Chapter 43: Visiting Zhao Yan

  "What about Zhao Yan?" I remembered that when I just got on the bus, Zhao Yan was also on this bus, but how come I didn't see her now. Where did she go during the time I lost consciousness? Holding Captain Wang's hand, I became more agitated, and those who didn't know thought I wanted to take revenge on Zhao Yan.

  Captain Wang bit his lip, hesitated for a moment and then smiled bitterly: "Zhao Yan has gone home. Her family is in the city, her father is a leader of the municipal bureau. Originally, Zhao Yan was still on vacation today, but just now her father called to ask why she hadn't returned home yet. So Zhao Yan had another car take her back to the city."

  My face twitched, and I felt like the heavens were playing a trick on me. How could this be happening again? But no matter what, I was unwilling to give up. I gritted my teeth and said, "Then let's call Zhao Yan. No matter what, we have to get her to destroy that photo. It must be destroyed, it absolutely cannot fall into the hands of Li Hongjun's daughter."

  Captain Wang was taken aback, hesitated for a moment, and then made up his mind. He nodded heavily: "Although your words make people feel very absurd, I still believe you. At least the things you guard with your life are worth my trust. I'll call Zhao Yan now, don't worry."

  As he spoke, Captain Wang took out his mobile phone and dialed Zhao Yan's number. After a while, the call was answered, and Captain Wang took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "Zhao Yan, you must immediately destroy the photo of Li Hongjun that your father gave to you. Don't ask why, this is an order."

  Once Captain Wang made up his mind, he was very resolute. In fact, the reason for all this was that the experiences of the past two days were too damn bizarre, and it wasn't an exaggeration to say they were terrifying. Especially after seeing the blood curse on my body, I could disregard life and death to do something, which meant there must be a reason more important than life and death. So Captain Wang believed me.

  Even the people in this car all believed it, one by one with a heavy face, but things were not as simple as they thought. Zhao Yan was very stubborn, or because her father was the leader of the municipal bureau, so she dared to refuse on the phone: "No way, this is Li Hongjun's legacy, should be given to his daughter, we have no right to dispose of it, besides why destroy it, what happened I will take responsibility for."

  As I was saying, it suddenly got hung up because Captain Wang had put the phone on speaker, and I could hear everything clearly. After hearing this conversation, I almost fainted with rage - how can there be such an idiot? Can't the curse on my body make her understand anything? She still insisted on giving the photo to Li Hongjun's daughter. At that moment, I was so angry that my whole body was shaking: "Idiot, moron, psycho, if a zombie were to rise from the dead, it would be better for it to bite you to death first, stupid fool!"

  I really don't know what to say, this woman is thinking of something, and she's still so stubborn. However, when Captain Wang called again, no one answered. Obviously, Zhao Yan was intentionally not answering the phone. This made Captain Wang also somewhat cry and laugh at the same time, but he couldn't get anxious or impatient. After all, she was the daughter of the municipal bureau leader. Captain Wang wanted to make progress but didn't dare say much. Being able to do what he did earlier was already not bad.

  With a wry smile, Captain Wang could only give me an apologetic glance. Was this really the end? My face was clouded with uncertainty for a moment. Feeling annoyed, I lit a cigarette, but no one spoke up. The wind blowing through the car made people feel somewhat stifled.

  "I'm getting off——" After hesitating for a long time, I had already made up my mind. Since I had come this far, I couldn't give up: "Captain Wang, thank you very much for believing me, but I can't just keep going like this. Tell me where Zhao Yan's home is, I want to go find her, no matter what, I have to destroy that photo."

  Captain Wang was stunned for a moment, and for a while, he couldn't make up his mind. He hesitated for a long time before sighing: "I know where her home is, I'll take you there myself, but shouldn't your leg be taken to the hospital first?"

  "It's okay, I'm fine as long as the blood curse doesn't act up. Once it does, no hospital can help me. Just send me to Zhao Yan's house quickly." He smiled bitterly and shook his head, looking at the blood-stained pant leg, I really didn't know what to say.

  He took a deep breath, and Captain Wang nodded vigorously, then said to the driver, "Pull over."

  The police car stopped on the highway, Captain Wang and we got off, but borrowed the police car from Wang Liang's town police station, then took me and Yang Xiufeng to rush to the city, of course, accompanied by three sisters.

  All the way, there was nothing to say. After more than an hour, they finally arrived in the city. Fortunately, Captain Wang guided them, and soon they arrived at the family courtyard of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Zhao Yan's home was just here, but Captain Wang hesitated: "Liu Hai, I can't accompany you inside, after all, it's not good for my image, I hope you understand. Zhao Yan's house is in Building 3, Unit 2, Floor 2, West Room. You mustn't be impulsive."

  He nodded and a grateful expression appeared on his face: "Thanks, no matter what I have to thank you."

