Résurrection de cadavres

Chapitre 14

"Looking for shoes? What kind of shoes are you looking for? This is the number one high-end leather shoe store in the province, with all kinds of famous brands. Just tell me the brand, and I can find it for you right away."

Xu Haibing took a blue shoe out of the plastic bag: "Can you find this shoe?"

The saleswoman started fanning away the stench with her hands, but was quickly drawn to the blue shoes. She took out a handkerchief, wrapped it around the lower half of her face, and took the blue shoes, but still couldn't resist the stench.

Seeing this, Xu Haibing picked up a spray bottle for cleaning the air from the counter and sprayed some perfume onto her handkerchief.

The saleswoman finally calmed down and carefully examined the blue shoes inside and out, then asked, "Where did you buy these shoes?"

"That's what I wanted to ask you."

The saleswoman put the shoes in his hands and said, "Then let me tell you, you can't buy these anywhere!" Then she turned around and went to wash her hands.

Xu Haibing pressed on, "Then, where did these shoes come from?"

The saleswoman snapped her fingers and tossed out two words: "Overseas!"

"Huh? Abroad?!" Xu Haibing was stunned for a moment, and wanted to ask more questions, but when he saw that the saleswoman had entered through a door with a high-heeled shoe logo, he was still afraid and wanted to avoid her at all costs.

In front of the escalator on the first floor of the shopping mall, a stylishly dressed young woman suddenly pulled her leg back from the escalator step, turned around and squatted down, pretending to tie her shoelaces!

Xu Haibing was standing on the elevator getting off.

The young woman slightly raised her head, habitually smoothing her bangs that fell to her left temple, and watched Xu Haibing walk out of the shopping mall's main entrance out of the corner of her eye.

She was none other than Guo Qinqin, who had been hosting a debate at school just hours earlier...

As soon as Xu Haibing stepped out of the Guomao gate, he ran into Aunt Zhang, who had introduced him to a potential partner before. There was no time to avoid her, so he politely greeted her and quickly left.

Aunt Zhang called out, "Hey, hey, Bingzi, I was just saying I was looking for you." Xu Haibing had no choice but to approach her.

Aunt Zhang saw him carrying plastic bags and asked, "Are you here to buy things too?"

Xu Haibing hid the plastic bag behind his back: "Didn't buy anything, just wandering around."

"The goods at the China World Trade Center are good, but they're ridiculously expensive. I wouldn't have come here if it weren't for looking for a birthday present for my grandson!"

"If even the wife of a military region logistics minister like you can't afford to come, wouldn't the China World Trade Center have to close down? Aunt Zhang, I'm not borrowing money from you, so why are you complaining about being poor?"

Aunt Zhang playfully patted Xu Haibing on the shoulder: "Don't joke around with me, I delivered your baby myself. Seriously though, I was really upset when the last time I introduced you to Qin Yu didn't work out. But now I have a good lead, and I'll contact you in a couple of days once I've finalized it."

"I appreciate your kind intentions, but I'm afraid I'll disappoint you again." Seeing many customers coming out of the mall, Xu Haibing used his right hand to push Aunt Zhang inside. "Hey, if you don't go in soon, you'll really have to close down! Hurry up and buy a gift for your grandson, and don't forget to get yourself some new gear too."

"Wait for my news in a couple of days," Aunt Zhang said as she entered the shopping mall.

Xu Haibing turned around, and just as he stepped down one of the stairs, he suddenly realized something. He slowly moved his left hand, which had been behind his back, to front. Ah? The empty plastic bag he was carrying fluttered in the wind.

The shoes are gone!

QQ Lost Chapter 22

"Woof! Woof!"

Big Black ran ahead, with Xu Haibing and the fat security guard running behind, heading straight for the hill in the wilderness behind the campus.

As dusk approached, a cold wind began to rise. The dense shrubs interspersed among the sparse, half-dead pine trees created a gloomy atmosphere, the wind howling and the wind carrying a sense of gloom...

