Volume 2: The Source of Life Chapter 13: Tail Walk

  As I turned a corner, my slow pace suddenly quickened. I didn't follow Lin Muxian's direction, but instead took a big detour and inserted myself in front of him from afar.

  I'm going to tailgate! That's right, I am going to tailgate.

  I want to see what Lin Muxian does every day before going home.

  Lin Mu Xian walked at a pace that was neither fast nor slow. If she was searching for something, her gaze didn't scan the surroundings.

  But I've always been patient, she walks casually, and I follow casually, we keep a distance of about half a street.

  The sky gradually darkened, and Lin Muxian had also strolled through half of the city. Just as I thought tonight would be spent like this, her continuously walking footsteps suddenly came to a stop.

  Just then, a sudden noise burst into his ears: "Oh no! Fire! Big fire!"

  Upon hearing the sound, I looked towards the northeast corner of the sky and saw a fiery glow.

  Set on fire?

  I suddenly remembered that in my previous reincarnation, a big fire also broke out. The place where the fire started was not elsewhere, but coincidentally on the construction site of my father's building. In my memory, more than ten migrant workers died, and the government compensated some money for this. However, since my father had already declared bankruptcy, this matter did not affect him.

  In other words, this has nothing to do with me.

  But now...

  I raised my eyes and saw Lin Miao Xian no longer walking randomly, but instead turned around and walked towards the place where the fire was lit.

  What is she going there for?

  With this doubt in mind, I slowed down my pace and followed closely behind.

  In the northeast corner of the city, on the top floor of a high-rise building not far from where the fire started in a residential house.

  "It's so late, Master Tang has come in person, I wonder what brings you here?"

  A middle-aged man with a subtle smile of fortune reclined comfortably on the genuine leather sofa, holding a delicate porcelain tea cup and taking a light sip, his narrow and long eyes occasionally narrowing slightly, revealing an imperceptible glint.

  In front of him stood a young man with a robust build and handsome face. Judging from his well-groomed long fingers, this person was either rich or noble.

  Tang Chao elegantly pulled out a stack of files from his briefcase, smiled and placed them on the table, saying: "Boss Qian, here are the relevant materials for the Gulei Mountain murder case on September 25th, 1999. According to the investigation, the deceased Chen Hu and four others had close ties with you before their death."

  "Oh? Is that so? Hehe, as one gets older, their memory gets worse. Hmm, and then? What do you want to say?" The middle-aged man yawned, looking very casual.

  Tang Chao smiled and said, "Nothing much. Through investigation, we found that Chen Hu had owed 280,000 yuan in gambling debts before the kidnapping, which you helped to repay. Together with some other intelligence, we suspect that it was you, Boss Qian, who orchestrated this kidnapping from behind the scenes."

  A middle-aged man suddenly sat up, walked to Tang Chao with a loud laugh, patted his shoulder and said: "Young man, the case is not broken like this. If you have evidence, come and arrest me, don't waste everyone's time."

  Tang Chao still maintained a elegant smile, he picked up the documents on the table and pulled out a lighter from his body, 'ding' sound, burned the documents into ashes.

  Boss Qian was confused by Tang Chao's behavior, and his eyes widened in surprise for a moment before he said in a low voice, "What are you doing?"

  Tang Chao didn't answer, instead he said: "The fire at the migrant workers' dormitory earlier, I suppose that was also Mr. Qian's doing? Hehe, I understand, definitely another case where no evidence can be found. But are you really satisfied with these small tricks?"

  Tang Chao smiled and stood up, patted his shoulder like Boss Qian did before, and said: "Fatty, money isn't made this way."

  When Boss Qian's eyes gleamed with a sinister light, Tang Chao continued: "The reason you kidnapped Old Zhang's wife is that you're worried that Old Zhang will go bankrupt and you won't be able to collect the high-interest loans you lent out. And this time, setting fire to those leading debt-collecting workers who were making trouble, you're worried that after Old Zhang's assets are auctioned off, they'll be divided up among them. Am I right?"

  Boss Qian was furious and shouted: "So what? These days, peasants have all learned to form alliances. If they dare to compete with me for money, I'll make sure they don't live long enough to spend it."

