Chapter 40
Knowing that his plan had succeeded, Xu Zhi was no longer as cautious as before. He couldn't wait to meet with Cui Linshan and sign the contract.
After waiting for two hours in utmost difficulty, he called Cui Linshan back.
Cui Linshan just said, "I'm in the hospital now. Bring the contract here and I'll sign it."
Xu Zhi responded repeatedly.
Hearing the uncontrollable joy in Xu Zhi's words, Cui Linshan silently twitched his lips, his eyes filled with a hint of coldness. He hung up the phone and said to Rong Jing and Chen Rong, "It seems I've been fooled."
"My brain isn't working very well." Chen Rong muttered, "So, shall we go to the hospital now?"
Originally, Chen Rong and the others didn't want to disturb Wang Shuiyan's recuperation, but if the contract signing location was placed somewhere else, it would somewhat go against Cui Linshan's image as a loving wife.
——His wife was about to die, but he still went to other places to sign the contract. It seemed wrong no matter how he looked at it.
"Wait a moment, Ayan said she wanted to eat the Black Forest cake in the restaurant, I'll bring one over." Cui Linshan showed an apologetic look to the two of them and quickly walked out of the monitoring room.
Watching his back disappear, Chen Rong took a bite of the bun and sighed, "So annoying, every bun tastes like dog food."
Rong Jing took a deep breath and sighed heavily, and also sighed: "It's so annoying, every breath I take smells like dog food."
Chen Rong and Rong Jing exchanged a glance, the former asking curiously, "Master Rong, you're an adult now, but you haven't found a partner yet? With your looks and abilities, I'm sure a lot of girls are chasing after you, right?"
Rong Jing touched his face and shook his head: "No one is chasing me."
How is that possible?
Chen Rong uttered these four words in his heart.
Although he is old now and cannot keep up with the aesthetic concepts of young people, he dares to say that Rong Jing's exquisite appearance would definitely be praised to the sky no matter in the past or now.
How is it possible that no one is chasing after me?
Could it be...
A look of understanding gradually appeared on his face, and he looked at Rong Jing with a distressed look: "You were all blocked by your old father, right?"
Rong Jing: “…Ah?”
Chen Rong thought he had discovered the truth and nodded to himself, "For someone like you, it's only natural for an old father to worry about you."
After all, although Rong Jing is good at fortune-telling, he is still young and inexperienced, and is easily influenced by the outside world.
After chatting about irrelevant things for a while, Cui Linshan finally came back with two Black Forest candies. He took the initiative to hand one to Rong Jing and said with a smile, "This is for you."
Rong Jing was a little surprised, but didn't show any politeness.
Seeing this, Chen Rong couldn't help but curl his lips: "Why is it that you only prepare it for Master Rong, and I don't have any?"
Cui Linshan had a blank expression on his face: "Master Rong is twenty years old, and you are twenty too? You can be Master Rong's father, and you still want to eat cake?"
Chen Rong: “…”
…
Back at the hospital, seeing that it was still early, Rong Jing went to Aunt Wu's ward first.
Xie Changshi moved Aunt Wu to a single room. After all, Wu Yue needed to appear often, and it would be bad if she scared other people.
When Rong Jing went over, the family of three was talking together. Wu Yue was showing her new clothes to her parents. It was a very beautiful princess dress. She picked up the hem of the dress and turned around twice, revealing a bit of shyness on her face: "Does it look good?"
Aunt Wu's eyes were slightly red, but she kept praising him: "It looks good, this set looks good too, Master Rong and that little Cheng have really good taste!"
Rong Jing touched his nose guiltily. He didn't contribute anything in choosing clothes. It was all thanks to the shopping guide and Cheng Puyu.
He knocked on the door.
Uncle Wu and the other two turned their heads and saw Rong Jing. They all smiled sincerely. Wu Yue called out "Brother". Uncle Wu even asked them to sit on the sofa and handed over a freshly cut apple on the table. "Master, have some fruit. These are some brought by the officers from Yancheng Police Station when they visited Yueyue."
"Thank you, but no need. I came here today to give you something." Rong Jing said, pulling out two talismans from his backpack and handing them to Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu. "These talismans can help you resist evil spirits. Keep them with you."
