Chapter Ninety-Five: Investigate

  All the way by car to Xiangyuan community.

  Wang Yi couldn't help but steal a glance at Yang Yunqiu, and after enduring for half a day, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Teacher, is that 'Niang Niang' a ghost? Are there really many ghosts in the world? Do you want to send her back home?"

  He always felt that sending a ghost home was not quite right.

  Yang Yunqiu couldn't help but laugh: "...... She's probably a legendary fierce ghost, anyway I've never seen a spirit on the street before..." Before he finished speaking, he saw a female ghost with only half a face sitting in the fountain in the city center, futilely searching for something inside, and was stunned into silence.

  "Never mind, let's not worry about how they appeared for now... Let's just go to her house and check out the situation. Since we've run into each other, it means this matter is worth taking care of." Yang Yunqiu didn't want any free cause-and-effect merits delivered to his doorstep, after all, he wasn't stupid.

  Jin Xin was indeed as he said, familiar with the people in Xiangyuan community. As soon as he entered, there were many old men and women who walked their dogs, teased cats, and fed birds greeting him.

  There was also an auntie who insisted on giving him her own stewed pigeon porridge to eat.

  Jin Xin happily divided the porridge given by his aunt among his own teachers, teaching assistants and good friends to drink together, although each person could only have a few sips, just to taste the flavor.

  "Mrs. Hu, this is my teacher, he's a member of the Women and Children's Rights Protection Organization, today he came to visit, our Xiangyuan community is the first stop." Jin Xin leaned in, lowering his voice and whispering to Mrs. Hu, "Don't be polite, just quietly tell me, has anything unusual happened recently in our community? Such as domestic violence or child abuse?"

  If someone else had asked such a sensitive topic, Mrs. Hu would not have told outsiders at all, but apparently Jin Xin and they had a very close relationship and were very liked by the old man.

  Old Lady Hu thought for a moment, looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, then said: "Our community doesn't have such messy things, it's just that the opposite side is where the relocated residents of Gejiazhuang live, that place is quite chaotic, always hearing about men getting drunk and beating their wives, last year someone even died."

  She said a lot, making Jin Xin and several students listen with their eyes wide open, and before she even got to the point, it had already made people's hearts sour. Although they more or less understood in their hearts that rumors are unreliable, all sorts of gossip and rumors spread from other people's mouths, and who knows how many versions have been changed, but no wind is stirred without a reason, if nothing really happened, there wouldn't be so many frightening stories.

  Yang Yunqiu furrowed his brow, he always advocated for being focused when doing things, and subtly said: "I heard that recently our southern city's kidnappers have been particularly rampant, especially fond of kidnapping five or six year old children. What is the security situation like in your neighborhood?"

  Old Lady Hu slapped her thigh: "It's really infuriating, I hate those bastards who don't even spare little kids. Our neighborhood is still okay, the security guards patrol 24 hours a day and there are surveillance cameras in every corner. But it was the Cheng family on the third floor, they lost their daughter a month ago, her nickname is Nannan. It wasn't lost in our neighborhood, though. The Cheng couple are busy, this house was bought with a loan, and they also bought a car, so they have to pay back the loan every day, no time to take care of the child, so they let their mother-in-law take care of her. Who would have thought that a month ago, the child had a fight with her grandmother and ran out, never to be found again? The old lady was anxious to the point of illness and was hospitalized. The Cheng couple also issued a missing person notice, but unfortunately, they still haven't found their daughter. Alas, poor Nannan is only five years old, she must have been kidnapped by human traffickers."

  Several students exchanged glances and turned their heads to look at their own teachers.

  Yang Yunqiu didn't say much, just responded to Hu Dama's few words, and went to the security room to prepare to review the surveillance video. Jin Xin and others watched as Yang Yunqiu took out her ID and coaxed the security guard into pulling up a month-old surveillance video to take a look.

  The result was that there was no shot of Nuan leaving the gate at all.

  Officer Yang, you know our community is an old one, and the residents like to take shortcuts. They've torn down several sections of the fence on all sides, and some have even gone to the trouble of building a small path through the greenbelt using bricks, creating another back door. Who knows which way the child went? Anyway, we didn't capture it on camera. After this incident, we're making a big effort to rectify the situation. This month, we've sealed off all the privately opened small doors and even installed cameras in the back.

  Yang Yunqiu had no choice but to go directly to Cheng Jia.

  The security guard looked at him and saw that he was accompanied by a group of young people, all dressed as students. He couldn't help but wonder if the police were becoming less reliable these days. It wasn't until Yang Yunqiu left that it dawned on him - could they be fake cops?

