Jiang Ning slowly parked the car in front of Qi Xingzhou.
The car window rolled down and the two looked into each other's eyes. After seeing Jiang Ning, Qi Xingzhou's originally dull and indifferent eyes seemed to be suddenly injected with vitality and instantly became lively.
He was wearing a white shirt today. The tough silhouette showed off his perfect shoulder line, and his superior figure with broad shoulders and narrow waist could be vaguely seen. He wore light-colored casual pants underneath. His fluffy hair looked soft and fluffy in the sun, his black eyes were sparkling, and he was happily looking down at Jiang Ning. His temperament was clean and clear, full of youthfulness.
Jiang Ning smiled and said, "Have you been waiting for a long time?"
"Not long, I just arrived too." Qi Xingzhou shook his head honestly, inadvertently revealing his sweat-soaked forehead under his black hair.
Jiang Ning said hurriedly: "Get in the car first and go to my house. I'll take you back later."
"Okay." Qi Xingzhou answered quickly, opened the car door, and sat in the passenger seat next to Jiang Ning with familiarity.
After getting in the car, Qi Xingzhou seemed to remember that he was here to give Jiang Ning some cookies. He gently placed the blue packaging bag in his hand on his lap and said, "These are the cookies that my mother baked. I'll carry them for you first."
Jiang Ning slowly drove the car into the residential area and glanced at Qi Xingzhou's legs: "Such a big bag?"
She thought they were just sending a little bit over for her to try.
Qi Xingzhou was not interested in the cookies made by Ji Shuang. After receiving them, he did not look at them carefully. All he wanted to do was to come over and see Jiang Ning.
Hearing Jiang Ning's words, he lowered his head seriously, opened the bag and took a look: "There are three boxes in total, not many."
"Oh, so there should be a box of each flavor." Jiang Ning thought to himself and wanted to give Ji Shuang some return gifts.
Jiang Ning had eaten at Qi's house several times before, and this was the second time Ji Shuang sent someone to deliver food.
While Jiang Ning was chatting with Qi Xingzhou, she was thinking about returning the gift.
After parking the car in the garage, the two took the elevator upstairs.
After getting out of the elevator, Jiang Ning suddenly noticed that there was a foam box outside her door.
"Huh? Where did this box come from?" Jiang Ning walked over.
Qi Xingzhou followed closely behind.
The foam box was not big and looked very new. It was placed right in the center outside Jiang Ning's room door.
Jiang Ning thought that someone's box was blown to her side by the wind. She was about to move it slightly to the side with her feet, but Qi Xingzhou next to her suddenly reached out and stopped Jiang Ning: "Don't move."
Jiang Ning's toes just touched the foam box, and she could feel that the foam box was not empty.
Hearing Qi Xingzhou's words, Jiang Ning immediately retracted his foot: "What's wrong?"
She looked at the small foam box in front of her, then raised her head to look at Qi Xingzhou: "Is there something wrong with this box?"
Qi Xingzhou pursed his lips tightly, and his eyes, which were clear and bright just now, were now as dark as an abyss. He stared at the foam box on the ground with some vigilance, his eyelids drooping slightly, his brows slightly furrowed, as if confirming something.
The slender fingers that were originally holding Jiang Ning loosened slightly and then immediately tightened. Qi Xingzhou lowered his head and stared at Jiang Ning, and slowly told the reason why he stopped Jiang Ning: "In the box, there is a little civet cat that was tortured to death."
"What?!" Jiang Ning was shocked.
She suddenly lowered her head and stared at the foam box in front of her.
Without much hesitation, Jiang Ning reached out and opened the foam box.
This time, Qi Xingzhou did not stop her.
As soon as the lid of the foam box was opened, a strong and foul smell of blood wafted into their noses. At the same time, the scene that appeared in their sight was so bloody and terrifying that it was terrifying.
The cat in the foam box died in an extremely brutal manner.
Not only were its bones broken and there wasn't a single piece of good meat on its body, but even its skin had been peeled off alive by the criminals, leaving it bloody and sticky.
Even with Qi Xingzhou's advance warning, Jiang Ning's fingers still trembled subconsciously when faced with such a bloody scene.
She pursed her lips tightly, her expression gradually becoming solemn and a little angry.
Jiang Ning gently closed the lid of the foam box, his eyes were cold: "System, where is the mission?"
Jiang Ning didn't believe that the cat's appearance at her house was accidental. It was obvious that someone had deliberately tortured the cat to death and placed it at her doorstep.
In the past, Jiang Ning had a small social circle, and apart from the conflicts with the Huo family, she only had black fans.
However, those black fans at most attacked and cursed her online and never took any actual action.
And now, after her reputation was cleared and Huo Miao's scandal collapsed, those black fans who stood up for Huo Miao have long disappeared.
Many recent events quickly emerged in Jiang Ning's mind, the most targeted of which were the criminals she had captured after binding the system.
The relationships between people are complicated and intertwined. She arrested those criminals because the system prompted her to do so. From a moral and legal perspective, since those criminals have committed crimes, they should be brought to justice.
But there may be some people with holes in their brains who help their relatives instead of the law. Even if they know that what the other party is doing is wrong, they not only do not expose it but also help to cover it up. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as the crime of harboring someone.
She has been on the hot search list recently and has become very popular on the Internet.
Jiang Ning was very suspicious that the person behind the scene placed this cat that had been abused to death at her doorstep as both a provocation and a warning.
[Ding! No.] The system looked down and checked its fingers guiltily.
Jiang Ning frowned: "No?"
The situation is so serious, and the system says no?
She suppressed her anger and looked at the foam box on the ground.
The foam box looked brand new and spotless white, but inside it lay a dead little life.
[Yes... This is a stray cat...] The system was about to say something, but Jiang Ning suddenly understood.
The system is now bound to her, and all conviction regulations are naturally based on the laws and regulations issued by her country.
And the country...although it has been experiencing rapid economic development, it still has a lot to offer when it comes to protecting small animals.
The country currently does not have a clear law to protect small animals, and only those precious wild animals are included in the criminal law.
As for cats and dogs that are very common in our lives, if they are domestic cats and dogs, they are the private property of their owners. If they are abused by others, it constitutes a crime.
But if they are stray cats and dogs without owners, it would be extremely difficult to protect their rights.
Jiang Ning's eyes were filled with anger. Just as she was about to continue communicating with the system, a cell phone with a lit screen was handed to her. Qi Xingzhou comforted her earnestly: "Jiang Ning, don't be afraid. We will call the police first, and then go to the security room to check the surveillance. Don't worry, I will definitely find the bad guy behind the scenes and will never let anyone else hurt you."
As smart as he is, he not only analyzed in a short period of time that this was a deliberate threat against Jiang Ning, but also came up with a solution.
He grasped Jiang Ning's arm with his slender fingers, pleading cautiously: "But, before we find out who the villain behind this is, can you come home with me?" (End of this chapter)
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