Yesterday, Rong Jing asked Wu Yue what she thought. The little girl had just found her parents and didn’t want to go to the underworld to reincarnate. She just wanted to stay with her parents.
Although the ghost energy on her would not necessarily affect the two parents, for safety reasons, Rong Jing still specially drew two talismans.
Uncle Wu was stunned when he heard this, then he stood up nervously, looked at the bright yellow talisman paper between the young man's long white fingers, rubbed his hands on his clothes twice, and took it carefully.
He handed one of the pieces to his wife, thanked Rong Jing, and said quickly, "Master, we haven't paid you for helping us find Yueyue, bringing her back, and for the talisman paper. Please check the total amount and I'll transfer it to you now."
"Just give me five hundred."
"Huh?" Uncle Wu was stunned again and asked tentatively, "Isn't it too cheap?"
"No, I didn't do anything. This five hundred is the price of the talisman paper."
"Old man, there are also Yueyue's clothes."
"Yes, yes, and money for clothes."
Rong Jing shook his head and insisted on the 500 yuan fee: "The clothes were given to Yueyue by another brother, so you don't have to pay. 500 yuan is enough for me."
Seeing Rong Jing's insistence, Uncle Wu did not hesitate any longer. As he handed over the five hundred yuan, he kept whispering thank you.
If it weren’t for meeting Rong Jing, Uncle Wu wouldn’t dare to think about his future life.
He and his wife will repeat the hopeless days of the previous eleven years, embarking on different paths day after day to look for the child they can no longer find.
Then close your eyes forever with endless regret.
Uncle Wu patted his wife's shoulder and said gently, "Mom, please stay with Yueyue. I'll talk to the master."
Aunt Wu knew her husband had something to say to Rong Jing, so she quickly said "oh" and pointed to a set of casual clothes next to Wu Yue. She smiled and asked, "How about trying this one?"
Wu Yue nodded obediently: "Okay."
The door quickly blocked out the voices of the mother and daughter. Uncle Wu turned back and carefully confirmed whether the door was closed tightly. Then he walked forward a little, making sure that the sound of his conversation with Rong Jing would not be heard in the ward before stopping.
Rong Jing saw his cautious movements and guessed that he didn't want Wu Yue to hear what he was about to say, so he took the initiative to ask, "Is the result out?"
Uncle Wu nodded. "Wu Wei confessed to the police about his crimes. He can't deny it. He caused death by drunk driving and fled the scene. He will spend many years in prison."
After a moment of silence, he continued, "My wife and I have discussed this. There's been no one living in our hometown these days. Thinking of you, Master, in Yancheng, we plan to find a small town nearby to settle down. That way, if Yueyue has any problems in the future, she'll be able to find you in time."
Rong Jing nodded: "Then you can look at Sui County or Changxi County."
After a few simple words, Rong Jing said goodbye to Uncle Wu and returned to Wang Shuiyan's ward.
Seeing Rong Jing, Cui Linshan immediately stood up from his chair and said to Rong Jing, "Xu Zhi just called me and said that he is already downstairs in the hospital and will be here soon."
As a result, not long after he finished speaking, footsteps were heard outside the door.
There was a knock on the door. Cui Linshan gave Chen Rong a look, and Chen Rong took the initiative to step forward and open the door.
Xu Zhi seemed a little surprised when he saw Chen Rong. He didn't have time to say anything for a moment. But Chen Rong glanced at him and said, "Xu Zhi? You're here to sign a contract with Lao Cui, right?"
"Yes, yes."
Chen Rong didn't know him, but Xu Zhi did know Chen Rong, knowing that Chen Rong was a good friend of Cui Linshan. His eyes swept across Chen Rong's face, and he saw that Chen Rong's face was ugly, his eyes were dark, and it was obvious that he hadn't rested for a long time. He became more and more convinced that Wang Shuiyan was seriously ill.
Chen Rong's behavior was probably caused by his worry about Cui Linshan and his wife.
Thinking of this, Xu Zhi forced himself to suppress the joy in his heart, and put on a serious look of worry. He deliberately raised his eyes to look at the woman lying quietly on the hospital bed and Cui Linshan, who was sitting at the edge of the bed with his back to him, holding the woman's hand tightly. He lowered his voice and asked Chen Rong, "Didn't you go to other hospitals?"