  However, the other party didn't do anything either. The security guard thought about it and let it go, without any desire to investigate further. Nowadays, most people would rather have one less thing to worry about than one more, and don't want to get into any trouble at all.

  Cheng Chun was not at home, only his wife Liu Su Fen was there.

  Jin Xin and his group originally came with a belly full of anger, but unexpectedly saw a mother with a haggard face, swollen eyes, and filled with sorrow. The floor and tables were all covered with printed missing person notices.

  It seems that this mother is truly loving and caring for her precious daughter.

  "Wuuu..." Liu Sufen could only cry non-stop, she didn't even know who to blame, blaming her mother-in-law was not possible since she herself had fallen ill, an old person with limited energy, how could she possibly keep an eye on the lively and mischievous child?

  "It's all my fault, I... If only I had quit my job earlier, Nannan, my poor Nannan. The child was born and I didn't even get to take care of her for a few days. Originally, I wanted to wait until she started elementary school and then bring her home to live with me, the room was even renovated... Who would have thought..."

  Yang Yunqiu took a glance, the child's room was fully equipped with toys and new clothes, nothing was lacking, although they were not high-end goods, it could be seen that this couple did not seem to be the type to abuse their child.

  After searching around in circles, Yang Yunqiu frowned and asked: "Is there anything left here by the little girl, such as hair or something, we want to keep it, maybe it will be useful later."

  Liu Sufen shivered, apparently thinking of a bad place, and after being stunned for a while, she still took out some of the hair that Nangnang had left over from her childhood haircut and gave it to Yang Yiqiu.

  "Leaving the house, Jin Xin let out a sigh: 'Teacher, what's going on here?' A mother who can keep her daughter's first hair must not be someone who abuses her daughter."

  Yang Yunqiu wasn't all-knowing and all-powerful either: "Don't worry, when we get back I'll try to find the body of our daughter."

  Looking at Nainai's appearance, she has been abused for a long time, not just one or two days. It can't be the child's mother, could it be the father, or is it the grandmother? The students present all thought so.

  It's just that thinking about it, if the little girl suffered such a great injustice and her mother didn't know anything about it, I really can't help but complain a bit. This mother is too irresponsible and too careless.

  A group of people returned to the garden.

  Yang Yunqiu found a piece of jade, carved out a transparent small bottle, and drew two soul-nourishing arrays on it. She then put Nangnang away and slowly dissipated the evil energy from her body.

  "When the evil spirit disappears, she should also re-enter reincarnation. Dust returns to dust and earth returns to earth. Life and death return to their respective positions, which is the right path." Yang Yunqiu stretched out her hand to touch the jade bottle, feeling Nang Nang's fear and despair. "Before you leave, do you want to go home and take a look?"

  The little girl nodded hesitantly.

  Wang Yi carefully held a jade bottle containing a ghost and sent Nangnang back home. Fortunately, as soon as they left the protective array, Wang Yi could no longer see her.

  So that the bottle wouldn't be easily lost, he even pretended that his younger brother was a friend of Nang's kindergarten class, and this small jade bottle was a gift from his younger brother to Nang. Nang liked it very much and couldn't bear to part with it, so she entrusted Cheng Chun and Liu Su Fen not to lose it carelessly.

  This kid is really good at lying, his face doesn't change color and his heart doesn't skip a beat. One lie after another, it's indeed different from his previous simple and innocent appearance. The life of being in a high position with great power in another era has indeed left its mark on him. Yang Yunqiu did have foresight, strictly controlling him from the beginning, only letting him separate a strand of spiritual consciousness. Even if he lived in the lower realm for a long time, it wouldn't affect his ambition.

  Niang Niang was sent back to her own home, and the group of students in the garden also breathed a sigh of relief. It was almost time for class again, and other students would be arriving soon. If they accidentally saw Niang Niang in the protective array, they might get scared out of their wits again, and their cram school would probably have to close down for good.

  Besides, she's a ghost, so even if you feel sorry for her, it's better to keep your distance.

  At the time, Yang Yunqiu made a tracker for finding object auras, which looked like an ordinary tablet computer in shape, but with a bit more mysterious color.

  A group of students all thought that this glittering silver treasure was extraordinary, each and every one of them had shining eyes, Yang Yunqiu couldn't help but laugh and cry, actually the materials used to make this thing weren't very expensive, it also didn't have much use.

