Chapter 99

Chapter 96

"Xiao Yuan Ge, that's all I know. I didn't meticulously go through that stack of files at the time. My eyes just happened to land on that photo, and then my dad simply told me a few things."

"Or, I can go back to the bureau now to find my dad and borrow that stack of files back."

Li Zhuiyuan tapped his fingertips lightly on the desk. He quickly organized his thoughts.

Without a doubt, "Yu Po Po" was the topic he had chosen.

Jiang Shui, as expected, would push her towards him.

Logically, his first task now was to go all out, investigate, analyze, plan, and eliminate this evil creature.

But at present, there were still two loose ends that needed resolving.

The high heels containing Tang Qiu Ying and the murderer of Qiu Min Min.

These two lines seemed insignificant, yet they remained unresolved. This meant they still had the potential for digging out and pulling up more issues.

The most terrible scenario was that these two matters would explode simultaneously while he was dealing with the Yu Po Po incident, catching him completely off guard.

So, he had to quickly resolve them first.

"Bin Bin Ge, call Uncle Tan now. Ask him to come to school. Make up a reason or hint to Uncle Tan to bring the files about Yu Po Po."

"Xiao Yuan Ge, my dad will definitely help you. Why hint? Just say it directly."

"This is for your dad's good. Let him continue to maintain his position of solving cases for the public and bringing criminals to justice, so he won't be affected."

"Okay, I understand, Xiao Yuan Ge."

"Tell Uncle Tan that we found Tang Qiu Ying's bones."

"Xiao Yuan Ge, you figured that out?"

"How could I figure it out sitting in the room? After you make the call, we'll start looking. Anyway, it's just near the dormitory in this building."

"Okay, I'll go to the store to make the call now."

"Remember to bring back the incense burner that's at Run Sheng's place when you come back."

"Got it."

Tan Wenbin ran out of the dormitory.

Li Zhuiyuan first took out the pair of high heels and placed them on his desk.

Then he opened the drawer, took out a piece of yellow paper, picked up the brush, and wrote Tang Qiu Ying's name and birth date on it.

After finishing this, Li Zhuiyuan began to ponder the latest discoveries about the Qiu Min Min case that Tan Yunlong had provided.

Tan Yunlong was indeed an excellent police officer.

He had investigated and found that before Qiu Min Min was killed, she had already secured a seemingly good job unit at the time. However, Qiu Min Min's grades weren't even average back then, and her family situation was ordinary, without any connections that could be used in this regard.

Additionally, through re-interviewing Qiu Min Min's former roommate, he learned that Qiu Min Min seemed to have a dating partner at the time, but she deliberately kept his identity secret.

Li Zhuiyuan had "seen" the letter Ran Qiu Ping wrote to her daughter Qiu Min Min. In the letter, she mentioned that after her daughter was resurrected, she would let her and Mao Zhu Shan try dating.

Given Ran Qiu Ping's level of madness at the time, if she had known her daughter had a boyfriend before she died, she would definitely have reacted. At the very least, she would have harassed that boyfriend, or described him in the letter.

This also meant that Qiu Min Min had concealed this matter not only from her roommate but also from her mother during her lifetime.

Combining this with the premise that the murderer was likely someone from the school, the possibility that the mysterious boyfriend was the murderer became very high.

Furthermore, the scope could be narrowed down. Considering the other party's ability to influence unit assignments at the time, Qiu Min Min's unwillingness to publicize this relationship, and the weak and violent method of committing the crime in the toilet... the other party at that time should have been an older leader in the school with a family.

Seven years had passed, and this person should have retired long ago.

If his luck was a bit worse, he might already be dead.

If the true murderer had already died of old age or illness, that would be good news for Li Zhuiyuan, meaning this hidden line was broken.

But if he wasn't dead, he had to be pulled out, because even if he was an ordinary person, with Jiang Shui pushing, he could still expose some bigger figures.

This was like some math problems; sometimes they played out like those elementary school problems with scenario conditions, starting with "Xiao Ming" and "Xiao Jun" as leads, leading to the problem types that followed.

Li Zhuiyuan stood up, scooped water from the bucket into the basin, wet the towel, and wiped his face with cold water.

He began to reflect on some of his past behavioral logic.

The Qiu Min Min matter originated from the faceless dead attacking Run Sheng. It was the other side coming to his door to cause trouble, and he couldn't avoid it.

But the problem was, he should have only carried out simple revenge, not brought that evil book back.

