Sixty feathers

The study fell into an eerie silence, and the dull ticking sound of the pendulum of the retro clock hanging on the wall echoed rhythmically in the room.

"Can I... ask you for a favor?" Zhao Tang held Li Si tightly in his hand, his tone pleading.

"Okay, go ahead."

"Can you take him away a few days later?"

He knew that there would never be a future between him and Yinster. He still had illusions about their chance encounter in the past, wondering if there would be a glimmer of hope if he tried harder. But now, knowing that the instigator of all the things was closely related to Yinster, he no longer had any thoughts.

Now he just wanted to be able to spend the last period of time quietly with Yinster without being disturbed.

"I..." Ye Linghan hesitated, feeling a bit bitter in his heart. He really wanted to help Zhao Tang, but he couldn't make the decision on this matter himself and couldn't give him an immediate answer.

Zhao Tang saw his concerns but didn't force him. "I know you have your own difficulties, and you have to arrest him, but Yin Ster is the second young master of the Yin family. Just because we found this banned book in his house doesn't mean he took it. If we arrest him without sufficient evidence, it might have a bad impact. It's not too late to arrest him after we find evidence, right?"

It sounded like it made sense, and Ye Linghan lowered his head in thought.

Just as Zhao Tang analyzed, the guilt could not be confirmed because Yinster could come up with thousands of excuses to cover it up, and the Blood Hunting Clan leader had never shown up. This was a serious matter, and it would be difficult for them to handle it with just a few people.

Finally, Ye Linghan nodded. "I can't guarantee you how long I can extend this, but I'll do my best to explain it to the others." He squeezed Zhao Tang's shoulder. "But I hope... you don't get too deeply involved."

He was really afraid that Zhao Tang would be carried away and led by Yinster, bearing the chaos alone and eventually going down a path of no return, but fortunately, the situation was not too bad at the moment.

"Don't worry, I know my limits." Zhao Tang breathed a sigh of relief, a wry smile playing on his lips. "If I had really lost my mind, I wouldn't have given this to you."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Si.

"I took photos of every page as evidence. To prevent the banned book from being lost and Yinster from becoming suspicious and causing trouble for you, I'm not taking it away for now."

Ye Linghan guessed that since Yin Chen didn't know the contents of the banned book, it would be difficult for Yin Ster to understand it in a short time, so there would be no problem staying here for the time being.

Besides, the other party has been coveting it for a long time and has gone to great lengths to get it, so he will certainly keep it properly. It will be safer to put it here.

"Okay, thank you." Zhao Tang expressed his gratitude.

"What else do we say thank you to each other?"

After they went downstairs, under Yin Chen's command, Su Mo's progress was relatively smooth.

Hearing the sound of messy footsteps, Yin Chen immediately stood up and walked over to Ye Linghan. He put his hand on his waist and leaned over to ask, "Are you tired?"

Ye Linghan smiled and shook his head, "Not tired."

He was used to Yin Chen sticking to him whenever there were other people around, but he wouldn't do anything excessive, so he acquiesced to this behavior.

Zhao Tang tactfully walked around Ye Linghan and went to Yin Siste.

Ye Linghan turned his head and met Yin Ster's gaze. He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he saw a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.

He didn't know if it was due to psychological effects, but he always felt that Yinster's face was not as clear and innocent as before. Instead, it always showed an unfathomable cunning.

Before he could observe carefully, Su Mo came over and said, "Xiao Ye, let's go. Mr. Yin's injury hasn't healed yet, so we don't want to bother him too much."

"Okay." Ye Linghan responded and turned to look at Zhao Tang, "Then we'll leave first."

"Yeah." Zhao Tang nodded.

"Brother, don't you want to stay for dinner?" Yinster's voice suddenly came, and everyone looked at him in unison. Although they all knew that they were brothers with blood ties, this untimely invitation seemed awkward and unnatural.

"No." Yin Chen answered hastily.

