Strange Life of a Cat

Zheng Tan is becoming more and more sensitive to the surrounding environment, and he also trusts his intuition quite a lot. Because of this, Zheng Tan regrets that he came here to watch the show out of curiosity.

No matter how strong your curiosity is, no matter how unwilling you are to miss the opportunity, you can't risk your life. Even if it is a cat's life, it must be cherished. It is better to be alive than to die inexplicably. He is still implicated - even if this threat is not directed at Zheng Tan himself.

At this moment, Zheng Tan didn't know that the hair on his body from his back to the tip of his tail was exploding with inexplicable fear. He didn't have any extra energy to feel the inexplicable fear in his body. Variety.

Just to be safe, get out of here!

Zheng Tan, who was about to run away, saw something he had never seen in his life and Maosheng's life through the gap between the old blinds on the window. One scene.

Flames suddenly ignited from Laiji's body!

I didn't see who poured gasoline on it or lit it on fire.

It just burned.

If one ignores Zheng Tan's keen intuition, this situation can be said to be without warning.

From Zheng Tan's perspective, he couldn't see the expression on Lai Er's face. He could only see the masked man on the computer screen who was still calm or indifferent, and the strange firelight reflected from the screen...

Laiji has always felt that Chen Zhe is a fool who will reveal his flaws if he is frightened. In the first two murder cases, Laiji was able to guess the method of committing the crime. Although there were no strong clues left at the scene, Laiji knew how to do it. It must be Chen Zhe, the fish that slipped through the net back then. He has even planned his follow-up actions. As long as Chen Zhelu pulls the strings, his men will definitely find this person who has been hiding for many years. Even if they don't catch him now, it won't be far away.

But he didn't expect that it would end like this.

Laiji didn't know until the moment he lost consciousness that he had never understood the person who appeared on the screen in front of him. Whether it's the fat boy weighing more than 200 pounds who was blocked by his sister's light in his memory since he was a child, or the person on the computer screen in front of him who is wearing a mask and quietly killing people.

When he was swallowed by the flames, Laiji didn't say a word, didn't call for help, didn't let out a painful cry, and didn't even move much, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't.

Laiji's hands were resting on the armrests of the chair, and there was a small machine on his right. As long as he pressed the button on it, the people guarding outside the room would rush in immediately. However, he didn't even have this chance. No.

Zheng Tan looked at the man sitting on the chair in the room, who was wrapped in flames. Moreover, what was quite strange was that the flames only burned the part above his knees. His calves and shoes were not covered by the flames. It was very hot, and Raiji, who was sitting in the chair, was changing at a speed visible to the naked eye due to the burning.

Strangely enough, the flames didn't spread much.

There was no fire source, and Laiji was not smoking. There could be no flammable or explosive items in the room. Laiji's people had already cleaned the house once, and no suspected dangerous items had been spared. Laiji had always been cautious. , and even moved the table where the laptop was placed. But even so, why does this happen suddenly? Zheng Tan couldn't figure it out. Could it be that the "trap" set by Chen Zhe was not discovered by Laiji's people?

Suddenly, Zheng Tan thought of something.

Once while walking at Chuhua University, Zheng Tan overheard several students discussing a similar phenomenon. They called that phenomenon—spontaneous human combustion.

Perhaps, in the cases recorded in history, the spontaneous combustion of the human body was indeed not affected by other deliberate human factors, but what was happening right now told Zheng Tan that at least this incident was definitely related to human factors. Even if I beat Zheng Tan to death, I wouldn't believe him. Being called into this room by a man who had endured it for many years before coming out for revenge, and being burned like this, is it just a coincidence? !

Once upon a time, many people believed that spontaneous combustion of evildoers was “God’s punishment.” However, from a scientific perspective, what exactly is spontaneous combustion?

Fat, alcohol, static electricity, atomic reactions, and even the widely recognized wick effect don't really explain the nature of this thing. Otherwise, spontaneous human combustion would not be listed as one of the world's top ten unsolved mysteries.

Maybe Chen Zhe solved the mystery, or maybe Chen Zhe had contact with the person who solved the mystery, or maybe there were other possibilities that people couldn't think of, even those that were criticized as whimsical, but no matter what the case, at this moment What happened was indeed unbelievable, and it really shocked Zheng Tan.

Zheng Tan remembered that the students who discussed the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion of the human body said that in this phenomenon, the parts of the human body that are on fire can be completely burned in just twenty minutes.

Regardless of whether this is the so-called spontaneous combustion phenomenon of the human body, whether it is revenge or something else, and regardless of what is happening in the house, Zheng Tan just wants to stay away from this place, which makes him feel creepy.

