Chapter 72: Divine Stick 02

  No sooner had Gu Yin spoken those harsh words than he regretted them. Because Song Meng and Zhou Jun were silent at first, then the two of them glanced at Gu Yin together, and afterwards stared at Qin Fei.

  It's hard to ask Dong Gu for help, it's like moving Mount Tai, but Qin Fei is different.

  "I'll go with you." The gaze on Qin Fei didn't linger for long, and Song Meng and Zhou Jun heard the expected response.

  "Go, go, go!" As soon as the green light came on, Song Meng ruthlessly pushed Qin Fei into the crowd crossing the road and walked towards the young man opposite.

  Gu Yin's face was expressionless as he watched Qin Fei being dragged away by Song Meng and Zhou Jun, then suddenly turned around and followed them.

  Song Meng and Zhou Jun planned to blend in with the crowd, quietly approach the Taoist priest, and then suddenly rush over to grab him. However, unexpectedly, the young Taoist priest was much more alert than they had imagined, and before they could enter the small restaurant, he jumped up from his seat, grabbed the peach wood sword and cloth bag on the table, and took off running.

  "Fatty, your volume is too large, you've exposed yourself." Zhou Jun said.

  "Who knew this kid was so alert! No more nonsense! Chase him down!"

  Song Meng shouted and finished, and people rushed out. Qin Fei and Zhou Jun did not hesitate either, and immediately followed up.

  The young man didn't run straight along the road, but instead kept changing direction and turning corners. After seven or eight turns, he darted into a small alleyway in the back streets, trying to shake off Qin Fei and the others by utilizing the complex network of narrow lanes.

  "This kid is not stupid!" shouted Zhou Jun, who was running at the back.

  "Che... can a cheater be lucky?" Song Mong replied breathlessly as he ran at the front.

  "Can we catch up like this?" Qin Fei asked.

  "Wait... wait a minute! Let me see..." Song Meng said.

  "What? What are you looking at? Hurry up and chase! Can you catch up just by watching?" Zhou Jun shouted.

  "I... I don't know why... but this road seems kind of familiar?" Song Meng said, panting.

  As soon as Song Meng's voice fell, he chased after the young man's divine staff and turned another corner. The road ahead was blocked by a wall, but the young man's divine staff did not stop because of the wall. Instead, it accelerated, jumped, and with one push in the corner, his hand grasped the green bricks on top of the wall, and then he leaped over the wall.

  "Son of a...! Isn't that the wall this kid knocked down on me that day?" Song Meng stared at the wall head.

  Song Meng had already been dumped once before, and coming again, it was impossible to get over this wall. Qin Fei's physical condition was poor, and after running for such a long distance, his strength was almost exhausted. Zhou Jun, although he used to be a detective, had one leg that was disabled, and being able to run with the help of a crutch was already not bad, but there was no hope of climbing over the wall.

  "Everyone, please leave. I've just calculated with my fingers that it's destined for you all to not catch me today."

  On the other side of the wall came the voice of that young man, with a tone of complacency and provocation, which made Song Meng grind his teeth. Just as Song Meng was about to scratch the wall in anger, a slow and steady footsteps sounded from behind them.

  The three of them turned around simultaneously and found that the newcomer was Gu Yin.

  Gu Yin held a bottle of mineral water that he had bought at some unknown time, walked to Qin Fei who was leaning against the wall and panting, and handed him the bottle.

  "Thank you." Qin Fei took over the water and thanked him dazedly.

  Gu Yin lifted his hand to brush away the sweat-drenched hair, then let out a soft sigh. He turned around and stepped over Song Meng, took two strides forward, and with a swift motion, he sprang up onto the wall, effortlessly flipping over it.

  "Wow!"

  The young monk who had not left obviously did not think that someone would climb over the wall. Qin Fei and the others first heard him exclaim in surprise, then let out a miserable cry, and afterwards there was no sound.

  "Is that little guy still alive?" Zhou Jun asked aloud.

  "Let's go around and take a look at the other side," said Song Meng.

  Zhou Jun and Song Meng turned around the corner, Qin Fei closely followed behind them. The three of them quickly arrived at the entrance of the alley on the other side of the wall. Then they saw Gu Yin standing in the middle of the alley with a relaxed attitude, while that young man was shrinking into the corner of the wall and didn't even try to struggle or escape?!

  No, no! Song Meng walked in and carefully examined the young man's appearance. Looking at his dusty face, he should have gone through several struggles but failed to escape from Gu Yin's hands.

  It seems that Gu Da Shen is not only good at catching ghosts, but also has impressive martial arts skills.

  Afterwards, Song Meng and Zhou Jun dragged the young man's staff to a nearby police station, while Qin Fei was pulled by Gu Yin back to the supermarket to buy things. At this point, the farce caused by the young man's staff should have come to an end, but when Qin Fei finished buying things and returned to the study, he saw Song Meng and Zhou Jun sitting in front of the bar, one lying on the bar pretending to be dead, and the other holding an unlit cigarette looking deep.

  "What's going on?" Qin Fei handed over the thing in his hand to Shen Wei, "Didn't you send that person to the police station? How did he come back so quickly?"