Because of this evil book, the Qiu Min Min line had always been tied to him.

But considering the value of the evil book, picking it back up wasn't a loss. After all, it could help him derive secret scriptures and skills later.

But Tang Qiu Ying's high heels were a result of his lack of thorough consideration.

When she was bothering Lu Yi, he should have eliminated her directly.

Facts proved that keeping her as a dormitory guard was truly a useless move.

Ordinary people didn't need her protection, and she couldn't protect against someone like Lin Shuyou.

Li Zhuiyuan even suspected that the Tang Qiu Ying high heels had already brought him a wave of disaster.

That night Lin Shuyou snuck into the dormitory was because they had met in the teaching building earlier. He wanted to test his strength so he could sleep soundly, which was why he didn't bring a weapon.

He was blocked by the high heels when he climbed through the window. After discovering he was raising ghosts, he decided to invite White Crane Child down.

Li Zhuiyuan re-hung the towel and sat back at his desk.

In the past, he was bored and actively went to seek out and touch the dead. But now, he had already confirmed he was walking the Jiang and had obtained the 《Point Name Book》 from A Li.

So his subsequent behavior should be centered around "self-selected topics," avoiding as much as possible the causal entanglements that might exist in reality.

Li Zhuiyuan turned around and looked at Tan Wenbin's desk behind him. On Bin Bin's desk was still the stack of ancient books from 《Jiang Hu Strange Record》.

Wei Zhengdao's book was full of personal reflections.

Chewing on it now, there was a feeling that he had wrapped this meal specifically for the vinegar.

Even if Tang Qiu Ying had a grievance and was killed, he only needed to place himself in the righteous position of "seeing a ghost harming people and thus acting to eliminate it." In that case, the cause and effect before and after would have nothing to do with him.

No wonder Wei Zhengdao, whether introducing the dead in 《Jiang Hu Strange Record》 or narrating the methods for dealing with the dead in 《Righteous Path Subdue Demon Record》, listed the outcome of each dead entity as "exterminated for the righteous path."

Originally, "exterminated for the righteous path" was a kind of exemption statement.

Li Zhuiyuan flipped open a notebook and picked up a fountain pen.

It wasn't enough for him to understand these truths and rules; his entire team had to understand them.

So, Li Zhuiyuan planned to write a 《Walk Jiang Behavior Norm》.

Walking the Jiang was the main contradiction at present.

The current focus was on contacting the actual situation and how to better carry out the work of walking the Jiang.

In daily life, avoiding staining and involving causality as much as possible was correct, but this didn't mean neglecting life.

Maintaining a normal social, activity, and life state was also necessary.

Because the Jiang had already opened, whether you were willing or not, Jiang Shui would push terrifying things to you wave after wave.

If you locked yourself in a room or found a remote mountain peak to avoid the world and hide, the dead would come knocking directly.

But if you had a life social network, an activity circle, and combined it with A Li's 《Point Name Book》, that was like having a buffer, which could provide a cushioning effect.

This time, Bin Bin seeing the photo of "Yu Po Po" in the police bureau's file room was the best example.

This way, he first "saw" her, then made preparations while going to find her, rather than at night while sleeping, Yu Po Po carrying a lantern coming to the dormitory door:

"Duo duo duo... child... Po Po is here."

The fountain pen kept turning in his hand, delaying the start of writing.

Because Li Zhuiyuan found that it was easy for him to understand, but it was somewhat difficult to write it down so that Bin Bin, Run Sheng, and Yin Meng could also understand.

This was no less difficult than Liu Yu Mei being busy translating skills, abstract feelings implemented as concrete text descriptions.

Thinking back and forth, it seemed using examples was the most suitable way to explain.

After the "Yu Po Po" incident was resolved, if he was still alive, he could combine the previous several matters and "Yu Po Po" together, record them as case files, and then add rule summaries and analyses.

But if it was like this...

Li Zhuiyuan once again turned his body to look at the stack of ancient books on Bin Bin's desk:

Did he have to be like Wei Zhengdao and write a set of books?

What should that book be called?

At this moment, the dormitory door was pushed open.

Tan Wenbin walked in carrying a bag. He first placed the turtle furnace on Li Zhuiyuan's desk, then said: "Xiao Yuan Ge, I made the call. My dad said he'll be here immediately."

"Okay, then let's go find the corpse's location first."

"How do we find it?"

"Bin Bin Ge, you have to endure wearing these high heels."

"Ah... ah?"

