Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

After eleven o’clock at night,

All the shopping malls had closed down, and the stores facing the street had lowered their shutter doors.

Only a few streets and alleys, along with night snack stalls, bars, and nightclubs, remained open, creating a lively nighttime atmosphere.

Lilly and the others stood in front of a coffee shop.

The ambiance was serene at night, but having encountered the girl that was burned multiple times during the day, Josh and the others felt that the scene before them was even more peculiar now.

Josh tightly clung to Lilly’s arm.

Hannah, too, tightly held onto Lilly’s other arm.

Zachary could only tag along.

Blake asked, “Where are we going?”

Lilly squeezed her fingers and finally pointed in a certain direction, saying, “Daddy, where does this direction lead us?”

Blake took a glance and replied, “A small alley behind the shopping complex.”

This area was a bustling commercial center. Recently, the small alley behind the coffee shop had undergone renovation and was intended to be leased to the owner of a food street, transforming it into a charming alley of culinary delights.

big cities, commercial centers often featured such hidden alleys offering delicious yet affordable delicacies,

the planning stage, the alley

Blake, did the missing girl enter

Some claimed that the girl had been taken into a coffee shop to be… dismembered, while others suggested she had walked into the alley

escalate quickly online through forums, attracting the attention of those seeking clout and fueling

“I’m not sure, it’s difficult to

group proceeded

before them and murmured, “This doesn’t look like what I saw on

asked, “What did you see

found in a corner

dark and mysterious dog hole in the alley, not knowing where it led to. Another person said that the girl might have been dragged into it, disappearing from this

Blake sneered, “What else?”

a back door in this alley leading to the mall’s bathroom. They guessed that the girl

they beg for gifts and likes before dramatically kicking open

nodded, saying,

curiously, “Is

“Nothing

cloth was found at the crime scene, would the bloggers be the ones taking pictures? How is it possible that investigators failed to notice such a prominent and bloodstained cloth? Moreover, once discovered, the evidence would have been swiftly collected, rather than leaving it in place for others to take pictures of. Lastly, crime scenes are typically cordoned

you think about it for a while, you’ll realize

anxious internet users would undoubtedly be tempted to ask, “Where is the DNA evidence?

the official explanation, they opted to place their trust in certain alleged evidence and collectively embarked on their

face was red and asked awkwardly, “What about the dog