Chapter 52 Are You Poisonous?

Shao Zhi told Xiao Yu that the wealthy businessman had promised his wife that he would leave all his wealth to her after his death, but the old lady in the family, who was also the wealthy businessman's mother, did not agree. She not only joined forces with the wealthy businessman's brother to swallow up the family wealth, but also drove his wife out of the house.

"So, Brother Yu, could you please give justice to this poor woman?" Shao Zhi told this little story with tears in her eyes, and she was almost crying because of her own sadness.

The more Xiao Yu listened, the more disappointed he became. The corners of his mouth, which had been slightly raised, gradually drooped. He listened patiently to the end and finally said, "Is that all?"

"...Yes, I'm done." Shao Zhi froze in her attempt to wipe her tears.

"Is there no official in charge of solving this case in Tailing County? Are the people in the government office just freeloaders? Why did you come directly to me for justice?" Xiao Yu seemed to be in a bad mood suddenly. "Or do you want me to take sides in this woman's case because you don't have any evidence?"

"No, no! Ah Zhi has no intention of showing favoritism." Shao Zhi said hurriedly, "Ah Zhi just saw this and couldn't bear it. Thinking that Brother Yu was here, she came to ask for help. She didn't think too much..."

At this time, Shao Zhi was also confused.

From what she knew of Xiao Yu, he usually enjoyed investigating unjust cases and helping the weak. Over the years, he'd often taken the initiative to resolve any injustices he encountered. Why did he lose all interest today?

Shao Zhi had been keeping an eye on this case early on, planning to pull Xiao Yu over to investigate the case after Xu Chuchu left, hoping to divert his attention from Xu Chuchu to herself.

Suddenly...it doesn't work?

Not only did he not praise her for being "kind" like he did before, but he also coldly blamed her for causing trouble?

"If you don't have any, go find the county magistrate here to resolve it. Whatever the matter is, find the right person to handle it." Xiao Yu said, "If you are embarrassed to go, I will ask Ah Fu to take you there. Ah Fu..."

"Brother Yu, you misunderstood!" Shao Zhi's initial move failed, so she had no choice but to quickly throw out her trump card. "This case is unique. A physiognomist is involved. The government said it was too strange and refused to accept it. That lady is now desperate!"

"Physiognomist?" Xiao Yu's tone finally softened. "What does this case have to do with physiognomists?"

"That's right," Shao Zhi said quickly. "The lady I'm talking about wanted to prove that the wealthy businessman had left all his wealth to her. She hired a fortune teller to perform a ritual. The master summoned the businessman's spirit and found the place where he had left his will. The will clearly stated that he would leave all his wealth to her. But both her husband's family and the government said the will was unclear and refused to recognize the result."

Shao Zhi was interested in this case because a fortune teller was involved.

According to her understanding during this period, this fortune teller's skills are superb and should be far superior to Xu Chuchu.

She felt that Xiao Yu was attracted to Xu Chuchu because Xu Chuchu had some strange little tricks that Xiao Yu found novel.

Once Xiao Yu sees the abilities of a truly powerful fortune teller, his frivolous thoughts will fade away in a few days.

Shao Zhi was calculating with an abacus, but she didn't expect Xiao Yu's tone, which had just softened, to choke again.

"What does a will have to do with summoning spirits?" He frowned. "Don't our dynasty's laws have any regulations regarding wills? Is a will found by a spirit different from other wills? In such a vast Tailing County, there's not a single official who can verify the authenticity of a will? And summoning something like this has to be linked to a physiognomist's magic? I..."

He suddenly stopped mid-sentence, paused, and then continued: "I, but, this matter is not something I can't take care of."

Shao Zhi: “…”

Ah Fu: “…”

His attitude changed so quickly that even Shao Zhi didn't know what to say in response.

Xiao Yu covered her face and cleared her throat again, "That's it, Miss Shao, go back first. Tomorrow when I'm free, I'll send Ah Fu to find you, and you can take us to investigate the case."

Shao Zhi didn't know why, but she was overjoyed. "Thank you, Brother Yu. That lady will definitely be very grateful when she knows you're here to personally handle the case."

"Yeah, it's okay." Xiao Yu raised his hand, "Afu, send Miss Shao back."

"Okay, Brother Yu." Shao Zhi happily followed Afu.

As soon as the two left, Xiao Yu quickly pulled out the hidden talisman paper from under the table, picked up the pen and wrote a long paragraph on it, and then burned it in the candlelight without hesitation.

The yellow talisman paper burned with a green light in the flame, and then there was no movement.

Xiao Yu waited nervously in the room, waiting for the surprise that might come at any time.

A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, half an hour...

Then, less than an hour later, there was a sudden loud knocking sound at the door, and Xiao Yu quickly got up to open the door.

Before he could reach the door, it was rudely pushed open from the outside.

It was Xu Chuchu who had returned and was standing by the door, looking helpless and unhappy.

"Excuse me, are you poisonous?" she asked. "I haven't even left the city gate yet!"

They had just parted, and it had only been a short while since she last met. She was still having dinner in the restaurant when she received a sound transmission note from Xiao Yu, saying that there was an urgent matter and asked her to come back.

You're just teasing her. What were you doing going back and forth?

Xiao Yu couldn't help laughing: "It's my fault. Plans can't keep up with changes."

He looked at Xu Chuchu pouting in dissatisfaction and fanning herself with her hands, and a sense of security surged in his heart.

He smiled and said, "Who told you to be so capable? No matter what happens... I can't do without you."

"Alright, alright." Xu Chuchu sat down at the coffee table and poured herself a glass of water to quench her thirst. "You said in the sound transmission note that you had another difficult case?"

"Yes." Xiao Yu admitted, sitting next to her, "It's a case involving other physiognomists."

This case was neither difficult nor not difficult, for it fell outside his jurisdiction. It could even be argued that his meddling was doing more harm than good.

He just... wanted to find a reason to call her back.

After knowing the words she left for me, I thought about them especially.

"What exactly is the situation?" Xu Chuchu has always been straightforward.

Xiao Yu repeated to Xu Chuchu the case that Shao Zhi had just told him, especially emphasizing that the lady had asked a fortune teller to summon her soul and find the will.

"That's impossible." Xu Chuchu denied without hesitation. "Remember I told you that fortune tellers can't summon souls. Even if there are wronged souls, they are lingering in the world on their own and can't be summoned by fortune tellers. Those charlatans and witches who say that their magic can allow relatives to communicate with the dead are all fake."

"Yes, I remember you mentioned this." Xiao Yu lied immediately, "I thought there was something fishy going on here, so I asked you to come back to investigate."

"Is this wealthy businessman a very important person?" Xu Chuchu asked, "Why are you suddenly so worried?"

"Not really." Xiao Yu said subconsciously, "It was Miss Shao who brought this case because of her soft-heartedness."

Xu Chuchu almost rolled her eyes when she heard this. It turned out that he had gone to such great lengths to call her back just to help Shao Zhi. It really made him think so hard.

"Okay, then you can take me to see it tomorrow. I'm going to go back and rest first." She stood up a little unhappy. "I'm telling you in advance, after I finish this case, I'm really leaving. Unless it's something extremely important, don't call me back."

"Wait." Xiao Yu suddenly called out to Xu Chuchu, "You, stay for a moment, I have something else... I want to ask you."