Chapter 24

Gu Tanxi followed Xu Shaolin to Jiang Youqi's side.

I just happened to see that they were surrounding the man who threw the green dumplings.

The scene in front of Gu Tanxi at this moment was very shocking to her.

It's like a fictional science fiction world.

There are many large black translucent boxes, like a large staircase made of boxes.

The bumps and depressions are irregular.

But no matter where Jiang Youqi jumped, there would be a large black translucent box to catch him.

It was as if he could leap and run at will, always finding a place to land in the air.

I can fly occasionally.

Is someone cooperating with him?

Gu Tanxi glanced around and saw the man standing next to the motorcycle.

It’s Qin Jingyuan.

He was waving his hands like a magician in a cartoon making hand seals.

"Brother Jing's ability is..."

Xu Shaolin: "It's a space barrier. Don't mess with him, or he'll trap you inside and you won't be able to get out."

Xu Shaolin said the second half of the sentence with a smile.

Gu Tanxi nodded seriously.

No, she didn't dare. She felt that everyone in the bureau was better than her.

Qin Jingyuan's spatial barrier was very powerful. He built a virtual space and trapped his opponent.

Jiang Youqi was fighting with him inside.

Wherever Jiang Youqi jumps, there will be a box to receive him, while wherever his opponent jumps, the box there will disappear.

This also makes it impossible for the opponent to run away.

Because the barrier master will leave him no way to escape, with only high walls blocking his way.

Finally, the man was exhausted and was chopped into pieces by Jiang Youqi with the golden sword.

The man lost the strength to resist and lay on the ground motionless.

Jiang Youqi happened to see Gu Tanxi watching not far away and waved at her.

"Come and kidnap someone."

Gu Tanxi ran over obediently, she was capable of doing this job.

Xu Shaolin came over and said, "We've been tricked. There's a third expert who took Liu Linjie away. Xie Bei and the others are chasing him."

Jiang Youqi was not too surprised.

The enemy is always cunning.

Jiang Youqi wiped the blood from his forehead with the back of his hand, then nodded to the earphones beside his ears and said, "Xie Bei, send the location."

After saying that, he glanced at the scene, thought for just a few seconds, and then began to arrange Xu Shaolin: "You and Xiao Gu are responsible for taking the man back. Let him see his good brother's body and see if he is still honest."

"Okay." Xu Shaolin looked at Gu Tanxi, "Let's go, Xiao Gu."

He used to be Gu Shen, but now he has become Xiao Gu.

Her skills were of no help in the battle. She felt lost at the moment and she also wanted to be cool and handsome and climb walls.

Jiang Youqi walked away while talking on the phone.

Gu Tanxi looked at his back. His long legs were walking so fast that she felt she could not catch up.

Then she turned and ran towards Xu Shaolin. She also had something she could do.

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As soon as I returned to the bureau, I heard that the Municipal Public Security Bureau had sent news. From the existing clues, it has been confirmed that Liu Linjie deliberately spread the HIV virus.

His father's pharmaceutical group has a team that specializes in developing drugs to fight HIV.

Liu Zhengxin is also an AIDS patient.

Liu Zhengxin cheated on his wife after marriage and got infected because he spent too much time playing around.

My son Liu Linjie was not sick when he was born.

Liu Linjie's mother didn't know her husband was sick at first. She only found out that she was infected when she was pregnant with her second child.

Liu Linjie's mother aborted her second child and divorced Liu Zhengxin.

But Liu Zhengxin knelt down and swore, and in the end the two did not divorce. Instead, they founded Ailai New World together.

They didn't want to let their son know, but the thing about a native family is that it's easy to teach by example.

Even though the parents did not act promiscuous in front of their son, they still taught Liu Linjie their open-mindedness through words and deeds.

On the surface, Liu Linjie is a good student who is envied by everyone and a rich second-generation.

But he was having a lot of fun behind the scenes.

After Liu Linjie also contracted the disease, he was brought to the new world of Islay by his parents.

Initially, Islay New World was just a place for AIDS patients to find spiritual refuge.

But later, as more and more people joined, the originally pure organization became impure.

Now, this organization has become an evil entity.

They use friendliness as bait, but in fact they are dragging people down to hell.

The hearts of many people in the organization have become perverted.

Some people hate those who are not sick and will do things like deliberately giving people injections or tricking them into sleeping.

After hearing the latest news, Gu Tanxi raised his hand and asked, "If Liu Linjie succeeds in smuggling himself across the border, will we never be able to catch him again?"

