Alan Wake has a baby face. If the bartender hadn't testified, Jiang Yuenian would never have believed that he was older than himself (this body).

At the invitation of Jiang Yuenian, he sat in the booth. Their seat was in the corner of the hall, which was an excellent place for conversation. A few people sat sporadically at the scattered tables, all office workers who had just walked out of the office building.

"These two girls..." Allen recognized the photos, "Although they were not dressed the same as they were then, I can recognize them."

"Oh?" Jiang Yuenian raised his curiosity, "What do you say? Was there a big difference between their attire and the photos?"

"En." Allen nodded, his eyes turned to the upper right, and he slowly recalled the scene at that time, "They dressed up very... er, mature? That's the feeling of a little girl pretending to dress up and wearing her mother's clothes .”

Jiang Yuenian knocked on the wall of the cup to signal him to continue talking.

"If you stay in the bar for a long time, you will meet a lot of girls like this. You think you can hide the truth by putting on eyeliner and bright lipstick... In fact, people who hang out in the bar can see that they just take off their tights in the toilet outside. The school uniform outside the skirt. But no one is going to expose them. There is nothing to expose. Who hasn’t experienced that age? Our bar is very clean, there is no drug or illegal trade, girls want to experience the exciting life, this it's not a big deal."

In order for him to continue talking, Jiang Yuenian swallowed the words "minors are not allowed to drink alcohol".

"Ah, I... I'm sorry I'm a little chatty." Allen smiled shyly, "I haven't thanked you for what happened last time, but I really appreciate it."

Jiang Yuenian shook his head, saying that it was just a matter of little effort.

"Ah, where are we talking? As soon as they entered the bar, I could see that they were underage. Although there was no illegal transaction in our bar, I was worried that they would be taken advantage of by the sex hunters, so I arranged for them the last A remote booth. Coincidentally, they ordered the three Bloody Marys I smashed at the time..."

"Wait!" Jiang Yuenian put down the wine glass, because of the shock, the fresh aroma of citrus mixed with the pure wine quickly evaporated in the air in the booth, Jiang Yuenian pointed out the key point, "You just said three glasses of Bloody Mary ?”

"Yeah, didn't I say? There are three of them." Allen stroked the back of his head, and his hair became more messy because of this movement.

"Three?" Jiang Yuenian asked.

"Well, there are three girls, besides the two in your photo, there is another one who looks about the same age as them... But that girl seems to have been sitting here for a while and then left first." Allen continued to recall, "That girl The girl is quite tall, about the same size as me, with curly black hair and a black dress..."

"You have a deep impression on her." Jiang Yuenian seemed to sigh casually.

"Hey." Allen froze for a moment, changed his sitting position, and put his legs that were spread apart slightly together, "Well, I like that type better, so I just took a second look."

"Can you remember what she looks like? What are her characteristics?"

"This...the eyes are quite big?" Allen rubbed the tip of his nose embarrassedly.

"I'm talking about the more representative features, which can be distinguished from other people at a glance..." Jiang Yuenian slowly turned the glass, the orange-yellow liquid was like the afterglow of the setting sun, and the shot above the deck The light was on the table, and a halo appeared around the wine glass, "Which type do you like?"

"It's black hair, the kind that feels very mysterious and has a cool personality."

"Have you gone to talk to her?" Jiang Yuenian suddenly found that the conversation started to go off track. When did he become a bosom brother?

"I talked to her, she said she has a lover." The shy blush on Alan's cheeks gradually faded away.

"Then you didn't exchange anything else? Phone? Contact information?"

"……No."

Apart from knowing that there was another girl who was with the victim that day, there were no other clues.

Jiang Yuenian touched his coat pocket and took out a cigarette case, "Do you mind?"

Allen shook his head, then watched Jiang Yuenian shake the cigarette case, but nothing came out of it, and when he looked inside, he squashed it again, and it was empty.Jiang Yuenian searched every pocket in his body, as if he would do nothing if he couldn't smoke today. He searched for 5 minutes, and finally found a lighter.

Allen secretly squeezed the cigarette in his trouser pocket. He saw the bar manager standing at the bar and looking around, as if to see if there was any brat who was late for work. "If you don't mind, I have it here." He put the cigarette in his pocket Take it out, the cigarette case is light blue, and there is a simple little black cat standing on the abstract iceberg.

"Ice soda flavor?" Jiang Yuenian took the cigarette case, and hurriedly said, "Pearl smoke? You like to smoke this? This should be a lady's cigarette, right?"

"Ah, no." Allen was a little at a loss, blushing, "It was left by a customer accidentally, so I took the cigarette. That, that..." He pointed to the manager with a beer belly in front of the bar, " I have to go to work, can you talk about those girls after I get off work? This is my phone number, you can call me when the time comes..."

"Can't wait." Jiang Yuenian's index finger and middle finger knuckles gently clamped the cigarette, and the crushed capsule in the filter gave off a mint fragrance, spreading along the smoke. He didn't smoke, but just put the cigarette near his mouth. "Do you know why I'm looking for these two girls?"

"Why?" Alan's body has already leaned forward, facing the direction of the bar, his gaze is still fixed on Jiang Yuenian, but his head is tilted to one side, and the leather shoes under his feet are also rolling back and forth on the floor. Mi sprints and gallops over.

