Stage victory
Around 7 or 8 o'clock, Lin Chaoying arranged for the cleaning and renovation workers to repair the guesthouse once again.
Qin Ming, along with Qian Fei and Kong Yue, painstakingly wrote reports and held internal meetings, ultimately determining the crimes and sentences of Scarface and Chai Yan.
Lin Chaoying stood in the messy courtyard, feeling sorry for the main gate and the newly repaired guesthouse door, the broken chairs and rotten stone table scattered all over the ground...
She and Jiangchuan Valley followed their master to help tidy up, in case the four of them saw it when they got up.
After returning from 12th Street, Jiangchuan Valley was in a very low mood and was absent-minded, often misplacing things.
Lin Chaoying handed him a broom, "Go sweep the yard."
Jiangchuan Gu always listened to her: "Okay."
Lin Chaoying looked at him helplessly, her heart filled with a thousand doubts. But now that the murderer who killed Li Chao had been found, even if everyone realized that there was an undiscovered truth hidden behind this matter, they had no choice but to put an end to it at this stage.
She and Jiangchuan Valley weren't from the 12th Street, so it's good enough that they weren't brainwashed.
If she woke up later at dawn and received the police's report, she wouldn't even know the truth behind the case. She couldn't tell if it was good or bad; she just felt a stone pressing on her chest.
If the Ghost Gate knows Jiang Chuan Gu is not dead, will they still try to kill him? Wouldn't he then live with the constant threat of being killed for the rest of his life?
Kong Yue performed a full-body scan on him and found no "crystals" in his body. The blood test results also showed no supernatural abilities.
How exactly does the Ghost Gate determine if a person has a crystal inside their body? How does it predict in advance who will unleash their supernatural abilities?
What exactly are we supposed to do?
A fog enveloped her, and her mind was in complete disarray.
When the workers left at 11 p.m., Lin Chaoying was surprised that the others were still asleep. Suddenly, she heard the phone ringing in the yard and called out, "Jiang Chuangu, get me my phone! I'm cutting meat in the kitchen!"
Jiang Chuan Gu ran over as the phone rang closer and closer; the screen displayed: Qin Ming.
She sighed and complained, "He can't seem to have anything good on his mind when he calls, so I'll just answer."
Jiangchuan pressed the answer button and turned on the speakerphone.
A familiar, playful voice came from across the street: "Lin Chaoying, how about bringing Jiang Chuan Gu to 12th Street for dinner tomorrow? Hot pot? Barbecue, anything is fine!"
Lin Chaoying: "Have you finished your report?"
Qin Ming: "Yes, our colleagues from Chongqing will arrive at noon tomorrow to take the two people into custody. We will assign more personnel to assist with the follow-up investigation."
Lin Chaoying: "Will Scarface and Chai Yan both die?"
After a few seconds of silence, the person on the other end hesitated before saying, "Chai Yan used her supernatural abilities to harm human interests and was imprisoned in the Yuzhou underground prison for six years. Scarface has currently received notification that she will be sent back to prison..."
Jiang Chuan Gu's temper flared: "What did you say?!"
Upon hearing the voice, Qin Ming exclaimed, "Oh, Jiang Chuan Gu is here too? We suspect there's a mastermind behind Scarface's murders, so we need to use him to cast a long line and catch a bigger fish."
Lin Chaoying asked, "What about the public announcement? Was it previously announced that Chai Yan was the murderer?"
Qin Ming: "This case has a wide-ranging impact on public opinion. It will use the mentally unstable anti-social riot as the purpose of Scarface, and erase his social attributes, to explain Chai Yan's true role in the case and the sentencing result."
Lin Chaoying: "Before I leave, can I see Chai Yan one more time?"
Qin Ming: "Come at ten o'clock tomorrow, just don't let other colleagues see you."
Lin Chaoying smiled and said, "You trust me that much?"
Qin Ming chuckled and said, "Since I trust you so much, why don't you join Twelfth Street?"
Lin Chaoying instructed, "Hang up the phone."
After hanging up the phone, Jiangchuan Valley helped set up a small pot, boil water, and cook noodles with clean and efficient movements.
Lin Chaoying placed the sliced braised beef on a plate for later use. While he seasoned the beef and washed the vegetables, she wiped the bits of beef off her hands with a tissue and said, "I'll go wake them up. Once it's cooked, just spread the braised beef evenly in the broth."
She picked out a loudspeaker from the warehouse, stood in the yard, and recorded an audio message: "Get up! Get up!" which woke up Linlin and Zhou Pei, who were fast asleep.
Zhou Pei carried a loudspeaker up to the second and third floors, waking up Jiang Xu and Li Chao.
The first thing everyone says when they wake up is, "Oh my god! I slept for so long!"
Linlin saw the beef noodles at the restaurant and said wearily, "Sis, I feel like I'm experiencing sleep paralysis! I just can't wake up!"
Jiang Xu and Li Ming were both exhausted and their limbs ached.
