Animal Detective

Chapter 173 Monkey
All around was quiet.

The child's mother was also startled.

Perhaps feeling the atmosphere was too oppressive, she quickly raised her hand and said, "I...I didn't do anything. I don't know anything about what she said about killing people."

She looked at Shen Xin nervously.

Shen Xin snapped out of his daze and hurriedly said, "Alright, alright, everyone, let's disperse."

After waving the onlookers away, Shen Xin first asked Yang Daoqiang to take the parents to treat the child's scratches.

"Sister Yang, please don't get agitated."

Shen Xin squatted down in front of Yang Huixia again.

Tears welled up in her eyes; they were red and she looked aggrieved.

Adults don't cry easily, but when they do, it's because they're extremely aggrieved.

Shen Xin continued, "I know that we questioned and investigated you many times during the investigation two years ago. I apologize to you in advance."

After conducting his investigation, Zhou Zhongyi identified Yang Huixia as a prime suspect based on numerous suspicious points.

Therefore, during the investigation phase, Yang Huixia was repeatedly invited to the branch office for questioning.

This may be why Gou Jinlan and the people around Yang Huixia believed that she was the murderer of Zhu Guishen.

From an outsider's perspective, if you are not a suspect, why would the police keep investigating you?

Gossip can be hurtful, and Yang Huixia must have been under considerable psychological pressure these past two years.

But what can we do?

From the police's perspective, you are a suspect, and they will definitely investigate you.

We can't investigate while simultaneously telling everyone that Yang Huixia is innocent and that we're just conducting an investigation.

Nobody will listen.

“And even now, we are only…” Shen Xin was interrupted by Yang Huixia before he could finish his sentence.

She wiped her nose, stood up, walked past Shen Xin, dragging her feet on the ground, slowly walked to the back door of the amusement park, opened the door and went out.

Shen Xin was startled and quickly followed.

When I went outside, I found that Yang Huixia had already started climbing up the mountain along the path outside the back door.

"Sister Yang, where are you going?"

Shen Xin hurriedly followed.

Is this woman going to do something foolish?

Yang Huixia didn't say anything, she just kept climbing the mountain.

Shen Xin reached out to pull her, but she shook off his arm, wiped away her tears, and said, "I'm fine, you don't need to follow me."

"Sister Yang, we can talk this out. I know that woman said some very hurtful things, so let's not get angry with her," Shen Xin advised.

Yang Huixia ignored him and continued walking slowly up the mountain.

What could Shen Xinneng do? He could only follow along.

Given her current mental state, something bad is definitely going to happen.

Yang Huixia walked in front, with Shen Xin following behind.

This is truly a narrow, winding path that leads up to the mountaintop.

Yang Huixia seemed to walk frequently, her steps were very light.

Shen Xin followed slowly, when he suddenly heard a whooshing sound behind him.

Turning my head to look in the direction of the sound, I saw a monkey perched on a branch of a chestnut tree not far away.

It nimbly leaped along the branch to another tree.

It looks like that monkey from the amusement park; I don't know how it followed us.

Shen Xin didn't care about it for the time being and followed Yang Huixia up the mountain.

Dingshan is not high. The area around Dingshan Temple is 228 meters above sea level, while the area around Lianhua Peak is even lower, probably less than 200 meters.

It took about half an hour of climbing along the path to reach the top of the mountain.

Zhou Zhongyi had previously conducted a test, showing that it only took 40 minutes to get to the farm from Dingshan Temple by climbing the mountain and crossing the ridgeline.

There is a time difference.

There should be steps near Dingshan Temple, making the climb easier, while the more difficult sections here are downhill, which is much faster.

Yang Huixia climbed the mountain.

This is Lotus Peak.

There's really nothing special about the scenery. It's just a huge rock the size of a car placed in this open space on the mountaintop, with the three characters "Lotus Peak" carved on it. Around the rock, there's a bunch of smaller stones arranged in the shape of a lotus flower.

The boulder is inscribed with many phrases such as "I was here" and "who loves whom".

One side is open and offers a panoramic view of the scenery below.

Not far from the boulder, facing an open area, there was a stone bench.

There was a trash can nearby, and a sign promoting forest fire prevention was also standing there.

