Because there was some blood on the head, Chen Yalan's body was inevitably stained with blood as well.
In order to prevent this incident from upsetting Fu Liu, Chen Yalan hid the head, but she couldn't hide the blood on her body.
Sure enough, when she returned, Fu Liu was shocked to see him covered in blood: "What happened to you? Why are you covered in blood again? Are you injured?"
She knew that Chen Yalan was doing her job and was bound to get hurt, but when she saw Chen Yalan covered in blood, she couldn't help but worry.
Seeing Fu Liu's frightened look, Chen Yalan immediately comforted him, "It's okay, don't worry, this is not my blood, I'm not injured."
Fu Liu didn't believe her at all when she said this. He immediately asked her to take off her clothes and check her carefully.
In order to reassure Fu Liu, Chen Yalan had to obediently take off her clothes one by one. Only after confirming that there were no scars on Chen Yalan's body did Fu Liu breathe a sigh of relief.
"I'm glad you're not hurt. Go take a shower and change your clothes first."
After Chen Yalan finished taking a shower, the two of them lay down on the bed to rest. After a while, Fu Liu fell asleep.
When Chen Yalan held Fu Liu in her arms, she realized that Fu Liu was extremely thin. It seemed that Fu Liu's condition was very serious, but she didn't tell her about this, probably to avoid worrying herself.
Looking at Fu Liu's increasingly thin body, Chen Yalan thought about what she had experienced today. She thought that if Fu Liu knew that the buns she ate today might be made of human flesh, she would probably feel even more disgusted and her body would not be able to withstand the blow.
After thinking about it, Chen Yalan kept this matter hidden in her heart, sighed, closed her eyes, and slowly fell asleep.
The next day, just as the sky was getting light, Chen Yalan felt a noise beside her. Turning her head, she found that Fu Liu had already gotten up and put on his clothes.
"Why did you get up so early? Don't you want to have some rest?" They just settled here yesterday. Fu Liu should be a little tired. Why did she wake up so early?
Fu Liu heard Chen Yalan's greeting, turned around and saw Chen Yalan sitting on the bed staring at him, and smiled slightly: "I'll go out and buy some breakfast and come back to eat."
Speaking of food, Chen Yalan thought of the head and the nail in the bun from yesterday. A feeling of nausea rose in her throat. Chen Yalan tried to keep her face calm and suppress the nausea. She said, "Then I'll go out with you to buy some food. Don't buy it in this inn. I want to eat something outside."
Although she didn't know why Chen Yalan said she didn't want to eat the food in the inn, Fu Liu thought it was a good thing to go out with Chen Yalan, so she nodded happily, and waited for Chen Yalan to finish dressing, and then the two of them walked out of the inn hand in hand.
After strolling around for a while, the two of them came to a wonton stall, sat down and ordered two bowls of wontons.
After a while, the middle-aged proprietress brought up two bowls of wontons.
Chen Yalan and Fu Liu sat at the table and ate wontons bite by bite. While eating, Chen Yalan thought about what happened yesterday. She felt that this matter seemed to have some clues.
"Fu Liu, I have found out some things about the human trafficking, but I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to go back and ask the prefect to come." Chen Yalan thought about it and did not explain clearly to Fu Liu what she had found out, but she still asked Fu Liu to do some things for her.
When Fu Liu heard Chen Yalan ask her to go and ask the prefect, but she didn't mention anything about her investigation, she felt that this matter was probably very important. Chen Yalan was afraid that the news would leak out, so she didn't ask, but just nodded and said, "Okay, in that case, I'll pack up and go find the prefect after dinner."
After the two finished their meal and paid, Chen Yalan and Fu Liu returned to Fuxiang Inn. After going upstairs, Fu Liu quickly packed up some things and got on the carriage he came in.
After watching the carriage that Fu Liu was sitting in slowly leave, Chen Yalan's eyes were deep. Now that Fu Liu had left, she didn't have many worries here. It was time to ask the mayor about the problem of missing people in this town.
Soon, Chen Yalan came to the mayor.
The mayor didn't expect that Chen Yalan had just left yesterday, looking like she didn't want him to interfere, but she came again early this morning. He was a little confused about this, but he was still a little excited. Could it be that Chen Yalan had encountered some difficulties and wanted to seek his help?
The mayor was very excited at the thought that he might be able to provide some help to Chen Yalan and even make a contribution for it.
"Sir, is there anything I can help you with? If you have any difficulties, just tell me and I will do my best." The mayor had a flattering smile on his face.
Chen Yalan glanced at him and sat down. "The mayor is absolutely right. I do need your help with something. I wonder if you know that someone is missing in your town? How much do you know about this matter?"
What? The adults are here to investigate the missing persons case. The mayor's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect that Chen Yalan was just trying to fool him yesterday, and missing persons was her real goal.
Thinking of the missing persons, the mayor's head broke out in a cold sweat. His eyes rolled slightly, and a smile appeared on his face again. "I don't know what you mean by that, sir. As the mayor, I have never heard of such a thing. Could you be mistaken?"
He was still thinking of denying everything and getting away with it. But who was Chen Yalan? How could she let the mayor get away with it like this?
After hearing the mayor's words, Chen Yalan's face changed. "As the mayor of this place, you didn't know that someone was missing in the town. This is a dereliction of duty on your part. Do you know that this one thing alone is enough to cost you your job?"
The mayor's face suddenly darkened as he didn't expect Chen Yalan to threaten him. Thinking that Chen Yalan came with an investigation warrant, the mayor had to put a smile on his face again.
After thinking about it, he knew that he probably couldn't escape this matter, so he took out something from his sleeve.
He slowly walked in front of Chen Yalan and put the things he took out on the table. Chen Yalan looked closely and saw that it was a stack of silver bills, at least tens of thousands of taels. When Chen Yalan's eyes came into contact with these silver bills, they suddenly darkened. The next second, she turned her gaze to the mayor's face.
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