"My hands are all white from being in the water, let's get ashore quickly!" Liu Manyun said.
"Okay! Let's go upstairs and get some fruit!"
The four rafted to the entrance and then left the rafting area.
After playing around for a while, it was already past ten o'clock before I knew it.
The four arrived at the restaurant, ate some fruit and snacks, and then prepared to leave.
As Lu Qing passed by the sauna, he suddenly noticed a warning sign placed at the entrance of one of the saunas.
"I don't think there was this warning sign when we were in the sauna just now?" Lu Qing asked.
Liu Manyun: "No, there really wasn't. Maybe the sauna malfunctioned after we left!"
"Really?" Lu Qing didn't think it was malfunctioning.
She suddenly remembered the father and son she had seen in the sauna earlier, and her sixth sense told her that something must have happened in that sauna.
Lu Qing walked over and peered through the transparent glass of the sauna door.
A figure could be vaguely seen through the hazy steam.
The man was lying on the seat, his skin completely red.
Looking at the temperature display screen again, it was already as high as 80 degrees Celsius.
Lu Qing's pupils suddenly contracted, and she immediately went to open the door, only to find that it was locked.
She kicked the door open, and hot steam rushed out.
Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng, undeterred by the heat, rushed in immediately, while Jian Ming went to adjust the temperature.
But it was too late; the people inside were already half-cooked from the heat.
The commotion quickly attracted the attention of the bathing guests. When the steam dissipated and they saw the half-cooked people inside, they were all so frightened that they retreated in fear.
"Someone's dead! Call the police! Call the police!"
The scene became somewhat chaotic, with crowds rushing forward, seemingly eager to watch the spectacle, and some even taking out their phones to record videos.
Jian Ming immediately pulled out his ID and said sternly:
"I'm a police officer, put down your phones and step back!"
At this moment, Lu Qing and Gu Xicheng came out.
Jianming immediately turned around and asked the two, "How are they? Are they still alive?"
Lu Qing sighed and said, "You should ask him how well-done he is!"
Gu Xicheng quietly released the Nine Nether Lotus Flame. The flame trembled slightly but did not turn purple, indicating that it was not caused by evil spirits.
"Call the criminal investigation team. This case is not our responsibility."
Gu Xicheng had barely finished speaking when Lu Qing refuted him:
"That's not necessarily true."
Lu Qing opened his palm, revealing a tooth resembling that of a wild beast.
The Nine Nether Lotus Flame trembled and suddenly turned purple.
Gu Xicheng's gaze narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice:
"It's evil spirits at work! Then why couldn't I feel it just now?"
Lu Qing: "Because the demonic energy concealed the evil energy, this is a celestial dog's tooth. Celestial dogs are extremely fierce demons with a strong demonic energy, so the evil energy was concealed by it, and even the Nine Nether Lotus Fire almost did not notice it."
After explaining, Lu Qing looked at Jian Ming and said:
"Call the investigators over, it's time for us to get back to work!"
Jianming nodded, then called his teammates from the Investigation Bureau to cordon off the scene.
While they were questioning him, Lu Qing searched the entire bathhouse but did not find the deceased's son.
Moreover, the surveillance footage from the time of the crime was destroyed beforehand, so it didn't capture the perpetrator committing the crime at all.
"Captain Jian, there's no need to ask anymore. Let everyone disperse. The murderer is gone!" Lu Qing said.
Jianming looked surprised.
Do you know who the murderer is?
Lu Qing: "The deceased was one of the two people who opened the door after we were in the sauna. Judging from their age, they should be father and son. I took a closer look at them and, judging from their faces, his misfortune was pointing directly to his children's palace. The murderer was most likely his son."
Jianming nodded slightly:
"Alright! I'll have someone investigate the deceased's identity and network of connections right away."
The body was quickly removed because it had been steamed for too long; the skin and flesh could be easily torn off with the slightest touch. The scene during the transport was truly disgusting, and many people vomited at the sight.
Liu Manyun kept her back to the body the entire time, only glancing at the deceased at the very beginning, and then never looking directly at her again until the body was covered with a white sheet and taken away.
"Are you alright?" Lu Qing asked.
Liu Manyun shook her head: "It's alright, I only glanced at it."
"Idol, you just touched him, aren't you disgusted at all?" Liu Manyun asked, pouting.
Lu Qing shrugged:
"After seeing a lot, it's not so bad. When I went down the mountain to train before, the vengeful ghosts I encountered all had their own ways of dying. These are considered relatively good. Although they are disgusting, they are still bearable."
Jianming looked at the two girls and couldn't help but tease them:
"You two are about the same age, how come your mental resilience is so different!"
Liu Manyun glared at him and retorted:
"You're not that much older than Brother Gu, and you're even older than him, so how come you're not as rich, as handsome, or as capable as him!"
Jianming was speechless for a while after being rebuked:
"I was just joking. Why are you so angry?"
Jianming grabbed a handful of mints and handed them over:
"Put two in your mouth. That's how I relieved the nausea when I first started working on these kinds of cases. Eating a couple more would stop the nausea."
Liu Manyun didn't take it, but Jian Ming grabbed her hand and shoved it inside:
"Take it!"
"You two take advantage of this time to change your clothes and blow-dry your hair so you don't catch a cold when you go out in the wind."
Lu Qing nodded, then took Liu Manyun back to change clothes and pack her things.
While drying her hair, Lu Qing noticed Liu Manyun staring blankly at the mints and couldn't help but chuckle.
"Man Yun, you wouldn't happen to like Captain Jian, would you?!"
Liu Manyun shook her head:
"It's not that I like Jianming, it's that I like men, especially handsome, fit, and single men!"
"I've never been in a relationship before, which is a bit of a shame!" Liu Manyun sighed.
Seeing her like this, Lu Qing suddenly felt a lump in her throat. The thought of what the god had said earlier, "She will live until it is time for her to die," made her heart ache.
Noticing that her eyes were getting wet, Lu Qing quickly turned away and wiped away her tears.
Taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, he turned to Liu Manyun and smiled:
"What's there to regret! You're still young, go ahead and date if you want to. I think Captain Jian is pretty good!"
As Liu Manyun thought about Jianming, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up:
"I wouldn't say I like him or not, but he is indeed quite good-looking. I just don't know what his physique is like!"
"I'll ask Gu Xicheng for you later, he'll definitely know," Lu Qing said with a smile.
Liu Manyun nodded repeatedly: "That works! If she has a good figure and is still single, I'll make my move sooner rather than later, so that my life won't be in vain."
Liu Manyun used to think that since she wouldn't live to a ripe old age anyway, why waste other people's feelings? So she never had any intention of dating.
But now that I think about it, I'm about to die, and if I don't experience the thrill of hormones, my life will be too incomplete.
"Idol, if I want to pursue Captain Jian, you have to give me some advice!" Liu Manyun said with a smile.
Lu Qing forced back her tears and hummed in agreement.
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