Xu Shaolin said: "That would be really difficult. Moreover, if he hides in a country with which we have unfriendly relations, we really won't be able to do anything to him unless he comes back."

"Oh... then we must not let him go out. Over the years, I don't know how many innocent people he has harmed." Gu Tanxi felt terrible just thinking about it.

At the same time, I felt sorry for Zhou Yue. She must have felt like she had met her prince charming at that time, right?

Unexpectedly, it was the devil that dragged her to hell.

"According to the police's information, there are more than 200 members of our Anshi Ailai New World. Be careful when you go out and don't fall in love blindly. It's better to go to the hospital for a check-up before doing so." Xu Shaolin said with emotion. It is too risky to fall in love now. You may lose your life if you are not careful.

"Well, your Captain Jiang..." Gu Tanxi was a little scared by this topic.

I got married hastily, and now I feel the risks were huge.

"Captain Jiang? You can doubt Captain Jiang no matter who you are. He is already 32 years old and still a virgin." Xu Shaolin covered the corners of his mouth with his hands. When he said bad things about people, he always couldn't help but smile.

"Ah? Are you sure about this?" Gu Tanxi asked in a low voice.

"Of course you can. Don't say it was me who said that. There are so many people who want to pursue Captain Jiang, but none of them succeeded. Goddess Gu, I think you have a chance. Come on." Xu Shaolin gave her a fist pump to cheer her on.

Gu Tanxi laughed guiltily.

"Why is it Gu Shen again?"

"Well, of course I didn't dare praise you too much when the boss was around." Xu Shaolin smiled and went to do other things.

It was already 3:30 in the morning.

No one seemed sleepy, and Gu Tanxi didn't plan to go home to sleep, so he just stayed in the office.

She opened a drawer to find something to rest her head on.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw a little Q-man popping out.

"You're finally back."

"Oh, I totally forgot about you." When Gu Tanxi saw the little wooden figurine, he remembered that he had another little wooden figurine at home.

They are all Liu Linjie's summoned puppet mimics.

The one at home...she has no recollection of it. Where did she lose it?

"Have you been waiting for me here?" Gu Tanxi asked.

"Yeah, where else can I go? You left as soon as you said you would, and I didn't even follow you." The wooden man said aggrievedly.

Gu Tanxi smiled and said, "It's okay, it's safe here."

The wooden man crawled out and moved around on the table.

Gu Tanxi brought a thick book and placed it on the table as a headrest.

He put his face close to the book, looked at the little man and said, "Are you hungry?"

The wooden man shook his head: "No."

"Will you die then?"

"have no idea."

"There is a companion of yours at home, who is also a wooden man summoned by Liu Linjie. When I go back, I will take you back to play with him." Gu Tanxi said, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

I am so sleepy, so sleepy that I can’t control myself.

Gu Tanxi fell asleep quickly.

The little wooden man ran over and sat down next to the book she was using as a headrest, staying by her side.

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When Gu Tanxi woke up, the sun was already shining through the window.

She looked up and saw that there was no one in the office.

Last night, everyone from Team One and Team Two went after Liu Linjie.

No one came back.

When the wooden little Q man saw that she woke up, he stood up too.

"You're up."

"Have they never come back?"

The wooden man shook his head: "It has always been just you and me."

Gu Tanxi took out his cell phone and checked the messages in the group.

It’s so quiet, no one is talking in the group.

She doesn't even know how everyone is doing now.

She wanted to send a message to ask, but she was afraid that someone might get into trouble because of reading her message.

This might be the reason why no one was talking in the group, and Gu Tanxi didn't say anything either.

She got up and went to the bathroom to wash her face.

Looking at her face, she used to go to bed early and get up early, so it was fair and tender. But after just a few days, she felt that it had become rough.

When I went to buy breakfast, I ordered a lot of facial masks and eye masks.

It’s a special fund of 100,000 yuan, and we have to use it diligently.

That day, apart from her, the only people in the bureau were the director who walked around with a teapot, Liu Minyu, and a few clerical staff who didn't have to go out on field work.

Gu Tanxi was too embarrassed to wander around the bureau, so he returned to his post and started reading the locked room murder case and the reply letter from Yu Dongbing's pen pal.

These three letters are from the same person and have the same handwriting.

The handwriting is neat and beautiful.

It looks like a girl's handwriting.

The most recent letter I wrote was half a year after the college entrance examination.

The letter is not long, and to sum it up it means: Why don’t you reply? Have you been bullied?

The same is true for the previous letter.

