Kong Lian returned home with a bruised and swollen face, exuding a menacing aura. Xu Lang, with his chubby body, huddled on the sofa, not daring to speak, stealing glances at his mother's expression with a timid look on his face. The maid who was cooking put the food on the table and then hid back in the kitchen, not daring to linger in the living room at all.
The mother and son each savored the meal in their own way.
When Xu Bowen returned home reeking of alcohol, it was still quite bright outside. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that his wife and children had injuries on their faces. "Lianlian, what happened to you and Langlang? Who hit you?" Even in middle age, his way of addressing his wife had not changed, and his concern seemed genuine.
"Why do you reek of alcohol at this hour?" Kong Lian was even angrier when she saw her husband's flushed face.
"Hey, I had a business dinner. I've been drinking since midday, and I'm already being kind by not having anyone bring them back." Xu Bo said sheepishly, smoothly changing the subject. "You still haven't told me? Who bullied you and your child? I'll kill them!" Daring to touch Xu Bo's wife and children, they really have guts in Beiyu City!
"A whole family of despicable people! I'm going to kill them!!" Kong Lian said through gritted teeth, recounting what had happened that day. Xu Bo's somewhat dizzy mind slowly cleared up as he listened.
It turned out that it was caused by the children fighting.
“The children in Dongsheng all have some kind of background. I need to find out about that child’s background first.” Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you know what to do next.
"Background? Humph!" Kong Lian sneered, her face full of mockery. "The poor thing just got lucky and met a high school teacher who happened to know the kindergarten principal. He helped them get enrolled. What can he do about what happens after that? Teacher Zhao said they have no background whatsoever. They're just a few people from out of town. They don't even have a man in their family. They're just a mother and her two children trying to make a living in another city."
When Yang Ailan was looking for a school, it was a very simple matter. She simply called the principal and asked a teacher from Xu Ran's school to come and help with the procedures. She didn't expect anything to happen later.
"Oh? Okay, I'll have her arrested tonight and locked up for a few days to sober up." Xu Bo picked up his teacup and took a sip to clear his throat from the alcohol.
"Just a few days? That's more like a sentence." Kong Lian's chest heaved violently with anger. After all, this was the first time in her life that she had been wronged by an outsider. It was no wonder she couldn't bear it.
"Sentencing?" Xu Bo hesitated. "Let me make a phone call and ask."
Sending him in isn't out of the question; after all, there's a high school teacher there to back him up. But going too far might alert the other party. A high school teacher definitely has connections; let's avoid any mishaps.
"Difficult?" Kong Lian's face fell, her displeasure turning to black.
"It's alright, let me ask first. Although we're not afraid of trouble, we still need to consider the potential risks, right? We don't want anyone to have something on us, or it'll be hard to explain to your mother later." Xu Bo put his arm around his wife's shoulder reassuringly.
"Alright." Kong Lian flinched slightly when her mother was mentioned.
She can cause trouble however she wants, but if her mother finds out she can't clean up her messes and is causing her trouble, she'll be in big trouble.
She worked incredibly hard to get that position, and her mother has never really liked her.
Thinking of this, a look of grievance flashed in Kong Lian's eyes. They were born to the same mother, but just because she took her father's surname, her grandparents didn't like her much. She hated it.
In the courtyard.
Yuan Zhuan tidied up the paintings she had just finished, as well as the assignments handed in by the old and young, and smiled with satisfaction. This was enough for Zhang Feng's group, and there would be a steady stream of assignments to come. She could take a break and do something else.
However, their work is a bit expensive. The expired cinnabar she bought is too much for the two of them to use; they all need to buy new cinnabar. Tsk... If it weren't for the income they've received now, she really wouldn't be able to afford it. Cinnabar and good talisman paper are both quite expensive.
With only these two workers available for long-term exchange, it feels like we're not enough.
Frowning, Yuan Zhuan fell into deep thought. Should she take on a few apprentices?
You need qualifications; not just anyone can do it.
As I shoved the drawer back, the courtyard gate was suddenly banged on loudly, as if struck by a fist.
Yuan Zhuan stood up, and the two playful little yellow paper figures beside him also stood up, peeking towards the door.
"Go see who it is."
The paper figure obeyed and crawled away, but soon returned.
plainclothes?