Zheng Tan looked at the side of the house and saw that no one was walking from here, so he jumped down immediately. It was a bit high, and Zheng Tan didn't have any buffering. Moreover, because of what he had just witnessed, Zheng Tan's body was still a little stiff, and his legs hurt when he landed on the ground. But Zheng Tan couldn't care less, and leaving quickly was the first priority. of.

When Zheng Tan ran out along the road, he saw two people answering the phone at the intersection. Their expressions changed greatly and they ran inside. He knew that what happened to Lai Er should have been discovered. However, at this time, Lai Er , absolutely dead.

This road was not the one Zheng Tan walked in with Lai Er's servant before, but another road leading to the street. The vehicles and pedestrians coming and going on the street also heat up the street a lot.

There was sunshine, but the sky seemed to be covered by a layer of haze. The sunshine was not pure, or perhaps psychological factors were dominant. In short, Zheng Tan did not feel any warmth brought by the sunshine. Instead, the trembling feeling still followed him. , did not disappear completely by leaving that place.

Jumping onto a flower bed, Zheng Tan squatted inside to rest and relieve the pressure caused by the sudden fear and uneasiness just now. He always thought he had some courage, but now, he doubted it.

Before his breathing had slowed down, and the fear had faded, Zheng Tan took a deep breath, preparing to use the breathing decompression method that Jiao's father once said to relieve it, but Zheng Tan almost choked when he was only halfway out of the breath.

He saw several tall buildings.

These tall buildings are relatively obvious in this area. Although they are not very close to here, they are not far away either. There is the community where Uncle Lamei - Chen Zhe lives.

Should have thought of it earlier. Streets are connected to each other. Zheng Tan didn't notice it before. Part of the reason was because there was a stretch of old residential buildings between the neighborhoods from here to there. Zheng Tan's previous observation angle was also wrong, so he didn't notice it. this point. However, Zheng Tan felt that it was mainly because he didn't know much about this area.

It turns out that Uncle Lamei Chen Zhe has always been so close to here. Does that mean that Chen Zhe had already decided to lay out such a situation and wait for Laiji to jump in?

There is no doubt that Laiji must be dead, burned to death. But at the same time, Zheng Tan believed that even if the police arrived, they would not be able to find any strong evidence to prove that the fire was man-made. Suspicion is one thing, but evidence is necessary. If no evidence can be produced, no clues can be found, everything is empty talk.

Zheng Tan thought carefully about what he had learned, what he had experienced today, and what he had seen with his own eyes.

There is no doubt that Chen Zhe knows Laiji very well and knows that he will definitely come here and stay alone in the room. There were blinds on the windows of the room, and he knew that Laiji would definitely close the blinds. In this way, even if there was a fire in the room, no one outside would be able to notice it for a while, and it would be impossible to rescue Laiji in the shortest possible time. , as long as time is delayed, the possibility of Lai Erzhe being here becomes greater, not to mention the weird way of burning.

As for the monitors dismantled by Laiji's men and the suspicious dangerous items found, they were probably just smoke bombs released by Chen Zhe. As for the "thing" they were talking about, Zheng Tan didn't know what it was, and he didn't want to know what it was now. At this time, he might as well just be an ordinary cat.

Looking around, it was impossible to go back through that path now. Zheng Tan didn't want to run into Lai Er's people. So, he looked behind him, then at the tall buildings in front of him, and decided to walk from the front, go around in a circle, and go to Uncle Lamei's place to check out the situation. This time, instead of going into his house, he would just take a look outside the building. Check to see if the Avenger is there, then leave and go back to the East Campus of Chuhua University to wait for dinner.

Zheng Tan planned well, which not only satisfied his curiosity, which had been shrunk to the point of being frightened by the incident just now, but also kept him in a safe range.

Climbing through the wall into the community, Zheng Tan came to the downstairs of the building where Uncle Lamei lived. Uncle Lamei was at home at this time, and the lights in the room inside were still on. Zheng Tan could see the figures moving inside even from downstairs.

Just as Zheng Tan was wondering whether Uncle Lamei was planning to escape after revenge, or was thinking about something else, he happened to see Chen Zhe opening the door to the balcony. Zheng Tan almost jumped away like a kangaroo like Ah Huang because of the sudden fright reaction.

Suppressing the idea of ​​​​running away immediately, Zheng Tan tried his best to act stupid and leave like the other cats. Then he heard the man standing on the balcony shout: "Hey, black cat!"

Zheng Tan ignored it.

Chen Zhe shouted a few more times, and Zheng Tan had to look over there. At the same time, I was still thinking: If I go there, will I be burned to the point where only four cat paws are left and not even a tail is left?

However, he had to admit that at this moment, facing Chen Zhe, who was affectionately called Uncle Lamei by the children, Zheng Tan did not feel the feeling that he had outside the room where Lai Er stayed. An inexplicable feeling of uneasiness.

(2.10)

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