Chapter 87

Chapter 85

"What you want, Grandma will give you."

A person's wealth isn't just about gold, silver, jewels, houses, and land deeds, or even connections and favors. It's also about their perspective and reach.

Don't be fooled by the old lady's daily appearance of refinement, honor, wealth, and dignity. When she truly needs to reveal herself, she will show you what's called the "Dragon King's ambition, swallowing rivers and lakes."

At this moment, Li Zhuiyuan felt his recent calculations seemed very petty.

It was only in front of such people that the young man would feel like he was still just a child.

"Thank you, Grandma."

Liu Yumei slowly walked to Li Zhuiyuan's front, looking at the young man.

"Grandma is old and her eyesight isn't good; I was really fooled by you, this child."

She was hitting herself in the face.

This meant that all the past events, happy and unhappy, the guarding and probing between the two, could all be turned over.

"Grandma, you are rarely confused."

"Confused is just confused, no need to add a prefix, making Grandma seem like I desperately want face."

"Great-Grandpa was also rarely confused, which means Grandma, you are a fortunate person."

Liu Yumei couldn't help but smile.

Since the page was turned, it meant she had let go of the knot in her heart. Looking at this child, she found him more and more pleasing to the eye, and in three days, this child would become 'her family's child'.

She felt Li Sanjiang's happiness.

No wonder that old fellow had been smiling all day with squinted eyes for the past year. It turned out he was living so happily.

"Do you lack..."

The moment she said this word, Liu Yumei stopped herself.

How could she be like that old fellow, asking the child if he lacked money every time she opened her mouth?

Although she had the most money, because of that, giving money was the least sincere.

Giving pocket money was the same; even if she gave a stack, it wouldn't compare to the wrinkled banknote that old fellow Li Sanjiang pulled out of his pocket.

If this child really lacked money, so be it. But the first time she saw this child come to Li Sanjiang's house, standing on that dam, she just swept her gaze over him once and knew clearly that this child viewed money very lightly.

It wasn't that he had truly become an immortal and didn't need to eat grains, but rather that there were just such people in this world. From birth, they didn't need to worry about their livelihood.

This was still different from ordinary rich and noble children. Those were just fat pigs guarding a large granary, meticulously calculating whether they could eat it all in their lifetime.

For this boy, he only needed to take one step back, and at the very least, the country would support him.

Liu Yumei reached out and touched Li Zhuiyuan's collar, saying:

"I should make you several summer clothes, and autumn clothes must also be prepared in advance. Don't worry, you are different from A Li. You need to be seen in front of people, so Grandma will definitely make you fashionable styles."

Li Zhuiyuan quietly added: "Having the same style as A Li is actually also fine."

"Hehe hehe."

Liu Yumei laughed again, this time practically bending over with laughter.

Beside her, Liu Yi couldn't help but roll her eyes inwardly. Who was it that always mocked Grandpa Li for being coaxed by this boy? I think you're almost there too now.

"Grandma, I'll leave first."

"Mm, go." Liu Yumei waved her hand.

When Li Zhuiyuan walked towards the outside, Liu Yumei suddenly called out to him again, asking: "Think again, did you forget anything?"

The young man opened the canvas bag in his hand, revealing the wrapped *Liu Family Wang Qi Jue* inside, and held it up towards Liu Yumei:

"Didn't forget, I brought it."

Liu Yumei was a little surprised, but her heart felt even more joyful.

This meant that even if this child hadn't waited for her today, and even without her earlier words, he would have taken this book away. It was considered actively acknowledging this process of joining.

"Smelly boy, Grandma still thought you wouldn't let go until you saw the rabbit."

"How could that be?"

When A Li hugged him, lightly patted his head, and silently repeated the words he had once said to her, the outcome was actually already destined.

"Go back and look carefully. If you don't understand..." Liu Yumei paused. She thought of this child's terrifying talent for reading, but since it was still a family heirloom, she felt a surge of confidence again, "If you don't understand, just come and ask me. I'll teach you."

"Okay, Grandma."

