Chapter 159: The Secret in the Coffin

An hour later, Ning Tao and Qing Zhui came to the two-dimensional bookstore, where Jiang Tingting was last. It is located in a relatively remote location, and mainly deals in books and comics related to the second dimension, as well as animation peripheral products. The decoration is good, but the business is deserted.

"You go in first, I'll come in later." Ning Tao leaned into Qing Zhui's ear and said, "When I came in, you pretended not to know me."

Qing Zhui asked curiously, "Why?"

Ning Tao said: "Jiang Fuquan said that the security surveillance here happened to be broken on the day his daughter disappeared. I vaguely think this is a bit too coincidental. We went in and pretended we didn't know each other to reduce the attention of the people inside. We each looked for clues, Come out and talk."

Qing Zhui nodded, "Okay, should I go in first or you?"

Ning Tao said: "You go in first, and I will come in later."

Qing chased into the two-dimensional bookstore.

Ning Tao was not in a hurry to go in. He stood outside the door to observe the surrounding environment, and it took several minutes before he went in. When he entered, Qing Zhui was chatting with a young clerk.

"Miss, you are so beautiful and have a temperament. If you come to play, you will definitely become popular. Do you want to try?" The young clerk is very enthusiastic, and the eyes that look at Qing Zhui are also a little bit bright.

"To die...what do you mean?" Qing Zhui obviously didn't know what "" meant.

The young clerk explained patiently: "Simply speaking, it's role-playing, imitating the characters in the anime, you stand still, and I'll see who you are most suitable to play..."

Ning Tao didn't continue listening, he walked in beside Qing Zhui and the courteous young clerk. The young clerk didn't notice him because Qing Zhui blocked his sight.

There are dozens of bookshelves in the bookstore, all of which are books, comics, discs, and figures related to the second dimension, as well as costumes and props. However, there are only two small customers reading comic books at a reading table in such a large space.

Ning Tao glanced at the corner, two corners were equipped with surveillance cameras, and the cameras were switched on. He pretended to be looking for discs, walked along the shelves, and came to the end of the bookstore. There was a staircase, covered with a red carpet, leading to the second floor.

Ning Tao awakened the state of his nose, and thousands of smells poured into his nasal cavity. He silently recalled Jiang Tingting's smell, analyzed and compared them one by one, looking for the smell that Jiang Tingting might have left here.

a minute later,

He found the "familiar" smell, which was Jiang Tingting's smell left in the study.

This bookstore is a relatively closed space, as long as a person has been here, the smell released by the body will remain for a relatively long period of time. Ordinary people can't smell this kind of smell at all, but for Ning Tao, it is as easy as finding something out of a bag. His nose is more sensitive than a dog's nose in the state of smelling, and a dog can smell the smell of people hundreds of meters away from it in an open environment. It is conceivable that in this relatively closed space, the smell left by Jiang Tingting, who came here three days ago, is so strong to him.

Jiang Tingting's smell spread throughout the space of the study, some places were strong, some places were thin. According to this situation, a "sidewalk" made of smells appeared in Ning Tao's brain, pointing in one direction.

Ning Tao walked forward in the direction indicated by the locked smell, and soon came to the end of the bookstore. In front of him was a staircase covered with red carpet, and beside it was a sign that said "no tourists allowed". Jiang Tingting's smell extended up the stairs, he hesitated for a moment, stepped past the sign and stepped on the stairs.

At the front desk of the bookstore, the young clerk was still trying his best to persuade Qing Zhui to join some club, but he didn't even notice that Ning Tao went upstairs from the stairs on the monitor.

Qing Zhui saw it. She knew exactly what Ning Tao was doing, and she also cooperated with Ning Tao's actions to divert the attention of the young clerk, "This little brother, what you said can kill you or something? Do you want to make money? I’m dying of poverty recently, and I want to buy a good bag. If I can make money, I’d like to try it.”

There was an imperceptible smile on the corner of the young clerk's mouth, "Of course you can make money. I'll introduce you to Mr. Zhang. With your body and face, I guarantee that Mr. Zhang will sign a contract with you as soon as he sees you. Then take you to the Comic Con, it’s a trivial matter to walk tens of thousands of dollars for a show.”

"Really? That's great, what's your boss's name?" Qing asked.

The young clerk said: "My boss is called Zhang Weibiao, and I'll give you his business card." The young clerk took out his wallet, took out a business card from it, handed it to Qing Zhui, and said, "My name is Zhang Weibiao. Lei, as long as you want, you can come to me at any time, by the way, what's your name?"

"My name is...Li Xiaohong." Qing Zhui said a name casually.

Just as she was babbling out the name of this rotten street, Ning Tao had already gone up to the second floor.

The second floor is a dedicated space with a lot of weird costumes and props, as well as mirrors and dressing rooms.

