Chapter 5: Policewoman Lan Xinlin

  Lan Xilin is a beautiful woman who leaves a lasting impression. Unlike other beauties, she has been like a tomboy since childhood, climbing trees and digging bird nests with the boys. Her excellent grades in the college entrance examination, however, led to a shocking choice: police school. Four years later, she graduated with honors and joined the ** City Criminal Police Brigade. Today, she received her first case. A fisherman reported finding a seriously injured person in Lake Poyang, covered in blood. Lan Xilin didn't think it would be a big case when she took over, but she arrived at the scene with high spirits. At a glance, she saw that one of the wounds was from a gunshot, while the others were caused by shrapnel from a close-range explosion, likely from a hand grenade. Just as she was about to ask about the situation, the injured man shouted a name and pressed his hand against her chest, nearly beating her up before passing out.

  Jin Tianxing was taken to the Boyang County Hospital, where the doctor examined him and determined that he had simply fainted from exhaustion. After replenishing his energy and sleeping for a while, he would naturally wake up. Lan Xinlin was eager to crack the case and waited by Jin Tianxing's bedside, refusing to leave. A nurse walked in with a tray, "This is the bullet fragment extracted from him by the doctor, let me hand it over to you." Lan Xinlin's partner, Xing Yong, a military enthusiast, took a look and said curiously, "It's a grenade fragment, but it doesn't seem like one of ours. It looks similar to the standard grenades used by the Japanese army during World War II."

  Lan Xin said excitedly, "You quickly send the bullet casing back for analysis and report the case to Captain Han. I have a feeling that this case is not simple at all."

  Xing Yong hesitated and said, "I'm leaving, can you handle it by yourself?"

  Lan Xilin clenched her fists, "The suspect is covered in injuries and still unconscious, besides, this young lady isn't made of clay, his physique, even if he wasn't injured, might not necessarily be a match for this young lady."

  Xing Yong thought so too, and since he had seen Lan Xinlin's boxing skills before, he immediately left the hospital with important evidence. Xing Yong's report of the case drew great attention from the team leader, who ordered Lan Xinlin to protect the injured person tightly and start investigating the identity of the injured person immediately. As soon as the suspect woke up, they would be taken back to the criminal police brigade for investigation.

  Lan Xinlin stood guard by the bedside, looking at Jin Tianxing who was unconscious and guessing what he had experienced before he fainted.

  The next morning, the dawn was slightly revealed, and the insects and birds outside the window were chirping. The golden sunlight shone through the window onto Jin Tianxing's face. Jin Tianxing's eyelids moved a few times, and he woke up.

  "What the...?" The first thing that entered his eyes was the snow-white wall, and the smell of formaldehyde rushing into his nostrils told him the answer - he was in a hospital. He wanted to change positions, but as soon as he moved, he discovered that his right hand was handcuffed to the iron bed frame, and there was also a female police officer lying next to him. This was completely Blue Heart Lin's malicious revenge. Jin Tian Xing was about to curse loudly, but when he saw the side of the female police officer's face, he swallowed back his words. The female police officer looked very similar to Qingqing, almost as if they were molded from the same template - if not for her short hair and a small beauty mark at the corner of her mouth, Jin Tian Xing would have thought it was Qingqing herself. It didn't make sense that two unrelated people could look so alike, and yet he had encountered both of them. Jin Tian Xing felt like he had fallen into a huge conspiracy. His earlier movement was like flipping a switch - every part of his body started to hurt, hurting so much that Jin Tian Xing's face contorted in pain, and he couldn't help but moan.

  Lan Xilin heard the sound, and her whole body was like a spring, suddenly bouncing up from the chair, with her hands clenched into fists, vigilantly looking around, her movements eerily similar to those of a certain someone. Only when she confirmed there was no danger did she coldly say to Jin Tianxing, "You're awake." Jin Tianxing didn't remember what he had done before he fainted, but Lan Xilin remembered very clearly. While Jin Tianxing was unconscious, she had looked through his information and knew that he was the boss of a company called QD, with a background as clean as a white sheet of paper, and not looking like a bad person at all. However, Captain Han had said before that the more cunning a bad person is, the deeper they hide, so Lan Xilin had decided in her heart that Jin Tianxing was a bad person, an extremely evil one at that.