Li Zhuiyuan felt that in order not to ruin the atmosphere, he should still conceal the matter of having seen the secret books of the Qin and Liu families before.

The old lady was very concerned about face. If she knew that he had read her family's heirloom in front of her so early, and still couldn't vent her anger at him, she could only continue to harm those upper-grade official kilns.

So, for now, pretend it was the first time he was looking, understanding the deeper meaning within.

Then,

Teach the old lady.

After the young man left, Liu Yi walked forward to support Liu Yumei: "I can tell, you are truly happy today."

"Still need to touch it some more."

"What, you're still not at ease?"

"You say that, even if I know it's a genuine good item, can't I keep playing with it in my hands?"

"Understood, you've picked up a treasure and want to slowly appreciate its beauty."

"Is that not allowed?"

"Allowed, allowed, allowed, you can do whatever you want. But I might need to remind you, people say a mother-in-law likes her son-in-law more and more the more she looks at him. You are one generation older here, don't truly get infatuated. When the time comes and you lose all the family fortune to him, you'll be howling:

'Oh no, how did I eat lard and become so blind in the first place!'"

"A Ting, I think your skin has been itchy these past few days."

"What, you're happy, can't we, the people below, also be happy? In the past, accepting someone into the family was a big happy event. You still need to give me a red envelope."

"Give, give, give, I'll give you. These things in the house, take whatever you want, who's stopping you?"

"I don't want anything else, I just want you to drink your medicinal porridge on time tonight."

"That thing is too bitter..."

"You are old and need to live a long life. A Li is still small, and Xiao Yuan is also still small. If any waves rise on the river later, we still rely on you to shelter us from the wind and rain."

"I'll drink it then."

The two walked into the house and saw A Li walking down from upstairs.

"A Li, Xiao Yuan agreed to join. Your Grandma even let him take the *Liu Family Wang Qi Jue*. Are you happy?"

The original intention was to tease A Li, make the girl happy, and preferably see a small dimple.

But A Li, upon hearing this, didn't appear happy. Instead, her gaze dimmed.

"What's wrong?" Liu Yumei also felt wronged, "Since when has our family's Wang Qi Jue been so undesirable?"

A Li pushed open the door and walked into the ancestral tablet room, then walked upstairs again, hugging a stack of ancestral tablets.

Liu Yumei only instructed Liu Yi: "Make another batch of ancestral tablets. Don't bring them into the house for now. Put them outside. We'll need them in three days, and there might not be enough time."

"Don't worry, I know."

"Just now, was A Li angry?"

"Indeed, she seemed angry."

"In the past, A Li wouldn't move all day. I worried about her. Now that the child expresses emotions, I understand even less. It's truly strange."

"It's just, I don't know who she takes after."

"Slap your mouth."

...

Walking on the street at midnight, Li Zhuiyuan's mind was still replaying the scene with A Li in the room. As he walked, he lightly touched his face.

When he had seen A Li in the past, it was as if the mottled human skin on his face, about to fall off, had been fixed with several staples.

After seeing A Li today, it was like growing new skin, which left him at a loss, and at the same time, he felt a little itchy.

He didn't go back to school directly, but walked to the food street outside the north gate. From a distance, he could see the three flashing words on the newly erected light frame – Old Sichuan.

For businesses in the school's ecosystem, the new student season every year is promotional time.

University students are very lazy. Attracting and serving them well often means securing a stable customer source for the next four years.

Although currently only new students undergoing military training have reported, there are already not many empty seats in front of Old Sichuan. It's estimated they will need to expand the shop soon.

By the time Li Zhuiyuan walked over, the police were just preparing to disperse.

After sending off his new colleagues, Tan Yunlong lit a cigarette and saw Li Zhuiyuan.

"Uncle Tan, sorry, I'm late."

"No, I'm early. They all have families and need to finish eating and go home early. Xiao Yuan, I'll order you another grilled fish, Boss..."

"No need, Uncle Tan, I had some snacks earlier, I'm not hungry."

