Hidden moth

Chapter 32 I Already Know the Truth
In fact, not only Lao Qian heard it, He Kao also heard the conversation between the three people. The more he listened, the colder he felt on his back.

Don't ask how He Kao heard it; it was a peculiar ability he had developed on his own. When he controlled his emotions and emptied his mind, he felt solid on the outside but hollow on the inside, and all the noise from the outside world seemed to flow in.

The so-called sound is not necessarily voice, but includes various messy information such as sound, light, temperature, touch, etc. Since it is impossible to distinguish them, then don't try to distinguish them. This is the introductory method of observation that He Kao has been practicing recently.

It was easier than he had imagined, and he seemed to have gotten the hang of it very quickly, that is, he was able to reach the state of "not having to distinguish", and then suddenly found that he could "distinguish" again, as long as he focused his attention on a certain object.

He seemed to have "distilled" the conversation of those people from the countless noises around him. At first it was as soft as a mosquito's hum, and then it became clearer and clearer.

When fear reaches a certain level, if a person has not yet collapsed, he or she will often feel inexplicable anger.

The last time a mysterious man appeared in the apartment with a gun, He Kao's fear had reached a certain limit, but he remained calm in the end... At this moment, he felt more angry, but he also controlled his emotions.

Whether it was fear or anger, at this moment, they seemed to have become a concept and could no longer influence He Kao's emotions. Even the muscles in his back had relaxed.

At least his colleagues around him couldn't notice anything. They just felt that he was a little distracted and his eyes seemed to have lost focus, which is what people call him dumbfounded.

He Kao was sitting with his back to the courtyard wall, while Peng Xian and others were in another courtyard diagonally opposite him.

If anyone is interested, you can try it. Open your eyes and focus your attention on a certain place behind you, or try to "sense" a certain place behind you. What kind of expression will you have at that time?
The roasted whole lamb was made with lamb weighing over ten pounds. For the entire department, three lambs were served, along with a number of other side dishes. He Kao had just been drinking tea with Ms. E, and when they sat down, they sat facing each other at the end of the long table.

Gao Xue'e saw He Kao staring at her intently, so she picked up a pair of chopsticks and tapped the plate in front of him, saying, "Hey, what are you thinking about?"

He Kao finally came back to his senses and said shyly, "Oh, I'm sorry, President E is so beautiful today, I was distracted just now!"

Gao Xue'e actually blushed a little: "You kid, who did you learn to talk like that from!" Perhaps she felt that her aura was weakening, and then asked again, "Is it just today?"

He Kao could only give the standard answer: "You look more beautiful today than yesterday. President E, you look more beautiful the more I look at you."

At this moment, Gao Xue'e received a message from Qian Guran asking for leave. Qian Guran claimed that he had suddenly encountered an emergency and had already left. She was inevitably a little unhappy and had some opinions about Qian Guran. She still liked He Kao more and more.

Poor old Qian took the bus for so long, but in the end he didn’t even get to eat a bite of meat.

……

He Kao felt that the food had been very good recently and he had grown stronger. He had just eaten a roasted whole lamb yesterday, and today Lao Qian was treating him again, and the place turned out to be a very high-end restaurant in Qiyuan.

I don’t know if this was the Hongmen Banquet, but He Kao still went there anyway, since he couldn’t avoid it anyway.

After "eavesdropping" on yesterday's conversation, He Kao could guess why Lao Qian was looking for him. Could it be that Lao Qian had also replaced his pendant and wanted to confront him in person like Wu Yanjun did?

Because Lao Qian himself got into trouble, a murder occurred in the fight over the hidden moth's item, and those people yesterday thought Lao Qian was very suspicious.

This restaurant was originally known as Sangdao Cuisine. Later, Sangdao's seafood was banned from sale due to an incident. The owner reacted quickly. He must have heard about it before and changed the sign to Binhai Black Beef. The restaurant mainly sells high-end black beef barbecue produced in the East Coast.

The private room was still in the mulberry style, with a circle of mats and cushions around it, and a pit in the middle with a table in it.

"Old Qian, you are so generous today, inviting me to such an expensive place."

"When have I not been generous? Besides, with your income, you can come here."

"This is actually my first time here! Someone recommended this place to Ms. E for a dinner party, but when I called to check, they said the private room couldn't seat that many people, so we didn't get to eat here."

