After understanding animal language, the villainous girl is guaranteed to become a heartthrob.

Chapter 12 Did you kill my Lingling?

The villa's housekeeper was a woman with a low ponytail. She was waiting at the entrance of Villa No. 6 when she saw Jiang Yuan and Fu Xiaoxiao get out of the car. Just as she was about to go up to greet them, she saw the two of them run away as soon as they got out of the car.

She followed after them, puzzled. "Are you Miss Fu and Miss Jiang? I'm Liu Fang, the villa's housekeeper."

Fu Xiaoxiao turned around and asked, "Butler Liu, are there any cats or dogs around here?"

Liu Fang nodded: "Yes, we can provide pet services here. Please come into the villa first, and I'll call someone to bring one over."

The villa has two floors. The courtyard on the first floor is decorated in a unique way, with a hot spring area shaped like a flower, a pebble-paved path, a few rocking chairs on the leisure terrace, and a small creative water feature next to it.

Upon entering the villa's lobby, Fu Xiaoxiao sat down next to Jiang Yuan.

"Ms. Fu and Ms. Jiang, please have a moment." Liu Fang poured them tea and took out her phone to contact her colleagues.

After hanging up the phone, she handed the two of them a tablet and explained with a smile, "Villa No. 8 is a buffet area. If you two don't want to go there, you can order on the tablet and someone will deliver your food."

Fu Xiaoxiao's mind wasn't on the food; she was eager to see Jiang Yuan demonstrate her superpower of communicating with animals.

Ten minutes later, staff members led a cat and a dog into Villa No. 6.

"They're here! They're here!" Fu Xiaoxiao exclaimed excitedly. "Yuanyuan, have them do somersaults!"

Jiang Yuan found it both amusing and helpless, "They'd have to be able to do somersaults first."

A cat and a dog stood obediently beside Liu Fang; the cat was a silver shaded cat, and the dog was a Bichon Frise.

They all wore collars around their necks with self-introductions written on them.

The silver shaded dog is named Xiaoshu, and the Bichon Frise is named Tangyuan. Both are female and they are chatting.

"It smells bad here, Tangyuan-jie, can you smell it?"

"The dog smelled it too, so why does it smell bad?"

"I do not know."

"..."

Fu Xiaoxiao heard Xiaoshu meowing and Tangyuan barking, and turned to look at Jiang Yuan curiously: "Yuanbao, what are they saying?"

Jiang Yuan frowned: "They said it smells a bit here."

"Huh?" Fu Xiaoxiao looked incredulous. "How could it smell bad?"

Liu Fang assumed Jiang Yuan was joking, but still explained, "When Miss Fu made the reservation the day before yesterday, I immediately had someone come to clean it. You can absolutely rest assured about the hygiene."

As soon as the words were spoken, a woman with disheveled hair and a weathered face rushed in, wailing, "Give me back my daughter! My Lingling..."

Liu Fang's expression changed, and she stepped forward to stop the person, saying, "I've already said, your daughter's disappearance has nothing to do with our resort!"

The woman screamed, "How can it be unrelated? I haven't heard from my daughter for three days! The last time she contacted me, she said she was soaking in the hot springs here! Give my daughter back to me right now!"

"What's going on?" Fu Xiaoxiao asked in a low voice.

Jiang Yuan pursed her lips and said softly, "Let's take a look first."

"Say what you have to say outside, don't disturb our guests here!" Liu Fang forcefully pulled at the other person.

"I won't say it outside!" the middle-aged woman resisted fiercely, turning to Jiang Yuan and the other woman and shouting, "Girls, you be the judge! My Lingling disappeared here, who else can I turn to if not them?"

"I told you not to disturb our guests!" Liu Fang said angrily, gripping the middle-aged woman's hand tightly. "Get out!"

"Wait a minute," Jiang Yuan suddenly said, "Butler Liu, let go first."

Liu Fang disagreed: "Miss Jiang, she's a crazy woman. It wouldn't be good if she accidentally hurts you."

"Calm down first," Jiang Yuan said to the agitated middle-aged woman. "Let's talk things out."

"Miss, please help me, okay?" The middle-aged woman pleaded, her eyes red and choked with sobs. Jiang Yuan gave her a reassuring look. "Please sit down first."

Liu Fang frowned: "Miss Jiang, why waste your time? This guy is crazy..."

"Stop talking." Fu Xiaoxiao interrupted her, displeased. "Just listen to what my Yuan Yuan says."

Although she didn't know why Jiang Yuan did this, Fu Xiaoxiao felt that she must have her reasons.

Liu Fang: "..."

Jiang Yuan handed a cup of tea to the middle-aged woman and said calmly, "Tell us the details of what happened after you finish drinking."

The middle-aged woman's name is Li Ailan. She is a single mother. Her daughter's name is Gu Lingling, who is 20 years old. She and her friends made an appointment to visit the hot spring villa on December 29th.

But on the 30th, Li Ailan could no longer contact Gu Lingling.

There has been no news as of today, the 3rd.

Fu Xiaoxiao asked, "Did you call the police?"

Li Ailan nodded vigorously: "I went to the police station on the night of the 30th. After the police investigated, they said they couldn't find any record of Lingling coming here, and the surveillance footage didn't show her either."

Liu Fang said angrily, "I already said your daughter didn't come here! You still insist on coming to cause trouble!"

"Impossible!" Li Ailan's tone was full of certainty. "Lingling sent me a video the other day; she came to this villa number 6 to play!"

Jiang Yuan asked, "Who did Lingling come here with?"

“I didn’t ask.” Li Ailan said, tears streaming down her face. “Lingling doesn’t like me asking these questions.”

Jiang Yuan thought for a moment, then looked at Liu Fang, "Butler Liu, who are the guests staying at Villa No. 6, Room 29?"

“Ms. Jiang, this involves the privacy of our guests, and I am not at liberty to disclose it.” Liu Fang looked troubled. “Besides, the police have also investigated and found that her daughter had never been here. Her daughter’s disappearance really has nothing to do with us.”

Just as Fu Xiaoxiao was about to use her financial power to get Liu Fang to reveal some information, Li Ailan's shrill voice suddenly rang out, "You're lying! Did you kill my Lingling?"

Liu Fang rolled her eyes: "If you have a problem with your brain, go see a doctor."

"The cat remembers!" Little Tree, who was lying on the ground eating melon, suddenly turned to Tangyuan and said, "My little sister came to work at Villa No. 6 a couple of days ago, and she got sick after she went back. She said she was scared by the guests, and there were humans screaming terribly in the middle of the night!"

Tangyuan's eyes widened: "Are you all scared sick?"

Jiang Yuan fell into deep thought upon hearing the cat's words.

If Gu Lingling really came, then why can't we find out?
She thought for a moment and then said, "Ms. Li, I know a policeman. I can tell him about your situation and ask him to help investigate further."

This naturally refers to Si Heng.

The case of Lao Wang's fried food shop—he's so efficient, he must be very good at solving cases.

"Really?" Li Ailan sobbed uncontrollably. "Thank you, thank you so much!"

Jiang Yuan: "Don't thank me yet. I'm not sure if he's willing to help. Just send me the video Lingling sent."

After Li Ailan left, Liu Fang looked at Jiang Yuan, her words tinged with displeasure: "Miss Jiang, why did you have to get involved in this mess?"

Before Jiang Yuan could respond, Fu Xiaoxiao glared at her and said, "You don't need to say anything."

Liu Fang: "..."

Fu Xiaoxiao disliked her more and more. "Why aren't you leaving yet?"

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