Be in low spirits

Kong Zhixi felt a little awkward sitting in the car, not knowing where to put her hands. She put them on her legs, then straightened her back and crossed her arms across her chest. Then she felt that this was not very polite, so she put them down and reached into her pocket. She took out a piece of paper, opened it, and saw four big headings of "Game Guide" on it. The first thing she saw was the last row of small words, which said that as long as she completed all the tasks, she could return to the real world, and the money collected in the game would be transferred to her real-name account in the real world.

Looking back at the style of the game guide, it was dark and bloody everywhere, the sunlight above was dim, the dog in the cage was barking at something, its fur was smeared with blood, the little boy in the distance had a weird smile, blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth, the light in his hand was flashing white light on his face, and behind him stood a burly man, his face was not clear, he had an axe on his shoulder, a bundle of rope was wrapped around the axe, and water was dripping from the corner of his clothes. They were surrounded by black water, but the faucet in the distance was dripping with red blood, and the water pipe was lying on the ground like a snake.

She studied the painting carefully, muttering, "Although the style is a bit weird, the use of colors is good." She seemed to have completely forgotten that this was supposed to be a game strategy guide, and now there was nothing but the painting and the line of words at the bottom.

Li Li was driving and glanced at her, only to find that she was mumbling to herself in front of a piece of white paper. He thought that this person might have some problem, as if she was not mentally normal. However, after all, she came to help him. Fu Yan said that people with high IQ would be a little different, so he didn't say anything.

"Ahem, what do you... think about the case just now?" He was the first to break the silence.

"Huh? Me?" Until now, Kong Zhixi still couldn't figure out what she was doing here, and she was even a little confused as to why she was here. She looked at Li Li with a serious face, and coupled with the blood suppression of the clothes, she couldn't refute it. She could only stammer and think for a long time before she uttered: "It doesn't look like suicide, does it?"

"Well, the body doesn't look like it just died. It must have been in a freezer or something like that for a while."

"So... the forensic doctor will be able to calculate the exact time of death, right?" Kong Zhixi asked cautiously. This was the first time she had experienced such a thing in her life, including sitting in a police car.

"Old Sui can come up with a certain time period. I have asked Xiao Zhao to investigate the identity of the deceased. There should be results soon."

Kong Zhixi nodded and said nothing more. She just picked up the guide and continued to study it. This time she saw the four titles, but there was no text in the picture. Where was the guide? If this was a game, was she an NPC? If she was an NPC, did that mean that there was a mission for her in the picture?

Li Li still couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked, "You've been staring at this piece of white paper for a long time. What are you looking at?"

"White paper? How can it be white paper? There are people drawn on it, and blood and stuff." Kong Zhixi held the painting in front of him. She thought he was nearsighted or the light in the car made him mistakenly think it was white paper.

Li Li glanced at the paper again and still saw a blank sheet of paper. He pushed away the painting she held up to him and said impatiently, "Tsk, isn't this still a blank sheet of paper?"

Kong Zhixi took the painting and looked at it again. She did see a painting, a person, and words on it. She looked at Li Li who was driving the car. From the tone of his voice, he didn't seem to be teasing her. Could it be that he really couldn't see what was in the painting? She felt that she had a lot of questions in her mind, but she didn't know who to ask. She was a little discouraged. She was afraid that even if she found someone to ask, she would have to spend a long time thinking about where to start.

Li Li took her to the police station and pointed to an empty stool in the office and told her to sit there and wait. She didn't know what to wait for, so she just sat there obediently. There was a keyboard clacking sound in the corner of the office. Kong Zhixi looked in the direction of the sound and saw a boy younger than her sitting in front of a computer typing something. There was no expression on his face, and he looked like a robot. Li Li told her not to run around, and she didn't dare to stand up and ask.

When Li Li came back, he was holding a document in his hand and said to Kong Zhixi, "Let's go, let's have a meeting and talk."

"Huh?" Although Kong Zhixi had some doubts, she did not dare to ask more questions. She just trotted behind Li Li, fearing that she would lose him.