Leon Lai: "I got hit?"
Jiang Xu: "Lin Chaoying, there's something wrong with your guesthouse!"
Lin Chaoying moved the beef noodles that had just been placed on the table. "Are you going to eat or not! Several of you have been sleeping all day, and I haven't said anything to you!" She skillfully turned the tables.
Li Chao opened his phone and saw a bunch of missed calls and messages from his colleagues in the criminal investigation team. He quickly dialed back and went to the door to answer and reply.
Jiang Xu took the chopsticks Zhou Pei handed him, and while eating, he opened his phone. He gasped and stood up abruptly, scrolling through his phone repeatedly.
Lin Chaoying saw his chopsticks scattered all over the floor and said speechlessly, "You! Slow down!"
Linlin quickly opened her phone and held it out in front of her, saying, "Sis! The police have found out who killed Li Chao!"
The hashtag "【May 5th Homicide Report】" exploded across Weibo and other major platforms.
At 23:35 on May 5, 3031, the Jiazhou Public Security Bureau received a report from the public that a violent murder with a knife had occurred in a guesthouse.
An investigation revealed that the suspect, Dao (male, 30 years old), suffers from severe anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder, and exhibits antisocial behavior. He violently murdered Shi (male, 28 years old) in Ziwei Village on April 20th, then traveled to Jiaozhou, where he violently murdered Li (male, 31 years old) in a guesthouse on May 5th. The perpetrator was apprehended by police while on the run.
Ms. Chai (female, 36 years old) interfered with the police investigation during the case's progress and has been taken into custody by the police.
The case is under further investigation. Please do not believe or spread rumors.
Inside the restaurant, everyone was engrossed in their phones, and no one spoke. Jiang Chuangu silently buried his head in his noodles, while Li Chao stood at the door, rubbing his face haphazardly. Jiang Xu sat on a stool, his gaze shifting between Jiang Chuangu and Li Chao... Linlin and Zhou Pei dared not breathe.
No one spoke during the meal; only the sound of slurping noodles filled the room.
The final fate of the Le Dynasty is recorded as "Le Mou" in the official report.
The impact was particularly strong for those present. They had been living and working normally these past few days, outwardly accepting the passing of friends or relatives, yet in the most ordinary and subtle moments, they felt the true departure of someone.
Compared to death, separation seems to be more painful.
A cold wind blew at dawn, and the chat box displayed the policeman's message: "Come at 9 a.m. tomorrow to complete the formalities and collect the belongings and the body."
His heart was torn to shreds, and unspeakable grief coalesced into six words between his lips: "Brother, where can I find you...?"
The weather was exceptionally gloomy the next day. Thick dark clouds pressed down on the house, and a torrential downpour shattered the newly sprouted green buds and branches, and all the flowers in the yard drooped their heads.
Jiang Xu drove Li Ming to the police station to complete the formalities.
Lin Chaoying and Jiang Chuan Gu waited for the rain to subside around noon before heading to Twelfth Street.
Upon arriving at the location, she saw Qian Fei bustling about in the kitchen on the first floor. She exclaimed happily, "Lin Chaoying! I've prepared new ingredients today!" She was very excited about the phased conclusion of the case.
Jiang Chuan Gu finally spoke, asking, "Can I take another look at Scarface?"
"Ding-" The elevator doors opened, and Qin Ming stood in the doorway, saying, "Of course not!"
Jiang Chuan Gu frowned, his eyes filled with resentment, "Why!"
Qin Ming exposed him, "Lin Chaoying won't kill Chai Yan! You're not sure! You'll definitely take the law into your own hands and punish Scarface."
Lin Chaoying smoothed things over and spoke up for him, "Qin Ming, I'll go with Jiang Chuangu and let him take us to see him one last time."
Qin Ming looked the two of them up and down, then hesitated and remained silent.
Qian Fei, his hands covered in mud, walked over and said, "Boss, if you don't believe Jiang Chuangu, I believe Lin Chaoying."
"Ugh!" Qin Ming reluctantly conceded, "Five minutes!"
The three of them went underground, passed through a dark passageway, and pushed open a heavy iron door. Inside, the room looked like a row of birdcages.
Lin Chaoying walked to the door of cell number 1, and Qin Ming used his fingerprint to open the window on the door so that he could easily observe the situation inside the cell.
Chai Yan sat alone in the corner, her arms wrapped around her legs, her long hair draped behind her, exuding a quiet beauty.
"Chai Yan." Lin Chaoying knocked on the door to attract the other person's attention and make them turn around.
Chai Yan silently turned around and looked up at her.
Lin Chaoying: "Chai Yan, your children will be placed in Fubao Orphanage for the next six years. The police and we will often go there to take care of them."
Chai Yan's eyes remained expressionless, and she did not speak.
Lin Chaoying: "If you can't go back to the hospital after you get out of prison, you can come to my guesthouse. Although it's not a permanent position, you'll get a stable salary and six types of insurance and one housing fund. The name is Kekexili."
