Chapter 201
To sacrifice thirty years of one’s life just to find another person, Lin Ran felt that such a deal was really not a good deal.
But there are times when seeing someone, even for just a moment, is more enviable than thirty years of loneliness, such is human nature.
After bidding farewell to Wang Yiming and Hu Ming, he found a place in a nearby park to sit and stare.
It was only when Song Nuan called at 5pm that he snapped out of his daze.
“Hello! Where is it?”
On the phone, Song Nuan’s voice was slightly serious, as if something was wrong.
“What’s wrong?”
Lin Ran asked.
“Come to Liu’s Hotel next to the shop, my father wants to see you!”
Song Nuan said solemnly.
“Father-in-law? His old man wants to see me for something?”
Lin Ran asked.
“Cut the crap, hurry up and come over, it’s a matter of missing people!”
Song Nuan urged.
“Good! Right away!”
Lin Ran returned, and promptly drove straight to the place.
There was a Liu’s restaurant next to the shop, not too big, enough for a three-star standard in front of it.
However, recently the entire Temperance City was conducting a clean-up campaign, so there were not many restaurants that could be found that were still open now.
When he arrived at the private room, Lin Ran saw Song Yujiang Song Nuan, the two of them, were doing in front of the table, which was already filled with delicious dishes, so it was obvious that the two of them had been waiting for a constant amount of time.
“Sorry for being late!”
Lin Ran said with a slight apology, I’m afraid that making someone of Song Yujiang’s status wait for himself was the first time he had done so in the whole of Tanjiang City.
“It’s alright, Xiao Nuan and I told you that you’ve been busy with the shop recently, it’s normal to be late!”
Song Yujiang laughed.
Lin Ran smiled awkwardly and then took his seat.
“Lin Ran, this time I’m looking for you to come over, mainly because of the recent missing person case in the city!”
Song Yujiang said straight to the point.
“Well, Uncle Song, you tell me!”
Lin Ran was not pretentious and said directly.
“The thing is this,…..”
Song Yujiang opened his mouth and said.
It turned out that the missing person case in the city had been going on for a week from the time it happened.
During this week, Song Yujiang could say that he had mobilized all the forces he could, yet the feedback he received was poor.
“We investigated that the people involved in the accident were of all ages, from eighty years old to ten years old, so there is no pattern at all!”
“Later we had investigated the surveillance of the accident sites in the city and found a problem, near the scene of each missing person, there was a person in a black robe!”
“It’s a suspect?”
Lin Ran asked.
“It’s highly likely!”
Song Yujiang said.
“We’ve been investigating for a long time based on this person’s physical appearance, but it’s as if this person doesn’t exist at all, no matter what!”
Speaking of this, Song Yujiang also said with a sigh as his brow furrowed not nearly as much.
“In the end, we mapped out all the places where this man hangs out, and finally got two residual pieces of his clothes!”
Said Song Yujiang as he took out a bag with two thumbnail-sized pieces of black cloth inside.
“Do you know what the results of the extraction tests were?”
Song Yujiang asked.
“What is it?”
Lin Ran frowned.
“Astringent clothing!”
Song Yujiang said.
The entire atmosphere in the private room instantly fell silent, and all three of them felt the temperature around them drop significantly.
“Dad, how can it be a convergence suit!”
Song Nuan’s body was covered in goosebumps, how could someone wear the clothes of a dead person, it simply didn’t make sense.
“Uncle Song is looking for me, how do you want me to help?”
Lin Ran asked directly.
“To be exact, I don’t know either, there are no eyebrows on this matter for the time being, I’m bored to death, or today Xiao Nuan came to me and said that you are also very proficient in feng shui, that’s why I wanted to get you to come over and talk, to see if I could get any enlightenment!”
Song Yujiang said.
Lin Ran nodded at his words and fell into contemplation, speaking a moment later.
“Uncle Song do you remember something, when Xiao Nuan was frightened at school, that time you once sent someone to investigate and found two broken step pieces at the school again!”
“I remember! How come this has something to do with it?”
Song Yujiang asked.
“When these two things are put together, I always feel that there is a slight connection!”
Lin Ran nodded, then analysed.
“Look, both are equally godless murderers, both have not found any clues, but both have left pieces of cloth behind, which means that the two people either have no connection and both left pieces of cloth by pure coincidence, or it is the habit of this person, who is used to burrowing into gra*s and such like places, which is why he left pieces of cloth behind!”
Lin Ran said as he took out the two pieces of cloth from before and said.
“I suggest that this piece of cloth be carefully a*sayed, it might lead to other gains!”
“Good!”
Song Yujiang smiled and took it, then put it in his pocket and took it back for a proper lab test.
Lin Ran then continued.
“There’s one last thing!”
“But there’s no harm in saying it!”
