Chapter 87 Police Station
Tu Lanxun and Sonia seized the opportunity and slipped into the gate.
There was nothing left to hide at this point, so they rushed straight to the computer host in the middle. A young man in charge of data management stood up nearby and was about to call out, but Sonia pounced on him and knocked him down with a punch.
Another employee on duty came running out from behind the inner door. He was quite skilled in martial arts. Tu Lanxun wanted to pick up a chair and hit him, but Sonia came out of Shi Guiying's body directly, and the humpback whale's tail hit the other's face hard, and the employee fell down.
Suoniya glared at Tu Lanxun and said, "Why are you standing there? Do I look like a USB drive?"
Tu Lanxun inserted the USB drive into the host interface and tapped the keyboard a few times under Wenchong's remote control. Data flowed continuously to the other end of the world. The progress bar quickly finished, and the alarm sounded again throughout the Junxi Manor.
A message box pops up: Please choose whether to destroy the system.
Click "Yes" to paint the blue Xun.
The computer screen instantly went blue, lines of incomprehensible code twitching and scrolling. Tu Lanxun felt the heat from the mainframe burning her face. She grabbed Suoniya and pushed her towards Shi Guiying, shouting, "Go!"
The two of them scrambled out. Perhaps due to the influence of the radio waves, the lights flickered. The door was automatically locked. N instantly appeared in front of them and blocked it.
Tu Lanxun and Suoniya ran out safely.
The entire Junxi Manor's CNC system was paralyzed. The elevator door opened, but the buttons inside didn't work. Tu Lanxun said to Suoniya, "Lift me up."
Sonia lifted Tu Lanxun's feet and let go. Tu Lanxun hit the roof of the elevator car with his elbow, causing it to deform and crack twice. Finally, several steel plates scattered. The two of them climbed to the top of the elevator car, and above them was a dark and indistinguishable elevator shaft, which was deep and long.
"Climb up." Sonia struggled to control Shi Guiying's body.
Tu Lanxun didn't have the same abilities as a ghost, but several shadows appeared behind her. Liu Maosheng, Mikhail, and Lu Jiasui worked together to build a ladder and sent her up.
N had already reached the side wall of the elevator door on the second floor below ground. He clamped his body at a precise angle and pulled the metal door open with both hands, revealing the parking lot behind it.
"Let's go!" He pulled the blue-painted xun.
Tu Lanxun and Suoniya climbed to the second floor. A stench of dust hit them. The elevator door closed automatically like molars, and the sound of the cable running was heard again. Suoniya said, "Oh no! Their backup system has been restored."
There were faint noises coming from upstairs and downstairs, and one could imagine how many people were chasing them.
At the most critical moment, a red and blue light suddenly shone outside the passage of the underground parking lot. Wen Chong drove down and drove the police car like a galloping mad horse, almost leaving Tu Lanxun and the other man in front.
The two men quickly climbed up and drove out of the parking lot. There were already seven or eight cars and vans with police badges parked in Junxi Manor. The police officers were on guard with guns, and the flashing red and blue lights made people panic, but Tu Lanxun relaxed and slumped down in the seat.
it's over.
Li Ao led the team to escort people out in waves, including Zhong Tie, Ye Xinlan, Xiao Fengge, and a man who looked familiar to Tu Lanxun.
The man was about fifty years old, dressed in well-groomed casual clothes. His short gray hair gave him a refined temperament. He had strong shoulders and wore a pair of rimless glasses.
He is the director on the display board of Deshi Hospital.
"Your actions were a huge help," Wen Chong said. "They were about to remotely destroy the transfer database, but you got there first."
Tu Lanxun couldn't help but laugh, revealing her teeth as she fell back onto the pillow, her gaze still fixed on the dean outside the car window. She suddenly stopped laughing and asked, "Can you suppress it completely this time?"
"It's difficult," Wen Chong said, but then his brow hardened. "I'll do it only if it's difficult."
In any case, this matter had nothing to do with Tu Lanxun anymore. Wen Chong drove her all the way back to Lucheng. During the journey, Wen Chong kept arranging work through the walkie-talkie, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
Sonia, who was sitting on the side, was sitting calmly. When Wen Chong took out the chewing gum box, she asked for two gums and threw one to Tu Lanxun.
"What are you looking at?" Suoniya's carefree expression appeared on Shi Guiying's face, which was really inconsistent. "I'm going to die, and you won't even let me eat candy?"
