Chapter 60 60. Bet (Additional updates for Li Haoya’s recommendation votes)
  Agarwood's energy was excessively exhausted, and it took a lot of energy to warm up her body, so she fell into a deep sleep.

The phone rang three or four times before I heard it.

I picked it up in a daze, and the cold phone pressed against my cheek, making me shiver.

There is a delay of a few tenths of a second between the sound on the phone and the sound outside the window.

One at the ear and one at the top of the head.

"Are you awake?"

Chen Xiang hummed, hung up the phone, put on her clothes and opened the window to look.

He Tongtian stood tall and straight in the white snow, dressed in black, with a small truck next to him filled with boxes of various sizes.

His hair seems to have been taken care of today.

……

On the tea table, Chen Xiang listened half-heartedly to He Chongtian's reasons for buying her home appliances.

She said it was too cold in the room, which had an impact on her body and psychology, reducing her work efficiency.

It happened that the owner of a home appliance store owed him money, so he paid off the debt with goods, so he picked some and sent them to her.

There are air conditioners, electric ovens, washing machines with dryers, etc... In short, they are all things to keep warm and avoid the cold.

Agarwood draws attention to brewing tea.

The family used to run a tea business, and her brother was crazy about tea, so she was not interested and was influenced by it.

"Did you hear that?" She was twirling her wrist to hold the tea cup when He Chongtian raised his voice and asked her.

"what?"

He Chongtian's face darkened: "Let me ask you, do you know how to use these appliances?"

Chen Xiangyin shook his head and put the teacup firmly in front of He Chongtian: "I can't, and I don't want it. The wires are ugly, and so are the home appliances."

She didn't mean to refute face, she really didn't like the exposed wires in the room, nor did she like fashionable-looking appliances.

He Chongtian looked completely grim and waved to the workers moving things to indicate that they didn't need to move anymore.

Chen Xiang's phone rang. It was from Zhai Xinhou. She got up and went to answer the call outside the door.

Zhai Xinhou's passionate voice burst out from the microphone.

"Miss Shen! You actually discovered that He Xiaofang, who attacked passers-by in the square a week ago, was the one who stole your grandma's body?!"

Chen Xiangyin: "Huh? How do you know?"

"He Chongtian contacted me early in the morning. I'll give you a call to confirm."

Chen Xiang hummed: "We met He Xiaofang yesterday."

Zhai Xinhou immediately replied, "Okay, I'll take you there."

……

On the edge of Qingshan City, there is a row of lonely self-built bungalows that look like warehouses.

The surrounding area is deserted, and only a factory with black smoke can be seen in the distance.

There are four bungalows, and one of them is still occupied by a worker couple from nearby.

Zhai Xinhou stood in front with his head held high and opened the door of He Xiaofang's house.

"This area is under the jurisdiction of Nanwang District. I asked my colleagues to check the files. There is nothing special about He Xiaofang's family. They are just very poor."

Chen Xiangyin followed closely and entered the door.

The musty smell of dampness in winter was strong, and the single room was destitute.

There was garbage and women's hair all over the floor, messy clothes hanging on the simple clothes rails, plastic sheets stapled to the drafty windows, and the wind was blowing.

The thief cried when he saw it.

There was a folding bed, clothes racks, a washbasin for toiletries, a rotten table with broken legs leaning against the wall, and nothing else.

Chen Xiangyin: "Let's take a look and see if there is anything missing." After that, he went to the table to look for it.

He Chongtian asked Zhai Xinhou: "Did the police take anything from her room?"

Zhai Xinhou was turning over the bed: "No, I only took her wallet and mobile phone with her."

"Mobile phone? What clues are there?" He Chongtian asked.

Zhai Xinhou shook his head: "There is no feedback from my colleagues. I have applied for evidence collection and should be able to get it in the afternoon."

After Chen Xiangyin turned over the table, he found nothing, so he went to fumble around the bed.

She thought of Wang Cuilan: "Wang Cuilan and He Xiaofang are both marginalized people and helpless women."

Zhai Xinhou said, "This Liu Ze is really nothing. He only targets weak women!" After saying that, he said to Chen Xiangyin: "Come, raise the bed with me."

