Chapter 380: The Dangers Of Weibo (1/2)

When I arrived at the station, the officers had already left work. Xiaotao and Bingxin played a movie in the conference room and ordered takeout.

”You girls sure know how to enjoy yourselves!” I remarked.

”We have to stay up late again tonight. How boring it is to just sit around,” Xiaotao retorted.

I pecked at some of their food. Although the movie was interesting, my mind was distracted by the case. I was still unconvinced that the four victims died because they had been on the ghost bus. Where was the motive in that?

However, the murderer deliberately designed their cause of deaths to conform to drowning in order to create the illusion of a killer ghost bus. And how did he find out Dali’s name or locate us in one day?

After watching two movies back to back, Bingxin said, ”My eyes are tired. Let's do something else!” With that, she ran out of the room.

Xiaotao yelled after her, ”You can’t go out alone! There’s no one in the corridor right now!”

I smiled at their little exchange and phoned Dali to confirm his position.

”I just closed up the store,” he reported. “I’m about to take Youyou to get ice cream!”

”Just stay in the store and don't go elsewhere! Don't you know we’re on the murderer’s list?” I chided.

”Are we supposed to sleep here as well?” he retorted.

“Yes!” I yelled. “You can sleep on the floor!”

After further contemplation, I couldn’t rid myself of worry so I said, ”Nevermind! Come down to the station… Actually, I'll pick you up!”

On my way out of the conference room, I bumped into Bingxin carrying a big bag of snacks.

”My God, this girl actually stores her snacks in the forensic laboratory’s refrigerator...” exclaimed Xiaotao.

”I'm going to pick up Dali and Luo Youyou from the store,” I explained. “I’m worried to leave them on their own.”

”No!” Xiaotao disapproved. “It's too dangerous for you to go out alone. I’ll go with you!”

”Then what about Bingxin?” I asked.

”Let's all go to the store. No one should be alone,” suggested Bingxin.

”What about tonight?” I pointed out.

”We’ll check into a hotel for the night,” said Xiaotao “I’ll make sure it has monitoring!”

These were special circumstances–we were all targets of the murderer so no one should be left alone.

We soon headed to the store. Luo Youyou was cute in her new dress and flushed cheeks.

Bingxin patted Luo Youyou's head and said, ”You look so pretty! It must be the effect of falling in love!”

The couple seemed to share a tacit agreement; Luo Youyou colored with embarrassment while Dali shamefully protested, ”What are you two doing here?”

Bingxin brought all of her snacks as well as Monopoly and chess which we all enjoyed. The next thing we knew, it was past 11:00 pm.

”Let's go and see this legendary ghost bus!” Xiaotao declared.

When we came to Redbud Road, Dali suddenly cried, ”I just felt as if someone was staring at us.” Luo Youyou shivered with fear while I rebuked, ”Nonsense! How can your night vision compare to mine! Don’t jump at everything!”

We waited by the side of the road well past midnight but the ghost bus didn't appear. The long day had taken its toll on Bingxin who yawned sleepily. Xiaotao proposed we wait another hour but the bus never appeared.

”Are you sure you got it right?” Xiaotao expressed her doubts.