Tu Lanxun gave her a veiled warning, not for the candy, but for the hands that had lifted her up in the elevator shaft. Sonia was a shrewd woman, and she quickly understood. She gave a self-deprecating laugh and fell silent.
It was raining and snowing on the way from Fu City to Lucheng, and the moisture climbed up the car windows. When we stopped at the South Branch, Tu Lanxun felt as if he was in another world.
It’s only been three or four days.
Li Ao was left in Fuzhou by Wen Chong to handle a cross-regional case, and the people from Junxi Manor were temporarily detained at the Fuzhou police station. Only Wen Chong and two other cars returned.
As soon as they got off the car, the three of them walked into the police station in the rain. The snowflakes were dimly lit by the dark blue sky. Tu Lanxun greedily breathed in the cold air. Junxi Manor was such a scary place. Being surrounded inside, she felt like her life was over. She never wanted to go back.
"Sit down." In the lounge, Wen Chong poured hot water for the three of them and looked at Suoniya. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Wen Chong, the temporary leader of the special task force of the Lucheng South Branch."
Sonia crossed her arms, unsure whether to shake her hand. She snorted awkwardly, then added, feeling embarrassed, "I'm Sonia. I've been dead for over seven years. You should all know the details."
Wen Chong sat back down, not intending to shake hands. "Will Shi Guiying ever wake up?"
Sonia smelled the scent of the order to expel her, and her face turned even colder. The phantom figure of the humpback whale mermaid emerged from Shi Guiying's body. The latter still had her eyes closed, her face tilted, and she was in a coma.
But fortunately, she is in good spirits and her skin is rosy.
Wenchong called two police officers in and told them to send Shi Guiying to the hospital, stay there tonight, and contact her family.
One of the police officers, who had returned from Fu City, was scratching his head in confusion. "Do we have to detain him in the ward? Everyone who came out of Junxi Manor has been detained."
Tu Lanxun imagined the scene of Shi Guiying lying unconscious on the hospital bed with one wrist handcuffed, and felt it was a bit cruel.
But no one knows whether Shi Guiying was forced to do anything against her will during the years she served at Junxi Manor.
Wen Chong waved his hand: "Not yet, but you two can stay there overnight."
The door closed, and only Tu Lanxun, Wenchong and Suoniya were left in the lounge. The three of them didn't speak for a long time. Tu Lanxun looked at Wenchong, and Wenchong looked at Suoniya.
Suffering the gazes, Sonia swung her tail and floated up, bringing her two wrists together before Wen Chong. "If you want to catch me, do it now. Don't cut me with a blunt knife. But do you have any laws against ghosts breaking the law or killing people after death?"
Wen Chong seemed not to hear Suoniya's ridicule and asked, "Why don't you run?"
Now that the mermaid crisis has been resolved and the entire Junxi Manor is behind iron fences, Sonia is safe and she can go wherever she wants.
Sonia raised her chin towards Tu Lanxun and said, "Wait for her."
Wen Chong was puzzled: "She?"
Sonia pursed her lips, looking willful and serious. "She said she has a place, a store, and I can go there."
Tu Lanxun couldn't help but interrupt, "Aren't you going back to look for Ms. Suo Fanhua?"
Sonia didn't care: "I'm not selling it to you. Adults - adult ghosts should have their own independent lives."
The topic was dropped. Wen Chong sighed and turned serious. "Okay, answer two questions for me, and then you can go with Xiao Tu."
She rested her elbows on her knees, fingers crossed. "First, how did you manage to resist Ji Jingyan and kill him? Second, why did you think of giving the mermaid experiment data to Suo Dafu? He's your uncle. Isn't that too risky?"
Sonia disdainfully said, "I didn't expect him to do that. I asked him to report to the police but he refused and instead tried to blackmail me. It made my mother sad."
The latter question had an answer, but for the former question, Sonia glanced at the pocket of Tu Lanxun's clothes intentionally or unintentionally before speaking. The cleaning uniform was dirty and wrinkled from fighting and climbing the well. There was a slight bulge in the pocket, and the silver chain was inside.
Sonia said, "Someone taught me this. They were actually using me."
Wen Chong was alert: "Who?"
Suo Niya spread her hands and said, "He was a frequent visitor to Ji Jingyan's villa in the last few months. His surname is Nan and he's very energetic. He gave me some advice on how to kill Ji Jingyan and let Suo Dafu report him when he passed by."
