Chapter 69 Who are you?
Complex, surging, and unvented emotions all accumulated in his chest, clamoring for Li Xiaogou to do something earth-shattering.
However, the moment he opened the door of Yunlou's office, he hesitated because he saw Wang Bo.
Concerned, worried eyes.
Gradually, traces of his past life in this world revived, pulling him out of the cold vortex of his previous life.
Wang Zheng is dead, how should he talk to Wang Bo?
After returning to reality, this was the first problem he faced.
Having had the same experience, Li Xiaogou knew very well that there was no good way to notify.
His throat was blocked. He opened his mouth, but the person inside the door spoke before he could, "Wang Bo, come in for a moment."
As they passed by, Wang Bo patted Li Xiaogou's shoulder. The door closed behind him, and he didn't dare to stop and listen to that moment.
Li Xiaogou ran a long way in one breath.
It was impossible to hear Wang Bo's crying at such a distance, but he still had the illusion of hearing the faint sobbing on his shoulder.
For a moment, he wanted to go back and comfort Wang Bo, but the scene of his father leaving him in his previous life resurfaced in his mind.
How did he feel at that time?
Numb, cold, and afraid.
The only thing I don't crave is sympathy.
What Wang Bo needs now is not a shoulder, but revenge, to cut the person who killed Wang Zheng into pieces.
Li Xiaogou was certain that this was Wang Bo's deepest desire at the moment.
He took a taxi and went straight to Jiang Mu's home.
It was not yet time to get off work, and the community seemed empty. The sun was scorching the earth, and even the old men and women who were chatting at the fitness equipment were gone.
Only when we walked deeper into the building did we see a few people here and there, holding bamboo fans in their hands, sitting in the shade of the eaves of the buildings, their chests and armpits soaked with sweat.
Their eyes were still looking at Li Xiaogou unscrupulously, but perhaps Li Xiaogou's expression today was scary enough, and no one jumped out to introduce him to someone this time.
Li Xiaogou successfully entered the building where Jiang Mu lived.
There shouldn't be anyone in the house at this time, but Li Xiaogou still pressed the doorbell honestly.
The principle of using courtesy before force is reflected in all aspects.
He held his breath and listened for a moment, and sure enough, there was no sound in the room.
Just as he was about to use the traditional skills of the Special Investigation Bureau to unlock the door, the door was actually opened.
Li Xiaogou reacted quickly and withdrew his arm so that the person behind the door would not see what he was about to do.
The person who opened the door was Jiang Mu.
Jiang Mu was also surprised to see him.
"Why are you here?"
"I saw you didn't go to the police station, and I thought you were sick, so I came to check on you."
"Xiao Li? I just bought some good wine today and you came. Did Jiang Mu secretly inform you?" Jiang Yao's voice came from the house.
"Uncle didn't go to work today either."
Jiang Mu twitched the corners of his lips, and suddenly said something irrelevant: "Okay, I understand. If you have anything else to do, go ahead and do it."
After saying that, without waiting for Li Xiaogou to react, Jiang Mu slammed the door shut.
Just before the door closed, Li Xiaogou clearly heard Jiang Mu's voice, and he said to him anxiously, "Run."
Jiang Mu's lips clearly didn't move, but Li Xiaogou confirmed that it was Jiang Mu's voice.
Combined with Jiang Mu's actions just now, he made a bold guess.
Jiang Mu's ability to hear other people's thoughts has evolved. Now he can not only hear other people's thoughts, but also reveal his own thoughts.
So, Jiang Mu was just using his supernatural powers to tip him off?
Without thinking any more, Li Xiaogou turned around and ran.
He ran at the fastest speed, the wind hurting his face, the scene in his peripheral vision was changing rapidly, he didn't even deliberately choose the direction, he ran fast relying entirely on instinct.
He was about to see the gate of the community, but at this moment, the back of his collar tightened, his eyes blurred, and the next second he was standing in the living room of Jiang Mu's house.
His feet were still soft on the ground, and the strong feeling of weightlessness and dizziness made him retch continuously.
He couldn't even tell whether everything that had just happened was an illusion and he hadn't run out of the building at all, or whether he had been pulled back from such a long distance.
"I made dumplings today, with pork and green onions. I don't know if you can eat them." Jiang Yao asked him to sit down, and his attentive smile made people feel creepy.
Li Xiaogou refused to sit down, and the man's hand on his shoulder suddenly became extremely strong, forcing him to sit down.
"Where's Jiang Mu?"
"He wasn't very obedient, so I put him in solitary confinement to let him reflect on his actions."
"What are you reflecting on? If you don't save your friend in a dangerous situation, are you going to be a heartless and ungrateful person?"
Jiang Yao filled the glass with wine, placed it in front of him, and gestured for him to drink. "What I hate most in my life is people who are heartless and ungrateful and who backstab their friends. I want him to reflect on this: he should be smarter in his actions. Why is it so easy for him to get caught?"