The last letter was sent the day after the college entrance examination.

The letter said: When you receive this letter, the college entrance examination must have been over. No matter what the result is, I wish you a bright future. We have agreed that when school starts in September, no matter which school we are in, we will continue to write to each other. My home address will not change, and you can write to me at any time.

Signature: Little Raindrop.

This is obviously a pen name.

Gu Tanxi found the envelope and saw the mailing address on it.

Right in Anshi.

Gu Tanxi took the letter and went to the police station across the street to ask someone to help him find out who lived at this address.

The police were quite quick in checking people out.

The buyer of the house at this address was found in two minutes.

"Sister Gu, the owner of this house is Su Wanli, he's 48 years old, married, and has a daughter. His wife is Chen Ling, and his daughter is Su Yingyu."

"Su Yingyu? Are there any photos?" Gu Tanxi asked.

"Yes, here is the household registration ID photo." The police officer turned the computer screen over to show Gu Tanxi.

Gu Tanxi took a look and thought it was a coincidence.

Su Yingyu, Su Nan's cousin.

They also know each other.

"Thank you, you've been a great help." Gu Tanxi left with a smile.

Make an appointment with Su Nan right away.

Su Nan happened to be free, and when he learned that he was looking for his cousin for something, Su Nan immediately asked his cousin to come out.

Su Yingyu is only two years younger than them.

We are all of the same age and there is no generation gap.

Chatting is also easy.

Compared with Su Yingyu and Su Nan, she is just a little bit more gentle, just a little bit.

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In the milk tea shop.

"Long time no see, Sister Tanxi." Su Yingyu waved to Gu Tanxi as soon as she saw her.

As soon as Su Nan saw Gu Tanxi, he exclaimed.

"These dark circles under my eyes, doesn't my husband let me sleep at night?"

"Don't mention it. I'm like a slave working late into the night in the new unit." Gu Tanxi showed them a tired look.

Su Yingyu was surprised: "Are you married?"

"No, I was just kidding." Gu Tanxi waved his hand and glanced at Su Nan.

Su Nan immediately said with a smile: "I was just teasing her."

It’s better not to let anyone know about Gu Tanxi’s agreed-upon flash marriage.

If we get divorced in the future, we will have to explain it, which is too troublesome.

She just needs to quietly be a divorced woman.

Anyway, since I have money, who cares about those things?

Gu Tanxi is also an open-minded person. She is used to being alone and does not expect to have a husband who loves her or a happy family. She thinks she can live very well alone.

"I thought Sister Tanxi would get married so soon. Who is so lucky?" Su Yingyu said.

"Happy being single!" Gu Tanxi said with a smile. They ordered milk tea and small cakes. After the food arrived, Gu Tanxi took out the letter from his pocket and handed it to Su Yingyu.

"Did you write this?"

Su Yingyu took it and looked at it, her face immediately turned red, and she was extremely embarrassed.

Whose youth!

Ahhhhhh!

Su Nan came over to take a look. "Why, who is it a love letter to?"

"It's not a love letter." Su Yingyu didn't expect social death to come so quickly.

"This is a pen pal I used to have. It was five or six years ago. Sister Tanxi, why is the letter here with you? Is he dead?"

Gu Tanxi works in the Supernatural Bureau, and Su Nan has already told Su Yingyu.

If this thing falls into the hands of the Supernatural Bureau, wouldn’t it be a big disaster?

Gu Tanxi shook his head: "No, no, I just want to ask, have you seen this person?"

Su Yingyu shook her head. "No, we're just pen pals. It was a trend in high school for a while, and I just jumped on the bandwagon. I wrote letters along with everyone else. A lot of people in my class wrote, and I looked forward to the replies every day. High school was so boring and stressful, so getting a letter from a stranger was so exciting."

Su Nan: "Oh, that's why you don't study well."

Su Yingyu smiled and said, "I can't blame writing letters for my poor academic performance. I'm not a good student to begin with. Even during those years when I didn't write letters, I didn't necessarily get full marks on the exams."

Su Nan clicked his tongue twice and looked at Gu Tanxi: "What happened to this guy?"

Gu Tanxi shrugged: "I can't tell you now, I'll tell you when I can."

Su Yingyu asked: "How can I help?"

Gu Tanxi: "Do you still have the letter he gave you?"