Song Yujiang said.
Lin Ran didn’t hesitate and said directly.
“I know a friend who is a feng shui master, he has a client on his side, it is the child who is missing, he should be one of the people in the disappearance case, he wants to entrust me to perform the Thousand Mile Tracing Technique!”
“Thousand-mile tracing?”
Song Yujiang and Song Nuan were both stunned at the words, they didn’t know what exactly the Thousand Mile Tracing was.
Lin Ran saw this and told them about the Thousand Mile Tracing and finally said.
“This Thousand Mile Tracing method is too much of a loss of yang life, I’m afraid that many people are not too willing to do it, and even if they are willing to do it, it will be to the detriment of others!”
Speaking here, Lin Ran sighed and said.
“Although many people are eager to save others, that is their loved ones, and they deserve it, but this is really a bit costly, they don’t care, but for me, this will probably end a person’s life with my own hands because of this, so ….”
Lin Ran did not say any more.
“I understand!”
Song Yujiang nodded his head, indicating that he could understand, and then said.
“Everything cannot be forced, what the final outcome will be, still depends on the will of God, if Hu Ming’s family really decides to ask for your help, you can always call me, and I will do my best, after all, this is also caused by my dereliction of duty!”
“Dad!”
Song Nuan was a bit heartbroken for her father, others didn’t understand him, but she as a daughter understood very well, her own father had not slept for several nights for this disappearance case, if she wasn’t unable to help herself? she really wanted to stay up all night by herself instead of her father.
“Alright!”
After things were talked about, Song Yujiang’s whole person obviously relaxed a few points and laughed.
“Just talking about things, the food is getting cold, come on hurry up and eat!”
“Dad you eat more!”
Song Nuan heartily gave his father a dish to eat.
Lin Ran smiled lightly and also moved his chopsticks.
However, just after taking a bite, his face sank and he spat it out directly, then he hurriedly stopped Song Yujiang and his father and daughter.
“Don’t eat it yet, there’s something wrong with this dish!”
Lin Ran said as he pointed at the spicy and sour shredded potatoes in front of him.
“What’s wrong?”
Song Yujiang asked, they hadn’t eaten this dish.
“This dish is not fresh, eat it and you’ll get diarrhoea!”
Lin Ran said, yesterday’s incident was so big that now he was also very concerned about the food safety piece.
He just didn’t expect to come out to eat the next day and run into this kind of problem again.
Chapter 202
“I’ll go and find them in charge!”
Song Nuan said and got up and walked out, because yesterday’s food poisoning matter had also affected Song Yujiang greatly, so now she was also very sensitive.
Soon, Song Nuan walked in with the so-called person in charge, and looking at the badge, it was actually the lobby manager of this hotel.
“Come and see for yourself, these shredded potatoes are not even fresh, how dare you serve them up!”
Song Nuan pointed at the shredded potatoes on the table and said.
“Not fresh? I think it’s quite fresh!”
The lobby manager’s name was Zhou Ling, a fat man of about thirty years of age, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed gla*ses, looking civilized and courteous, but in fact very arrogant.
“Fresh? Fresh you take a bite and see!”
Song Nuan atmosphere said.
Who knew that this Zhou Ling actually really instantly grabbed a bite in his body and stuffed it into his mouth, and then spread his hands and said.
“It’s fine! How is it not fresh anymore?”
He said and showed a disdainful expression, saying to himself.
“Some people, they just take themselves too seriously, it’s just a meal, what more do you want?”
“What did you say!”
Song Nuan was so angry that her face turned red, she didn’t expect to come across such a rogue lobby manager today.
“Alright, I’ll do it!”
Lin Ran waved his hand to stop Song Nuan, and then looked at Zhou Ling.
“The lobby manager, right? Call your boss here!”
“Boss? Kid, you’ve taken the wrong medicine! This is a three-star hotel, how dare you call us boss? If it wasn’t for the sake of the pretty girl, I wouldn’t even bother with you!”
Looking at Lin Ran’s tattered clothes, Zhou Ling said disdainfully.
He was able to be a lobby manager in the hotel, and he had a knack for reading people’s words.
“How dare you talk!”
Song Yujiang could not stand it anymore and opened his mouth to scold.
Zhou Ling glanced at him and saw that Song Yujiang couldn’t help but blush, the other party was dressed very well, which made him a bit impervious to the depths, yet sitting with Lin Ran, he looked out of place.
“Who are you!”
Zhou Ling asked tentatively.
“His friend!”
Song Yujiang did not want to reveal his identity and casually returned the question.
“Friend?”
Hearing this address, Zhou Ling’s heart was instantly filled and he coldly snorted.
“Since it’s just a friend, then it’s none of your business if I talk to him!”
“You!”
