Become a girl in the horror world

Maybe it was because he had brought color to her world a year ago, so she didn't reject him too much, but...

"Is this afternoon's incident just over? Is no one continuing to investigate?"

"Well, someone helped me settle it. I found a guy from a rival gang and threatened him to turn himself in and take the blame." Mori Xiaolu confessed everything to the pink-haired girl.

Hearing the black-haired girl say these lightly, in this city, a life is not worth a single drop of water, and powerful people can decide everything...

She didn't know what kind of emotion she should have towards the black-haired girl, disgust? She did all this just to survive in this city, and those guys were just scum.

But how many innocent people have been buried silently like this?

"I'd better sleep on the floor." Li Xiaoxin said softly, and was about to get up.

"Your quilt is too dirty, I threw it away." Mori Xiaolu blinked and took the pink-haired girl's hand pitifully. "It's very cold underground..."

Mori Xiaolu herself did not notice that she was being extremely humble at the moment, and in her heart she longed for the other person to accept her.

Li Xiaoxin began to feel conflicted again. Finally, she pursed her lips, lay back in bed, looked at the black-haired girl seriously, and stretched out her little finger.

"Ok?"

"Make a promise. If you don't do those overly bad things in the future, I will...I will be willing to be your friend. Moreover, I will work harder and will not let your investment go to waste."

Listening to the pink-haired girl's serious and childish words, Mori Xiaolu nodded gently in agreement, and suddenly stretched out his hand to hug the girl in front of him, gently touching her little face, and hooked with her:

"I promise you. You're already so pitiful, let's stop being friends and become 'family' so that we can have each other to lean on."

"family?"

Li Xiaoxin repeated the word, the woman's figure appeared in her mind, and some long-buried emotion in her heart was shaken again, her voice trembled slightly,

"family......?"

"You are older than me, so from now on I will call you sister, and you can just call me Xiaolu. We are equals, equal family members."

"Family... Fawn..."

The pink-haired girl's deepest emotions were shaken, tears fell silently, and she subconsciously reached out and slowly hugged the girl in front of her, whispering her name softly.

"We are family from now on, sister. Don't talk about 'investment', sister. Family members are supposed to help each other."

Hearing the word "family", past memories and the countless grievances of the past year came flooding back to her mind. The pink-haired girl could no longer hold back her tears, from silent sobbing to loud crying, showing all her grievances and vulnerable side to the black-haired girl.

Mori Xiaolu just patted the girl's back patiently to comfort her, with a gentle expression.

"Can we really be a family, fawn?"

"Yeah, that's right, we are a family."

"We need to take care of each other on the road ahead, sister."

"Yeah..." Li Xiaoxin nodded and agreed silently with a crying voice.

"No matter what happens in the future, we will face it together, because we are... family..."

Comforting the trembling figure in his arms, Mori Xiaolu only revealed a sly smile of success until this moment.

Of course they are "family", but the other party's understanding of family is different.

In this heartless city, two poor little guys snuggled up to each other and made a vow on this ordinary night, vowing to stay with each other forever.

Yes, they are family.

Chapter 538: A Bad Day in the Corrupted City (1)

Every night, looking from the small island across the sea from California, this place seems like the center of the world. The lights at night are unreal and prosperous, and the ground is dazzling, like glittering gold.

This is the place where countless people pursue their dreams. One after another, people full of hope and dreams are attracted to this city and work hard for it. The vast green areas, landscape manors, and far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The wealthy people who live here don't need to think about how to live when they wake up every day, but think about how to enjoy life and spend the money they earn in their dreams. To this end, they hold one sea party after another, and buy luxury cars, yachts, and mansions. For them, wealth is inexhaustible.

The balance has already been tilted. When a person becomes rich to a certain extent, the wealth of the entire society will automatically flow into their hands.

“This city is their cornucopia.”

"But unfortunately, unlike in fairy tales, what is used to refine gold and silver treasures is not some useless stones or equipment, but the bones and souls of countless people."

The boy with a slightly childish appearance spoke in a soft voice, his words revealing a maturity that did not belong to his age group. Behind him, an assistant girl had a confused look on her face.

