Ms. Quan, who is male

"Wow--"

Quan and Alice were lying on the cake shop's window, looking at the delicate little cakes on display with identical starry eyes.

"So beautiful..." Quan said with emotion.

“Not only is it beautiful, it tastes great too!”

The young shopkeeper came out of the baking room with a plate of freshly baked cakes and caught sight of them both.

These two people have outstanding looks, even if they are thrown on the busy street, they would stand out from the crowd, let alone now they are both lying on the window of their own store.

"Jingle Bell"

The wind chime on the glass door made a crisp and sweet sound.

"Hey, you guys."

Quan looked in the direction of the sound and found the shop owner wearing an apron looking at the two of them.

Thinking about what he had just done while lying on the window of the store, Quan suddenly blushed and bowed at a ninety-degree angle: "I was really rude just now, I'm sorry!"

"Hey? Did I scare you? Haha, it's okay." The shop owner smiled heartily and greeted the two of them into the store, "Stop standing there, come in and sit down."

"But, but..." Izumi, who was cash-strapped, was still hesitating, but Alice had already jumped over and ran over, "Ino, did you just bake a cake?"

"Yes, Miss Alice."

Huh?

Did they actually know each other?

Quan blinked.

Seeing that he didn't follow, Alice turned back and said: "Sister, come in quickly, there are some freshly baked cakes to eat!"

"But we don't have any money..."

Before Quan could finish his words, Alice ran into the store as if she hadn't heard him, carrying a plate and picking out some snacks in a familiar manner.

The shop owner smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Alice often comes to the shop and I also know the adults in her family. You can put it in your account as much as you eat."

"That's it." Since Alice knew the owner of this store, Izumi was ready to say goodbye and leave - Nakahara Chuuya was still in the clothing store.

"Eh? Aren't you coming in?" Seeing that he was thinking of leaving, the shop owner was a little surprised.

"Well, I have something else to do..." Suddenly, his stomach growled loudly.

Quan then remembered that except for the antipyretic medicine, he had not eaten anything at all this morning. He looked down at his growling stomach, his face became even redder and redder, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet.

The shop owner didn't seem to notice his embarrassment and said softly: "I baked some small cakes. You can come in and have a taste."

Quan grabbed her skirt and said softly: "Thank you for your kindness, but I have no money, and I don't know the adults in Alice's family. To be precise, I am just a stranger passing by."

"That's it." The shopkeeper nodded, and then said very familiarly, "Then just treat it as my invitation to you!"

"Eh?" Quan opened his eyes in surprise.

The shopkeeper winked at him and said, "After all, you are the guest brought by Miss Alice."

When they were talking, they were on the upper floor of a shopping mall building across the road.

A man in black held a pocket telescope in his hand, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a wide view, observing the spring outside the cake shop from a high position.

After Quan followed the owner into the cake shop, he took out a palm-sized walkie-talkie from his arms, lowered his voice and said to the other side: "The target is in."

After a slight sound of electricity, a voice came from the other side: "Understood."

At this time, he seemed to suddenly see something of concern, and softly said "Huh".

"What's wrong?"

He frowned without any trace, and said with a slightly doubtful tone: "Someone is following our target."

"Um?"

"That guy entered the mall."

The other person was silent for a moment and said, "I understand, just keep staring at the target and don't worry about the rest."

"yes."

The stalker they mentioned was the sneaky man who followed Quan and Alice all the way.

After seeing Quan walking into the cake shop, he stepped into the shopping mall building as if nothing had happened.

There were a lot of people in the shopping mall, so he was dressed simply and looked very inconspicuous.

He found a seat by the window in the rest area on the first floor of the mall and sat down, lowering the hat on his head and silently observing the cake shop diagonally opposite.

The mantis stalks the cicada, followed by the oriole.

When he was following Quan and Alice, he didn't realize that he was also being followed.

The person following him was a young man with brown hair and brown eyes. He wore a pair of plain glasses and looked young.

This person's name is Hanizuka Yasumi, and he comes from a famous martial arts family. After his brother, who is the heir to the family, went to study abroad, part of the family affairs fell on him.

Hearing that something was going on at the dojo in Yokohama, he took the initiative to ask his family to come and take a look.

Unexpectedly, when he was passing by a busy commercial street, he suddenly saw a familiar face.

He was a serial murder suspect wanted by the Tokyo Police Department.

The Hanizuka family's dojo has supplied a large number of talents to the military and police departments. Many elders in the family even hold important positions in these two departments, and the relationship is very close.

Therefore, as the second young master of the family, Naizuka Yasumi occasionally sees some news that is only available within the military and police.