"It's not suitable for others to wear. Ordinary people without experience might have the opposite effect. Only someone with experience, probably just Lu Yi."

"Then I'll wear them. After all, I've eaten so many of his red sausages."

Yin Meng and Run Sheng were both in special training. Whether they could catch up with the current matter was unknown, and furthermore, in Li Zhuiyuan's plan, letting them both complete this field of special training would play a bigger role in walking the Jiang later.

Interrupting this special training and restarting it would mean Qin Uncle and Liu Aunt would suffer a second causal harm, paying double the price, which was not cost-effective.

Tang Qiu Ying was afraid of him. The last time they were writing on the sand table, she didn't even dare touch his hand, so he couldn't wear them either.

That guy Lin Shuyou was even less suitable. Who knew if his vertical pupils would open as soon as he put them on.

Considering everyone around, only Tan Wenbin could do this.

"Xiao Yuan Ge, should I wear them now?"

"Yes."

"Then... can I wash my feet first?"

"Yes."

Tan Wenbin smiled "hei hei" at the pair of high heels on the desk and said: "See, Tang Xue Yi, I'm good to you, right?"

The high heels shook slightly twice in response.

Tan Wenbin changed into slippers, took a bar of soap, went to the washbasin, and came back after washing his feet. He sat on the edge of the bed and picked up a dry towel to wipe them.

Li Zhuiyuan brought the high heels to him.

"Yo, Xiao Yuan Ge, how can I accept this kindness?"

After carefully wiping them dry, Tan Wenbin put his feet into the high heels.

"Yi, Xiao Yuan Ge, no, they're a bit small. I can't wear them. Hand me the engraving knife on the desk. I want to shave my feet to fit the shoes."

"Pa!"

The engraving knife was thrown onto Tan Wenbin's bed.

Tan Wenbin picked up the engraving knife and said somewhat disbelievingly: "No, bro, do you really want to shave?"

"You requested it yourself."

"I was just kidding. I'm not Cinderella's stepmother and her sisters."

"Just step on the shoe surface."

"Oh, okay."

Li Zhuiyuan took a newspaper and handed it to Tan Wenbin.

"Xiao Yuan Ge, the newspaper is..."

"It's daytime now. There are many people in the dormitory. Do you think you can just walk around in high heels like this?"

"Oh, right, right."

Tan Wenbin quickly bent down and wrapped his calves and the high heels together, then used tape to secure them.

Although it looked very unconventional, at least it wasn't perverse.

After Li Zhuiyuan threw the yellow paper with Tang Qiu Ying's name and birth date into the incense burner, he used a compass to calculate for a while, selected three incense sticks, and inserted them into the three corners of the incense burner.

Finally, he found a paper box, cut a hole in the top with the engraving knife, put the incense burner inside, and handed it to Tan Wenbin.

"Xiao Yuan Ge, you're so thoughtful."

"Bin Bin Ge, next I will unlock the seal on the high heels. Don't resist and let her attach to your body."

"Whatever, bro. I feel like resisting or not resisting is the same."

"Being completely possessed by an evil creature is different from the last time she only grabbed your hand and wrote on the sand table. It will cause certain damage to both your luck and your body."

However, I can help you eliminate the disaster in the former case. As for the latter... you just need to eat more to replenish it.

Additionally, there's one more point: this will very likely make you more sensitive to evil things, which increases your success rate in walking the Yin.

Tan Wenbin said in surprise: "There can be this kind of good thing?"

"Okay, let's start."

"Okay, I'm ready."

Li Zhuiyuan unlocked the seal.

The incense smoke rising through the box hole from the incense burner also changed from white to black.

Tan Wenbin felt a wave of cold intent instantly rush from the soles of his feet to the back of his head. He subconsciously opened his mouth.

"Ge deng..."

He became shorter.

Because originally he was stepping on the surface of the high heels, now the high heels that didn't fit originally had become bigger, allowing him to wear them.

Li Zhuiyuan wasn't surprised by this. After all, Lu Yi, that big Northeastern guy, wore them the last time.

Tan Wenbin's facial lines at this time became somewhat gentler.

His facial expressions also gradually showed a different style.

He first gently twisted his neck a bit, then opened his mouth and said:

"Smelly little brother, call me older sister, older sister, older sister!"

Tan Wenbin went to wash his feet, and she was very happy, but she still remembered the "older sister's hatred."