Xu Haibing's footsteps grew heavier and heavier amidst the overgrown weeds. "Ah!" The sudden, startled cry from the portly security guard behind him made him turn around abruptly—

Big Black was digging with its claws and mouth, and it dug a skull out of the ground!

Xu Haibing didn't go over there, but continued deeper into the area, his feet occasionally encountering white bones and pieces of rotten wood...

His steps suddenly stopped--

Scattered among the weeds ahead were clusters of fresh flowers that had not yet withered!

He slowly squatted down, frowning as he observed and pondered.

Over here, the chubby security guard was shooing away Big Black, who was reluctant to stop chewing on the skull. Big Black suddenly stopped chewing, raised its head, pricked up its ears, as if sensing something, and darted out of the small pine forest.

The fat security guard was knocked to the ground by the sudden shockwave, crushing the skull with his buttocks. He was then terrified by the crushed skull and screamed loudly.

Upon hearing the sound, Xu Haibing straightened up and ran over.

Then Big Black darted down the mound, leaped into the air, and accurately caught something falling from the sky.

It was those blue shoes!

Xu Haibing ran down the mound, trying to take the blue shoe from the big black man's mouth. He reached out twice but withdrew his hand in fear. Only when the fat security guard dragged his butt over did he finally take the shoe off.

Xu Haibing untied the shoelaces, separated the two shoes, and found a note inside each shoe.

The chubby security guard took out a note from his left shoe and read aloud: "Gu Zhi, Qian Zhi, oh, Yu Zhi Yu Zhi, Yu, Zhi, Na, Li, Lai?"

Xu Haibing took out a note from his right shoe and read aloud, "Where, should, you, put, it,?"

He suddenly looked up, his sharp gaze fixed ahead—

Rooftop of Apartment Building D!

The night enveloped the black locust tree.

A black dog crouched under the black locust tree.

The black dog's bell collar was hanging in the dark room of room 407.

The chubby security guard was fast asleep on the bed inside, one hand stroking his round, swollen belly, murmuring in his sleep, "...Oh, the melon is ripe, the melon is ripe..."

Xu Haibing, lying on the bed next to the other, couldn't sleep soundly, and would open his eyes from time to time to look at the big black bell neck brace hanging there.

The neck brace's suspension line ascends along the back wall through the window.

The loose thread was tied to the blue shoes placed on the rooftop!

The night grew deeper...

"Ding-dong!" The neck collar swayed, and the bell rang!

Xu Haibing jumped out of bed, shook the fat security guard awake, and rushed out of the room first.

He ran up to the fifth floor and a half, climbed onto the pre-placed stool, quickly tore off the duct tape that was perfectly sealing the skylight, pushed off the cover, climbed to the roof, and crawled out of the skylight.

He had only taken two steps forward when suddenly a large yellow head with bulging eyes and a gaping, bloody mouth appeared in front of him, which had been completely dark just moments before!

Xu Haibing had come prepared this time. He tried to suppress his panic, pulling out a flashlight and shining it, but an even greater panic immediately froze him in place.

Big Yellow Head was drifting towards him, wobbling and swaying!

Xu Haibing's hands trembled so badly he couldn't control them and couldn't even hold up the flashlight. In the low beam of light, he saw a pair of blue shoes walking towards him step by step!

He lost control and stumbled backward, then lost his footing, cried out "Ah!" and fell through the skylight.

Fortunately, the chubby security guard happened to arrive at the skylight just then, and Xu Haibing, who had fallen, landed squarely on his neck...

QQ Lost 23(1)

As dawn broke, the cool air seemed to still carry the faint fragrance of the night.

Unwilling to give up, Xu Haibing, with the rope around his neck, stubbornly climbed back up to the roof through the skylight. As he walked, he looked down, searching for the lime marks he had deliberately left on the soles of his blue shoes the night before.

Sure enough, he found a series of messy but faintly discernible lime footprints left on the ceiling, which disappeared at the base of the small iron gate of the northwest corner house.

"Bang--!"

Xu Haibing kicked open the iron gate and peered inside.

