Lu Cijiu finished his bath and glanced at the cubs; they were all asleep. Weiba was holding a fox stuffed animal in his arms. Sang Jinghong had bought it for him. It was a nine-tailed fox with crimson fur and a very cute, adorable appearance.
Well, this doll is Hu Qingqing, the handsome dad of Tail.
Every time Lu Cijiu saw this doll, he felt that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. In Sang Jinghong's eyes, the handsome dad with the tail was just so adorable.
After turning off the nightlight and closing the door, Lu Cijiu walked through the living room to the bedroom.
Gong Xichao was lying on the quilt on the 1.5-meter-tall bed. Lu Cijiu was suffocated when he saw her. "Why are you still wearing a skirt? Change back quickly." He urged her.
"Don't you like me like this?" Gong Xichao asked, lifting her wavy hair.
Lu Cijiu said angrily, "My reputation has been ruined. I like some young woman. You must be to blame. I didn't say I liked her. Change back quickly, or I'll feel weird."
It was okay for him to know that they were acting outside, but they could spend time together in private and even sleep in the same bed. Zilu was really not used to it and didn't like it.
Gong Xichao nodded and changed back into men's clothing. Lu Cijiu breathed a sigh of relief.
"You don't like green tea or young women, but you're relaxed when you see me in my natural state. That means you like me."
Lu Cijiu: ...The logic is actually quite concise.
Gong Xichao knew he was getting ahead of himself, knowing Lu Cijiu was shy. He lifted the blanket and said happily, "Come up quickly! Aren't you cold standing here?"
It was indeed very cold. Lu Cijiu crawled into bed and sighed happily, "It's so warm."
Gong Xichao was very proud, "I am very useful, right?"
"It works, a Diao brand electric blanket." Lu Cijiu joked. After a while, the lights were turned off. Lu Cijiu thought about what happened tonight and asked, "Is the girl I met today okay? Do you know where the White Bone Demon is?"
Gong Xichao: "If you attack that woman, I will sense it. Including our puppet in the hotel room."
"What's the relationship between Suan Yu and Bai Gu Jing?" Lu Cijiu suddenly remembered what Hei Wu Chang said. He grabbed Gong Xichao's sleeve and asked, "Do you think the demon's inner elixir that Bai Gu Jing tricked the demon into giving was from Suan Yu?"
Gong Xichao affirmed, "No. If a demon loses its inner elixir, its spiritual power will be completely destroyed. With the ruthlessness of Rotten Bones, it will only kill the demon that took out the inner elixir. There is no way it will leave a demon alive."
Lu Cijiu remembered that Hei Wuchang had said that the White Bone Demon killed the demon and took out its inner elixir, but he wondered if the demon had some way to save its life and leave a chance of coming back for revenge.
Well, there are a lot of TV series.
"Don't think about it, just go to sleep." Gong Xichao said.
Lu Cijiu thought about how Gong Xichao had marked the girl targeted by Suanyu tonight, so they would be able to sense if she was in danger. He hummed and didn't think about it anymore, so he fell asleep.
The next day, around seven o'clock, Lu Cijiu was making breakfast.
Gong Xichao lent a hand nearby, and had many requests, including a heart-shaped fried egg. Lu Cijiu: ...
"Here's the frying pan for you to do."
"Wife, give me one." Gong Xichao.
Lu Bijiu: ...
"you--"
"Husband." Gong Xichao changed his words after seeing his expression.
Lu Cijiu: ...the head is even bigger.
The door curtain swayed, and Zhou Cheng entered. Gong Xichao immediately regained her coolness, no longer showing the coquettish expression she had just shown when asking for a heart-shaped egg. Lu Cijiu: ...
He still cares about his reputation. Lu Cijiu was laughing to death.
Finally, they arranged for heart-shaped eggs. Gong Xichao was very happy. Then he looked around and saw that not only him, but everyone in the yard also had heart-shaped fried eggs, including Xiaohong.
Gong Xichao: Qi.
How dare that evil guy eat a heart-shaped fried egg!
"Xiaohong's eggs were fried by Brother Cheng." Lu Cijiu knew what Gong Xichao was thinking at a glance.
Gong Xichao became happy again.
Little Red was nibbling on the fried egg while wagging her tail.
After breakfast, Zhou Cheng and Xiao Hong decided not to go over. Sang Jinghong was about to leave for work when he remembered something and said, "It might be too late to get natural gas this year, but we'll have heating next year."
This was a pleasant surprise. Lu Cijiu was delighted.
