Chapter 101 Questioning Don’t Reward Him
The police arrived quickly.
Twenty minutes later, the ambulance also stopped in front of the door.
Du Liyun was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, and an hour and a half later, she gave birth to a baby boy. Du Liyun was in good condition, having survived the difficult labor. However, the baby's condition was not as good. Premature babies are very fragile, their tiny hands and feet appear almost transparent, and they were placed in an incubator immediately after birth.
Lin Zhuyue opened the task letter and glanced at the eight characters calculated by Mr. Ni. He said with a mixture of emotion and surprise:
"...The child was really born at this time? Did Master Ni predict that the child would be born prematurely when he did the divination?"
"Perhaps it was expected."
Shi Can sat next to Lin Zhuyue and said,
"Many spiritual masters say that the calamities in a person's life are fixed, and this child may have been destined to suffer this calamity. However, this horoscope is very good. After this calamity, this child will have a smooth life. Otherwise, the man in the wheelchair would not have set his sights on this child."
"only……"
Lin Zhuyue asked, "But what?"
Shi Can stretched his aching shoulders and said:
"Whether it's Chen Junhao or Yan Shifeng, how did they know this child's horoscope? They couldn't have just heard rumors from the neighbors, right?"
Lin Zhuyue asked, "Are you doubting the Spiritual Master Mansion?"
"Who else to suspect?"
Shi Can sighed and said,
"They've got too many problems on this mission. I don't think they want me to return to Sky City alive. I don't know if the journey back will be smooth. Are they deliberately causing a car accident?"
Lin Zhuyue's mood was a little complicated.
In fact, when it comes down to it, those people didn't want to deal with Shican, but her.
Shi Can was her protective umbrella in Tiancheng. Without Shi Can and the family behind him, Lin Zhuyue's existence would not be a threat at all. It would be very easy for those people to get rid of her.
Lin Zhuyue closed the task authorization letter and placed it on the chair next to her. She reached out and grabbed Shi Can's wrist, looking at the skin rubbed by the rope, and asked:
"Does it hurt?"
Shi Can let her hold his wrist and said:
"If you're willing to treat me to some mixed noodles, I won't feel the pain anymore."
"Are you a child?"
Lin Zhuyue turned his head to look at Shi Can and said,
"The mixed noodles are very spicy. Be careful not to inflame your wound. How about some ice cream? Ice cream is edible."
Shi Can thought about it for a while and agreed:
“…Yeah, alright.”
However, compared to eating and drinking, the most important thing for them right now was rest. They hadn't rested all night for the mission, and their mental state had been extremely tense, which made them even more sleepy.
The two of them found a hotel near the hospital, booked a standard room, and fell asleep.
When Shi Can woke up again, it was already the early hours of the next morning. He was ravenous and terribly hungry. He glanced over at Lin Zhuyue, who was sleeping in the bed next to him, her hair flying wildly, hugging her pillow. He picked up his phone to see if there were any nearby shops still open. He changed his shoes, tiptoed out, and headed straight for a well-received breakfast shop near the hotel.
As Lin Zhuyue fell asleep, she dreamed of a bowl of fish noodle soup. The noodles had arms and legs. She ran, and the noodles ran too, but she couldn't catch up. Lin Zhuyue sat up from her bed in frustration and looked at Shi Can, who was sitting at the table eating crucian carp noodles.
"Awake? I bought one for you too..."
Shi Chan pointed to the breakfast beside him, which was carefully packed with noodles and soup, and asked,
"The look in your eyes... do you want to eat me? It's not impossible, but I can't let someone eat me for free. I still need money, at least this amount a month."
Shichan held up two fingers.
Lin Zhuyue asked: "...two thousand?"
"What are you thinking about?"
Shi Can pulled the corner of his mouth and corrected,
"Two million."
"It's too expensive. I can't afford it."
Lin Zhuyue lay back down, pulled up the quilt, and prepared to continue sleeping.
Shi Can hurriedly called her: "Hey, get up and eat——"
"I'm so sleepy that I'll fall asleep while sitting in the middle of eating."
Lin Zhuyue turned around, facing away from Shi Can, closed her eyes, and said lazily,
"Eat it when you wake up. I don't mind eating spilled noodles."
Lin Zhuyue took a nap until it was almost time to check out.
During this time, Shi Can visited the hospital to see the mother and inquire about the child's condition. He also asked Ni Hongjing for the key and went to the victim's home to retrieve the luggage that had been temporarily stored in the guest room. He also bought Lin Zhuyue another meal and returned to the hotel.
Lin Zhuyue asked, "Where's the crucian carp noodles from before?"
"I put a takeaway tag on it and put it in a nearby trash can with the lid on. I think someone has picked it up."
Shi Can put the food, which was either breakfast or lunch, on the table. He paused and said,
"If you want crucian carp noodles, I'll have the chef make them for you when we get back to Tiancheng... Oh, no, it seems the chef has to take a personal leave soon, so I might have to do it myself. But don't worry, I'm pretty good at making crucian carp soup. Baguette loves it."
Lin Zhuyue really wanted to ask Shi Can if he treated her as a cat.
