C245 Cause and Effect
C245 Cause and Effect
"You're welcome," Ma said. "That's what we should do. It's all thanks to your cooperation with the band. I don't quite understand. "Why are you two people who don't like each other working so well together this time?"
I also laughed and thought of the message Le Mengqian sent me yesterday.
At that time, we were all very angry. I wronged her and she was relatively calm. She sent a message asking me who said it.
After I told her, I thought of Xia Huan's actions in G City from the last time she came to F City. It was very strange.
First, her personality had two sides and contradictions, then she took the initiative to seduce me.
When Xia Huan invited me to dinner and brought me to the river, I felt a killing intent because I was drunk. I originally thought that I was drunk and had an illusion. After chatting with Le Mengqian, it was obvious that I had more doubts.
Moreover, the killer could know our whereabouts every time, which was the most puzzling part.
The most important point was that after moving to town, Le Mengqian's clothes were gone when she took a bath. Then, my harmonica was lost again. Xia Huan had appeared before these two things happened. Therefore, one had to doubt Xia Huan's suspicions.
We sent a text message and after some discussion, our anger completely disappeared.
Following that was probing Xia Huan.
Le Mengqian deliberately pretended to be angry from embarrassment and dragged her suitcase away. Her goal was to let Xia Huan relax her vigilance.
It was just that she did not expect that Xia Huan would reveal her fox tail as soon as Le Mengqian left.
She did not expect that the killer would hide in the temple of Tian Zang Mountain.
A reasonable guess, plus Xia Huan's hasty actions and a little bit of luck, finally succeeded in capturing the killer.
Of course, there was also Xia Huan who was about to fall into the net.
I told Ma the whole story.
Ma could not help but sigh in admiration when he heard it.
Next, I started to worry about Chen Yiyao a little. Don't catch Xia Huan when the time comes. She was desperate to take Chen Yiyao as a hostage.
Ma said, "Don't worry. Captain Liu went with the band. Your girlfriend should be fine."
"Captain Liu?" I was stunned.
"Yes, Captain Liu Yongtao of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Public Security Bureau." Ma explained, "The middle-aged man who was wearing a black trench coat just now was."
I nodded. Even so, I still could not rest assured.
Ma brought me to meet Le Mengqian and the others.
We walked out of the forest and headed straight to the temple.
Who knew that Ma's phone would ring the moment they reached the door.
"It's Captain Liu." He took it out and looked at it. He picked up the phone seriously.
"What? He's not here anymore? I got it, I'll immediately send people to search!" Ma's expression changed when he answered the phone.
After hanging up, I asked, "What's wrong?"
"That Xia Huan is really cunning. She seemed to know that we arrested the killer. She ran away when Captain Liu arrived. Captain Liu asked me to take some people to guard the temple entrance and search around here." Ma hurriedly said, "There is no time to talk. I will go and call them now. Can you please watch over here first?"
My heart sank. I did not expect Xia Huan to be so cunning.
How did she know that the killer had been caught?
I did not see that the killer used his phone to send a message or make a phone call.
Could it be that they had other special means of communication?
I didn't have time to think about it. I immediately nodded.
Captain Liu immediately went to call the other policemen, and I stood guard at the temple entrance.
If Xia Huan really ran away, it would really be endless trouble in the future. But the only thing worth rejoicing about was that Chen Yiyao was fine.
Then, I called Chen Yiyao and asked, "Yiyao, where are you?"
"I am in the temple and was about to come out. Zhong Hao, do you know what's going on? A few policemen asked me to look for Xia Huan. They said she was with the police and wanted to arrest her. But how could Xia Huan be an accomplice of the killer? "I am almost stunned."
"I don't have time to explain so much to you now. I believe the police's words. But isn't she with you? Why did she run away now?" I asked.
"Just now when I was praying to Buddha, Xia Huan said she wanted to go to the toilet. I wanted to help her go. She said she was fine and went by herself. I didn't expect that she never came back. I didn't expect Le Mengqian to bring a few policemen to ask me where Xia Huan is."
I frowned. Xia Huan must have gotten wind or else she would not have run away.
"When did she leave you?" I asked.
"About ten minutes ago."
"Got it. Come out first. I'll wait for you at the temple entrance."
After hanging up, I tried to call Xia Huan again. Sure enough, the phone was turned off.
Just as I put away the phone, two policemen came over. They thanked me and stood guard at the door.
I also waited for Chen Yiyao. Chen Yiyao asked me about the specific situation.
I told her everything that happened recently. This time, I did not hide anything, because I knew that I could not hide it anymore.
Hearing that Xia Huan and I almost had an affair, Chen Yiyao said somewhat unhappily, "Zhong Hao, how can you do this?"
"I was drunk and did not know that I still rejected her when I was sober." I immediately explained.
"What about Le Mengqian?"
"You cannot blame me for Le Mengqian's matter. It was Xia Huan who wanted to frame me. She has already revealed her fox tail." I said, "I hope the police can arrest her and bring her to justice!"
After my explanation, Chen Yiyao's anger eased a little but she was still a little unhappy.
"This Xia Huan did not think that she hid it so deeply and almost deceived us."
I nodded and said, "It was all thanks to Le Mengqian suspecting her in time. Actually, I also thought that Xia Huan was strange back then, but I did not think that she used the trick of saving me in front of the assassin to trick me. That was why I was deceived by her for so long."
Chen Yiyao and I did not leave. We just waited at the temple entrance with the police.
Forty minutes later, Le Mengqian and Liu Yongtao came out.
I quickly went up and asked if I had caught Xia Huan.
Captain Liu sighed, "We have searched the entire temple. There is no trace of Xia Huan. We will go to the nearby area to search. At the same time, I also contacted the police station and the traffic police at the foot of the mountain. I will do my best to track Xia Huan's whereabouts. I must catch her and bring her to justice!"
I nodded and said thank you.
"You don't have to wait here. Go back and rest first. When the time comes, we will call you to the police station to make a statement." Captain Liu said.
I said, "It's okay. I will look for Xia Huan with you."
Then, they started searching the Heavenly Burial Mountain.
In the end, they did not find it near the temple either. The search range expanded to the nearby mountain range and the foot of the mountain.
The Heavenly Burial Mountain was too big. Just a dozen people were not enough. Captain Liu called the City Public Security Bureau to dispatch more people.
In the end, after a busy day, they did not find any traces of Xia Huan.