Volume One, Chapter 161: Strange Happenings at the Police Station

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Qin Yu patted him on the shoulder and comforted him. “Since fate has brought you together, the day will come when you meet again.”

The hope in Mu Ling’s eyes slowly grew brighter. He nodded firmly. “If she is safe and well, then the skies are clear for me.”

Qin Yu gave him a strange look. She had wanted to warn him not to read so many romance novels in his spare time and stop making such melodramatic remarks.

But she could not bring herself to dampen his spirits, so she merely swallowed the words.

“By the way, Little Yu, there’s still one thing I can’t figure out.” Mu Ling’s gaze swept over her again and again. “The spiritual energy in your body had clearly been exhausted when we were in the cave. How is it that…”

He paused.

“It’s recovered by seventy or eighty percent all at once?”

Qin Yu raised her brows mysteriously and teased, “That’s a secret!”

Mu Ling pouted and rolled his eyes, stubbornly replying, “Hmph! If you don’t want to say, then don’t! A secret, huh? As if I wanted to hear it!”

Qin Yu merely smiled and did not continue bickering with him.

While she had been in the River of Forgetfulness, the ghost officials had chased her relentlessly. In her desperation, she had hidden inside a residence that appeared to be unoccupied by ghosts.

Only after she had gone inside and found a hiding place did she discover that it was not actually empty. She simply had not noticed the ghost.

He wore a blackish-brown robe, and his short hair was loosely tied back. Gray streaks showed at his temples.

His sharp eyes briefly swept over the place where Qin Yu was hiding before he went to open the door.

“Honored ghost officials, has something happened?”

The chief ghost official let out a heavy sigh and began to complain. “Boss Liao, you have no idea! Some little beast actually threw garbage into the River of Forgetfulness!”

“The development of new industries in the underworld these past few years has left the River of Forgetfulness far less clear than it was two years ago. To protect the underworld’s only mother river, the King of Hell has ordered us to develop both the economy and the environment!”

“Well, wouldn’t you know it? Some unlucky fool happened to step right on the wrong pressure point at a time like this! As members of the Environmental Protection Bureau, we must catch that ghost and punish him severely!”

Boss Liao’s voice was deep and resonant. With a kindly smile on his face, he pulled stack after stack of Underworld Banknotes from his sleeves.

“You honored ghost officials have worked so hard! Please accept this small token of my gratitude.”

The chief ghost official kept saying that it was too much, while his hands honestly stuffed every banknote into his pockets.

Boss Liao continued smiling. “Honored ghost official, I’ve only just gotten married, and you and your brothers…”

The ghost official immediately understood. A smile spread across his face. “Boss Liao’s residence is blessed with outstanding people and auspicious surroundings. No ghosts or monsters could possibly break in here! We’ll search somewhere else.”

“Thank you all for your consideration!”

Boss Liao stood at the doorway and waved goodbye as the group departed.

Only after he was certain they had gone far away did he cautiously close the door.

Qin Yu looked at the unfamiliar Boss Liao in confusion, searching her memory frantically.

She was certain she had never met him before.

“My benefactor!”

Before Qin Yu could say anything, Boss Liao became so excited that he nearly dropped to his knees and kowtowed to her.

Qin Yu stared at him in utter bewilderment.

“Master Dianqiu, do you remember telling the fortune of a wretched boy? You said his grandfather was making money through a business venture down here so he could marry a wife?”

Qin Yu searched through her memories. It seemed that something like that had indeed happened.

“I’m that wretched boy’s grandfather! Thanks to your guidance, Master, I was able to get my business’s finances running smoothly down here! And thanks to you, I was able to marry the woman I love!”

Boss Liao was moved to tears. “I heard that wretched boy say there was a great master named Dianqiu… But now that I’ve finally met you, I can’t believe you’re so young! Master, are you married? If not, my wretched boy may not be much to look at, but he has a good heart! These days, looks aren’t important. What matters is character!”

“If you don’t mind, Master, why not take my wretched boy?”

Boss Liao regarded her like a future father-in-law examining his granddaughter-in-law, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became.

He talked so incessantly that Qin Yu could not get a word in.

At last, when he had finished, she said, “Boss Liao, your grandson has a better match waiting for him. His marriage may come late, but it will be happy and fulfilling.”

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When Boss Liao heard this, his face filled with regret. “Ah! Missing out on such a wonderful girl as you means my wretched boy simply has no luck!”

The corner of Qin Yu’s eye twitched violently. She hurriedly changed the subject. “By the way, Boss Liao, is there any way you can get the people outside to leave?”

Boss Liao thumped his chest and promised, “Leave it to me.”

…

“Little Yu! Little Yu! Little Yu!”

Mu Ling waved his hand frantically in front of Qin Yu’s face, finally pulling her back to reality.

“What is it?”

Mu Ling pointed at her phone. “Someone seems to have sent you a message through the backstage.”

Qin Yu lowered her head, her brows drawing together slightly.

Mysterious Person 567: “Master Dianqiu, I was referred by Elder Yu. Our bureau has recently encountered several strange supernatural phenomena, and we would like to ask you to come take a look. Are you available?”

Dianqiu: “I may need to livestream it. Is that acceptable?”