Yuan Zhuan thought for a moment, then went to open the door. "Is there something you need?"
"Is Zhao Yuxiang home, from our district police station?" The leading man asked rudely, his round face radiating coldness, as if Yuan Zhuan were a heinous criminal.
"Do you need my mother's help?" Yuan Zhuan gripped the wooden door with both hands, completely blocking the half-meter-wide entrance with his body.
"Zhuanzhuan, who is it so late?" Zhao Yuxiang's voice rang out from behind.
Hearing the knocking, Yuan Zhuan went to open the door, and Zhao Yuxiang, feeling uneasy, followed him out.
The person speaking looked up and saw Zhao Yuxiang, who looked sleepy, through the crack in the door.
"Are you Zhao Yuxiang? We are from the city police. You are suspected of intentionally injuring someone. We are here with a summons. Please cooperate."
Yuan Zhuan's face darkened. His deliberate act of harm was clearly because of the fight earlier that day.
He squinted at the three plainclothes officers approaching and asked, "Is my mother some kind of major criminal? Why would you bother coming to arrest her in the middle of the night?"
"Little girl, watch your mouth, or I'll take you away too!" Xia Bang, the leader, spoke with hostility. Clearly, he disliked being contradicted, especially by an impolite child.
The disgust in his eyes was obvious.
Yuan Zhuan sneered, "That won't work, you can't take them away!"
"Mom, go inside and don't come out!"
Zhao Yuxiang was initially alarmed when she heard that she was going to be taken away. Being taken away in the middle of the night didn't seem like a good thing.
This is exactly what Kong Lian wants: a double blow to both mind and body, torture to death would be the best outcome.
Hearing Yuan Zhuan's words, Zhao Yuxiang didn't move. "Zhuanzhuan, I..."
"Go in!" Yuan Zhuan's words carried a hint of anger, not at Zhao Yuxiang, but at the three people outside the door.
Zhao Yuxiang swallowed her words and turned back into the house without saying a word.
"Young lady, it's best to cooperate when the government is handling matters. Your teacher should have taught you this. Du Kang, Ye Fei, go in and arrest them," Xia Bang sneered and shouted.
Upon hearing the sound, the two people behind immediately strode forward and tried to push the door open, but the door was like a city wall. It was clearly less than five centimeters thick, and no matter how much force they used, it wouldn't budge.
"What are you two doing? Haven't you had dinner yet?" Xia Bang snapped.
"Captain, this door won't budge!" Du Kang said with a pained expression, straining but unable to move it.
Then, they watched helplessly as the girl inside raised her hand to push the door shut with a bang. The force was seemingly ordinary, but to them it felt like a ton of bricks.
The goalkeeper knocked them back a step, right at the arc of the opening.
"Holy crap! Am I possessed?!" A gust of cold wind blew across his neck, and Ye Fei gasped, pulling his hands back.
"What's wrong with you two?!" Xia Bang was furious, his thick eyebrows furrowed tightly.
If they come out to arrest someone, they can't even get through the door. If word gets out, where will they put their face?
"Captain, it really won't budge. You'll see once you try." Ye Fei tried to push the door again, but the icy touch under his palm felt wrong. It was as if his palm was made of ice, cold and hard. "Hiss, so cold." As he said this, Ye Fei froze. He saw that he was actually spitting out warm air.
"Du Kang, Du Kang, damn it, this is weird! Look, my breath is hot." And it's summer, September, the hottest time of the month!
Du Kang stared in astonishment at the hot breath coming out of Ye Fei's mouth. He was also bewildered; he had even noticed the hot breath coming out of Ye Fei's mouth earlier than Ye Fei himself.
This time, not only Ye Fei and Du Kang noticed, but Xia Bang also noticed. "You two step aside, I'll give it a try."
Xia Bang stepped forward, and the two men both took a few steps back with some apprehension; it was too eerie.
Just like before, I raised my hand to bang on the door, but to my surprise, when I banged down, it felt like I was hitting cold iron, both cold and painful. Moreover, the wooden door didn't make a sound, completely different from the first time I banged on the door.
hiss……
Xia Bang also took a step back, looking at the door with a terrified gaze, as if he were facing some kind of monstrous flood.
His anger cooled down after those few blows.
Recalling the cold smile on the girl's lips as she closed the door, he couldn't help but shiver.
