I work as a security guard at a cemetery, and I overhear the dead chatting about getting rich quick.

No one dared to look at the photo on Liu Nian's phone for long.

Zhou Qin leaned against the carriage wall, her eyes closed, blood at the corner of her mouth.

The red seal on the wooden box next to her was torn in half.

The sentence below is even shorter.

2:40.

If you don't open the door, she won't close her eyes for the next picture.

Liu Nian's hands were shaking.

She wanted to take her phone back, but was afraid of seeing that photo again. Her hand reached out halfway, then froze on the table.

Tao Shuang first saved the photos, and then took a screenshot to preserve evidence.

Her movements were steady, but her expression was even colder than before.

Uncle Zhao stood to the side and muttered a curse under his breath.

"brute."

Lin Ye didn't say anything.

He stared at the carriage wall in the photo.

Grayish-white interior wall.

Horizontal groove.

There was a blue sticker next to the wooden crate, only half of it was visible.

It looks like it says "02" on it.

Lin Ye frowned.

"Wait a moment."

Tao Shuang looked at him.

"What's wrong?"

Lin Ye zoomed in on the photo.

The blue stickers were badly applied, and the edges were peeling up.

But you can tell from "02".

He then pulled out the photo of the museum's side entrance that Ning Zhi had just sent him and zoomed in on the rear of the white refrigerated truck.

The photo was taken from a distance, and the rear of the car is blurry.

There is also a small blue sticker on the lower right corner of the car door.

Only a horizontal line is visible.

Lin Ye glanced at it for a few seconds and then immediately sent a message to Ning Zhi.

Have your colleague take a picture of the blue sticker on the right rear door of the car in the museum, even if it's blurry.

Ningzhi replied quickly.

Do you think he's using a telephoto lens?

Linye returned.

Rescue people.

This time, Ningzhi didn't complain.

Thirty seconds later, she sent a zoomed-in photo.

It's still a mess.

But the numbers on the sticker were barely legible.

01.

Lin Ye stared at the two numbers, his back slowly tensing up.

Tao Shuang saw it too.

"The one in the museum is 01."

Lin Ye showed Liu Nian the threatening photos on her phone.

"The car next to Zhou Qin looks like 02."

There was a moment of silence in the guard booth.

Uncle Zhao reacted the fastest.

"Hongyun Cold Chain has more than one truck."

Tao Shuang immediately looked down and scrolled through the messages.

"I just found out that Hongyun Cold Chain had two refrigerated trucks under its name that had not been properly scrapped before it was deregistered."

Lin Ye nodded.

"One is in the museum."

"The other one is the one that was used to photograph Zhou Qin."

Liu Nian suddenly looked up.

"Isn't my mom at the museum?"

"Now it's not there."

Lin Ye tried to speak slowly.

"At least the car she was taking pictures in wasn't the one by the side entrance of the museum."

Liu Nian's eyes were very red.

She seemed to have heard a glimmer of hope, yet she couldn't believe it.

"Where is she?"

No one could answer that question immediately.

Tao Shuang sent both photos and her assessment to Gu Wantang.

She answered the phone quickly.

"Ms. Gu, there are two trucks from Hongyun Cold Chain. The one near the side entrance of the museum is suspected to be 01, while the one in Zhou Qin's photo is 02."

I don't know what was said on the other end of the phone.

Tao Shuang quickly replied, "Understood."

After hanging up, she looked at Lin Ye.

"Miss Gu wants you to continue reading."

This is a very short statement.

Lin Ye felt a slight stirring in his heart upon hearing this.

Gu Wantang didn't tell him to stop moving.

They didn't let him stay there either.

She told him to keep watching.

Lin Ye enlarged the threatening photo again.

Besides Zhou Qin, the wooden box, and the blue stickers, there were a few other inconspicuous items in the carriage.

There is a thin black line in the bottom right corner.

Like an electrical wire.

A small piece of white plastic sheeting was visible behind the wooden crate.

There was a thin layer of water on the ground.

Lin Ye looked at it for a few seconds and asked Uncle Zhao, "Will water accumulate inside the refrigerated truck?"

"meeting."

Uncle Zhao frowned and said, "When there's a big temperature difference, the truck bed gets damp easily. In the past, when refrigerated trucks came to transport flowers to the cemetery, the ground was often covered with a layer of water."

