Then he turned around and pulled up a stack of materials on the screen: "Recent new cases."
When Yi Heye looked up, he saw a whole page covered with densely packed words.
He subconsciously wanted Jian Yunxian to finish reading and then condense it into a concise version for him, but when he turned around, he realized that the guy was no longer by his side.
Yi Heye felt a sense of loss. He sighed and forced himself to begin reading.
It turned out that his dyslexia was indeed serious. After reading just two lines, his head started throbbing. By the end of the page, a thin layer of sweat had formed on his forehead.
About 10 minutes later, Zhou Wenkai cautiously probed, "Xiao Yi... are you watching?"
Yi Heye looked at the document, which was still on the first page, and said painfully, "Just tell me... By the time I finish reading it, it will probably be next year."
Zhou Wenkai rubbed his forehead and said, "To put it simply, there has been a series of rather strange missing persons cases recently, and now the higher-ups have assigned us to investigate them."
Yi Heye frowned: "Are you getting more and more absurd? People who die suddenly come to us, people who use drugs come to us, and now people who have gone missing come to us. Does anyone still remember that we are from the AI Administration Bureau?"
"It turns out the first two weren't wrong either..." Zhou Wenkai subconsciously complained. "The main reason they came to us this time is that the traces of the crime found at a certain scene by the security department are unlikely to have been made by humans. In other words, there is a high probability that the suspect in this case is not human."
Yi Heye was speechless. He listened to Jian Yunxian's brief description of a few cases, but he didn't memorize them—without Jian Yunxian, he seemed to have become a useless person who couldn't even think.
"I'll go directly to the site you mentioned tomorrow morning," Yi Heye asked instinctively. "Will I be alone?"
"Do you want a partner?" Zhou Wenkai looked at him as if he were a stranger. "I thought you hated working with others... If you need one, I'll have the organization arrange one for you right now..."
Yi Heye then remembered that he had always been a lone wolf, but he had been spoiled by Jian Yunxian.
He quickly interrupted, "No need, I still prefer being alone."
Partners other than Jian Yunxian... well, forget about that.
Even after returning home, Yi Heye was still inexplicably annoyed by the incident. He was especially annoyed because he remembered that Jian Yunxian had explained everything before leaving, but hadn't said anything to him.
This frustration had been tormenting him for almost half a month, and he suspected that the slow healing of his wound was all this guy's fault—
That despicable Jian Yunxian.
Just as he was imagining Jian Yunxian being sliced into pieces, shredded into rolls, and skewered into mutton, he suddenly heard a rustling sound outside the door.
He peeked through the peephole and saw only a small white blob—clearly, the thing outside wasn't a person.
He cautiously picked up the gun and carefully opened the door.
As he pushed open the door, the rustling sounds outside hadn't stopped, and Yi Heye immediately pointed his gun at the door.
The next second, he saw a plump white sheep staring blankly at the muzzle of his gun. The rustling sound he'd just heard must have been it trying to fumble for the doorbell.
"Little Cloud?" Yi Heye bent down with some surprise, wishing he could just pick up this snow-white little chubby pig. "What brings you here?"
Author's Note:
Open the door! Daddy's big son is here!
Chapter 85, number 085
When Xiaoyun saw Yi Heye, she was far less surprised than he was. She just stared at him with her two black bean eyes wide open, her back pressed tightly against the wall, her white flesh almost spilling into the cracks in the wall.
Yi Heye then realized that he hadn't put the gun away properly.
He quickly put the gun in his pocket and invited Little Cloud into the house.
Seeing that Yi Heye had put the things away, Xiao Yunduo's vigilance gradually relaxed.
It peeked into the house a few times, and only when Yi Heye offered it one of the few green plants in his house as a lure did it reluctantly swallow its saliva and step into the house with the posture of a hero going to his death.
Yi Heye only had that one small pot of succulents, which hadn't been watered for over eight hundred years, and was wrinkled like a living fossil.
Fortunately, Little Cloud wasn't picky about food. As soon as she entered the door, she put aside her reservations and buried her head in the small flowerpot, ready to work hard—but ended up swallowing the whole plant in one gulp.
Looking at Xiao Yunduo's ravenous appearance, Yi Heye patted his swollen white belly with heartache and said against his will, "Your father hasn't taken care of you in a long time, has he? Look how thin the child has become, there's hardly any meat on his body."