However, this also showed that unlike the last time she possessed Lu Yi, this time Tang Qiu Ying obviously had more thinking consciousness, because Li Zhuiyuan had already put "who she is" into the incense burner.

"Tang Qiu Ying, go find your corpse."

Hearing this reminder, Tan Wenbin's originally only slightly annoyed gaze was gradually covered by hatred, and his facial expression also gradually distorted.

Li Zhuiyuan said calmly: "Go ahead and go crazy. I just happen to eliminate you and break off the karma."

Tan Wenbin's body trembled, the hateful gaze disappeared, replaced by grievance and fear.

She had been suppressed by the teenager before. She believed the teenager had the ability to easily eliminate her.

"Do you remember who harmed you?"

"I only remember who I am and where my corpse is. I don't remember anything else. My mind is very empty... But I feel that when I find my corpse, I will know who killed me. I don't know why, but I'm very sure."

"Okay, then let's go."

Li Zhuiyuan picked up a plastic bag, put Tan Wenbin's sneakers in it, then carried it and opened the dormitory door.

Tan Wenbin "duo duo duo" hugged the paper box and walked out.

After closing the dormitory door, Li Zhuiyuan also followed.

Going downstairs and reaching the dormitory door, they happened to see Lu Yi holding a book in his left hand and carrying a bag of packed food from the cafeteria in his right hand.

"Bin Bin, I just finished class. I'll take A You's lunch to him, then I'll go to the store. I can skip afternoon class. I plan to count goods."

Tan Wenbin looked at Lu Yi, a smile on his face.

Lu Yi was stunned for a moment: "Bro, what's wrong? Why are your feet still wrapped?"

Tan Wenbin: "Your guitar playing is really good. I like listening."

After hearing these words, Lu Yi's face initially showed a puzzled expression, then he seemed to think of something and backed away repeatedly, eventually even falling to the ground.

However, the book in his hand was thrown out, but the bag was lifted up with his hand, preventing the food inside from spilling.

This tone reminded him of a nightmare he had had recently. In the dream, there seemed to be a girl who also kept saying she liked his guitar playing.

Tan Wenbin turned his head to look at Li Zhuiyuan and pleaded: "I want to listen to him play another tune, can I?"

Li Zhuiyuan didn't turn his head back: "If you want to die, just say it directly."

Tan Wenbin's face showed grievance, but he didn't dare to be angry with the teenager. He could only look at Lu Yi longingly again, then hugged the paper box and walked out of the dormitory.

Lu Yi, sitting on the ground, looked at Li Zhuiyuan, his lips opening several times but not knowing what to say, only able to continuously simulate the pronunciation of "ghost."

"Lu Yi."

Li Zhuiyuan's voice slightly calmed Lu Yi's heart. He had followed Li Zhuiyuan to the general temple and knew that Shenzi Ge had certain special skills in some aspects:

"Shenzi Ge, Bin Bin he..."

"It's nothing. Go up and deliver the food."

After saying that, Li Zhuiyuan also walked out of the dormitory building and followed.

Lu Yi picked up the book and walked towards the stairs, his steps becoming slower and slower.

Yes, it was that familiar feeling, it was, it was.

Lu Yi's eyes became moist.

Tan Wenbin led the way in front, Li Zhuiyuan followed behind. The two walked one after the other, out of the dormitory yard, and into the tree-lined path behind the dormitory building.

Not many people usually walked here. Only students from this dormitory building would walk here when they went to the playground for physical education class.

There were phoenix trees planted on both sides of the narrow road, which weren't very old.

Tan Wenbin stopped in front of the tallest and thickest one, then knelt down and began to dig.

"Stop digging. I'll call people to dig."

Tan Wenbin didn't stop and continued to dig, digging with even more force.

"I'm here, I'm here, I'm here!"

Li Zhuiyuan took out a Qingxin Talisman from his pocket and stuck it on Tan Wenbin's forehead.

Tan Wenbin's body shook. The newspaper on his feet made a "hua la" sound, and the high heels were squeezed off his feet and fell to the ground.

"Xiao Yuan Ge... I'm a bit cold... Do we have a cotton coat in our dormitory?"

"You can sit there and bask in the sun and it will slowly get better. Don't worry."

"Oh."

Tan Wenbin sat under the tree, rubbing his arms up and down, his mouth still trembling and sucking in air.

Li Zhuiyuan took down the talisman paper on Tan Wenbin's forehead. The talisman paper had already turned black.

A Li's talismans were truly effective; you could see the results immediately, unlike his own, which only changed color.

