About a quarter of an hour later, I sat by the window of the cafe and saw Xin Xiaoruo trot across the road and rushing towards this side with a parasol.

The cafe was deserted in the morning, and the air conditioner was on. She pushed open the door, looked up and found my place, then went to the front desk to order an ice latte, then carried it over and sat opposite me.

"It's so hot!" she complained, then glanced at the espresso cup in front of me.

"Why do you put on a pen when drinking such a strong thing?"

"Hey, you are a girl, can you speak..."

"Be civilized, right? You guys are allowed to curse, so we girls are not allowed to vent our anger?"

"You are an extreme feminist stance, dividing everything into two extremes, men and women," I said to her.

"Haha, I'm feminist? Then let me ask you, why do words in so many languages ​​all have yin and yang? Are not all French, German, Italian, and Spain?

"Society is negative, bureaucrats are positive, schools are negative, and jobs are positive - do you think, should I divide things into men and women first, or do they divide things into male and female first?"

I was speechless. I used to give in when Xin Xiaoruo was aggressive, but now I have only argued for a few words, but I didn't expect that she was still so eloquent.

"You are changing your concepts." I said.

"Oh, if you haven't seen each other for a day, it's like three autumns after three months - you're starting to go on the road." Xin Xiaoruo took a sip of coffee, glanced at me, and snorted hard on his nose.

"Is there anything to ask me for?"

"Nonsense, why do you come to you if you have nothing to do?"

"Where is Lao Zheng? Aren't you two looking for me?"

"I asked him to contact you. We have such a strong relationship in the publishing house. I'm looking for you, are you willing to pay attention to me?" she said sarcastically.

"Has it been very stalemate? I'm giving in to you, right? One side attacks and the other side gives in, then there will be no confrontation. Without confrontation, there will be no stalemate, right? Besides, I don't understand, what deep hatred does I have with you?"

"Oh, you are good at eloquence and will lure the enemy into the deeper - there is no deep hatred, but you don't like it!" Xin Xiaoruo judged life and death with one sentence.

"Okay, I'll accept you, you're awesome." I raised my hand to surrender.

"I want to slap you when I see you!" she said angrily.

I really don't understand what I did wrong. I don't get along with her, but I don't have any reason to communicate with her. I usually have very few communications at work. Maybe some love and hate are really unreasonable.

"Okay, let's talk about the serious business." I reminded her.

"When did I say serious business? Well, let's talk about it for a long time. I heard that you are now following the criminal investigation team and what kind of consultant are you working as?"

"As a follower."

"Then can you help me investigate something?"

"Don't you want to slap me with a big mouth? Why did you ask me to help again - use it like a umbrella, and discard it like a piece of waste?"

"Master! You are no longer the same you!" Xin Xiaoruo criticized angrily.

"It's normal. You have to look at the problem from a developmental perspective. You used to argue with me when you saw the sky, and there was no relationship between us. You asked me to help you when you came up. Isn't that a bit unreasonable?"

"Do you love to help - aren't you investigating a serial murder case of engraving? I originally wanted to provide you with some clues, but now it's fine, no talk!" Xin Xiaoruo put the coffee cup on the table with a bang, then picked up the parasol, turned around and left.

"Hey hey hey!" I heard that it was a clue and hurriedly chased after him, "It's just kidding, let me say something."

"Look at your current profit-oriented look, it's really disgusting." Xin Xiaoruo said unpleasant words, but stopped her feet.

I tried my best to persuade her, but finally gave her enough steps and coaxed her back.

"What clue?" I asked with a smile as soon as she sat down.

"It's not a big clue. I see rumors on the Internet that these forehead tattoo murders were done by a group of monsters. Is that true?"

Because I am afraid of causing panic among citizens, the faceless man is still in a confidential state. I cannot admit it according to regulations. However, from Xin Xiaoruo's eyes, I understand that she already has the answer.

Although the book editor is not an investigative reporter, she has unique acumen in data recession, logical organization and micro-exploration. So since Xin Xiaoruo said this question in person and mastered some clues, she must have a clear idea.

"The truth is just like you inferred." I chose a sentence to answer with the words that neither violated discipline nor gave her peace of mind.

She nodded.

"That's right, I recently discovered a weird guy, and - I should have found the old nest of those weird guys."

"What?!" I almost jumped out of my seat in surprise.

"What are you doing so excited?" Xin Xiaoruoru said nothing.

I was anxious: "You must not act alone! You don't know how dangerous those guys are!"

"Of course I know, aren't they the ones who do the killing and tattooing? I also know that there is danger, so I came to you and told you! Don't you want to discuss a solution with you?"

"...Most of them are tattoos, and they don't do it directly." I had to clarify in a vague way, "How did you find out, can you tell me?"

"It was just an opportunity..." Xin Xiaoruo suddenly blushed for some reason. This was not like her usual appearance.

...

The matter has to start half a month ago.

Xin Xiaoruo has an ex-boyfriend. She probably opened her mouth this time and told me everything. She repeatedly emphasized that this is just one of her more than 20 ex-boyfriends.

"It's either the fifteenth or the sixteenth." She raised her head and thought for a while, and said.

"How old are you today?"

"Twenty-three."

"I'll fall in love after coming out of my womb, and I'll talk once a year?"

"Stop making trouble. You guys are just thinking about the Xianfeng period. Why can you talk about one person a year, one month, or half a month?

"The process of dating is not simple - love at first sight, date a few times, have a meal, hold a hand, kiss and hug, have a crush on each other, and go their separate ways. What a simple thing, why did you stumble for a year or two?"

"Dede." I spread my hands and expressed helplessness.

Anyway, Lao Shiwu (let’s call it that’s the case) rented a place and wanted to open a real-person secret room party. He asked his friend to visit, and Xin Xiaoruo was also among the invited people.

"Can you still be friends after breaking up?" I couldn't help asking again.

"Why can't you be friends when you break up? Friends are the foundation, and breaking up is just an embellishment. Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

"I understand you, I understand!"

A few friends came to the secret room hall, played for two games, and then went to the platform on the top floor of the building to barbecue.

There is a lot of miscellaneous items on the platform. Lao Shiwu explained that this was a restaurant in the past, and these were all things left over from the restaurant.

"It's okay, the scrap company will take it away tonight." He said to everyone.

"What kind of waste collectors have to come and move them at night?" Xin Xiaoruo asked in surprise.
Chapter completed!