It seemed that he was embarrassed by the other party's words, but Yinster still did not give up and asked in a low voice: "Then brother, when will you return to the old house? Grandpa misses you."

Speaking of the clan leader, Yin Chen looked at him for the first time and said, "It's time to go back."

Hearing Yin Chen's agreement, Yinster's eyes lit up a little, and he suddenly raised his head, "Brother, then you must tell me before you go back. I have prepared a surprise for you."

As he spoke, he suddenly turned his head to look at Ye Linghan and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, you can come too then?"

"Cough..." Ye Linghan was so startled by the word "sister-in-law" that he choked in panic. It was the first time he was called such an awkward name in public, and it was difficult for him to adapt for a while.

Seeing this, Yin Chen hurriedly patted his back to help him calm down, and then answered for him, "I know, I will take it with me."

After leaving Yinster's house, Yin Chen returned to the company, and Ye Linghan and Su Mo returned to the investigation office.

As soon as I entered the door, the other two came to greet me as if they had been waiting for a long time.

"How is it?" Liao Xihe asked.

Ye Linghan took out his cell phone from his pocket, called up the photos of Li Si taken at Yinster's house, and put them on the table.

Several other people came over to watch.

"What is this?" Liao Xihe Zuoyouhua asked while looking at the photo.

"It's Li Si, the forbidden book."

As soon as these three words were spoken, the room fell silent. Several people looked at each other, totally unable to believe that these photos were the forbidden books of the vampire clan. What they had been looking for with great effort was actually in Yinster's house.

"This... where did you find it? Why didn't I hear you mention it just now?" Su Mo looked up at Ye Linghan, full of disbelief.

On the way back, the two of them had a conversation, but Ye Linghan did not tell him about this matter.

"The book was given to me by Zhao Tang. It's on the bookshelf in Yinster's study. It's covered with another book cover, so it's not easy to find."

"As for why I didn't say it just now, there are other reasons."

Because it was a bit troublesome to explain, Ye Linghan chose to wait until all the people from the Investigation Bureau were present before talking about it.

"Zhao Tang gave it to you? Aren't they the two..."

Su Mo probably knew a little about the situation between the two of them, so he was puzzled by the fact that he personally gave away his lover.

Ye Linghan sighed, "It's a bit complicated. In short, it's quite bumpy, but Brother Mo..."

He paused and looked at Su Mo without continuing.

"What's wrong?"

"Zhao Tang asked if it was possible to apply for the arrest of Yin Ster a few days later?"

He didn't know how to start, because there were too many things involved and it couldn't be decided in just a few words, but he was afraid that things would go against his wishes and Zhao Tang would be sad.

It was indeed a bit tricky. Su Mo did not answer immediately. He stroked his chin and lowered his head in thought. After a long time, he slowly spoke under the gaze of the others.

"I understand how he feels, but..."

Well, no hope.

As soon as these two words came out, Ye Linghan's heart sank.

But regardless of whether Su Mo agreed or not, he could express his understanding, and Zhao Tang would do the same, so he didn't say much, but was just thinking about how to explain to Zhao Tang in his heart.

His emotions were fluctuating quite a bit, and Su Mo noticed it, so he just curled his lips into a smile and continued, "It's really impossible to detain him so easily. This concerns the peace between the two tribes and even the human race, so I need to go back and discuss it with the tribe leader."

"After all, I have no right to interfere." Su Mo shrugged.

He did not have any selfish motives involved and made the decision after weighing the pros and cons.

"Please don't breathe so hard when you speak next time, thank you." Ye Linghan threatened the other party politely without any hesitation.

An important matter to him was solved perfectly, and several people began to study how to close the net and bring the murderer to justice, because now it can be roughly confirmed that the real murderer behind the scenes is Yin Ster, but there is a lack of conclusive evidence to kill him directly.

But now that we know Li Si's whereabouts, it will be much easier.

"Can you understand this book Li Si?" Ye Linghan looked at Su Mo and Yao Qingluan. He thought that since Blood Hunter could restrain the vampires, they must have some understanding of their banned books.

