“…” Tang Tang was successfully convinced by Huang Xiaoli's well - reasoned words.
She looked at Zuo Mu curiously.
Sure enough, after Zuo Mu saw the new message, his pupils first shrank and then suddenly widened.
Was Zuo Mu so shocked too?
Tang Tang looked at the elevator door speechlessly.
Soon the elevator reached Huang Xiaoli's floor.
The three of them got off the elevator and arrived at the door. Tang Tang noticed that there was a new camera in front of Huang Xiaoli's house.
She sized up this obviously newly - installed camera with an unreadable look on her face.
"Huang Xiaoli, what's this?"
"My parents were so worried about what happened these days that they had to install this. At least it can make them feel a bit more at ease," Huang Xiaoli explained.
Huang Xiaoli was right. After her parents heard about what happened at school, they were so scared that they personally picked her up and dropped her off every time. Then, one of them had to stay at home with her. Not only were they scared all the time, but it also affected their company business.
"I came up with this idea. Installing the surveillance camera can at least let them focus on their own work." When they got to the door, Huang Xiaoli was about to directly enter the password of the house, but Zuo Mu stopped her with a look.
"Brother, what are you..."
Zuo Mu looked around, and after confirming that everything was normal, he nodded, indicating for Huang Xiaoli to open the door.
Huang Xiaoli felt a bit ashamed. Her sense of vigilance was still too weak.
She was somewhat shocked by Zuo Mu's meticulousness. She covered her hand while entering the password.
Tang Tang nodded. It was not a bad thing to be more vigilant.
When they entered the house, it really seemed that there was only Huang Xiaoli in the room. The empty room was cold and desolate.
"Take a seat," Huang Xiaoli greeted the two of them and then went into the kitchen to wash the fruits.
While Huang Xiaoli was away, Tang Tang finally dared to voice all the questions she had been holding back.
She looked at Zuo Mu, who was sitting upright beside her. She couldn't help but move a bit closer to him while observing Zuo Mu's reaction. Zuo Mu seemed to be in a world of his own.
Zuo Mu was also sizing up this house.
The family photos that could be seen everywhere showed that this was a happy family. However, the recent photos clearly didn't show the same carefree looks as before. A faint look of worry could be seen on the faces of the whole family.
Suddenly, Zuo Mu felt a small hand poking his arm. He pulled his mind back from the furnishings in the room and looked down at the hand that was pointing on his arm and the owner of the hand.
"Can you tell me what happened now?"
Zuo Mu nodded. He put Tang Tang's hand in place and then explained, "The message is very interesting. Guess whose content it is?"
Wasn't the person they had been most concerned about these days Wang Lin?
Tang Tang seemed to read Zuo Mu's mind and voiced her thought, "Is it related to Wang Lin?"
"Yes," Zuo Mu nodded, satisfied with Tang Tang's reaction.
"Actually, the content of the message is very simple. It's just that the picture looks a bit scary."
"The picture is a photo of Wang Lin herself."
The photo was very ordinary, just a one - inch ID photo. However, sending this photo at this critical moment, one couldn't help but be extra careful about the intention of the sender.
Hearing that it was really about Wang Lin, Tang Tang's hair stood on end and she felt a chill in her heart. "Brother, the photo isn't... something bad about Wang Lin, is it?"
Just imagining it made Tang Tang extremely scared. If it was really a bad photo, Huang Xiaoli would be too miserable.
"How could it be?" Zuo Mu laughed. "No matter who the sender is, they must be related to the murderer."
While they were talking, Huang Xiaoli came out of the kitchen with a plate of cut fruits.
If the photo hadn't been so ordinary, Tang Tang might really not have been able to eat.
But fortunately, it wasn't. So she still ate the fruits with a good appetite.
Zuo Mu laughed. Seeing Huang Xiaoli sit down, he asked, "Have you received any similar messages before?"
Huang Xiaoli's face turned green. "No way, brother. Sending a photo of a missing person. If it weren't for the fact that I really didn't recognize the number, I would have suspected it was done by my enemies at school."
"It seems this is the first time you've received such a message," Zuo Mu said, carefully examining the message on his phone.
The date on the photo clearly showed that it was around 7 p.m. this afternoon.
"Yes," Huang Xiaoli said. She had planned to relax by playing games tonight. Who would have thought that a message popped up. Without thinking much, she clicked on it. As a result, she almost threw her phone away when she saw the content.
Anyone would feel a chill in their heart when seeing a photo of a missing person when they were alone at home.
"I was so scared that I even suspected that I was being monitored. Otherwise, how did the person sending the photo know for sure that I was at home?"
Zuo Mu shook his head and denied it. "It might just be a coincidence. I just roughly checked. Your house is big, but it's very clean. There's nothing out of the ordinary."
Tang Tang and Huang Xiaoli were a bit dazed. As two young girls, they couldn't help but have a natural sense of admiration for Zuo Mu.
After Zuo Mu explained clearly, Huang Xiaoli felt relieved.
It would be great if they weren't really being monitored by the murderer. Otherwise, anyone in their family would be in danger.
"It's really scary," Tang Tang said sympathetically, looking at Huang Xiaoli.
Huang Xiaoli nodded vigorously, with tears in her eyes. "Right, right. I almost dropped my phone today. I thought it was someone's prank at first. But when I saw the phone number, I found it was a strange one, so I kept it."
Phone number?
Tang Tang had an idea in her mind.
"You did the right thing by contacting us," Zuo Mu said. He sat upright on the sofa. There was no sign of slouching as he usually did when sitting. His straight back was a pleasant sight.
"If the murderer really has bad intentions, we're afraid it might involve your parents."
Considering this possibility, Huang Xiaoli's face turned pale. "Brother, the police must catch the murderer soon."
"Don't worry. They definitely will," Zuo Mu said seriously.
"Brother, you look just like a police uncle."
Of course, Zuo Mu's identity hadn't been exposed yet. So she naturally didn't know that she had accidentally seen half of the truth.
Tang Tang couldn't sit still. She didn't pay attention to Huang Xiaoli's words, thinking they were unrealistic. Instead, she focused all her attention on the message.
"Can I take a look at that message?"
"No!"
"No!"
Two voices sounded at the same time.
Both Zuo Mu and Huang Xiaoli rejected this proposal.
Because this murderer was extremely cruel this time, and it was no longer something that two high - school students could handle.
"It's useless for you to look at the message. It's just a photo," Zuo Mu said. Noticing that his tone was too stiff, he patiently explained again, "You don't need to worry too much about this case. Anyway, we'll catch the murderer sooner or later. You should stay out of it as much as possible."
Zuo Mu made sense, and Huang Xiaoli thought so too.