Originally, I was planning to rush out to see if there was a masked person standing at the door, but a sudden voice coming from the phone caught me off guard, and I lost my balance in an instant, almost falling on the spot!
Not only because of the content of the voice, but also because of the voice itself. I was so familiar with it. It was exactly the same as what I heard on Bai Qi's phone this morning! The same weird tone, the same eerie horror!
Seeing me suddenly stumble, Bai Longfei stopped and turned to give me an inquiring look. I immediately signaled him not to care about me and to go and check the situation outside first. Then he rushed out of the newspaper office alone, and then I didn't know where he ran away.
Lin Yingxue did not go out, but stood beside me and waited quietly, because she had already realized that the call I received was definitely extraordinary!
"Who are you?"
After I stood firm, I immediately asked the person on the other end of the phone, but by then the call had been hung up. The person on the other end just left me this sentence and didn't say anything else.
I called back, but it showed that the other party's phone was turned off and I could no longer contact them.
After I hung up the phone, Lin Yingxue hurriedly asked me what happened. I told her about the strange phone call just now, and her expression suddenly became very interesting.
First of all, according to the cause and effect of the previous victim's death, anyone who can receive such a strange phone call will become the murderer's next target! But why me? Why did the murderer kill me? Or is the murderer just warning me not to continue investigating
I have another question. I have heard the phone call that Ma Jie received before her death. According to the description of the phone call, we can basically identify the way Ma Jie died, which was behind the scenes! But the phone call I received now did not have any death hint, only a short and eerie sentence. Why is this
The most important point is, how did the person who called me or the murderer know my phone number? This is very important! If this person can find my phone number, then the means used by this person cannot be judged by ordinary people!
Lin Yingxue said anxiously: "What should we do? How about we leave here first? How did the murderer target you?"
I waved my hands and said, "No, I'm going to stay here today! I want to see what this murderer is capable of to kill me!"
As I was talking, I looked at the time. It was exactly one o'clock in the afternoon. That is to say, according to the murderer's time reminder, he will attack me at one o'clock this morning. Since he has chosen to cause trouble for us, we don't need to bother looking for Ma Jie's other boyfriend. Anyway, the murderer's next target is me, so I might as well wait here today and see what tricks the murderer wants to play!
After a while, Bai Longfei, who had chased out, came back to us, shook his head helplessly, and said that he did not see any suspicious people, and asked me if I was seeing things.
In fact, I was also confused about this. Was the masked man I saw just now my illusion? However, since Bai Longfei couldn't find the person, it proved that there was a high probability that I was wrong, so I told Bai Longfei again about the phone call I received just now.
Bai Longfei looked solemn when he heard this. After I finished explaining the matter and my own thoughts, Bai Longfei immediately patted my shoulder and said with a smile: "It's okay, just do whatever you want. I will follow you throughout the whole day and see who can touch you!"
No matter what danger I encounter, as long as Bai Longfei is by my side, I will always feel safe. I smiled and nodded, "Of course, with Brother Long here, what do I have to worry about? If the murderer shows up tonight, it will all depend on what you can do, Brother Long."
"Don't worry about that. Just tell me whether you want an arm or a leg, and I'll get it for you in a minute."
The matter of the phone call here has come to an end for the time being, but I still called Bai Qi and asked him to check the source of the phone number. The information Bai Qi gave me was that the number that called me today was not the same as the number that called the deceased Ma Jie yesterday, and it seemed that they were not called by the same person.
This is a bit strange. If they are not from the same person, why are the voices exactly the same? Regarding this doubt, I think the murderer must have thrown away his previous phone card to be on the safe side and used a new phone card to call me.
Now that things here have been temporarily resolved, we still have to face the breakthrough of this case, that is, the identity of Ma Jie's other boyfriend. Although I am not afraid that the murderer will attack me tonight, it is necessary to first understand the other party's identity and take the initiative.