"Get over the wall!" No matter what, the person must be taken away tonight!
If this matter is handled well, his position can be improved this time. So, even if there are any strange things, he has to rely on his integrity to break through. Besides, they are all women and children, they can't possibly fly to the sky.
Even if they didn't want to, Du Kang and Ye Fei didn't dare disobey, otherwise, given Xia Bang's temper, he could make them take off their clothes and go home tomorrow.
A wall less than two meters high really couldn't stop them.
only……
"ah……"
The two had barely climbed up, their legs still halfway up, when an unseen hand pushed them on the head with such force that they fell down, their backs aching from the fall.
"Ahhh...a ghost..." Ye Fei scrambled to his feet in a panic, not caring about anything else, and ran away screaming like the wind.
Du Kang was a bit braver, but his legs were still a little weak. "Captain, tonight is too strange. Why don't we come back tomorrow during the day?"
If Xia Bang hadn't witnessed with his own eyes that the two of them seemed to have been pushed on the head and fell down, he wouldn't have believed what had happened to him tonight.
It was so bizarre, I had never seen anything like it in my life.
Even though he was unwilling, Xia Bang dared not force things when faced with the unknown.
“Then tomorrow morning at ten o’clock.” Xia Bang glanced at the tightly closed wooden door, then his gaze swept over the strange wall. The dark and quiet atmosphere around him made the strangeness even more pronounced.
"Walk."
As he walked back, Xia Bang still felt uneasy.
He could already imagine the other person's expression, even though he hadn't handled this simple matter properly.
But there's really no other way.
Du Kang followed closely behind Xia Bang, his back soaked with cold sweat. Every step he took sent a chill through him, making him feel as if someone was behind him.
Damn, what just pushed him?
Like a pair of hands, ice-cold.
Du Kang felt his legs trembling; if he hadn't been holding on by sheer willpower, he would have been lying on the ground by now.
Inside the courtyard, Yuan Zhuan received news that the three had already left.
I imagine they'll come again tomorrow during the day, and then these methods won't be effective.
The Pei family.
When Pei Jun got home, it was already past 1 a.m.
The case was brought to a perfect close, clearing away many obstacles for that person. The big boss was so happy that he directly sent him a large piece of meat, which was both fragrant and delicious.
If you put it in his mouth and he doesn't eat it, that would be foolish.
Tonight, I'm going to visit an old friend to hear about the situation. The documents have all been finalized and everything is settled. We're just waiting for the meeting the day after tomorrow.
Humming a song, I finished washing up and was about to go back to my study to sleep when I opened and closed the door. Suddenly, I froze. There was someone in the room!
"Director Pei, this is Yuan Zhuan."
Pei Jun turned around and saw a strange girl sitting in the armchair opposite the desk. She was wearing a white tracksuit and carrying a black crossbody bag. She had a delicate and thin appearance and looked like a primary school student.
"How did you get in?" Pei Jun asked coldly, his mind racing. If he had come in through a family member, his wife would never have left him alone in the study.
Looking out the window, it was exactly as he had left that evening; even the flowerpots on the windowsill were in the same spot. So, how did she get in?
Yuan Zhuan smiled, calmly adjusted his posture, took out a CD from his crossbody bag, and placed it on the desk.
Pei Jun immediately understood when he saw the disc that Yuan Zhuan took out.
"Those things, you delivered them?!" It was both a question and a confirmation.
"Director Pei has a good memory," Yuan Zhuan praised.
Pei Jun's eye twitched, and his expression twisted for a moment.
"Where did you get those things?" With all the evidence, he didn't have to do much. With a little planning, he uncovered some things. So many locations, all accurate, written materials and videos, it was as complete as copy and paste.
During the investigation, he even put himself in her shoes and wondered if he could have obtained what she sent and rescued all the victims if he had led a team to investigate these places, secure evidence, and rescue people.
The deduction is that even if they can't capture everything, it would be a miracle if they could catch half of them and rescue a small number of children.
How could those actions not alert the enemy?
This case involved far too many people, directly crippling a certain organization and destroying its foundation. This is the fundamental reason for his two-level promotion.
It's amazing that he was promoted to such a high position just before retirement.
"Oh, so simple yet ruthless, that's all thanks to them." Yuan Zhuan smiled, and with a wave of his hand, Pei Jun witnessed a scene he would never forget in his life.
