The people around him were all strangers. Gu Qing didn't feel safe at all. In this unfamiliar city, she did not have any relatives or friends. When she left her hometown to work in another province, her colleagues in the company were envious of her and saw this transfer as a precursor to her further progress. She was only 27 years old, but she was already one of the top managers of the Teng Long Group. There had never been such a young manager in the company's history. In addition, she was outstanding in appearance, smart and capable, and had always been a hot topic among the male white-collar workers in the company. Of course, it was not uncommon for people to maliciously slander her because of jealousy. There were rumors surrounding her and the company's chairman, Pu Yuan. Although Gu Qing was upright, he was not afraid of the shadows, but he was also annoyed by the rumors. This time, he was transferred away from the headquarters, so it could be considered as refuting the rumors.
However, the strange things that had happened in the past two days made Gu Qing realize his weakness for the first time. When faced with obstacles at work, such as meeting someone like Du Tingtao, it was not impossible to solve. At most, it would be a little tricky. However, under some sort of unnatural pressure, she had no ability to resist at all.
Gu Qing's parents died in a car accident when she was 16 years old. Fortunately, they left a relatively rich inheritance so that Gu Qing did not have to worry about food and clothing. However, she had lost the warmth of her family too early and learned to wrap herself in an invisible barrier very early on. Other than the impression of her being young, beautiful, and capable at work, the people around her felt that she was more cold... She began to regret that she used to be so arrogant, so much so that she did not even have a friend to confide in.
Gu Qing stood at the bus stop, staring blankly at the buses entering and exiting one after another. Countless people passed by her, but none of them paid attention to her. Everyone's life paths were parallel to each other, as if there was never a chance to cross. She didn't know where she should go. She had only stayed in the single dormitory arranged by the company for two days. It didn't feel like home at all. Even if she went back, she wouldn't feel safe. A strong sense of loneliness was slowly eroding the depths of Gu Qing's heart...
At this moment, someone patted her left shoulder lightly. Gu Qing, whose entire body was tense, was shocked. He turned around abruptly and stared straight at the person behind him.
The person who patted Gu Qing's shoulder was Yuwen Shuxue, who he had seen last night. He didn't expect Gu Qing's face to be so pale and was shocked. "Are you…alright?"
Gu Qing finally saw someone he was slightly familiar with. He felt a thud, and a gap appeared in his tough psychological defense. He felt like crying. "Yuwen, I saw something again," she said with a trembling voice.
Yuwen Shuxue's expression was a little serious." The things you saw last night?”
"No, there's a woman in my office…"
"A…woman?" Yuwen scratched his head out of habit.
Gu Qing didn't want to continue. He grabbed Yuwen's arm and brought him downstairs of the Tenglong Building.
Gu Qing wanted Yuwen to look at her office window, but there was nothing in front of the window. Everything was normal. Yuwen looked up at the window and then at Gu Qing who was speechless. "I'd better send you home."”
Gu Qing bit his lower lip tightly with his fine white teeth. After a long silence, he said,"I…want to go back to the office to get my laptop. There are a lot of documents to deal with..."
"You're really a workaholic. Don't you know what happened on the 18th floor?”
Gu Qing nodded to show that she knew what had happened. Yuwen sighed. "How about this? I'll accompany you back to the office to get your notebook. I'll also show you what you saw last night.”
Gu Qing was shocked." You saw that too?"”
Yuwen smiled mysteriously.”
"But the building is still locked down by the police. How can we get in?”
Yuwen didn't say anything else and walked forward. Gu Qing hesitated for a moment before following him.
The two of them didn't pass through the main gate. Yuwen brought Gu Qing directly into the underground parking lot. The parking lot was empty. None of their colleagues 'cars had the chance to park in today. The wide space made their footsteps sound unusually heavy.
Yuwen stopped in front of an anti-theft door and began to search for the key in his pocket. Gu Qing looked at him in a daze. Suddenly, she felt something warm brush past her calf. She looked down and saw a black shadow pouncing on Yuwen!
Gu Qing cried out in surprise. When he took a closer look, he realized that it was just a big black wolfhound. Yuwen had already grabbed its two front legs affectionately and pulled it around twice. The wolfhound was tall and was dragged by Yuwen to stand up. It was not much shorter than Yuwen, who was 1.85 meters tall. It looked back at Gu Qing and grinned, revealing two rows of sharp teeth. Gu Qing was so scared that he took a step back.