There was still no response from the other party.
Lin Chaoying: "My children and I will be waiting for you to be released from prison. We will be waiting for you to come back in Jiaozhou."
The emotion in Chai Yan's eyes finally changed, from doubt to mockery.
Lin Chaoying reiterated, "If you don't believe me, I can sign a contract with you! I genuinely believe the guesthouse needs you!"
She said all this because she didn't want her already repressed life to end in an even more broken way under the current terrible reality.
Qin Ming was just about to close the small window.
Finally, Chai Yan spoke.
She said, "If only she had met you first."
The small window in front of them closed, and the silver iron gate mercilessly separated the two.
The three arrived at door number 5. The small window opened, and Jiang Chuan Gu saw that Scarface was lying on the ground like a cripple, like a dying fish, constantly panting heavily.
In the quiet environment, Lin Chaoying remained silent.
Qin Ming explained, "He has lost all his superpowers now because the drug suppresses his mental power, making him unable to think and practically a cripple."
Jiang Chuan Gu sighed heavily, his eyes scanning up and down with disgust and ferocity.
Do you hate him?
certainly.
Kill him?
The Le Dynasty will never return...
Lin Chaoying noticed his emotions subtly shifting from resentment to sadness.
Qin Ming closed the small window.
When it was almost time, the three left the underground detention cell. Lin Chaoying and Jiang Chuangu went to the kitchen to help Qian Fei prepare ingredients, while Qin Ming and Kong Yue prepared to welcome their colleagues from Yuzhou.
Lin Chaoying asked curiously, "Why didn't you go and help?"
Qian Fei shook the water off his hands. "The people who detained me have strange personalities and serious expressions. I don't like to deal with them."
She then asked, "Jiangchuan Valley? Are you going to stay in Jiazhou?"
Jiang Chuan Gu simply hummed in agreement, continuing to arrange the washed vegetables for Lin Chao Ying.
Qian Fei reminded him, "Then you should be careful while you're in Hoh Xil. We've taken down Scarface, and the Ghost General might retaliate in some way. In a few days, they'll send new ability users to help us."
Lin Chaoying felt a vague unease. "If the Ghost Gate isn't completely eradicated, will Jiang Chuan Valley have to live in constant fear for the rest of his life?"
"Not exactly," Qian Fei said with great distress. "The Ghost Gate Information Network can't pinpoint your location precisely every time. If you choose a place roughly the same location as Hoh Xil and hide there for a while, it feels like Ghost Gate and Twelfth Street will inevitably clash sooner or later..."
Lin Chaoying: "Aren't Ghost Gate and Twelfth Street always enemies?"
Qian Fei: "Actually, everyone will still maintain a superficial harmony. Twelfth Street will stop them from doing evil, and they will restrain themselves out of respect for Twelfth Street and will not cause any deaths. It's a mutual restraint. Now, with the cases of Shi Zan and Li Chao, I can smell the gunpowder."
Jiangchuan Valley's phone rang.
Hearing him say "Mhm," I said, "Okay, send me the file." "Just contact me directly."
At the same time, seven or eight people walked in from the first floor, led by Qin Ming and Kong Yue. The group then left in the elevator.
Lin Chaoying looked back and saw that, just as Qian Fei had said, the group had stern faces and furrowed brows, exuding an aura of being unapproachable and not to be trifled with.
Jiangchuan Valley hung up the phone, washed his hands, and continued chopping vegetables.
The elevator doors behind them opened again, and the two men carrying Scarface left through the main entrance. Then, the two men carried Chai Yan out.
Lin Chaoying was surprised to make eye contact with her.
Chai Yan's gaze was strange, indescribably strange, both complex and...
She couldn't describe it, but it wasn't the look in her eyes that suggested her current situation; rather, it was a look of disdain.
Lin Chaoying asked skeptically, "Can they handle it?"
Qian Fei laughed at her for underestimating Twelfth Street, "You know any one of those guys could chop Scarface into mincemeat, let alone Scarface and Chai Yan who have lost their powers now."
"Okay." Lin Chaoying pouted. She guessed that the gloomy weather outside was making her feel uneasy, so she changed the subject and asked Jiang Chuan Gu, "Is there any work that hasn't been finished?"
Jiang Chuan Gu nodded: "You could say that. It was a movie filmed at the end of last year. The director submitted it to a competition before its public release, and he needed me to provide some information."
Qian Fei became interested: "Best Actor? What movie is it? Tell me in advance!"
Jiang Chuan Gu pondered for a long time. The short month of experience made him feel as if he had been through a lifetime while filming, "It's a story about a poor person unexpectedly taking the place of a rich person..."
replace?
Lin Chaoying felt her scalp tingle, and the mushrooms in her hand fell to the ground with a "thud." She felt her heart pounding as if it would burst out of her body. She realized something was wrong. Chai Yan finally said, "If only she had met you first."
she?
who is she?
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