Chapter 51: The Person Who Wants to Become a God (9)

  Xiao Mingyue went in for a while, and Xia Zhu turned her head to look at Lin Yuanke: "We..."

  Lin Yuan's expression remained unchanged: "Can you say it now?" His gaze turned to Lian Yan, with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

  Lian Yan extinguished the cigarette in his hand: "You shouldn't have come here." He suddenly raised his head: "Leave now, maybe it's still not too late."

  "Sorry, we are police." Lin Yuan's eyes had a hint of sadness.

  "So many years, when I needed the police the most, where were you! Now we're just one step away, only one step." Lian Yan's eyes were a bit crazed, he let out a strange laugh and looked up.

  Xiao Mingyue has come out, she is tightly holding a small booklet in her arms, with a somewhat puzzled expression: "Hmm, I found it, take a look, is this the one? I haven't seen it for a while, almost got buried in dust."

  She smiled, but her expression couldn't conceal her true feelings. Xia Zhu's heart was filled with a mix of emotions as she looked at the familiar booklet, and she couldn't help but feel bitter. She took it from him, opened it to the first page, where there were photos of the three of them together. At that time, her mother was still alive, smiling and happy, but now everything had changed.

  "You were just that big then." Xiao Mingyue was still unaware of the awkward atmosphere and continued to speak.

  "Xiao Yi," she said, her heart slightly moved.

  Suddenly interrupted, Xiao Mingyue's expression remained unchanged as she smiled and asked, "What?"

  "Oh, nothing."

  Xiao Mingyue smiled as if nothing had happened, and pulled Xia Zhu's hand: "It's okay, it's okay, Auntie said she'll make you delicious food for dinner, let's eat here before leaving."

  Xia Zhu glanced at the person beside her, Lin Yuanxiao was fiddling with his phone and pressed a few buttons, seemingly sending a message to Zou Mianyuan. Thinking of this, Xia Zhu couldn't help but press Lin Yuanxiao's shoulder, her fingertips not exerting much force, Lin Yuanxiao furrowed his brow heavily and fell sideways.

  This force was too heavy and didn't seem fake, Xia Zhu hurriedly caught it, only to realize that Lin Yuan's body was terribly cold, as if his stomach illness had relapsed.

  "What's wrong with him?" Xiao Mingyue looked at Lian Yan anxiously, her expression not looking good.

  These subtle expressions and movements were all taken in at a glance, Lin Yuanxi closed his eyes again, focusing on acting.

  Perhaps he was too good at acting, or maybe it was because of Xia Zhu's complicated relationships. By the time Xiao Mingyue returned with hot water, she saw Xia Zhu on the verge of tears. Xia Zhu hastily hugged Lin Yuan tightly: "I, I'll leave first, Auntie, I'll come again another day."

  "Ah." Xiao Mingyue's expression was as if struggling, and after a long while, she said in a low voice: "Let Old Lian send you off."

  Xia Zhu hadn't spoken yet when Lin Yuanqie pinched her fingertips again, not too hard or soft, and she immediately swallowed back the words that had reached her lips.

  She subconsciously looked at Lin Yuanke, and Lin Yuanke still had his eyes closed, with cold sweat seeping out of his forehead.

  "It's okay, I'll go buy you some medicine." Xiao Mingyue walked around the house for a few circles before saying this, while pulling out a key.

  Lian Yan's expression didn't look too good. He stared at Lin Yuan for a while, seemingly opening his mouth to say something but then closing it tightly again: "I'll go."

  Until Lian Yan walked out the door, Xiao Mingyue's face finally revealed a relieved expression, and she collapsed onto the stool: "You can kill me now."

  Xia Zhu's expression suddenly became tense, and he looked up to hear Xiao Mingyue sigh: "I've already forgotten who I am."

  Her words were a bit strange, and Xia Zhuo took a while to understand the implication: "Aunt Xiao."

  "It's hard for you to still recognize me as your Aunt Xiao, I don't want to harm you." Xiao Mingyue's smile was bitter, with a hint of inevitability: "I will continue to harm people."

  Lin Yuanxi sat up and asked: "You have been imprisoned before."

  Xiao Mingyue's fingers trembled slightly, and she slowly shook her head: "You know."

  Xia Zhu looked at the tightly closed door, with a hint of apology in her eyes: "We didn't investigate you."

  "It doesn't matter anymore," Xiao Mingyue said with a bitter smile. "You have an ambush waiting outside, for the last time, I don't want to hurt anyone."

  Lin Yuan stood up straight and looked down at him with a still sorrowful expression: "If it's possible to provide a mental evaluation, you might be innocent."

  Xiao Mingyue shook her head: "I won't accept the appraisal," Her expression looked very determined: "If this time can't thoroughly clarify this demon, I'm afraid I'll become a demon too."

  Zou Muyuan walked in, and Xiao Mingyue was sitting quietly on the chair drinking tea. Her eyebrows were calm, looking as usual. Zou Muyuan first looked up at Xia Zhu: "Nothing's wrong?"

  Lin Yuanqi coughed softly beside him, and Zou Muyuan's eyebrows and eyes smiled: "Hey."

  Xia Zhu turned her head sideways, a blush on her face.

  Xiao Mingyue looked at Xia Zhu for a long time, allowing the handcuffs to tightly cuff herself: "Xia Zhu."

  Her voice was warm and gentle, just like it used to be.

  Xia Zhu couldn't help but look back, with a hint of moisture in her eyes.

  "Now that you're like this, I can rest assured." Her gaze seemed to carry a hint of meaning as she looked towards Lin Yuanbei beside her, wanting to speak but hesitating.