Yuwen put it down and put his arm around the wolfhound's neck. He smiled at Gu Qing and said,""It's called Xuangang. It's the guard dog of the night watchman in the parking lot. It's very familiar with me. You came in with me, so it won't make things difficult for you. Come, touch it. It'll be familiar with your scent in the future.”
Gu Qing mustered up his courage and took two steps forward. He reached out and touched its head. The wolfhound's fur was unusually smooth and supple. Gu Qing felt as if he was stroking a piece of fine silk. Yuwen let go of it, and Xuan Gang lowered his head and quickly moved back and forth between Gu Qing's legs. Gu Qing only felt an itch in his calf that was separated by a layer of stockings, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"Xuangang…Such a scholarly name, was it given to it by the old man on night duty?”Gu Qing looked at the big dog. It was rubbing its head against her calf.
"Little perverted dog…you go crazy when you see beautiful women.”Yuwen summoned Xuan Gang to his side in a low voice." I named it."”
"Xuan, which means black, is very suitable for it. What does Gang mean?”Gu Qing asked.
" Gang means fierce in the ancient language. Achoo…Achoo…" It seemed that some dog hair had flown into Yuwen's nostrils. He sneezed violently twice and rubbed his nose. Yuwen continued," Gang also means the handle of the Big Dipper. Do you understand?"”
Gu Qing nodded. In fact, she didn't understand what the Big Dipper handle had to do with this dog.
"The black shadow you saw in the fire escape last night should be this guy.”Yuwen tapped Xuangang twice with his finger.
"This is it?" Gu Qing's brain hadn't turned yet.
"Yeah…it must have been hungry yesterday, so it sneaked into the fire escape and wanted to get some bones from the trash can on the top floor. I've seen it a few times on the top floor, and every time it leaves trash all over the corridor.”Yuwen squatted down and gently patted Xuan Gang's head twice. He lowered his head and hummed twice, as if admitting that he had done something wrong.
Gu Qing thought about it carefully and felt that it was reasonable. If it was a dog running up the stairs, it would naturally be faster than a human.
"Let's go up." Yuwen said to Gu Qing and patted the dog's butt again. "Don't disturb us, third wheel!”Xuan Gang ran away obediently.
Gu Qing couldn't help but laugh when he heard the last sentence. Did this guy think that he was on a date with her?
Yuwen used the key to open the security door. Behind the door was an elevator entrance.
"This entrance won't be abandoned for long. We can go up from here. We'll avoid the police." Yuwen pressed the up button.
While waiting for the elevator to be ready, Gu Qing suddenly thought of a question." Weren't you taken away by the police today? Why are you back so soon?"
"After I sent you to the car last night, I went straight back to the computer room to sleep. The police took the surveillance video of the entrance and the computer room to look at it. Then, they compared the time recorded and knew that the murder had nothing to do with me.”
The two of them entered the elevator. They were silent as the elevator slowly rose.
Gu Qing looked around and realized that Yuwen had chosen the 12th floor!
She looked at Yuwen in horror." Aren't we going to my office?”
Yuwen's smile was warm and peaceful, making her feel slightly relieved." Didn't I say it? I want you to know what you see.”
The moment the elevator door opened on the 12th floor, Gu Qing couldn't help but hide behind Yuwen. The scene that night had always left her with a lingering fear.
There was a huge mirror outside the door, about two meters high, completely blocking the elevator entrance. The smooth and clean mirror reflected Gu Qing and Yuwen's shadows clearly in front of them.
"As the 12th floor hasn't been rented out yet, the renovation has been temporarily halted. These workers didn't carry the mirror that was supposed to be installed in the bathroom into the warehouse and left it here irresponsibly. The terrifying figure you saw last night was you, haha…Fortunately, you didn't bump into it. That would have been really dangerous.”
Gu Qing didn't smile. The big mirror might be able to prove that the black shadow she saw was actually herself, but it couldn't explain the pair of rapidly moving green eyes... Gu Qing was sure that she didn't see wrongly, but this detail alone didn't seem to be able to convince Yuwen that it wasn't all for nothing...
