Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 988 997. Justification
"Son, I will hand over this shop of my father to you from now on!"

Li Xiao looked up at the dilapidated door in front of him, and couldn't help sighing softly.

Unexpectedly, my father, who has always been in good health, actually left as soon as he said he would.

This is the impermanence of life, big intestine bag...

No, this is the impermanence of life, and many things are simply unpredictable.

【Tian Suan Pavilion】

Li Xiao looked at the dilapidated and peeled-off signboard, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Those who ask their father for fortune-telling always say that his father is a divine fortune teller, and he does everything.

I don't know if he figured out that he left so early?

However, he couldn't help laughing at the thought that his father wanted him to inherit his mantle.

He is a famous college student who graduated from 211 University.

Growing up under the five-star red flag, I learned the values ​​of socialist materialism.

Approaching science, I don't fall behind to watch all the episodes by myself.

As a code farmer working in a goose factory, his monthly salary is tens of thousands.

How is it possible to believe such fortune-telling nonsense?
He didn't come today to inherit his father's mantle.

Instead, they made an appointment with a real estate agent and planned to sell the shop.

However, the moment he pushed the [Tianjuan Pavilion] away.

【Ding! 】

[Detected that the host has entered its own store]

[Tianji Divine Arithmetic System is activated]

[Task: Tell a person's fortune in one day, and change their fate]

[Task Reward: Increase lifespan by ten days. 】

[Because changing your fate against the sky is against the will of the world, every time you change your fate for others, you will pay a certain price. 】

? ? ? ?
Hearing the hint in his ear, Li Xiao was stunned!

Boy, is this a blessing or a curse?
I was doing well, and suddenly awakened to some kind of fortune-telling system?
Although there are rewards for completing the task, who the hell knows what price to pay for helping others change their lives?
and many more!

Li Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

No, no, no.

Could it be that the reason why my father died young was because he paid too much for changing his fate against the sky!
I have to say that this possibility is not small!
After all, it is completely unreasonable for such a healthy person to leave at will!

Thinking of this, he almost cursed.

This is simply a disaster from heaven, he will never follow his father's old path!

He still wants to live well!

Just when he was thinking about it.

A somewhat eager voice came from behind:

"Excuse me, is this the secret of the Li family in the east of the city?"

!!!

Li Xiao was startled by the sudden voice.

He turned to look at the man who spoke.

A middle-aged woman in her 40s, with a panicked expression on her face, looked haggard.

He said with some disgust:

"Yes, this is indeed my father's shop."

"But I'm sorry, he passed away not long ago, I'm afraid I can't help you."

"This, this...how can it be good!"

"I finally found out that your father's fortune-telling is the most accurate here."

"Now that he's gone, what should I do!"

Li Xiao was a little baffled by his words.

But suddenly.

A picture flashed before his eyes.

[2022.3.9, looking for the secrets and magic calculations to no avail, continue to post missing person notices]

[On March 2022.3.10, [-], I went to Chenghuang Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, and asked passers-by along the road before my daughter disappeared. 】

[2022.3.11, overtired, fainted and hospitalized. 】

······
[2022.3.18, a thief broke into the house and found the dead girl trapped in the secret room. The police in the east of the city led the family members to identify the scene. 】

[2022.3.19, go to Chengdong Public Security Bureau to sign. 】

!!!

Li Xiao was shocked.

In just a short moment, his back was drenched in cold sweat.

He swallowed hard, and glanced at the haggard woman in front of him.

It turned out that the other party's daughter was missing, and after 9 days, the body of the other party's daughter would be found by a thief.

But according to the fragmentary fragments that just appeared in my mind.

Nine days later, although the thief found the girl's body.

But the girl's body was obviously not decomposed at that time.

Obviously, the time of death is not long.

In other words, if you find the girl within 8 days, you should be able to rescue the girl.

Just when Li Xiao was about to blurt out what he saw, he closed his mouth again.

and many more!

Changing fate against the sky is against the will of the world.

Every time you change your life for someone else, you have to pay a certain price!

Do I really have to pay the price for this stranger?

However, looking at the woman's haggard look and somewhat desperate eyes.

Li Xiao's cold heart seemed to be severely pinched.

