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"Yes, He Shanshan and I have been looking for her for three days, but there is no news. We have already reported it to the counselor."
"Can I help you with anything?"
"Swish!" The sound of curtains being drawn came from the other end of the phone.
"Don't bother, I have something else to do..."
Judging from Wang Chunman's tone, she seemed to be about to hang up the phone. Li Tao quickly said, "I mainly want to return the sunglasses. Give me an address and I'll send them over."
"There's no need for that now. As for the sunglasses, let's talk about it after we find Gao Yuying."
"Club activities and student union affairs will start soon. I may not be able to spare the time. Just tell me your address and I can send it to you."
Wang Chunman was silent for a while and then said, "Okay, you write it down. The address is Zhongnan Street, Chenqu Community, Building A. Just write down the phone number. Leave it at the community post station and I'll pick it up when I'm free."
"Okay, then you go ahead and get busy."
"Ah."
Wang Chunman hung up the phone. Li Tao's eyes flickered for a moment. He found a local courier nearby, filled out the documents, and paid the postage.
Li Tao didn't try to save money anymore and took a taxi directly to Chenqu Community.
This community, even if it is a low-end normal community, is far inferior to the one that Aunt Liu was assigned to by the hospital, but it is definitely not like the very cramped 30-40 square meter apartment that Fuziyu said.
Each house is about 70 to 80 square meters in size, but the environment is poor and the overall look is very old.
Wang Chunman didn't tell Li Tao which floor it was. What she meant was that the express delivery would be stored at the post station and she would pick it up later.
The woman seemed to be on guard against him, or she didn't want Li Tao to get too involved.
But the more she did this, the more Li Tao needed to get to the bottom of the matter as soon as possible. Time would bury a lot of evidence, and he couldn't just go with the flow.
"Classmate, which building is Building A?" Li Tao stopped a young man passing by and asked.
"Do you see that Xinhua Supermarket? It's the one behind it."
When Li Tao sent the express, he consulted the deliveryman and learned that the item could be delivered on the same day. Moreover, because Li Tao paid extra money, the other party promised to deliver it within four hours.
Li Tao could just sit back and wait, but he still wanted to take a look around on his own first, hoping he might find it by accident.
The stairs are very narrow, and your shoulders will rub against the wall when you walk straight ahead.
Moreover, the corridor is very noisy. It’s not that there are people there, but the sound insulation of the residents’ doors is very poor. This weekend, if I don’t go out, I will just watch TV and play with my phone.
Every time he passed a floor, Li Tao would stop for a moment and listen carefully to the sounds in the house.
The building was not tall, with only six floors in total. Li Tao quickly reached the top floor because he did not hear any familiar voices on the five floors below.
I heard the sound of curtains being drawn on the phone before, so Wang Chunman should be at home if nothing unexpected happens.
Li Tao suddenly had an idea, and he trotted to the third floor.
Because he heard there was a couple in the room, watching TV and chatting, and it was definitely not Wang Chunman and He Shanshan.
I knocked on the door gently and the boy came out soon.
"Hello, I'm a deliveryman from Circulation Express. Is this Ms. Wang Chunman's home?"
The boy looked confused: "Wang Chunman... I've never heard of her... There shouldn't be anyone with this name in this building, right?"
Li Tao was stunned. His mind was in a trance. He apologized, "Oh, sorry, sorry, I got it mixed up. Her name is Ms. Gao Yuying."
"Oh, Gao Yuying, Xiao Gao, you're from the freshman class, right? Then you went to the wrong place. The left house on the fifth floor is her home. No, you can even mistake the numbers three and five?"
"Okay, why are you talking so much? Stop looking for trouble and come back and peel the melon seeds for me!"
"Where can I find trouble? Alas~"
The girl spoke, and the boy waved at Li Tao and closed the door dejectedly.
Li Tao bowed to him in gratitude. At least he knew where Gao Yuying lived.
Standing outside Gao Yuying's room, Li Tao was in a dilemma. He felt that it would be inappropriate for him to go in openly now.
Wang Chunman had always been inexplicably wary of him and had expressed on the phone that she didn't want him to show up. If Li Tao showed up now, some unnecessary conflicts might arise.
"Tear--"
Li Tao tore off a long piece of his sleeve, and the strip of cloth in his hand moved around like a nimble little snake.
"Bang bang bang~"
Li Tao knocked hard on the security door and it was soon opened.
Wang Chunman frowned and looked at the empty corridor. There was no one there. Who was knocking on the door?
She walked outside and looked down the stairs, but there was no one there.
Li Tao was hung in the air by wrapping the sound-controlled lamp with a cloth strip. He took this opportunity to roll into the house in an extremely awkward posture.
He accidentally kicked his shoes at the door, making a slight noise.
When Wang Chunman turned around after hearing the unusual noise, it was too late; her vision was still empty.
"How old am I? I'm not hard of hearing, am I?"
