While eating breakfast, Xiang Yuntian tried to strike up a conversation with Bai Mengfei.

However, because of what happened yesterday, Bai Mengfei was still sulking and didn't want to respond.

After getting into the car, Bai Mengfei felt that there was something that could not be delayed any longer, so she said to Xiang Yuntian, "Okay, actually there was something I wanted to tell you yesterday."

The two chatted a lot in the car, but there was a sense of awkwardness between them.

Xiang Yuntian didn't seem to care much, and only offered some suggestions.

At noon, Bai Mengfei didn't go home, but ate at a restaurant and then went into a shop selling communication equipment.

Upon learning this, Xiang Yuntian began to feel anxious.

After school in the afternoon, Xiang Yuntian still came, even though Bai Mengfei had told him not to pick him up.

"Didn't I tell you not to come pick me up?" Bai Mengfei asked.

Xiang Yuntian didn't speak, but instead explained the reason for his strange behavior over the past two days: it turned out that he had misunderstood.

"I know you don't like me, and you won't like me."

“I also know that you want me to stay away from you. But I just can’t help it. I was really worried when you didn’t come back at noon.”

As he finished speaking, Xiang Yuntian lowered his head, a hint of shame on his face.

It seems that his unusual behavior these past two days wasn't because he was truly indifferent, but rather because he had been silently enduring it.

What a dork.

However, upon hearing that last sentence, Bai Mengfei felt a surge of warmth in her heart.

She forced a smile, still feigning indifference, and said, "It's not that I don't like it, don't overthink it. I didn't want you to pick me up because I didn't want to encourage the competitive atmosphere among female students."

"At their age, it's easy for them to have wrong ideas and do wrong things."

"Do you... understand now?"

Bai Mengfei thought about it carefully.

Sometimes, the more you care, the more elusive you become.

But Xiang Yuntian seemed to understand something in the end, and nodded slightly: "You mean, you don't actually dislike me?"

Bai Mengfei pondered for a few seconds before softly replying, "Mm."

Less than two seconds later, she quickly added, "But I didn't say I liked you either."

Even so, Xiang Yuntian still seemed very happy, laughing and saying, "Hehe, it's enough that no one dislikes me."

After the two returned home, Bai Mengfei opened her schoolbag, showed Xiang Yuntian the device she had bought at noon, and said, "There is a locator in here. I plan to carry it with me."

"Why are you wearing this? Is it because of that incident where someone was following you?" Xiang Yuntian asked.

"not only that."

Bai Mengfei nodded slightly: "I have a feeling that the other party has a complicated background and may be related to the serial murder case we investigated before."

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yuntian frowned, looked away, and fell into deep thought.

"You mean, the person following you is Fang Kai?" Xiang Yuntian asked.

Bai Mengfei took a deep breath, slowly shook her head, and firmly denied it: "No! It's definitely not Fang Kai. I can be sure of that. However, I feel that this matter may be related to Fang Kai in some way."

After some discussion, the two reached a consensus that it was indeed necessary to take precautions in advance.

However, the next day, everything was calm and no one followed Bai Mengfei anymore.

Returning home at dusk, Xiang Yuntian asked anxiously, "Did you encounter anyone suspicious following you today?"

"No, but I think we still can't let our guard down."

"Yes."

Another day passed, and Bai Mengfei went to school as usual.

Xiang Yuntian returned to work at the police station, but got into another argument with the female forensic doctor.

The issue stemmed from a question about who should examine a corpse.

Zhao Fei, being a kind-hearted man, quickly came over to persuade Xiang Yuntian.

But this female forensic doctor repeatedly contradicted him, and even contradicted Bai Mengfei, which made Xiang Yuntian unable to tolerate it any longer.

Zhao Fei had no choice but to pull Xiang Yuntian into the office: "Didn't you always take care of that little girl and help solve cases together? So I told her that she would be in charge of that part of the work."

“But she’s only temporary,” Xiang Yun said angrily. “And… she went a bit too far.”

Zhao Fei pondered for a moment: "You two really are a case of two tigers not being able to share the same mountain. How about this, you two examine the cause of death together. Whoever finds it first... we..."

Before Zhao Fei could finish speaking, Xiang Yuntian agreed.

As a result, the two examined the body together, but neither was willing to be the other's assistant, leading to a chaotic work situation.

In the end, I felt sorry for the corpse.

Zhao Fei, standing to the side, sighed inwardly.

If Bai Mengfei were here, that would be wonderful.

Then there's no need to argue, just let Bai Mengfei take the two of them.

Although Xiang Yuntian is indeed a genius and quite talented in autopsy, he is far inferior to Bai Mengfei in terms of work experience.

Experience is crucial!

Just like the body that committed suicide by electrocution last time, with that kind of examination method, if it weren't for Bai Mengfei, it would be difficult for an ordinary forensic doctor to deduce and detect the time of death so accurately based solely on intuition.

While the two were still examining the body, Zhao Fei suddenly heard a colleague run in anxiously, saying that a girl named Zhang Ting had been abducted from school.

Xiang Yuntian, who was halfway through the dissection, didn't pay much attention at first, but then he suddenly realized what was happening and his face turned deathly pale.

Isn't Zhang Ting Bai Mengfei?

But he reacted quickly.

Fortunately, the locator Bai Mengfei had given him was still there, so hopefully it wasn't too late.

Mengfei, you absolutely mustn't get into trouble!

……

At the same time, Bai Mengfei slowly opened her eyes in a dimly lit little room.

Through her blurry vision, she looked around. The place was filthy, dark, and damp. Looking up, she saw no sunlight.

Only one chandelier swayed back and forth overhead.

"Where am I? How did I get here?" She slowly drifted into memories and gently closed her eyes.

The memory goes back to an hour before she was kidnapped.

At noon, after school, she prepared to go home as usual.

But just as she reached the school gate, a van suddenly appeared in front of her.

The people who came were aggressive, and their movements were fluid and efficient, clearly indicating that they had come prepared.

A cloth was suddenly slapped over her face, and she lost consciousness.

Thinking of this, she opened her eyes, looked down, and found herself tied to a chair.

Seeing the wooden door not far away, she decided to get up and run away.

But as soon as I stood up, my legs were blocked by the chair, and I couldn't stand up straight at all.

She had no choice but to move slowly toward the door, trying to escape the dark little room.

Before he could take three steps, the door creaked open.

The door is open!

Bai Mengfei immediately stopped, frowned, and slowly put down the chair she was carrying with both hands.

A burly man with a scar on one eye and an eyepatch walked in.

He walked along, rubbing the back of his neck.

……

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