"What if the car is parked and not driven?"

"That depends on where you park."

After Uncle Zhao finished speaking, he also paused.

He stared at the photo for two seconds.

"If the car is parked in a cold storage, it will still get damp even if the cooling system isn't running all the time."

Lin Ye lowered his head and wrote in his notebook:

Car 02.

Cold storage?

Old warehouse?

The former site of Hongyun Cold Chain Logistics.

Just then, news of Gu Wantang arrived.

Hongyun Cold Chain's registered address: Old Cold Storage in the West of the City.

The actual operating location was once at the end of the South Ring Freight Road.

Lin Ye looked up immediately when he saw the words "End of Freight Road".

"Uncle Zhao, are you familiar with the end of the South Ring Freight Road?"

Uncle Zhao thought for a moment.

"There used to be an old cold storage facility there, but it was closed down. You can get there by the main road, and there are smaller roads behind it."

"The back path?"

"I know the general outline, but Old Wang knows it better."

"Old Wang, the taxi driver who works the night shift?"

"Yeah. He used to drive trucks, he knows those dirty roads better than any GPS navigation app."

Uncle Zhao had already taken out his phone.

The phone rang for a long time before it was answered.

Old Wang's voice was slurred.

"Old Zhao, why are you making a phone call in broad daylight? I just caught up on some sleep."

Uncle Zhao didn't waste any words.

"At the end of South Ring Freight Road, at the old Hongyun Cold Chain warehouse, is it still possible to enter through the back door?"

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.

Old Wang became a little more sober.

Why are you asking about that place?

"Stop talking nonsense."

Old Wang cursed before saying, "It's possible to get in. There's a small cement road behind the old cold storage. Go through the underpass and go around the waste paper mill. It's not on the navigation. Large trucks can't get in, but small trucks can."

Uncle Zhao looked at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye has already written down the keywords.

Small cement road.

Bridge arch.

Waste paper mill.

The back door of the old cold storage.

Tao Shuang handed the route to Gu Wantang.

Liu Nian stood up.

Is my mom there?

Lin Ye looked at her.

"Possibly."

Liu Nian gripped the edge of the table.

"I want to go."

"no."

Lin Ye spoke first this time.

Liu Nian's tears welled up again.

"You just said it's possible."

"So you absolutely cannot go."

Lin Ye looked at her.

"They just want you to move. If you move, they'll know we're in chaos."

Liu Nian bit her lip.

"So I should just do nothing?"

"You have to do it."

Lin Ye pushed her phone closer.

"Keep stalling them."

Liu Nian looked at her phone.

"How do we drag it?"

Lin Ye took the paper, wrote a sentence, and then crossed it out.

We can't have any more videos.

The other party is getting anxious.

If pushed again, Zhou Qin might really get beaten up.

The goal is to make the other party believe that Liu Nian is already heading towards A17.

But she couldn't let them find out that she was still in the cemetery.

Lin Ye re-wrote:

I'm on my way.

I brought the things.

Don't touch my mom.

Liu Nian looked at those few lines of text.

Will they believe it?

"Believe only half of it."

"What about your other half?"

"Your partner will urge you."

Lin Ye put down his pen.

"The fact that they're urging them means they haven't reached the final step yet."

Liu Nian held her phone.

A few seconds later, I sent it according to what Lin Ye had written.

After sending the message, she felt as if some of her strength had been drained away, and slowly sat back down in her chair.

Uncle Zhao replaced the cold water with a hot one.

I didn't scold her this time.

I simply placed the paper cup next to her.

News from the museum is also constantly coming in.

2:35.

Lu Zhixia sent a message.

The transportation company's qualifications have not yet been verified.

The car door was not opened.

Someone inside the venue was urging people to hurry up with the process.

2:36.

Ningzhi sent a photo.

Jiang Cheng was still inside the side door.

He took off his mask once, and his profile was clearly visible in the photo.

It's him.

Ningzhi followed up with:

My colleague said he was on the phone the whole time and looked terrible.

Linye returned.

Don't let your colleagues get close.

Ningzhi returns.

know.

The next sentence came a few seconds later.

Don't do anything reckless.

Lin Ye looked at the sentence and typed two words.

know.