She got up, went to the bathroom to change her clothes, wash up, comb her frizzy hair smooth, and then came out to sit at the small round table to eat lunch.
After lunch, they checked out of the hotel and drove back to Tiancheng.
On the afternoon of August 31st, they returned to Tiancheng.
After arriving on the island, Shi Can did not go home to rest, nor did he send Lin Zhuyue back to the dormitory. Instead, he went straight to the Spiritual Master's Mansion. He stood in front of Kang Huazong, the current head of the Spiritual Master's Mansion, and sternly questioned why such a big problem had occurred in the Spiritual Master's Mansion.
"When Lin Zhuyue received the call from the logistics center, the Spiritual Master Mansion was actually still paralyzed. It's unknown who entered the Spiritual Master Mansion and used the landline."
Kang Huazong explained with a heavy face,
"As for how Chen Junhao and Yan Shifeng learned about Elder Ni's grandson's horoscope, I will do my best to investigate. However... that was probably before I took office, so I can't guarantee that I will find a result."
Shi Chan doesn't accept this explanation:
"Then you shouldn't sit in this seat."
Shi Can's attitude was terrible. He asked, "Was the fire really an accident? Did you foresee the use of the logistics center's landline by an unknown person? You don't think you're innocent, do you? As the head of the Spiritual Master's Mansion, you're inextricably linked to any mistakes that occur there. If you don't have the ability and mentality to face an accident head-on, then don't take on this responsibility, okay?"
It's unclear whether Kang Hua has the ability, but he is definitely magnanimous. When Shi Can, a junior, pointed his finger at him and questioned him, he did not show any anger, but patiently soothed him:
"I know your life is in danger. Under this premise, it's normal for you to question my competence. I didn't volunteer to take this position. If you can, you can replace me."
Shi Can took a deep breath, nodded, and said:
"I'll try."
Shi Can turned around and left the office. He slammed the door shut and pulled Lin Zhuyue, who was standing outside, downstairs and home.
Lin Zhuyue asked, "Could this be related to Minghui?"
"He might have anticipated these events, otherwise he wouldn't have given us such a seemingly easy, yet actually fraught with danger, mission. But to say that these oversights at the Spiritual Master's Mansion were related to him is simply too far-fetched."
Shi Can shook his head and said,
"He expects us to unlock the seal of the underworld. What good does it bring to him by deliberately making the task more difficult?"
Lin Zhuyue nodded and concluded:
"So, it should be the aristocratic families who caused these omissions."
Apart from the aristocratic families, no one would target her and Shican like this.
Shi Chan didn't say anything.
He drove Lin Zhuyue home.
He fished out the crucian carp that the housekeeper had prepared in advance from the fish tank, killed the fish in the kitchen, fried the fish, and boiled a pot of milky white fish soup, preparing to fulfill his promise to cook crucian carp noodles for Lin Zhuyue.
He also made a small pot of oil-free and salt-free fish soup and took it upstairs to feed the baguettes and small fish.
The little fish probably minded cannibalism, so it sniffed the fish soup and turned away.
Shi Can grabbed Xiaoyu, fished the short-legged cat back, put it back in front of the soup bowl, and said:
"Don't leave, give me some face."
The little fish struggled in his hands, turned over, raised its short front paws and slapped him in the face.
Shi Can and the little fish looked at each other for a moment, then he picked up the little fish and gave it a kiss.
Shican is a bit of a masochist.
If someone other than his parents slapped him, he would definitely retaliate double. But if a kitten hit him, not only would he not get angry, he would even move his face closer. The cat didn't stretch its claws, so the cat's hitting him wasn't meant to hurt him, but to reward him.
...Lin Zhuyue can also beat him.
However, Shican would rather she use a small whip or some other prop instead of slapping him directly.
Unlike a pet, Lin Zhuyue, the owner, was very interested in the fish soup cooked by Shi Can. He picked up the noodles, blew on them, and stuffed them into his mouth.
Shi Can was sitting at the dining table holding Xiaoyu. He stroked the cat in his arms and told Lin Zhuyue:
"...Oh, by the way, school starts tomorrow. There's an opening ceremony in the morning, and the opening exam in the afternoon."
"take an exam?"
Lin Zhuyue was dumbfounded and said,
“No notification…”
"We won't inform you, because the purpose is to check whether you studied hard during the summer vacation when you weren't paying attention. But it's been like this every year for so many years, so even if the school doesn't tell everyone, everyone knows there will be an exam."
Shi Chan bit the cat's ear and warned,
"Xiaoyu, stop tickling my wrist. If you do that again, I'll put you in solitary confinement."
The wound on Shican's wrist caused by the rope had just scabbed over and was both painful and itchy.
"I don't know..."
Lin Zhuyue felt like the sky was falling.
"What should I do? Help..."
Shi Can was concentrating on playing with the cat, but his ears were already perked up, waiting for Lin Zhuyue to beg him. As long as Lin Zhuyue begged him, he would immediately put the cat down, give her extra lessons, and ensure that she could get out of the damn entrance exam unscathed.
Lin Zhuyue sighed and said in self-abandonment:
"Forget it, just die."
Shi Chan: “…You didn’t struggle at all?”
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