Once, in Ji Jingyan's villa, when no one was around, the man walked past the fish tank where Sonya was kept and gracefully fed the ocean tank. This caused Ji Jingyan, who was walking behind him, to exclaim, "Brother Nan, what are you doing?"
The man turned around and smiled warmly: "Feed the fish, throw a piece of ham."
At that time, Sonia was crawling behind the coral reef, covering the object. It was not a sausage, but a demolition device sealed in a waterproof membrane. Ji Jingyan didn't find anything and complained to the man not to feed Sonia.
This incident caused Ji Jingyan to feed Sonia sausage several times.
Later, after killing Ji Jingyan, Suo Niya ran away. Outside the small shop in the vegetable market where Suo Fanhua worked at the time, she saw Nan Xishan in front of the closed breakfast shop next door. The latter did not greet her and directly offered her the second vicious plan.
For Sonia, it is a treasure bag of revenge, but for Bi Hai Chao Sheng, it is a sharp knife tipped with poison.
But no one expected that Suo Dafu would be so bold as to blackmail Hu Haisheng.
"A failed cooperation." This is how Sonia summed up Wen Chong.
After explaining the matter, Wen Chong didn't keep them any longer. Before leaving, he asked Sonia where the mermaid project data she had obtained was. Sonia didn't have it on her. She laughed and said, "In the cemetery, lift up the stone slab, there's a chip next to my urn. If you came to me for this, it's a waste of effort."
There was actually a character separation. Although Sonya was an idol, she had the potential to be a kidnapper.
Tu Lanxun thought he would have to take a taxi to go out, but unexpectedly, a police car was waiting in the police station yard. There were two police officers inside, who rolled down the window and smiled at Tu Lanxun.
She recognized that one of them was the unlucky guy who was locked outside the sanatorium after Gong Chunlei kidnapped Xiao Zhang.
The unlucky guy said, "I'll give you a ride, Consultant Tu."
Sonia wanted to get in the car if there was one, but Tu Lanxun stopped and asked, "Is it on the way?"
"On my way!" The unlucky guy laughed. "According to the latest orders, we have opened an additional duty station next to your store."
Tu Lanxun and Sonia took the unlucky guy's car back to the convenience store.
The unlucky guy couldn't see Suoniya, but he kept chatting with Tu Lanxun along the way: "Advisor Tu, why did you suddenly come back from Junxi Manor? Oh, this is a confidentiality issue, but you haven't changed your clothes yet."
Tu Lanxun's ears were numb from the man's nagging, and the unlucky guy didn't quiet down until they drove into the development zone.
The two police officers' destination was a blue square building one street away from the convenience store. It was originally supposed to be a police station, but it was temporarily vacant due to the overall withdrawal from the development zone.
"It's quite clean." said Tu Lanxun.
It was a small building with a courtyard. The green trees inside looked lush, but there was no sign of abandonment.
The unlucky guy said, "We will come to patrol regularly."
Tu Lanxun was sent back to the convenience store and left his contact information with the unlucky guy. From then on, he would have a living neighbor near Penglai Building.
When she got off the car, she hesitated. Being so close, would she scare away the nearby ghost community?
The unlucky guy squinted his eyes and said, "Don't worry, we have received orders to keep a low profile and protect it."
It turned out that this police station was not only set up to maintain public order in the development zone, but also to protect Tu Lanxun. From his expression, Tu Lanxun could tell that the unfortunate man had received more orders than just that.
Perhaps the normalization of ghosts has been included in the category, but society needs to be prepared and then accept ghosts as part of it in a safe manner.
When I returned to the convenience store, the computer ghost was playing games. Because it was raining and snowing outside, there were not many ghost customers.
Tu Lanxun bathed in the warm light, breathed a sigh of relief, and finally returned home.
Everything was running smoothly. She ran to check the account book. Next to her, Sonia was picking and choosing between the shelves and brought out a small basket of snacks.
Tu Lanxun looked up and noticed that Sonia was holding a lot of expensive, high-end snacks. Half of them were imported, their costs inflated by taxes. She couldn't help but be stingy: "Do you have the money to pay?"
Sonia didn't care at all. She opened a bag of chocolate and popped a piece into her mouth. The mixed-haired kitten, Ghost Potato Pancake, automatically jumped onto her lap. Sonia was very familiar: "No."
Tu Lanxun choked and said, "Then why are you still eating?"
