Chapter 8: Only remember the words in the middle

Qu Mingcong took out rubber gloves from his backpack behind him, put them on his right hand, and then bent down and squatted down.

He raised his phone with his left hand to turn on the video mode, gently pulled the dead cat out of the trash can with his right hand, and gently rubbed the cat's hair with his thumb and index finger, which made his hands feel wet.

"Can you tell the cause of death?" Qiao Yueying asked.

"It's very difficult." Qu Mingcong slowly turned the dead cat's body and said in a deep voice, "There are powerful weapons that have been cut, but not many wounds, and not much blood is bleeding. It should not be a fatal injury. Unless you find a professional veterinarian to dissect it, the cause of death cannot be determined."

Qiao Yueying thought for a while and said, "Let me see if there are any plastic bags or storage boxes in the trash can."

According to her intention, Qu Mingcong pointed his mobile phone camera into the inside of the trash can.

There were several bags of garbage inside, and the garbage bags were tied. In addition, there were two express cartons, with some foam and waste paper stuffed in the carton. It seemed that the remaining space inside the carton was not enough to hold the dead cat.

Qu Mingcong vaguely understood what Qiao Yueying meant, "... Someone threw the cat here, but the thing that pretended to be a cat was not left?"

"It's strange, right?" Qiao Yueying said, "If a person who commits to cat abuse will, even if he is not particular about the cat's body, he will at least put it in plastic bags and throw the bags into the trash can. Now this is more like intentional discovery."

Qu Mingcong thought for a moment and asked, "Is it possible that the container for cats is of use value? Just now, when the boss of the fruit shop threw the rotten fruit, he used a foam box to load the rotten fruit. After throwing it, the foam box will be taken back to the store and will continue to use it."

Qiao Yueying shook her head, "Die cats are different from rotten fruits. They will leave blood stains and cat hair. These marks will invisibly increase unnecessary cleaning costs. Carrying a bag in your hand is much more concealed than holding a box in both hands. In addition, the cat's corpse is wet, which is also strange. Don't wet dead cats need to be kept in containers more? Where are the plastic bags or boxes with residual moisture? Why do you need to take them away in one go?"

Qu Mingcong was silent after hearing this. After a while, he let out a breath and said, "Maybe as you said, the other party deliberately did it, not to cover it up, deliberately wanted everyone to see the dead cat, and then get satisfaction from the fear expressions on people's faces. Now that he is more perverted, he has everything, and he can do something like cat abuse, and he is mentally abnormal."

Qu Mingcong threw the dead cat back to the trash can, took off the rubber gloves on his right hand and threw them into the trash can, feeling a little restless.

"I hope nothing happened to those two cats," he said.

Qiao Yueying couldn't help but be curious and asked him: "Are you worried about the safety of those two cats, or are you worried that you will not get the reward?"

Qu Mingcong: “…………”

He stared at her with a chill.

"What are you doing? Just chatting casually. If you don't want to answer, just put on your face~" Qiao Yueying was very dissatisfied, "Even if you just pretend to behave, it's okay. As your girlfriend, I am helping you investigate the case. Your attitude towards me is really a blow to my subjective initiative."

Qu Mingcong keenly captured two words: "Girlfriend?"

"Yes, your sweet girlfriend." Qiao Yueying mentioned the name of the game, extremely open-minded.

Qu Mingcong's mouth twitched slightly.

"I guess, you must be worried that you won't get the reward, right?" Qiao Yueying smiled, "I know you're short of money."

Qu Mingcong sneered silently, "... Very good. A gift pack for novice makes you hate until now. I have determined that I only have money in my eyes, right? Although I am not compassionate, I don't like to see animals being killed for no reason. I don't have that perverted hobby."

Qiao Yueying's eyes were slightly wide open, and her eyes flashed with surprise.

Qu Mingcong pulled the corner of his mouth and asked with a cold face: "Is it so unbelievable?"

Qiao Yueying replied in a very surprised tone: "You rhyme just now, did you notice?... Kill it for no reason, don't have that perverted hobby~ I've been betting!"

Qu Mingcong: “…………”

You're crazy!!!

"Brother Ming!"

A crisp sound came from afar.

Qu Mingcong turned around and saw a young girl standing across the street waving to him.

Qiao Yueying also saw that the other party was wearing a letter graffiti sweatshirt and tight jeans, with brown wool curls and a super exaggerated lamb velvet bag on his back. He was a fashionable girl with a street-like feel.

"Her name is Xu Xinqi, and she is Wang Wei's former girlfriend. When the firm first started, Wang Wei brought her over to help. Later, the firm's business was not very good, so she found another job, but she would still come to help when she had time."

Taking advantage of the moment Xu Xinqi walked here, Qu Mingcong finished the introduction in a few words.

Qiao Yueying asked: "Why do she and Wang Wei call you Brother Ming? Why don't you call Brother Qu or Brother Cong?"

This question caused Qu Mingcong to fall into a brief silence.

Then he replied: "Because when I first met them, they could only remember the word in the middle of my name."

Qiao Yueying: "Wow..."

How to say it is a bit unexpected, but it is reasonable.

"Brother Ming! Wang Wei said you asked me for help, what's the matter?" Xu Xinqi walked over with a cheerful smile on her face.

"Wang Wei didn't tell you?" Qu Mingcong couldn't help frowning.

Xu Xinqi said: "He asked me to go to a beauty salon to do a project, and he also said that you will reimburse me for the expenses. Is that true?"

Qu Mingcong: “…………”

"Why, is he talking big again?" Xu Xinqi knew that Wang Wei fooled her again when she saw Qu Mingcong's expression, but she was used to it, and smiled, "This Wang Wei should really change his name to Wang Wutan. He talked nonsense all day long. Fortunately, he and I have separated long ago."

Qu Mingcong closed his eyes and sighed.

"Actually... that's about that." He took off the phone on his neck and handed it to Xu Xinqi along with the data cable. "Wait a minute, you go to the beauty salon to pick a project, and then use the excuse that the phone is about to run out of power. Put the phone on the computer at the front desk of the beauty salon. The phone will automatically search for information in the computer. When you hear the phone ringing, you can find an excuse to come out."

Xu Xinqi took the phone and said with a smile: "This is simple, wait for my good news."

She threw her phone into the big lamb velvet bag and turned to the beauty salon.

Qu Mingcong called her again: "Xiaoqi..."

Xu Xinqi looked back at him: "Hmm?"

Qu Mingcong wanted to speak but stopped - a very ordinary sentence he had told Xu Xinqi before, but now he has an extra Qiao Yueying in his mobile phone, so why is it hard to speak?

"Don't choose expensive projects in beauty salons." Qu Mingcong said to her with a wooden face.

"It's safe!" Xu Xinqi smiled, "I'll do deep skin care and get rid of blackheads, it won't be too expensive!"

After saying that, she walked into the beauty salon happily with a big lamb velvet bag on her back.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!