Li Ying wasn't the only one excited; Xiang Ming was too, as this was the most unusual case he had ever encountered.
The truth would come to light once they caught the man with half his face burned, so Xiang Ming found a painter to draw a portrait based on Village Chief Yu's description.
"This person..."
Li Ying examined the portrait, feeling that the man looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him before.
Moreover, she had never met a man in her life with half his face burned.
Xiang Ming also found some books in that courtyard, one of which was very suspicious. The date on the document was surprisingly the future year 2020.
Li Ying was even more surprised when she saw the document from the same era as the book her senior brother had given her.
The eldest brother said that Master had documents about eloping, but only gave one copy to each of the second and third brothers. The whereabouts of the other two copies are unknown.
This person is one of them, but what is his relationship with his master?
Li Ying took the portrait to her senior brother, Tang Mushi.
After carefully examining the portrait, Tang Mushi shook his head: "I haven't seen it before. If I had, I would definitely remember it."
"Senior Brother, perhaps what you saw before was his unburned appearance?"
Tang Mushi shook his head: "Even so, if I combine his profile with his partner's features, I will definitely remember him. But I really have never seen this person before."
"But he has an identical document in his possession."
Tang Mu was stunned: "Really? Then Master must know him!"
The key question is where their master is; they have no idea.
Finding the person based solely on a portrait like this wouldn't be easy.
The matter seemed to be making progress, but it also plunged into endless questions.
Who is this person?
What is his relationship with his master?
Why do I have such a document in my hand?
The most important question is, why did Li Ying feel that the face looked somewhat familiar?
Xiang Ming naturally had to bring the portrait to see Leng Yan, since this person was targeting not only Tang Long, but also Leng Yan.
After looking at it, Leng Yan shook his head: "I don't recognize it."
"Look closely, do you recognize this person?"
Leng Yan firmly replied, "I don't know him."
Xiang Ming was very displeased: "Leng Yan, the poisoning incident happened in your restaurant. If you don't know this person, let me tell you, your restaurant can forget about opening until the case is solved."
"Of course I know, that's why I'm even more anxious than you. Besides, if the restaurant can't open, I'll only get a scolding from Aunt Jing. Who do you think wants to catch the real culprit sooner?"
Xiang Ming glanced at Leng Yan, picked up the portrait, and left.
Leng Yan twirled the cigarette in his hand, his eyes deep and unfathomable.
Now that he is the main person in charge, he can't go anywhere and can only stay in his residence.
Hearing the knock, Leng Yan got up and opened the door. When he saw Lu Yufei, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"What, are you here to laugh at me?"
"Yeah, so will Manager Leng let me see it?" Lu Yufei asked, tilting her head, and took out a bottle of red wine from behind her.
"Want a drink?"
"Don't you never drink?" He remembered how adorable this woman was when she was drunk.
“I’ve been training my stomach lately with this red wine.”
"Come in."
The cold banquet made way.
Lu Yufei walked into the room and looked around.
Leng Yan must be a germaphobe; the house is spotless, with no human presence at all.
"It's really quiet here."
"I don't like it too noisy."
“We’re on the same page on this point.” Lu Yufei sat down, bringing two wine glasses with him.
Leng Yan sat opposite Lu Yufei, staring into the woman's eyes, and asked, "Lu Yufei, do you know who you're dealing with right now?"
"Who is it? It's just Manager Leng. He's not going to eat me alive."
"If the poisoning case at my restaurant is not solved, I will be a suspect."
Lu Yufei smiled coldly, "Just a suspect, not a murderer. Besides, do you think I, Lu Yufei, am someone who's afraid of trouble?"
Leng Yan raised his glass: "Since you're so bold, tonight we'll drink until we drop."
Lu Yufei and Leng Yan clinked glasses.
Li Ying and Tang Qiao went to the hospital to visit Ye Chengyi.
After examination, Ye Chengyi's body was found to be free from any radiation contamination.
"Could it be that I made a mistake in the experiment?"
"No, it's possible that the radiation source is selective," Li Ying explained. "Human tissues are the same, but the immune systems of different people are different. Some people have very poor physical condition, while others have very strong physical condition. Also, Uncle Ye may not be sensitive to this radiation source because he has been dealing with geology for many years."
Ye Chengyi nodded in agreement: "It seems we still need to conduct further experiments."
"Um."
When Li Ying was about to leave, Xiang Ming's subordinates came over and asked her to go to the police station.
Li Ying, unaware of what was going on, followed along. She only learned at the police station that Xiang Ming, unable to provide a detailed explanation to Jing Chi, had asked Li Ying to come and explain.
"The Jing family needs the police to solve the case quickly and put pressure on us. I have no choice but to ask you to step in." Xiang Ming looked embarrassed.
Li Ying glanced at Jing Chi and said to Xiang Ming, "Don't worry, I'll explain to Young Master Jing."
Xiang Ming actually went out.
Suddenly, only Li Ying and Jing Chi remained in the room.
"Sit down and talk slowly," Jing Chi gestured for Li Ying to sit down.
Li Ying felt that the man was doing it on purpose, and that any explanation was just a pretext.
Why won't you listen to Xiang Ming's explanation and insist that I tell you all this?
"Because only you can explain this clearly. Xiang Ming is an outsider, and there are some professional things that he can't explain."
Jing Chi took out a document and handed it to Li Ying: "Take a look at this document."
Li Ying opened it; it was a top-secret file containing information about hostile forces' plans to sabotage certain towns.
One of them involved killing someone with grass.
Some plants that grow in certain foreign countries have a killer effect. If they are planted on a large scale in China, they can cause a certain percentage of deaths. These deaths often occur together with diseases, thus achieving the goal of killing people without them even realizing it.
"This is Ghost One's top priority. I accidentally cracked this document while investigating Ghost One. It just so happens that Xiaocao was involved in the recent restaurant poisoning case, which is why I wanted to ask you for some details."
"I'm sorry."
Li Ying had indeed misunderstood him just now.
"Why are you suddenly apologizing to me?" Jing Chi smiled gently. "You didn't think I was using this as an excuse to have a private conversation with you, did you?"
Li Ying gave an awkward smile.
She was definitely overthinking it.
"Actually, that's true. I really want to spend time with you alone. Lately, you've been ignoring me, and I can't think of a good excuse to meet you."
Li Ying rolled her eyes. You really can't praise someone; they'll take advantage of you as soon as you do.
"If you want to know about this little grass, then let's talk about this little grass, and not about anything else."
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