Jiang Tingting's smell extended to a prop coffin, and ended up in the coffin.

The coffin was a fake vampire's coffin, made of solid wood, sprayed with black paint, leaning against the wall, the upper part was narrower than the lower part. The words "True Blood" are also engraved on the coffin.

Ning Tao got close to the vampire's coffin and sniffed the smell inside the coffin. He not only smelled the smell of Jiang Tingting left in the coffin, but also smelled a little bit of anesthetic. That smell was very familiar to a doctor like him, and it was easy to recognize it.

However, this vampire's coffin had obviously been cleaned by someone. Both Jiang Tingting's smell and the smell of the anesthetic were extremely weak, and even he who was in the state of smelling had to sniff a few times to find it.

At this point in the "investigation", Ning Tao already had a general truth in his heart - Jiang Tingting's disappearance was related to this store that operates a two-dimensional culture.

Ning Tao walked to a leather sofa placed in the corner. He sniffed the sofa and remembered some smells. Then, he returned the same way.

Qing Zhui was still talking nonsense with the young clerk.

The clerk who claimed to be Zhang Lei said: "Miss Li, you really don't have to worry about anything. Our boss is a big shot in this circle. He also knows many big directors. As long as you are willing to come, you may not have the chance to become a big star." .I won’t lie to you, with your looks and figure, it will only take you two or three years to become a top-tier brand.”

"Really?" Qing Zhui had an innocent expression on his face.

Ning Tao walked past Qing Zhui and left the shop. This time Zhang Lei saw him, but he didn't care, his attention was on Qing Zhui.

"It's still fake, so how about it, you can leave me a phone number so I can get in touch." Zhang Lei said.

Qing Zhui glanced at Ning Tao who had already walked out of the store.

Ning Tao didn't look at her, but nodded.

Qing Zhui said, "Okay, my phone number is..."

After leaving the phone number, Qing Zhui also found an excuse to leave the Secondary Bookstore. However, she didn't talk to Ning Tao immediately, but walked a long way to Ning Tao's side, walking side by side with him.

"Brother Ning, what did you find?" she asked.

Ning Tao said: "A big fish, Jiang Tingting's disappearance is related to the bookstore we just visited. The other party's handling is very clean, and the police's trace experts can't find the trace, but the smell can't deceive people."

Qing Zhui stuck out his long tongue, and then retracted it, "That guy named Zhang Lei gave some kind of Mr. Zhang's business card, and asked me to kill him, but I smelled the rotten soul from his body." Taste, he is a very bad person."

"Show me that business card." Ning Tao said.

Qing Zhui handed the business card to Ning Tao.

Ning Tao took a look at the business card, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Zhang Weibiao? You can fool the police, but you can't fool me. I will settle the debt with you."

"Shall we go find him now?" Qing asked.

Ning Tao said: "No, if you leave your phone number, he will definitely call you. You are so beautiful, he will not be unimpressed."

"Cluck..."

"why are you laughing?"

Qing Zhui looked very happy, "It's the first time you praised me for being beautiful, I can't help but be happy."

Jingle bell, jingle bell...

Ning Tao's cell phone suddenly rang.

It was Bai Jing who called, "Where are you? That guy Xin Zhiyu sent someone to urge you, hurry up and let's go to Xin's house for a banquet together."

Ning Tao said: "We are on the street, you tell me the address, we will go directly there and meet there."

"Okay, you can call a car at random, just say Ronghua Mansion, the driver will know where you are going, and we will meet at the door." Bai Jing hung up the phone.

Qing Zhui raised the corner of her mouth, "She doesn't even say a word to me, it's true."

Ning Tao said: "She's in a hurry, but it's the first time I've seen her bewitch who puts money more important than training like that." While speaking, he waved and stopped a taxi.

"Brother Ning, actually...I..." Qing Zhui seemed to want to say something, but he hesitated to say anything.

Ning Tao opened the car door, "Get in the car."

He knew that most of what she wanted to say was related to Bai Sheng and Bai Jing, but for some reason he didn't know, she still couldn't speak. But he can understand her, everyone has their own secrets and some situations beyond their control, she can say what she wants to say, and don't say it if she doesn't want to, he will not force her. Although he was curious about Bai Sheng's mission, it doesn't matter if he doesn't know.

After Qing caught up with the car, Ning Tao also got into the car, and then said to the driver: "Master, go to Ronghua Mansion."

The driver looked back at Ning Tao, "Are you sure you are going to Ronghua Mansion?"

Ning Tao said: "I made it very clear, is there a problem?"

The driver said: "People who go there drive luxury cars with millions of dollars, and no one takes a taxi, so I'm a little strange, so I want to ask and confirm."

Ning Tao said, "Then let's drive."

The driver mumbled something, started the car and drove in one direction.