  Jin Tianxings eyes rolled around and he called out in a probing tone, "Qingqing."

  This sound was like sprinkling salt on Blue Heart Lin's unhealed wound, making her recall the scene on the fishing boat by the lake. Her face turned red with anger and she said indignantly, "My name is Blue Heart Lin, not Qingqing, you'd better remember that clearly."

  Jin Tian Xing hadn't even asked why he was tied to the bed when he suddenly remembered the notebook that had been hidden on him all along, and hastily felt around for it, only to find that the notebook was gone!

  "Is this what you're looking for?" Blue Heartlin pulled out an evidence bag from behind her back, and inside was the notebook. "The nurse found it when she was changing your clothes and casually put it in the disposal room. The doctor who took over last night thought it might be important evidence and handed it over to me. I immediately reported it to the team."

  "Give it back to me." Jin Tianxing struggled to sit up, wanting to snatch the notebook from Lan Xinlin. Lan Xinlin said, "You don't need to be so agitated, I've taken a look at the notebook. Because it was soaked in water for too long, plus the bloodstains, ninety percent of the writing is completely illegible. To see the contents clearly, you'd need to use instruments to restore it. I'm really curious what's written on it, that you're so agitated about it. Won't it be evidence of your crime? The two characters 'three eyes' on the first page, are they your code name? This code name is really interesting."

  Jin Tianxing's brain was a bit insufficient, "Code name? What does it mean?"

  Lan Xinlin teased, "Is that what you're called in your crime organization? Your boss wouldn't be called Jade Emperor, would he?"

  Jin Tian Xing let out a cold hum and closed his mouth, not speaking. Lan Xin Lin was long and seemed clear, but the feeling she gave him was far worse than Qing Qing's.

  "Where did you get those injuries on your body?" Qing Qing asked in a stern tone.

  Since it wasn't Qingqing, Jin Tianxing didn't have anything to say. He turned his head towards the window and watched the sparrows jumping on the branches, no longer paying attention to Lan Xinlin.

  Lan Xilin was enraged by Jin Tianxing's actions, and her voice unconsciously rose three degrees. "Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist, stubbornness until the end, a dead-end road. Our policy is clear to you, no need to repeat it again."

  Jin Tianxing had already made up his mind, he would tell the truth about his experiences, but the police wouldn't believe him. He hadn't done anything wrong and wasn't afraid of ghosts knocking on doors, the police didn't have any evidence, it was impossible for them to arrest him just because of his injuries, if they pressed him hard, he would say he had lost his memory, modern medicine hadn't developed to the point where they could verify whether he was truly suffering from amnesia or faking it.

  Lan Xilin was so angry that she was on the verge of collapse, gritting her teeth as she stared at Jin Tianxing. In her heart, she had already beaten him to a pulp. Unexpectedly, Jin Tianxing turned his head back around and opened his mouth to say, "It's not hard for me to speak up, as long as you help me find out what happened to Changjiang No. 7."

  "What did you say?" Blue Heartlin was a little afraid to believe her own ears.

  Jin Tianxing repeated, "I want you to help me check on the Yangtze River No. 7, it's a yacht by Poyang Lake, shouldn't be hard for you police to find a boat."

  The Blue Heart Lin not only knew about the Yangtze River No. 7, but also very clearly. This yacht took a boat of tourists away from the dock and never came back, searched all over Poyang Lake and couldn't find this ship, the Yangtze River No. 7 disappeared like a piece of ice on a summer day, along with more than 30 tourists on board. Captain Han was so worried about this matter that his two eyebrows were almost growing together. "What did you hear about the Yangtze River No. 7?" For some reason, Blue Heart Lin also cared very much about this case.

  "My new wife is on the Yangtze River No. 7, and I fell into the water from the yacht." Jin Tianhang was slightly panicked, in his opinion, such a small matter of a tourist falling into the water would not be known to the police.

