Hearing this voice, Tang Tang turned to look at Zuo Mu. "Brother, I've heard this voice before," she said.
Zuo Mu instinctively wanted to ask where, but before he could say a word, he roughly guessed where Tang Tang had heard it. With a voice like this from a voice - changer, where else could she have heard it? It was clearly from the last time.
Tang Tang was a mix of surprise and fear. She looked at Zuo Mu timidly. "Brother..."
Zuo Mu had already taken out his phone and was about to make a call. As soon as he heard Tang Tang's tone, he knew what she was thinking. He thought for a moment, then reached out and stroked Tang Tang's hair. "I know. Leave it to brother to handle, okay?"
Tang Tang frowned and interrupted. "But brother..."
"There's no 'but'," Zuo Mu turned to look at Tang Tang. "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. No way."
Tang Tang reached out and tugged at Zuo Mu's arm. "Brother..."
"Sweet - talking won't work," Zuo Mu was determined to be the bad guy and wasn't going to be easily swayed. "Have you studied that Chinese textbook article?"
Tang Tang didn't expect the topic to shift from this to the textbook. She instinctively replied, "Which one?"
"Each has his own speciality. Han Yu's 'On Teachers'. Have you learned your Chinese for nothing?"
Tang Tang pouted. She thought Zuo Mu was being so unreasonable. Asking such a question out of the blue, who could know?
Zuo Mu didn't even need to look to know what Tang Tang was thinking. He was determined to dispel her idea completely. "Leave professional matters to professionals. I'll call Chief Li later," he said.
Tang Tang opened her mouth, but when she saw Zuo Mu's expression, she knew there was no room for negotiation. Zuo Mu was usually very good to her. Although Tang Gu was also nice to her, Tang Gu was extremely rigid and did everything by the book. Zuo Mu was different. He would always secretly plead for her when Tang Gu was about to scold her. He would also take her to eat delicious food and quietly listen to her talk about some boring little things in class.
This person always instinctively gave her the best. But Tang Tang knew that although he seemed easy - going on the surface, once he made a decision, depending on the importance of the matter, if it was less important, Tang Tang could sometimes get her way by sweet - talking. But if the matter involved Tang Tang herself, Zuo Mu was as stingy as a miser and wouldn't give an inch.
When Tang Tang saw Zuo Mu's expression, she knew there was no point in arguing, but she still couldn't help calling out, "Brother."
Zuo Mu was about to call Chief Li, but when he saw Tang Tang's aggrieved expression, he thought that it was right not to let her go, so why was she so aggrieved?
"What?" Zuo Mu hung up the already - dialed phone without any principle. He turned to look at Tang Tang, then reached out and pinched her mouth. "You could hang a bottle on it."
Tang Tang got off the chair and sat on the sofa next to Zuo Mu. She whispered and pleaded, "I'm going to be an adult soon."
Zuo Mu sneered. "I know. Otherwise, do you think I'd let you run around and cause trouble?"
Tang Tang whispered "tyranny", but it was just talk. She pulled at Zuo Mu's sleeve and played with a part of it. "That little kid Xiaohu is quite cute. He even asked me for my contact address today."
"What does he want that for?" Zuo Mu let Tang Tang tug at his sleeve as he sent a message to Chief Li. Regarding the last incident, although Chief Li received an award from the municipal bureau, he was still regretful that they didn't really catch Shen Tian. They just solved the case.
When Zuo Mu told Chief Li about this, Chief Li was very excited but still remained calm and told Zuo Mu, "This is not the first case. The 'number game' case was previously classified as a major case in City S. The kidnapper threatened four children in an extremely perverted tone. At that time, the City S Police Department had found a clue, but they were still a step too slow. When they got there, the kidnapper had already fled, leaving only three children and the body of a little boy."
By chance, when Zuo Mu was looking up information a few days ago, a social news item suddenly popped up on his computer, whether intentionally or not. The little boy was in great fear when he died. The news had kindly put a mosaic on the picture, but through the not - so - thick mosaic, one could see the little boy's extremely terrified eyes that didn't close until the end.
Rather than being rescued by the police, the other children were let go by the kidnapper in the end. It seemed that the kidnapper suddenly realized what a heartless thing he had done and his conscience suddenly awoke, so he released the children.
Even so, according to the follow - up news reports about these children, they were clearly frightened. They were extremely afraid of people and were like frightened birds. The victims' families took great care of them, but within a month, these children were sent to the hospital one after another by their parents because they had hallucinations and often hurt themselves when no one was looking.
Zuo Mu was a bit in a daze. He was brought back to his senses by the vibration of his phone. He read the message from Chief Li. "These people are really fearless. But it's good that we have a lead. I'll send them to investigate thoroughly later. By the way, where are you now? I just thought of a few details. Let's discuss them."
Zuo Mu moved his fingers and replied with a message, "Okay, I'm at home. Where shall we meet?"
There was no reply from the other end for a long time. Just as Zuo Mu was about to send another message to ask, a call suddenly came in. Zuo Mu looked at the contact name. "Chief Li," he couldn't help raising his eyebrows. As soon as he pressed the answer button, he heard the energetic voice on the other end. "What are you sending messages for at home?! Do you think phone bills are cheap?"
Zuo Mu ignored the sarcasm in the man's words. He couldn't help laughing and said, "Didn't you also reply to my message?"
"Bullshit," Chief Li couldn't help swearing. "I only replied because I thought there was something wrong on your end when I saw your message."
Zuo Mu smiled and whispered a thank - you. But Chief Li didn't respond. He just said that the address had been sent to Zuo Mu's phone. Zuo Mu said okay.
After hanging up the phone, Zuo Mu was about to go and get dressed. Tang Tang looked at him pitifully from the side. "Brother, I want to go too."
"It's too late. You have school tomorrow. Be a good girl."
Just as Tang Tang was about to say something else, Zuo Mu's phone rang again. Zuo Mu glanced at it. It was a call from the hospital. He frowned slightly. As soon as he answered the phone, he heard the panicked voice on the other end. "Doctor Zuo, something bad has happened. The head nurse is in trouble."