  In the Yan Guo, all masters know that it is common sense to never leave their hair or blood with others. Moreover, when seeking a direct disciple, seniors of the sect do not need to use external objects. Generally, at the time of entry into the sect, the senior has already left an imprint on the disciple's soul. If there is death or danger, the master will immediately know.

  This invention could be done by students of Yangming Academy as homework.

  Unfortunately, people on earth seem to have no talent for spiritual practice. Even if they do practice, at most they can only achieve physical refinement, making their spirit slightly more condensed and their senses sharper, with a healthy body.

  Yang Yunqiu gathered her thoughts, placed the fetus's hair on the tracker, and the crystal screen flickered before displaying a red dot mixed with black fog.

  Wang Yi took a closer look: "Oh my god, this is the concept building of the Science and Technology Forum." He had thought that the children's bodies should be in the entertainment venue, after all, they were from there with them on their way home.

  The other students were also stunned.

  This year's World Science and Technology Expo was held in Nanshi, with major tech companies, research institutes, and universities from all over the country participating. Yang Yunqiu had been forced by Professor Shi a few days ago to make a model of an invisible helicopter, which would be used for exhibition purposes. Even their Future Research Institute would showcase several new research results in materials science.

  The hottest news recently is this matter. For this reason, the government has taken out the landmark building in Nanshi as the venue and exhibition hall for use, which was just completed this year.

  There's still more than a day to go before the Science and Technology Expo opens, but everything that needs to be set up inside has already been arranged. Due to concerns about potential chaos, there are also armed police and special police standing guard, making it extremely difficult for outsiders to get in.

  Yang Yunqiu made a phone call and asked Li Zifeng, who was about to vomit from the meeting, to come over and help.

  As a result, when Li Zifeng arrived, those team members who were extremely bored or wanted to escape training followed him from the third floor underground. A group of people with live ammunition and without changing out of their training uniforms scared the person in charge of the exhibition hall so much that they trembled with fear.

  "Officer, it's not that there's a bomb in the hall or something? We're going to have a terrorist attack here too?"

  The security guards at the exhibition were all tense and nervous, some people seemed to be thinking about whether they should pretend to be ill and ask for leave. Li Zifeng himself didn't know what was going on, he just put on a straight face and said "no comment", which made others even more frightened.

  Yang Yunqiu held the tracker and walked all the way to the top floor, straight up to the rooftop.

  "Ah!"

  Seeing the scene on the rooftop, the two students who were not scared to death by the ghost at first let out a short scream, and Gao Ming covered their mouths.

  The person in charge of opening the sky gate for them rushed to the stairs and vomited almost his entire stomach onto the ground.

  Yang Yunqiu's eyes narrowed - the little girl's eyes were wide open, her mouth slightly ajar, and her body was covered in scars. She had been disembowelled, and it was clear that she had suffered immense pain before her death.

  These injuries cannot be seen on the little girl's soul, perhaps because she even died without realizing the most terrifying situation before her death.

  The missing person case turned into a murder case, and Li Zifeng directly called the criminal police team to take over.

  Gao Ming looked at his teacher with a pale face: "Teacher, can we find the murderer for Nang Nang? Can Nang Nang provide any clues?"

  Yang Yunqiu patted Gao Ming's shoulder and went to Nainai's grandmother's house, only to find out that the old lady had been taken home by Cheng Chun and Liu Suofen for rest.

  A group of people quickly turned around and went back home, and at this time, Jin Xin and the others were no longer afraid of Nang Nang's ghost. The state of the ghost, to say, was much better than that corpse.

  Yang Yunqiu walked to the front door of the Cheng family, rang the doorbell, and in just a moment, the large gate opened. The one who opened the door was an old lady with a kind face, who truly looked like a good person, making it easy for people to have a good impression of her. However, he had to hold his breath to avoid being overwhelmed by the stench of this person's soul, which made him feel nauseous and want to vomit.

  A group of students simultaneously put on special glasses, and according to Yang Yunqiu, after putting on the glasses, they could see the remaining consciousness, spirits, and a few people didn't have to search for long before they saw Nangnang standing in front of the tea table, staring blankly at the old lady with her remaining eye. Jin Xin's heart skipped a beat as that gaze was clearly filled with fear and hatred.

  The old lady was unaware of this, wiping away tears and welcoming Yang Yunqiu and Li Zifeng into the house to sit down. "Niang niang, my treasure niang niang, it's all because I'm not good, if I didn't say she would run away, officer, you must find my niang niang as soon as possible, I only have this one granddaughter, she is my wife's life."