  "Impossible! You're kidding!" Blue Heartlin yelled out three words.

  Jin Tianxing, even if he was a fool, could see that something was wrong. The Changjiang No. 7 must have had an accident. How could it be otherwise? Jin Tianxing wasn't a fool after all. He also shouted loudly, "Tell me, what happened to the Changjiang No. 7?"

  Lan Xilin never believed that Jin Tianhang fell into the water from the Chongyang 7, and the ship had been missing for several days. The wounds on Jin Tianhang's body were all new, and without thinking much, he told Jin Tianhang, "After the Chongyang 7 left the dock, it mysteriously disappeared, with thirty-seven passengers on board, none of whom have been found alive to this day."

  "What?!" Jin Tianxing jumped up from the bed like a madman, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. Roy, Roy! Where are you?" The handcuffs were clanking loudly as he struggled, and the bandages on his body had seeped out with bloodstains again.

  Lan Xinlin was frightened by Jin Tianhang's crazy behavior, looking at him in a daze. A male detective pushed the door open, with his gun pointing at Jin Tianhang, and asked Lan Xinlin, "Xinlin, are you okay?" The detective saw that Jin Tianhang still had handcuffs on, let out a sigh of relief, and put away his gun, "What kind of stimulation did this kid receive, why is he acting like a madman."

  Lan Xilin said blankly, "He asked me about the Changjiang No. 7, so I told him, and he said he was a passenger on the Changjiang No. 7."

  "What?" The male detective shouted, this matter is not trivial. The male detective opened the door of the ward and shouted into the corridor, "Doctor, doctor, the patient has lost control of his emotions."

  Several male doctors rushed in, and with their combined strength, they pinned Jin Tianxing to the bed. He only felt a sharp pain in his buttocks, and his consciousness gradually became blurred. His eyelids, which had become heavy as a thousand pounds, slowly closed.

  Lan Xilin recovered from her fluster and saw the male detective beside her, asking, "How did you get here?" After she arrived at the detective squad, there were many suitors, and Li Gang, who had just pushed open the door, was one of them.

  Li Gang said, "Are you really forgetting or pretending to forget? Captain Han wants him back in the criminal police team. I'm here on orders to carry out this task."

  "Is it just you?"

  "There's also Driver Old Wang, he's not an important figure, yet a large team is needed to protect him. Now it seems this kid isn't simple at all."

  Lan Xinlin asked in surprise, "What do you mean by your words?"

  "The test results of the shrapnel taken from his body are out, it's a Type 99 hand grenade used by the Japanese military during World War II. You should have seen it on TV, it's the kind that you need to pull down the safety pin and then knock it again to make it explode. However, strangely, after all these years, the hand grenade doesn't show any signs of rust, it looks brand new like it just came out of the factory. And his thigh wound, I showed the photos to a firearms expert, the expert said that this kind of penetrating wound is very rare, only a few types of military rifles can cause such a wound. If this kid wasn't really from modern times, I would have thought he was back from the battlefield of World War II. By the way, how did you discover that he was a passenger on the Changjiang 7?"

  "He asked me about Changjiang No. 7 and I told him, his new wife was also on the Changjiang No. 7."

  "Your discovery is very important, I need to report it to Captain Han." Li Gang turned around and left the ward, making a phone call.

  Lan Xilin walked to the bedside, looking at Jin Tianxing who was sleeping soundly. Her previous anger had disappeared completely. Similar experiences had brought the two people closer together, and now she understood Jin Tianxing's mood very well. Three years ago, something had happened one day, and she had almost gone crazy too. Now that she thought about it, she didn't even know how she had gotten through those days. In her memory, everything during that time was gray. She couldn't help but reach out her hand to gently stroke Jin Tianxing's face, whispering to herself, "What did you go through in the few days when you were missing?"

  Li Gang entered the door and said loudly, "Captain Han attaches great importance to your discovery. He has ordered people to compare the surveillance video of the dock where Cháng Jiāng Qī Hào went missing before. The results will be out soon. He also ordered that as soon as he wakes up, bring him back to the criminal police team immediately."