Initially, they were the only family in the entire Shanhai area, so the government certainly wouldn't bother to go to great lengths to connect them to natural gas. But now that the land was being planned for construction, and Sang Jinghong, as a foreign investor, had brought in a significant amount of capital to develop Yuncheng's economy, any decent city leadership would make things easier.
Yuncheng's economy is booming and their political achievements are also good.
"That's great. It will be much more convenient next year when the kindergarten will have radiators." Lu said goodbye to the old plan.
Floor heating is not possible, but radiators can be installed later.
"Daddy is awesome." Tail hugged his father's thigh. Sang Jinghong squatted down, touched his son's head, and said, "Be careful when you're a Taoist child today. Tail is awesome too."
Sang Jinghong is very good at catering to Wei Ba's preferences and respecting and caring for Wei Ba's likes and dislikes, so Wei Ba quickly changes his attitude towards Sang Jinghong and becomes emotionally dependent on him.
"I know, Dad. You have to work hard too." Weiba kissed his dad on the cheek and waved goodbye to see him out.
A family of six teleported to Liucheng.
I went straight to the Serious Crime Unit of Liucheng Police Station. When I opened the door, I saw Lei Ming and his team had been up all night and hadn't returned yet. The office was filled with the breakfast smell of fried dough sticks, soy milk, and steamed buns.
Several people ate hurriedly. On the table were investigation materials, the deceased Fang Xiaoyun's network of relationships, suspicious people under surveillance in the surrounding area, and criminal suspects.
Lu Cijiu had good eyesight and he took a quick glance and saw that most of the suspects were surnamed Xin, or they were Xin Huaiping's previous wives or lovers.
"Who let you in?" a police officer asked sternly. "Why are you bringing a child? This is the Serious Crime Unit. Anyone outside please get out."
Lu Cijiu said politely, "We are with Minister Gong."
Minister Gong's name might have been criticized yesterday. When Lu Cijiu said this, everyone who was dozing off or having breakfast looked over. Lu Cijiu showed a polite smile.
We are all serving the people. It doesn’t matter if we have different values, but our hearts are the same.
Everyone wants to solve the case and catch the murderer as soon as possible.
"Come back, Xiao Li." Lei Ming shouted.
A few people sat back down, and some complained indignantly, "We stayed up all night, and some people went home early, even bringing their children to the police station. What do they think this is? A kindergarten? We don't want to find the murderer, and some people are just taking the blame."
This person was also speaking up for the captain. Why should they have to endure such hardship while Minister Gong was late and left early without any discipline, just because he had someone above him?
"After checking all night, have you found anything?" Gong Xichao asked directly.
Everyone was silent and unable to answer.
Because there are few clues, the most suspicious members of the Xin family all had certification of their absence or physical evidence at the time of Fang Xiaoyun's death, and the crime scene was indeed closed.
The nanny said Fang Xiaoyun would keep the doors and windows closed at night and wouldn't open them for anyone. The next day, if the nanny hadn't knocked on the door for a long time without a response, and the child had been "missing," she would have called the bodyguard to look through the window and noticed something was wrong. After calling the police, they were the ones who broke down the door first.
It was spotless inside, with only the victim's bloodstains and no hair, bloodstains or fingerprints from a third party.
It's very weird.
"No." Lei Ming said.
Gong Xichao sneered. Someone, still angry, stood up for the captain and asked, "Minister Gong, do you have any clues?"
"The murderer will be skinned next." Gong Xichao said.
Others: "Skinned?"
"How can you tell they're skinning? All three serial murders involved digging out their hearts."
Everyone was not very convinced by the clues provided by Gong Xichao. Lei Ming did ask Gong Xichao what his basis was, but Gong Xichao replied, "I am the basis."
Lu Cijiu: despair.
But talking about ghosts and gods does take a lot of time to explain to a group of elite scientific investigators.
Lu Cijiu felt it was better not to describe the expressions on the faces of the entire group. As the atmosphere reached a stalemate, Hei Wuchang appeared, "Another one, No. 46, Huai'an Road."
Except for one group, the entire family of six saw it. Gong Xichao gave the order: "No. 46, Huaian Road, move out."
Because the police were there, it was difficult for them to teleport over. Gong Xichao found it troublesome, but Lu Cijiu thought that this experience in handling the case was a good thing for Gong Xichao to learn how to cooperate with humans.
On the way, Lei Ming kept asking how I knew and what happened to Huaian Road?
"There are people in Lubao's underworld." Gong Xichao said.
Lei Ming was originally very anxious, but when he heard this reason, he suddenly became angry and felt that Gong Xichao was playing a trick on him.