"No, it happened so many years ago. We had agreed to meet after the college entrance examination. He was in Fulin County High School, very close. But he lost contact after the exam. I haven't heard from him since. I guess he didn't do well in the exam and became withdrawn. Many people in our class are like this. They are too embarrassed to see people when they don't do well in the exam. I wrote him these two letters, wanting to ask how he was doing and why he didn't reply. I didn't receive a reply, so I let it go. After I went to college, I made new friends and forgot about him. I lost those letters a long time ago because I was afraid my parents would find them."

"Do you remember the content? Did he say he was bullied or something?"

"Bullying? I feel like he was bullied, but he didn't say it explicitly. I even suggested he call the police. He wasn't very willing to talk to me about it, but from the sadness he sometimes conveyed in his letters, I could sense that he was being bullied, and there was no one to help him."

"Did he ever express his desire to kill those who bullied him?"

Su Yingyu widened her eyes, looked at Gu Tanxi with a bit of horror, and asked in a low voice: "Sister, he is not a murderer, is he? Don't scare me."

Gu Tanxi said, "I'm not sure right now. I'm just following the clues and looking around randomly. What if there's something useful? Answer my question first."

"Yes, but I think it's normal. Who wouldn't want to fight back when being bullied? Who wouldn't want to retaliate? He didn't say he wanted to kill anyone, he just said he hoped God would let the bad guys die soon."

"You never mentioned how you were bullied?"

"Not at all. One time, I felt that his words were full of sadness, so I comforted him and gave him some advice. When I received his reply, he actually comforted me and told me not to worry, saying that he was fine and nothing was wrong. He seemed to have become more cheerful and lively."

"And then?"

"Then we talked about the future and where to go to college. I said I wanted to go to University A, and he said he wanted to, too, and we could be alumni. But then he disappeared."

Su Yingyu shrugged.

Su Nan, who was standing by, felt a chill run down his spine as he listened, and whispered, "Did this guy really commit a crime?"

"I'm not sure now, so don't make friends blindly in the future. By the way, be careful when you date, there are a lot of AIDS cases in our city." Gu Tanxi whispered to the two sisters.

Su Yingyu hugged herself with both hands, tilted her head, and said pretentiously: "Love? Even dogs don't talk about it!"

Su Nan and Gu Tanxi both burst out laughing.

Gu Tanxi ate a small cake and said, "Think carefully about what he said to you. Say whatever comes to your mind, no matter how small the matter is."

Su Yingyu tried hard to recall what happened a few years ago, but to be honest, she really couldn't remember much.

"He mentioned something about himself, that he had a bad stomach, frequent diarrhea, and was lactose intolerant, but he didn't know it at first and drank milk every day. He was the one who went to the bathroom the most frequently in the dormitory, and his roommates called him Diarrhea Brother. He said he had a younger brother, but his stepmother sold him when he was very young. He seemed to hate his biological father and stepmother very much, saying that his father was a piece of shit and his stepmother was even more of a bitch. Oh, and when he wrote the letter, he typed a lot of exclamation points after the word "bitch". I looked at me at the time and thought, how despicable is this?"

Su Nan: "That's normal. How many stepmothers can be good to other people's children?"

Su Yingyu: "Yes, he is also a poor man. It seems that his life is very poor. I once gave him a bookmark. The price on it was fifty-eight yuan, but I actually only spent thirty yuan. After receiving it, he drew many bookmarks for me, saying that he couldn't afford these beautiful ones, so he drew them for me. Did you know? As a teenager, I was so moved by such a thing that I smiled foolishly in my bed holding the letter... God, when I think about it now, I feel like a big fool."

Su Yingyu covered her face with her hands.

Gu Tanxi consoled her, "Everyone makes stupid mistakes when they're young. It's okay, it's okay."

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This afternoon tea gave Gu Tanxi many clues.

For example, what is Yu Dongbing’s original family like?

This is not in the archives.

Because Yu Dongbing was not a suspect, not much investigation was done at that time.

Gu Tanxi went to the police station to ask if he could find Yu Dongbing's file.

But it turns out that before Yu Dongbing was twelve years old, he lived in the village. At that time, the place was relatively backward and all the files were paper files.

So if it’s not in the computer, if you want to find the information, you have to go to the local police station to find it.

What the computer here can see is the information that Yu Dongbing has become an orphan and is in an orphanage.

However, this file does not mention that Yu Dongbing has a younger brother.

However, Yu Dongbing's previous village was more than 270 kilometers away from Anshi.

That village also became a hollow village two years ago. The villagers moved to the side of the road when they became rich and built houses. It became a new village with convenient transportation.

The village that used to be there is now empty, and I couldn't help it.