  Lan Xinlin quickly withdrew her hand and said in a reproachful tone, "Can't you be quieter? This is a hospital."

  Li Gang scratched his head in embarrassment, and Lan Xinlin walked over to a chair on the side and sat down, no longer speaking. In her mind, she was thinking that from Jin Tianhang's body, whether she could find the answer and unravel the mystery of many disappearances.

  In the afternoon, Jin Tianxing slowly woke up. Lan Xinlin was still worried that he would go crazy again and had prepared many words to comfort him. Seeing his dull eyes, she couldn't bring herself to say anything. Having gone through similar experiences, she knew that there's no greater sorrow than a dead heart, when the heart is dead, one becomes an empty shell. To escape from pain, it still depends on himself.

  Li Gang said to Jin Tianxing, "Mr. Jin, we have been ordered to transfer you to the Criminal Police Brigade, and hope you will cooperate." Jin Tianxing didn't say a word, like a wooden puppet being manipulated at will. Lan Xinlin felt a pang of heartache as she watched.

  On the bus, Jin Tianxing inadvertently saw Lan Xinlin's face through the rearview mirror, and his gaze couldn't move away. Her face looked more and more like Qingqing, and he suddenly remembered the last thing Qingqing said to him, "Roi won't be in trouble, you will definitely meet again." He couldn't explain why Qingqing knew Roi's name, but he began to believe those words.

  Lan Xilin had already discovered Jin Tianxing watching her through the mirror, and his eyes gradually had some color. Lan Xilin had never been stared at by a man like this before, although it was through a mirror, she still felt a bit uncomfortable, her cheeks slightly flushed.

  Driver Old Wang took a glance at the rearview mirror and said seriously, "There's a car that has been following us since it came out of the hospital."

  Li Gang turned his head and took a look, indeed there was a black Cherokee with some suspicious signs, "Old Wang is quite vigilant."

  Old Wang laughed and said, "Not even looking at what unit I'm a driver for, what to do, should we call for reinforcements?"

  Li Gang said strangely, "There's nothing on our car, Old Wang, you try first to see if you can shake it off."

  "No problem, just watch me." After several sharp turns, the black Cherokee disappeared. Old Wang boasted, "Want to play with me? You're still a bit tender."

  It's too early to be happy, another black Cherokee rushed out and heavily hit the police car on the left side. The right side of the police car scraped against the highway guardrail with a dazzling spark, and the car was also knocked out of power. Li Gang and Lan Xinlin simultaneously drew their guns, Li Gang fired a warning shot into the air, but the people in the Cherokee didn't care at all, instead they stepped on the accelerator, the police car was severely deformed, making a sound that made people's teeth ache. The vehicles on the road heard the gunshot and quickly accelerated away, disappearing in an instant.

  Here is the translation:

  It had really come down to a critical moment, and Jin Tianhang wanted to live again. He didn't want to die yet, or he would never see Luo Yi again. He pressed his head tightly against the seat and said, "I think you two should do something about it. I don't think someone who dares to crash into a police car will be scared off by your gunfire." Just as he finished speaking, four guns emerged from the Cherokee and fired wildly at the police car. The shattered glass cut Jin Tianhang's face. His ears were filled with the sound of bullets piercing the car body. He had only seen such scenes in movies and never thought he would experience it himself. In any case, the people on the Cherokee clearly didn't want to kill the four of them; otherwise, they could have been shot to pieces with one burst of gunfire. The gunfire stopped, and the Cherokee drove up again. When the gunfire stopped, Jin Tianhang lifted his head and took a sneak peek. Seven burly men got out of the two cars, including a bald-headed man who left a deep impression on him. He had a tattoo of a wolf's head with its mouth open, revealing sharp teeth, on his bald head. The big man was clearly the leader. His hand held an M4A1 rifle, which Jin Tianhang knew something about. It was the main combat weapon of the US Army, with a magazine capacity of 30 rounds, a caliber of 5.56mm, and low recoil, making it suitable for precision shooting. This kind of gun wasn't easy to get even in the United States.