  After getting off the bus, Captain Wang left first. Facing the leader, he couldn't muster up the courage after all, which is also a common human nature. However, I couldn't hesitate and kept walking towards the family dormitory.

  But when I got to the gate, I hesitated because there was a guard at the gate. The guards of the Municipal Public Security Bureau's residential compound must be difficult to deal with, let alone my current appearance, with bloodstains all over my pants. But after looking around, it seemed that the only way in was through the main gate, as the surrounding area was densely packed with buildings and there was no place to sneak in. I couldn't care about that much anymore, so I took Yang Xiufeng's hand and we walked towards the gate with trepidation.

  But I was worried for nothing, when I passed the door, I saw Sanmei float into the house and cover the gatekeeper's eyes with both hands. We passed by the door, and the gatekeeper seemed to be unable to see us at all. It wasn't until later that I learned this was called "ghost covering the eyes", which can confuse people into not seeing things. In some places, it is also called "ghost blindfolding".

  After entering the residential area, I finally felt relieved, but I was looking for Building 3. However, things didn't go as smoothly as I thought, because of the bloodstains on my pants leg, which made me quite noticeable. Unfortunately, this place is home to many public security personnel. I hadn't walked far when an old man wearing a police uniform stopped me: "Halt! What do you do?"

  His voice was somewhat severe, and the old man's eyes had a scrutinizing meaning, making me slightly tense. However, my mentor quickly came up with a lie: "Grandpa, I hurt my leg, but I don't have enough money to stay in the hospital. That's why I just bandaged it for now, thinking of borrowing some money from relatives to get hospitalized."

  My words made the old man somewhat suspicious, looking me up and down, then glancing at Yang Xiufeng who furrowed her brow: "Who is your relative?"

  Numbers and old men's questions, also wearing police uniforms surrounded me, this place is really not good, although I didn't do anything bad, but still feel a lot of pressure. These old public security are particularly vigilant, however, I'm not worried, just forced a smile: "I am Director Zhao's relative, my name is Liu Hai, I know my cousin Zhao Yan has returned, so I want to borrow some money from her, if not, you can call her, mention my name and she'll know."

  The old man looked at my calm face, but still didn't make the call. It was indeed true that I had seen Zhao Yan before. If I hadn't known, how would I have known that Zhao Yan was back? Fortunately, no one suspected us, and we waited until everyone had dispersed before I finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yang Xiufeng and I exchanged a glance, both of our faces bitter. What kind of thing is this?

  I soon found Building 3 Unit 2, rang the doorbell, and indeed after a while I heard someone inside say: "Who is it?"

  It was a woman's voice, but it sounded somewhat aged. I guessed it was Zhao Yan's mother. I didn't dare to be slow and politely said: "Auntie hello, I'm here to find Zhao Yan, my name is Liu Hai."

  After a moment of silence, the music heard someone calling out Zhao Yan's name. However, Zhao Yan didn't come to open the door, but instead shouted from inside: "What are you doing here? Why haven't you died yet? I won't see you, go away quickly."

  Then I heard Zhao Yan's mother scolding her, Zhao Yan spoke like this, although in my ears it was normal and didn't mean to be out of line, but for me who hadn't died yet it was very strange. However, in her mother's ears it was different, how could anyone speak like that? She thought I was Zhao Yan's friend and didn't know why they had a conflict, so Zhao Yan spoke like this. While muttering to herself about Zhao Yan, she opened the door, and I still heard Zhao Yan exclaim: "Don't open the door——"

  Zhao Yan couldn't help but be shocked, at the very least all the strange things that happened yesterday had something to do with me. To be honest, Zhao Yan really didn't want to see me again, she really didn't want to open the door, but in the end it was too late, her mother opened the door anyway. I also didn't dare hesitate, and followed Yang Xiufeng inside, still being polite to Zhao Yan's mother: "Thank you, Auntie."

  Zhao Yan was stunned, her face showing some terror as she stared at me, especially at the multiple Huang Da Xian in Yang Xiufeng's hand. She swallowed hard and looked at me as I walked towards her, her expression changing suddenly. She abruptly rushed back to her own room, locked the door, and shouted loudly from inside: "Don't come over! I said no means no! That photo... I..."

  I don't know what unspoken secret there is, but the words that followed were not spoken, and yet the voice had already begun to tremble. Or perhaps it was unwillingness to say more in front of his mother, but I had a bad premonition that something was wrong. He gritted his teeth and let out a loud shout: "Zhao Yan, give me the photo, or you'll regret it."

  "What's going on, what photos?" Zhao Yan's mother felt something was off and walked over from behind, looking at me and Yang Xiufeng with a puzzled expression, her eyes darting back and forth to my pants.

  I turned back to look at her mother, just smiled bitterly: "Auntie, it's nothing, just a photo. Zhao Yan took a photo that didn't belong to her, I'm asking her to return it. Auntie, sorry for the trouble, can I have a word with Zhao Yan alone?"