"That young man's name is General. I met him yesterday morning when I was moving sand and gravel at the intersection. He helped me move cement to the roof. He seemed very nice. He heard that I wanted to repair the roof and even wanted to help.

He helped me with a day's work yesterday and worked overtime at night.

I got up this morning, went up to the roof and saw that he was there again. It was not bright at that time, and the young man started to work while chewing hard steamed buns.

Although he left for a while saying he had something to do in the morning, he came back again at noon.

Seeing how hard he worked for me, I wanted to treat him to a meal in the evening, but the man left in the afternoon and didn't come.

Later I went to the next courtyard to ask, and hey, there was no such person.

Do you think it’s strange that this guy works for me for free and doesn’t even take any money?”

Ji Shaobei: "There is no reason to work for nothing in the world. He must have another purpose."

After listening to the old man's statement, Ji Shaobei was already sure that the man was Gu Shi, but now he was called General.

Old Man Tian said: "Yes, but I don't know what his purpose is.

Comrade, I didn't think much about it this afternoon. I thought he was really from the next courtyard, so I didn't say anything about it.

Since you're here too, I'll tell you what's going on."

Ji Shaobei: "Well. Take me to the roof to have a look, and tell me what that person looks like..."

"good."

This large courtyard has four floors. Standing on the top of the building, you can just see the Forestry Bureau community opposite.

It's a bit far here, so it's not a great place for observation, but it would be different if you had a telescope.

Old Man Tian told Ji Shaobei that the general left around one o'clock at noon, which was the time when he went to the police station to report the crime.

This man's mind was very sharp. He had already felt the surrounding terrain very clearly before he came here to squat, so when he saw that he was heading in the direction of the police station, he sensed the danger and ran away in advance.

The youngest son of the Shi family seems to be smarter and cleverer than his three brothers, but it's a pity that none of the brothers has taken the right path.

After leaving the courtyard, Ji Shaobei went to the police station again.

He got important news from Old Man Tian. The man's current name was General, and his left eye was injured and he was half-blind.

Gu Shi was half-blind, and even the police station over there didn't know about it because it was not included in the information they provided during the day.

It seems that he lost his eyesight on the way to escape.

With this important news, we now have a goal to investigate.

"Comrade Ji, don't worry, we will release this news internally tonight and will also communicate with the case investigators over there."

The comrades at the police station were quite embarrassed. They only visited the courtyard in the afternoon, but in the end even such important news was leaked.

After leaving the police station, Ji Shaobei went to the station. Ji Lan came back after a while.

Although the store is close to here, there is snow on the road, and Ji Lan has been commuting to get off work by car recently.

Ji Lan was wearing a purple cotton coat and leather boots. It was a little strange to see Ji Shaobei waiting for her at the station.

"It's such a cold day, what are you doing standing here?"

Ji Shaobei: "Come to pick you up."

Ji Lan was amused, "I'm not a child, so why should you pick me up?"

Ji Shaobei was speechless. He really didn't know how to tell his sister what happened in the past two days.

If she were to find out, she would definitely follow them back to Nancheng and stand by their side all the time, but this is often dangerous.

Instead, he left with his wife and children, taking away the ancient stone at the same time. It would be safer for his sister to stay here.

Ji Shaobei knew that Gu Shi's target was him. If possible, he hoped to resolve his grudges with this person alone, but it was obviously impossible.

The dark and crazy thoughts of those people are beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

The next day, Ji Shaobei went out at dawn.

Today he was going to go out for a run and see if there was anything unusual about the people setting up stalls at the entrance of the community.

Although neither his wife nor Mo Guangyao's dreams mentioned that Gu Shi had an accomplice, there were some differences between dreams and reality, and he needed to prepare in advance if such a possibility was possible.

Ji Shaobei dressed relatively lightly, wearing a cashmere vest over a white shirt on a snowy day.

When he arrived at the gate of the community, the security guard asked him, "Comrade Ji, are you not cold if you wear so little?"

Ji Shaobei: "You will feel warm after running for a while."

The security guard was surprised, "Are you going for a run?"

"Yes."

Security guard: "..." It's such a cold day, doesn't the bed smell good?

After exiting the big iron gate, Ji Shaobei started to move. He didn't plan to run far this time, so he just walked around a few times.

It was so early that there was no one outside, only the snow clearing workers were working on the roadside.

Starting from the entrance of the community, we go to the school in the back, the textile factory in front, the courtyard and the nearby alleys.

If the general was still nearby, he would definitely be able to see him.

In this quiet morning, on roads and alleys with few pedestrians, if he wanted to attack him, this would actually be a very good opportunity.

Ji Shaobei hoped that he could stand up.

Unfortunately, he ran around twice and didn't notice any movement.

That person is no longer around?

The police station conducted another investigation here last night. He may have gone far away.

Of course, it is also possible that his purpose of revenge is not only to kill himself, but also to have other pursuits, such as torture before death, such as attacking his own relatives, just like in the dream.

After finishing his run, Ji Shaobei returned to the gate of the community.

At this time, people were already starting to come out of morning stalls on the road to catch up with the early shift.

An old man came to buy frozen steamed buns at the gate of the community. Ji Shao went north to buy some. Then he talked to the old man and asked him why he had never seen him come to buy before, so why did he suddenly come here.

The old man smiled and said: "I heard from people that there are many staff dormitories here. They are busy with work and have no time to cook. There are many people buying my things."

Ji Shaobei: "Who did you listen to?"

The old man felt that he had asked too much, but he still said: "There is an aunt who sells vegetables in the market over there. Sometimes she can't sell all the vegetables there, so she will sell them here."

It sounds like there's nothing wrong with this old man.

Ji Shaobei stood at the door for a while, waiting for a seller selling fried dough sticks and pancakes.

The fried dough sticks are a young couple. They came here because they heard that there are many people working here and there is a need to have breakfast outside, so they came here.

It was too early and there were not many people out at the stall, just these two, but these two came here after being introduced by others, which was obviously unusual.

Ji Shaobei felt that these people were being used invisibly.

Among the small traders who have gathered here in recent days are informants for the general.

Who is that informant?

You'll actually find out after a while.
Chapter completed!