Chen Rong paused.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Xu Zhi was still pretending.
Then Chen Rong also displayed the best acting skills of his life and sighed heavily.
He just sighed and said nothing, but it seemed like he said everything.
The mirror that witnessed everything: "..."
He pressed the corner of his eye, which was twitching slightly, and with a flick of his finger, the door behind Chen Rong and Xu Zhi suddenly closed with a click. The sudden scene startled them both. Xu Zhi quickly turned around and subconsciously wanted to turn the doorknob, but first he saw the talisman paper with red characters on a yellow background stuck to the back of the door.
He was startled and suddenly had a bad premonition.
When he turned his head and looked inside the house again, this bad premonition became a reality.
Wang Shuiyan, who had been lying in bed, had sat up and was now leaning against the pillow. Cui Linshan, whose back was to him, turned around. His face didn't show the fatigue and sadness he had imagined, but only indifference and hatred. The young man who came out of the bathroom waved the talisman paper in his hand, while Chen Rong, who was standing next to him, shrugged and said, "You scared me."
Xu Zhi was not stupid, so there was nothing he did not understand after seeing this scene.
He never expected that Cui Linshan would actually design a big drama for him to lure him into a trap.
It’s so hateful that he actually stepped in like this.
Xu Zhi desperately unscrewed the doorknob, but it rattled, and the door didn't open. His expression changed slightly, and he immediately reached out to peel the talisman off the door. But as soon as his fingers touched the talisman, he felt a sharp pain. He screamed and took two steps back.
"you--"
"Don't worry, we're all good, law-abiding people. We're not like Mr. Xu, who's so vicious he'd kill someone just for a restaurant." Chen Rong said without a trace of politeness, his previous harshness towards his counterpart, Cheng Puyu, clearly showing through. "We asked Mr. Xu to come here because we're interested in the 'master' behind you who's advising you."
When he mentioned the word "master", Chen Rong emphasized his tone, sounding a little sarcastic.
Xu Zhi's eyes flickered slightly, his mind racing with thoughts. After a while, he finally said, "I don't know what you're talking about. You agreed to have me sign the contract, so what are you trying to do now? Imprison me? That's illegal."
"How interesting! The murderer is even talking to us about the law." Chen Rong was almost laughing out loud. "Xu Zhi, have some shame."
However, facing Chen Rong's accusations, Xu Zhi, who had regained his composure, didn't even change his expression. He just insisted on his original statement: "I don't understand what you are talking about. If you agree to sign the contract, then sign the contract. If you don't sign the contract, then let me go. Otherwise, I will call the police."
"You report it."
Chen Rong finally figured it out.
Xu Zhi simply felt that no one would believe what he had done, so he wasn't afraid. After all, to outsiders, he had simply thrown a doll into a vase. How could this incident possibly be connected to Wang Shuiyan's dissociation syndrome and near-death experience? If he told the truth, he might even be considered a lunatic and sent to a mental hospital.
Chen Rong decided to retract his previous evaluation of Xu Zhi.
He said Xu Zhi's brain wasn't very good, but now it seems that he is clearly very smart.
He sneered and said slowly to Xu Zhi, "It seems you really don't know that our Yancheng Police Department has a special department that specializes in dealing with cases like yours?"
"What?" Xu Zhi frowned, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.
I'm afraid Chen Rong is cheating him.
He had never heard of such a department in Yancheng Police Station since he was a child.
He pursed his lips and was about to stick to his own ideas and refuse to admit it, but suddenly he heard a knock on the door.
Three beeping sounds were heard, Rong Jing passed his body and stepped forward to peel off the talisman paper, and the door was pushed open. Several figures were revealed, although unfamiliar, but they were wearing familiar uniforms.
Chi Bai stood to one side, arms folded, glancing at Xu Zhi with a sidelong glance, eyebrows slightly raised: "Are you the one who's using the soul-calling trick? You look rather wretched, and your method is quite vicious."
Xu Zhi ignored him and looked at the uniform with a slightly stiff expression on his face. "You're hiring someone to pretend to be a police officer? That's also illegal."