That's it, that's it.

Just this one time, this one time only!
Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda!
He saved the girl by himself, but he not only saved one person, but his entire family!
That is equivalent to saving the lives of several people, and building dozens of levels of pagodas!
Forget it, let him accumulate some virtue for his dead father, so that he can live more comfortably down there.

Seeing that the God of Heaven was not there, the woman bent slightly and bowed to Li Xiao:
"sorry for disturbance."

When you're done, turn around and leave.

Li Xiao sighed, and said helplessly:
"Come in first, come in first!"

"Maybe I have a chance to help you!"

Hearing Li Xiao's words, the woman who had turned around suddenly turned her head.

There was a glimmer of hope on the face of despair.

Seeing the hope in the other party's eyes, Li Xiao sighed again.

He pushed open the door and walked into this room, which was both familiar and unfamiliar [Tian Suan Pavilion].

The woman followed closely behind and followed Li Xiao in.

The shop hadn't been used in a while and there was a musty smell in the air.

Li Xiao ignored the musty smell.

Sitting on the rosewood chair that originally belonged to his father.

He raised his hand to signal the woman to sit down.

He looked at the box of sandalwood on the table.

His expression was a little dazed.

He followed his father's example and lit the box of sandalwood.

Soon, the decaying smell in the store was swept away, replaced by an elegant scent of sandalwood.

Seeing the woman's nervous expression, Li Xiao comforted with a smile:
"Nervous, I probably know why you are here."

"You came here to ask about your daughter's disappearance?"

The originally nervous woman became extremely agitated.

"That's right! Master, I'm here to find my daughter. Can you figure out where she is now?"

"This····"

What's the next step?
Can't you just tell the other person what happened?

Even if he really found him, he would probably be taken into the laboratory for slicing himself!
By the way, how did my father tell fortunes before?
Wouldn't it be good to learn how to do it yourself?

He glanced at the paper and pen on the table.

He gently pushed the paper and pen in front of the other party.

"Write down all your daughter's birth date and name."

"Although I'm not as powerful as my father, it shouldn't be a problem if I try to do the math for you!"

Officer Ye was furious when he heard that Li Xiao admitted that he was a liar.

He had seen arrogant criminals before, but this was the first time he had seen someone as arrogant as Li Xiao.

He was about to say something threatening, but the next second, he froze.

"If possible, I would like to meet with you."

"Why don't you go to the Monica coffee shop at the gate of Donghu Garden!"

"I have the clues you need here!"

Officer Ye on the opposite side frowned slightly when he heard Li Xiao's sincere tone.

Years of experience in handling cases made her very convinced that the tone of the person on the other end of the phone was very sincere, not like talking.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the other party is a very experienced liar, and he even deceived himself, an old policeman.

Soon an idea appeared in his mind.

Does the other party really have any clues to determine a certain range?
After all, he has also heard some interesting things in the magic stick circle.

That is some magic sticks, in order to make their deception more credible.

There will be a very professional investigation process.

All customers need to make an appointment in advance.

And the magic stick gang will send special personnel to collect relevant information of the deceived.

In this way, with detailed information, when the magic stick performs deception, it becomes targeted.

The deceived will feel that what the magic stick said is very accurate, and they will have no doubts about his words.

Officer Ye couldn't help wondering, could it be that the guys on the other end of the phone were such a team of liars.

During their investigation, they found some clues that they didn't find on their side?

This possibility also exists.

Although scammers are certainly hateful, compared to those human traffickers.

This kind of cheating magic stick can already be regarded as a good citizen among good people.

She hesitated for a second, then made a decision immediately.

"No problem, I'm leaving now, and I'll be there in about 15 minutes!"

"No problem, we'll be there on time."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao hung up the phone and said to the woman:

"Come on, let's go over there first."

Li Xiao's store is not far from East Lake Garden.

But within 10 minutes, the two walked into the Monica Cafe near the entrance of East Lake Garden.

Since today is not the weekend, it is not off-duty time.

So the store was empty, only two waiters were laughing and playing behind the bar.

However, the attitude of the two of them is relatively correct. When they saw a guest coming in, they immediately showed warm smiles on their faces:

"Welcome! Monica!"

