"Hey, kid, do you believe that vampires exist in the world?" Li Yuebai snapped open a pair of disposable chopsticks and asked the young man sitting opposite him across the plastic dining table.
The young man remained silent, his paralyzed face motionless, and he was too lazy to answer him a word.
This is a street food stall in 2016. People wearing vests and shorts are eating skewers everywhere. From time to time, there are electric cars delivering takeout and express delivery passing by. Pretty girls are wearing thick-soled slippers and hot pants, eating while walking with paper bowls in their hands. The big brother Jinlianzi at the next table is holding a wide-screen domestic smartphone and talking nonsense to someone with saliva flying. There is a TV at the door of the snack stall, showing a football game... It is very lively and very secular.
When Li Yuebai was sent over by the system, the original owner had just finished saying:
Do you believe that vampires exist in the world?
I don't believe it! ——Li Yuebai wanted to answer for the young man opposite him.
This world, looking left and right, is exactly the same as the real world where he is a teacher. As a materialist, he can never believe that vampires exist. However, novels, movies, TV series, and animations related to vampires are everywhere, providing the general public with endless YY and joy.
The young man opposite looked a bit like Murong Nan in the previous outfit, young and handsome, a bit gloomy and with dark circles under his eyes, but he was wearing modern clothes with a low-key style and a very temperamental temperament. He didn't look like someone who would eat in a place like this.
This age, this aura...
In the previous life, Murong Nan was a royal second generation. Unexpectedly, he met a rich second generation again this time. Teacher Bai was very tired.
The system gradually woke up, and the information about the young man unfolded in the mind bit by bit.
The young man's name is Ye Qing, he is 21 years old, a third-generation rich man, and graduated from a prestigious aristocratic school. His current job is a policeman with the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and a front-line criminal policeman.
Why go through birth and death when you can have a comfortable and luxurious life?
The data continued to scroll down: Ye Qing, has a special physical condition, similar to depression. He lacks interest in the world and life, finds it difficult to feel happy, and even rarely feels emotions such as fear. That is why he is engaged in his current career to try to find meaning in his life.
Got it. Li Yuebai understood it in an instant.
Although he does not have depression, he sometimes feels down. He has read a lot of information about depression on the Internet and has a general understanding that depression is a physiological disease. Patients cannot feel happy, life is very painful and tormented, and the suicide rate is extremely high.
People like Ye Qing are front-line police officers, busy handling various cases every day. Although their lives are in danger, it is much more fulfilling than sitting there every day fighting their illnesses. As the external dangerous stimulation increases, the inner desire for suicide is not so strong.
After looking at the other side, it’s time to look at yourself.
Li Yuebai picked up the smartphone on the plastic dining table and took a picture of his face.
Well, as expected, he is still a handsome guy with a fierce face, angry wrinkles between his eyebrows, slightly long hair, a tiny silver earring on each earlobe, and very tall. When he just opened the pair of disposable chopsticks, his hands were steady and powerful, and there was not a single burr on the opened surface.
The original owner's name was Gu Xisha, he was 28 years old, and like Ye Qing he was a policeman at the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and had been working there for several years. Therefore, Ye Qing was guided by him when he first started working, so they were like a master-disciple relationship.
Li Yuebai remembered that the Public Security Bureau had a regulation that prohibited ear piercing and wearing earrings... How did Gu Xisha get around this regulation?
"Xisha." Ye Qing raised his eyelids without moving his paralyzed face and asked, "Where have you been during the days since you were fired?"
Fired?
No wonder he dared to wear earrings openly, it turns out he is no longer a policeman...
Soon, Gu Xisha's information was also revealed: he was born in an ordinary family, his parents were killed by criminals so he hated evil, had a fierce temper, was very capable, had rich experience, had extremely high martial arts skills, and was a backbone of the Municipal Bureau... Unfortunately, a week ago, during a raid, he lost control and killed a surrendered criminal, so he was expelled from the Municipal Bureau.
"You little brat, you didn't even call me Master after just a few days of not seeing me?" Li Yue frowned and said to Ye Qing fiercely, "Master has been eating and sleeping these days, and he's been very carefree. Unlike you, you're busy like a grandson every day."
"Why do you suddenly bring up the matter of vampires?" Ye Qing asked.
"I had a dream last night, so I just asked casually." Li Yuebai said coldly.
Yesterday, Gu Xisha, who had lost his job, saw the news on TV and in newspapers. A murder occurred in a neighboring province. Two people were in a business partnership and something happened in their store. One died and the other was missing. The Public Security Bureau's preliminary investigation determined that the missing person was the murderer.
But there is one amazing thing about this case - the body of the deceased was intact, but all the blood in the body had been sucked out!
There were no tools left at the scene that could do this, and it is impossible for humans to have such an ability. The only explanation is - vampires.
Of course, Gu Xisha only had this suspicion in his heart. He did not handle the case personally, so it was not easy for him to jump to conclusions.
"It just so happens." Ye Qing said calmly, "I also dreamt about it last night."
"I haven't told you what I dreamed about yet, and you're also dreaming about something?" Li Yuebai joked.
"The only thing that can keep Master awake at night is the case in the neighboring province." Ye Qing said, "This case cannot be explained by common sense. It can only be explained as a vampire. But Master's professional ethics do not allow him to say such a thing. He can only dream about it."
Although Ye Qing, the disciple, is paralyzed, cold, and a wealthy man who is envied and hated, he is still very good to his master. At least he can understand what his master is thinking at a glance.