He took off his shoes and coat and entered the private room. Qian Guran was already waiting there. Qian Guran sat cross-legged very straight, while He Kao casually put his feet under the table.

After a few meaningless polite words, both of them fell silent for a while, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Qian Guran took out a bag and said, "I want to give you a few things today."

He Kao: "It's not a festival, what gift are you giving?"

Qian Guran smiled bitterly and said, "You can tell me after you take a look." Then he poured the contents of his bag onto the table and looked at electronic devices like pinhole buttons with strings, a total of more than a dozen items.

He Kao was surprised and said, "These are..."

Qian Guran: "They are all secret cameras and eavesdropping devices. I found them in your apartment after I returned home yesterday."

"Searched it from me? Who did it?" He Kao almost stood up by holding the table, but it was not possible to stand on this kind of seat. When he stood up, the edge of the table hit his hips.

Qian Guran: "Please sit down first and don't get excited! This couldn't be done by one person... I took these things apart and showed them to you in person just to apologize. I also have something to give you, but I can't say it's a gift, I can only say it's a return."

He then took out another object and placed it in front of He Kao. He Kao's hand quickly picked it up as if it were spring-loaded, and he immediately recognized it as the animal claw pendant he had worn for over twenty years.

There were once two fakes placed in front of him, and He Kao couldn't tell the real one from the fake one, but now he recognized it without even looking at it. It was that mysterious and indescribable feeling of familiarity.

"Old Qian, you really did this kind of thing!"

"He Kao, have you ever heard of the hidden moth?"

"heard about it."

"I guessed right, you have heard of it!"

"How do you know I've heard of it?"

"I pulled out all these hidden cameras and wiretapping devices, and you didn't ask me how I was able to get into your apartment, or why someone would do that, you only asked me who did it.

I returned your pendant, and you said I had done something similar. This shows that you knew a lot about the situation."

He Kao finally explained, "A man came to see me, claiming to be a practitioner of the Ruwei Sect. He told me a lot." Qian Guran asked, "Is he Zhang Yanfei's disciple Wu Yanjun?"

He Kao: "Do you know him?"

Qian Guran: "I didn't know him originally, but I heard about his master, and later I heard about him. I also know that he came to see you... Can I ask what he said to you?"

He Kao was very grateful to Wu Yanjun, who was the first person to come to his house and clarify the situation. Without Wu Yanjun's preparation, He Kao would not be able to explain many things and would find it difficult to say many things.

He Kao: "Xiao Wu is a good man. He told me a lot about the magic sect, magic, and magicians. His junior sister secretly replaced my pendant, and he returned it and explained the reason.

He told me what a cryptic moth is and the legend of it. Some people thought I was a cryptic moth and that the pendant I was wearing was a cryptic moth, which is why so many things happened.

To be honest, what he said was so bizarre that it took me a long time to digest it, and I’m still digesting it now…”

What Wu Yanjun had told He Kao was no secret within the sorcerer community. He Kao knew the ins and outs of the matter, and of course, he didn't say things he shouldn't, such as the details of the advancement ritual for a sorcerer of the Ruwei Sect.

After listening, Qian Guran nodded repeatedly and said, "That's good. It saves me from having to talk any more. Since you already understand the art, let me introduce myself. I'm a third-level sorcerer from the Wangqi sect, also known as a Zonghengjia."

Then he turned around and opened the partition behind him: "Let me introduce you to another person. This is the highly respected Senior Lin Qingshuang from the Guanshen Sect!"

The two private rooms were connected, with a sliding door partition in the middle. Lin Qingshuang had just been in the next room, and now she moved over to sit opposite He Kao, side by side with Qian Guran.

As soon as Lin Qingshuang came in, Qian Guran was secretly surprised again.

The art of qi-reading is good at observing people. Although He Kao appeared surprised and a little frightened, Lao Qian could sense that He Kao clearly knew Lin Qingshuang, or at least he was not a complete stranger!
When He Kao bowed to greet her, he also had an inexplicable feeling, as if his internal organs had been seen through by this elder sister.

The third level of body observation technique can indeed see through a person's internal organs and even the circulation of qi and blood, and further infer his mental state.

Therefore, the practitioners of the body-viewing school are sometimes just like fortune tellers. They can tell a stranger very accurately where he is feeling unwell, what illnesses he has had in the past, whether he will have a toothache tomorrow, or even which leg will become lame next month, etc.