After a while, seeing that Tan Wenbin had recovered a bit, Li Zhuiyuan handed the plastic bag containing the shoes to Tan Wenbin.

"Xiao Yuan Ge, you're truly thoughtful."

Tan Wenbin happily put on his shoes. After standing up, he still jumped a bit and twisted a bit in place. A wave of crisp sounds came from his bones and joints. This was stiffness.

"Bin Bin Ge, go see if your dad has arrived."

"Okay." Tan Wenbin ran out with high leg lifts. At the entrance of the tree-lined path, he continued to maintain the high leg lift action in place while waving his hand:

"Dad, here, here!"

Tan Yunlong, in police uniform, walked over, followed by several colleagues.

Looking at his jumping son, Tan Yunlong frowned and said: "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm cold, exercising."

"What about Xiao Yuan?"

"Over there." Tan Wenbin pointed in the direction, then stared at the paper bag in his father's hand. "Dad, I want to go back to the dormitory to change clothes."

"This is the snacks I bought for you. Take them back."

"Only Dad is good in the world~"

Tan Wenbin took the paper bag and ran back to the dormitory all the way. He opened the paper bag, and inside were the files on Yu Po Po.

But in the gap of the bag, there were still two pieces of chocolate.

This brand was very expensive. Tan Wenbin was a bit surprised that his own dad was actually willing.

He immediately opened a bag of packaging, put the chocolate in his mouth, and then put the second piece next to the pen holder, leaving it for Xiao Yuan Ge.

Then, Tan Wenbin rummaged through his luggage bag and found the cotton coat he had prepared for winter when school started. As soon as he put on the cotton coat, he felt much more comfortable.

At this moment, the dormitory door was knocked.

Tan Wenbin opened the door and saw Lu Yi standing at the door with a guitar.

"Let go of my brother, come at me!"

Tan Wenbin was stunned by this weak shout in a loud and harsh voice.

"No, what are you doing?"

"Um?" Lu Yi carefully sized up Tan Wenbin with some doubt. "Bro, are you okay?"

"What can be wrong with me? Right, didn't you change the circuit in your dormitory? Go boil some dumplings for me, don't stir-fry, I want to drink the soup, and also cut some red sausage to boil together."

"Oh, okay."

Tan Wenbin came to Lu Yi's dormitory.

Lin Shuyou was sitting on the edge of the bed eating. Seeing the situation, he immediately put down his chopsticks: "Big bro, are you possessed?"

Hearing the words, Lu Yi first wiped his eye sockets with the back of his hand, then silently cut another red sausage into the pot.

At this time, shouting sounds came from the corridor.

Someone from this dormitory pushed the door in, threw the book onto the bed, and urged: "What are you still doing here? The police are digging for a corpse behind the building. Quick, go see!"

It took time to call an excavator, and machine operation could easily damage the scene.

Therefore, the best method was manual excavation, just like archaeology.

This required a large amount of manpower.

Fortunately, universities were most not lacking in energetic workers.

This group of young people, as long as they weren't forced to go to class, would put all their energy into whatever they did.

Soon, a group of people who went to borrow spades just ran back. Although they were sweating profusely, the last spade had to be left for themselves.

Tan Yunlong began to command the digging, and his colleagues were responsible for maintaining order outside.

Even university students from villages, after not doing farm work for too long, would lose strength after digging with a spade for a while, let alone city university students.

But it didn't matter, many people outside were shouting and even begging: "Classmate, please let me dig, let me dig a couple of times."

The police didn't tell them they were digging for a corpse; they came on their own, although, this time the rumors weren't wrong.

Under the continuous rotation of fresh labor, a large hole had already been dug before the school leaders rushed over after receiving the news.

Tan Yunlong timely let the others stop working and carefully dug the last bit himself.

A rotten corpse gradually appeared.

Logically, in this kind of environment, a corpse buried for so long should have turned into white bones long ago.

But because the root system of the big tree also passed through the corpse, or due to the influence of the surrounding soil quality and feng shui, anyway, Tang Qiu Ying was still in a state of decay at this time.

As soon as the corpse appeared, the surrounding university students became more excited. The three police officers maintaining order could only scold loudly to barely stop them.

The dormitory windows above were even more crowded with heads. Some people had nearly half their bodies leaning out. If they weren't careful and fell down, another fresh corpse might appear on the spot.

Fortunately, the reinforcing police force also arrived at this time, which completely maintained order here.