He had been sitting in Liu Yumei's study for so long, and he had indeed eaten quite a few tea snacks.

"Really not hungry? Don't be polite with me, Uncle."

"How could I be polite with you, Uncle Tan?"

"Okay, then shall we take a walk?"

"Good."

Tan Yunlong took out his wallet, preparing to pay, but Li Zhuiyuan walked to the boss's wife first, pointed at the table from earlier. The boss's wife responded and made a gesture of understanding.

"Uncle Tan, let's go."

When they walked to the other side of the street, Tan Yunlong laughed:

"It seems you guys often come here to eat; you can even run up a tab."

"This shop is opened by one of our friends."

"Oh, no wonder."

At first, everyone would pay when they came here to eat. Later, Xue Liangliang said hello, and their consumption here was directly deducted from his monthly dividend.

After all, they were friends who had gone through life and death together; no one was being overly polite.

"Where are Binbin and the others?"

"Business is good tonight, he's staying in the shop to help. I just didn't let him out."

"Then you father and son met today, still couldn't eat a meal together?"

"Tonight I'm sleeping in your dormitory, and I'll be sharing a bed with Binbin. Sorry to bother you, Xiao Yuan."

"It doesn't matter, our dormitory is spacious."

The two walked and walked, and then entered the school.

"When I went to check Ran Qiu Ping's office today, I met that Yu Shu. I suspect my special transfer this time is related to him."

"That should be him."

Yu Shu's involvement in this case wasn't strange.

Because even if that big fire burned everything clean, it couldn't erase the fact that the Mao family father and son were 'Dao Chang'. Based on this point, it was very normal for Yu Shu to come and take a look.

"But, what does it have to do with me? I'm not familiar with him."

"Uncle Tan, it's possible because you performed too well in those several incidents in Shi Gang."

"Performed well? I just took him to several places and did some special reports. I feel like I was quite slow."

"That's already very good. Because that's what they want. They don't actually care too much about ordinary cases themselves."

"Hearing you say that, I seem to understand a little."

"No matter what, this is all a good thing, isn't it?"

"Still thanks to you." Tan Yunlong exhaled a long smoke ring. He and his son both owed him a favor.

"It's you, Uncle Tan, who helped me a lot. With my relationship with Binbin and the others, we don't need to be so distant."

"Yu Shu wanted to see Binbin's dormitory. Binbin took him to a dormitory with red sausages."

"Mm."

"Xiao Yuan, is it possible that your matter cannot be discovered by someone like Yu Shu?"

"Uncle Tan, it's not that I don't want to be involved with them, but it's not that I cannot be discovered by them. Just do your work with a clear conscience, no need to worry about me. Of course, on the premise that it doesn't violate your principles, taking care of it slightly would be best."

"Hehe."

The two walked and walked, not specifically saying where they were going, but their steps were consistent, all heading in one direction, arriving in front of an old-style teaching building.

Tan Yunlong lifted his wrist and checked the time.

"Uncle Tan, how long until the case happened?"

"Less than an hour left."

"Do you think the murderer will come back to look?"

"Not sure, trying our luck."

"Then I'll go up and wait with you."

"Okay."

Tan Yunlong really liked this feeling, where whatever he thought was known by the other party, no wasted words, direct and concise.

The only drawback was that after interacting and getting along with the young man in front of him, when he went back to face his son, he would feel a serious sense of disparity, and then he would find his son more and more displeasing.

The two walked into the teaching building. When they went upstairs, they were both very taciturn, walking lightly, trying not to make any sound.

The new students had just enrolled, and teaching work had not yet fully begun. The old teaching building was basically not well-lit at this time and was very quiet.

They passed the third-floor tiered classroom. The door plate number was CJ-302. This was where the four people from the file, including Wu Xinhui, rehearsed their program that evening.

At the end of this floor was the restroom, which was also where the incident occurred.

The two hid themselves in a corner of the darkness. Neither spoke, they just stood there quietly.

The school was in chaos because of the case of the five missing people. Today, Tan Yunlong also brought his colleagues to do a very conspicuous tour of the school again. It was like stirring up the water in a fish pond.

