An Ruqiao didn't know what was going on in Xie Jingchen's heart. While she was angry with herself, she greeted Xie Jingchen with a gentle smile, "I came to K City on a business trip, and the hospital arranged a study exchange meeting. What about you? You?

Why are you here?"

Xie Jingchen had almost forgotten that An Ruqiao was a doctor, and he was also a young and promising chief surgeon in a tertiary hospital.

"I'm also here on a business trip and I'm working on a case."

Case? An Ruqiao thought of the two families living downstairs and the missing Li Liang.

Thinking of the disappearance case, An Ruqiao did not ask rashly, but invited Xie Jingchen, "I'm staying in the B&B upstairs these days. Do you want to come up and sit with me?"

She originally wanted to avoid Xie Jingchen, wanted to distance herself and calm down, wanted to completely ignore him or pretend not to see or recognize him, but after meeting him head-on, she changed her mind.

She didn't want to act like she was afraid of him, so she might as well take the initiative.

Staying in a B&B upstairs?

Xie Jingchen was inspired by the sudden words. Anyway, he was on a business trip and was assigned a task to investigate the case of Li Liang's disappearance. It would be better to stay in the B&B here. It is said that those who are close to the water first get the moon, and the closer they get.

It's definitely more convenient to be closer.

He then agreed and walked to the elevator, gradually getting closer to An Ruqiao.

An Ruqiao didn't expect that after he was polite, he actually agreed.

Xie Jingchen's steps were too fast, and the distance between each step was very large. He arrived in front of An Ruqiao in three or two steps. The safe social area within one meter was invaded, and An Ruqiao subconsciously took a step back, with his back pressed against

On the elevator door.

An Ruqiao was a little absent-minded. She watched Xie Jingchen stretch out his hand to her side, as if he wanted to embrace her.

But soon she came to her senses and realized that Xie Jingchen just pressed the elevator button.

An Ruqiao completely hid the strangeness in her heart, as if nothing had happened, she swiped the elevator access card and pressed the button for the second floor.

The two entered the elevator one after another.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Neither person spoke first.

An Ruqiao looked at the elevator door, while Xie Jingchen looked at An Ruqiao.

Xie Jingchen's gaze was too obvious, especially since An Ruqiao was already extremely sensitive to other people's gazes. She could always feel that Xie Jingchen was looking at her side face.

In the elevator full of eight people, the space was too small, and both of them were relatively big. Although they didn't seem to be breathing obviously, the air in the elevator did heat up.

The elevator door was a little strange. It was closed and then opened again. It opened and closed two or three times. An Ruqiao couldn't help it anymore and reached out to press the door close button.

But his fingers pressed on Xie Jingchen's hand.

He took it back as if he was electrocuted.

After closing the door, we quickly reached the second floor.

An Ruqiao seemed to be escaping, pretending that nothing had happened, and silently led Xie Jingchen to the door of the room, entered the password, and opened the door.

When entering the password, An Ruqiao did not hide it, and Xie Jingchen did not shy away from it either.

After entering the room, An Ruqiao gave Xie Jingchen one of the two bottles of mineral water provided in the guest room, and treated it as tea for entertaining guests.

Anyway, An Ruqiao never drinks the water in the guest room outside.

Xie Jingchen took a look around after entering the door. The guest room in this B&B was decorated in a warm style and the area was not small. It looked like a "home", except that the living room and bedroom were merged together.

The quilt was folded neatly on the sofa, and there was nothing else on the bed except a sheet that was not particularly clean and had some yellowing.

The quilt and pillows were all on the sofa, and there was even a white "sofa cover" on the sofa that was obviously inappropriate and abnormally white.

In addition, the whole room was filled with the smell of disinfectant. This smell was just like the department where An Ruqiao consulted.

"Sit down." An Ruqiao gestured to the bed with her hand.

Xie Jingchen had known that An Ruqiao liked to sleep on the sofa and not the bed, so he followed her wishes and sat on the edge of the bed.

At this moment, a sound of "Boom! Boom!" came from downstairs. It was not particularly loud, but it was transmitted through solid objects and the room was very quiet, so both of them heard it clearly.

The sound was like someone hitting the wall with a hammer.

Suddenly there was a sound of opening the door outside, and then a man shouted loudly: "You're going to explode for knocking on the wall! You're not letting me take a lunch break!"

The man's shout was very loud, and he seemed to be heard downstairs, and then stopped for a while. This moment was not long, only two or three minutes, and then it started again, louder and more urgent than before.

An Ruqiao glanced at Xie Jingchen, and remembered that he said he was investigating a case, probably the case of Li Liang's disappearance, so he complained tentatively: "What's the matter with the man named Zhou downstairs? He's always disturbing the people. Last night

He was just decorating in the middle of the night, and now he's hammering the wall. He's also very good at choosing his time, so no wonder he got scolded."

Speaking of the person named Zhou, Xie Jingchen immediately realized that Zhou Yang lived downstairs.

He always disturbs the people and doesn't stop even after being scolded. Instead, he only intensifies his actions. It doesn't look like something that a coward like Zhou Yang can do.

Xie Jingchen suddenly had a terrifying thought - could Zhou Yang be disturbing the people?

Did Zhou Yang imprison Li Liang at home?

The seat under him was not yet warm, so Xie Jingchen stood up immediately, said "Sorry" to An Ruqiao and rushed downstairs.

There is no time to wait for the elevator. Taking the stairs is much faster than waiting for the elevator. You can take three or four steps in one step, and it takes less than two minutes to go downstairs.

When he got downstairs, Xie Jingchen started knocking on the door of No. 101. At the same time, Xie Jingchen took a distracted look and confirmed that the room upstairs was facing An Ruqiao's room.

When knocking on the door, the knocking on the wall can still be heard.

After knocking for more than a minute, someone came to open the door. I didn't know if I didn't open the door before, either because I didn't hear it or because I didn't want to open it.

The person who opened the door was Zhou Yang. He had a gray face and a hammer in his hand.

Zhou Yang didn't speak for the first time after opening the door. Instead, he looked Xie Jingchen up and down, as if to confirm whether Xie Jingchen had just scolded him as a "die m".

An Ruqiao also followed and walked behind Xie Jingchen.

Zhou Yang has not had direct contact with Xie Jingchen. Xie Jingchen did not meet him in person when he checked his itinerary. Zhou Yang saw that Xie Jingchen was wearing a police uniform and did not seem to be able to curse, so he asked him, "What's wrong?

What's the matter?"

Before Xie Jingchen answered, An Ruqiao spoke first, "This policeman was asking me about Liangliang just now. He happened to hear some movement at your house and thought you should be at home, so I wanted to ask you if you have any clues."

"Didn't you ask me once?" Zhou Yang reacted a bit loudly, with a look of displeasure on his face, "Why do you have to ask again?"


Chapter completed!