After Gu Tanxi learned about this, he felt a little hesitant to investigate it himself.

She thought that she could wait for Team Fang to come back and ask Team Fang to send a man to check it out.

When I came back from the police station, before I even reached the door of the Supernatural Bureau, I saw several cars driving towards me quickly.

These are cars from the Supernatural Bureau and the police station.

Is this Jiang Youqi coming back?

Gu Tanxi stood by the roadside and let the car pass first.

The car stopped.

Jiang Youqi, Xie Bei, Li Muye, Xu Shaolin, He Hongshu, and Zhou Yuelong were all covered in dust and looked very tired. They walked straight to the bureau. When going upstairs, He Hongshu leaned against the wall and almost fell asleep.

He pinched his thigh and went upstairs.

Several people went into the bathroom together in an orderly manner.

After a loud splash of water, it came out.

They all went into the lounge, and Jiang Youqi lay down directly on the sofa.

His legs were draped over the armrests of the sofa.

Several other people were lying on small beds and some were lying on the table.

Just lie down wherever you can.

After each trip, I could hear my bones crackling.

Less than ten seconds after relaxing, someone started snoring.

Gu Tanxi followed all the way and was overwhelmed by the smell as soon as he entered the lounge.

Very manly!

I really can't smell it at all!

Gu Tanxi turned around and wanted to leave, but seeing how exhausted they all looked, he couldn't bear it. He walked in and asked quietly, "What's going on? Are you all okay?"

Only snoring answered her.

Gu Tanxi turned around and left to buy a few towels and a large washbasin.

Wash the towel, put it in a basin filled with water, then bring it over and wipe their faces with the towel, starting with Xie Bei.

The white towels were all black.

Xie Bei's sticky face felt refreshed immediately after being wiped with cold water.

He opened his eyes and looked at Gu Tanxi.

"Sister Gu, you are so kind. Can you get me a glass of water?"

"Okay." Gu Tanxi went to buy mineral water and gave each of them a bottle and placed it next to them.

Xie Bei drank some water and went back to sleep.

Gu Tanxi wiped each of their faces and necks.

When wiping Jiang Youqi at the end, he also wiped his hands.

He took off his leather boots.

Hmm... I saw a pair of socks with a big hole in it.

The sweat from my feet has soaked my socks.

Gu Tanxi held his breath and pulled off his socks.

I want to cover his feet with a towel.

But the next second, I saw that his toes were rubbed a lot, the blisters were broken, and they were bleeding.

The soles of my feet also had big blisters, some of which were broken and some were not.

All mixed with blood.

Gu Tanxi looked at the feet, then looked at Jiang Youqi who was sleeping with his head tilted to one side.

As a rich kid, there's actually no need for him to do this kind of work.

Gu Tanxi turned around to look at Xie Bei and He Hongshu who were lying on the table. They were also young men in their early twenties.

Everyone should study in college.

Gu Tanxi sighed, turned around and got a basin of clean water to wash Jiang Youqi's feet.

I went to buy some saline solution and iodine.

First rinse the broken skin with saline solution, then apply iodine.

Perfect!

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Gu Tanxi left the lounge and went to breathe some fresh air.

Just then, I saw Liu Linjie, who had been captured, sitting in a wheelchair with his legs and body tied with iron chains.

He looked at Gu Tanxi, his face pale and haggard, his eyes seemed to be covered by something, and he looked very confused.

"Can I meet Zhou Yue?"

Gu Tanxi sighed, walked up to him and asked, "Do you love her?"

Liu Linjie looked up at Gu Tanxi and said, "Love."

"Then why did you infect her? If you hadn't infected her, she wouldn't have mistakenly thought she was infected by Wu Fei and killed him."

Liu Linjie said with a sad look in his eyes: "She also said she loved me. I was just sick. Why couldn't she stay with me?"

"Your love, why not? I am sick and I hope you are healthy, not like me?" Gu Tanxi asked back.

Liu Linjie suddenly shouted excitedly: "So what if you are the same as me? If you love me, you should stay with me!"

"You are really sick." Gu Tanxi was too lazy to talk nonsense with him and turned away.

"Let me see Zhou Yue. I just want to see her and say goodbye to her." Liu Linjie's tone turned into pleading.

Fang Lingjian came over and patted him on the back of the head. "Why are you so loud? You have no right to speak here. If Zhou Yue doesn't want to see you, you'll never see her again. Come with me to record your statement."

Liu Linjie shouted unwillingly: "Let me see Zhou Yue, I want to see her, let me see her!"