Sonia pretended not to understand and continued to chew chocolate openly. She even went to the computer ghost to give instructions on the game combo, "Yes, yes, A-him! Dodge, hurry up and use the ultimate move."
A voice came from behind the cigarette box. It was Mikhail, who had just returned to the Copper Lynx. A ruby spit out from the Copper Lynx's mouth: "I paid her bill."
Tu Lanxun, of course, denied it and threw the ruby back. "Who are you trying to fool? This thing is hard to sell. It looks like it was grown in a lab. Bring me gold."
Mikhail stuttered and spat out a golden bean. Tu Lanxun held it in his hand with dissatisfaction, "This is too light."
Mikhail was wealthy. He had inherited a large fortune and spent a long time in the ghost world after his death. However, he preferred fancy things, such as various colored gems and handicrafts, and his gold holdings were far inferior to N's.
Sonia came over, biting a spicy noodle, rolled her eyes, took the golden beans from Tu Lanxun's hand, and threw them back into the bronze lynx's mouth accurately, "Keep them for yourself and put them under the mattress, Pixiu."
She also pushed the cigarette box, completely hiding the figure of the bronze lynx.
The words "Stop being too attentive" were written all over his face.
After saying that, Sonia took out a solid gold ring, or a thumb ring, from her pocket. It was so heavy that it could make a bump on a person's forehead, and stuffed it into Tu Lanxun.
It was tacky, but Tu Lanxun liked it and she laughed.
"Don't you have no money? And where did this come from?" Tu Lanxun was surprised.
Sonia tilted her head and smiled wickedly, "This is not money, it's stolen goods."
Well, I took it from Ji Jingyan’s villa. It’s a deadly thing.
But Ji Jingyan's death was a worthy one. Tu Lanxun was not interested in handing it over to Wenchong and Li Ao. He just pretended not to know and threw it into the safe.
Sonia was still not satisfied after eating. She looked around and frowned, "Why is this place so clean? There's no place to step."
Tu Lanxun didn't expect that this could be criticized. Instead, N on the side glanced at him and said coldly: "You don't live here."
"Why don't I live here?" Sonia crossed her arms and said openly, "I'm here and I'm not leaving. I'll be with her from now on."
In the end, Liu Maosheng took Sonia to pick out an empty apartment nearby. It was a small two-story building with decent decoration. Sonia said it was just okay.
After all this trouble, Tu Lanxun finally returned to his home on the third floor, with N hanging not far behind him.
"Go to bed." Tu Lanxun took out a new bath towel from the public locker and carried it into the bedroom.
Only N was left standing there, silent for a long time. When he heard the faint sound of water coming from the master bedroom, he took a step, walked past the noisy floor scrubber, and walked towards the plastic broom.
The first step for a mysophobia sufferer when returning home from a long trip is to do a thorough cleaning.
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Tu Lanxun had a nightmare all night. In his dreams, he saw Zhong Tie's face. He was pinching his neck and grinning: "Where's my fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl? Where's my fish-flavored shredded pork rice bowl? Why hasn't it been delivered yet?"
Tu Lanxun said with difficulty in his dream: "I put it on your table, but you didn't come back to eat it..."
Zhong Tie stared at her hatefully: "I can't come back! I can never come back again! It's all your fault."
Then she woke up, gasping at the ceiling.
Tu Lanxun slowly sat up, hugging the quilt in a daze. She couldn't help but think of Zhong Tie and Ye Xinlan.
She is no longer at the age where she would ignore the real intentions behind others' superficiality if they were nice to her, and think that everyone in the world is a good person.
But what will happen to Zhong Tie and Ye Xinlan in the end?
Shaking his head, Tu Lanxun turned over and got out of bed, but stepped on a fluffy, flat thing. The thing made a loud "meow" sound, with a condemning tone.
Potato Pancake's big yellow-green eyes stared at Tu Lanxun.
Seeing that Tu Lanxun had no intention of standing up to greet it, it twisted its butt and hit Tu Lanxun's leg with its tail, then bit Tu Lanxun's calf with its four sharp little teeth, with a hint of punishment.
Tu Lanxun had heard of a type of dog used to herd sheep and cattle that would bite the cattle's hind legs when urging them to move. Now Shu Bing was herding her, demanding treats and rewards.
As expected of Sonya's cat, neither the floor nor the door can stop it, and it is self-righteous and never reflects on itself. It only wastes other people's energy.