  Li Gang said to the three people, "I'll cover for you, you crawl out of the car window and run towards the woods behind, the police nearby will arrive soon."

  Lan Xinlin pretended not to hear and fired the first shot at the Great Han.

  Suddenly there was a loud gunshot.

  Lao Wang was the first to climb out of the car window, with Jin Tianhang following closely behind. He suddenly thought of Zhou Mangzi's words "You will die like a hero in the midst of chaotic gunfire", and he began to believe in Zhou Mangzi's words, fearing that today might be the day they would come true. Jin Tianhang and Lao Wang supported each other as they ran out about five or six meters, when Jin Tianhang turned his head back to look. Lan Xinlin and Li Gang had also climbed out, but their movements enraged the burly man, who threw a hand grenade that landed beside Lan Xinlin.

  The scene of Qing pushing him away from the round gate flashed in Jin Tianxing's mind, he turned around and rushed over, pushing Lan Xinlin out with one hand. Just as a loud rumbling sound was heard by his ear, something inserted into his abdomen, severe pain ran along his spine to his brain, and he lost consciousness with a blackness before his eyes.

  Lan Xinlin got up from the ground, looking at Jin Tianxing who was covered in blood. She fired the last bullet from her gun and continued to pull the trigger desperately. Li Gang soon ran out of bullets too, and was pointed at by three black gun muzzles, sitting on the ground without daring to move. The bald big man didn't do anything to them, but instead found Jin Tianxing's notebook from the police car and left with it. Lan Xinlin hugged Jin Tianxing who was covered in blood, her mind as messy as a pot of porridge. The ambulance arrived soon, and she followed it to the hospital.

  Jin Tianxing has been in the emergency room for almost five hours and still hasn't come out. Lan Xinlin is anxiously waiting at the door, she can't believe that Jin Tianxing would risk his life to save her. She must re-examine this person who he thought was a criminal. She couldn't wait any longer, so she got up and walked to the door, peeking through the gap, but saw nothing. Someone tapped her on the back, she turned around to see Li Gang from the Criminal Police Unit. "How did you get here?"

  Li Gang retorted, "Why can't I come?"

  Lan Xilin couldn't find a reason to refute, and changed the subject, "How's Captain Han doing?"

  "The captain almost smashed the office desk, you know what kind of people attacked us?"

  "Who are they?" Lan Xinlin was very curious. The 7 burly men were well-trained, and their weapons were not something ordinary people could get their hands on. They must have a big background.

  Li Gang said with a mysterious tone, "The leader is Long San, Captain Han's arch-nemesis!"

  "Long San? I've never heard of him." Lan Xinlin was slightly surprised, she had been with the criminal police team for a while now, and yet she had never heard any of her colleagues mention this person.

  "It's a long story, I'll tell you slowly when we have time."

  The door of the emergency room opened and a doctor came out. Lan Xinlin grabbed the doctor, "How is the injured person?"

  The doctor took off his mask and said, "He has several injuries on his body, the most serious one is in the abdomen. Fortunately, he didn't hurt any vital organs and just got out of danger due to excessive blood loss. He will wake up after a while, I'll have the nurse bring you the bullet fragments from his body."

  The nurse pushed the two people, "Please make way, the patient is coming out."

  The two of them retreated a few steps, and Lan Xinlin pushed Li Gang again. "What are you still doing here? Quickly take the bullet fragment back for analysis." Li Gang put away the bullet fragment and ran quickly. Lan Xinlin followed the nurse to Jin Tianhang's ward.

  The nurse settled Jin Tianxing and left, leaving only Lan Xinlin in the room. She walked to Jin Tianxing's side, looking at his face, with a sense of familiarity. Seeing his miserable appearance, wrapped like a mummy, she whispered softly, "Why did you save me? I've known you for less than a day, why do I have this feeling of an old friend?"

  " Luo... Yi..."

  Jin Tianxing suddenly spoke up, startling Lan Xinlin. Seeing that he was still in a daze, she thought he was talking nonsense, so she quickly pulled out her notebook and recorded everything he said, which might be a crucial clue to cracking the case.

