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Published at 19th of January 2022 03:21:29 PM


Chapter 40

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“Boom boom boom——”

“Boom boom boom——”

Lian Xi woke up dazedly from sleep.

The dazzling morning sunlight shone through the window into the house. The moment he opened his eyes, he was still thinking in a daze about the three classic life philosophies of “Who am I? Where am I? What should I be doing?” but soon, his flying thoughts were brought back to reality by the knocking on the door.

Was someone knocking on the door?

He pulled back the quilt and got out of bed to go open the door.

As soon as he left the bedroom, he saw the back of his colleague. Lie Chen had reached the door and lightly touched the doorknob.

My family’s black reaper actually learned to open the door. Lian Xi was inexplicably relieved.

However when the door opened, he saw there was no one outside.

Lian Xi walked over and stood beside Lie Chen. The two of them bowed their heads together and looked at the neatly arranged nine white porcelain vials, nine wooden plaques, and…

Lian Xi was short of breath. He directly skipped the Meng Po Tang and Ghost Hunting tokens next to him and instead bent down and picked up the bank card that landed on the ground.

This was an ordinary bank card which looked no different from a regular bank card. It is worth mentioning that it is also an ICBC card. {Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.}

Don’t ask why it’s ICBC, that’s not important. The important thing is how much money is inside!

Lian Xi opened the mobile app and prepared to find out using the password on the bank card. He didn’t know how the underworld did it. The bank card was not bound to any mobile phone number so the account was opened smoothly. But when Lian Xi held his breath and opened the account balance…

“??”

“Where is my money!”

The Black Reaper didn’t understand what Lian Xi was doing. He leaned over and picked up the Meng Po Tang and the ghost hunting tokens on the ground. Then he closed the door.

If Lian Xi was still in the mood to look at him, he would probably be very pleased. Not only has he learned how to open the door, he has also developed a good habit of closing the door easily.

But now, Lian Xi is staring at the balance displayed on the phone screen.

Account balance: 1,125,000 yuan.

Look at it again.

Still 1,125,000 yuan!

If you were ranked second in the monthly performance rankings, you were supposed to get ninety gold taels.

Ninety taels is equivalent to 4500 grams. One gram of gold is about 500RMB. Then he was supposed to get a huge sum of 2.25 million RMB! {Lian Xi uses a phonetic equivalent to RMB which literally means “soft sister coins” to be more comedic.}

What happened to my 2.25 million?!

Where was the 2.25 million RMB that was supposed to smash down onto my head today. Where did the other half go?

There was a BUG, ​​the underworld’s lie was too huge!

A grievance rushed straight to his heart. Without even thinking about it, Lian Xi returned to the bedroom and took out the reaper record, intending to report the bug to the underworld. Unexpectedly when he took out his reaper record, his phone buzzed suddenly. Lian Xi picked it up and took a look.

[Industrial and Commercial Bank of China] Your account with the end number 8816 received a transfer of 1,125,000.00 yuan at 08:55 on October 01 and your balance is…

Lian Xi looked at the numbers on the screen in a daze. After a while he walked back to the living room and gave the anonymous bank card to his colleague.

“Your reward.”

The Black Reaper had his head lowered. He had curiously unplugged the cork of Meng Po soup and was smelling the taste inside. Hearing this, he raised his head and his eyebrows: “What is it?”

Lian Xi thought for a while: “The equivalent of 45 taels of gold in living world currency.”

Lie Chen: “Oh, you can have it.”

Lian Xi: “Okay.” After speaking he turned to leave but his body froze suddenly. Lian Xi turned around a little bit and looked at the man sitting on the sofa: “Lie Chen, can I just confirm what you just said…. you don’t want this anymore?”

The man’s nose moved slightly. Under the sun, his action of sniffing the Meng Po soup suddenly looked a bit like a small animal. He didn’t raise his head but directly corrected the error in Lian Xi’s words: “It’s not that I don’t want it.”

Lian Xi: “?”

Lie Chen: “It’s that I’m giving it to you.”

Lian Xi: “!!!”

Not wanting it meant throwing it away.

So right now, it was giving it to him.

Giving it to him.

Giving it.

To him.

Lian Xi: “I’ll take you to buy a mobile phone.”

Lie Chen raised his head and looked at him.

In the faint morning glow in the early morning, the young man raised the corners of his lips and his handsome eyebrows and eyes curved into a beautiful crescent shape: “Yes, I’ll buy you a mobile phone.”