"What he said is true. If Captain Lei doesn't believe it, you will know when you get there." Lu Cijiu said.
We soon arrived at No. 45 Huaian Road. This is an old community with six floors. The entrance and exit of the community gate are very free and there is no access card.
Lu Cijiu told him the room number.
Lei Ming asked the gatekeeper, who thought for a moment and said, "Are you looking for the girl on the sixth floor? She's out."
"Out?" Lei Ming was puzzled. Wasn't she dead? "Uncle, are you sure it was her?"
The old man said firmly, "The girl on the sixth floor is young and pretty, 25 years old, surnamed Gu. I recognize her. She's kind-hearted and would always give me some fruit when she bought extra. I remember clearly that she went out about an hour ago. I wanted to go to work so early today, so I asked her, but I don't know if she didn't hear me or ignored me."
This old neighborhood is mostly inhabited by the elderly. When the doorman said this, several aunties who were watching also interrupted and said, "Yes, Lao Zhang is not mistaken. I ran into him when I came back from buying breakfast."
"Let's go." Gong Xichao said.
Lu Cijiu now knew what was going on. Gu Yuan was dead, and Hei Wuchang's notification could not be wrong. So the person he saw in the short time must have been the White Bone Demon in Gu Yuan's skin.
"Captain Lei, notify the forensic doctor." Lu Cijiu said.
"Didn't you hear anything? The doorman just said that Gu Yuan isn't dead. She was still alive an hour ago." Lei Ming's men questioned, "Where did you get this information? Do you think it's fun to trick us? And now you're going up there?"
"Boss, why are we going crazy with them? I think we should keep an eye on the Xin family."
Lei Ming was annoyed. This Minister Gong and the man surnamed Lu were all spooky and weird. He didn't believe any of this, but now the first team was under Minister Gong's management, so he could only hold his temper and say, "Minister, I think we shouldn't waste time and should hold on to Xin--"
"Listen to you and me?" Gong Xichao said impatiently, "Now, go to the sixth floor. Orders."
The group of people were angry but dared not speak out. Lei Ming also had a dark face and suppressed his anger.
Lu Cijiu said, "Since we're here, why not go up and take a look?"
Without further persuasion, he followed Gong Xichao upstairs. This time, the case involved skinning, and Lu Cijiu found the scene bloody. Yesterday, Fang Xiaoyun and the ghost fetus' bodies were carried away. This time, the kids shouldn't watch.
He and the cubs stayed in the aisle.
The next group of people finally arrived, but everyone looked very angry.
The door opened.
Gong Xichao avoided it, and the angry group rushed over to see the tragedy in the living room. Blood was all over the floor, and lying on the ground was a bloody corpse.
"H-How could this happen?"
The scene was so shocking that everyone stuttered and looked at the captain. Lei Ming was unable to explain, and was confused and uncertain. Finally, he said, "It shouldn't be Gu Yuan. Gu Yuan just left."
"Yes, there could be other victims."
"Then the murderer is Gu Yuan?"
Gong Xichao said coldly, "This is Gu Yuan. Find the surveillance footage. Don't make it public. If you let it out that the police know Gu Yuan is dead, then this skin will be useless. We'll find another one soon."
Every word was in Chinese, but when combined, it made everyone's heads explode. In the end, they could only mechanically follow orders, and the medical examiner arrived. This neighborhood was full of elderly people, who had nothing better to do than watch the children and gossip. How could they not be curious about the strangers coming and going?
Fortunately, one group was very helpful and found an excuse that Miss Gu Yuan had bravely helped others before and was afraid of revenge from the thief, so they came to notify them. Finally, they focused on the fact that there had been thieves on the loose recently and asked people to keep an eye on the doors and windows, etc.
Everyone's focus shifted.
While one group was still making excuses, saying it couldn't possibly be Gu Yuan, the results from the forensic department came out at noon, confirming it was indeed Gu Yuan. Everyone in the group was stunned.
They had just watched the surveillance video, and the doorman remembered correctly that at 8:40, Gu Yuan appeared at the gate, and the lady who bought breakfast was also there.
But Gu Yuan died earlier than this.
"Who was that person who walked out?" someone asked a soul-searching question.
After a sleepless night and the morning shock, Lei Ming's head was buzzing and he couldn't think at all. After calming down for a long time, he looked over and asked, "Where's Minister Gong?"
"It seems he went to eat." A team member answered.
There was silence again, but this time it was not about grabbing Minister Gong to go out for dinner, but everyone remembered that the case Director Zhao mentioned at the beginning was classified as confidential Class B, and no one in the team could find out except Minister Gong.
