"Gu Xicheng, are you alright?" Lu Qing asked worriedly.
Gu Xicheng's breathing was a little heavy, and it took him a long time to answer:
"I'm fine."
"What did you see?" Lu Qing asked.
Gu Xicheng frowned, opened his mouth as if to speak, but couldn't get the words out.
"I don't know how to describe that feeling, let me draw it for you!"
As he spoke, Gu Xicheng took out paper and pen and drew the scene he had seen.
The painting was pitch black and messy, except for the pair of eyes that shone through the darkness.
Gu Xicheng was certain that those were not human eyes, but those of a wild beast!
To be precise, it was a wild beast that had lost its mind and was in a frenzy.
Just looking at the paper made Lu Qing feel uneasy; no wonder Gu Xicheng was so frightened that he turned pale.
"What on earth is this thing!" Lu Qing muttered, frowning.
Gu Xicheng looked at the evil energy sealed in the jar:
"This is your origin, isn't it?"
The evil energy flickered twice, indicating that it was correct.
"Do you know where it is?" Gu Xicheng asked.
Evil spirit: "No..."
Lu Qing: "Since it's the source, and you came from there, how could you not know?"
Evil spirit: "Come out...you...brainless..."
Lu Qing frowned and pondered for a moment:
"You mean you were unconscious when you came out, and only gradually became conscious after you were in the human world?"
Evil spirit: "Desire...longing".
Lu Qing: "Did you grow by absorbing human desires?"
Evil spirit: "Yes."
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing roughly understood the process.
After releasing evil energy from this source, it will roam the human world, possess people, feed on their desires, and gradually grow.
As they grow to a certain point, they acquire a certain amount of power, so some are stronger in their evil influence and some are weaker.
“Now that it has confessed its story, should we keep it?” Lu Qing asked.
The evil spirit understood and immediately became agitated, running wildly around inside the jar.
"I...don't...trust...the...bad guy..."
The evil spirit was so anxious that it could almost speak in complete sentences.
Lu Qing couldn't help but burst out laughing:
"They've already learned to swear before they can even speak properly."
"Fine! Since you've been relatively well-behaved, we won't burn you."
Evil Qi: "Really... not lying..."
Lu Qing nodded: "Really! I'm not lying to you!"
The evil aura finally subsided. Although it was just a cloud of black mist, Lu Qing felt a sense of human-like warmth emanating from it and breathed a sigh of relief.
"I won't burn you, but I won't let you go either. You'll just have to stay in this jar for now!"
Lu Qing put the jar away and then left Jianming's office with Gu Xicheng.
He handled Yu Hong's matter briefly and didn't return until it was almost dark.
As soon as he entered, his gaze fell on the water glass in Gu Xicheng's hand. He then quickly stepped forward, snatched it, and gulped it down.
"Hey... this is the one I drank from!" Gu Xicheng said with some disgust.
Jianming wiped the water droplets from his mouth and said breathlessly, "I almost died of thirst!"
I'm so sorry!
Jianming smiled apologetically at Gu Xicheng and returned the cup.
Gu Xicheng didn't take it: "It's yours."
Jianming curled his lip: "We're all men, I've never eaten shit before, why are you so disgusted!"
Gu Xicheng's face grew increasingly dark, but Lu Qing couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, then handed him her cup:
You drink mine.
Gu Xicheng finally calmed down.
"Captain Jian, did you go on a case or got into a fight? Why are you so thirsty?" Lu Qing asked with a smile.
Jianming waved his hand dismissively, looking helpless:
"Don't even mention it! Although it's about solving cases, it's almost like arguing."
“Yu Hong’s case involved too many people. Everyone from top to bottom had to understand the situation. I explained it to this person and then to that person. We discussed it together for a full four hours before finally reaching a verdict.”
Liu Manyun: "So what was her final sentence? And how did the victim's family explain it?"
Jianming lowered his head and sighed:
"Because too many lives were involved, Yu Hong was sentenced to death, but with a two-year reprieve. It is estimated that she will eventually be sentenced to life imprisonment."
"As for the families of the victims, we didn't say anything. The matter of evil spirits is of great importance, and we were afraid that if it got out, it would cause a riot. So we'll just let them think that the person is missing!"
Lu Qing: "What did Chen Yu say?"
In short: "Chen Yu has been handed over to the Criminal Investigation Detachment. He provided a lot of useful information, which is related to a major case that the Municipal Bureau is currently investigating. The person behind him will be exposed sooner or later. You'll find out when you see the news."
"In conclusion, this case has been successfully completed. Thank you Mr. Gu, Ms. Lu, and Ms. Liu for your help!"
Jianming smiled at the three of them: "Tonight, I'll treat you to a bath as a thank you!"
"Take a bath?" Liu Manyun's eyes lit up:
"I've heard that the bathing culture here is fantastic!"
"Idol, let's give it a try!"
Lu Qing wasn't very interested at first, but seeing how much Liu Manyun wanted to go, she agreed.
That evening, Jianming led the three of them to a bathhouse.
Looking at the magnificent, palace-like place before him, Lu Qing wondered if Jian Ming had gone to the wrong place.
"Captain Jian, are you sure this is a public bathhouse?"
Jianming nodded smugly:
"Of course! Never seen it before, have you? When it comes to scrubbing backs, you have to look to Northeast China. It's not just a place to scrub backs, but also offers all sorts of services, like massage, hydrotherapy, sauna... you name it."
"There's also a free buffet and fruit, and a long pool in the back where you can go water skiing. In short, there's nothing they can't do here, only things you can't imagine."
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
Liu Manyun excitedly pulled Lu Qing inside.
After receiving their cards, the boys and girls separated. Lu Qing and Liu Manyun were fine and quickly adapted to the feeling of being honest with everyone, but Gu Xicheng was not so good at it.
After soaking and scrubbing, he felt that his body was clean, but his soul was dirty.
Jianming kept pinching his muscles, which made Gu Xicheng wish he could dig a tunnel and escape right now.
When the four of them met at the restaurant, Lu Qing noticed Gu Xicheng's dark face and couldn't help but wonder:
"Gu Xicheng, what's wrong?"
Gu Xicheng lowered his head and muttered, "It's nothing, I just feel like my soul is dirty!"
Jianming laughed so hard his stomach hurt when he heard this:
“Lu Qing, you don’t know, when he went in, he didn’t even want to take off his underwear. I had to pull it off for him.”
"When the old man was scrubbing him, he slapped his butt, which made him blush!"
Upon hearing this, the smile on Lu Qing's face vanished instantly.
"Alright! You can stop talking now!"
Jianming asked, puzzled, "What's wrong?"
Liu Manyun covered her mouth and whispered:
"Captain Jian, you need to know that two kinds of people can't sleep in the same bed."
Seeing Lu Qing's still flushed face, Jian Ming couldn't help but burst into laughter again, which angered Lu Qing so much that she cast a spell to seal his mouth shut.
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