We arrived at the elevator entrance, ready to take the elevator upstairs, but when the elevator reached the first floor and opened the door, we found that inside the elevator, Li Gang, who worked in the monitoring room on the tenth floor, was stepping on a ladder and seemed to be repairing something.
After we entered the elevator, we greeted Li Gang and found that he was actually repairing the camera in the elevator. I immediately asked in confusion: "Li Gang, didn't you say that the camera in the elevator was fine?"
Li Gang said helplessly, "It was working fine, but it broke down today for some reason. My boss asked me to fix it quickly. I also fixed all the other cameras in the newspaper office that had already been scrapped. It looks like I'll be busy today."
Facing Li Gang's reluctant look, I felt funny in my heart. The leader of this newspaper is really crazy. Since all the news in the newspaper is confidential, he would rather spend money to hire three security guards to patrol than to solve the problem of the cameras. I really can't understand what these people are thinking.
Li Gang was chatting with us while repairing the camera. Soon the elevator reached the tenth floor. After we got out of the elevator, Bai Longfei asked me where to start the investigation, but I smiled mysteriously and said, "Brother Long, didn't you find some problems just now?"
"What did you find?"
I looked at the closed elevator door behind me and said, "The three security guards said that apart from them, basically no one else would have oil stains on their clothes. But when Li Gang was repairing the camera just now, I found that his cuffs were stained with oil because of repairing the camera. In other words, apart from the security guards, the only person who could be stained with oil stains was Li Gang who works in the monitoring room!"
I discovered this when I was talking to Li Gang just now, and I also found that Li Gang has a very well-proportioned body, which completely meets the standards we are looking for as Ma Jie's boyfriend. What's more, Li Gang is very young and also works on the tenth floor, which makes him even more suspicious.
Since this Li Gang works in the monitoring room, his daily work must be related to monitoring maintenance. More importantly, I found that this Li Gang was not wearing work clothes!
I asked the security guard about work clothes before. He said that they issue work clothes every three years. Many people's work clothes are basically worn out within three years. So every time they issue new work clothes, they throw away their old work clothes. In other words, theoretically speaking, everyone only has one set of work clothes! Now Li Gang is not wearing his own work clothes, which can explain a lot of problems!
After hearing what I said, Bai Longfei suddenly realized what was going on. He kept praising me for my careful observation and turned around to go to the elevator to catch Li Gang and interrogate him. I immediately stopped him and said, "We don't need to ask more questions about things that have been confirmed. Besides, there is no point in catching him now. Wouldn't it be more rewarding to catch him when he makes a move at night?"
"Besides, we have only figured out one thing now. We are not sure whether Li Gang is the murderer or not. But there is another thing that we have not figured out, which is the death of the old office director. Let's go to the office director first and ask him in detail about what happened at that time. If we can solve this matter at the same time, it will be worth our long trip here."
Bai Longfei looked at me strangely and said, "When did you have such a bad taste? But I like it! Hahaha!"
Actually, this is not a bad taste. Strictly speaking, it should be regarded as my intuition. Although I don’t know whether men’s intuition is reliable, I still decided to investigate the matter thoroughly. After all, the result of solving the case is not interesting. The process of deciphering the mystery is the most interesting thing for me.
Having decided to investigate the old office director, we headed straight to the current office director's room. But as soon as we reached the door, we heard the office director screaming like a pig being slaughtered! It was as if he was experiencing something very terrifying at this moment!
After hearing the scream, Bai Longfei was the first to react. He immediately opened the office door and rushed in. He saw the office director sitting on the ground, retreating backwards trembling all over. In front of him was a mobile phone with the screen still on!
We were relieved to see that the office director was fine and just frightened. We immediately asked him what happened. When the office director saw us, he stood up and ran towards us as if he had seen a savior. On the way, he seemed to be afraid of stepping on his phone. He walked around the phone and stood behind us, staring at the phone on the ground. He said in a trembling voice, "I just received a call! It was from a weird person who said he was right above my head, but I couldn't see him. He will come to find me in twelve hours!"