Chapter 98
late at night.
There was a knock on the floor-to-ceiling window of Yunjiang Bay. Rong Jing yawned lazily and poked his head out of the kitchen. Seeing Si Liu's figure, he said in a gloomy tone: "Senior, why are you the same as Comrade Xiao Cheng?"
Likes to drill windows.
When Rong Jing mentioned Cheng Puyu, Si Liu thought of his meeting with Cheng Puyu a while ago.
Recalling Cheng Puyu's face that looked as if all the energy had been sucked out of it, Si Liu shuddered and said quickly, "I'm different from him. I'm not as weak as him."
Rong Jing: “…”
It seems that I heard from Special Assistant Song that Xiao Cheng was recently promoted, and he has more and more things to do and is very exhausted.
Without further ado about Cheng Puyu, Rong Jing knew Si Liu must have discovered something at the Tianshi Alliance branch in Yancheng, so he got straight to the point. He then brought out the bowl of strawberries Xie Changshi had prepared and generously gave Si Liu two.
Si Liu stuffed it into his mouth, and when he reached out to take the third one, Rong Jing slapped him.
Si Liu: “…So stingy.”
Rong Jing looked at him and said, "Thank you Changshi for washing and picking the strawberry stems for me. If you want to eat some, ask Uncle Feng Si to get them for you."
Si Liu had a blank expression on his face, thinking to himself, if he dared to let Feng Si help him wash the strawberries, his severed head would probably appear in the sink the next second.
Si Liu rolled his eyes silently in his heart and stopped looking at Strawberry. Instead, he got down to business: "I spent a day in that branch and basically figured it all out—"
Under Rong Jing's curious gaze, he said firmly, "The one with the real problem is Chen Xin."
But we can’t say that Dai Ji also has problems.
He detailed all the strange things that happened to Dai Ji and Chen Xin today, especially in the afternoon: "Chen Xin stayed in the office most of the time. I took the opportunity to contact Dai Ji while he went to the bathroom, and found that...his soul seemed to be not in his body."
Soul separation?
Rong Jing instantly thought of Wang Shuiyan who had previously suffered an accident due to soul-separation syndrome.
However, it was normal for Wang Shuiyan to fall for it. After all, she was just an ordinary person. Even if someone plotted against her, she couldn't stop it. But Dai Ji was different. He was a Taoist priest from the Qingyun Sect!
During Rong Jing's silence, Si Liu thought he didn't believe it, so he immediately explained, "I'm telling the truth. No matter how I teased Dai Ji, he didn't react."
"I didn't say it was fake," Rong Jing explained. "I just felt that if his soul was truly lost, it might be more than just a case of soul separation syndrome."
After all, Dai Ji was a member of the Tianshi Alliance branch, and a manager, requiring frequent contact with others in the department. Yet, until now, no one else, including the girl, had noticed. This was sufficient proof that Dai Ji must have acted "normal" in front of others.
That is fundamentally different from soul separation syndrome.
"Rather than calling it soul separation syndrome, I think his condition is more like a puppet." Rong Jing muttered to himself, then his eyes flickered slightly and he whispered, "Perhaps I can ask Aqiu about this matter."
He did not forget that Aqiu still had an ancient book in his hand that was once coveted by Tao Ziguan and Jigu.
in addition--
"Dai Ji and Meng Ming probably didn't know each other, but he went to meet Meng Ming on behalf of Chen Xin. Senior Si Liu, don't you think that's a bit strange?" Rong Jing frowned. "Judging from Dai Ji's use of the Transformation Talisman and his suspected control by Chen Xin, Chen Xin must have concealed his identity very well. In that case, he could have easily avoided meeting Meng Ming. Is there anything that can't be explained over the phone?"
"Meng Ming doesn't have a cell phone?" Si Liu guessed.
Rong Jing shook his head: "He has, he will contact Guan Zhengye."
Xie Changshi stood by and listened for a while, then picked up a strawberry and fed it to Rong Jing. He then said, "Perhaps, their purpose is not to reminisce about the past, but to deliver something."
Si Liu: "Can't it be delivered by express?"
Rong Jing and Xie Changshi looked at him at the same time.
Si Liu: “…”
He chuckled twice, scratched his head, and whispered, "I forgot that some things can't be delivered."
And judging from Meng Ming's bad behavior, he was probably afraid that the thing would be lost.
"Now that we've found him, we can arrest him and question him anytime. I'm just afraid Chen Xin is just being stubborn." Rong Jing said, looking back at Si Liu, "Senior, please stay with Chen Xin and Dai Ji for the next two days. I'll go to the special department tomorrow."
Xie Changshi added: "There is overtime pay."
Si Liu: “!”
It has to be the owner of the little zombie!
Without saying a word, he immediately stood up from the sofa and even made a swearing gesture: "Leave it to me, don't worry!"
After saying that, he disappeared in a flash.
Rong Jing: “…”
He thought that Xie Changshi really understood Senior Si Liu's love of money.
…
The next day, Rong Jing was worried about something, so he came to Yancheng Special Department early in the morning.
