"You wouldn't be deliberately misleading , would you?" Hua Ling asked suspiciously.
Xiao Feng chuckled lightly, "Am I that bored? Anyway, there's a problem with Little Fragrance Pearl. Believe it or not, if you don't, I'm hanging up."
"Don't!" Hua Ling took a deep breath and said, "Alright, the subsidy money is indeed with . If you want to get it back, quickly tell what's wrong with Little Fragrance Pearl."
"I won't say a word until I see the subsidy money," Xiao Feng replied confidently.
In fact, he hadn't planned to use this as a bargaining chip against Hua Ling.
But upon hearing the urgency and tension in Hua Ling's voice, he quickly seized the opportunity to demand the subsidy money.
Poor Little Fragrance Pearl, who ran away from ho, used this way.
"Fine, I'll transfer the subsidy money to you now," Hua Ling replied coldly.
Half a minute later, Xiao Feng received a transfer notification from Gong Kaishan, totaling 5,342.65 yuan.
"Why's there a mix of zeros and whole amounts?" Xiao Feng grumbled. "Isn't the subsidy supposed to be 5,500 in total? Did you pocket the extra hundred or so?"
Hua Ling suppressed her anger and said, "If I were to pocket it, I'd take 500. Who would bother with just a hundred or so?
Speak now!
What happened to Little Fragrance Pearl?"
Xiao Feng hesitated, "Actually, it's not a big deal. She just ran away last night. We suspect she went to your place, so we're calling to check."
"That's not a minor issue!" Hua Ling said furiously, "You must have treated Little Fragrance Pearl poorly; otherwise, why would she run out on her own?"
"Don't jump to conclusions without facts. The priority is figuring out how to find Little Fragrance Pearl," Xiao Feng gently reminded.
Upon hearing that, Hua Ling fell silent, quickly pondering ways to locate Little Fragrance Pearl.
Thinking and thinking, she realized that every ti she would go up the mountain before, stomp her foot, and ring the bell on her foot, it wouldn't be long before Fragrance Pearl would co out on her own without any effort to find her.
"Are you ho? I'll co over now; we'll talk face to face," Hua Ling said.
Just as Hua Ling finished speaking, Gong Kaishan reminded from the side, "You have an important eting in ten minutes; you can't miss it."
Upon hearing Gong Kaishan's voice, Xiao Feng said, "If you have business, attend to that first. I'll notify you as soon as there's news."
"I have a way that might help. I'll send soone to deliver the bell later; when Little Fragrance Pearl hears it, she'll co out," Hua Ling said calmly, her pretty face expressionless.
"Alright, as soon as possible," Xiao Feng agreed and hung up.
Looking at the 5,000 yuan in his account, he sighed, "Still a bit too little."
In Jiangcheng, where the average salary is only around 2,000, less than 3,000 yuan, it might seem like a decent amount.
And the outer mbers of the Demon Suppression Action Team have relatively easy tasks; often, there's not much mission activity in a month, even if there is, it's just a few training sessions.
From these conditions, getting more than 5,000 yuan seems easy and pretty good.
But in reality, it's like money for one's life.
Because you never know, just one unfortunate incident can lead to sacrifice during a task.
No amount of money can be more important than a life, right?
So, in Xiao Feng's view, risking his life for a 5,000 monthly subsidy, it's still a bit low.
"I'll go check the nearby surveillance to figure out Little Fragrance Pearl's direction," Lu Yao said, then got to work.
Xiao Feng and Di Junxiong glanced at each other, seeing the lack of optimism in each other's eyes.
Surveillance is not always foolproof; a person might happen to avoid being captured, let alone a smaller, more agile chick.
But that statent must not be made; if things are left undone just because they're hard, every street would have an unsolved case.
Half an hour later, Xiao Feng issued a eting notice in the group, gathering everyone in the living room.
Lu Yao projected the laptop onto the TV on the wall, then stepped back.
Di Junxiong walked to the TV, holding a laser pointer, pointing at a picture of Little Fragrance Pearl, and introduced, "Little Fragrance Pearl, a wild chick raised by Ms. Mu Shihan from the Phasianidae family of Aves.
Female, body length 86 cm, feathers are..."
Halfway through, Xiao Feng interrupted, "Why bother with unnecessary details? Everyone knows her; keep it simple, no need for so many professional terms."
"Yeah," Old Ha nodded in agreent, "Give us sothing people can understand."
Di Junxiong coughed awkwardly, then touched his nose and said, "Sorry, it's a professional habit."
Reorganizing his words, Di Junxiong said, "Alright...I'll be straightforward. Little Fragrance Pearl is missing. Surveillance shows she left the house at 3 a.m.
The last surveillance capture was at 3:47 a.m., between Villa 39 and 40 in Jinyue Garden, a straight line distance of only 300 ters from us, and appearances on surveillance during this ti were rare.
So here's the problem; in nearly fifty minutes, it only walked 300 ters. What was it doing during that ti?"
The room fell silent, eyes wide and puzzled, speechless.
Where the hell would we know what it was up to?
It was clear Di Junxiong couldn't completely shake off his professional habits; his tone was still analyzing the case.
It's not bad, but for non-professionals, it's sowhat like talking past each other, terribly inefficient.
"Starting from Villa 39 to 40, we'll spread out, fanning out the search.
Ask around along the way, conduct a dragnet search, and make sure to find Little Fragrance Pearl!" Xiao Feng issued the order.
Then, selecting a smaller group, join in the search for Little Fragrance Pearl.
After all, finding Little Fragrance Pearl is important, but can't abandon the household with the entire team.
The chosen ones followed Xiao Feng out, totaling ten people, searching in pairs.
The grouping is: Xiao Feng and Little Girl in one group, Aspergillus oryzae and Old Ha in another, Lv Ziming and Lone Wolf in another, Hui Shiqi and Hui Shiba in one, Hui Yi and Hui Er in one.
"Brother Xiao Feng, can we find her?" Little Girl asked, feeling a bit stressed.
Xiao Feng sighed, "Whether we can find her or not, we have to try first. I'll try shaking the bell."
With that, he took out the bell sent over by Hua Ling.
"Jingle jingle..."
The crisp sound echoed, pleasant to the ear.
Although loud, it wasn't harsh at all.
Thus, Xiao Feng and Little Girl rang the bell along the way, embarking on the search for Little Fragrance Pearl.
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