Just then, a shrill scream suddenly rang out from next door, and Li Hao, upon hearing this, abruptly stood up.
He opened the door and rushed out. Grandma Yu, who also heard the commotion, could only peek out from the kitchen to make sure it was Li Hao, not Lan Yao, before she felt relieved and went back to the kitchen to start cooking.
However, her peace of mind did not last long. Li Hao rushed in from outside again, and he called out to Lan Yao anxiously, "Lan Yao, please help me. Go to the street not far from here and report the case."
Lan Yao hummed in agreement and casually replied, "Someone died?"
Li Hao lowered his head with a solemn expression: "It was indeed a fatality."
Lan Yao nodded: "I understand."
Li Hao asked with some surprise, "Aren't you curious?"
Lan Yao was a little puzzled: "Why would I be curious? My grandfather always told me that curiosity killed the cat. So I've never been curious about these kinds of things."
Of course, Lan Yao wasn't initially uninterested in other things.
She has some curiosity, but it's not strong.
However, after experiencing so many things like this in the apocalypse, she lost all curiosity.
I've been through too much and learned too many lessons like this.
Hearing Lan Yao's words, Li Hao became somewhat curious about her.
However, he didn't have time for that right now, so he spoke directly to Lan Yao.
"When you came back before, didn't you see a couple fighting? And now the wife is dead. The husband is seriously injured."
Lan Yao nodded: "I understand."
Seeing that Lan Yao was genuinely not curious, Li Hao didn't say anything more. After parting ways with Lan Yao, he quickly returned to Wang Tianfu's house.
At this moment, the neighbors were peeking out from behind the screams, but after seeing that it was Wang Tianfu's house, they became indifferent again.
Li Hao waited for a while in front of Wang Tianfu's house, and then Lan Yao called the police from the nearby street.
The older policeman Lan Yao had found recognized Li Hao and asked, "What happened?"
“Brother Zhang,” Li Hao pointed inside, “I was just chatting with Grandma Yu’s grandnephew at Grandma Yu’s house. We were talking when we suddenly heard a scream. I thought it must be from next door, so I rushed out. When I came out of Grandma Yu’s house and went to the next door, I found Wang Tianfu’s door wide open and his wife lying on the edge of the courtyard.”
Officer Zhang nodded, signaling the young officers behind him to step forward and investigate. Then his gaze fell on Lan Yao: "Are you Grandma Yu's grand-nephew? Where do you live? I've never seen you before."
Fearing Lan Yao might misunderstand, Li Hao quickly explained, "The capital has been rather unsettled lately, with several murders occurring. Brother Zhang always asks strangers questions in a businesslike manner."
Lan Yao nodded and said, "I arrived in the middle of the night. I live in a small village by the sea in Shenzhen. An elder in my family passed away, and before he died, he asked me to come to the capital to find my relatives."
I ran into Grandma Yu on my way here. She had been robbed, and I helped her get her wallet back.
Grandma Yu recognized me, so I followed her back.
Lan Yao's words had a hidden meaning; she felt that someone like Officer Zhang, who lived in the neighborhood, must know Grandma Yu.
They must also know what happened to Lan Yao.
Officer Zhang looked at Li Hao: "What kind of person is he? Is he safe?"
Officer Zhang did know about Grandma Yu's situation, so he asked Li Hao.
Li Hao nodded: "It's safe. Don't worry. I'll be away from home for a few days, so I'll leave her at Grandma Yu's house for a few days."
Officer Zhang hummed in agreement: "Understood."
Officer Zhang trusted Li Hao. Since Li Hao said it was safe, then it must be safe.
Li Hao has a way to determine whether someone is a good person or not.
Upon hearing this, Lan Yao narrowed her eyes slightly; something was amiss.
Jade Pixiu: "Master, why are they talking in a cryptic way? What are they saying?"
Lan Yao: "Li Hao seems to have some problems. I don't know exactly what they are."
Actually, she always felt that Li Hao was a bit strange, as if she was certain that he wasn't a bad person.
Otherwise, why would Grandma Yu try so hard to get a stranger to stay after she took him home?
Lan Yao looked at Li Hao with a half-smile: "So, I'm wondering why you wanted to keep me here after you found out I wasn't Grandma Yu's biological grand-nephew. But how can you be sure I'm not a bad person? What if I were to harm Grandma Yu while you were away?"
“You wouldn’t,” Li Hao said with absolute certainty. “If you were really a bad person, you wouldn’t have helped Grandma Yu find her wallet. You know, that wallet was very important to Grandma Yu. If it had really been lost, Grandma Yu might have really died.”
"Is it that serious?"
Li Hao nodded: "It's very serious."
Just as Lan Yao was about to say something, a young policeman stepped forward, glanced at Lan Yao, and after Officer Zhang nodded, said, "The female corpse had been stabbed three times. The fatal wound was in her heart."
Officer Zhang nodded and asked, "Where is Wang Tianfu? Where is he?"
Upon hearing Officer Zhang's question, a sharp-eared neighbor said, "He just had a big argument with his wife at the alley entrance and hasn't come back since."
"Hasn't he come back yet?" Officer Zhang looked at the neighbor.
The neighbor nodded: "He hasn't come back."
Li Hao said with some surprise, "I arrived very quickly and didn't see anyone leave her house."
Officer Zhang waved his hand at Li Hao: "This is none of your business. You take..."
He looked at Lan Yao, who understood and said, "My name is Yao Xin."
Officer Zhang continued, "You and Yao Xin should leave first. Otherwise, Grandma Yu will get worried."
Li Hao chuckled, "Grandma Yu won't worry about me. She'll only worry about Lan Yao."
Sure enough, as soon as Li Hao finished speaking, Grandma Yu called from the doorway: "Yao Xin! Yao Xin! How can a child like you watch such a scary scene? Let's go home quickly."
Lan Yao: ...
Li Hao pulled Lan Yao aside and said gently to the anxious Grandma Yu, "Grandma Yu, I'll take Yao Xin back right away."
Grandma Yu didn't enter the courtyard. She stood at the gate waiting for the two of them. When they came over, Grandma Yu took Lan Yao's arm and walked them home.
Li Hao wanted to follow, but Grandma Yu said directly, "Li Hao, it's so late. If you're still here, your grandma will be worried. You should go home quickly."
Li Hao said helplessly, "...Okay, Grandma Yu, I'll go back now."
He then said to Lan Yao, "Take care of Grandma Yu for a few days and make sure nothing happens to her."
Lan Yao: "...Don't forget to pay me my wages."
Before Li Hao could speak, Grandma Yu interrupted, "Yao Xin, don't you have any money? It's alright, Grandma has money here. We don't need outsiders to ask us for it."
Li Hao: ...
Lan Yao: ...
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