There was a certain probability that it would stimulate that fish to return to the scene of the crime and revisit the old place.

Of course, the premise was that the fish was still in the school.

So, Tan Yunlong said he was just trying his luck tonight, and digesting his food, without holding out much hope.

In fact, the investigation had started early, and the police had questioned the relevant personnel several rounds. But school had just formally started recently, and today was also the day most teachers and staff returned to their posts.

Even if it was trying their luck, it was hoped that this probability would be greater.

They waited quietly, time passing by drop by drop.

Finally, Tan Yunlong said: "Let's go."

"Mm."

The two walked downstairs.

After they left, a black human figure appeared at the door of CJ-302. His teeth, under the moonlight, appeared very white.

"Dong dong dong."

Just then, Tan Yunlong, who had originally left, ran back again.

The human figure turned its head and ran, with Tan Yunlong chasing hard from behind.

But the human figure didn't run downstairs, but ran upwards, just like this, chasing to the roof.

Before Tan Yunlong could say anything, the human figure turned its back to him and plunged down headfirst.

Li Zhuiyuan, who didn't go after the criminal but stayed on the third floor, saw the human figure fall from outside the railing in front of him.

The other party's body, during the fall, appeared very uncoordinated.

This meant that when the other party came out tonight, they had even disguised their body shape.

"Bang!"

A dull thud of falling came from the ground.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't lean over the railing with both hands to look down, but stepped back several steps, far from the railing.

Suddenly, a pair of hands grabbed the railing and pulled up. A face peered out from the railing.

Now, he looked very weak. The fall just now should have been of the clothes and disguise.

If the young man had been a little more curious just now, he would have been grabbed by the neck by the person pulling up.

Li Zhuiyuan and the other party's eyes met. The other party's face was covered with bandages, only exposing a pair of eyes. But relying on that pair of eyes was enough.

As long as he remembered the feeling of these eyes, Li Zhuiyuan believed he could find him in a crowd when they met.

He didn't plan to rely on his own strength to keep the other party. If it were an ordinary suspect, he could have used the youth's disguise to show the other party what solid basic skills were.

But the other party could fall from the roof and at the same time silently grab the outer railing to support their body. This kind of operation, Li Zhuiyuan had only seen Runsheng do before.

This was a very formidable practitioner. Before he reached sixteen years old, before his bones had developed and his body power was not sufficient, Li Zhuiyuan would absolutely not lay a hand on this kind of person.

And the other party was also obviously a little surprised, because he seemed certain that he hadn't made any sound, but this young man had indeed retreated in advance.

"Xiao Yuan!"

Tan Yunlong ran back to this floor.

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and pointed to his front, telling Officer Tan the other party's position.

Incidentally, he reminded him: "Draw your gun."

Because he was very certain that only the gun on Tan Yunlong's waist could make this kind of practitioner apprehensive.

No doubt, no hesitation, a smooth draw action.

The other party loosened both hands and fell down.

Li Zhuiyuan's ears trembled slightly: "He fell to the second floor."

Tan Yunlong immediately ran downstairs to the second floor.

Just then, Li Zhuiyuan heard a sound again. By the way, he mentally reconstructed the other party's actions. He jumped up again, grabbing the edge of the third floor. He, still wanted to come up again!

The other party, actually dared to play a game of cat and mouse with an old police officer who had drawn a gun.

Or, did the other party want to come up one more time and tease him?

Li Zhuiyuan reached into his pants pocket with his right hand, pressed out a red mark, and then drew it all the way down his left arm.

He pointed his finger at the area where the other party's head would emerge, and his gaze focused.

The other party's head emerged, and immediately felt a bloody red in their line of sight, a buzzing in their mind.

In shock, the other party loosened their hand. This time, they fell completely to the ground.

"Police, stop!"

Tan Yunlong's voice came from the second floor.

Thinking that the suspect would first shout and not run was a plot in movies. The reality was that when they felt they couldn't catch the suspect, they would shout this.