Layer after layer of school leaders also popped up like whack-a-moles.

Tan Yunlong put on new gloves. He observed the corpse's right fist, which was clenched tightly.

He bent down and tried to pry it open, but it didn't move.

Just as he was about to give up for now, the corpse's right fist opened on its own.

Clutched inside was a work badge with a person's name on it: "Wang Chao Nan."

Tan Yunlong immediately left the pit and walked towards those school leaders, asking them who Wang Chao Nan was.

The original intention was just to try their luck, hitting three birds with one stone, after all, the case happened many years ago. To get a result just by asking about a name casually would require really good luck.

But this time, his luck was indeed good.

This was a residential area, and the first people who gathered were the logistics leaders. After everyone carefully thought about the name, someone really asked:

"Is it the Chao of Chaoyang and the Nan of southern?"

"Yes, that's right."

"He's an old employee in our logistics department, usually responsible for the school's greenery..."

"Where is he now?"

"He's on vacation today."

"Where is his home!"

"I... I..."

At this time, another person said: "I know where his home is. When he built his new house, I went to drink wine. His home is just opposite the grain station in Xin Qiao Town."

Tan Yunlong immediately arranged for some colleagues to continue maintaining the scene and digging out the corpse, while he took another group of colleagues to arrest the person.

Assuming he was really the murderer, if he wasn't caught in time, he might choose to escape after hearing about the incident at school from home.

But in this rapid arrangement, Tan Yunlong's gaze was still locked on Li Zhuiyuan, who was standing outside always carrying a plastic bag.

There were too many people, and he already knew the corpse was below, so Li Zhuiyuan was too lazy to squeeze in to see.

However, seeing Tan Yunlong's eye signal, Li Zhuiyuan nodded, carried the bag, and followed Tan Yunlong.

Whether in Shi Gang Town or Jin Ling, Police Officer Tan was always very understanding in this regard.

He only cared about whether he could catch the murderer. As for whether you were a child, he didn't care. He was a very rule-following yet not rule-following person.

Tan Yunlong signaled his colleagues to open the police car and simultaneously called the comrades at the local police station to come out.

He himself found a motorcycle parked there. The owner originally wanted to watch the excitement, so his motorcycle was requisitioned.

Li Zhuiyuan had experienced Tan Yunlong's motorcycle skills before.

After sitting on the car, he placed the bag containing the high heels between himself and Uncle Tan's back, then grabbed Uncle Tan's waist with both hands and lowered his head.

Next was a wave of speed.

In Li Zhuiyuan's ears, there was only the sound of the wind whistling. The two on the car were basically unable to communicate.

Xin Qiao Town was not far from the school. The speed at which the local police station moved out probably couldn't catch up with Tan Yunlong rushing over directly on the motorcycle.

The police car that went with them was long gone.

They arrived at their destination, Xin Qiao Town, the grain station, opposite.

The self-built house in the town was a two-story building directly opposite the grain station gate. Beside it were all fields, and the nearby houses were relatively far away, so there was no possibility of misjudgment.

Tan Yunlong, as a newly transferred police officer, could be so clear about the geographical location here and basically didn't stop to ask for directions all the way, proving that he had done his homework in advance.

This point was a bit like Bin Bin. Bin Bin used to be a bit unserious, but when he really took things seriously, he truly had his father's style.

On the courtyard of Wang Chao Nan's house sat a middle-aged couple in their forties, and a little boy around three years old. They were eating lunch.

Tan Yunlong directly drove the motorcycle from the small path and drove all the way to the other side's courtyard.

"Papa, mama, motorcycle, car!"

The little boy pointed at the motorcycle and shouted excitedly.

It was normal if it was grandpa and grandma, but papa and mama at this age were a bit rare.

Immediately, the man who was eating saw a person in a police uniform riding a motorcycle directly to his front. He immediately threw the bowl and chopsticks to the ground and turned around to run outside without hesitation.

Experienced police officers often had the ability to quickly judge whether the other party was lying.

And this scene before them, even young police officers who had just joined could see at a glance that the other party had a problem.

This reaction was equivalent to confessing without being beaten.

Li Zhuiyuan took one step with his legs and jumped off the back seat of the motorcycle.

Tan Yunlong therefore didn't need to stop the car. He ran down directly from the car, letting the motorcycle fall, and chased after Wang Chao Nan.

Wang Chao Nan was clearly very panicked. His escape was illogical. He fell when jumping off his own courtyard and fell again when entering the field.