Chen Xiangyin: "Speaking of this, do you remember that I mentioned the group chat on Wang Cuilan's mobile phone before? They seem to have a group, and He Xiaofang should be in it." Zhai Xinhou: "Get the phone and have a look in the afternoon!"

The two of them had just put the bed up, revealing a pile of rubbish and debris under the bed. The crane stood between the two of them with its long legs.

Zhai Xinhou looked up at He Chongtian, who was a head taller than him, and laughed loudly, "Brother, don't stand next to me, it makes me look so short!"

He Chongtian said nothing, and kicked over a pile of paper on the ground with his toes, revealing the black and rotten half-section of grilled sausage underneath.

Chen Xiangyin quickly browsed the contents under the bed, but there was nothing.

She caught a glimpse of a small silver pendant hanging from the edge of the bed sheet.

Chen Xiangyin: "Is this...?"

He Chongtian touched it with his thumb: "Silver."

Agarwood took a closer look. It was a slender hollow cone pendant with a ring on it.

Like earrings, but not.

Chen Xiangyin: "Does it look like the tassel on the head of a Miao girl?"

The traditional silver crown of the Miao people has a similar pendant hanging below it, but there is only one in He Xiaofang's room.

She said: "She may have been to the Miao Village, or Liu Ze gave it to her casually."

She felt uncomfortable in her heart. She knew too well the feeling of girls who love beauty but cannot achieve it.

When she was in trouble, she was so poor that she was starving to death, and she always carried a cheongsam buckle in her pocket.

He Xiaofang, who also loves beauty, hung this pendant beside the bed sheets to decorate her room.

I don’t know why she was so destitute and was taken advantage of and led astray.

No one knows what happened to her in her short life.

There is no one to rely on, no one knows when alive, and no one knows when dead.

It's like I've never been here before.

Chen Xiangyin turned around and looked through He Xiaofang's washbasin. The tooth cup contained a toothbrush with fried bristles, a yellowed inferior white towel, and a small piece of soap.

This soap is very small. You can tell from the fact that the shape still has square edges and corners. It’s not that it’s small, but it’s not that big in the first place.

It has dried on the bottom of the basin and is stuck to it. If you try to pull it off, it may break.

"Did you bring water? Hot water." Chen Xiang turned around.

Zhai Xinhou took a step forward: "Yes, yes, I'll get it!" After saying that, he walked to the car to get water.

He Chongtian squatted over to see what she found, "What's special?"

"Do you remember that time we rented a room?"

He Chongtian:?

"Jie Gu, this is the second time you say you won't make an exception." As soon as Chen Xiangyin finished speaking, he felt a chill all over his body. It was He Chongtian who glanced at her, and the surrounding air pressure instantly dropped a lot.

"Tell me something." He Chongtian's tone was threatening.

Chen Xiangyin: "I'm afraid you won't remember it. The soap in that hotel at that time was small and exquisite. I put it in my bag and took it back for use."

He Chongtian pointed, "Is this the hotel soap?"

Chen Xiang nodded: "Why would she stay in a hotel when she is so poor? So I guess there may be clues."

"This soap can only prove that she has stayed in a hotel."

"It's engraved on the soap in the hotel."

“Aren’t all hotel soaps wholesale?”

"Let's take a gamble and see if I am blessed by luck. If I remove this piece of soap, will there be words underneath? If there are words, will it be useful?"

The possibility is slim. Even if there are words, they are smoothed. Even if they are not smoothed, it may be the name of the manufacturer or hotel chain.

"What are you betting on?" He Chongtian asked.

Chenxiang turned to look at him, smiling uncontrollably: "You can hold me in your arms all night."

He Chongtian was offended, his brows were stained with anger, and he did not reply to her.

Agarwood aroused interest, and said in a strange tone: "You are so cowardly, are you so afraid of me?"

He Chongtian snorted and stood up, looking at her with an arrogant expression: "Okay, if you lose, answer me a question. You can't refuse any question."

Chen Xiangyin raised his eyebrows, "Okay, deal. I have a hunch that I will be lucky today."

 Thank you for the ten recommendation votes. It is a great encouragement to newcomers. I will add one more chapter (_)

  
  

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