Lie Chen stared at him for a few seconds and the corners of his mouth slightly hooked too: “Oh.” 

A few restless golden lights fell from the man’s body, jumped happily and ran to Lian Xi’s fingers.

    ***

Buying a mobile phone was a matter of urgency.

Early in the morning, Lian Xi took Lie Chen to the newly opened shopping mall. Needless to say, they went directly to the Apple store and got the latest mobile phone with the highest matching accessories. At the same time, Lian Xi also bought an Alienware laptop for his colleague. They only wanted the best and my colleague is not hard up for cash!

After doing all this, the two ate something casually in the mall at noon. In the afternoon, Lian Xi sent Lie Chen home: “Try how to learn to use the phone yourself. I have already registered an account for you and installed the phone. The computer can be used normally. You can play around with it first and if there’s something you don’t understand, I’ll help you when I come back in the evening.”

Lie  Chen: “Oh.” 

After watching his colleague walk into the community with his new computer, Lian Xi turned his head and said to the driver: “Go to the police station.”

Twenty minutes later, the SuZhou City’s Public Security Bureau.

Last month, the dismemberment case of the female college students at SuZhou City University created waves throughout the country. A task force was sent to investigate the case, and the SuZhou City’s Major Crimes Unit was also under great pressure. They caught a suspect who was Sun Yan’s affair partner. However it was not the same as committing murder and the male student was obviously not the murderer of Sun Yan.

The case fell into a deadlock.

In the past month, the detectives in SuZhou City did not go home almost every day. They treated the Public Security Bureau as their home.

Deputy Wu led his subordinates and searched the inside and outside of the graduate dormitory of the University of SuZhou ten times but still didn’t find a clue.

Netizens gradually placed less focus on this case as other hot pieces of news on social media caught their attention but higher ups didn’t forget and so the police officers wouldn’t either.

Last night, they didn’t go to bed until four o’clock in the morning. Deputy Wu fell asleep directly on the sofa in the office and suddenly heard someone knock on the door. He awakened suddenly and stood up: “What’s the matter, what’s the matter, is there new information?”

This situation has happened more than once in the past month. They never really slept well. Whenever there is suddenly a bit of movement, they would immediately wake up, hoping for new clues. But every time, they were disappointed.

After a few seconds, Deputy Wu was completely awake and his excitement gradually faded.

How could there be new information? After searching so many times, how can they find anything new?

Thinking about this, he looked at the office door but his eyes stopped when he saw his little protegee.

He saw his little protegee standing at the door. His eyes were red because he stayed up all night for many days but at this moment he was full of energy. Even the tips of his hair were glowing with excitement and joy: “Deputy Wu, there is new information, there may be a clue!”

Deputy Wu opened his mouth and froze in place.

Three minutes later, Lian Xi waited in the reception room for Deputy Wu and his team.

 He almost couldn’t recognize the old detective.

Deputy Wu had messy hair, a shaggy beard and muddy eyes. His whole person looked quite indecent. Only those eyes were wise and sharp, shining brightly. He squinted at the young man in front of him and asked, “I heard from my colleague that you remembered some new information?”

Lian Xi nodded, “Yes.”

Deputy Wu looked at him carefully.

He wasn’t lying.

“What information?” Although he had already heard it from his little protegee, he still wanted to hear Lian Xi say it again in person.

Lian Xi: “That night, my roommate and I went to the graduate dormitory of SuZhou University to pack up his luggage. It happened to be the night Xie Ze was killed. I remembered that when I entered the University of SuZhou’s gate, I  by a person on the sidewalk.”

“Who was it?”

“The sky was too dark to see clearly but he was a short old man who looked like a waste collector. There may indeed be old people collecting waste near the SuZhou University but the thing is, it was one o’clock in the morning. But at that time, I was anxious to help my roommate pack the luggage so I didn’t think much. I forgot about him after a glance. So I didn’t think of it until today.”

“Are you sure you remember it correctly now?” Deputy Wu looked at Lian Xi.

Lian Xi smiled: “Yes.”

Deputy Wu stared at him earnestly for a few seconds: “Okay, make a formal statement about this. Thank you for your cooperation. We will follow this clue to investigate.” 

The two spoke a few more words. After that, Lian Xi got up and prepared to leave. Suddenly he was inattentive and the mineral water bottle on the table fell over. A large bottle of water was spilled on Deputy Wu’s body. {Sorry before I translated it as  “drink” but actually you can just “spill” it on people it seems. As long as  the water makes contact.}

Lian Xi: “I’m sorry, let me wipe it for you.”