Song Yujiang was so angry that his face sank, nearly moving into anger.
“Call your boss over, do I need to say it a third time?”
Lin Ran’s face also turned cold at this moment, it was originally a very small matter, the dish was broken, just replace it with another one, but this lobby manager’s arrogant attitude, even he couldn’t bear to look at it anymore.
“What are you shouting for? The boss is not here, you have to say it five or ten times today, it’s not here!”
Zhou Ling looked like a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, causing Lin Ran’s face to freeze completely.
“Is that so?”
Lin Ran smiled faintly, followed by standing up and looking towards Song Yujiang.
“Uncle Song, wait for a moment, I’ll go and fix it!”
Saying this, he walked over towards Zhou Ling.
“You… What do you want!”
Zhou Ling couldn’t help but be shocked at the sight, this guy Lin Ran looked thin and frail, but his eyes at this moment were like a fierce beast, looking at him with goosebumps all over his body.
“No, let’s go out and talk!”
He said, without giving Zhou Ling a chance to speak, he pulled him and left the room directly.
It wasn’t that Zhou Ling didn’t want to resist, but the moment Lin Ran’s hand was on him, he felt like his whole body was emptied of strength, and he couldn’t use any strength at all.
As soon as Lin Ran’s palm exerted a slight force, the pain was as severe as steel and iron, causing tears to flow down his face.
“Get your boss here!”
Once out of the private room, Lin Ran said once again, just before Zhou Ling could say anything, surprisingly.
“Don’t say anything to me about not being here, this is the last time I’ll let you shout for your boss, if you can’t, see this wall?”
Lin Ran pointed to the wall in front of him, an all concrete structure that was exceptionally strong.
“Pop!”
Suddenly, a cup appeared out of thin air in Lin Ran’s hand, followed by a slap on the wall and a smack.
“Or this is what will happen to you!”
After saying that, Lin Ran swept Zhou Ling with an icy gaze, turned around and entered the private room.
“This …. This ….”
Zhou Ling was so scared that his legs and stomach trembled and he almost fell to the ground unsteadily.
The look Lin Ran gave him when he left just now was simply like a shura from hell, making him tremble with fear.
If it was said that a look could kill a person, I’m afraid this look from Lin Ran was close to it.
“Old… Boss…”
Finally, Zhou Ling couldn’t carry it anymore and ran like hell towards the roof, where the boss’s office was.
Today was supposed to be a day when Liu Xuan was out on holiday, blowing the sea breeze, hugging a beautiful woman, sipping a mouthful of good wine, living a beautiful life.
But it was because of the huge food poisoning accident that broke out in Temagami City yesterday, which led to a strict investigation of almost all industries that covered catering, so naturally he, Liu’s grandson, couldn’t be idle.
“D*mn, what restaurant does the family have nothing to open, can’t you do the auction business properly!”
Sitting in his office, Liu Xuan was speechless, his family had obviously started with auctions, but now they were also engaged in catering.
He was a son who could have gotten away with it, but now he was in this Sh*tty hotel office.
Luckily, the hotel is never short of beautiful women, not at this moment beside him, there is a beautiful foreman, is accompanying.
“Tiny, I don’t believe you when you say you are a year younger than me!”
Liu Xuan laughed.
“It’s true, I’ll show you my ID card if you don’t believe me!”
The female foreman named Xiao Xiao, charming eyes tossed, twisted and took out the ID card from her pocket and fell over.
Only when this handed over, but it was accidentally lying in Liu Xuan’s arms, a fragrant scenery at once.
“Oops, sorry Mr. Liu, these two days ankle discomfort, did not stand well!”
Xiao Xiao was about to get up, but Liu Xuan stopped the slender waist with a hand and laughed.
“What’s wrong with the ankle? I’m very concerned about the staff’s life, don’t move first, I’ll give you a rub!”
Liu Xuan said about to go to take off the tiny shoes, the slender ankle saw him some press.
But in the jade foot small foot is about to see when, suddenly the door is wearing a “bang bang” knocking sound, and a pig-like voice.
“Liu …. Mr. Liu! There are guests looking for!”
“Get lost!”
Liu Xuan was just getting excited, seeing that he would be able to go further and even hit a home run, but at this juncture he was actually looking for himself, which is not to hit the gun.
“Mr. Liu, the other side is not small!”
Zhou Ling continued to shout, resounding with Lin Ran’s murderous eyes, he was afraid, Liu Xuan did not go with him, he was really afraid to go back.
“What come not small, can still be big there!”
Liu Xuan chided, very impatient.
When Zhou Ling saw that Liu Xuan refused to come out, he had to make a killer move and shouted.
“Mr. Liu is really in trouble, the guests reflected that there is something wrong with the dishes, if you don’t go, people will report to the officials!”