  According to the bankruptcy ordinance, a company that declares bankruptcy will have its assets auctioned off by the government, and the proceeds from the auction will be distributed to creditors who have submitted formal proof of debt in proportion to their debts.

  Those migrant workers formed a debt collection alliance and hired lawyers to submit proof of nearly 3 million yuan in wages owed for over a year to the government.

  Tang Chao patted the excited Qian boss and said in a low voice, "Those migrant workers are very cheap, but if Boss Qian only knows how to snatch food from the cheap pigs' hands, hehe, then I really will look down on you."

  "What's this? How can you say that?"

  Tang Chao smiled mysteriously and said: "In recent years, state-owned asset restructuring has been carried out all over the country. I wonder if Old Money has heard anything about it?"

  "That I've certainly heard of, but what does it have to do with you, a mere Investigator from District 1?"

  "Hehe, not with me, but with 'us'. We are about to start dealing with the restructuring of state-owned enterprises in this city, and for that, we need a businessman from this city who has both face and wealth to help us. I wonder if Mr. Qian is interested?"

  Upon hearing this, Boss Qian's slightly stout body suddenly jolted, his eyes fixed intently on Tang Chao as he asked: "You mean to say...?"

  Almost in an instant, Boss Qian nodded in agreement. In this day and age, who has money? The answer is the country. Whose money is easy to make? The answer must also be the country.

  Heaven has dropped this opportunity into his lap; if he doesn't seize it, then all these years of struggling will have been in vain.

  Of course, Boss Qian also understood that one of the main reasons why Tang Chao came to him was because he used to be involved in the underworld. They had a lot of evidence against him and it would be easy for them to control him.

  But is it really easy to control? Hehe, we'll see about that.

  Boss Qian saw him off with a warm smile, and Tang Chao walked to the door. Before leaving, he smiled lightly and said: "Before formal cooperation, I'll send you a dessert soup. You can rest assured that this arson case has been sealed off, and no one is allowed to enter without my order."

  "Don't hide anymore, does the smell of scorched earth smell good here?" Lin Muxian's sarcastic voice came faintly.

  I emerged from the darkness, shrugging my shoulders in a lucky escape, and found that many of my technical moves were not working. It wasn't hard to evade the police who were sealing off the scene outside, but it seemed unlikely I could avoid being discovered by Lin Muxian.

  "Where did you find me?" I asked curiously.

  The burnt-out house was very dark, with only a few sparks of fire that could reflect. The ground was wet and soggy, obviously the big fire had just been extinguished, everywhere were blackened ruins, several bodies that had not been burned to ashes curled up.

  The police have sealed off the outside of the building, and no one has come here yet.

  Lin Mu Xian Dao: "I didn't find you, but I know you won't give up, so here you are."

  "It's actually like this." I should reflect on myself, and I should have understood this point a long time ago.

  Lin Mu Xian sneered and coldly smiled, "Stay still, don't move."

  As she finished speaking, her left hand rested on the wrist of her right hand, where a bracelet was worn, and her slender fingers made various gestures. Then, a familiar brilliant scene reappeared before my eyes.

  A halo of misty light spread from the bracelet, enveloping Lin Miao's entire body. As the light expanded and contracted, many white light spots floated around him.

  This time I saw clearly that those white light spots did not come out of thin air, but slowly emerged from around the corpses.

  Gradually, white small dots in the air merged with each other and finally condensed into a cluster the size of a small spark.

  This time Lin Muxian didn't gather the white fluff to his fingertips again, and with a light flick of his wrist, the white fluff shattered and dispersed like water droplets hitting stone.

  Then, Lin Mouxian fell into deep thought.

  "Is this... some sort of ritual? Does it require a corpse?" I asked tentatively in a low voice.

  Lin Miao Xian was deep in thought and completely ignored him.

  I didn't want to disturb her, so I walked over to a relatively intact corpse and examined it carefully.

  Is there anything peculiar about this corpse?

  It was almost a casual glance, but I really found many abnormalities. Generally speaking, the danger in a fire is not the big flames, but the harmful gases accompanied by solid small particles. Before being burned by the fire, many people will be fainted by the scorching thick smoke.

  In this way, the victims of the fire often have a very distorted facial expression, but this corpse will not.