  Xiao Mingyue still didn't continue in the end, she just slowly shook her head: "Thank you."

  Xia Zhu smiled and gently squeezed Xiao Mingyue's hand: "Goodbye, Auntie Xiao."

  Lin Yuanxi and Xia Zhu stood in the house, silently watching as Xiao Mingyue and Lian Yan were taken away.

  Xia Zhu looked at Lin Yuanke, just meeting Lin Yuanke's gaze. Lin Yuanke also seemed to have not expected to be discovered so bluntly, he coughed uncomfortably and turned his head away.

  "It's nothing," Xia Zhu shook her head: "You mentioned earlier that Aunt Xiao was imprisoned before."

  Lin Yuan nodded: "Want to know the reason?"

  "I can see that her personality has changed," Xia Zhu had already gotten used to this mode of communication, she nodded and said: "The Xiao Yi from before and today are very similar, but the Xiao Yi we met who was so flustered that she couldn't even last a day, seemed like another person acting, I think Xiao Yi must have experienced some changes, but I didn't expect it to be..."

  Lin Yuan subconsciously patted Xia Zhu's back lightly, his movements a bit clumsy and careful. Xia Zhu suddenly realized that the man in front of her was so bad at expressing himself, yet he expressed everything in his own way with persistence.

  "Thank you," Xia Zhu said softly.

  Lin Yuanxu raised an eyebrow and silently tightened his grip on the action in his hand: "This time's investigation report, I will investigate to the end."

  "I'll go with you too." Xia Zhu said firmly.

  "En," Lin Yuanqi's words reached his lips and changed to a relaxed tone with a smile: "You take me."

  Xia Zhu moaned with laughter.

  Time flies peacefully.

  Xiao Mingyue later refused the prosecution's request for a mental health assessment. She calmly awaited her death and did not even accept visits from Xia Zhu and Lin Yuanke. Xia Zhu was silent for a while, then she and Lin Yuanke worked together to handle the investigation report after the incident. The two of them had been working in the police station for convenience, and many people came and went. Originally, Xia Zhu thought that someone with Lin Yuanke's temperament would be very uncomfortable, but it turned out that she was completely overthinking.

  Because of people like Lin Yuanxi, once they enter a state of work, they completely ignore everyone around them.

  "Yuanni." Zou Mianyu called out as he walked over.

  Lin Yuan stretched out one hand from behind the computer.

  Zou Mianyuan's eyebrows jumped straight up: "I'm asking you if you're going to the celebration banquet at noon."

  Lin Yuanxi saw that there was no material to take, and directly withdrew his hand.

  Zou Muyuan sighed and walked over, not daring to turn off the screen. He looked at the content on the computer and furrowed his brow: "You and Xia Zhu thought of going together."

  Lin Yuan raised his head and looked at Zou Mu-yuan: "Where is she?"

  "He Shengyuan is going out for an errand, it's not dangerous, don't glare at me!" Zou Mianyuan innocently raised his hands.

  "This case is not over yet."

  "Your intuition is really too terrifying," Zou Mianyuan sighed: "Right, some bad news."

  Lin Yuan furrowed his brow: "What's wrong with Xi Bai?"

  "He insisted on leaving, and we had no reason to stop him." Zou Muyuan's expression was solemn.

  "It's about to begin." Lin Yuanbai turned the computer screen around and handed over a thick stack of reports: "You take a look yourself, we're starting tomorrow."

  Zou Mianyuan blinked his eyes, and suddenly felt that his status had become that of a younger brother once again.

  It's not the time to be serious now, he slowly flipped through the thick stack of documents, his expression becoming increasingly solemn.

  A huge net was slowly falling down in front of me, dense and without gaps.

  "Bang." A man in black stood on the stage, his face cold and misty with a faint smile, gazing at the flames rising from the rooftop in the distance. His eyes held deep nostalgia: "It's finally started."

  "What we've encountered here doesn't seem like a small case." Sheng Yuan's expression was serious, and he pulled Xia Zhu up: "Go inside to disperse the crowd."

  "Yes," Xia Zhu walked a few steps further out and couldn't help but turn her head back to ask: "Sheng Yuan, senior?"

  "It's all right," Sheng Yuan said, looking at the raging flames in the distance, with a warm look in his eyes: "Don't worry."

  The mobile phone beside Xia Zhu was ringing all the time, but no one answered it.

  A silent showdown between black and white has finally opened its curtains.

  "Be careful." Shengyuan said from behind, and saw Xiaozhu's head nodding without looking back, making a reassuring gesture as he rushed into the sea of flames.

  Sheng Yuan had some vague worries in his heart, but reality didn't allow him to think about that much anymore. He could only turn around and rush towards the high platform not far away. The intuition of the major crimes unit over the years told him that the gaze he had just met was absolutely not just an illusion.

  Xia Zhu's ears had already stopped hearing anything, but in a daze, she still heard Lin Yuan's low and distant call. He said...

  Summer bamboo, I am waiting for you.

  We still have a long way to go, and I've been here all along, waiting for you to come back.

  What's more terrifying than ghosts and gods is always human hearts. Yet we still believe that there's still plenty of warmth to support us in walking steadily forward.

  The author has something to say: Everyone has been waiting for a long time, covering their faces, happy National Day.

  New chapter will be launched soon, one by one, thank you for everyone's patience. This article resumes updates. Bye~

  This is a big case, so many problems still need to be solved later!

  Haven't brought laptop back home recently, typing speed has decreased significantly qaq, will work harder!