Before sending it, he deleted it and replied again:

I'm being watched.

Ningzhi replied:

That's good.

Lin Ye stared at those three words, his finger pausing for a moment.

This is unlike Ning Zhi's usual tone.

Not poor.

I won't stab him.

Before he could figure out how to reply, Tao Shuang suddenly spoke up.

"We have news from the old cold storage facility."

Everyone looked over.

Tao Shuang put her phone on speakerphone.

Gu Wantang's voice came out.

"My men are outside the waste paper mill. There are new tire tracks at the back gate, and water on the ground."

Liu Nian stood up abruptly.

Lin Ye also stood up straight.

Gu Wantang continued, "But the door is locked from the inside, so we can't force our way in. Attorney Shen has already provided the police with Zhou Qin's video, threatening text messages, and location information. We need to secure the perimeter first."

Lin Ye relaxed a little.

This time, at least they didn't have to confront each other head-on.

Tao Shuang asked, "Can you confirm that car 02 is inside?"

Someone whispered a few words to Gu Wantang.

She then replied, "I can see the white rear of the car through the gap in the back door. The sticker looks like 02."

Liu Nian covered her mouth, and tears streamed down her face.

She didn't cry out loud, she just stood there trembling.

Lin Ye reached out and helped her up.

She didn't push her away.

Gu Wantang said, "Zhou Qin and the wooden box might be inside. We can't rush things."

Lin Ye looked at Liu Nian's phone.

The screen was still lit.

The other party has not yet replied.

This actually shows that they weren't as composed as they seemed.

2:38.

Liu Nian's phone vibrated.

The other party replied:

Where are we?

Liu Nian looked at Lin Ye.

Lin Ye took the paper and wrote:

We're almost at Genting Bay.

If something happens to my mom, I'll give her things to someone else.

Liu Nian looked at the last half of the sentence.

"Give it to someone else?"

"To scare them."

Lin Ye said, "They don't know who has the item, or whether you have a backup."

Liu Nian gritted her teeth and sent it as instructed.

This time, the other party replied very quickly.

Who?

Lin Ye looked at the word and suddenly smiled.

They panicked.

He wrote down two words:

Forest.

Liu Nian was stunned.

"Write about you?"

Write about me.

"Then what if you...?"

"I was already inside."

Lin Ye spoke in a very flat tone.

"Having another name won't make a difference."

Tao Shuang frowned.

"Linye."

Lin Ye looked at her.

"They already knew about me."

This is the truth.

From the photos of the soy milk shop to the threatening letter from Qingshan Cemetery, and then to Liu Nian taking the initiative to approach him upon hearing his name, he was no longer an outsider.

Liu Nian looked at him, her eyes red.

Why did you help me?

Lin Ye was asked.

He could have said it was because of Old Master Gu.

Because of old grievances.

Because of A17.

Because this matter has now implicated him.

But when these words came out, they all felt too cold.

He looked at the cup of hot water in Liu Nian's hand.

"Because your mom sent you to find me."

Liu Nian's tears fell again.

She lowered her head and sent the two words "Lin Ye".

2:39.

Lu Zhixia sent a message.

The museum has suspended operations and requested the transport company to provide original qualification documents.

Jiang Cheng is arguing.

Ningzhi sent a photo.

In the photo, Jiang Cheng is standing at the side door making a phone call.

His complexion was already quite bad.

Lin Ye glanced at it and passed it to Gu Wantang.

Gu Wantang did not reply.

She must be at her most critical point too.

2:40.

Liu Nian's phone did not ring.

The car doors at the museum were not open.

There was no news of a strong attack from the old cold storage facility.

The clock in the guard booth moved slightly.

Click.

The sound wasn't loud.

It felt like a blow to everyone's chest.

Liu Nian stared at her phone, her eyes unblinking.

2:41.

My phone finally vibrated.

It's not a photo.

It's not a video.

It's a voice message.

Tao Shuang recorded the screen first, then opened it.

The other person's voice had been processed, making it so hoarse that it was impossible to tell if it was male or female.

Let Lin Ye answer the phone.

Liu Nian's hand suddenly trembled.

The phone almost fell.

Lin Ye stood by the table, without moving.

Uncle Zhao's expression changed.

"I won't answer."