Li Zhuiyuan approached the railing and saw that figure like a black monkey, quickly running towards the dense flower garden in front.

"Bang!"

Tan Yunlong fired his gun.

Very decisive, and indeed he should. The original intention was just to try their luck in catching the suspect. Moreover, this person could jump up and down and use the very high teaching building as a slide. At this moment, whether the other party was really the suspect from seven years ago or not, taking a shot wasn't wrong.

But it was also at the instant the bullet was fired that Li Zhuiyuan saw the other party's body twist in a very awkward posture, to the side. Without affecting the progress of his run, he was actively avoiding the bullet.

Then, the other party leaped vertically, and their figure submerged into the flower garden.

But that one leap, the figure was a little crooked, meaning the force was not fully exerted.

Tan Yunlong was aiming at the other party's leg when he fired. Although the other party avoided it, the bullet should have grazed the leg.

Li Zhuiyuan slowly walked down the stairs. As he walked downstairs, his mind replayed the earlier scene, summarizing the other party's strength, speed, and body flexibility, and finally simulating the possibility of the other party actively attacking during their first encounter.

Incidentally, he also simulated the possibility of the other party taking the first step to attack the two when both sides were in the shadows.

Li Zhuiyuan's footsteps stopped.

Because the result of his brain simulation was that after both possibilities, the other party had a higher chance of winning. Especially in the last possibility, his and Tan Yunlong's ending would be very bad.

From this point of view, the possibility of the other party being the murderer from seven years ago was lower.

It wasn't just that the other party didn't take an active attacking posture at the beginning, but that someone with this kind of skill often practiced from a young age.

Unless the other party was a child like himself seven years ago. Of course, a child whose body was not fully developed at that time couldn't have committed rape... and murder.

As long as the other party was an adult at that time, just like in his plan, at sixteen years old.

He wouldn't need to hide in the restroom and attack Qiu Minmin when she went to the restroom.

Criminals in this kind of scene and choice, most likely rely on the general advantage of male over female power. This is typical weak criminal thinking.

Whereas the person just now, his skill was already so formidable that he didn't need to use a private, dark, and isolated environment like a restroom. He could openly walk into a tiered classroom and use absolute violent force to subdue the four people inside.

However, nothing is absolute. It's also possible that the person is both skilled and has certain psychological perversions, enjoying dirty environments like restrooms.

Li Zhuiyuan walked out of the teaching building. Tan Yunlong was just picking up the clothes left by the other party.

"Xiao Yuan, what kind of clothes are these, like a cape but not quite..."

Li Zhuiyuan reached out and touched them. There was an interlayer inside, and padded boards.

"Uncle Tan, these are performance clothes."

"Performance clothes?"

"Mm."

Li Zhuiyuan put his nose closer and smelled them, smelling a light incense smell. It wasn't the smell of perfume, but a scent dyed with specially made incense.

Thanks to Liu Yumei's past habit of changing A Li's clothes every day and doing this step, the young man's appreciation ability in this area had been cultivated quite high.

Although he couldn't specifically say what kind of incense it was, it should be quite expensive.

Moreover, judging from the material of the clothes, this person's lifestyle should be very high.

"Xiao Yuan, although I personally feel this person should not be the murderer from seven years ago, I still need to notify the team now."

"Uncle Tan, you think so too?"

"I fired the gun." Tan Yunlong said very seriously, "The moment I fired, his action felt very deep to me. I'll take you back to the dorm first and tell Binbin that I won't be sleeping in your dorm tonight."

"Okay, Uncle Tan, you go ahead."

Li Zhuiyuan was sent back to the dorm by Tan Yunlong.

Tan Wenbin came back later. He showered first, and came back yawning, saying: "After eating hot pot, the shop was really busy. People bought a lot of stuff, like they didn't care about the money."

"Hard work."

"It's not hard, the feeling of earning money is quite happy. It's just that when I came back, I saw several police cars entering the school again. What happened?"