Before he could climb up, Tan Yunlong directly pounced on him, took off the handcuffs from his waist, and handcuffed him.

Li Zhuiyuan, who was left in place, was a little wary and noticed the woman, but the woman was hugging the little boy tightly in her arms, suppressing her cries, continuously muttering in her mouth:

"Yong Yong is our son, Yong Yong is our son."

This made Li Zhuiyuan feel a bit strange, because no matter whether you knew your husband's criminal behavior or not, you shouldn't have this reaction.

It seemed that in her view, the police were here to snatch her son.

Li Zhuiyuan began to observe the boy and the woman's faces. If they were mother and child, the facial details between them were completely dissimilar.

Moreover, the woman's face had an earth-breaking life line. People with this kind of life line were often very difficult to have offspring.

Of course, nothing was absolute. Facial life lines originally couldn't be used as law.

But when Tan Yunlong brought Wang Chao Nan back, Li Zhuiyuan also observed his face and found that this Wang Chao Nan was unexpectedly also an earth-breaking life line, and compared to his wife, it was heavier and more obvious.

It could almost be taken into 《Yin Yang Face Study Refine Solution》 as a standard example of this life line.

Li Zhuiyuan couldn't blindly believe in life lines, but he believed in the study of probability.

So this boy named "Yong Yong" should not be their biological flesh and blood.

At this time, a police car drove over on the road.

After his colleagues arrived, Tan Yunlong handed over the suspect.

After Wang Chao Nan was escorted into the police car, the plastic bag in Li Zhuiyuan's hand began to tremble slightly, and wisps of black smoke that ordinary people couldn't see began to overflow.

The murderer who killed her had been caught, and she was finally liberated.

In the black smoke, Tang Qiu Ping made a gesture of thanks to the teenager.

"Thank you... truly too..."

"Get lost."

Li Zhuiyuan's impression of this older sister was thoroughly bad. As an evil creature, if she had forgotten who she was because she had been dead for too long, that would be reasonable. But precisely, even when she was a ghost, her behavior logic was something Li Zhuiyuan found hard to tolerate.

He was even angry when Run Sheng made a mistake last time, yet he still had to endure her.

He carried this pair of high heels all the way, not daring to throw them away, afraid that the matter wasn't finished and throwing them away would bring about other problems.

The teenager at this time had no feeling of happiness or satisfaction for "redressing grievances for ghosts" or "doing a good deed," only a sense of liberation from finally shaking off this idiot.

Relatively speaking, he preferred the black cat from the Cat-Faced Old Lady incident. That black cat was not only smart but most importantly obedient.

So, that night the teenager was willing to hug it and accompany it as it slowly dissipated.

Tan Yunlong just took out a cigarette box, took out a cigarette from it and lit it, when he saw the teenager walking towards him.

Yu Shu once asked him if he believed in fate, and later changed the question to whether he believed his son would bring him prosperity. At that time, he might not have been thinking of his own son, but of Li Zhuiyuan.

And all of this originated from the day a ten-year-old boy pushed open his office door and told him about a case. He didn't put on airs or shirk responsibility; he just listened seriously.

Choices were mutual. If he had really treated him as a child with distrust and impatience that day, it would have been secondary that he could have transferred to the provincial capital. His son would also have lost a college entrance exam top scorer to study with.

"Xiao Yuan, thank you again this time."

"Police and people are like fish and water."

"Cough cough..." Tan Yunlong choked on a puff of smoke. "Right, right, that's correct. That's the reason. Police and people should cooperate hand in hand, combat illegal crimes, and create a harmonious society."

Tan Yunlong didn't understand the reasoning, but he understood how to cooperate.

"Uncle Tan, lend me your lighter."

"Here, this is what your aunt bought for me before. It might not be cheap. Here you go."

"No need, I don't smoke."

"You can use it casually. I've seen on TV that's how they do it, light candles, incense, or some yellow paper."

"Ka cha!"

Li Zhuiyuan put the high heels under the flame, but they only turned a bit black and wouldn't burn no matter what.

"Uncle Tan, here you go."

Tan Yunlong took the lighter. Immediately, the teenager took out a talisman paper from his pocket, held it in his hand, and shook it. The talisman paper burned up on its own.

This was an A Li drawn evil-breaking talisman. Using it to ignite this was a bit overkill, but Li Zhuiyuan didn't feel it was a waste. It might finally break off a line.

