1 Chapter 1 The girl's commission
Jiangcheng, Tingtang Road, an adult store called Happy Peak, stood a pale female high school student who was at a loss for words.
"A full set of services nine thousand nine, preliminary investigation to pay a deposit of one thousand first." I hold a cigarette in my mouth, measuring the girl in front of me, palm-sized face in school uniforms set off by a youthful, her body slim, biased breasts bulging.
The girl looked uncomfortable with my gaze: "A thousand ... I only have seventy on me, can I give you the rest when I have money?"
"Seventy on seventy, money on the table, you can go, three days later to give you a reply."
"You ... won't be a liar, right?" The girl half-heartedly, the palm of seventy dollars has been soaked with her sweat.
"Trusted by others, loyalty, truthfulness, efficiency, honesty and confidentiality are the tenets of our business, that statement you just made is questioning my professionalism." Dragging the bill from the girl's hand, I waved her away.
Seeing this, I believe many people will misunderstand me and think that I am a jerk who bullies minors and abducts young girls. In fact, not, what I did was to help her.
My name is Gao Jian, is the owner of this adult store, of course, the so-called store owner is just a disguise, my real identity is a private detective.
Search for the body, business espionage, counterfeit rights, extramarital investigations, all kinds of non-litigation case assistance, the firm accepted all.
Back to the point, the girl who just came to seek help called Xia Qingzhi, a high school student in the city.
The reason she is here is also because of an unbelievable thing.
"My brother Xia Chi disappeared a week ago, and I suspect he has been killed." As soon as she entered the door the girl looked panicked and frightened.
"Criminal case you should call the police." High school students can have what money, I just glanced at the time, then lost interest.
"It's useless to call the police, I tried all of them, no one remembers the existence of the brother, including the household investigation there is no information about the brother, he is like evaporating, all traces are erased."
"You mean to say that the memory of your brother exists only in your mind?" The girl did not look like she was lying, and that was the scariest part.
"Yes, everyone has forgotten my brother, only I remember ..."
Lighting a cigarette, I took a deep puff.
If what the girl said is true, then there are only two reasons, supernatural psychic events, or the girl suffers from severe schizophrenia, in her body also hides a brother's perverted personality.
"Did your brother act in any unusual way before he disappeared?" At this time the only way to get more clues is to follow the other side's words, and I'm not in a hurry.
"A week ago in the evening, my brother was invited to a certain live platform interview, and then never returned." The girl said and took out a very ordinary card from her pocket, crumpled, similar to the small advertisements on the roadside railings for sewer repair and selling fake drugs.
"Want to be a star in the limelight? Want to have the adoration of billions of fans?"
"Become a contracted anchor of the netherworld show and open your own live room."
"As long as you have the guts, talent and time."
"You can turn all your dreams into reality by sitting at home!"
"Underworld Showroom, that's a chic enough name." Repeatedly studying the card, I suspect even more that this is a bear prank, the company name first do not spit, look at the back of the card. The interview time of this live platform is 12 pm to 3 am, and the interview location is 44 No Light Road, room 444 on the 4th floor of the basement, how this series of time and place numbers do not look like for normal people.
"Do you also think I'm making it up?" The girl's reaction was on the verge of despair, and I could see loss and panic in her eyes.
"No, no one is in a position to jump to conclusions until there is an investigation." Even for the sake of the few tens of dollars she had on her, I had to say this because my firm had not taken any orders for two months, plus the appearance of self-service condom machines, and the income of the adult store was getting slower and slower, and if it went on like this, the rent would not be able to pay.
So I accepted this commission as if it were a prank, and there was the scene at the very beginning.
"Netherworld Showroom ..." live platform in recent years, someone live food, someone live games, someone live flirting, seducing pure losers, these are understandable, but the Netherworld Showroom from the name is not at all guess what the main content is.
"Is it live streaming the daily lives of dead people?"
Shaking my head with a smile, I urged Xia Qingzhi to leave, female high school students in my adult store for a long time, I am afraid that will cause unnecessary misunderstandings, after all, she is not yet 18 years old.
I lifted the thick curtain of the door, which was converted from a military coat, and Xia Qingzhi was just about to go out when she collided with a woman who exuded an androgynous allure.
"Right, sorry." Perhaps realizing that adult stores are not the place for her, Natsuharu covered her face with her school bag and flew away.
"You buy your stuff even for high school students?" The woman's voice was so nice that I vaguely felt some familiarity.
"To buy or not to buy is the freedom of others, I have no right to interfere." The woman in front of me is indeed called beautiful, delicate white ankles on high-heeled sandals, taut calves, lace skirt floating in mid-air, obviously loose long skirt, but can not hide the proud curves of her body, body temperament is good, is wearing a mask and sunglasses, can not see the face clearly.
But I have long been accustomed to the people who come here more or less will have their own secrets, the other party is not willing to reveal their identity, I will not press the issue, and harmony makes money, as long as you pay for everything.
The woman dressed stylishly, a brand name, the handbag should be Paris Louis Vuitton, with this a bag on top of my annual rent.
"I don't know what you need, beautiful? The store is about to be transferred due to poor business, all products jump sale, all 20% off."
"Sorry, I don't want anything, I'm just here to find someone." The woman said removing the mask and sunglasses: "Jian Gao, five years have not seen, you have not changed at all."
The moment I saw that face, the cigarette in my hand fell to the ground: "Ye Bing?"
She is my first girlfriend, when the police academy, she and I always occupy the first and second place in the overall results.
But later, I was expelled from the police academy because of my involvement in a serial murder case, while she successfully completed her studies and was sent abroad for further studies with the help of her new boyfriend.
"I haven't seen you for five years, but you're a sparrow turned into a phoenix, a total goddess." I lit another cigarette and looked at the lingering smoke: "You changed your phone, cut off all contact with me, and I thought you had crashed your airliner and sunk in the Pacific Ocean."
"Five years wasn't enough time to get you to change your toxic ways? I admit I did the wrong thing, but I don't regret it." The beautiful woman was smiling, mature, confident, and could make a man impulsive with every move she made.
"Is that so? Then what are you doing back now? Could it be that you want to rekindle the old love with me and relive the years of passion?" My eyes stared at Ye Bing's chiseled figure with impunity.
"I came here today to have a good talk with you, but looking at your current situation, it seems that there is no need to do so."
She did not answer, but took out a bank card from her purse and put it on the table, "This card contains 100,000 yuan, which is my apology for leaving without saying goodbye back then. Gao Jian, we are not young, it's time to get out of the memories and face reality."
"Three days later, my wedding with Jiang Shao will be held in Century New Garden, if you have time you can come over, after all, I just returned to China, and I don't have a few friends in this city."
Ye Bing's tone seemed to be recounting a rare thing, the extremely deep hidden dislike and disappointment in her eyes was caught by me, and at this moment, I was dumbfounded.
No anger, no pain, no hysteria, I just smoked a cigarette: "You take the card, I'll be there on time in three days."
When Ye Bing left I did not know, just finished smoking a box of cigarettes, feeling hot lungs.
There is nothing to complain about, people casually a card more than my entire fortune, rather than provoke the eyes of people do not help the anger, better to do the things at hand.
I put the small advertisement left by Xia Qingzhi next to my computer, this is my only business in two months, although the client is a minor and may still have mental problems, but I absolutely can not mess up. Because, I need the money.