"Because they're all dead."

Jiang Yuenian was sitting at the bar waiting for Allen to get off work, and when he was drinking his third glass of wine, Will called.

It was already early morning, and the time was very similar to that night two days ago. The difference was that this time Jiang Yuenian did not have Evelyn by his side, and Will was alone on the other end of the phone.

"Hi, Will, good evening!" Even though he didn't know why Will, who should have slept soundly at home, called so late, Jiang Yuenian's mood index couldn't stop rising at this time, and he pushed away the wine glass.

"Jiang." There was a rustling wind on the other end of the phone, and Will's voice sounded like he was standing in the wilderness.His voice sounded like a trembling whimper, and Jiang Yuenian could hear the confusion and fear in it, "I, I don't know where I am, what happened, I remember I was on the bed, I..."

"Don't worry, talk slowly." Jiang Yuenian took out the money and pressed it under the wine glass. There was still half of the wine in the glass, but he was not in the mood to drink any more. "I'll rush over now, where are you?"

Jiang Yuenian was on the phone, wearing his coat with one hand, and pulling on his sleeves as he walked out, walking like a gust of wind passing through a bar.

"Jiang?" Allen, who had been busy all night, suddenly appeared behind Jiang Yuenian, with a worried wrinkle on his delicate eyebrows, "Are you leaving?"

Jiang Yuenian nodded, he continued to walk out, put his index finger on his lips, and signaled Allen to stop talking, "Will? What signs are there around you?"

"It's just the road, and the trees on both sides of the road. There is no sign. It looks like a certain section of the road to my house."

"Wait for me there, okay? I'll be there soon." Jiang Yuenian stepped up his pace, and Alan who was following him even had to trot to catch up.

"Does your phone still have power? Don't hang up, Will, don't hang up, stay on the phone with me, just talk about something." Concern is chaotic, and Jiang Yuenian's mind is all behind the sound of Nazra's current in the receiver That person only put on half of his sleeves when he was about to go out.

"Let me help you." Alan, who was following behind, whispered, propping up Jiang Yuenian's coat skillfully.

"Thank you." Jiang Yuenian mouthed, put his arms into his sleeves, and walked quickly to the parking space at the door.

When he sat in the cab and started the car, he noticed Alan standing at the door of the bar. He stuck out his thumb and little finger beside his ear, "Call something."He drove the car and left with the roar of the engine.

The nights in Baltimore are cold and the streets are cold.After Jiang Yuenian drove out of the urban area, he stepped on the accelerator to the maximum, and the speeding car was like a white lightning in the darkness.

Will's family lives far away from the urban area, but the remoteness has the advantages of remoteness-there is only one road passing his house, one side is east and the other side is west. Will said that he is on the road, and it can only be On this road, no matter what, you can't go any farther.

The journey that usually takes an hour was compressed to 10 minutes by Jiang Yuenian. Jiang Yuenian didn't want to expose his anxiety to Will. It's about the merits.

"I got a message at the bar today." Jiang Yuenian's eyes lingered on the black shadows passing by the side of the road, most of which were trees and traffic signs, "They did make an appointment to meet at the bar, another girl, The identity is unknown, the age is unknown, the only known information is about 1.7 meters five, black hair, big eyes. But the girl left before midnight."

"Coincidentally, I was also in that bar that day, but I didn't notice them at all, and then they died..."

"No, I don't blame myself, I'm just in a delicate mood."

"Have you found out where the victim lived during this time?"

There was no reply. Three seconds later, the phone hung up. Jiang Yuenian called back and heard the voice prompt of "Shutdown".

"Will?"

Jiang Yuenian squinted his eyes and recognized a figure 200 meters away under the illumination of the car's long-range spotlights. It was a person, with one hand raised as if he was on the phone.

Jiang Yuenian rolled down the car window and slowed down the car. When he was about ten meters away, he saw a big golden dog crouching at the figure's feet—"Winston?"

Sure enough, it was Will!

He was standing by the side of the road, wearing navy blue checked flannel pajamas. He was very warm at home, but he was a little powerless in the late night in the autumn suburbs.He was holding the phone in his hand, and the body was pressed against his face. The screen was off, but he didn't seem to notice.He was barefoot and wore a pair of cotton slippers, and Winston leaned against his ankle, not knowing whether to keep warm or to keep him warm.

When the car stopped in front of him, he was still in a daze, looking at the ground without focus.After Jiang Yuenian put on his coat and took him into the car, the heat from the air conditioner blowing on his knees woke him up.

"Are you ok?"

"Hmm." He sniffed, unable to feel the air, and his mind became confused.

"Don't sleep, Will, go home and sleep again." Jiang Yuenian's voice was like soft clouds in the sky. "Come and chat with me for a while, you said before that you found their residential address?"

"Yes...in the same family."

"What do you mean? Rent like an Airbnb?"

"An old lady, let them stay." Will's eyelids were about to close.

"old lady?"

"Well, old lady. Old lady's name is . . . Hope Stone."

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System: So I don't have a role to play?

Jiang Yuenian: You have, otherwise what would I use to make a call?

System: Get out!

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