Lin Qingshuang had secretly met He Kao a long time ago. To be honest, she was a little surprised. First of all, He Kao's physical condition was a little beyond her expectations.

Most people in reality, although they look healthy, are more or less in sub-health status in some aspects, especially programmers like He Kao.

He Kao doesn't look very strong, but there is almost nothing wrong with him, which is rare among ordinary people.

At this moment, when they were face to face, it could be seen that He Kao's mental state was somewhat anxious, as if he was suppressing a strong resentment, but he controlled his emotions very well. Judging from his reaction, he was much calmer than the average person. In other words, he had determination.

For people like Lin Qingshuang, concentration is not something invisible or intangible. It is a real thing based on keen perception and the ability to control the physical and mental state under the impact of external stimuli.

To give an inappropriate example, a football goalkeeper closes his eyes subconsciously when making a save. This is not something that ordinary people can do and requires targeted long-term training.

Apart from being a bit older, He Kao is an excellent candidate for practicing magic!

Lin Qingshuang didn't waste any time. After sitting down, she asked, "Mr. Xiao He has arrived. Fellow Daoist Qian, you can tell me what you want to say."

But at this moment, a waiter who was not very tactful pushed the door open and asked: "Excuse me, are all the guests here? Can we start grilling?"

He Kao took the initiative and said, "Bring all the dishes over here, we'll grill them ourselves."

This kind of restaurant usually has waiters helping to grill the meat. Different meats require different degrees of cooking time, and the guests themselves can't quite get it right. But today that's not necessary, and it's more convenient to talk with the door closed.

He Kao played the role of waiter and started grilling meat for everyone. No one asked him to do this, but facing these two warlocks, especially Lin Qingshuang, made him feel very stressed, as if he had to do something to relieve it.

Lin Qingshuang snapped her fingers, and the little noise from the outside world suddenly disappeared, as if the private room had become a closed space. He Kao had another inexplicable feeling: the sound in the room should not be able to be transmitted outside at this time.

Qian Guran poured a cup of tea for everyone, and then began to tell his own experience, starting from the exhibition he saw two years ago. He mentioned Zhang Yanfei's case and introduced what he knew, such as how he discovered the clues about the hidden moth.

He is a cautious person, probably because he lacks actual experience in the martial arts world. All his methods are textbook-like and pay attention to planning and layout - this is also the characteristic of the Wangqimen sorcerer.

He used his connections to apply for a position in the Cloud Life project team. The so-called interview was just a formality. He even rented a room at Zhima Apartment in advance so that he could get a closer look at He Kao...

He stole He Kao's pendant at the Eight Great Hall, thinking it was the Yin Moth's, but found out it wasn't. After him, five other people did the same thing.

In other words, at least six people had stolen and replaced He Kao's pendant. Including the original one, there are now seven almost identical animal claw pendants, both real and fake.

But one thing is very important, Qian certainly did not see Liang Kai steal the pendant!
The first fake was made by Qian Guran, the last fake was made by Ye Yuxuan, and the second fake, as far as Qian Guran knew, should have been made by Lin Hualei.

Old Qian had just taken out the original pendant. As he spoke, He Kao took one off his chest and pulled out two more with different labels from his pocket, making a total of four pendants on the scene.

Qian Guran's expression immediately changed. He picked up one of the pendants and said, "This pendant is a fake I made myself. Later, it was exchanged by Lin Hualei... He Kao, how did it end up in your hands?"

Although it is difficult for ordinary people to distinguish, since Qian made it himself, he can certainly recognize it.

Lin Qingshuang's eyes suddenly became sharp, and she looked at He Kao and said, "Yes, this item has been replaced, how come it appears in your hands again?" This is Lin Hualei's relic. Whoever took it away may be the murderer of Lin Hualei.

He Kao sighed. "I called the police. Someone broke into my apartment with a gun. But there are some things I didn't tell the police. This thing was left by that person."

The one He Kao wore on his chest was made by Ye Yuxuan. The two coins he took out of his pocket, one was returned by Wu Yanjun, and the other was left by the mysterious man with the gun.

Considering the hidden cameras installed in the apartment, the mysterious man's purpose in leaving the pendant was probably to secretly observe how He Kao would use it.

Lin Qingshuang took the pendant and held it in her palm. It was hard to tell whether she was happy or sad. After a long moment, she said, "Thank you very much. I think the truth is clear now!"

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(End of this chapter)