The boy is a private detective, and she is his assistant who was redeemed with money. This is the third year that she has been traveling with the boy in this city. Apart from some suspenseful murders, they have received more daily trivial matters such as some missing bracelets and necklaces.

The boy would often sigh and say words that she could not quite understand but which sounded philosophical, while he was looking into the distance.

"Joe, what would you like for lunch?"

The boy turned around with a smile. His hair was very long, and he wore it in a long braid like a girl. In the girl's impression, he had a lazy personality, squinted his eyes, and always had a polite and gentle smile on his lips.

Before she could answer, a lady in luxurious clothes walked out of the manor behind her. Seeing this, the young man ran up to her and handed a broken watch to her:

"Everything has been found out, ma'am. Your husband is indeed suspected of cheating on you, just as you wished."

"What information can you get from this watch?" the woman was puzzled.

The boy just patiently explained:

"Just put the watch on the path that your husband must take in front of his garage. When the watch is crushed and shattered, it will stop working. This way, you can know the time your husband goes out every day. Just by slightly judging the direction of the wheel tracks on it, you can also determine the general direction of his travel."

"In the chat record between you and your husband, he said that he did not go out this morning and was exercising at home, but the time on this watch stopped at 8:30, which means that your husband lied. He left home at 8:30 and did something you could not know about."

"Humph. This guy has been getting colder and colder towards me recently. It turns out he has another lover! I want to see how long he can keep pretending. Once I have enough evidence, I will file for divorce in court. This bastard can just wait to be kicked out of the house!"

"Thank you for your hard work. Here is your hard work fee."

The woman said as she transferred 50,000 EUR to the boy's account. Then she waved her hand, pulled her loose suspenders, and yawned as she returned to the manor.

"I'll leave the follow-up investigation to you."

“Of course, I will get more evidence in the next few days.” The young man smiled.

Then, the boy put on his detective hat and left quickly with the girl beside him.

..........

..........

In a tavern in Madison, a girl was eating a bunch of fried skewers in small bites, her voice was unclear:

"Xiao Yu, why are they so generous? 50,000 EUR, just give it as soon as you say it. The rewards for dozens of missions we have done before are not as much as this woman gave."

The young man seemed absent-minded in front of a table of food celebrating the two of them making a lot of money. He kept his head down and swiped the information board, trying to detect information related to the case he had taken on before.

Seeing that the boy didn't reply, the girl pouted in dissatisfaction and poked the boy's face with her hand:

"Xiao Yu, I'm talking to you. Isn't today a celebration dinner? Why are you still so unhappy? You obviously made so much money."

The boy came back to his senses and smiled apologetically:

"Sorry, Joe, remember that financial case that had no follow-up? The case related to a subsidiary of Senxi Media."

"Is it the financial case from last week? Oh, I remember now. Xiaoyu, you were almost done with the case, but the client suddenly changed his mind and disappeared, and nothing happened afterwards."

"Xiao Yu, are you still investigating? Obviously the client has..."

"I am just a little curious about this case. Look at this, the case of a female teacher two years ago. A female teacher was found in a concrete pillar of an unfinished building. She died with her eyes open. She had a piece of paper in her hand. The specific content of the note cannot be found on the Internet now. It is said that this incident caused a big stir at the time, and many big figures were involved."

"When public opinion reached its peak, the incident was quickly closed with the arrest of a gangster. The story at the time was that the female teacher had been having an affair with the gangster and wanted to have an abortion after having a child. As a result, he was maliciously murdered and the body was hidden in a concrete pillar."

"This is ridiculous!" The little girl widened her eyes, as if she was defending the teacher. "You didn't even mention the note at the back?"

"Anyone can guess that this is a malicious attempt to smear the victim's image and direct public opinion toward the victim, but amid the overwhelming abuse of the victim at the time, the case was hastily closed and left unresolved," the young man said leisurely.

"But I later secretly investigated the 'little thug' and found that the matter was not that simple."

"What do you mean, Xiaoyu?"

"That guy was put in jail for a few days before his sentence was reduced for good behavior. He was released in less than two months. He had a long criminal record and was a thug employed by an illegal enterprise. After the incident, he did a lot of things for others."