His thin eyelids were lifted, revealing a completely different temperament, as if he was a man who had long been crushed by life.
"For example, he could learn more from you, Xiao Li. He can investigate cases quietly and covertly, without even his closest friends knowing. The bad guys certainly won't be able to handle it."
"In the face of an absolute disparity in strength, small moves are useless."
This sentence successfully pleased the man. He laughed heartily and threw several peanuts into his mouth, then drank a whole glass of white wine. He squinted his eyes and made a hissing sound, not knowing whether it was because of the spiciness or because he was enjoying it.
Seeing Li Xiaogou observing him, he raised his hand and said, "It's boring for me to drink too much alone. You should drink too."
Li Xiaogou lowered his eyes, his thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and tiny ripples appeared on the surface of the wine. He clenched his fingertips and tilted his head back to drink it in one gulp.
"Good, courageous!"
Li Xiaogou was almost choked to tears. He had no idea who created this 50-degree alcohol liquor and how it was discovered and promoted as a beverage. This was clearly torture!
"You are allowed to ask me a question." The man said readily, and filled Li Xiaogou's cup again.
Li Xiaogou had many questions in his mind, but the one he wanted to know most was undoubtedly: "Who are you? You look familiar to me. Have we met before?"
"You can only answer one question. Don't be greedy, kid."
"Who are you?" Li Xiaogou could feel the alcohol rising up and he might pass out at any time.
"I..." The man burped and exhaled, "It's been a long time since I mentioned this to anyone. So long that I almost forgot about it myself."
"My surname is Yan, and my real name is Yan Chong."
Yan? That Yan family?!
The man chuckled: "It seems that Yunlou's mouth is not so tight. You know about the Yan family."
"That's not what Yunlou told me."
"That's Wang Zheng. He has the biggest mouth."
"Wang...Captain Wang has been killed by the organization, so please stop destroying his reputation."
"That's right. Death is like the wind blowing away, it's boring." He laughed at himself, "How much do you know about the Yan family?"
"I know his last name is Yan."
"Haha." Jiang Yao, or Yan Chong, laughed to himself, the curve of his lips remaining the same. "The Yan family was once one of the major families. Later, because they chose the wrong side, everyone was assassinated overnight. Only one family escaped to the horizon."
"Wrong team?"
Yan Chong did not answer, but asked him a question: "Do you think that superpowers exist in this world? Should this be made public?"
This was a question that Li Xiaogou had never thought about. When he came to this world, it already had its own operating rules.
Challenging the rules? Li Xiaogou had never thought about it.
"The Yan family advocates telling the public?" This is not difficult to infer, but Li Xiaogou is puzzled, "Just because you have a different idea, you are going to be killed?"
"It's just an idea. Maybe it won't happen, but maybe it will. At this point, who can guarantee who?"
"The major families were the first to possess people with special abilities. They used their special abilities to expand their influence and control the economic lifeline of the entire world. However, a delicate balance has always been maintained between the major families. As time went on, more and more people with special abilities awakened. But whether it was a blessing from heaven or a curse, only the bloodlines of a few major families could pass on special abilities. For example, the Yan family has special abilities of the soul system. The special abilities of their descendants vary, but they are all branches of the soul system."
"The Yan family controlled most of the media resources at the time. During their heyday, they could call the shots, creating or destroying gods with ease."
"You were planning to use the media to tell the public about your superpowers, but they discovered it, so the major families united to deal with you?"
"Your imagination is excellent," Yan Chong praised. "You got part of the answer right. I just remember my father went to a meeting and came back very unhappy. He locked himself in his room and refused to come out. Later... that night, the air in the Yan household was filled with the stench of blood. It was only much later that I learned that my father had refuted those people to their face. He believed that they were covering up the news because they wanted to hold power forever."
"That may not be the case. Public disclosure may also cause even greater chaos."
"Yes, but my father was so blinded by anger at the time that he didn't realize that the other side was actually divided into two factions. One faction consisted of those power-hungry old politicians. Just like my father thought, they only cared about the little power they held. The other faction believed that without effective means and institutions to control superpowers, publicizing this news would only unite the scattered superpowers, eventually forming a class superior to ordinary humans, and the country would be torn apart."
Li Xiaogou listened quietly. As a bystander, he felt that both sides had their reasons. One could imagine how exciting the debate would have been.
"Those veteran politicians felt my father was too determined, and they realized that the power of public opinion in his hands was their most lethal weapon. So that night, they led their troops into the Yan family's house."
Li Xiaogou understood why Yan Chong showed such a sarcastic expression when he heard his words "In the face of absolute strength, everything else is futile". It turned out that he had suffered greatly from it.
He wanted to say something else, but his eyelids were getting heavier.
"Go to sleep, and when you wake up, we will come to the new world."
After he finished speaking, Li Xiaogou lowered his head. Yan Chong stretched out his hand to block his forehead to prevent him from hitting the table, then turned and walked towards the room where Jiang Mu was locked up.
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