Tu Lanxun stared at the hash brown for three seconds, then suddenly smiled and pulled out a gadget wrapped in a long electrical cord from the bedside table. She reached out, plugged it in, pointed it at the hash brown, and flipped the switch.
"Buzz—whoosh whoosh whoosh—"
The hair dryer exhaled a large stream of hot air, blowing directly onto Hash Brown's cat face, making a noise unique to hair dryers.
Potato Pancake screamed, let go of Tu Lanxun's calf, turned around and ran, and disappeared directly through the door panel.
There was a "Hey" sound from outside the door. It was N, followed by the sound of dishes and chopsticks falling on the table.
Tu Lanxun went out happily and saw the potato cake jumping on the table and stomping around. Next to him was N, who was trying to save the wonton noodle bowl with a cold face. He was holding a rag in his other hand, wiping the spilled noodle soup, looking virtuous and resentful.
N deadpanned, "It hit my hand."
Tu Lanxun shrugged: "I don't dare to interfere."
When Hash Browns shook its whiskers for the third time and tried to smell a shrimp on the edge of the bowl, N finally couldn't help but pick it up. The kitten twisted its body unwillingly, but N held its ribs and turned it over.
He blew a short breath towards the cat's face: "Huh."
It was very light, not really a warning, more like silence.
Hash Browns bared his teeth and threatened him, then was put on the ground and ran away on his four little kitten legs.
Tu Lanxun was already sitting on the other side of the table with her face wet with lotion. She picked up her chopsticks. N came over and replaced the bowl in front of her that had just had soup spilled on it with another one.
It's another bright morning.
#
The convenience store was still in order, and ghosts were gathering more and more nearby. Tu Lanxun was busy with the cashier and restocking all day. In his spare time, he either quarreled with Sonia or played games, and gradually forgot about the Junxi Manor.
Three days passed like this.
Li Ao is here.
He showed up at the door of the store early in the morning, followed by Xiao Zhang and Lao Wei. He looked exhausted as he entered. "I hope I didn't disturb you."
The people queuing for breakfast in the store had all disappeared, and Li Ao acted as if he hadn't noticed them. He pointed at the frozen New Orleans chicken buns in the insulated box and said, "Two, and a cup of hot soy milk."
Tu Lanxun asked, "Is the matter of Junxi Manor settled?"
"It's not over yet." Li Ao yawned tiredly. "We only detained Hu Haisheng. Dong Yijian has been released. There's no direct evidence of his involvement in the affairs of Junxi Manor, and the property is registered under someone else's name."
He added: "Dong Yijian is the director of Deshi Hospital and one of the directors of Tianguo Group."
Tu Lanxun knew this would be the result and asked, "What about the others? What about Zhong Tie, Ye Xinlan, and the others?"
The ghosts in the store began to evacuate in disorder, and some ghosts held up temporary signs: Please leave me a pre-made bento with XX flavor.
Tu Lanxun blinked to indicate that he received it.
Li Ao began to chew on his bun, looked around, and then looked away. "They're still interrogating. These people may have experienced the same 'forced to take action' as you. They're all very tight-lipped. There's a strange tacit understanding."
Tu Lanxun couldn't help but suggest, "Why not tell them that those who were killed before, like Zong Li, were actually ghosts?"
Li Ao was helpless: "How can it be that simple?"
Indeed, perhaps the initial scam was designed to lure people in, but once inside, these individuals actually became accomplices, such as cleaning up crime scenes or committing more serious crimes. They also took money, forming a community of shared interests.
It was impossible to get off the bus now.
Li Ao noticed Tu Lanxun's mixed feelings about Zhong and Ye, and consoled him, "But don't be too anxious. The regulations are only in their infancy, and the battle will be long. The specifics of how to proceed require the joint participation of multiple parties."
Junxi Manor has been sealed off, Hu Haisheng has been apprehended, and although Dong Yijian has been temporarily released, his whereabouts are under surveillance. This is a half-win, but half-win is not a real win.
"Hu Haisheng mentioned someone." Li Ao finally revealed the real purpose of his trip. "He identified the mastermind behind a bankruptcy intrusion case. This is the first time someone has pointed to Guiyi as the murderer. We are investigating."
Tu Lanxun said, "What bankruptcy invasion case?"
Li Ao's eyes were dim. "The development zone was mysteriously invaded, causing extensive damage to life and property. The Tu Group went bankrupt."
"He said the real culprit's surname was Nan, and it was Nan Xishan."
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