Li Xiao came to the front of the bar:

“A glass of iced Americano!”

"What about you?"

He turned to look at the woman.

The woman hesitated for a second before speaking:
"The same is fine."

"Two glasses of iced Americano, thank you."

Li Xiao stretched out two fingers.

Because it was sent up quickly, Li Xiao just took a sip of Monica's door and was pushed away.

A woman in her early 30s hurried in, and he tried it around before his eyes fell on Li Xiao.

After all, there are only two people in this big coffee shop.

The woman was wearing a fitted light gray T-shirt and jeans.

Seeing this attire, Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction.

Who said that beautiful women always have big breasts and no brains, at least the one in front of me is not!
Know that the place where you are dating is likely to be near the suspect.

Therefore, Officer Ye specially changed into ordinary clothes.

Officer Ye ordered a cup of coffee too, and sat down beside the woman casually.

She looked up at Li Xiao, who was only in her early 20s, and said coldly:
"Tell me, what clues do you have?"

Li Xiao could clearly hear the other party's tone, which was a bit cold.

But he didn't care too much, he lowered his voice:

"According to the birthday horoscope provided by Ms. Li, I can roughly calculate..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Officer Ye in front of him.

"If you have something to say, just say it. Although I don't wear a police uniform, I'm still a people's policeman. Your tricks don't work for me at all!"

Li Xiao knew that the other party regarded him as a magic stick.

He wanted to explain directly that he was not a magician, but the future he saw with the system.

But he felt that once he said something like that.

When the suspect is actually caught, what awaits him is not a small red pennant.

It's a big rose gold bracelet, and a white ice lab.

I imagined that my head was opened.

A scene where the organs of the body are sliced ​​and studied.

Li Xiao shivered.

Forget it, forget it, the magic stick is the magic stick!

"If I didn't count..."

As soon as Li Xiao spoke, he felt cold gazes falling on him, and he quickly changed his words:

"If I'm not mistaken, Ms. Li's daughter is now in the East Lake Garden."

Officer Ye frowned slightly when he saw Li Xiao's serious expression.

"you sure?"

Hearing this question, Li Xiao felt a little hesitant.

Only then did he suddenly realize that what he saw was the situation nine days later.

Nine days later, the girl's body was indeed here.

However, it is really hard to say whether he is here today!
Officer Ye's observation ability is extremely strong, and she saw that Li Xiao hesitated at this moment.

She thought that Li Xiao sent herself in because she was worried about her illegal investigation.

Then she said in a low voice:
"As long as the information you provide this time is useful, it can help us solve this disappearance case."

"Our Public Security Bureau will not pursue it. How did you find it out?"

When you hear this, you know that the other party has misunderstood.

He has never done anything illegal, only worried that the girl is not here now.

While he was hesitating whether to speak out now.

His expression froze.

A picture flashed before his eyes.

[2022.3.9, investigating Skyeye surveillance video]

[2022.3.10, go to the vicinity of the missing point to get the monitoring of the merchant. 】

[2022.3.11, go to girls' school, investigate interpersonal relationships]

······
[2022.3.17, continue to call merchant monitoring]

[2022.3.18, a thief broke into the house and found the dead girl trapped in the secret room, and arrived at the scene to search. 】

[2022.3.19, an arrest warrant was issued to arrest the suspect. 】

!!!

What I saw this time was the future of the police officer Yi in front of me for nearly 10 days.

Li Xiao also figured out some ways of this system.

It seems that so far, I can only see the situation of others within 10 days.

As for whether this time will be extended in the future, it is unknown.

But this time Li Xiao made a new discovery.

Because Officer Ye carried out the on-site exploration.

Therefore, Li Xiao saw a lot of things that she didn't see in Ms. Lin.

The computer flashed past, and there were a total of 9 folders that were hidden and released on the screen.

The above times correspond respectively.

2022.3.9~2022.3.18.

Although I don't know what is in these files.

But as a passionate youth with seven or eight hidden learning documents on the computer.

It doesn't matter whether it's a calabash baby or the Legend of the Rainbow Cat.

The important thing is that from the names of these folders, the missing girl is likely to have fallen into the hands of the other party today.

No, not very likely, but absolutely!

(End of this chapter)