Seeing the crime scene flashbacks made me the darling of the police station.

Chapter 285 Knock knock knock.
I quickly washed up and lay down.

There were two single beds in the room, with an aisle in between, and a table by the window.

The wooden bed didn't look new, but it felt like it had just been moved in, and the room had also been freshly cleaned and furnished.

Su Miaoyi lay in bed, not feeling sleepy at all.

My mind was filled with the case; I kept going over it in my head, worried about missing any details.

Chu Xingrou lay down on another bed and didn't move.

I'm exhausted after a long day, and I even get carsick.

She fell asleep soon after.

Listening to her steady breathing, Su Miaoyi looked at the ceiling and closed her eyes after a while.

The wind picked up outside at night, making the windows rattle.

Chu Xingrou didn't sleep very soundly, tossing and turning over repeatedly.

Su Miaoyi wasn't asleep; she was listening to these sounds.

Not long after, she heard Chu Xingrou quietly and slowly sit up.

Chu Xingrou sat on the edge of the bed, looking out the window.

It was very dark outside, and the wind was very strong. The toilet was also far away.

Chu Xingrou glanced outside, then looked at Su Miaoyi.

Seeing that Su Miaoyi was asleep, she silently cheered herself up in her heart.

There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just an unfamiliar place, and it's dark. What's there to be afraid of?

Sigh—I shouldn't have drunk those two big bowls of soup tonight, and I also drank two glasses of water before bed.

No, no, no, what's so scary about strong winds? What's so scary about this whistling sound? It's just the sound of pressure waves created by the interaction of wind and the surrounding environment. It's not scary at all.

Ah! Why is she drinking water?!
She has accumulated good deeds for over twenty years, so she certainly wouldn't encounter anything beyond her comprehension. No, she wouldn't.

Just don't drink those two glasses of water.

The sound of this wind seems to be hiding some kind of demon or monster.

She could just catch any criminals she encountered, in case she encountered anything else.
Chu Xingrou clenched her hands. No, no, no, let's think positively. What if we encounter the murderer? Then she can catch him, and the case can be solved immediately!
Thinking about this, she suddenly felt that the sound of the wind outside wasn't so scary anymore.

She stood up.

"what happened?"

Su Miaoyi suddenly spoke up, and Chu Xingrou was so startled that she sat back down with a thud, taking a deep breath.

"Sister Miaomiao, did I wake you up?"

"No," Su Miaoyi said. "I wasn't asleep. Are you feeling unwell?"

"I need to use the restroom," Chu Xingrou said.

Su Miaoyi sat up: "Together."

"Okay." Chu Xingrou immediately felt much more at ease.

"Put on your coat," Su Miaoyi said.

Chu Xingrou put on her coat.

The two went outside together, and as soon as they got outside, their hair was blown into the air, but the wind was less intense than they had expected.

The toilet was at the far end of the yard, and the two of them walked towards it using their cell phone flashlights.

When they reached the restroom, Su Miaoyi turned on the light and waited for Chu Xingrou outside.

She looked up at the stars in the sky and at the rolling mountains in the distance.

The temperature difference between day and night is indeed significant. Even though it's a sunny day, the temperature drops and the wind picks up at night.

A short while later, she heard the sound of water flushing.

The villages here are indeed relatively underdeveloped and the economy is not very good, but you can see that they are overcoming all kinds of difficulties little by little and gradually getting better.

For example, the toilet renovation project has been carried out very well, and the toilets are very clean.

"Sister Miaomiao, I'm done." Chu Xingrou came out and washed her hands at the tap.

Su Miaoyi also went to the restroom.

The two then walked back together.

Chu Xingrou took Su Miaoyi's arm, feeling more at ease being close to her.

Upon reaching the room door, the two stepped onto the wooden stairs.

The steps made a slight sound.

After taking a few steps uphill, the two suddenly stopped and remained silent for a few seconds.

Suddenly, some mechanical sounds were mixed in with the sound of the wind:
Thump thump thump, thump thump thump, descending, the guilty, ram's horn. Thump thump thump, thump thump thump.
Chu Xingrou turned to look at Su Miaoyi and asked in alarm, "Sister Miaomiao, you heard that too?"

Su Miaoyi turned and looked into the distance.

The sound wasn't loud, probably because it was far away, and also because of the wind, so it was intermittent and quite eerie.

It came from the south.

It sounded like the sound coming from a loudspeaker.

The wind was blowing from the south; it was the wind that carried the sound.

The closest village to the south is Yanjing Village.

If it's a village loudspeaker, it can travel four miles and the sound can reach you if the wind is favorable.

In that instant, Su Miaoyi's mind processed a great deal of information.

The sound continued, intermittently.

Dong dong dong, dong dong dong. The guilty are sent to the home of the Sheep God.

Chu Xingrou grabbed Su Miaoyi's arm.

“Go and call Lu Zhishen,” Su Miaoyi said.

Chu Xingrou immediately went to wake up Lu Zhishen and Duan Wenrui.

The two came out and listened to the intermittent sounds drifting over.

"Over at Yanjing Village?" Duan Wenrui asked.

"Drive, let's go right away," Su Miaoyi said.

Duan Wenrui went back to his room to get the car keys, and the four of them ran out of the yard, got into the car, and headed towards Yanjing Village.

The car hadn't gone far when Duan Wenrui received a call from the police station.

Someone from Yanjing Village called the police.

With the car windows open, the four-mile journey was quick. When they reached the outskirts of Yanjing Village, the four of them could clearly hear what was being played.

Thump thump thump, thump thump thump, punishment is descending, no one who has sinned will escape, the God of Sheep has already sent them home.

“Those who are guilty will not escape punishment,” Chu Xingrou repeated.

"The Sheep God has been sent home." Lu Zhishen repeated, "The Sheep God?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Su Miaoyi.

After they arrived, they didn't mention the murder involving the ghost mask yet.

They wanted to learn more about the case and the people handling it.

They were worried about being protected.

Therefore, some details have not yet been discussed.

Su Miaoyi and Lu Zhishen exchanged a glance but said nothing.

Lights were on in every household throughout the village.

But there was no one outside.

The sound is still playing.

Duan Wenrui drove directly to the direction from which the sound was coming from.

It's a small shop.

The shop was dark inside, and the door was locked.

The phone call Duan Wenrui just received said that the sound came from the loudspeaker of the convenience store.

Since the person who called the police knew where the sound was coming from, why didn't they come over and turn it off?

This little shop doesn't look abandoned, so why is no one coming here?

There is a door in front of the small shop and two windows on the side.

The four people immediately guarded the doors and windows as soon as they got out of the car.

Duan Wenrui glanced at the door lock, then kicked the door open.

Lu Zhishen went in with him, but there was no one in the shop.

As the song faded away, the lights in the shop were turned on.

Su Miaoyi and Chu Xingrou checked the windows.

The window Su Miaoyi was looking at wasn't locked from the inside; it could be opened from the outside.

She opened the window and shone a flashlight on the windowsill. There were no footprints, but the windowsill showed signs of having been cleaned.
(End of this chapter)