When he arrived, he happened to see Ah Qiu and Chi Bai walking over, each holding a pancake. Chi Bai saw him and asked, "Have you eaten yet? If not, I'll buy you one later."
The pancake stall is right next to the police station.
Rong Jing looked at it for a while and said honestly: "I have eaten it, but if you are willing to buy me one, I don't mind."
Chi Bai: “…”
A few minutes later, Rong Jing also held a pancake in his hand and told Si Liu everything he had discovered and their analysis.
Chi Bai slammed his hand on the table and said, "Fuck, this old bastard actually has a trick up his sleeve."
He thought that the eight transformation talismans were cautious enough, but he didn't expect that Chen Xin was even more cunning than he imagined.
Thinking of this, and considering Dai Ji's current situation, Chi Bai frowned fiercely, and then confirmed with A Qiu: "So there is such a spell?"
Aqiu was holding a pancake while flipping through ancient books, and after a while his fingertips stopped.
Rong Jing and Chi Bai leaned over to take a look.
Oh, I don’t understand.
The characters were all so strange, curvy, and colorful that I couldn't even recognize them. No wonder Ah Qiu hadn't finished studying the ancient texts for years, and he had to learn some characters before he could even start practicing spells.
"Puppetry is somewhat similar to the soul-leaving syndrome. But unlike the soul-leaving syndrome, the person under the puppetry will obey all the requests of the 'master'." Instead of being unconscious and gradually dying like the soul-leaving syndrome.
"Then, according to Duan Yunshuang and the others, Dai Ji has been under the spell of puppetry for a long time, at least several years, unless something unexpected happens." Chi Bai stroked his chin as he spoke, his analysis echoed by A Qiu. "That's right, because once the puppetry ends, the person under the spell will recover immediately. In other words, if there's a break, Dai Ji will remember everything, and by then, the fact that Chen Xin is having problems will inevitably be exposed."
After hearing this, Rong Jing finally understood the true meaning of the four words "after bad luck comes good luck" that he had predicted for Dai Ji.
"Then..." Rong Jing and Chi Bai exchanged glances, each seeming to see a similar thought in the other's eyes. In the end, Rong Jing was the first to ask, "If the spell is lifted, will Chen Xin notice it?"
Aqiu: "Isn't that nonsense?"
Rong Jing/Chi Bai: "..."
Ah Qiu: "It doesn't matter if it's dissolved. Are you planning to keep Chen Xin around to harm others?"
Chi Bai: "Aren't you worried that he'll be stubborn and refuse to speak, so we won't be able to find out anything?"
Upon hearing this, Aqiu immediately raised the ancient book in his hand, placed it in front of the two men, and raised his chin: "As long as you keep him alive, I will make him tell you whatever you want to know."
It seems... that makes some sense.
Rong Jing said, "Then act quickly. I think you've already alerted the enemy. If nothing unexpected happens, Chen Xin will probably abandon Dai Ji."
At the same time, the Yancheng branch of the Tianshi Alliance.
Chen Xin pushed open the office window and casually lit a cigarette. Smoke slowly rose, obscuring his calm face. After a moment, the cigarette was extinguished. He turned to look at the man sitting at his desk, dazed and circling his surface like an idiot. His brow furrowed slightly, revealing a look of regret.
"What a shame," he said. "It was a very useful puppet, but it was discovered because of that idiot Meng Ming."
Chen Xin was careful enough when he instructed Dai Ji to meet Meng Ming. When Meng Ming saw Dai Ji, he sneered and mocked him for hiding too well like a rat in a sewer. Therefore, Chen Xin was actually quite confident that their private meeting would not be discovered.
What's more, Meng Ming is one of the people in charge of Taoziguan.
But he never expected that they had just met the day before yesterday and Meng Ming died the day after tomorrow.
The funniest thing is that he was clearly targeting Rong Jing and his group and wanted to kill Rong Jing, but in the end he was easily killed by Rong Jing's side.
It's really... embarrassing.
He frowned, knowing that Meng Ming was in trouble, so he would definitely not be able to escape, so he could only abandon Dai Ji.
After giving Dai Ji the final order, Chen Xin sat back in his chair, while Dai Ji suddenly put down the pen in his hand, threw the things in his hand into the trash can, turned around and left the office.
When leaving the funeral home, the girl raised her head and looked at his back, wanting to say something, but in the end she pursed her lips and said nothing.
If it were Chen Xin, the girls would definitely greet him. After all, Uncle Chen was a very nice person and treated them not like his subordinates, but rather like the younger generation in his family.
But the person is Dai Ji, and Dai Ji is too cold.
When his eyes stared at people, she felt like her body was frozen.
More than ten minutes later.
A figure appeared at the door of the funeral goods store. The man smiled at the girl and said, "Hello, I'm looking for your manager."
The girl didn't notice anything and said wait a moment.
A few seconds later, she escorted the person to the office door. Pushing the door open, the person raised his eyes, looked at Chen Xin, and asked with a smile, "Manager Chen? Excuse me, where is Dai Ji?"
In the alley on the other side.
Aqiu sat on the high wall, chewing gum and swinging his legs slowly.
When Dai Ji's figure appeared in his sight, he curled his lips and said with a smile: "I've been waiting for you."
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