For example, this fugitive serial murderer’s killing method is to take the target to an uninhabited place and then strangle him to death with a rope. The target he targets has two common characteristics: first, he is a good-looking young woman; second, he is a good-looking young woman;

The hair is black, long and thick.

It is said that every girlfriend of the other party was found according to this standard, and even the first victim discovered in this serial murder case was his ex-girlfriend.

The police investigation found that before the first victim disappeared, she and the prisoner had a big quarrel because of emotional problems, and finally broke up.

The night after the quarrel, both of them disappeared. Then in the early morning of the third day, a wandering entertainer discovered the victim's body under the bridge.

Hanizuka Yasumi heard that this guy had recently moved to Yokohama, but he didn't expect to bump into him today. Moreover, he also saw that the other party was following a girl who fit his criteria.

The girl was wearing a white floral dress, and there was a little girl with blond hair beside her. The two of them were running around and making trouble, not noticing the approaching crisis.

The current situation did not allow him to think too much. While asking the driver to call the police, Naizuka Yasumu opened the door and secretly followed the fugitive murderer.

After the other party sneaked into the mall, Naizuka Yasumu also followed him into the mall.

But at this time, he didn't know whether to call it a coincidence or an unlucky thing. As soon as he stepped into the mall gate, he met an elder with whom he had a fairly good relationship.

Hanizuka Yasumu noticed that the prisoner stopped in the rest area and had no intention of taking action for the time being, so he distracted himself and exchanged a few words with his acquaintances.

The other party mentioned that an art exhibition would be held in Yokohama in a few days. He asked the assistant next to him to take the tickets and handed them to Hanizuka Yasumi, telling him that if he had time, he could come and take a look.

Hanizuka Yasumu accepted the tickets, claimed that he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said goodbye and left.

However, what he didn't expect was that after only a minute or two of delay, the murderer he was staring at before would inexplicably disappear.

He carefully searched the rest area and the lobby on the first floor, but didn't see even a single figure.

"Damn it, where did you go..."

At the same time, in the clothing store.

Saying goodbye to Mori Ogai, who was looking for Alice, Nakahara Chuuya walked up to the second floor and came to the women's clothing area.

This clothing store is quite big. Nakahara Chuya glanced around and didn't see the figure of Quanhe's previous shopping guide.

"Sir, do you need any help?" Seeing him walking up to the second floor alone, a shopping guide came over and asked what he needed.

"I'm looking for someone, a girl with long black hair and a long coat when she first went to the second floor."

A girl with long black hair and a long coat when she came...

The shopping guide thought about it for a while and soon remembered it. She was quite impressed by Quan, after all, she was very beautiful.

"The lady you mentioned, I remember she seems to be... over there." She stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction.

Hearing this, Zhongyuan Zhong also frowned.

He came from there just now and didn't see Quan's shadow at all. Not to mention him, not even the shopping guide who greeted them when they entered.

Hearing that no one was found in Zhongyuan, the shopping guide asked: "Are you trying on clothes in the dressing room?"

It's possible...

But there is another problem here. Even if Quan was trying on clothes in the dressing room, why didn't the shopping guide who was supposed to be with him see anyone?

Zhongyuan Zhong also subtly sensed something was wrong.

In the end, this bad premonition came true.

As soon as he walked to the fitting area, he heard a dull, intermittent knocking sound coming from one of the dressing rooms.

Zhongyuan Zhongya opened the door and found that the shopping guide who had been following Quan had been tied up and thrown to the ground. Her mouth was also sealed with tape, so she could not call for help.

He was shocked. The strong rope was like a soft boiled noodle in his hand, and it broke apart with a tug. Then he tore off the tape that sealed the shopping guide's mouth and asked: "

what happened?!"

The shopping guide looked frightened, and even her voice was trembling: "I, I don't know... I recommended a skirt to that lady, and she took it to the dressing room. But she

Not long after I entered, I felt like something had hit me on the back of my neck...I don’t know what happened after that. I just woke up, and then I found myself tied up and thrown here..."

"Where did Izumi try on clothes before you passed out?"

"The first room from the left..."

Nakahara Chuuya rushed over immediately, opened the door with a bang, and found that there was no one inside. His coat and the skirt Izumi wore before were left inside.

His face was as heavy as water, and the air around him seemed to have stagnated.

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through his mind.

Was he taken away? Or... the guy ran away on his own?

No matter which outcome, it will not be a happy thing.

Zhongyuan Zhongya's hands hanging by his sides were tightly clenched into fists, with a storm brewing in his eyes.

What he didn't know was that he had just asked the shopping guide who was passing by, and now he quietly took out a palm-sized walkie-talkie: "You can start taking action."

"learn."