the comfort and she nodded blankly.

Meng Ting turned around and closed the door, and this time he really left.

"Are you satisfied now?"

The boy faced forward, watching the setting sun.

Ni Yangzhou replied in a muffled voice in his pocket: "That's right. If someone is cutting us off, why don't we run away quickly? If we really stay and get caught together, that would be troublesome. This is not an idol drama."

"You care about them so much?"

Ni Yangzhou said indifferently: "They think more and are more willing to take responsibility, but many times it is not their fault."

There was no subject added throughout the conversation, but the two were still able to communicate seamlessly.

"It's getting late."

Ni Yangzhou urged: "It's time to eat. I'm hungry."

Meng Ting walked around and looked for restaurants nearby:

"Ghosts that inhabit a body don't feel hungry."

Ni Yangzhou drooped his eyes, and the shape of his eyes changed from small round dots to a cookie with a bite taken out of it.

"I just became a ghost, I'm not used to it."

Meng Ting walked into a home-style restaurant, took the menu and sat down.

Taking advantage of the clothes covering his eyes, Ni Yangzhou climbed out of the pocket, took a quick look, and whispered:

"Red-braised pork, stir-fried lotus pond."

Meng Ting ordered the dishes as instructed.

Ni Yangzhou got his wish and smelled the delicious aroma of a full meal.

The portions were large and the dishes were copious, so Meng Ting left some food unfinished.

After the customers left, the boss came to collect the plates and saw that there was still braised pork, so he directly called the stray dog ​​outside the door.

"Suck, suck, suck. Eat it all. You are lucky today. You still have meat to eat."

The sparsely-haired puppy at the door sniffed the meat, but didn't move. Instead, it turned its head and ran away.

"Hey!" The fat boss walked back to the kitchen with the plate of food.

"Stray dogs are picky eaters, they don't eat what they want!"

The puppy ran back to its little nest made of waste paper at the corner of the street, wondering why the food given by the generous boss today had no taste at all.

The moon gradually rose, and the puppy hid in the pile of papers to keep warm. Meng Ting and Ni Yangzhou were also on their way home.

"Who else are you looking for?"

Ni Yangzhou lay under the pocket, leaving a tiny gap, and looked at the dark blue sky.

"Jiao Kaifeng, Yan Jin."

Ni Yangzhou paused and continued:

"Dad of this body."