Seeing that Gu Qing didn't let it go, Yuwen's expression became a little awkward. Gu Qing stared at Yuwen's face. There was a thick beard on his thin face. If he could shave off the beard, he would have a handsome face. Although she still had doubts in her heart, Gu Qing was very grateful that Yuwen didn't treat her story as nonsense and ignored it. He even came to check the situation in the stairwell and the 12th floor. Yuwen was not used to Gu Qing's gaze and even felt a little helpless. He lowered his head and coughed, saying,""There's nothing much to see on the 12th floor. Let's continue up.”
The elevator continued to rise and stopped at the 17th floor. Yu Wenbu got out of the elevator and signaled Gu Qing to come out with him." I don't know what it's like up there. I'm afraid it's not suitable for you to get close, right?"”
Gu Qing nodded vigorously. If the upstairs was still as bloody as described, she wouldn't have the guts to go up.
"Give me the office key. Wait for me here.”Yuwen stretched out his hand, and Gu Qing obediently placed the key in his hand. Her fingertips touched Yuwen's palm, and the soft touch warmed Gu Qing's heart! "Other than the notebook, do you have anything else to bring out?”Gu Qing shook his head." Alright, I'll be right back. I hope there aren't any police upstairs."”Yuwen's figure disappeared into the dark stairwell.
Gu Qing waited alone in front of the fire door in the stairwell. The surroundings were dead silent. There was no one in the corridor, and there was a faint strange smell in the air. Gu Qing felt that this smell was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had smelled it before. She was a little scared, so she walked back and forth, deliberately hitting the floor with her high heels to make some noise to boost her courage.
Ten minutes later, Yuwen came downstairs with a frown, holding Gu Qing's Sony laptop in his hand. Gu Qing smiled and walked up to Yuwen. The strange smell suddenly became heavier, as if Yuwen had brought it down. Seeing Gu Qing's eyebrows knitted together, Yuwen explained,""The scene upstairs hasn't been cleaned yet. That scene, tsk tsk…"
Gu Qing lowered her head and covered her nose, but she saw a faint layer of purple blood around Yuwen's black leather shoes. There were also one or two blood-red meat scraps stuck to them. She suddenly remembered where she had smelled this strange smell before. She could only smell it in front of the pork stall in the vegetable market in summer! Gu Qing felt a lump in his chest and almost vomited!
When the two of them came out of the parking lot, the sky was already covered in heavy rain. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled in the sky, and clouds rolled up. Yuwen looked up at the dark rain clouds as if he was deep in thought. The black dog Xuangang was also sitting beside Yuwen, looking up at the sky with a serious face. Gu Qing looked at the man and the dog who had similar expressions and could not help but laugh in his heart. Because Yuwen was holding a plastic bag with a dead knot in his hand. Inside the bag was his pair of smelly leather shoes. His trousers were rolled up to his knees, and he was barefooted. If he was covered with a straw hat, he would look like an old farmer who had just returned from transplanting rice seedlings.
"We won't be able to get out for a while. Let's think about what to eat tonight.”Yuwen turned his head and looked at Gu Qing with a sad face. Gu Qing couldn't help but laugh. This guy had been thinking about it for a long time with a serious expression. Was he thinking about what to eat for dinner? Xuangang barked at the side. Yuwen looked down at it and said,"You don't have to remind us. I won't eat the bones you hid.”
"Hehe…Don't tell me you can understand dog language?”Gu Qing was amused by Yuwen.
"Uh…this isn't the first time it wants to treat me to a bone.”Yuwen explained to Gu Qing seriously.
Gu Qing shook his head with a smile, not intending to listen to his crazy words anymore.
Yuwen suddenly snapped his fingers and said excitedly,""Yes!" He threw the garbage bag in his hand aside and ran into the night watchman's hut in the parking lot. After a while, Yuwen ran out with two hot sweet potatoes in his hands and handed one to Gu Qing." Eat it quickly. I saw the old man buy a bag of sweet potatoes yesterday. It's in his pot."”
Gu Qing took a small bite. The sweet potato was sticky and sweet. It was really delicious. Just now, he felt a little cold because of his thin clothes. Now that he had eaten some hot sweet potatoes, he was not cold anymore. She watched Yuwen gnawing on the sweet potato while playing with Xuangang like a child, running around her. Suddenly, she felt that the taste of the sweet potato in her hand was far more delicious than all the delicacies she had enjoyed in various high-end restaurants...
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