Little Cloud was touched on a sore spot, and her eyes immediately welled up with tears. She almost cried herself into a skinny 300-pound person.
Seeing him like this, Yi Heye was instantly overcome with sorrow and hugged its sheep head, wishing he could cry with it.
The two, who were originally at odds and disliked each other, suddenly put aside their differences and became like a mother and son abandoned by a scumbag, huddling together for warmth in their miserable lives.
After Little Cloud finished crying in Yi Heye's arms, it wiped its tears with Yi Heye's shirt, finally rallied, and jumped to the ground with a "thump": "Baa~"
"You have something to give me?" Yi Heye was horrified to discover that he seemed to be able to understand sheep language at some point.
Little Cloud nodded, plopped down on the ground, then raised its hind legs and, like a dog scratching an itch, painstakingly scratched the wool.
Five milk powder sticks flew out of the wool and landed steadily in Yi Heye's hand.
Yi Heye stared blankly at the five milk powder bars—his favorite A-zone special edition. If this was Jian Yunxian's apology for leaving without saying goodbye, Yi Heye felt he could barely forgive him.
He turned to stare at the little cloud struggling to lift its hooves, imagining it with a few milk powder tufts sticking out of its body, looking like a big, fat white hedgehog. He couldn't help but laugh, then turned around and carefully put the milk powder into his drawer.
Little Cloud turned over again and struggled to rummage through the wool pouch on her chest with her little hooves for a long time before finally clumsily pulling out a small piece of paper.
Nowadays, such notes are almost extinct. Yi Heye held the thin piece of paper, looking at the neat and beautiful handwriting on it, and a unique feeling welled up in his heart.
"Dear Hunter: By the time you see this note, Little Cloud should have already found you. Please forgive me for leaving without saying goodbye due to an emergency. These five cartons of formula are my apology. While you're taking care of yourself, please also take care of Little Cloud. She has a big appetite, and her living expenses will be deposited into your account regularly. She should be able to take care of herself. My return date is uncertain, but I look forward to seeing you again!"
They must have anticipated that their phone calls would be tapped, so they chose this traditional "flying sheep to deliver letters" method.
This guy must have really run into trouble, but when Yi Heye saw Xiao Yunduo, his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, inexplicably calmed down.
He glanced at the date on the document and realized that this person had been sending Little Cloud to find him ever since the day he left.
He looked at Little Cloud in surprise and asked, "You haven't been looking for me for half a month, have you?"
This is a little directionally challenged girl—Little Cloud's eyes welled up with tears again.
Yi Heye hugged Xiaoyunduo with emotion and rubbed her, saying, "Poor child, how have you been eating all these days?"
Her little face has gotten chubby from hunger.
The little cloud gave a pitiful bleat, and then a series of clips from the past few months were quickly projected above its head—
On the first day of Daddy's business trip, it carried the little backpack that Daddy had specially prepared for it. In addition to the gifts and letters to bring to Yi Heye, it was also filled with fragrant hay, enough to last for more than ten days.
On the second day of Daddy's business trip, it stayed at home and ate and ate, and the little backpack next to it was already half empty.
On the fifth day of Daddy's business trip, Little Cloud was watching TV at home and giggling, and her little backpack was getting flatter and flatter.
On the seventh day of Daddy's business trip, his backpack was finally empty, and Little Cloud cried her heart out looking at the empty bag.
On the eighth day of Daddy's business trip, Little Cloud, who was starving, finally decided to seek refuge with Yi Heye. He packed his gifts and embarked on his journey.
On the ninth day of Daddy's business trip, Little Cloud got lost as soon as she went out, and then, with tears in her eyes, ate the backpack that Daddy had made by hand...
"What? Wait a minute?" Yi Heye exclaimed in horror, "You're going to eat the backpack too?!"
Little Cloud said guiltily, "Meow..."
Yi Heye understood. It said that the backpack was specially made of straw rope by its father, and it could be eaten in an emergency. It wasn't being greedy; it was doing this to save its life.
Then Yi Heye watched helplessly as it slowly marched along, devouring the roadside green belts, emptying the park flower beds, and eating away all the wildflowers along the way...
Along the way, it even stole a small potted plant that Grandpa had carefully cultivated by his bedside. Grandpa chased it for two blocks with a cool metal dragon head cane. Because it was too cute, Grandpa caught it and fed it a delicious meal with fertile grass.
