Elf: Daily life starting from the wooden owl

"Are you the client?"

Lu Ming looked at the black-haired little girl who was only about 8 years old in front of him, and asked softly.

"Yes... yes." The little girl seemed a little nervous, and her expression was full of worry.

10 minutes ago, Lu Ming accepted the commission, and then he can send a message to the client on the platform to contact him about the commission.

After confirming the meeting place, he followed the location of his mobile phone and walked around to the neighborhood not far behind the elf school, where he saw the little girl.

"Don't worry, Charming Meow will find it for you. Please also tell me some of its characteristics, or any special reactions before it disappeared."

While comforting the little girl's emotions, Lu Ming asked for clues. As for why he was so proficient, it was probably because a certain elementary school student had read too much.

"Thank you..." After the little girl thanked her, she began to talk.

Her name is Xiaoli, and her family lives in this community. Because today is the weekend, she doesn't have to go to school, so she sleeps in, but her parents still have to go to work.

Charming Meow is a birthday present from her parents. She always follows her and is very obedient.

Last night, after she and Charming Meow played in the community park for a while, because of the sudden rain, her clothes were all wet, so she could only hide under the slide, and let her mother take the umbrella home to take a shower and sleep.

Before going to bed, Charming Meow was still curled up on her pillow, lying on her stomach to rest, but she didn't expect that when she woke up at ten o'clock this morning, Charming Meow beside her pillow was gone!

Lu Ming recorded the information with his mobile notepad, and asked, "Have you contacted Miss Junsha?"

"I called, but it takes more than ten hours to file a case over there, and Mom and Dad are still at work and have no time to come back..."

Seeing Xiao Li's appearance of crying again, Lu Ming quickly comforted him: "Don't cry, don't cry, maybe Charming Meow just went out to play by herself, so maybe it's not certain?"

"But the windows of my room are all locked, and my house is on the 11th floor. It is impossible for it to escape at this height! The surveillance in the living room did not see it coming out of the room."

"..."

Lu Ming and Mu Muxiao rubbed their chins and fell into deep thought at the same time. It would be fine if the floor was lower, but the 11th floor, unless it is those flying elves, is indeed a bit difficult.

Moreover, the windows were locked, and the surveillance camera in the living room did not capture the footage. Why did it smell like a murder in a secret room?

"Do you still remember when you and Charming Meow were playing in the park last night, did you find anything strange? Or heard any strange noise?" Lu Ming continued to ask.

"I don't know..." Xiaoli thought for a while, her voice suddenly paused, as if she remembered something, she quickly said: "By the way, when I came home from the rain yesterday, I saw some elves hiding in the grass over the park. Here, the yellow tail flicked and retracted."

"Yellow tail? Can you show me where it was at that time?"

"can!"

After a while, the two came to the community park, because today is the weekend, some children and elves are playing here.

After ignoring them, Xiaoli led him to a flower bed and bushes in the community, and said, "It seems to be near here."

Lu Ming nodded, gently pushed aside the grass, and began to look for traces, his expression gradually becoming serious.

Soon, he found strange and messy footprints on a piece of soil that was wet from the rain, and it seemed that the elf had four legs.

Because it has five short fingers on its front paws and only three longer toes on its hind paws, it is easy to distinguish.

Looking at the depth of the dirt footprints, it should have stood on its hind legs and stood here for a while, but it should have moved on all four legs together.

But after the elf left the flower bed, the footprints disappeared. It should have been washed away by the rain, and there were no traces other than footprints in the flower bed.

"Looking at the depth and size of the footprints, this elf should be about 40 centimeters tall and weigh an estimated 6 kilograms. The reason why it hid here at the time is not yet clear, and it may just be passing by."

Lu Ming wrote down this clue first, and then asked, "Which direction is your home in the park?"

Xiaoli pointed to the northwest direction and said, "Over there, take a detour from the park, and then take the trail."

"This direction..." Lu Ming pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Where did you play with Charming Meow in the park yesterday?"

"It's the slide over there." Xiao Li pointed in another direction.

Lu Ming glanced at it, then stepped on the tiles of the flower bed and jumped to the opposite side, followed the direction of the footprints on the dirt, and walked straight forward.

Xiaoli didn't know what he was doing, and showed a puzzled expression.

The footprints disappeared in the middle of the journey. It should be the elf that ran in from here, and looking forward along the direction where the footprints stood, it happened to be the location of the slide in the park.

And this footprint was left after it rained, indicating that the elf was probably looking at Xiaoli and Charming Meow who were sliding down the slide to avoid the rain!

Afterwards, the direction of the footprints is the direction of Xiaoli's home, and there are some messy footprints at the end, probably the elf is just about to go out from the flower bed.

Then she found that Xiao Li looked back suddenly, so she hurriedly turned around and went back, but her speed was a step slower, and her tail was seen.

According to these clues, Lu Ming already had a picture in his mind. An elf was peeping Xiaoli and Charming Meow in the rain for a long time, and determined the prey.

After they left, they followed them secretly, found the home address, and captured Charming Meow at night...

After thinking for a while, Lu Ming turned over the flower bed and asked, "Xiao Li, where is your apartment building?"

"This one……"

"I'm not going to your house, I'm going downstairs to see if I can find any clues about Charming Meow."

"it is good."

After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Li nodded and took Lu Ming downstairs to her house.

Along the way, he was observing the surroundings, wanting to see if there were any footprints or the like, but unfortunately, after being washed by the rain, there was nothing left.

Mu Muxiao is also watching the whole process, it seems to be very interested in this kind of thing, or it wants to help Lu Ming.

After arriving downstairs, he looked up a little. The building has about 20 floors, and Xiaoli's house is in the middle.

You can see some wild Mukels and Bobos, flying along the wind, resting on the upper window sill or the air-conditioning box for a short rest.

They are small in size and can use that as a foothold, but I am afraid they cannot do it if they are bigger.

After thinking about it, Lu Ming said again: "Little Li, you go back to your room now, take pictures of all the windows and windowsills and send them to me in private chat on the platform, pay attention, you must take pictures carefully!"

"it is good!"

Xiaoli didn't hesitate this time, but left directly.

Just after she left, Lu Ming took Mu Muxiao around and started to turn around. There are also flower beds here, and perhaps footprints can be found.

"Goo~"

Mu Muxiao suddenly yelled, put on the Snorby's clothes and flew up, because the Snorby's sense of smell is more sensitive, so it is easy to detect some unusual smells and find traces.

Seeing Mu Muxiao planted headlong into the flower bed, Lu Ming hurriedly followed and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Pulling through the grass, he found that Mu Muxiao had picked up a half-eaten peach fruit from the ground, and said speechlessly, "Don't pick up other people's leftovers, no matter how poor our family is..."

But before he finished speaking, Lu Ming's eyes suddenly fell on the soil below, and his pupils shrank, because there was a pair of familiar footprints there!

At the same time, he received a photo from Xiaoli on his mobile phone. After checking it carefully, he suddenly realized, and then the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"It turned out that there was more than one elf, did the gang commit the crime..."