The family of six didn't go far and ate at a restaurant next to the police station. This restaurant serves small stir-fries, with large portions, good taste, and reasonable prices. It's the kind that can stand up to scrutiny.
The cubs ate with relish. Lu Cijiu took care of the cubs and said, "Doesn't it like you?"
"Impossible, I'm so beautiful." Gong Xichao denied.
Lu Bijiu: ...
"That door has an illusion. If we hadn't found it, no one would have noticed anything strange even if it had smelled bad," said Gong Xichao.
After hearing the description, Lu Cijiu stopped and said, "I'm eating."
High-tech science is still useful in solving cases. Lu Cijiu thought that encountering Suan and the girl last night was a coincidence. Bai Gu did not appear near them last night, but a group of people found some information.
After lunch, we returned to the police station.
Lei Ming came forward, no longer displaying his undisguised dissatisfaction, disdain, and disbelief towards Gong Xichao as he had this morning. While he might still be skeptical, given his skeptical outlook, his values were completely flawed. But as police officers, their duty demanded they adjust their mindsets. No matter who the murderer was, they would find the killer.
"Ms. Gu Yuan, 25 years old, a local, occupation..." A group of people reported the information they had found.
Lu Cijiu interrupted: "Wait, which bus did she take? Which bus did she take last night?"
Lei Ming didn't ask any further questions this time, and simply ordered his men to investigate. Gu Yuan's whereabouts from last night had already been discovered, and he quickly reported, "The last bus on Route 907 went straight home."
"Are you passing by xx Square?" Lu Cijiu was asking but he was very sure.
"How do you know?" The team members were also shocked.
Gong Xichao said proudly, "That's where Lu Bao and I were fishing last night."
Lu Cijiu: ...Lu Bao or something—never mind. It's better than calling her wife.
Lei Ming asked to retrieve the surveillance camera footage of the xx Square bus stop, which was quickly transmitted. Then everyone saw a young girl under the bus stop at the intersection, with a couple beside her.
When Lu Cijiu saw the scene, he remembered that Gong Xichao was dressed as a woman yesterday. Wasn’t this a public execution?!
"It's you, Lubao, but who's next to you?" a team member wondered.
Gong Xichao's face immediately turned cold, "I am the only one who can call Lu Bao, you guys call him by his name."
"I thought your name was Lu Bao. Minister Gong always calls you that. I'm sorry."
Lu Cijiu:... "It's okay, it's okay. My name is Lu Cijiu." It's also Gong Xichao's fault.
Back to the topic, the team members are studying the mental research and monitoring the beautiful woman in the palace.
Gong Xichao said coldly: "Watch your eyes, that's something you will never get in your lifetime, you already have a husband."
"That's not what they meant. This lady looks prettier than Gu Yuan. They just think it's very dangerous if they do as Minister Gong said and skin her alive," Lei Ming explained.
Gong Xichao happily affirmed: "You guys still have some vision."
Lu Bijiu: ...
In the end, it was Lu Cijiu who stepped forward to explain, "You already know that the murderer in this case is not human. If it were an ordinary case, you would all be elites. In this case, let me first tell you about the clues and information we currently have."
Tell the white bone acid and information.
As for why they didn't say it before, the first group knew it in their hearts. If they had said something about the White Bone Demon, the Sour and Birds from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there would be no way they would believe it.
"Is the lady in the surveillance video safe?" Lei Ming asked.
Minister Gong was not seen on the surveillance camera, and everyone thought that he might be hiding in the dark.
Gong Xichao: "It's okay, her husband will protect her."
Lu Cijiu who was cueed:...Why are you so dramatic?
Then he noticed a group of people looking at him with envy and admiration. Lu Cijiu didn't know what to say. It's really not as awesome as you think. Can you believe that the thing that the beautiful Gong took out is bigger than everyone here?
Of course, this cannot be said.
As soon as the clues were given, the veteran investigators were still strong. They quickly gave various directions, such as love killing, revenge killing, passion killing, etc., eliminating all the impossible possibilities. Then Lei Ming said: "So far, including the three ghosts in the underworld, the victims in the world of the living, Su Xiaoman, Fang Xiaoyun and their son, and now with Gu Yuan, the first three ghosts have nothing to do with Suan."
"Yes." Lu Cijiu nodded.
There are three ghosts. The first two are serving sentences in prison at the same time, and the other one is a female high school student.
"You're sure Suanyu was present at Su Xiaoman's death, but Fang Xiaoyun had a nightmare. You previously said it was revenge from the ghost fetus. You couldn't be sure if it was Suanyu's doing or the ghost fetus's doing that nightmare, right?"