During this period, it never neglected itself, spending half a day eating and half a day sleeping, and then reluctantly setting aside an hour to travel, thus gaining weight along the way.
Yi Heye was speechless at first, and even wanted to criticize it because its playfulness and laziness had made him wait at home for more than ten days. However, when he pinched its even more bouncy cheeks, the feeling was so addictive that he reluctantly said, "You've suffered."
Having gained the understanding of the person involved, Little Cloud immediately decided to forgive and forget its past mistakes. Shamelessly, it grabbed Yi Heye's clothes and dragged him out to buy food with its 300-pound body.
Yi Heye had no choice but to put a leash on it and take it out.
This is Yi Heye's first time raising a pet. Although he is taking care of it for someone else, he is determined to take it seriously.
He first went to the flower and bird market and let it pick out its favorite potted plants. Then he bought several large sacks of high-quality fodder and made Xiaoming huff and puff as he carried them home.
Little Cloud happily munched on grass, following its wealthy new dad as they strolled down the street. It was now regretting not having cultivated a better relationship with Yi Heye sooner; otherwise, it would have been living this idyllic life long ago.
Yi Heye also had his own selfish motives. On the one hand, he was indeed obsessed with kneading sheep, and on the other hand, he still remembered the great help Xiaoyunduo had given to Anfen Aichaocha.
This is a little darling, but also a great contributor. Yi Heye has to take good care of him.
He also took Xiaoyunduo to the pet store for a bath and bought her some clothes that suited his taste. As long as Xiaoyunduo was well-fed, she was incredibly well-behaved, letting him turn her over and over as he pleased, and even had a stylist give her a handsome haircut.
After dressing up his little darling, Yi Heye looked at the round, chubby little pig in leopard print in front of him and felt more and more that the child looked just like him.
—I'm extremely satisfied!
Going out for a stroll and dressing up Xiaoyunduo brought a rare moment of joy to Yi Heye, who had been feeling gloomy these past two days. The two, one big and one small, walked together in unusual harmony, happily skipping home.
They passed through the dirty street, then walked through the center of the street, and saw the entrance to the underground city that Chen Sang had entered and exited countless times.
Something exciting must have happened there again, as a dense crowd had gathered around.
Yi Heye frowned and planned to take another route, but Xiao Yunduo, who loved to join in the fun and was always gossipy, stubbornly insisted on sticking to the rope and heading straight into the crowd.
Having just recovered from a serious illness, Yi Heye was too stubborn for this small 300-pound chariot and could only follow it to see what was going on.
As soon as he walked over, Yi Heye realized something was wrong—in addition to the crowd, there were several police cars with flashing lights around the intersection. He glanced at the license plates and confirmed that Pei Xiangjin, who wouldn't be in District D unless something serious happened, was the one in question.
A short while later, four or five young police officers emerged, their faces contorted with nausea and a body bag on their shoulders.
As soon as they emerged, a putrid stench filled the air, and the surrounding crowd vomited and scattered in all directions.
At the entire intersection, only Xiao Yunduo, who was enduring nausea but determined to watch the excitement, and Yi Heye, who was extremely immune to this smell, remained.
About two minutes later, Pei Xiangjin and Yu Yili emerged from underground one after the other—neither of them looked well.
The expressions on these two people made Yi Heye extremely uneasy. He didn't bother to greet them and rushed up to ask, "Who are these people?"
Pei Xiangjin and Yu Yili were both somewhat surprised by his arrival. After a pause of about five seconds, Pei Xiangjin said with a grim expression, "It's Chen Mu."
When Chen Mu was discovered, he had been dead for more than ten days, and his body was highly decomposed, which brought great difficulties to Yu Yili's identification work.
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be death caused by mechanical injury," Yu Yili said. "Simply put, he was beaten to death."
Pei Xiangjin deeply blamed himself, saying, "It was my dereliction of duty; I failed to arrange for someone to protect her."
Pei Xiangjin said this because Chen Mu's approximate time of death should be the same day he finished giving his statement and left the security department to go home.
Before this, she had been living in the security department's break room, where the strict guarded environment allowed her to survive until she finished giving her statement.
Yi Heye was also shocked by the sudden death; he didn't even know what kind of emotion he should feel.
After a long pause, he finally asked, "...Did those guys come to silence us?"