Unexpectedly, the two of them moved in sync, shaking their heads like rattles. "Then you really flatter us." Yao Qingluan said self-deprecatingly, "We're not core members, so we don't have access to such in-depth information."

"Yes, and the other is the clan leader's only grandson who is lost outside who is qualified to know, but he has not been found for so many years, and I don't know if there is still hope of finding him." Su Mo added on the side.

"So you are...going to stop the lineage?" Ye Linghan was surprised. Since the lineage was passed down from one person to another, and the child was lost in the end, who would be the one to take over the responsibilities of the clan leader?

Yao Qingluan spread out her hands, "Perhaps the clan leader has other plans, but we don't know."

Ye Linghan understood that this was an internal affair of the Blood Hunters, and he didn't want to ask too much. Besides, Liao Xihe was there, so there was no point in saying more, so he brought the topic back.

"So what are our arrangements for Yinster now?"

"Well, from what I've observed, Yinster is not a simple person. There's not a single flaw in his words or actions. His confession is pretty much the same as what you told him the other day."

Su Mo felt quite a headache. "But now that Li Si is in his hands, what will he plan to do next? And what has been his motive all along?"

"He has no worries about food and clothing, a good brother, and a large family that's at the top of the list, yet he goes to great lengths to manipulate his subordinates into working for him..."

Su Mo paused and looked at Ye Linghan. "I suddenly remembered that they all said that the higher-ups wanted you. Even Xu Hong said last time that someone kidnapped Xu Zilian just to capture you. So, let's assume for the time being that the leader they're talking about is Yin Ster. Then why did he want to capture you?"

"Do you two have a grudge against each other?"

This sentence actually woke Ye Linghan up. He thought about it carefully and it seemed that he had no grudge against Yin Si Te. It could even be said that the two of them were not familiar with each other at all and had never said anything to each other, so what was the point of him arresting him?

In an instant, an idea came to him. Thinking of the strange look he saw in Yinster's eyes when he was talking to Yin Chen, a strange and absurd idea came to his mind.

He looked solemn and said coldly, "Could it be that Yinster likes Yinchen--"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent again and looked at Ye Linghan in astonishment, wondering how he could have such a strange idea.

"Orthopedics?" Liao Xihe asked.

"No, no, it should be fake bones." Yao Qingluan corrected.

"Could it be that they just have a pure brotherly relationship?" the straight man Su Mo corrected again.

Since some people didn't understand, the topic about the two men ended here.

"Why don't you ask Mr. Yin? Could there be some conflict between them?" Liao Xihe ventured. "Because think about it, most of the forbidden books record how to practice through unorthodox methods. Could it be that Yin Ster wanted to defeat his brother, but lacked innate ability, so he had to rely on remedial measures later?"

He spoke with great confidence, and after he finished speaking, he did not forget to ask for praise, praising his reasonable analysis.

"Isn't this too subjective? I think it's President Yin who's more disgusted." Su Mo glanced at Ye Linghan. Because when he was at Yin Ster's house, he clearly felt that Yin Chen didn't have much patience with Yin Ster. "It seems like Yin Ster is always the one who puts on a smile."

"That's very strange. The banned book is in his house, but I can't figure out his motive."

At this point, the discussions entered a white-hot stage. The known clues continued to increase but they were fragmented and difficult to string together into a complete line.

At this moment, the cell phone rang at the right time, breaking the silence.

"It's the clan leader." Yao Qingluan looked at Su Mo with a nervous expression.

Su Mo raised his chin, indicating that she should take it.

The button was slowly slid open. She was afraid that there was something important that was not convenient to disclose, so she did not press the hands-free button.

"Hey, Chief."

No one knew what the clan leader said, but everyone saw Yao Qingluan's face suddenly change and his expression became solemn.

She nodded continuously and finally said, "Okay, I understand."

Seeing that the call ended, Su Mo asked, "What happened?"

"The clan leader said that a large number of clan members have disappeared recently and their whereabouts are unknown--"