CHAPTER 518: CHAPTER 94_6

But when Tan Yunlong brought Wang Chaonan back in custody, and after Li Zhiyuan had observed his facial features, he discovered that Wang Chaonan, too, had a very stark and apparent earth-broken fate chart, even more so than his wife.

It could almost be used as a standard example for the "Yin Yang Face Reading" textbook.

Li Zhiyuan might not blindly believe in fate chart theories, but he believed in probability.

Thus, the boy named "Yongyong" was likely not their biological child.

At that moment, a police car drove by.

After his colleagues arrived, Tan Yunlong handed over the suspect.

As Wang Chaonan was pushed into the police car, the plastic bag in Li Zhiyuan’s hand began to tremble slightly, and wisps of black smoke invisible to ordinary people began to seep out.

The murderer of herself had been captured, and she had finally been liberated.

Within the black smoke, Tang Qiuping expressed gratitude towards the young man.

"Thank you... it’s really too..."

"Get lost."

Li Zhiyuan’s impression of this senior classmate was absolutely horrible. As evil spirit, if she had been forgetful of her own identity due to her long death, that could be understandable, but even as a ghost, her behavior and logic were intolerable to Li Zhiyuan.

Run Sheng had already angered him with a previous mistake, yet he still had to tolerate her.

He had carried this pair of high heels all the way, scared to throw them away in fear that the matter wouldn’t be resolved and it could lead to other consequences.

The youth now felt no joy or satisfaction from "avenging a spirit" or "doing a good deed", only a sense of relief to be rid of this fool.

Comparatively, he preferred the black cat from the old woman’s house in ’Cat Face,’ as it was not only clever but also obedient.

Thus, that evening, the youth was willing to embrace it, accompanying it as it slowly dissipated.

Just as Tan Yunlong took out his cigarette pack, lit a cigarette, he saw the young man approaching.

Yu Shu had once asked him if he believed in destiny, later altering it to whether he believed his son brought him luck. But at that time, it wasn’t his son he thought of, but Li Zhiyuan.

And all of this, stemmed from the day a ten-year-old boy pushed open his office door stating the case details seriously without any reluctance or evasion.

Choices are mutual. Had he actually treated him like a child that day displaying distrust and impatience, whether he could be transferred to the provincial capital would have been secondary; his son would have also lost a top scholar as a study companion.

"Xiao Yuan, I thank you again this time."

"Harmony between civilians and police."

"Cough cough..." Tan Yunlong choked on his smoke, "Right, right, exactly, that’s the idea, civilians and police should work together, combat crime, and foster a harmonious society."

Tan Yunlong didn’t understand the reason, but he knew how to cooperate.

"Uncle Tan, may I borrow your lighter?"

"Here, this was bought by your aunt for me, not cheap, take it."

"No need, I don’t smoke."

"It’s useful to have around sometimes; I’ve seen on TV it can light candles, incense, or yellow paper."

"Click!"

Li Zhiyuan placed the high heels under the flame; it only blackened them slightly but couldn’t really ignite them.

"Uncle Tan, here’s your lighter back."

Tan Yunlong took the lighter, and immediately after, the youth pulled out a talisman from his pocket, flicking it, and the talisman spontaneously ignited.

This was an Evil-breaking Talisman drawn by Alii, a bit overkill to use it just to ignite this, but Li Zhiyuan didn’t feel it was a waste, glad to have cut off one thread of fate.

The talisman was stuffed into the high heel which immediately caught fire, the other one igniting as well even without a talisman stuffed inside.

"Clatter!"

Li Zhiyuan tossed both high heels into the field, watching them quickly burn to ashes.

After the deed was done, Li Zhiyuan dusted off his hands, turned around, and met Tan Yunlong’s gaze.

"Uncle Tan, magic trick, used white phosphorus."

"A spectacular trick, does Binbin also know it?"

"He hasn’t learned it yet."

"Then be patient with him, he’s not sharp, and he always distracts from his studies."

"Brother Binbin has helped me a lot."

Li Zhiyuan knew that Tan Wenbin had been somewhat depressed these past days, feeling increasingly useless.

But in reality, although one couldn’t specify what Zhuangzhuang was good for, his role was irreplaceable.

Liu Yumei had said the ’call’ at the bow wasn’t only for people, but potentially for matters too.

"Officer Tan, I want to report."

Tan Yunlong immediately put his police cap back on: "Young comrade, go ahead."

"I suspect that the boy from this family was... illegally adopted."

"Bought?"

"Uncle Tan, you could first check if they have the legal adoption papers."

"I understand, I will investigate right away."

Tan Yunlong went over to talk with his colleagues. Normally, considering that the child is still young and needs care, it would have been sufficient to take the suspect Wang Chaonan back for interrogation. However, given this situation, a police officer went to question the woman.

The woman immediately turned into a frightened old hen, screaming desperately at the surrounding police:

"This is my son, my biological son, the flesh of my flesh, none of you can take him away, I’d rather kill him myself than let you have him!"

As she spoke, she lifted the child high; the surrounding officers rushed forward to protect the child and subdued her.

Afterward, a police officer was assigned to inquire about the matter with the nearby villagers and the village chief.

In the past, due to the village’s tradition of protecting one another, even if everyone knew that this family’s child was obtained through dubious means, no one would report it, nor would they speak the truth in front of the police, not even the village chief.

But this time, after the police hinted that Wang Chaonan was suspected of murder and burying a corpse, the villagers no longer held back and soon revealed that the child was bought from a trafficker.

This was not a secret in the village; the couple was old and had been unable to conceive, so they bought a child from a trafficker.

The woman was also taken to the police car.

When Tan Yunlong arrived, he had ridden a motorcycle, he instructed a colleague to drive it back to the school for him and to negotiate the fuel cost and wear and tear.

He himself held Yongyong’s hand and led the child onto the police car.

"Xiao Yuan, come, shall I take you back to school?"

"Uncle Tan, Brother Binbin says he misses his dad and wants to have supper with you tonight."

"Then come with me to the police station. I’ll take you back to school to have supper with Binbin tonight."

"Okay."

Li Zhiyuan boarded the police car and sat in the back row with Yongyong.

Yongyong was not scared at all; instead, he seemed quite excited.

"Police car, police car, beep toot beep toot!"

"Uncle Tan, do you have any paper and a pen in the car?"

"Yes, here you go." Tan Yunlong passed a pen and paper from the front.

Li Zhiyuan picked up the pen and began to draw on the paper.

Gradually, Yongyong’s attention was also drawn, and he leaned over curiously.

"Brother, what are you drawing?"

"You’ll find out soon. If you guess it right, I’ll buy you candy."

"Okay, okay."

As Li Zhiyuan gradually drew elements like a water jar, stilts, a tall hat, and two lanterns, Yongyong’s initially excited expression slowly faded, replaced by what seemed to be a deep-seated fear that had long been forgotten but still lingered in his heart.

Li Zhiyuan finished the drawing, presenting the entire picture to the boy.

"Ah!"

Yongyong let out a scream, then burst into tears.

"Wuu wu... Beibei is good... Beibei is well-behaved... Granny Yu, don’t hit me..."

Li Zhiyuan put the pen cap back on and flipped the drawing over.

At that moment, in his mind, as seen through Alii’s "perspective", Granny Yu stood outside the door, and the two lanterns bore the deliberately written insults meant for Alii:

[Destined to kill parents and become a prostitute]

Alright,

I’m coming for you.

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