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Chapter 10 Shadows in the Mirror

Liu Yanshi patted the locked door of the room.

"Hey! You're out, Shi Zuocai. Isn't it just a pair of shorts? Why are you embarrassed? Are you a man?"

As she said that, she put her face tightly closer to the crack of the door and lowered her voice:

"Are you really so afraid of talking to Xiao An, so why don't you just call Mr. Demon out?"

A faint voice came from the door: "I will not let him do evil again."

Liu Yanshi sighed, said "Okay", ran back to the living room, and dragged two chairs hard. When he was put there, he just put them in front of the door of his adoptive mother's bedroom, and when he was in the door, Shi Zuocai spoke again:

"Put back the chair I used for."

"What!" Liu Yan looked at him and said, "You have only three chairs in total, each one looks exactly the same. Who can recognize which one is your exclusive?"

"The one on your right hand has serious wear on the right hind leg, and there are traces of carved with a utility knife on the armrest, which is my exclusive chair."

Liu Yanshi was stunned for a moment, looked at the chair on his right hand carefully, and it was indeed exactly what he described. He looked at the closed wooden door in surprise:

"You are also using a camera to peek at yourself?"

"Just listen." The voice from the other side of the door said coldly: "I have lived here for ten years."

"I'm really going to be angry with you..." As he said this, Liu Yanshi obediently dragged the chair in his right hand back to the living room, and An Heshi, who had been standing uneasy on the side of the sofa, said in a stuttering voice:

"Student Liu, did he... something happen to him?"

"Don't worry about him, there will be a few days every month." Liu Yan responded angrily, and then pulled An Heshi to sit in front of the bedroom door.

"Okay, Shi Zuocai, you have to listen carefully to Xiao An now. It's really a serious matter!"

The voice inside the door said coldly:

"Please make sure to explain the whole story within twenty words."

"You are too much!"

Liu Yan didn't even see the breath, but An Heshi cooperated well. She took a deep breath and explained the current situation by just nine words.

“More than one person is following me.”

Suddenly, a loud noise came from the room, as if something had fallen to the ground. Liu Yanxi climbed up curiously, put his ears on the door, and heard footsteps pacing. Even if he couldn't see anyone, he knew how anxious Shi Zuo was at this time. She laughed secretly.

"Continue talking."

Anhe City nodded quickly, like a primary school student who did something wrong.

"When I got home from get off work yesterday, I met the beggar... Then I couldn't help but run away and left the Tenth Fifth Road. When I wanted to see if I had thrown him away, I found that several men wearing black sunglasses immediately hid in the alley after I turned around..."

“How many people are following you?”

Anhe City said cowardly:

"There should be three or four... Actually, I didn't see it very clearly. I was really scared at that time, so I didn't think so much... I stopped the taxi and ran away..."

"Are you sure you're not reading it wrong? Maybe you're just reading it wrong. Others don't mean to follow you at all."

An Heshi panicked and said, "This shouldn't be wrong... because after I got on the taxi, I also saw them in the rearview mirror. They kept looking at the taxi I was on, and it looked really scary... like... the shadow in the mirror..."

"You must have read it wrong. It is not ruled out that you might be preempted by the taxi they originally wanted to take."

An Heshi shook his head seriously: "I still think I read it right..."

"You read it wrong. There is a lot of information in the medical community now that when patients experience certain specific mental stimulation for a long time, they may develop paranoia caused by victimization. The main obstacle is the lack of basic trust in other people, their sensitivity to their personality, and their suspicion..."

Shi Zuocai said a lot of words like a cannon. Liu Yanshi finally couldn't help it and shouted:

"Shi Zuocai! Can you tell me the truth? Don't fool Xiaoan anymore!"

There was a beast-like throat sound from the other end of the door, which was the habit of being so anxious when the oil bottle was stuffed.

"Yes. So now, assuming that Anhe City is really being tracked by multiple people, there is only one speculation that meets this situation."

"What speculation?" Liu Yanshi asked.

"The third type."

"What is the third type..." Liu Yan was confused and suddenly exclaimed.

She suddenly remembered that a few days ago, "Mr. Demon" had made three assumptions about the possibility of being followed in Anhe City.

"After An Yiwen went bankrupt, he might have tried to make remedies, such as... borrowing usury to turn over..."