He plugged the talisman paper into the high heels. This single high heel immediately burned up. The other one, even without the talisman paper, also burned along with it.

"Pa da!"

Li Zhuiyuan threw the two high heels into the field and personally watched them quickly burn to ashes.

After finishing the matter, Li Zhuiyuan clapped his hands and turned around, meeting Tan Yunlong's gaze.

"Uncle Tan, magic trick, used white phosphorus."

"Wonderful magic trick. Can Bin Bin also do it?"

"He hasn't learned yet."

"Then you should take good care of him. His mind is dull, and he never puts his mind on studying."

"Bin Bin Ge has helped me a lot."

Li Zhuiyuan knew that Tan Wenbin had been a bit depressed these past two days, feeling that he was becoming more and more useless.

But in fact, although you couldn't specifically say what Zhuang Zhuang was useful for, Zhuang Zhuang's role was irreplaceable.

Liu Yu Mei said the boat head "yells." This "yell" might not only be people but also things.

"Police Officer Tan, I want to report something."

Tan Yunlong immediately put on his police cap: "Little comrade, please speak."

"I suspect that boy in this family is... illegally adopted."

"Bought?"

"Uncle Tan, you can first check if they have legal adoption procedures."

"I understand. I'll investigate immediately."

Tan Yunlong went over and talked to his colleagues. Originally, according to the normal situation, considering that the child was still young and needed care, they only needed to bring the suspect Wang Chao Nan back for interrogation and investigation. But since this situation arose, they had a police officer go to inquire about the woman.

The woman immediately became like a frightened old hen, desperately roaring and screaming at the surrounding police:

"This is my son, this is my biological son, he came from my body. None of you can snatch him away. I'd rather smash him to death than give him to you!"

As she spoke, she lifted the child. Seeing the situation, the surrounding police rushed up, protected the child, and subdued her simultaneously.

Afterward, police were arranged to go and inquire with nearby villagers and the village head.

In the past, according to the situation of relatives hiding in the village, even if they knew the child of this family came from an unclean source, no one would report it, and they wouldn't even be willing to tell the truth in front of the police, not even the village head.

But this time, after the police revealed a hint of Wang Chao Nan being suspected of killing and burying a corpse, the villagers no longer had scruples and quickly revealed that the child was bought from a trafficker.

This was originally no secret in the village. The couple was old and had always been unable to conceive a child, so they bought one from a trafficker.

The woman was also taken to the police car.

Tan Yunlong came on a motorcycle. He instructed a colleague to go back to school and help him return it, while also discussing a bit about the gas money and wear and tear.

He himself led Yong Yong by the hand and sent the child into the police car.

"Xiao Yuan, come, I'll give you a ride back to school?"

"Uncle Tan, Bin Bin Ge said he misses his dad and wants to eat a midnight snack with you tonight."

"Then you and I will go to the police bureau. Tonight I'll take you back to school to find Bin Bin and eat a midnight snack."

"Okay."

Li Zhuiyuan sat in the police car, sitting in the back row with Yong Yong.

Yong Yong wasn't afraid at all and was very excited.

"Police car, police car, drop drop drop drop!"

"Uncle Tan, do you have paper and a pen in the car?"

"Yes, here you go." Tan Yunlong passed the paper and pen from the front.

Li Zhuiyuan picked up the pen and started drawing on the paper.

Gradually, Yong Yong's attention was also attracted, and he leaned over curiously.

"Brother, what are you drawing?"

"You'll know in a moment. If you guess it, brother will buy you candy."

"Okay, okay."

When Li Zhuiyuan gradually drew out elements like a water jar, high stilts, a high hat, and two lanterns, Yong Yong's original expectant and excited expression gradually receded, replaced by what seemed to be a kind of fear that had been forgotten but still deeply hidden in his heart.

Li Zhuiyuan finished drawing and placed the entire painting in front of the boy.

"Ah!"

Yong Yong let out a scream, then started crying loudly.

"Wuu wuu wuu wuu... Bei Bei is good... Bei Bei is good good... Yu Po Po don't hit me..."

Li Zhuiyuan put the pen cap back on and flipped the painting over.

At this time, what floated in his mind was what he saw in A Li's "vision": Yu Po Po standing outside the threshold, on the two lanterns were deliberately written curses insulting A Li:

【克死双亲为娼做妓】

Alright,

I'm coming to find you.

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I'll continue coding. There's another chapter tomorrow morning. Don't wait up; look after you wake up.

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