Wang Chunman frowned and laughed at herself, then shook her head: "It seems that I was too tired these days. I was woken up by the man's phone call in the middle of my sleep. I couldn't fall asleep even with the curtains closed."
Sighing, Wang Chunman walked back to the room, picked up the cup of water from the coffee table and took a sip, then she walked towards the bedroom again.
The living room fell silent again. After nearly ten minutes, the shoe cabinet at the door was slowly opened and Li Tao tiptoed out.
This house should be rented by Gao Yuying and Bai Muzhen.
During the last conversation in the coffee shop, Gao Yuying didn't dare to sleep in this room after Bai Muzhen died. She stayed in He Shanshan and Wang Chunman's rental house and slept on the sofa every day.
And now, Bai Muzhen is dead, Gao Yuying has been missing for three days, and this Wang Chunman dares to continue sleeping here.
This is a bit too weird.
Li Tao gently took off his shoes, walked barefoot on the cold tiles, and went straight to the bedroom where Wang Chunman was resting.
When passing by the sofa, Li Tao noticed a flesh-colored leather object hanging from the sofa cushion.
However, Li Tao did not rush to check, because the sofa cushion was facing the bedroom, and he had to first make sure whether Wang Chunman was asleep.
She didn't close the door or cover herself with a blanket. She just covered her eyes with one arm and lay there breathing evenly.
Li Tao stood outside the door and observed the layout of the bedroom.
There was a desk with a schoolbag on it and a photo placed diagonally next to the desk.
Bai Muzhen.
Seeing her again, Li Tao felt sad. His father died to protect his master, and she was used to kill Li Tao. He could not feel angry, but instead felt more pity for her.
"Ah~"
With a sigh filled with complex emotions, Wang Chunman lay on the bed with one arm covering half of her face and the other arm pinching the pillow hard.
"I don't want this either, Yuying. I'd rather not hear what you said."
Recalling the secret conversation between the three women in the coffee shop, Li Tao's expression gradually became solemn.
It seemed that things were far beyond his imagination.
"You said you were going to take a shower, so why did you run out to adjust the water heater halfway through? Couldn't you have adjusted the water temperature before going in? Can't you stop being so careless?"
Wang Chunman hit the pillow hard several times, as if she was full of resentment and unwillingness.
"Even if I did, how could it be such a coincidence that I heard Bai Muzhen and I talking on the phone?"
"boom--"
Hearing this, Li Tao's pupils shrank into needle shapes.
He swallowed, looked at the leather items on the sofa, and murmured silently: "Human skin... mask..."
Chapter 192 Bai Muzhen's Recording
All along, there was one thing that Gao Yuying's description of her cohabitation life with Bai Muzhen had always concerned Li Tao.
That was the relative she mentioned many times, the one Bai Muzhen mentioned who was a teacher at Luma University.
Bai Muzhen's mother died when she gave birth to her, and her family was of average financial condition. As for Bai Muzhen's father, Bai Zhi, in Li Tao's impression, he was just a taciturn middle-aged man.
Apart from his daughter, he seems to have no social life and is alone.
Even Aunt Liu couldn't find any relationship with Qin Keqing at Luma University other than her daughter, so how could Bai Zhi have any relative who was a teacher?
And now, it seems that this question has been solved.
The female teacher that Gao Yuying met twice in the apartment should be Wang Chunman wearing a human skin mask.
Plum Blossom K is good at changing his appearance and face. It is obvious that Wang Chunman has a direct relationship with the ace killer of this Reef Organization.
Could it be that Wang Chunman is the King of Clubs?
Li Tao's hands gently grasped the door frame of the bedroom. He was hesitating whether he should subdue Wang Chunman and force her to reveal clues, or play the long game and follow the clues to explore deeper things.
"Dingling bell~"
The phone on the bed sheet suddenly rang.
Li Tao silently retracted his hand and stared at Wang Chunman from a distance with a calm look.
"Hello, who is this?" Wang Chunman asked weakly.
"Why do you sound so tired? There are still many things to do next. It's not appropriate for you to be in this state~"
There was an unfamiliar female voice on the other end of the phone, but after hearing this voice, Wang Chunman jumped up from the bed.
She knelt on the bed sheet in a panic, her voice trembling slightly: "No... not tired... I didn't know it was you..."
The other party sneered and said, "Oh, I won't say any more nonsense. Just remember, from this moment on, every minute and every second, you must remain absolutely vigilant and remember your identity."
"If your carelessness leads to any omissions in the plan, I think I will cut off your face with my own hands and give it to an obedient and serious child."
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. From now on, I will never let myself down again and will not let any mistakes be made in my plan!"
It was obviously just a voice call, but Wang Chunman still silently made a "swear" gesture.
It can be seen that this fear is engraved in the bones.
"I'm calling you for something serious. Is the place you're staying now safe enough, huh?"