More than a dozen small yellow paper figures were standing on his desk, carrying his books, each holding a book, which looked quite eerie!
drink! ! !
Even the well-traveled Pei Jun felt his legs go weak when he saw that thing that was out of the ordinary world. He took several steps back and leaned against the door, almost sitting on the ground, making a fool of himself.
"Alright, alright, I know, I know, let them go, let them go!!" Turning his head, Pei Jun waved his hand, cold sweat sliding down his forehead and soaking his collar.
What are all these things?! Holy crap! This is an eye-opener!
"Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, go and carry Uncle Pei over to sit down. It's tiring to talk while standing." The girl's voice was like a devil's whisper. The next second, Pei Jun found himself suspended in mid-air. His mind was blank, and when he came to his senses, he was already sitting at the desk.
"Don't faint, I haven't finished speaking." Just as Pei Jun's consciousness was about to fade, a female voice entered his brain, and his consciousness miraculously became clear again.
"Who exactly are you?" A weak voice escaped from his throat.
"Your savior, and the one who propelled you to success."
A savior?
After experiencing numerous frights, Pei Jun's fear began to lessen, and he was able to think normally again.
His gaze met the person opposite him. "What do you mean?" He didn't remember who had saved him.
“Although your time hasn’t come yet, your last heart attack should have left you paralyzed until the end of your life. It was I who sent Number One and Number Two to extend your life.” Of course, her efforts were not without expectation of reward.
After all, she lives in this world and has people and things that need her protection.
At this point, Pei Jun suddenly remembered that during his last hospitalization, he vaguely remembered eating something, but because he was too confused, he always thought it was a dream.
The doctor also said that his recovery was a miracle.
"You gave me medicine?" Even so, Pei Jun still didn't quite believe it.
"Are you planning to discard me after I've served my purpose?" A cold glint appeared at the corner of his lips.
Pei Jun: ...
I didn't, don't scare me!
"No. But I still find it hard to believe." It was just too bizarre; even if he told his wife what she was saying, she wouldn't believe him.
"Oh, it's nothing. How about this, to prove my innocence, I'll make you critically ill again, and I'll save you once more." The girl smiled beautifully, but the coldness in her eyes seemed to say that she was not joking.
Pei Jun: ...
That's ruthless.
"No need to trouble yourself, I trust you."
Given that they were able to obtain those items, it seems normal for these little paper figures holding up books to do so.
"I am a Taoist master; I can do feng shui and fortune telling."
Pei Jun was puzzled. What did this mean? Why did we suddenly get to this point? Shouldn't we be discussing conditions?
A Celestial Master? Such a young Celestial Master?
He knew that she came to take advantage of his kindness.
"Mayor Pei will take office the day after tomorrow. It is an honor for Beiyu City to have such a good official as Mayor Pei."
Pei Jun is exhausted, and you know that now.
Just as I expected, that's exactly what he was thinking.
It's not surprising that such an extraordinary person was his savior.
“I’m just an ordinary citizen, because of my brother…” Yuan Zhuan explained the purpose of his visit.
Pei Jun listened quietly. "I'll have someone handle it. They won't bother you anymore, so don't worry."
"Okay, thank you, Mayor Pei."
Yuan Zhuan stood up, nodded his thanks, and slowly disappeared under Pei Jun's gaze, along with the CD on the table.
Pei Jun gasped, unable to hold back, and blurted out, "Holy shit!!"
Outside the Pei family's courtyard wall, the straw doll that Yuan Zhuan held in his palm turned to ashes and scattered on the ground.
Looking up, she met Pei Jun's gaze as he leaned out of the window.
Pei Jun: Holy crap!!!
With a smirk, Yuan Zhuan waved his hand, activated the Swift Travel Talisman, and vanished from the spot.
Pei Jun felt a chill run through him, clutching his chest as cold sweat poured from his head to his feet.
This is mind-blowing!
There really are such powerful sorcerers in this world! Who would believe it if word got out!
That's terrifying!
No wonder, all those bigwigs who take office have to go to that temple to pray.
Let him say that there's no need to go to the temple to pray anymore; there's a living one here, and praying to her should be better than praying to those stone sculptures.
For Pei Jun, that night felt like a dream, yet it was also so real.
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