Tao Shuang also looked at Lin Ye.

"Cannot accept."

Lin Ye looked at the audio message.

The other party did not press A17 further.

They didn't ask Liu Nian where she was.

Instead, they specifically asked him to answer the phone.

This shows that the words "forest and wilderness" resonated with them.

This also shows that they are in disarray.

Lin Ye picked up his phone.

Tao Shuang pressed his hand down.

"Think carefully. Once you answer the phone, your voice, your reactions, and the environment around you can all be detected."

Uncle Zhao had a sullen face.

Don't try to be a hero.

Lin Ye put the phone back on the table.

I didn't answer immediately.

He looked at Liu Nian.

Liu Nian stared intently at him, her lips trembling.

She wanted him to answer.

She knew she shouldn't have let him answer.

Lin Ye took the paper and wrote a line of text.

I won't answer for now.

Wait until they fight a second time.

Tao Shuang glanced at it and nodded.

Liu Nian gripped her phone, but didn't reply.

The phone didn't ring.

ten seconds.

Twenty seconds.

Thirty seconds.

The screen lit up.

An unknown number called.

Tao Shuang immediately started recording and took a picture of the screen with another phone.

Lin Ye pressed the answer button.

He didn't speak first.

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

There was only a slight electrical hum.

A few seconds later, a man spoke.

The sound was not processed.

He was somewhat mute.

"Linye."

Lin Ye held his phone.

"Um."

"A cemetery security guard, with pretty long arms."

This voice doesn't sound familiar.

But his tone was cold.

It's not Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng speaks in a roundabout way, leaving room for maneuver.

This person seems more like the driver.

short.

hard.

No more nonsense.

Lin Ye spoke.

Where is Zhou Qin?

The man didn't answer.

"You're coming to Genting Bay A17 now. Alone."

Tao Shuang frowned.

Uncle Zhao almost cursed out loud.

Lin Ye glanced at the clock on the wall.

"2:43."

He said.

"It takes me at least forty minutes to get from Castle Peak Cemetery to Genting Bay. You're asking me to be there at 2:50? Are you trying to tell me a lie, or do you just not know the way?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

The pause was very short.

But that's enough.

Lin Ye knew he had been delayed.

The man's voice turned cold.

"Stop talking nonsense."

Lin Ye continued, "If you want to find me, at least make it clear what you want. The red envelope isn't with me, the phone isn't with me, and the bill isn't with me either."

The man gave a cold laugh.

"The news is all going to you, what are you pretending for?"

Lin Ye's fingers tightened slightly.

Fortunately.

It's not that "hearing".

The other party is unaware that the person is chatting with a dead person.

He was referring to news from living people.

Lin Ye glanced down at the anti-floating bottle.

It blooms very steadily.

"You're pretty behind on the times."

A muffled thud came from the other end of the phone.

It sounded like someone was knocking on the train carriage.

Immediately following was a very soft cough from Zhou Qin.

Liu Nian froze.

Lin Ye glanced at her.

Then he continued, "Is Zhou Qin in A17?"

The man didn't answer.

Lin Ye immediately found out.

Zhou Qin is not in A17.

He didn't press for the location, but changed the subject.

"Are you Liu Jiankun?"

There was no sound on the other end of the phone.

But this silence lasted a little longer than before.

Lin Ye's heart skipped a beat.

He guessed the direction correctly.

When the man spoke, his tone was even lower.

"Before 2:50, A17."

Lin Ye said, "You're not in A17."

The man hung up the phone.

The guard booth was quiet for a few seconds.

Tao Shuang was the first to speak.

"He did not admit that Zhou Qin was in A17."

Lin Ye nodded.

"And I heard her cough."

Liu Nian suddenly grabbed the edge of the table.

"My mother is still alive?"

Lin Ye looked at her.

"To live."

This time, he dared to speak.

Liu Nian's legs went weak, and she almost knelt down.

Uncle Zhao reached out and helped her up, muttering a curse under his breath.

Tao Shuang sent the recording to Gu Wantang.

Less than half a minute later, Gu Wantang replied with a message.

Voices have been confirmed to be heard outside the old cold storage facility.

Police are on duty.

Article .

Don't go to A17.

The third one was a few seconds later.

Lin Ye, you've held them off.