"You are worthy of being my apprentice." Li Yuebai said: "It's a pity that this case is not within your jurisdiction, let alone mine..."
"Do you regret it?" Ye Qing suddenly looked directly into Li Yuebai's eyes and asked, "Do you regret killing that person?"
"No, absolutely not." Li Yuebai's face was solemn.
They both knew the answer to this topic very well, and they knew it as soon as it was mentioned.
The criminal killed by Gu Xisha last week was named Gao Chengyu.
Gao Chengyu became a well-known successful person in the city at a young age. He invested in real estate, made connections with people from all walks of life, and had connections in the underworld and government. He did business with an adventurous spirit and a gambler's mentality. Good opportunities and good luck made him successful. Before he was 30 years old, he had assets of over 100 million.
However, behind the cloak of a successful socialite, Gao Chengyu has a darker side - he is not only a pedophile, but also a pedophile with a strong desire for torture and murder.
Last year, there were several cases of missing teenagers in our city. Most of the missing persons were boys and girls around 14 years old, and there was even a 10-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl.
Later, their bodies were found one after another. They were all chopped into pieces, cooked at high temperature, and then packed into black plastic bags and dumped everywhere. The criminals did a great job of cleaning up and the disposal process was so covert that no fingerprints, body fluids, or hair were left behind.
The Municipal Bureau repeatedly investigated, but the clues were always interrupted at the most critical moment.
Gu Xisha dug into the case for a whole year with great determination, and finally found evidence that Gao Chengyu had committed the crime. However, when he led his men to arrest Gao Chengyu, Gao Chengyu did not resist at all, but just smiled and replied: "Captain Gu, 48 hours, at most I will be out in 48 hours."
His face was full of pride and threats. Not only did he not repent, he also wanted to rely on his strong background and ability to argue to get around legal loopholes, evade punishment, and continue committing crimes.
Gu Xisha was equipped with a gun at the time and also thought about it seriously.
Then a shot in the head.
Gao Chengyu died very quickly, with his brains and blood all over the ground.
Gu Xisha had sufficient evidence in his hands, so he was only fired and released on bail pending trial, waiting to find a lawyer to fight the lawsuit. He also made the headlines of TV news and became a hot topic in the city. Fortunately, the photo was blurry, so the people in the barbecue restaurant did not gather around him.
In addition, he had to face the pursuit and revenge of Gao Chengyu's remaining comrades.
He did not regret this choice at all. Instead, he was very glad - if Gao Chengyu had not died, there would have been endless troubles.
Judging from Ye Qing's paralyzed face, he should agree with Gu Xisha's approach.
Li Yuebai also expressed his agreement.
Li Yuebai felt that this world he came to for the second time was not bad.
There is barbecue to eat, TV to watch, and apprentices to tease. The number one enemy that seemed difficult to deal with had actually been shot in the head by the original owner a week ago. Well, well, well.
At present, the biggest threat seems to be the legend of vampires.
Maybe it was a special method of committing the crime, and all I had to do was to instruct my apprentices to solve the case.
At this moment, the cell phone rang, and the name displayed was: Liang Tian.
Liang Tian is a forensic doctor at the Municipal Bureau and a colleague of Gu Xisha and Ye Qing. He usually wears a white coat and glasses, and is clean and well-mannered. He has a good relationship with the master and apprentice.
"Hello, Liang Tian." Li Yuebai picked up the phone: "Ye Qing and I are at the barbecue restaurant, are you coming?"
"Barbecue?" Liang Tian must have curled his lips over there: "I have some raw meat here, do you want to eat it? I'll cut some for you?"
"I'm eating now, stop being so mean." Li Yuebai immediately understood what he meant by raw meat: "Are you still busy in the morgue?"
"Yes, on behalf of the vast majority of working people, I accuse you of such idle and bad behavior!" Liang Tian said bitterly.
"No, you are a salaried public servant, you can't bully an unemployed vagrant like me." Li Yuebai stuffed a piece of grilled Thousand Layer Tofu into his mouth, feeling very happy.
"Hey, guess whose body I'm dealing with now." Liang Tian said.
"You face dozens of corpses every day. Who could have guessed it?"
"Oh, if it was someone else, would I be so anxious to call you?" Liang Tian said: "It was the criminal you killed!"
"Gao Chengyu?" Li Yuebai frowned.
As soon as Gao Chengyu died, his body was taken away by the Forensic Department of the Provincial Bureau. Perhaps after the autopsy was completed recently, it was sent back to the Forensic Department of the Municipal Bureau, and naturally Liang Tian came across it.
"When you go to court, this body will be important evidence, right?" Liang Tian's voice became serious: "I don't mean anything else. I just want to say, Captain Gu, your life is so legendary. I..."
"It is an objective fact that I killed him. Liang Tian, you can verify it however you want. It's a fait accompli anyway." Li Yuebai sighed.
"I just think this body is a little strange." Liang Tian probably put his phone on the table, turned on the speakerphone, and turned the body over with his rubber-gloved hands: "The hole at the back of the head doesn't look like a bullet hole. It's too small."
At that time, Gu Xisha's bullet pierced Gao Chengyu's forehead and came out from the back of his head, making a big hole in the back of his head.
"Little?" Li Yuebai frowned: "Impossible."
"How about I take a picture and show it to you?" Liang Tian's words were full of doubt: "This is weird."
"Come quickly and take pictures." Li Yuebai ordered.
However, just as he was about to hang up the phone, he heard Liang Tian's scream in the receiver.
Then the call went dead.