Midnight Bookstore Chapter 172 – Phantom Caller

Zhou Ze didn't eat much for lunch. He acted like he didn't need to take any supplements

He ate a little of the sour plum juice.

The old priest ate a lot. He ate like crazy. He looked like an old man who could still eat. More than half of the dishes on the table fell into the old priest's stomach.

In the afternoon, the old priest kept glancing outside the bookstore. He was probably ready to go out and show some love.

Since spider-man could clean the bookstore now, his work was indeed much easier.

However, at three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhou Ze's phone rang.

The Caller ID was an unknown number. Zhou Ze picked up the call, and a hoa.r.s.e voice came from the other end:

“Save me… save me…”

Zhou ze tilted his head slightly and took the phone a little further away from himself.

Because the noise on the other end of the phone was really heavy, like a series of small firecrackers being set off there.

“h.e.l.lo?”Zhou ze asked again.

“I'm at General Mountain, save me… Save Me…”

“Pa!”

Zhou ze directly hung up the phone, threw the phone on the coffee table, and picked up the coffee again to take a sip.

Xu Qinglang, who was next to him, raised his head to look at Zhou Ze and asked casually, “Whose phone is it?”

“It's a prank, a call for help.”

“What if it's true?”Xu Qinglang asked with a smile.

“They said it's in general mountain, but it's too far away, so I can't be bothered to go.”

Boss Zhou was a person who was afraid of trouble. If he could sit in the bookstore and wait for business to come, why would he run around?

Zhou Ze didn't even bother to think about the real reason for the distress call, nor did he have the time to determine whether he was real or fake. He wasn't G.o.d, nor was he a policewoman. He would go wherever he needed.

“Boss, this penniless priest wants to go out and buy some daily necessities.”

At this time, the old priest walked to Zhou Ze's side and asked for leave.

Zhou Ze was just about to nod and agree when his phone rang again. It was the same unknown number.

Zhou ze simply turned on the public speaker:

“h.e.l.lo?”

“Save me… Save Me… I'm at General Mountain… they're going to kill… they're going to kill… General Mountain… General Mountain…”

The voice was much clearer than before, but there was still a lot of noise.

“Save me… Save Me… I'm on General Mountain… they're going to kill… they're going to kill… children… women… they're executioners… Executioners…”

Xu Qinglang and the old priest looked at each other. If this was a prank, it was possible, but no one would notice Zhou Ze's private number. No one would contact Zhou Ze except for them, who would be so bored as to arrange a prank for him?

Then… What if it was true?

But how could you explain that the number that someone dialed immediately must have come to Zhou Ze? Wouldn't he call 110 himself for help?

Right now, both possibilities didn't make sense.

Zhou ze hung up the phone again and reached out to rub his temples.

“What do you want to Eat Tonight?”Boss Zhou asked.

It was obvious that boss Zhou was still trying his best to avoid this strange distress call. No matter if it was real or fake, he just didn't want to go out, okay?

“Spaghetti,”Xu Qinglang said.

“By the way, Old Taoist, you said you were going out for a while. You should go out and remember to come back early.”

“Okay.”

Old Master went out in high spirits. He was full of vigor and vigor. This old man was talking about youth madness!

“Yingying, help me go out and buy an anonymous phone card,”Zhou Ze said to Bai Yingying.

“Okay, Boss.”

Bai Yingying left the shop and came back not long after. Although the real-name card business was very strict in the country, such a phone card that did not need to be registered with an ID card could still be bought everywhere, it was very likely that a stranger's ID card was registered inside.

Zhou Ze changed the card and dialed 110. The operator on the other side quickly connected to the police hotline.

“h.e.l.lo, this is the Tongcheng police service desk…”

“I want to call the police. Someone said that there was a murder case in general mountain. You'd better go and check it out. I don't know whether it's true or not. Okay, that's all.”

“Please Wait a moment. Are you talking about General Mountain?”

“Yes.”

“Then can you give us your contact information and address? We will send someone to contact you.”

Zhou ze hung up the phone again. Then, he took out the cell phone card and changed it back to his own card.

After changing the card back, Zhou ze said hesitantly, “Something seems to be wrong.”

“What's Wrong?”Xu Qinglang asked.

“I can't tell, but I feel that something is wrong.”

There were some clubs on south street, but the prices and the quality were too high. Although the old priest's pockets were relatively well-to-do, he preferred to comfort his old and decrepit sisters. Of course, no matter how old and decrepit they were.., they were about the age of his daughter, so they were still a bit of a beast.

But the clubs were all his granddaughter's generation, so they were worse than beasts!

After taking a taxi to the harbor gate, the old priest found a foot-washing shop with familiarity.

The shutter door was closed, but the old priest knew that this did not mean that it was not open for business.

He smoked a cigarette outside and waited for a while. The shutter door was pulled open, and an old man, who was younger than the old priest, walked out from inside and smiled at the old priest.

The friendship of a “Brother-in-law”.

Ten years of cultivation were like a boat crossing, a hundred years of cultivation were like sleeping together, and a thousand years of cultivation were like a brother-in-law.

The old priest bent down and walked in.

There was a woman with heavy makeup inside. She was about forty years old. She said to the old priest,

“Brother, I'm going to take a shower first. Wait a moment.”