This is a warehouse filled with noise, pipes, electrical boxes, exhaust fans, and other messy facilities.

Xu Haibing cautiously entered and found a small bed in the cramped and messy space. He reached out and touched the blankets; they were still warm. He immediately became alert and hurriedly looked around for someone. In a corner, he unexpectedly bumped into the terrifying big yellow-headed man!

He instinctively flinched, but quickly regained his composure, held his breath, and leaned closer. He finally saw that the big yellow head that had frightened him several times was actually made of a giant pumpkin!

Xu Haibing reached out and gently touched it, and the sensor switch inside Big Yellow Head lit up, revealing its bulging eyes and bloodshot mouth. However, in the light, it was no longer so frightening, but rather somewhat cute.

He let out a long sigh of relief and made a left hook stance towards Big Yellow Head.

It was already broad daylight outside.

Xu Haibing swung the rope as he emerged from the corner tower storage room, thinking to himself, "I've found my lair. You little punk are easy prey now. Let's see how long you can keep frolicking." Just as he was feeling smug, a sharp voice suddenly came from behind him:

"Sit down!"

Xu Haibing instinctively stopped, secretly tightening his grip on the rope. After a brief pause, he whirled around, freezing in place before he could even make a move.

A foot wearing a blue shoe was already stomping on his left ear!

The blond-haired kid who had been holding his pose was glancing at him sideways!

Xu Haibing pretended to back down, then suddenly crouched down and used the rope to attack the blond-haired man's right leg.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the blond-haired man switched his right leg to his left and kicked straight at his right ear!

Xu Haibing immediately realized that the newcomer was hostile and he couldn't underestimate him. He then restrained himself, threw away the rope, took two steps back, and sized up the thuggish-looking blond man before him, asking, "What kind of person are you?"

Yellow Hair calmly withdrew his leg, took out a cigarette pack from his pocket, lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and deftly exhaled a smoke ring. He watched the smoke ring dissipate before tilting his head and asking, "What do you think?"

Xu Haibing said bluntly, "I think you're acting suspiciously; you're not a good person."

"Oh? I'm sneaking around? I'm not a good guy? And you, you've repeatedly spied on the girls' dormitory, doesn't that count as sneaking around? Aren't you a good guy?"

"You brought it up even though I didn't want to! That weird thing you made that night almost scared me to death!"

"That's exactly the effect we wanted. That's why it's called 'fighting violence with violence,' or 'using evil to combat evil.' We must be ruthless and merciless towards the enemy, like sweeping away fallen leaves in autumn—that's what the great communist fighter Comrade Lei Feng taught us!"

"I'm the one truly learning from Lei Feng; you're the one causing trouble! Do you know that? I was actively assisting the police in solving a major and complex case, and not only did you ruin it, but I almost died before even getting started."

The blond-haired man sneered, "Tch, who are you trying to scare? What major and complicated case? Isn't it just Shen Daxing dying mysteriously in his house? I already..."

Xu Haibing quickly went up and covered his mouth with her hand, and looked downstairs to see if anyone could hear her.

Huang Mao angrily pried Xu Haibing's hand away and wiped his lips hard with the back of his hand.

Xu Haibing lowered his voice: "Keep your voice down. This is something the police are trying to keep secret. If it leaks out and affects the investigation, you'll be in big trouble. Oh, by the way, how did you find out?"

"I saw it from the rooftop that night." It turns out that on the night of the incident, when two plainclothes police officers carried the body wrapped in a white sheet out of the apartment building, it was this blond guy who was peeking down from the rooftop.

Xu Haibing's voice turned stern: "What exactly do you do? Tell me the truth, or I'll drag you to the police station."

The blond-haired man said calmly, "You wouldn't guess it, I'm the school's plumber."

"A plumber? Someone like you?"

"I'm doing pretty well. Haven't you heard the saying, 'Fast machinists, slow fitters, and lazy electricians'?"

"So how did you meet Shen Daxing?"

"The toilet in your dorm room broke, and it was Shen Daxing who asked me to fix it."