Li Zhuiyuan briefly repeated what happened tonight, and finally added a sentence:

"Your dad said he's not coming back to sleep with you tonight."

Tan Wenbin directly ignored the last sentence and shouted: "Holy crap, a martial arts master!"

Li Zhuiyuan didn't pay attention to him anymore. He picked up the cup from the bedside cabinet and drank a mouthful of water.

Tan Wenbin, full of interest, continued to ask: "Brother Xiao Yuan, were you not scared at that time?"

"A little, but it was okay."

"So dangerous, next time you don't go for a walk alone."

"Your dad was beside me."

"My dad is useless."

The dorm door was pushed open.

"Ah!"

Tan Wenbin jumped up in shock. This was a stress response.

It was Lu Yi who came in: "Binbin, you left your washbasin and towel on the sink. I brought them for you."

"Oh, okay, thanks."

After Lu Yi left, Tan Wenbin sat on his bed and continued to say: "Really fierce, this kind of person."

"Runsheng can do it. Yin Meng... barely can."

Tan Wenbin, looking expectant, pointed to his face and asked: "What about me? I mean later."

"Work hard."

Li Zhuiyuan lay down, preparing to sleep. The original plan was to look at that evil book tonight, but there were many things tonight, so he could only postpone it.

He wasn't that scared tonight. After all, he had seen who knows how many dead people.

But at that moment, he did feel a little powerless. If there had been a ghost or a corpse nearby at that time, it would have been good. Like this, he could have kept that guy, and even, based on his heart's desires, decide how many pieces to leave.

No wonder so many people would think of raising ghosts and corpses. Even if not used to harm people, it was very good for self-protection.

Li Zhuiyuan turned his head to look at the shoebox under the windowsill.

He couldn't possibly carry a pair of women's high-heeled shoes everywhere, right?

"Right, Brother Xiao Yuan, remember to call me when you wake up tomorrow. I need to go gather for military training."

"Okay."

He slept soundly, his biological clock made even more stable by Liu Yi.

After getting up, he first woke up Tan Wenbin. Tan Wenbin rubbed his eyes, took his washbasin, and went to wash with Li Zhuiyuan.

After coming back, Tan Wenbin started changing into his military training clothes. Li Zhuiyuan then put the *Liu Family Wang Qi Jue*, which he had brought back last night without flipping a single page, back into his book bag. Carrying the bag, he walked out of the dorm.

When he arrived, Liu Yi had finished making breakfast. Today's main breakfast was pork rib porridge, served with many kinds of pickled vegetables. It was very enjoyable to eat.

Liu Yumei said: "Didn't sleep well again last night?"

The old lady had that kind of ability. Even if you hid it well, she could tell your rest state with one look.

Li Zhuiyuan put down his spoon: "I slept a little less."

Liu Yumei's face showed a smile: "You can look at the book slowly, don't be so anxious. What's given to you is yours, no one will steal it from you."

Obviously, Liu Yumei was very satisfied with Li Zhuiyuan's obsessive attitude towards her family's *Liu Family Wang Qi Jue*.

A Li raised her head and glanced at Liu Yumei.

Liu Yumei asked back: "What, feeling sorry for Xiao Yuan?"

A Li lowered her head and continued eating her porridge. She wasn't feeling sorry for the boy.

Liu Yi smiled and said: "I told you, old lady, when teasing others, you are the first one to be unhappy. Now it's good, you're going up to the front lines to tease yourself."

"How can that be the same?" Liu Yumei stood up, "Xiao Yuan, after you finish eating, come and find me in the study."

"Okay, Grandma."

After Li Zhuiyuan finished breakfast, he took the book and walked into the study.

Liu Yumei had already brewed tea and was sitting upright on the couch.

Li Zhuiyuan placed the *Liu Family Wang Qi Jue* on the tea table, with the cover facing him, and the title facing Liu Yumei.

After Liu Yumei placed the teacup in front of the young man, she smoothly turned the book around, so the title faced the young man.

Then, she withdrew her hand and asked with a smile:

"Come, where don't you understand? Ask Grandma."

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