  Further down, I saw a scar on his chest, which appeared to be a knife wound.

  It was almost instantaneous, I determined this is what it killed.

  To further prove this, I picked up a thin piece of shale and easily broke open the abdomen along the charred muscle fibers. The lungs were bright red and intact, not appearing to have inhaled dense smoke, then opened the stomach...

  "What's wrong with you?" Lin Muxian's cold voice came over.

  "Bored and waiting for you to wake up." As I spoke, I reached into my stomach with my hand and pulled out a handful of something. This person must have been killed after dinner, as there were still several pieces of shredded meat stuck in their stomach.

  "You... stop!" Lin Muxian's cold face twisted in disgust, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, staring at me.

  I shook my hands and walked forward: "These people died before they lost fire, it can be confirmed that it was killed by it."

  "None of my business." Lin Muxian looked at my hand with disgust and took a few steps back.

  I nodded and said, "It's none of my business either. But I came with you, what are you doing here?"

  Lin Miao Xian's beautiful eyes swept over me, saying: "I think there's no need to tell you this. Just like how you won't reveal your own secrets."

  I thought so too, and suddenly asked: "Are we leaving now?"

  Lin Muxian didn't respond, and silently walked out. I was already used to her cold attitude, so I followed five steps behind her. But just as Lin Muxian reached the door, she suddenly jumped back, "Someone!"

  It's too late to hide now!

  At the door were three men in black, holding a small brown glass bottle. Seeing us, they too were startled and stood frozen at the entrance.

  "Who are you?" the three men asked.

  Lin Miao's face was tense and silent. I took a look at the situation and said, "We are reporters from the city TV station, we came to report on this."

  "Reporter?" The man in the middle paused slightly and asked, "Where's the camera?"

  "Let's go!" I gestured behind them and gave Lin Muxian a facial expression, almost at the same time, we rushed to the door together.

  "Looking for death!"

  After rushing out a few steps, the person in the middle came back to his senses, calmly took a step forward, and coldly waited for us to pass by.

  Looks like you've practiced! I made a judgment in my heart.

  Actually, as soon as the three of them appeared, I was prepared for a quick battle, otherwise, if other police officers outside came in, it would be troublesome.

  Lin Miao Xian apparently had the same idea as me, with his right hand subtly placed in front of his chest, charging straight ahead.

  I figured she could handle two of them, and I'd take care of one - no problem!

  In a few blinks of an eye, I was only two steps away from the big man in the middle. At this time, my foot paused and turned to the left.

  Let Lin Mouxian deal with that hard nut to crack!

  That man reacted quickly, turning his body to chase after him. At the same time, the big fellow on the left immediately swung his fist and attacked, while the remaining big fellow on the right pounced towards Lin Moxian.

  The three people coordinated very smoothly.

  It's clear that they plan to join forces and take down this man first, while Lin Muxian alone is enough for the woman.

  I have no choice but to say they were wrong, however, there are different kinds of wrongs.

  First, two people joined forces to deal with me. Then, three people joined forces... Hmm, I estimate that even if the three of them came together, they wouldn't be a match for Lin Muxian.

  But after Lin Miao Xian successfully escaped, whether he would pull me along with him was unclear.

  It was almost instantaneous that I made up my mind.

  "Come on, girl!"

  Letting out a loud roar, I rolled to the side and dodged. It was a bit embarrassing, but there was no other way - yesterday's injuries hadn't healed yet, and if I took another hit today, my life would be gone.

  Lin Miao Xian did not disappoint me, a flash of light in her palm and with a "thud" sound, the big man rushing towards her was shocked and fell to the ground. He clutched his chest, unable to get up for a long time.

  The other two were stunned and stopped chasing me, surrounding Lin Muxian and pouncing on him.

  In this brief pause, I sprang up and made a beeline for the gate, sprinting wildly. As for those two, leave them to Lin Muxian.

  "Bang!" A loud noise shook the air, and the big man in the middle was pushed by Lin Mouxian with a palm, shaking him to fly against the gate.

  "What's wrong?" The big man finally sensed Lin Muxian's strangeness and retreated in horror, coincidentally blocking the doorway.