Hearing this, Yuan Siyu, who was standing at the front, couldn't help but roll her eyes and showed her police ID: "Did you see it? Police ID, with a stamp. Who would play cosplay with you for no reason?"
Xu Zhi's eyes fell on the police officer's ID, and the last bit of hope in his heart disappeared.
He bit the soft flesh in his mouth, and after hearing the words "Come with us," he stood there rooted to the ground, not moving a step. But he wouldn't leave, and Yuan Siyu had a plan. She beckoned the two young police officers beside her to come forward.
"Are you going? If not, they'll drag you away."
The words were spoken without much politeness, and the two young policemen stepped forward at the right time. Their uniforms and serious expressions instantly gave Xu Zhi a strong sense of oppression.
The middle-aged man's lips moved, but he couldn't utter a word. He could only accept his fate and walk forward.
Seeing this, Chi Bai turned around and asked Rong Jing, "Would you like to go take a look together?"
Rong Jing did not refuse considering that they would have to use Xu Zhi's name to lure out the master behind the scenes.
…
Two cars quickly drove into the police station.
When Xu Zhi came out of the hospital, he tried to escape. Unexpectedly, he had a piece of talisman paper on him. The two young policemen obviously didn't expect that he had such black technology in his hands. They only saw a flash before their eyes and he ran away for a long distance.
If this were any other time, today's mission would most likely be a failure.
But fortunately, they were accompanied by Rong Jing and Chi Bai. One was a famous fortune teller, and the other was the youngest deputy director of the special department of Yancheng Police Station since its establishment.
Rong Jing raised his hand and a stone flew out.
The next second, wailing sounds were heard.
Xu Zhi screamed and fell to the ground like a dog that had eaten shit.
In fact, Rong Jing wanted to hit him on the head, but considering that with his strength, if he hit Xu Zhi's back of the head, Xu Zhi would definitely die immediately, so he simply changed his target to his calf.
Chi Bai stepped on Xu Zhi's back, peeled off the talisman paper, raised his head and gave Rong Jing a thumbs up: "Nice aim."
Rong Jing said modestly: "It's okay, it's okay."
After roughly throwing him into the police car, Chi Bai even searched Xu Zhi's clothes. Realizing he had no extra talismans on him, he finally felt relieved. He then got into a car with Rong Jing and handed him the talisman, "Do you feel something's wrong?"
"Isn't it cinnabar?" As soon as the talisman paper was brought close to Rong Jing, Rong Jing's zombie nose smelled a very faint smell of dried blood.
His fingers groped over the surface of the talisman paper. The patterns on the talisman were hard. He took the mineral water handed to him by Chi Bai, dipped his fingers in it and rubbed the talisman paper again. Soon, the snow-white fingertips were stained with a little red.
"Using blood instead of cinnabar, that's quite unusual." Chi Bai raised his eyelids and said casually, "It seems that the master Xu Zhi knows is really not an ordinary person."
Rong Jing threw the talisman paper aside and wiped it over and over again with a wet tissue in disgust. He echoed Chi Bai's words: "Most people would never think of such a sinister way to rob a restaurant."
"That's true."
"arrive."
The vehicle stopped in the parking lot. When Rong Jing got out of the car, she happened to see Xu Zhi also getting out of the car. The middle-aged man lowered his head, and there was a bit of frustration in his eyes. It was probably because he failed to escape and realized that he really had no way out.
In the interrogation room, Chi Bai leaned against the table and said to Xu Zhi, "Tell me about the master behind you. The more details the better."
"What are you going to do with me?" Xu Zhi answered irrelevantly. "Although I did something wrong, Wang Shuiyan is still alive, and you guys need me for something. The punishment I get shouldn't be that severe, right?"
Chi Bai paused for two seconds and asked uncertainly, "Are you trying to negotiate terms with me now?"
Xu Zhi didn't answer directly, but it was obvious that he meant it. His shoulders, which had been drooping, relaxed slightly. He leaned back in his chair and looked at Chi Bai. "You want information from me, and I want to reduce your punishment. This is a deal."
Chi Bai stared at him for a few seconds, and a smile slowly appeared on his rebellious face.
With his hands on the table, he leaned over and stared into Xu Zhi's eyes, his voice becoming a little gentler.
