Chapter 67 The Last Case (5)

  "Xu Yuan told me that if I wasn't waiting here for you, you would have gone to deal with this big trouble by yourself," Sheng Yuan sighed and spread out his hands, saying "Looks like he was right."

  "Summer Bamboo frowned: "Senior, I..."

  "Little Wang." Sheng Yuan took the fluttering paper card from her hand, his brow slightly furrowed: "Looks like you're the next target?"

  "Chrysanthemum appeared for the first time, and before that, there was never such a hint left behind." Xia Zhu lightly touched the petals of Chrysanthemum: Sheng Yuan asked, "What does this represent?"

  Xia Zhu smiled slightly. The smile looked even a bit unnatural: "The love hidden in the heart also represents separation."

  For some reason, Shengyuan always felt that Xia Zhu's smile looked a bit awkward. He slightly turned his head and coughed: "Don't act rashly, maybe this isn't targeting you."

  Xia Zhu nodded silently, without saying a word.

  Perhaps... this wasn't aimed at me, but at Lin Yuanlie.

  Xia Zhuang thought in her heart, what she could feel was a severe shock in her mind, this idea itself made her somewhat unbearable.

  "If Xie Be's target is you, then... what is Yuan doing?" Sheng Yuan suddenly asked.

  "Senior."

  "What?" Sheng Yuan asked.

  "If your family members were being threatened by scoundrels and you were powerless to do anything, then... what would you do, senior?"

  Sheng Yuan furrowed his brow: "I will try to get the message out."

  "So... what if the message can't get out?" Xia Zhu continued to ask, her gaze fixed tightly on Sheng Yuan's face, making him almost unable to bear it.

  "Perhaps I will blackmail the culprit." This time Shengyuan chose a moderate way of speaking.

  Xia Zhu quickly understood Sheng Yuan's meaning, she smiled and gently touched the petals of the chrysanthemum, which looked extremely fragile: "I think... now Yuan Qi should be in big trouble, and we can't just wait for him to come to us."

  Once Xia Zhu becomes Xi Bo's next target, Lin Yuan will not choose to wait for death. If Xi Bo takes any drastic measures, Lin Yuan will even choose to die together with him.

  Sheng Yuan's expression turned cold and stern: "I'll give Meng Yuan a call."

  A moment later, Zou Muyuan arrived at Xia Zhu's home: "Are you sure your home has never been illegally invaded?"

  Xia Zhu had not returned home for a long time, and most of the time she was in the police station's major crimes unit. When Zou Mianyuan asked her a question, Xia Zhu looked around. The recent events had almost exhausted Xia Zhu's willpower, she bit her lower lip, feeling the familiar pain, before calming down.

  "The bookcase has been moved." Xia Zhu said suddenly.

  Zou Muyuan followed over and looked at the spotless bookcase: "Are you sure?"

  "Ah, my bookshelf is arranged in order from A to Z, now the order has changed, this may represent something......" She raised her eyes and quickly took notes, the content on it was not difficult, soon, Xia Zhu read out 5 letters that had been moved -

  "Clown?" Zou Muyuan shook his head with his chin in his hand: "No, here it should be the Joker in a deck of cards."

  "Leaving this word here, does it mean we will end things here?" Sheng Yuan asked.

  Xia Zhu stared at the bookshelf for a moment before smiling slightly: "Perhaps this is a circle in itself, and we need to find the starting point."

  The beginning and end are actually in the same place.

  Sheng Yuan furrowed his brow: "The case files are no longer in our hands now."

  "If it's related to Ah Qi's case, then this time's case file might just be for reference." Zou Mingyuan pointed out.

  Xia Zhu looked at Zou Mu Yuan: "Is the case file of Yu Nian being illegally detained by Xi Bi still there?"

  Zou Mianyuan was silent for a long time: "Under normal circumstances, this kind of case file should be sealed, but not sealing it is Yuanyan's intention. I don't know if he had considered it beforehand."

  Xia Zhu was stunned: "Yuan Qi's words... perhaps understood by Xi Bie more than anyone else, is the case file in the case room?"

  "Right," said Zou Muyu as he drove away: "Now you can get it without going through the formalities."

  It was a long time after several people left the house that a faint laugh came from next door to Xia Zhu's home: "They must not know we are waiting here."

  A moment later, Lin Yuan's voice rang out: "Your bad taste is really disgusting."

  "Is Ah Qi angry?" Xi Bao smiled, reached out and gently touched Lin Yuanqi's head, then withdrew his hand: "Until now, I still don't quite believe that Ah Qi really intends to stand on the same front line as me. How about... letting Ah Qi kill Xia Zhu personally?"

  Lin Yuanxi raised his head, with a calm and peaceful expression.

  "Hmm," Xi Bao said, staring at Lin Yuan firmly: "Your mental activity is really interesting."

  "Actually, compared to letting you kill Xia Zhu, there's a better way... which is to completely destroy you."

  "If you can't go back to your old world anymore, maybe staying in this world is the only possibility left?"

  "Do you know, Ah Qi?" Xi Bao's tone was ambiguous and unclear. He leaned in close to Lin Yuanqi, almost whispering: "You might have been a bad person all along, you never knew how suitable you were for committing crimes."

  Lin Yuan suddenly closed his eyes, and it seemed that he had seen through his wavering. Xi Bao took a step back, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his lips.

  If there is someone who whispers words of doubt in your ear every day, then—

  Maybe I'll give in after all.

  Lin Yuan's fingertips dug deep into his palm, his eyebrows and eyes firmly set.

  "I'm absolutely loving you right now," Xi added: "Humans are most interesting when they're struggling."

  "He smiled and said: 'No one will believe that we are right under their noses, so this is the safest place.'"

  "You're a madman. Once I look out the window and say one word, you'll be arrested immediately." Lin Yuan said coldly.

  "Oh," said Xi Bao with a rising and falling tone, "When Lin handed over the poker card this morning, did his hand shake? I didn't deceive you, the murderer was never me, you know that."

  Xī Bǎo's smile is still the same as before, looking very punchable.

  Lin Yuanqi stopped talking with a sullen expression, but Xi Zuo smiled warmly and elegantly: "I'm looking forward to your performance, Ah Qi. I hope you won't disappoint me."

  He has always retreated to the second line, and there is no trace of him anywhere, no sound of his voice.

  He never restricted Lin Yuan's whereabouts every day, but Xi Zuo knew it in his heart.

  Lin Yuanxi is here to collect evidence, if he can't get it, he won't leave.

  It was for this reason that Xi Ben thoroughly calculated it into his plans.

  If... Lin Yuan's name is thoroughly equated with that of a high-IQ criminal, then how many people in this world will still stand firmly by his side?

  Xue Bi effortlessly pushed Lin Yuanxi onto a desperate path amidst their conversation and laughter.

  Leaving is tantamount to retreat, and staying would undoubtedly fall into Xi Bao's carefully set trap. Lin Yuanxi closed his eyes, then opened them again to look at Xi Bao, with a smile in the depths of his eyes: "I'll make a bet with you."

  "I'm glad." Xī Bó smiled.

  "Xia Zhu won't die." Lin Yuan said calmly.

  And you will definitely believe me.