“Yes, yes.”

The old priest sat down on the sofa and faced the television.

The woman was washing her body inside while the old priest was already in a state of mind outside.

But then..,

the news broadcast on the television news immediately made the old priest's mouth open wide.

“Our station's latest news, there has been a new development in the case of the extermination of the family in general mountain a week ago. The police have locked onto the target suspect, a young man named 'Ye Qing'.

“The arrest warrant for ye Qing has now been released. Ye Qing, male, 25 years old. He used to work at the Tongcheng Water Works. He was a friend of the deceased's family. He went to General Mountain for vacation with the deceased's family on the day of the incident.

“After the incident, ye Qing's whereabouts have been unknown. Please inform the police that the police have offered a reward…”

The old priest was stunned when he saw the scene on the television.

Coincidentally, the woman came out after taking a shower. When she saw the old priest staring at the news on the television, she smacked her lips and said,

“It happened last week. A family of three was killed and their heads were cut off. They haven't been found yet. It's really tragic. The husband and wife are both quite young. The child seems to be only five years old. It's a girl.”

The old priest stood up abruptly,

with his experience in solving cases with the previous boss, he was keenly aware that the phone call his boss received before he came out must have been unusual!

“Sister, Brother didn't bring any medicine today. I'll be leaving first.”

With that, the old priest ran out of the foot washing shop.

When the old priest took a taxi back to the bookstore, he found that Zhou Ze was not on the first floor.

Spider-man was sitting there, motionless.

Xu Qinglang was sitting behind the bar counter with a cuc.u.mber on his face.

“Where's The Boss?”The old man asked.

Xu Qinglang pointed at the top of the bar without saying a word.

The old man immediately ran up the stairs and directly pushed open the door of the boss's bedroom.

In the bedroom,

the boss was lying on the tatami and resting his head on Bai Yingying's legs. Bai Yingying was ma.s.saging the boss's head.

The boss looked as if he was tired and had to deal with a lot of things,

bai Yingying looked like the boss was really too tired and had to work so hard that the boss felt sorry for her.

Pah,

a Dog and a woman!

The old Taoist felt good in his heart.

Then, he said righteously,

“Boss, something happened.”

Zhou ze turned his head slightly and looked at the old Taoist standing at the door. “What's Wrong?”

“Boss, there was a murder case in general mountain last week. A family of three was killed. Not only the murderer has not been found, but even the heads of the three dead people have not been found.”

“Oh,”Zhou Ze responded.

No wonder the police took his 911 call so seriously. It made sense now.

“Boss, that phone call of yours is most likely a message given to you by an insider,”the old Taoist reminded him.

“Okay,”Zhou Ze replied.

Then, he continued to immerse himself in the ma.s.sage technique that was just right for Bai Yingying.

“…”the old Taoist.

He understood that the boss might already have an idea, but the boss might just be afraid of trouble and did not want to pay attention to it. The trouble here might not only refer to the trouble of investigating this matter, but also the trouble of being a ghost errand boy who secretly meddled in the affairs of the Yang World.

The trouble of the latter might be even bigger and more sensitive than the former.

This made the old priest feel a little annoyed. The emperor was not anxious, but the eunuch was anxious, which was the most suffocating.

At this moment, Zhou Ze's cell phone rang again. It was placed on the bedside table and was charging. Zhou ze frowned. It was obvious that he didn't want to answer the phone, so he didn't ask Bai Yingying to help him get the phone.

The old priest ran over directly. When he saw that it was still the unfamiliar number, he immediately pressed the answer b.u.t.ton.

“Save me… Save Us… I'm at General Mountain… they're coming… they're coming… they're going to kill someone… they're going to kill someone…”

Zhou ze reached out and picked his ear,

he didn't hear it, he didn't hear it,

i'm deaf,

i'm deaf,

my ears are out of breath.

But then..,

suddenly, a little girl's pained scream came from the phone, “Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ! ! ! ! !”

Zhou Ze opened his eyes, looking helpless and conflicted.

The call ended by itself,

the old priest gulped, took out his phone, and walked to Zhou Ze. He pointed the phone at the boss and said, “Boss, this is a picture of the three daughters of the victim's family.”

A picture of a naive five-year-old girl was placed in front of Zhou Ze,

zhou Ze took a look and looked away. The old priest continued to point his phone at Zhou Ze's eyes.

Take a look,

take a look,

do you have the heart to do that?

Do you have the heart to do that?

Are you still human!

Oh No, even a ghost wouldn't have the heart to do that, right?

“Boss, go ahead and investigate. We haven't even found the girl's head yet,”the old priest urged.

Zhou Ze remained silent.

“Boss, I feel that the person who made the call is very suspicious. It's as if he was at the scene.”

Zhou ze sighed and gave up struggling. Then, he stood up silently,

he said to Bai Yingying, “Help me find a set of casual clothes and sports shoes.”

“Yes, Boss.”Bai Yingying immediately got up and went to find clothes.

Zhou Ze looked at the old Taoist and smiled. “With your level, you still want to learn how to a.n.a.lyze and solve cases?”

“Ah?”The old Taoist was a little confused.

“Who am I?”Zhou ze asked.

“A ghost, Boss.”

“Then what was the strange phone call you made to me?”

“It was…”

“A ghost call.”