Chapter 79 79 Shi Guiying
Tu Penglai remained silent. She lowered her head and ate the fruit with her fork. The yellow peach inside was extremely fresh and juicy. She picked up a slice and said, "Want some? It's your favorite."
Tu Lanxun didn't respond, remaining absolutely silent. Tu Penglai didn't feel offended at all, and without even looking up, he said, "What are you busy with lately?"
"Do some business." Tu Lanxun said, "It's a small investment with small profits, don't worry."
Tu Penglai said, "Oh...that's great."
Tu Lanxun asked dryly, "Have you encountered anything strange recently? I just saw the police downstairs, saying something happened here. How about we find you a different nursing home?"
"No thanks." Tu Penglai finished his fruit and put the plate aside. "I'm fine here. Thank you for the hospital bill."
This scene was really strange. When the mother and daughter met, they were as polite as strangers. Tu Penglai didn't mind Tu Lanxun's attitude at all, and Tu Lanxun didn't miss her at all. Seeing her mother was like checking in.
But the only one who felt awkward was Tu Lanxun, while Tu Penglai was very comfortable.
After standing there for another two minutes, Tu Lanxun looked around and said, "Okay, that's good. I'll be leaving now. I'll come see you later."
Tu Penglai didn't stay until Tu Lanxun reached the door. Then her voice came from behind: "Have you paid off the debt I owe you?"
Tu Lanxun didn't turn around, "It's paid off, don't worry."
Tu Penglai's voice was a little ethereal. "Don't worry. You're so capable, why wouldn't I be worried?"
For the first time, Tu Lanxun's face showed a half-smile, with a hint of N-style coldness. When he turned around, it turned into a gentle indifference and said, "It's okay, you know, I can always survive."
Tu Penglai stopped talking, and for the first time, her expression was shrouded in gloom.
Tu Lanxun and N left the ward.
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Watching Tu Lanxun discussing nursing matters with the nurse, N glanced at her with a strange look. When she finished speaking and turned back, he looked away again, like a feline secretly observing humans.
"What's wrong?" Tu Lanxun walked towards Li Ao downstairs.
"You and your aunt have a very strange relationship," said N.
Tu Lanxun rarely showed any impatience. She had no emotion. "Auntie?"
Before calling her mother aunt, can you please check your own age first?
N died six years ago, at the age of twenty-six. If he were still alive, he would have been over thirty. If we add the endless years in "Gray City Cave", Tu Lanxun really wants to whisper "Hello, uncle" to this young and handsome man.
N understood, and with a wooden face, he raised his eyelids and glared at Tu Lanxun lightly, then walked past her and walked down with his long legs.
Tu Lanxun soon reunited with Li Ao. Since the ghost in Yangui Sanatorium had not been caught yet, all the patients here were under protective surveillance.
"I've contacted Officer Wen, she'll be here soon," said Li Ao, who was busy rushing Xiao Zhang to get a physical examination to avoid any sequelae.
N said, “No need.”
Tu Lanxun paused for two seconds and repeated, "No need to bother."
She could do this by herself. She took Li Ao to a deserted place. Tu Lanxun took out the pocket watch from her pocket, and her vision suddenly became dark.
Countless candle flames were floating around her. She tried hard to recall Gong Chunlei's appearance, and soon, a jumping flame was locked onto her.
"Found it."
Li Ao was surprised: "Where?"
Tu Lanxun replied: "West."
Gong Chunlei didn't run far, and Tu Lanxun and Li Ao chased him to a nearby residential building. The most troublesome thing now was not finding the ghost, but preventing Gong Chunlei from entering the body of a living person.
"This building, on the left side of the fifth floor." Tu Lanxun was still in a "black blind" state, holding Xiao Zhang's arm.
It was sunset and many residents had gone home after get off work. Tu Lanxun followed Xiao Zhang up the stairs and soon reached the fifth floor. The entrance door on the left was locked.
"Don't." Li Ao was afraid that Tu Lanxun would elbow the door of innocent people again.
He took out two pieces of wire and was about to insert them into the keyhole, but the door opened a gap automatically.
"Not locked?" Xiao Zhang marveled at their good luck.
Li Ao glanced at Tu Lanxun, who was still in a black-blind state, with a bit of sternness and a bit of surprise. He finally understood why Wen Chong valued her so much.
Tu Lanxun noticed the brief silence and said, "I haven't reached the point of breaking into houses and picking locks to commit a crime."
Several people rushed in. In fact, the first one to go in was the invisible N. The binding distance of 20.22 meters was enough for him to control the old man who was cooking on the balcony. In the rumbling sound of the range hood, the old man's whole body froze, and he turned back with a ferocious expression on his face, his eyes were cloudy, and it was obvious that he had been occupied by the body.
N sneered, and plunged his claws into the old man's chest, grabbing out the squirming soul inside.
Gong Chunlei was still screaming and squirming, but he was not as easy to deal with as Teacher Liu. Soon, the screams turned into shrill laughter, and streams of light from N's body flowed towards Gong Chunlei, as if he was sucking him in.
But N stood there without any reaction, but the skin on his exposed wrist became even paler.
Tu Lanxun had already put the pocket watch back into his pocket and quickly stepped over Li Ao who was helping the old man up.