"It's obvious that the guy is a 'professional' in this area, specializing in handling things that are difficult to do openly for others."

"As for the financial case that resulted in a fatality, this guy was also involved at the time. I now suspect that the 'big guy' behind these two cases is the same person."

"Who do you suspect?"

"The current mayor, Mr. Vidrick."

Hearing this, the girl's pupils trembled, and she looked around quietly. After confirming that no one was looking at her, she breathed a sigh of relief, frowned and blamed:

"Wen Xiaoyu, are you crazy? You are talking nonsense like this, aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

Chapter 539: A Bad Day in the Corrupted City (2)

"That's right. Sorry, Qiao, it's my problem." Wen Xiaoyu said.

"Alright, alright, I don't blame you. It's no use being so tense all the time. It's good to relax occasionally. You're about the same age as me, but if you always look mature, girls won't like you!"

As she spoke, the girl laughed and moved closer to the boy, resting her head on his shoulder, blinking her big, lively eyes.

"Guess what day tomorrow is, Xiaoyu."

"tomorrow?"

Because the girl was a little close to him, Wen Xiaoyu's expression was a little unnatural, and his attention was all on the cute cartoon hairpin on the girl's fluffy hair. He was suddenly asked this question and looked stunned, obviously.

"Damn it, why did you forget such an important day, Xiaoyu!" The girl pouted.

"Huh, I'm ignoring you!"

As she said that, the girl stood up, looking like she would never forgive the other person, and walked out the door. Wen Xiaoyu saw this and quickly paid the bill and rushed over, scratching his head with an apologetic expression:

"Well, shut up, Joe, what's tomorrow?"

The girl didn’t turn around until she reached a street near a construction site.

“I didn’t even remember that!”

The girl's eyes widened, and she looked angry. She looked a little cute in the neon city with traffic. The wind blew through the girl's hair, and then the corners of her mouth moved slightly:

"Tomorrow is my birthday..."

The next moment, the girl was hit by the suddenly falling steel bar, and blood splattered all over the boy's body.

The sudden change did not allow the boy to react in time, with the same gentle smile on his face until the blurry scene gradually became clear. Bright red blood was flowing all over the ground under the steel bars. The girl who had been losing her temper with him before now had her head almost smashed, with only one hand left reaching out from the steel bars that buried her body.

"Joe...?"

The boy's eyes, which had been narrowed all the time, slightly widened, and his pupils kept trembling. He could not believe the sight before him.

"Jo!"

The boy hurriedly squatted down and stretched out his hand to try to lift the steel bar, but facing a steel bar that was many times larger than him, no matter how hard the boy tried, the steel bar could not be lifted even a little bit.

Soon, the boy's hands were covered in blood from the iron chips. Seeing that it was useless, the boy's calm and mature personality made him look even more embarrassed. He trembled as he held the girl's cold hand and said words to comfort her:

"Qiao, don't be afraid, it's okay, you must hold on, it's okay, it's okay! It will be okay, right, what should I do? Call the emergency number, call the emergency number!"

Past memories came flooding back to him, and he witnessed the changes in the girl along the way. When he had just redeemed her, she was cowardly and timid. It was a cold night, and she snuggled in his arms. He comforted her not to be afraid, just like he was doing now, but the girl would no longer respond to him as she did before.

The boy hurriedly dialed the emergency number, but only heard the no signal prompt tone.

"how is this possible?"

"How can this be?"

Wen Xiaoyu almost collapsed and fell to the ground, mumbling something, but out of the corner of his eye he noticed a dark shadow looking at him coldly from the top of an unfinished building nearby.

"It's a shame I couldn't take care of the other one as well."

In the moonlight, he could see the figure's face clearly.

An adult male with a scar on his right eye. He looked ordinary, but the more he looked at him, the more familiar he felt...

What exactly is familiar about it?

Is the other party here specifically to kill him?

It was he who killed Joe, it was he who killed the other person!

The figure snorted coldly and disappeared from his sight.

You are the other party's next target.

I have to run...

Must run!