Mysterious Person 567: “Then I’ll ask my superior for approval. May I get back to you shortly?”

Qin Yu did not reply. About two minutes later, another message popped up.

“My superior says it’s fine.”

Dianqiu: “Send me the address.”

Mysterious Person 567: “No need. Our car is already waiting at the foot of the mountain. Master, you can simply come down.”

Qin Yu silently gave them a thumbs-up in her heart. As expected of the people’s police—their efficiency was impressive!

Xing Qiao had already fully charged her livestreaming equipment.

Qin Yu switched on the drone and connected it to the livestream on her phone. A clear image immediately appeared.

Society’s Big Brother Lei has entered the livestream.

Sister Juan has entered the livestream.

Fed-Up-with-the-World has entered the livestream.

…

“Holy crap! I thought I was seeing things just now! It really is the master!”

“Master, where have you been this past week? We’ve missed you so much! Sob!”

“Wife, come here and let me hug you!”

“Streamer, what happened after that incident last time? I’ve been waiting for seven whole days. You have no idea how badly it’s been gnawing at me!”

“…”

The comments were overflowing with enthusiasm. Qin Yu gave the livestream a gentle smile.

Today she wore a black athletic camisole beneath a pearl-white knitted cardigan. Her lower half was dressed in black wide-legged trousers, and on her feet was a pair of black-and-white chunky sneakers.

She looked youthful and radiant.

“Welcome back to my livestream. As for the reports concerning Jia Family Village, they should appear in the news in a couple of days. You can follow the police for the latest updates.”

“Waaah, my wife is far too beautiful!”

“She’s driving me crazy! I’m completely obsessed!”

“Streamer, can’t you tell us something from the inside? The official statements are always so official. I want something different!”

“I second that!”

Qin Yu rolled her eyes lightly at the camera. “Why do you think the authorities don’t release confidential information?”

“Ahhh… I waited all this time just for the inside scoop! And now you’re telling me there isn’t any! I’m heartbroken!”

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“What’s wrong with all of you? Unlike me, I only know how to worry about my wife. Wife, we’re law-abiding citizens. We must always respond to the nation’s call…”

“You damn fake-sweet flirt.”

“Big brother, I’m not being fake-sweet! I’m genuinely worried about our wife! How can you insult someone right in front of her? If you insult people in front of her today, tomorrow you’ll be insulting my wife! You can insult me if you want, but how could you insult my wife?”

“Nice.”

“Hahaha, girl, you’re incredible! I’ve finally realized that I don’t actually dislike fake-sweet flirts. I only dislike fake-sweet flirts who aren’t fake-sweet toward me.”

Seeing the livestream veer wildly off course, Qin Yu promptly steered it back. “I’ll show you something from the inside later—something you’re actually allowed to see.”

“Wow! Wife, you really don’t treat us like outsiders! Supporting you was the right choice!”

“I’ll go crazy for my wife, lose my mind for my wife, and smash my head against a wall for my wife!”

When Qin Yu saw the familiar username “Kicking the Lame Man’s Good Leg,” a quiet, scholarly face involuntarily surfaced in her mind.

“All right, enough. We’re setting off.”

Qin Yu sent the drone rising into the air.

The driver dropped Qin Yu off at the foot of the mountain, where, just as expected, she saw a small black sedan waiting.

Qin Yu had never paid much attention to cars, so she could not identify the make.

As soon as they saw her coming down, the people inside immediately got out.

“Master, hello! My name is Zhao Xiaodao, and I’m responsible for driving you today.”

As he spoke, he raised his phone. “I was the one who contacted you just now.”

Zhao Xiaodao was dressed casually in a white T-shirt, blue jeans, and a light-blue denim jacket.

He looked very young.

Qin Yu nodded at him. “Thank you for going to the trouble.”

Zhao Xiaodao had once entered Qin Yu’s livestream during a boring night shift. At first, he had assumed she was merely using sensationalist scripts to attract attention.

It was only after hearing Elder Yu praise Master Dianqiu without end that he realized how terribly mistaken he had been.

So he had volunteered to take on the task of picking up and escorting the master himself.

As soon as they got into the car, Qin Yu noticed Zhao Xiaodao glancing at her from time to time through the rearview mirror.

“Officer Zhao, could you give me a general description of the strange incidents that have occurred at your bureau?”

Zhao Xiaodao nodded vigorously. “Of course!”

“A while ago, we discovered a woman’s corpse in a water channel outside the city. The body had been soaked until it was badly decomposed. Two days later, we found another woman’s corpse in a slop bucket. She had likewise been soaked until her flesh had rotted, making her facial features impossible to identify.”

“However, we discovered one thing the two victims had in common. There was a letter X on each of their wrists, so the bureau combined the two cases for investigation.”

“It was also around that time that strange things began happening at the police station.”

“Every woman who had come into contact with the two corpses developed the same letter X on her body.”

“But the strangest thing is…”

Zhao Xiaodao paused, his expression turning sorrowful.

“Yesterday, one of our female colleagues died under mysterious circumstances. Her body was found soaked in a swimming pool, and the manner of death was exactly the same as that of the previous two victims.”

“This caused widespread panic among the women at the station.”

“To calm everyone down, we thought of the Supernatural Affairs Bureau. Elder Yu personally recommended you to us.”