Gong Chunlei laughed shrilly: "Hahahahahaha, let me suck you dry!" He turned his head and made an extremely disgusting pouting expression, a bit like a mosquito, "Ah! People! All the living people here will be turned into dried human flesh!"
His spirit body began to flatten and was about to slip through N's fingers like fluid, but N remained motionless, as if he was determined to see what other tricks Gong Chunlei had up his sleeve.
Tu Lanxun directly grabbed Gong Chunlei's neck.
A cloudy silver light appeared on Gong Chunlei's neck. That was the core of his soul, which was now held in Tu Lanxun's hand.
His shrill laughter changed tone and became very panicked, and another car stopped outside the window. Wen Chong got out of the black jeep, looked up at the window, and met Tu Lanxun's gaze.
Tu Lanxun pulled out Gong Chunlei's soul core, but she didn't know what to do with it. She couldn't crush it even after squeezing it. N said, "Give it to me."
There were faint sounds of footsteps coming up the stairs outside.
Just when N was about to deal with Gong Chunlei, two figures suddenly appeared behind him.
One white and one black, they were still the tall but shabby pair of ghosts. The woman was wearing a white suit with burnt edges, and the man's black gown was torn by insects. Both of them had expressionless faces and unfocused eyes, and their four cold and lifeless eyes were fixed on Gong Chunlei.
Under a certain sense of oppression that Tu Lanxun could not feel, Gong Chunlei's screams sounded like a pig that had been slaughtered and was only left with one breath.
It's them again.
Last time, these two strange ghosts appeared and executed Teacher Liu's soul.
It seems... a good ghost, right? Pretty powerful.
Could it be that by subduing a sinister ghost, they could be summoned?
Tu Lanxun moved the soul core towards the black and white ghosts, signaling them to solve the problem quickly and everyone cooperated happily.
N grabbed Tu Lanxun's wrist, a chill seeping into his skin. He shook his head slightly, "Not yet."
These words were spoken to both Tu Lanxun and Heibaigui.
The white ghost and the black ghost seemed not to hear and raised their hands at the same time. Gong Chunlei almost died of howling for the second time. N pulled Tu Lanxun and said, "Tell them to stop."
Tu Lanxun: Me?
How could she dare to order those two impermanent ghosts who looked like the embodiment of some kind of law?
N's eyes were persistent.
Tu Lanxun could only say tentatively: "Well, can you stop for a while? He might be useful to me."
The black and white ghosts froze. Their four cold eyes turned to Tu Lanxun.
They could actually hear her speak, but whether they could understand her was unknown.
Tu Lanxun exchanged glances with N and quickly said, "Once I'm done, I'll call you to kill him."
The black and white ghosts still didn't say a word, maybe they couldn't speak at all, but the two figures slowly disappeared into the air.
They agreed.
N took out a glass bottle, Tu Lanxun stuffed the soul core into the bottle, and Gong Chunlei also flowed in as if being siphoned in. N sealed the bottle.
Tu Lanxun turned around and was startled. There were more people in the room. Wen Chong was standing at the door, looking at her with interest, "Boss Tu."
"Officer Wen." Tu Lanxun laughed awkwardly.
Wen Chong acted calmly, as if he didn't see N at all. He waved his hand and said, "Looks like I'm no longer needed here. Is it resolved? Come back."
Amidst the inquiries of Li Ao and Xiao Zhang, the old man slowly woke up. Seeing the uniform in front of him, he became a little nervous. "What's going on?"
Xiao Zhang smiled kindly: "Uncle, there might be a natural gas leak in your house. We came to take a look. It's fine now."
"Oh..." The old man was still confused. As the group said goodbye and left, Li Ao turned back and said, "Remember to lock the door. Be careful of fire and theft."
The old man nodded repeatedly.
After leaving the building, Wen Chong didn't rush to get into the car. There was a familiar face sitting in the black jeep she drove.
Old Wei was so anxious that he kept rubbing his hands. At this moment, he jumped down and said, "Oh, you guys are finally down. Director Wen wouldn't let me get off the car, and she went up alone."
Li Ao raised his eyebrows: "Are you done with your business?"
"It's not over yet." Lao Wei said: "It involves cross-city cooperation, and there are still formalities to go through."
"Across town?" Li Ao gestured for Xiao Zhang to drive his car. He and Lao Wei got in the black jeep and asked Tu Lanxun to get in as well. "We'll talk while we drive."
Wen Chong started the engine, and Old Wei finally spoke, "Isn't there a cleaning lady missing? Her family said she went to Fuzhou to work. She used to live and eat in Fuzhou, and only came back once a month, but now she hasn't been back for several months, so her family is worried."
"Can't get through on the phone?" Li Ao asked.
Lao Wei replied: "We just contacted each other once, and I sent a two-word text message: 'Nothing'."
He thought for a moment and added, "It is said that Shi Guiying—the missing female cleaner—works in a special location and is not allowed to have frequent contact with the outside world."
Li Ao frowned: "MLM?"
Lao Wei said, "It doesn't seem so. The place where she works is quite famous. It's a high-end mixed bag of people, and it involves some business cooperation or something."
Tu Lanxun suddenly had a premonition. Li Ao was getting impatient: "Can you tell me exactly where it is at once?"
Old Wei said, "Junxi Manor."
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