"Why aren't you talking, kid? Are you looking for your brother?"
Tang Tang ignored his question and asked about the things in the mountain. "You showed me that cave in the mountain on purpose, didn't you?"
"What on earth do you want?"
Shen Tian just smiled. "What do I want? It's the first time you've asked me this in all these years."
"Your dad's computer was hacked. There's nothing you can find out. If you want to know, come to me tomorrow."
Tang Tang couldn't help frowning when she heard this. "Why should I trust you?"
This was quite blunt, but it was a question any normal person would ask. Who would trust a criminal gang?
Shen Tian probably didn't expect Tang Tang to ask this. He just paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "You just need to know that I won't hurt you."
"Look, since I came to the mainland, we've known each other for a while. Have I ever hurt you?"
Shen Tian laughed. "No, right? Not only that, but I even gave you a marshmallow as a welcome gift the first time we met."
Tang Tang remembered the marshmallow from their first meeting. She pursed her lips and pointed out the flaw in Shen Tian's words sharply. "You didn't hurt me, but in the mountain, your snake almost bit me and stared at me all night."
"You said almost," Shen Tian was really good at denying things. "Besides, that snake wouldn't have bitten you even if you got close to it."
"Why?"
Tang Tang thought there was something fishy about this. Why wouldn't a snake bite her if she got close?
"Do you know? Animals can recognize their masters."
Recognize their masters?
Shen Tian probably thought he had said too much. When he said the last sentence, his voice unconsciously dropped. "It mistook you for someone else."
It wasn't hard to figure out who.
Tang Tang glanced at the computer. As Shen Tian had said, there was nothing on it. It was probably cleared before she saw it. There was no reference value left.
"Those instruments in the cave are the same as those in the secret room of the hospital, right?"
This time, Shen Tian didn't smile. He was silent for a long time. Then he said seriously, "Yes."
Tang Tang had a general idea in her mind. "You came back for this, didn't you?"
"Yes and no."
Tang Tang reached out and pressed the power - off button. She looked at the clock. She and Shen Tian had been on the phone for five minutes. She wondered if Zuo Mu was looking for her. "I see. I'll come tomorrow. Bye."
After she said that, she waited for a while. Seeing that Shen Tian had nothing else to say, she hung up the phone decisively.
Since the computer had been cleared and there was only one photo left, there was nothing more to look at.
She closed the door of the study. Just as she came out of the study, she heard a sudden rattling sound on the door. Someone was trying to open it.
At this time, Zuo Mu didn't have the key to the house. Tang Tang quickly thought of something. She took out a dagger and called Zuo Mu at the same time.
The phone rang only once, and Tang Tang heard the music. But it was a bit far away, in the corridor.
The sound of the key at the door paused for a moment and then disappeared. Then she heard the phone connect, and Zuo Mu's voice came through the phone. "Haven't you gone to bed yet? I'm here. What's wrong?"
Only then did Tang Tang realize she was a little scared. She was afraid that Zuo Mu was the only one outside.
She couldn't tell who the person trying to open the door was. At least it wasn't someone from their side. There were only three keys to their house, one for each of their family of three. But Tang Gu couldn't be reached now. She was afraid something bad would happen.
"Are you alone?"
Maybe Tang Tang's tone was too serious. Zuo Mu just paused for a moment and then said, "No. Zhang Kai is downstairs. I didn't drive here. He drove me."
Tang Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Then come here. I'll open the door for you. Let's go home."
Zuo Mu didn't say much. He and Tang Tang quickly went downstairs. When Tang Tang closed and locked the door, she glanced up the stairs from the corner of her eye and saw a shadow.
But it was just a flash. Probably sensing something, the shadow disappeared in the corridor.
Tang Tang was shocked. She reached out and held Zuo Mu's hand. She followed Zuo Mu downstairs, but she still tried to look calm.
"Just now, Huang Xiaoli called me and asked me when I would go back. Our date on the weekend was ruined."
Zuo Mu laughed. "Is she going to show off her dry - brother again?"
"Yes."
When Tang Tang reached the door, she subconsciously looked back at the stairs. Sure enough, she didn't see anything.
When they got back, Tang Tang saw Zuo Mu walking towards the garage. "Didn't you say Officer Zhang was waiting? Aren't we going back in his car?"
While unlocking the car with the key, Zuo Mu turned to look at Tang Tang. "If I didn't say that, we might not be able to leave tonight."
Tang Tang felt a tightness in her heart. "How many of them?"
"Three,"
Zuo Mu fastened Tang Tang's seat - belt. "They went in before me."
Tang Tang rubbed her temples. After Zuo Mu started the car, he called Zhang Kai.
She watched Zuo Mu's actions and was a bit confused. "He didn't come, did he? Why are you calling him?"
"We have to make it look real. Who knows if they'll come again? Coincidentally, Zhang Kai came with me. He's going to do something in the suburbs."
"At night?"
Just as Tang Tang said this, she suddenly realized something. She turned to look at Zuo Mu. "What happened?"
"Human tissue,"
Tang Tang felt a tightness in her heart. "I thought I was wrong or there was something wrong with the computer. It's really..."
"Yes," Zuo Mu drove the car towards the gate. "Coincidentally, three days before this case happened, there was a heavy rainstorm. The electricity in the suburbs was struck by lightning. This kind of thing often happens in the suburbs, so the power outage lasted for a while. At least the people in charge didn't know about the power outage until three days later, which was exactly the day the incident happened."
No electricity meant there was no surveillance on the day of the crime.
Moreover, there was a rainstorm, and it was near a trash can with people coming and going. The criminal probably had some brains. The crime scene was handled very well.
There were almost no flaws.
Tang Tang pursed her lips. "If that's the case, why was this case reported? And after I read the news once, it disappeared."
"Because someone withdrew it."
Tang Tang felt annoyed. "Who withdrew it?"
Zuo Mu glanced at her but didn't say a word. Tang Tang quickly realized that they didn't know either. "They're still investigating,"
Just as Tang Tang was about to say something, her phone suddenly vibrated.
It was a text message.
A message from an unknown number. It said, "Meet me at the milk - tea shop in the school backyard. Anytime is fine."
Tang Tang didn't try to hide the message from Zuo Mu when she opened her phone. Zuo Mu naturally saw it all. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Tang Tang scrutinizingly. "Who's this?"
Just as Tang Tang was about to explain, the phone suddenly beeped. Another text message came in.
"Don't tell your brother. This is our secret."
Zuo Mu clicked his tongue.
Tang Tang's hand holding the phone was shaking. Secret my ass.