Huo Rou didn't ask why he apologized again. She just lowered her eyes and operated her phone with concentration, everything as usual.
Only An An looked up and saw a fleeting strangeness in her eyes.
"Done," Huo Rou said, holding her phone screen a little further away.
Pei Feng and the others gradually crowded around her, looking at the phone.
The screen was limited, so they could only start by watching the surveillance footage from the villa entrance.
"So fast?" Those who hadn't managed to come over at Huo Rou's words exclaimed softly.
Even if they went to retrieve the surveillance, they would have to drive there, wait for the personnel there to accept their request, and then be led to the monitoring room.
How could Huo Rou be so fast?
And the person standing next to Huo Rou exclaimed even more in surprise, "So fast?"
"Time is tight," Huo Rou and Pei Feng said in unison.
On the phone screen, the surveillance video played at the fastest speed, showing the trajectory of wind passing by, the rapid changes of shadows, and the extremely hurried alternation of light and shadow.
Only a few people could barely watch, while others continued to look around for the situation.
Just as the video reached the point where Huo Rou and the others entered the villa, Qin Ningyi returned with his people.
He had discovered something and was planning to find Huo Rou to check the surveillance, but Pei Feng looked at Huo Rou with great excitement.
"Teacher Huo..." he was very emotional, "Since you can't be infected by the virus anymore, can you take off your mask? I... I..."
He didn't know how to explain. What had just been extinguished in his heart suddenly ignited again, even more intensely than before.
The way Huo Rou and the others entered the villa with a strange smell made him restless.
With a look from Huo Rou, Pei Feng suddenly calmed down and stood obediently to the side. Seeing him calm, Huo Rou looked at Qin Ningyi and asked, "Ningyi, how is it?"
Qin Ningyi, keeping Pei Feng's fanatical gaze at bay, came to Huo Rou. "Check the surveillance in the villa area on the right rear."
He had been searching the surroundings and, through special methods, discovered a footprint. The pattern was not of the kind conventionally produced in Huaguo.
Huo Rou followed Qin Ningyi's direction and found the nearby surveillance footage.
The time rewound.
A person in a protective suit suddenly appeared on the screen. His protective suit wasn't worn properly, and he was strangely clad as he rushed past the villa entrance, through the surveillance.
"This must be the old gentleman?!" Pei Feng guessed, looking at the fleeting figure on the surveillance screen. "Someone was waiting for him?"
He immediately contacted the gatekeeper of the villa area. The result was that besides them entering today, no one had left.
"Oh!" The security guard who had delivered the protective suit to Huo Rou earlier called back, "There's a small path in the villa area. It's too remote, and very few owners walk that way. I almost forgot about it!"
Following the security guard's description, they found the path.
It was indeed a desolate path, overgrown with weeds.
Qin Ningyi squatted down to examine it. A set of tire tracks extended forward.
They looked at each other, almost certain that Walkerbitt had escaped from here.
This old villa area already had very little surveillance, let alone such a remote place. The clues were lost again.
"Let's go back and bring a police dog to try," someone suggested.
At this point, it seemed like the only option.
Pei Feng nodded. Speaking of dogs, he then remembered the call he had received on the way.
"By the way, Teacher Huo, they said the dog you were looking for has been found."
"Where?" An An's little head popped out from behind Huo Rou and came in front of him, holding his hand. His small eyes were very anxious. "Is he okay? Is he hurt?"
An An felt very sad thinking that Shenfeng had been left behind in the car by them, and was worried that something had happened to Shenfeng.
Pei Feng was stunned. He hadn't asked about it due to the urgency, but he vaguely remembered that the person who reported the situation to him had mentioned something.
"It seems he wasn't hurt," Pei Feng deduced. "They said when they found the dog, he was sprinting towards the office building."
"He must be coming to find me!" An An excitedly clenched Pei Feng's glove. He turned back and looked at Huo Rou with sparkling eyes, his meaning self-evident.
Huo Rou also desperately needed Shenfeng's help. She looked at Pei Feng. Before she could speak, Pei Feng said, "He's on his way."
Pei Feng froze after he spoke. This默契...
Qin Ningyi also frowned slightly and looked at Pei Feng.