Sitting in the conference room, Kong Zhixi thought that someone could finally explain to her why she was here, but Li Li opened his mouth and said, "Take a look and tell me what you think." She looked at the piece of information he pushed over, which had a photo of the female corpse on it. She picked it up and looked at it carefully. The woman was called "Sister Cauliflower" from the Cauliflower Group. She was 35 years old and an outsider. The emergency contact seemed to be a woman as well. She lived in Service Area B all year round and was a professional hotel hostess.

In the detailed call records, there are many numbers listed densely, and it can be seen that she is indeed very busy with work.

"Hotel hostess? You mean the one who provides that service?" Kong Zhixi asked tentatively. "Yes, she has many regular customers and her business is pretty good." Li Li replied. Kong Zhixi thought, with this name and still working in this line of work, even if it was a game, she wouldn't have to play such a miserable role.

"Uh... Is this legal here?" She asked hesitantly. Li Li was stunned for a few seconds and said, "No, but if you insist, it's not illegal either. It's something we both agreed to, and there's always a shortage of police here, so no one cares about these things." He said this as if he was talking about something very ordinary, and he didn't think it was a serious matter. This shocked Zhixi, and she had a serious distrust of the public security here. Going back quickly was the only goal she could think of now.

"Has this emergency contact been contacted? Perhaps there are some clues?"

"We have been in contact, but we haven't been able to get through. Maybe she's not in this service area." Li Li actually hoped to get something more valuable out of her, but she seemed to be out of touch.

"Maybe the autopsy can reveal something? Or is there anything discovered at the scene?" Kong Zhixi looked at Li Li's expectant expression and said a few more words reluctantly.

"The autopsy results will have to wait until tomorrow. I went upstairs to see the scene and saw only a wet chair and a lot of water on the floor. Not many people live in that building. I asked several households living there, and they all said they didn't find anything unusual that day."

Kong Zhixi nodded and muttered to herself, "If it's a murder, we may have to find the primary crime scene first, and then find the murder weapon or extract fingerprints based on the cause of death. This seems to be how it's played out in TV dramas."

"TV series? Don't you have any practical experience?" Li Li asked in surprise.

Kong Zhixi's eyes suddenly raised, "Me? Practical experience? Of course not." She almost rolled her eyes to the sky.

Li Li suddenly leaned in close and asked her, "You... don't have any practical experience, so why did Fu Yan ask you to come here?"

Hearing this, Zhixi also became interested and came up to ask, "Who is Fu Yan? I also want to know why you called me here?"

"You came here without knowing why you are here?" Li Li was also very confused.

Zhixi couldn't stand the smell of sweat on his body, so she moved back and answered him in a low voice: "So I'm asking you now."

"Ah... Fu Yan is really unreliable." Li Li held his forehead and sighed, "Of course I asked you to come here to help me solve the case, what else can you do? Travel?"

"Solve the case? But... I have no experience in this area! Fu Yan... couldn't he be the pretentious guy who wore a suit, gold-rimmed glasses, acted pretentiously and stabbed me?" Zhixi asked with a face full of question marks. Although she said that word, Li Li only heard the word "pretend".

"Yes, yes, he is a bit pretentious." He agreed.

Kong Zhixi slammed the table and stood up excitedly: "Damn it, this guy was the one who sent me here, you should ask him quickly, there is no grudge between us, why did he want to harm me?"

"Don't get excited. Tell me what he told you." Li Li patted her shoulder and comforted her, wanting her to sit down and talk properly.

"I don't know. This guy just stabbed me and sent me here. He talked about game strategies and 600 million or something like that." Kong Zhixi was still very angry. Although she sat down, her anger was still evident in her tone.

Li Li was also confused, and now neither of them understood. He didn't know what to say, so he could only comfort her: "Uh... Then... where do you live?"

"Living? Do I have to find a place to live here by myself?" Kong Zhixi felt that any problem now could defeat her.

"Oh...it seems I can only live in a large bunk bed." Li Li sighed again.

Just as the two were in distress, the forensic doctor, Old Sui, knocked on the door, whistled at Li Li and said, "The autopsy of the deceased is over. Do you want to go and take a look?"

"Okay, you come along too. You have to get involved as soon as possible." He stood up and called Zhixi to join him.

Although Zhixi was very resistant, she felt that she only knew this person here, and what if she had to rely on him for food and accommodation in the future.