  Song Meng raised his head and gazed at Qin Fei with a distant look: "...... He was run over on the road."

  Zhou Jun took out the cigarette from his mouth and exhaled a ring of smoke, "I'm really getting old, my skills are not as good as they used to be..."

  Qin Fei: "......"

  After the two recovered from the shock, they briefly told Qin Fei about the situation at that time. The police station where they caught the young man was not far away, just over ten minutes' drive, but on the way there, they would pass through a fairly large agricultural market, where the flow of people was relatively large. Although Song Meng and Zhou Jun were particularly careful, they did not expect that the slender bamboo-like young man had considerable strength, and when passing through the market, he suddenly pushed open Zhou Jun and then slipped into the crowd like an eel, disappearing from view in no time.

  The man ran away, but it wasn't a complete waste of time. Song Meng reacted quickly and went to grab him. Although the man ultimately escaped, Song Meng managed to pull down the bundle on his back. The valuable items seemed to be attached to the young man's body, and there was nothing special in the bundle except for two sets of clothes, an eight-trigram mirror, and a seemingly valuable ID card that had been left in the pocket of a jacket, probably forgotten.

  The name of the young man written on his ID card is Yang Yile, male, residing in Baotou Village, L City. What's surprising is his age, only 19 years old. If not strictly calculated, it would not be a problem to call him a teenager.

  "19 years old? That kid looks like he's over 20!" Song Meng said in puzzlement.

  "He had something on his face," said Zhou Jun. "The color of his face and neck are clearly not the same, I thought he just wanted to change his appearance a bit, but it seems he's trying to make himself look older."

  However, Yang Yile is dressed up like this at such a young age, mixed in society, and his escape skills are full. Obviously, he doesn't want to start mixing with society. Zhou Junsen hesitated for a moment and decided to find a familiar police officer to check on Yang Yile. As a result, only the little guy had no relatives, was an orphan, and did not count as Ye Cheng's report, his personal file was clean and tidy, and there were no previous convictions.

  Li City Baotou Village is a very remote mountain village, where there are many unregistered households. Before getting an official ID card, it's hard to investigate what someone does. However, judging from Yang Yile's skilled swindling business, it can be inferred that the uninvestigated part must include pretending to be a swindler. There are two possible reasons why he has no criminal record: one is that Yang Yile is not a truly bad person, although he works in the swindling industry, he hasn't committed any serious fraud; the other is that he has done something out of line, but just hasn't been caught yet.

  It's just that the former and the latter are still unable to be concluded for the time being, but from a feeling point of view, Qin Fei and others tend towards the former. Because after Yang Yile dumped them, the kind of complacent and provocative behavior he showed off was somehow felt like a childish behavior that had not yet shed its naivety, and did not seem like the actions of someone who had done something out of line.

  Although that's the case, it's also a fact that Yang Yile cheated Ye Cheng out of 5,000 yuan. Zhou Jun still handed over Yang Yile's ID to the police and asked them to pay attention.

  ……

  As March approached, the city of S had been experiencing light rain for several days, and the weather had not yet warmed up. The rain brought chilliness, and Qin Fei inevitably caught a cold. However, his symptoms were not severe, just some mild coughing. On the day he started showing symptoms, Gu Yin took him to the hospital.

  The doctor prescribed some cough medicine for him, Qin Fei took the medicine and left the hospital with Gu Yin.

  "I said it's nothing serious, just a bit of wind chill, and taking some medicine from the pharmacy will be fine." Qin Fei complained to Gu Yin while walking. His physical condition has always been prone to illness, and he has been in and out of hospitals since childhood, although he hasn't developed any psychological trauma, but he still doesn't like hospitals, and for minor illnesses like this, he usually wouldn't come to the hospital.

  I will worry.

  Gu Yin's words were spoken frankly, but Qin Fei felt a bit awkward. Ever since Gu Yin confessed to him some time ago, Gu Yin had been treating him with the attitude of a rightful pursuer.

  The two walked to the side of the road, Gu Yin was about to hail a taxi when he was suddenly pulled back by Qin Fei's grip on his sleeve.

  "Gu Yin, look at that person, is it——"

  Gu Yin looked in the direction Qin Fei was pointing, and the person Qin Fei was pointing at happened to feel Qin Fei's gaze and turned around, suddenly meeting Qin Fei's eyes head-on.

  Qin Fei: "......"

  Yang Yile: "......"

  Qin Fei was speechless and perplexed after confirming that the familiar figure was indeed Yang Yile. He was speechless because he had bumped into Yang Yile three times in just half a month. He was perplexed because despite being chased twice, Yang Yile still hadn't left the city. Even if he had lost his ID card and buying train tickets was difficult, it should still be possible for him to leave the city.

  Compared to Qin Fei's complicated heart, Yang Yi Le's thoughts were much simpler. After seeing Qin Fei, his gaze quickly shifted and he saw Gu Yin beside him, then without thinking, he turned around and ran away.

  "Are you going to catch him?" Gu Yin asked Qin Fei with his head down.

  "Can you catch up?" Today is the weekend, there are many people at the hospital entrance, and it's not easy to chase after Yang Yile who is shuttling back and forth in the crowd like a loach.

  "Wait a minute."