Gu Wenyu took advantage of Xu Ran to pack her things, and she began to look around the room. Gu Wenyu was surprised to find that there were many looming scratches hidden under the burnt marks on the furniture.
Combined with the stinky smell of animals in the house, Gu Wenyu asked curiously: "Do you have any other pets at home?"
Xu Ran's expression suddenly changed when she heard this, and she said slightly nervously: "No, no, why do you ask that?"
Gu Wenyu naturally caught Xu Ran's emotional changes. At first she felt a little strange and had some suspicions in her mind, but in the end she just shook her head, "Oh, it's nothing. I saw some scratches on the sofa and thought you only knew how to dismantle it."
The big baby of the family.”
Xu Ran turned around and packed his things with his back to Gu Wenyu, then hesitantly said: "No, it was a friend who came to play before and her cat scratched it."
Hearing this, Gu Wenyu took a closer look at the claw marks. Judging from the size, they didn't look like scratches from a cat. Those marks were much larger than a cat's claws. Unless the cat became a spirit, it would be impossible to leave such claw marks.
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Looking at Xu Ran's expression, it was obvious that she was hiding something. Maybe Xu Ran had always known that the person she was spending time with was a demon, but she did not leave, but chose to hide it.
But this is just a conjecture of Gu Wenyu. If things are really as Gu Wenyu thinks, then it is very likely that Xu Ran's boyfriend Xiong Ping is a demon clan, so Xu Rancai keeps saying that Xiong Ping is different, but does not tell the specific things.
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Of course, it is also possible that Xu Ran really has a pet. Xiong Ping and Xu Ran are both ordinary humans, and the pets he raised are monsters. So now that Xiong Ping is missing and the pet is not here, it is possible that he went to find Xiong Ping.
Gu Wenyu felt that the second possibility was unlikely, and she still preferred the possibility that Xiong Ping was a demon.
If Xu Ran already knows the truth, how does she view this matter? Why is Xiong Ping missing?
Xu Ran didn't want to tell, and Gu Wenyu couldn't ask directly. If Xu Ran didn't know anything, Gu Wenyu would have frightened Xu Ran if he asked rashly.
"Xiao Ran, besides the cat your friend brought, are there any other animals? These marks look a bit big and don't look like they were scratched by a cat." Gu Wenyu pointed to the unburned paw prints in the corner of the sofa.
"No, I don't know. What else can there be besides cats?" Xu Ran didn't even look at Gu Wenyu, and his tone was hesitant.
"Xiao Ran, are you afraid of something?" Gu Wenyu asked.
"No!" Xu Ran suddenly looked up at Gu Wenyu and shouted sternly. Then she realized that she had lost her composure. She lowered her head and whispered, "I'm sorry, I'm just, I'm just too worried about Xiong Ping."
When Gu Wenyu saw Xu Ran was so excited, she didn't mean to force Xu Ran. She just nodded, "I understand, just like I am also worried about my brother."
Xu Ran didn't speak, and she didn't seem to want to explain. Xu Ran collected some daily necessities and clothes, then left a note for Xiong Ping, and then said to Gu Wenyu: "Okay, let's go."
Gu Wenyu helped Xu Ran carry a bag of things, and then patted Xu Ran's back gently to comfort her.
Xu Ran took one last look at the room with some reluctance, and then followed Gu Wenyu out.
The elevator was so frightening that they were on the first floor. When they got out of the elevator, they happened to meet a young couple walking into the elevator. Both of them were frowning, not much worse than Xu Ran. The woman seemed to have cried just now, her eyes
They were all still swollen, and there were tearstains hanging from the corners of their eyes.
Gu Wenyu felt that the two people looked familiar, and out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a stack of missing persons notices in the woman's hand. There was a photo of a seven or eight-year-old child printed on the missing person notices. It seemed that the child had been lost at home.
Xu Ran's eyes flickered and he did not dare to look directly into the couple's eyes.
Gu Wenyu saw all this in her eyes. She was a little surprised by Xu Ran's reaction. It wasn't until the elevator door closed again that Gu Wenyu remembered that these two couples were one of the families who had lost their child on the news in the morning.
It's such a coincidence that two missing persons cases happened in the same community and the same building.
Gu Wenyu couldn't help but frown. She didn't know if the feng shui of this building was bad. She had a very subtle feeling that maybe there was some connection between Xiong Ping's disappearance and the child's disappearance. Maybe Xu Ran had already guessed
When she realized the connection, she hesitated and didn't dare to say anything.
Gu Wenyu looked at Xu Ran's profile and felt that she was hiding a lot of things. Although Gu Wenyu believed that Xu Ran was definitely a kind girl, there was no guarantee that she would be deceived.
Xiong Ping didn't know whether he was a human or a monster. If Xiong Ping had any ill intentions towards Xu Ran, wouldn't Xu Ran be in danger?
But Xu Ran didn't tell him, and Gu Wenyu couldn't ask. After thinking for a long time, Gu Wenyu said tentatively: "I saw them on the news this morning. The children at home were lost. It's really pitiful. The news said that many children have disappeared recently.
, said to be a human trafficker.”
"Yes, really? I didn't watch the news, so I didn't know about this." Xu Ran's attitude was a bit strange. Although she was immersed in the low pressure of Xiong Ping's disappearance, she was still nervous about what Gu Wenyu said.
"Oh, I happened to see the news. I didn't expect that one of the children is your neighbor. In this world, it's really..." When Gu Wenyu said this, he deliberately prolonged the ending, and then continued: "Hey,
Xiao Ran, your home was robbed and anything valuable was lost?"
Xu Ran didn't understand why Gu Wenyu had such a broad thinking span. She suddenly jumped from one question to another, but she still shook her head, "I asked the police yesterday when they came, what valuables can I have at home, even cash?"
No, I just burned a lot of things on fire, and I don’t know how to explain it to the landlord.”
Gu Wenyu asked again: "Do you really think your home was robbed?"
Xu Ran was silent again when she heard this. She lowered her head and didn't know what she was thinking.
Gu Wenyu put his arms around Xu Ran's shoulders and said softly: "Xiao Ran, did you find something? If you need anything, tell me and I will help you."
Xu Ran shook her head, her tone full of helplessness and sadness, "No, you can't help me, no one can help me."
"How do you know I can't help you if you don't tell me? Regardless of whether I can help you or not, it would be good to have one more person help you think of a solution." Gu Wenyu knew there was something going on when she heard Xu Ran's words, so she further persuaded.
Xu Ran was silent for a while, and then sighed longly, with a hint of vicissitudes and loneliness in his tone, "You don't understand, sometimes the world is not as simple as we see on the surface."
When Gu Wenyu heard this, his heart skipped a beat. Xu Ran must have known something. Just when Gu Wenyu was about to ask, the car they called just arrived. It was not convenient to say these words in the car, so Gu Wenyu had to keep it in his heart until he got home.