Deputy Wu touched the marks on the clothes and smelled it again. It was indeed water. He waved his hand: “It’s okay, you can go.”

Lian Xi: “Sorry to be embarrassing.”

Deputy Wu personally sent Lian Xi to the door of the Public Security Bureau and then frowned. His little protegee walked over from the side: “Boss, how about it? Is this person telling the truth?”

Deputy Wu: “What’s the difference between truth and lies? Don’t talk nonsense, go and look at the cameras from the five districts near SuZhou City University that night. Show me frame by frame!” 

The little detective yelled: “Yes” 

The detectives of the SuZhou City’s Major Crimes Unit became busy again.

Of course Lian Xi wasn’t privy to these things. After leaving the police station, he went straight to Yuan Hospital.

He went to visit Dr. Wang.

Yesterday, the old beggar man was subdued by them and Dr. Wang’s soul was also sent back to his body with Lie Chen’s white jade seal but Lian Xi wasn’t sure if anything had gone wrong.

After buying a bunch of flowers, Lian Xi walked into the sixth floor of the surgical building.

 “Is Wang ZiHao here? He should have been in the ICU ward.”

The young nurse on duty was not the one from yesterday. She raised her head and looked up stunned. Then she said: “You mean Doctor Wang? Are you a friend of Doctor Wang? “

Lian Xi:” Yes.”

“Oh, Dr. Wang has been transferred to the general ward. He has recovered it particularly well but it seems he hasn’t woken up yet. Why don’t you go ask at the inpatient department?”

Lian Xi smiled:” Yes I will. Thank you.”

After going around and finding the inpatient department, he asked around. As expected, Dr. Wang was there.

Lian Xi walked to the door of the ward with the flowers in his hand. He knocked on the door and soon someone opened the door from inside. After a second glance, he was slightly stunned. He didn’t expect that there would be so many people inside!

This was a single ward and the young intern was lying on the bed with a pale face and his eyes were closed. Sitting next to the hospital bed was an old and honest looking couple, who must be Wang ZiHao’s parents who had come to visit him from the provinces. Next to them was Professor Zhao, Wang Zihao’s doctoral supervisor. And on the other side…

Lian Xi said in surprise: “Chen Kai?!”

Chen Kai was also very surprised. He smiled and walked over: “Lian Xi, how come you came?”

“I wanted to ask you the same question.”

“I was in the student union when Wang ZiHao and I were in university. He was my senior. Our student union still kept in contact after graduation. I heard that Senior Wang was ill so I came on behalf of the student union to see him.”

Professor Zhao also smiled and introduced Lian Xi to Dr. Wang’s parents: “This is also ZiHao’s friend. He visited him in the hospital yesterday.”

Dr. Wang’s parents immediately stood up: “Young man, thank you for coming to see ZiHao, thank you.” Their eyes were red and they seemed to have just cried.

After that there was a round of conversation. 

Lian Xi was extremely bad at this kind of occasion.

Originally, he only planned to take a look at Dr. Wang and then go home once he was sure that the other party was okay. Unexpectedly, he ran into so many people.

In the ward, Professor Zhao and Dr. Wang’s parents had a very happy conversation. Chen Kai also said a few words from time to time, not much, however he was able to make the three elders smile. The sad mood that was originally caused by his son’s serious illness finally gradually improved.

Only Lian Xi sat awkwardly in the corner with his head down, not daring to take out  his mobile phone.

Before long, Chen Kai found a reason to say goodbye and pulled Lian Xi out with him.

Looking at his old classmate, Chen Kai smiled and said: “You couldn’t stand it for ages already right?”

Lian Xi looked at him helplessly: “You found me out.”

Chen Kai: “Don’t I know about you? But you actually know Wang ZiHao and even came to visit him. That makes me a bit surprised.” 

The two chatted as they left the hospital building.

“How is the ID card that you gave to your friend before?”

“It’s very good. Speaking of this, I really have to invite you to dinner.”

“Haha, when I have time ba. I might be getting married this year.”

“So soon?” 

As if thinking of something happy, Chen Kai’s face was filled with smiles: “QianQian is pregnant.”

Lian Xi: “Ah, congratulations!”

Chen Kai: “Thank you brother, come and drink my wedding wine when it’s time.”





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