  Lan Xilin waited for over an hour before Jin Tianhang uttered his second vague phrase, "Qing... qing... quickly throw... flying dart." Lan Xilin laughed and said, "I didn't expect you to be so sentimental, one moment it's Luo Yi, the next it's Qingqing." As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered that she had seen the name Luo Yi somewhere before, and it was very familiar. After thinking for a while, she still couldn't remember where she saw it.

  After a long time, Jin Tian Xing finally spoke the third word, "... Immortal..." Lan Xin Lin didn't understand what it meant, but still recorded it truthfully.

  An hour passed, and Jin Tianxing didn't say another word. Lan Xinlin closed her book, "It seems you're a playboy, the only things you can remember are women's names and some inexplicable words."

  "God... port... Maru... old master temple" As soon as he finished speaking, his body began to convulse violently, as if he had remembered something extremely terrifying. Lan Xinlin called for a doctor, and after being given an injection of tranquilizer, Jin Tianhang gradually calmed down.

  Lan Xinlin let out a sigh and sat down on the chair beside her, the ward was quiet. Lan Xinlin thought for a moment before dialing Li Gang's phone number. "Trouble you to check something for me."

  "Delighted to be of service." Li Gang was just looking for an excuse to get close to Lan Xinlin.

  "Look up two words for me: Kobe Maru and Lao Ye Miao."

  Li Gang was confused and asked, "Where did you hear that? Is it related to the case?"

  "Mind your own business, just investigate and let me know as soon as you have any results." After hanging up the phone, he stared at Jin Tianxing and muttered, "Hurry up and wake up, tell me what happened to you, I still want to find clues from you to find my sister's whereabouts."

  Jin Tian Xing remained unconscious, and Lan Xin Lin sat beside his bed, watching over him.

  Less than an hour later, Li Gang called back, "The thing you asked me to investigate, I had to use all my strength to find out, how are you going to thank me?"

  Lan Xinlin was overjoyed, "I'll treat you to dinner later, hurry up and tell me the information."

  "It's too long and hard to explain, I'll just send it over."

  Lan Xinlin hung up the phone, and a minute later, a text message arrived. She opened it and saw that the information was as follows.

  On April 16, 1945, the Japanese transport ship "Kobe Maru" suddenly disappeared (sank to the bottom of the lake) in the northwest waters of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, with more than 200 people on board and no survivors. Later, the Japanese Navy sent someone to dive into the lake for reconnaissance, and except for Yamashita Tsuneo, all other personnel mysteriously disappeared. After taking off his diving suit, Yamashita Tsuneo was terrified and then became mentally ill. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the famous American diver Edward Paul and others came to Poyang Lake, and after several months of salvage, nothing was found, except for Edward Paul, several American divers disappeared again here.

  40 years later, Edward Paul finally revealed to the world for the first time his experience of losing his soul at the bottom of Poyang Lake. In his memoirs, he wrote: "Within a few days, I and three companions searched for the 'Shenhuwan' in an underwater area of several kilometers without finding any trace. Where was this huge thing? Just as we continued to search northwest along the lake bed, a dazzling white light suddenly flashed out not far away and flew quickly towards us. Suddenly, the calm lake bed appeared with intense vibrations, and a deafening roar rushed past my ears, a strong suction force sucked us tightly. I was dizzy and the white light rolled and turned at the bottom of the lake, my three diving companions were swept away by the suction of the light, and I struggled out of the water..."

  Lan Xilin fell into deep thought after reading it. Why did Jin Tian still remember the mysterious disappearance of the Kamome Maru half a century ago? What had he experienced during those few days when he went missing? How did he get all those injuries? Who were Roy and Qingqing, and why was she familiar with the name Roy? What did the two words "Three Eyes" on the first page of the notebook represent? Why did Long San and others use force to rob the notebook? The Yangtze River No. 7 yacht also mysteriously disappeared in the waters of Lao Ye Temple. What secrets were hidden in the waters of Lao Ye Temple? After clearing up the fog, could she find her mysteriously missing sister?

  Until the shift change interrupted her, Lan Xinlin returned to reality from her reverie and went home with a lot of questions.