"yes."
Lu Cijiu slowly began to taste the flavor.
Unraveling the mystery, Lei Ming said, "Based on my experience, there's a possibility that the murderer is deliberately creating confusion and spreading smokescreens to divert our attention. If we exclude the acid and white bone demon from the case and focus solely on the White Bone Demon, these are two separate cases."
"Suan Yu feeds on people's fear, and the White Bone Demon kills people by ripping out their hearts and skinning them. As for why the White Bone Demon chooses to prey on those Suan Yu has frightened—" Lei Ming's eyes were sharp, "Should the Underworld investigate the White Bone Demon again? If they shift their focus to Suan Yu, the White Bone Demon will be able to get away with it."
Lu Cijiu:!!!
"The White Bone Demon is seriously injured. As you said, she needs to be nourished, which will take time and cannot be discovered early. Acid can play a good role as a smoke bomb." Lei Ming concluded.
Lu Cijiu applauded with admiration, "That's amazing, Captain Lei."
Gong Xichao, who was standing nearby, was very unhappy and said, "I'm pretty good too. I was the one who caught the rotten bones, so it's up to me to catch them."
"..." Lu Cijiu heard the sour words and turned around to clap his hands, "Brother Gong is awesome."
The kids didn't understand what was going on, they were just four clapping machines.
"Uncle is the best."
"Come on, Uncle Gong!"
Gong Xichao finally felt relieved and glanced at Lei Ming coldly.
Lei Ming, a straight man, didn't sense any jealousy—mostly because he didn't think much of it. Who would have thought that the tall and mysterious Minister Gong could be such a sensitive and jealous man?
The news of Gu Yuan's death was spreading like wildfire. The police were on duty in the community, and Gong Xichao had set up a formation. If the White Bone Demon, disguised as Gu Yuan, appeared, Gong Xichao would know immediately.
"The White Bone Demon should have appeared last night. She originally wanted to target the girl who was sour and scared, but she met Gu Yuan in the car." Lei Ming showed the photos of the two.
Gu Yuan had fair skin and big eyes, and was considered a beauty among passersby. The girl rescued by Lu Cijiugong Xichao last night could only be described as more than pretty.
The White Bone Demon quickly changed her target and set up a trick in Gu Yuan's room.
It only means that if you delay, you will have to change the skin for the second time.
Lei Ming looked at Lu Cijiu and said, "Your wife might be in danger. If it's appropriate, we police can send someone to protect her."
Lu Cijiu is now in an awkward situation.
He doesn't have a wife.
"Lu Cijiu will protect him." Gong Xichao answered from the side.
Lei Ming was still worried. Gong Xichao took one look and said graciously, "Okay then. They're having a date tonight. You can send someone to follow them and make sure they don't get caught."
"Don't worry, we are all professionals and won't be discovered by the White Bone Demon." Lei Ming replied.
Lu Cijiu looked puzzled. Gong Xichao could do it, so why did they ask the police to follow? Wouldn't that be embarrassing? What if their identities were discovered?
Gong Xichao gave him a confident expression that said 'everything is under my control'.
Then this arrangement must have been made for Gong Xichao's reasons. Lu Cijiu thought so and did not object.
It was soon night, and after Lu Cijiu sent the cubs back to the station, Sang Jinghong came back early to help take care of the children. Zhou Cheng and Hu Sanniang were also there. Lu Cijiu had nothing to worry about and waved to the cubs.
"Come on, Jiujiu! We have to catch the bad guys!"
"Come on, come on."
The cubs jumped and cheered.
Lu Cijiu rubbed all the girls one by one, then went to Liucheng with the beautiful young woman and landed in the hotel.
It gets dark early in winter, and it’s already late after seven o’clock.
Gong Xichao had changed into another couture dress tonight, topped off with a flamboyant golden fur coat. Lu Cijiu suspected the shimmering golden fur was a reflection of Diao Zong's true nature. Of course, he couldn't tell anyone.
Standing in the darkness, she is the brightest and most dazzling woman.
Lu Cijiu: ...Being the husband of a beautiful young woman is very stressful.
"How about I change my clothes? Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were wearing something so conspicuous? It really looks bad on me."
Gong Xichao saw that it was him and waved his hand. Lu Cijiu felt a golden light flashing before his eyes. He looked down and saw that he was wearing a golden coat. It was very...
"I've been wanting to wear couple outfits for a long time." Gong Xichao said proudly.
Lu Cijiu: ...Can you take back what you said just now about changing clothes?
He really doesn't want to dress like a golden eagle!!!
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