The words he said had nothing to do with gentleness: "You don't think that just because I'm giving you the face to ask you a few questions, I have to beg you like a lapdog, do you? You should have spent some time with your master. Don't you know that people like us have many ways to get what we want? Or do you think I look like an upright and good person?"
Yuan Siyu, who was taking notes, didn't even raise her head when she heard this and reminded him, "Although the special department is assigned to our side, it has nothing to do with us."
What this means is that the police can do whatever they want.
Without waiting for Xu Zhi to react, Chi Bai said, "I'll give you one last chance. If you're willing to tell me, I'll save some energy."
Xu Zhi pursed his lips and said nothing.
Chi Bai nodded: "Okay."
His fingers drummed on the table, the "dong dong dong" sound piercing Xu Zhi's heart, causing him to feel an unspeakable unease. Then, Chi Bai yelled "little bastard," and a ghostly figure suddenly appeared without warning.
The moment the ghost appeared, the lights in the entire interrogation room suddenly went out, and the whistling ghost sound accompanied by shrill screams echoed in the not-so-spacious interrogation room. Yuan Siyu took out her earplugs as prepared, but Xu Zhi, who was unprepared, trembled all over when he heard the ghost sound, and deep fear appeared in his eyes.
Outside the door, Ah Qiu, who happened to be passing by, put the mute note on with a click. Before leaving, he cursed: "I told you eight hundred times to remember to put the mute note on, but you never remembered once."
Rong Jing: “…”
…
The interrogation room, which was taped with a mute button, was so quiet that it seemed as if nothing had happened. Half an hour later, Chi Bai pushed the door open and walked out with a refreshed look on his face. Yuan Siyu walked towards her office with a recorder and a notebook.
Through the crack in the door, Rong Jing saw that the middle-aged man who had initially vowed to negotiate with Chi Bai was lying on a chair like a puddle of mud.
He looked like he was really frightened.
"What's so good about it?" Chi Bai noticed Rong Jing's gaze and called people to the special department. Then, as they walked, he said, "Xu Zhi said that piece of shit is called Qiu Qian, from..."
He coughed lightly, hesitated for a moment, and finally told the truth: "Xuantian Temple."
After he finished speaking, he quickly added: "Don't—"
Bang.
Rong Jing kicked the chair beside the corridor and broke it into pieces.
Chi Bai said the remaining two words awkwardly: "Excited."
In order to prevent Rong Jing from going berserk and destroying public property upon hearing the words "Xuantian Temple" again, Chi Bai decisively changed his words: "Gou Shit Temple, it comes from Gou Shit Temple."
Rong Jing: "...Although I know you mean well, I feel like you're calling our Xuantian Temple a shit temple."
Chi Bai: “…”
Don't mention it, he feels the same way.
So Chi Bai changed his words again to save face: "Is it okay to pirate Xuantian Temple?"
Rong Jing finally nodded in agreement.
"Xu Zhi and that piece of shit met by chance. Xu Zhi was cheated by someone and had nowhere else to turn when he met Qiu Qian. He then used his remaining savings to make a deal with Qiu Qian. Qiu Qian helped him kill his mortal enemy, and Xu Zhi took the opportunity to take the mortal enemy's money. The two have been partners ever since."
"Over the past two years, Xu Zhi has gained a lot of benefits through Qiu Qian," Chi Bai said. "The two of them even work together to scheme against wealthy individuals. Take Wang Shuiyan's Soul Separation Syndrome, for example. Xu Zhi brought a magical instrument to the wealthy individual, used it to trap one of their souls, and then introduced Qiu Qian to them, earning a hefty fee."
"In short, Xu Zhi and Qiu Qian's relationship is much closer than we thought. So... using Xu Zhi to catch Qiu Qian, this big fish, is not a problem at all. There's a high chance Qiu Qian will fall for it."
"Now the problem is figuring out how to catch this fish."
Ah Qiu yawned as he passed by and said, "Isn't this easy? Just find a rich man and have Xu Zhi use the Soul Separation Technique again."
Chi Bai: "Where can I find a rich person——"
Before he finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on Rong Jing.
Rong Jing: "...I'll call Xie Changshi."
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