I was wondering before why the waiter was blocking me from watching the surveillance video, as if he had done something wrong.

But after checking the surveillance video, I found that it was really the case.

We started watching from 12:00 midnight and continued until 4:00 or 5:00 in the morning, the time when the white-clothed fairy broke in. Although we didn't find any trace of the white-clothed fairy, we saw some other things.

During this time, three or four men came to open rooms one after another, and whispered a few words to the waiter at the front desk. After they returned to their rooms, the waiter made a phone call, and before long, a heavily made-up young woman walked in from the door to "serve" those men in their rooms.

Sometimes they came out in three to five minutes, sometimes it took a little longer, half an hour.

We're not exactly new to this world. Everyone knows what kind of business is being run in this hostel.

However, this kind of thing is neither too small nor too big. Jiang Yongguang is not a local public official, so there is no need to overstep his authority.

After watching the surveillance, Jiang Yongguang only severely criticized the person in charge of the hostel and urged them to rectify the situation. In short, he was just scaring them a few words, without any specific punishment.

We have other things to be busy with and don't have time to deal with this kind of thing.

After that, we came out of the hostel. Uncle Mei planned to go directly to Ge Xueying's hometown to see if she was there, but Jiang Yongguang felt that we should go back and look for Mu Mu again, since Ge Xueying appeared nearby, she might go to him.

Anyway, Mu Mu's basement is not far from the hostel. We immediately turned back, but unexpectedly found that Mu Mu had moved away overnight.

He was originally a resident singer, carrying his baggage around the world, without a fixed place to live.

It is estimated that he was suddenly visited by us last night, and we said that Ge Xueying was involved in a series of homicides, which scared him, so he ran away overnight.

Since this is the case, we shouldn't bother to look for him again, and we may not be able to find him even if we do.

Jiang Yongguang rented an SUV, and the four of us drove south of Chengdu, to visit Ge Xueying's hometown in the mountains.

According to the address Mu Mu left us, we smoothly found a village hidden in the deep mountains. The village was built on the mountainside and was not small in scale. In 2005, it was still quite popular, with people living in every household, and there were some farmlands around the village.

But later, I heard that Chengdu was carrying out the "merging villages and towns" campaign, so the people in this village gradually moved away, and the scale became smaller and smaller. Basically, except for the elderly who were unwilling to move away, there was no one else in the village.

I went to Chengdu again two years ago and happened to meet someone who came out from there. I inquired about it and said that there were not many households left in the village, and it was very desolate.

It seems that this is the change in more than ten years.

Getting back to the main topic.

It was noon when we arrived at the village, and we could smell the smoke from the village from afar.

As soon as the SUV drove to the edge of the village, several watchdogs "Woof woof woof" barked, and several children with snotty noses and wearing open-crotch pants ran over to watch us, shouting at the SUV from the side.

We parked the car and turned off the engine, and got out of the car.

Jiang Yongguang walked up to a child and asked, "Kid, do you know where Ge Xueying's house is?"

When the child saw that Jiang Yongguang was tall and big, with a stubbly beard, he was probably frightened, and burst into tears, running back to the village in three steps and two steps.

Seeing this, Xiao Liang hurriedly walked up and asked the other children, "Babies, do you know where Ge Xueying's house is?"

Xiao Liang is beautiful and speaks gently, so the children like her and talk to her chirpily.

After asking a few questions, they really found out about Ge Xueying's ancestral home. A six or seven-year-old boy knew more and pointed to an old house at the highest point on the mountainside, saying that Ge Xueying lived there.

Xiao Liang asked again, are there any other people in Ge Xueying's family, are her parents, grandparents, etc. there?

But the child shook his head with a strange expression and said, "No, they're all dead, the whole family is only her!"

The more we listened, the stranger it became. Xiao Liang couldn't help but be curious and continued to ask, "Do you know how her parents died? How did they all die, so tragically?"

The little boy tilted his head and said, "Ge Xueying doesn't have a father, only a mother. Her father was killed by her mother a long time ago."

"Is that so? How did her mother kill her father?" Xiao Liang asked again.

The little boy probably heard these words from the adults. He didn't understand what "killed" meant. He scratched his big head and said, "She just killed him. She killed him many years ago. Later, her mother also died. Ge Xueying probably killed her mother."

Children are just children, and what they say is messy.

I smiled and said, "Forget it, Xiao Liang, it's useless to ask him. He probably wasn't even born when Ge Xueying's parents died. What can he know?"

Xiao Liang responded, rubbed the little boy's big head, and said, "Thank you, go home and eat."

The little boy didn't leave, but looked at us and asked, "Are you here to find Ge Xueying? She hasn't been back to the village for a long time. I haven't seen her for many years."

Xiao Liang was amused by him and said, "How old are you? And you haven't seen her for many years..."

The little boy asked again, "Are you going to Ge Xueying's house?"

Xiao Liang nodded and said, "Yes."

At this moment, the little boy suddenly stared at us and said gloomily, "Then you will also be killed!"

Uncle Mei was furious when he heard this and cursed, "You little bastard!"

The little boy made a face at us and finally turned around and ran away.

I don't know why, but I always feel that this little monkey is very eerie, making my heart hair stand on end. Although it's noon, it still gives me a cold sweat!

But as scared as I am, I won't be scared away by a little boy.

Jiang Yongguang pointed to the mountain and said, "Let's go, let's go to Ge Xueying's house to take a look."

"Okay."

We responded and followed Jiang Yongguang up the mountain. To go to the Ge family's ancestral home, we must pass through the village.

Because we are all outsiders, four unfamiliar faces, a middle-aged woman soon came over to stop us and asked us what we were doing.

Jiang Yongguang handed over his documents and explained his identity. He did not reveal that Ge Xueying was related to the murder case, but only said that Ge Xueying had recently disappeared and he was here to investigate.

Hearing that we were here to investigate Ge Xueying, the middle-aged woman didn't seem surprised. She showed an expression of expectation and said, "This girl really had an accident."

I hurriedly asked, "Why do you say that? Did you know that Ge Xueying was going to have an accident?"

The middle-aged woman sneered and said, "To tell you the truth, that family is very evil! Not only Ge Xueying, but also her mother, her grandmother, anyway, their lineage is all very evil!"