The property management at Dingshan Temple should come and clean regularly.

Anyway, quite a few people from the surrounding area often come here to hike and take photos.

Shen Xin had never been there before; he only knew that such a place existed and had seen photos of it taken by other netizens on his phone's map.

Instead of jumping off the mountainside, Yang Huixia sat down in front of a stone bench and stared blankly at the view below.

She probably just came to calm down. Shen Xin tried to talk to her, but she ignored him.

Shen Xin was at a loss; he had to keep an eye on her and prevent her from doing anything foolish.

I was thinking about whether I should call her parents.

She is an only child, and her parents live in Pingyu, which is quite far from here.

At this moment, the monkey followed, looked at Shen Xin, then came to Yang Huixia's feet, stared at her for a while, and ran to rummage through the trash can.

I didn't find anything to eat.

Shen Xin saw this, waved to it, and then took out a beef strip from his pocket.

It was bought for DouDou and Black Panther, but now it's almost become the instant noodle companion of the Criminal Investigation Brigade. Shen Xin also often puts two in his pocket.

The monkey immediately jumped over, cautiously snatched the package, deftly tore it open, and stuffed it into its mouth.

Judging from its features, it should be a male monkey.

After eating the beef strips and enjoying the delicious food, the ability took effect, and an icon immediately appeared on the monkey's head.

Shen Xin didn't really like monkeys, after all, they didn't have a good reputation.

But this one in front of me is quite well-behaved.

After finishing the meal, he didn't sneakily reach into my pocket.

Of course, it's also possible that the level of favorability played a role.

He just squatted there, staring straight at Shen Xin.

Since he had nothing better to do, Shen Xin decided to play with him. He took out the last beef strip, tore off a small piece, put it in his right hand, and showed it to the monkey.

Then put it behind your back, and then take it out and hold it in front of him.

It's basically betting on something.

He slowly walked over and tried to pry open Shen Xin's right hand.

It is empty indeed.

The monkey was stunned, and the one point of goodwill it had just gained immediately disappeared.

Shen Xin felt ashamed and stopped the monkey from trying to pry open his left hand. He hid it behind his back, then took it out again and asked the monkey to guess.

He stared at his two hands, a thoughtful expression on his face, and then went to pry open his left hand.

empty!

He was stunned, then jumped up and down in anger, yelling and screaming.

Shen Xin opened his right hand to show him the beef cubes, then quickly crossed his hands in front of him and brought them together again, indicating that he should guess.

He looked left and right, then decisively chose his right hand.

Undoubtedly, I guessed wrong again.

He was so anxious that he tried to grab it.

Shen Xin quickly got up to dodge, but he wouldn't give up and tried to jump on Shen Xin.

"Bubu, no!"

Suddenly, Yang Huixia shouted at her from the side.

This monkey is called Bubu.

He was very obedient and didn't jump up again, but he was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down in place.

"Okay, guess again."

Shen Xin put his hands behind his back and stretched out his other two hands.

Bubu had clearly learned her lesson; instead of simply trying to pry open her left hand, she continued to choose her right hand.

I feel like he's intelligent enough.

Open your right hand; there it is.

He exclaimed excitedly and quickly stuffed it into his mouth.

"What about this side?"

Shen Xin shook his left hand.

He quickly broke it open; there was more.

As soon as it was put in his mouth, the favorability icon on his head suddenly increased by two bars.

He kept jumping around, wanting more.

Shen Xin put his hands behind his back, then stretched them out again.

He decisively broke his right hand.

empty.

Startled, I tried to pry open my left hand, but it was still empty.

Instantly, she was so angry that two bars of goodwill disappeared, and she started jumping up and down on the spot.

I'm furious.

Shen Xin couldn't help but laugh, and Yang Huixia, who was not far away, also burst out laughing.

Seeing Shen Xin looking at her, she quickly stopped smiling, looked at Bubu circling around Shen Xin's trouser leg, pursed her lips, and suddenly said, "Bubu used to be very close to Lao Zhu, and Lao Zhu was willing to play with it, saying it was like raising a child."

She looked at Bubu, her eyes softening and becoming somewhat dazed.

(End of this chapter)