Wang Jianguo woke up again, and he was already at the police station.
“Name.”
“…Wang Jianguo.”
“Gender.”
“Male.”
“Where are you from?”
“…” Wang Jianguo honestly reported his hometown address, still a bit dazed, wondering how he had suddenly been caught after hiding for so long. Logically, they shouldn’t have found that person’s body yet. He had been so careful, there should be no evidence to arrest him.
“Someone reported you for murder and robbery. Honestly tell me, do you know this person?” The questioning officer looked sharp, staring intently at his face while handing over a photo.
From the moment he heard “murder and robbery,” Wang Jianguo’s heart started pounding, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back. He glanced at the black-and-white photo in front of him, his eyes flickering, sweat forming on his forehead, yet he still forced himself to pretend to be calm.
“I don’t know this person… Officer, I think you have the wrong man. I’ve never seen him before.”
Initially, Li Ping’an was a bit skeptical of what the strange young man next door was saying, but after some pressure, he indeed reacted differently.
He squinted his eyes. As an experienced investigator, he had dealt with hundreds of criminals, and this man’s reaction was clearly suspicious.
It seemed he needed to talk to that young man again.
In another interrogation room, Lin Ya was holding a cup of water and chatting with another police officer. When he saw Li Ping’an walk in, he abruptly stopped talking.
“Master, how is it going with that person?”
The officer chatting with Lin Ya was Zhou Ying. Both knew Lin Ya quite well; after all, in this cold weather, it’s rare to see someone wearing sunglasses all the time.
Lin Ya hadn’t expected to run into them; it seemed they had some fate together.
Li Ping’an nodded slightly at Zhou Ying, then seriously looked at Lin Ya with a scrutinizing expression. “So, all of this was predicted by your fortune-telling?”
“Exactly.”
“If I’m not mistaken, Officer Li must have sensed that he’s guilty, right? It’s obvious he won’t admit anything under direct questioning,” Lin Ya smiled slightly.
“Do you know where the victim is?” Li Ping’an asked, knowing well that the victim might already be dead but still holding onto a glimmer of hope.
“If I help you solve this case, can I make one request?”
“What request?” Seeing Zhou Ying’s change in expression, Li Ping’an quickly shook his head.
“It’s simple; I want to set up a stall in front of the police station.”
“A stall?!” Zhou Ying was shocked.
“Yeah, as a fortune-teller, I definitely need to set up a stall. Those guys thought I made a lot of money and wanted to rob me, which is why I knocked them out. I thought it over, and the area next to the police station is safe.” Lin Ya stated matter-of-factly, leaving Zhou Ying and Li Ping’an momentarily speechless.
It was true that there were no thugs around the police station, and it was indeed safe.
“If you solve the case, I can help you fight for it,” Li Ping’an reassured him. If this guy was indeed capable, not only would the station head not refuse, but he might even want him to stay at the station.
“Alright, I’ll give you an address, and you can set off. Oh, and it would be best to bring a few more people, and bring a shovel.”
“The body is buried a bit deep.”
Once they left, Lin Ya stretched and followed the on-duty police officer to the lounge. He couldn’t leave until they returned.
“Can you do me a favor and send a message to my family?” He called out to the on-duty officer before he left.
“Don’t say I was arrested; just say I was a witness and will be back tomorrow.”
第40章 八零年代玄学大师（六）
“Quick, quick! Go get the lighter and pour a cup of water!”
Back at the villa, Zhang Run took out all the amulets from his wallet. Qin An handed him the lighter and then got a cup of water.
They exchanged serious glances and each grabbed an amulet. Qin An threw the amulet into the cup, then stared intently at the lighter without blinking.
Zhang Run nervously swallowed hard, took a deep breath, lit the fire, and held the amulet above it to burn.
One second, two seconds.
The yellow talisman showed no change at all.
Zhang Run suppressed his excited scream, his eyes fixated on the yellow talisman in the cup.
“An An, pour it out…”
With a “thud,” the yellow talisman gently fell onto the table.
Qin An picked it up and touched it, finally unable to contain his excitement, shouted out, “Wow! It really doesn’t get wet!”
“Cousin! It really is fireproof! This is amazing!”
“Hahahahaha! I told you! The master really does have skills!”
The two young adults, acting like children, jumped around the house, but afterward, they held those few yellow talismans with serious expressions.
“Three for you, three for my parents, and then one for grandpa and grandma… Wow! That’s all of them!” Zhang Run counted and felt it was still too few. He still needed to give one to that kid Zhong Yuan, and at the very least, he needed to keep some in reserve. What if they didn’t work to ward off disasters, he would need some for exchange.
Not nearly enough; they had to buy more.
The thought simultaneously crossed their minds.
“Why don’t we…” Qin An hesitated, looking at his cousin. “Cousin, should we go find the master tomorrow to buy some more?”
“Good idea.” Zhang Run gave him an appreciative look but then started to worry, “Then we can only ask tomorrow, and I only have 500 yuan left. I still want to buy ten more…”
“I have some!” He hadn’t touched his red envelope money at all.
Qin An pulled out the piggy bank that he carried with him everywhere, closed his eyes, and smashed it on the ground.
The two of them picked up the scattered money while counting.
Zhang Run couldn’t help but exclaim, “An An, you’ve saved this red envelope money for a long time, right? There’s several thousand here; that’s impressive.”
Qin An rolled his eyes at him, “Cousin, if you didn’t spend money on singing, drinking, and clubbing, I bet you’d save much more than I do.”
“Speaking of clubbing, I haven’t been since that car accident. Even when Zhong Yuan invited me last time, I turned him down. I heard there was a star from Hong Kong coming…” Zhang Run clicked his tongue and, seeing the money was all picked up, quickly stood up.
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