  "Haha! Good dog doesn't block the way!" I smiled to myself, rushing towards the big gate, leaving this half-dead guy behind.

  At this moment, the big man suddenly shouted loudly: "You're the dog, your whole family are dogs!" After shouting, he excitedly twisted open the tightly held small glass bottle and splashed it onto me with a 'whoosh'.

  "Yoho!" I only had time to let out a strange cry, and then another lazy donkey rolled over, its body stiffly falling to the left.

  "Pffft..."

  A mysterious liquid splashed onto the ground, emitting wisps of smoke. The cement floor was like it had been poured with molten steel, and a pit was suddenly formed.

  This must be Wang Shui!

  He let out a low cry of alarm, and to prevent the man from chasing after him, he rolled further inside. By this time, Lin Mouxian had arrived, his palm shining brightly for an instant before extinguishing, sending the man flying, thus ending this battle where one fought against three.

  "Get out, go." Lin Muxian glanced at me lightly, to say nothing of the gaze that was exactly like a rich woman's after dinner paying the bill and leaving, slightly masculine people would probably not be able to bear it.

  Unfortunately, I didn't have any burden on my previous actions, so I flipped over from the ground, patted my butt and said: "Let's go!"

  Such a magnanimous behavior, Lin Miao Xian's lips were tightly closed, I thought to myself: This person's face is really thick enough to stop a train.

  It was at this time...

  "Crack!" A crisp sound suddenly came from the doorway.

  Upon hearing this not unfamiliar voice, I suddenly glanced at the large man outside the door holding the Wang Shui bottle, and my heart was shocked. I shouted: "Lin Miao Xian, quickly hide!" At the same time, disregarding the dull pain in my chest and ribs, I made a swift leap and pounced towards her.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Three consecutive shots rang out, and I only felt a sudden numbness in my left shoulder, with a scorching sensation sweeping across my entire body.

  "Damn it, I've been hit."

  As he fell to the ground, a handsome young man appeared at the door, elegantly blowing on the muzzle of his gun and smiling: "Long time no see, little brother!"

  "Is it him? Tang Chao?"

  When I heard the sound of "click" pulling the gun bolt, and thought about the highly corrosive aqua regia, plus the obvious corpse killed by it, and the police who didn't come in for a long time.

  In an instant I knew it was going to be a disaster.

  Unfortunately, I was still a step too late. Supporting my shoulder which wouldn't stop bleeding, I struggled to get up and asked Lin Muxian, who had turned pale, "Are you okay?"

  Lin Mou Xian nodded and said, "It's nothing."

  "Not bad, huh!" Tang Chao pointed his gun at us and said slowly: "At the police academy, I was the shooting champion. It took me three sneak shots to hit one shot. If this gets out, my instructor will be humiliated."

  In this situation, I understand, it's a big trouble.

  Although it is not clear how Tang Chao got involved in this arson case, it is obvious that those three people are Tang Chao's trusted followers, who came to destroy the evidence. The police outside received orders and cannot come in.

  The only way now is to drag out the time and see if those reporters and crowds outside will be curious about the gunshot they just heard and try to find a way in.

  "Uh, actually we're just passing by, really!" I said, pretending to be silly while enduring the pain in my shoulders.

  Tang Chao smiled and said: "Just passing by? Hehe, why didn't you say so earlier, or things wouldn't have turned out like this."

  Just as Tang Chao was speaking, the three big men who were shaken off by Lin Muxian got up and crawled, apparently Lin Muxian had left a few points of strength before, and they were not seriously injured.

  "Haven't you seen that this little brother is injured? Why don't you hurry over and take care of him?"

  Tang Chao nodded his head towards me, and then the three of them walked over in big strides, rummaging through their pockets for something.

  Being pointed at close range by a godly marksman, Lin Mouxian didn't dare to move recklessly, let alone me. The situation in the movies where one can survive after being shot is non-existent.

  Like that, I stared blankly as they walked behind me, then a white, handkerchief-like thing covered my face.

  The next moment, I went limp and fell!

  P: The 16th has arrived in Beijing on a business trip, it's extremely inconvenient to go online, haha, especially big. Tomorrow I'll return to Hangzhou, and afterwards won't be delayed again... Also, friends who like it remember to collect recommendations!