Just as I was recalling, the bedroom door was opened on the ground and the two girls in front of the door were shocked unexpectedly.

When Zuo Cai walked out of the door, he had a frivolous smile on his face. Peach blossom eyes were faintly flashing with a kind of sick joy. He stretched out his hand to rub Anhe City's hair:

"Come on, kitten, let's have a good chat... Let's start with your father's affairs, okay?"

——At this time, Zuo Cai had already changed to "Mr. Demon".

...

Given that Mr. Demon has no autism, the conversation site is transferred from both ends of the bedroom to the living room.

"Let's start with the most basic things..." Shi Zuocai crossed his legs and smiled: "Your father, Uncle An, started to say that he was going on a business trip abroad since March last year, and he hasn't come back since?"

An Heshi grabbed his knees, nodded, and asked in confusion: "My dad... has anything to do with this matter?"

Liu Yan winked at Mr. Demon in uneasy, but he just shrugged:

"I don't know either, I just want to know more about your situation so that I can find a way for you."

Anhe City obviously believed Shi Zuocai’s statement, so Shi Zuocai continued to ask:

"Have you ever contacted you or your mother in the six months since he disappeared?"

Anhe City thought about it and replied:

"There were still some of the month I was on a business trip. I would call it once a week... and then it was gone. I called it according to his phone and it was always shut down... Dad, did something happen to him?"

Liu Yanshi was about to speak, but Mr. Demon smiled and spoke first:

"This is not necessarily true? As far as I know, if companies go abroad for exchanges and groups go further to further their studies, there will often be a closed training session, and electronic equipment cannot be used during this period."

"Yes, yes, I have many companies in Australia like this..." Liu Yan looked with a smile on her face, and moved to Shi Zuocai, without any trace, and secretly praised him in her heart that Mr. Demon is really a rare warm man in the world. He is so better than a certain oil bottle.

"Let me ask some more common things." Shi Zuocai continued: "Although I haven't seen Uncle An for many years and I still have a good impression of it, I am just an outsider after all, and I don't know much about the situation in your family. What about Uncle An treating you on weekdays? Have you ever had some family conflicts?"

Anheshi twisted his fingers and thought for a while, and shook his head confidently:

"This is not the case. My father has always been very nice to his family, his parents are also very loving, and his father is very honest. Many times, his mother has the final say in the family, and he lets his mother take charge of small matters. He will come out to take on any big things. Since childhood, I have never seen them quarrel... Dad is really a very good person."

"That's it." Shi Zuo Cai frowned slightly, touched his nose, and asked again:

"Do you still remember that Uncle An said anything to you two months before his business trip, or acted differently from before?"

Anhe City thought about it and hesitated:

"I can't remember it very clearly. In fact, since my father opened a stationery company, he has been going out early and coming home late every day. He has no chance to talk to his family. He is often so busy that he doesn't have time to eat supper... But a few days before the business trip, he went home to have supper on time, and drank a lot of wine. He kept asking me to study hard and have a happy day... "

Shi Zuo narrowed his eyes slightly, was silent for a few seconds, and suddenly stood up with a smile:

"I understand. Then there's nothing wrong. Leave the rest to me and Liu Yanshi. Don't you still have to go to work today?"

As he said that, he stood up, pushed Anhe City with a smile and walked out the door. Anhe City seemed like a doll at the mercy of others. Before she could react, she was sent to the living room door. She turned around in a hurry and hesitated for a moment. Before Shi Zuo closed the door and saw the guests, she said:

"Student Shi! That... I know, you may think that the incident of me being followed has something to do with my father. After all, he suddenly disappeared for so long. It is natural to think about it like this, but..."

An Heshi pursed his lips:

"I think...I believe my father must be a good person. Because he is really a gentle man. He has been like this since he was a child. Every time I am very unhappy, he will pat my head gently... like... like the classmate just now... He would smile and tell me that he would cross any obstacles... So, I believe my father, he will definitely not do anything bad..."

Liu Yan, behind her, looked a little sadness flashed in her eyes and quietly turned her head away. Shi Zuo was stunned for a few seconds, then chuckled and said:

"Okay, I believe it."

An Heshi bowed deeply to Shi Zuocai and turned around and left.

Looking at her figure gradually moving away, Shi Zuocai slowly closed the door with his back hand, and added a sentence lightly and smilingly.
Chapter completed!
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