Peach Blossom Shop

Chapter 122 Children
"I'm not very sure about this, but if the alien race is controlled by humans, or lost their minds, there are cases where they do this kind of thing, and there are other possibilities, we need to investigate." Zhang Zeyu looked Lin Manlu turned his head to look elsewhere again, and then breathed a sigh of relief, and continued talking to Li Guangquan.

Li Guangquan nodded, frowned habitually, took out the cigarette case from his pocket, took out a cigarette, realized that there were two children in front of him, and put the cigarette back after thinking about it.

"In addition, Officer Li, when you checked the residents in this building today, did you find any clues or abnormalities?" Zhang Zeyu asked.

Li Guangquan thought for a while, took out his notebook, looked at it, and said, "I forgot to mention it if you didn't ask, you live in this building too?"

Zhang Zeyu originally thought that Zhao Ziming would tell Li Guangquan, but he didn't expect him to say so, so he nodded and said, "Well, we live on the 20th floor. Didn't your assistant tell you? I already told him this morning."

Li Guangquan shook his head, "That kid, I haven't seen him since I took you out this morning. I don't know what he's been up to." Then, he opened a page in his little book and said, "Basically, I haven't found any clues today, but Because I was mentally prepared for a supernatural event in advance, I paid special attention to some clues in this investigation, and I really found a few things that caught my attention."

Zhang Zeyu raised his eyebrows, "What do you care about?"

Li Guangquan clicked on the book, motioned Zhang Zeyu, who was about the same height as him, to come and read it, and said, "Look, first of all, there is a resident on the fifth floor who died of a child 5 years ago, and this resident is a single mother who is only 5 years old; In addition, there is also a resident on the 25th floor who is a single mother. Her child is only 12 months old, but the single mother on the 20th floor once went to the 5th floor to make a fuss and insisted that the child belonged to her. The quarrel was quite fierce. Even the police came to mediate. Originally, this kind of thing was over in the past, but when we investigated today, we found that the relationship between the two mothers was very close, and what concerned me the most was the one who was only 12 months old. The child, looking at people, looks too unlike a 20-month-old. Also, the deceased was a resident on the 20st floor. The preliminary autopsy report of the forensic doctor pointed out that the deceased had undergone abortion not long before his death. Zhang, what do you say These things are very related!"

Lin Manlu, who had been standing by and listening, couldn't help nodding when he heard Li Guangquan's words, "Officer Li is indeed the leader of the serious crime team! He's so sharp, he grasped the key points right away!"

When Li Guangquan heard this, his eyes lit up, and he looked at Lin Manlu, "So, these households are really related?"

Lin Manlu put his hands on a wall, looked at the wall, and said, "I don't know if it's a problem. It's up to the police to investigate. But I can tell you that there is indeed something wrong with that child. Officer Li, you Better stay away from that kid."

"What happened to that child?" Li Guangquan asked nervously.

"Hehe." Lin Manlu smiled inexplicably, shook his head, took his hand off the wall, curled his fingers, and knocked on the wall.

Li Guangquan looked at her action in puzzlement, and in the next second, his eyes widened—a small black hand suddenly appeared on the wall that Lin Manlu struck.

"This is..." Li Guangquan felt that the air around him was suddenly a little cold, and the cold air rose from his back.

Zhang Zeyu was the closest to him, and immediately noticed Li Guangquan's reaction, and said, "It's just a fingerprint. The guy who left the fingerprint left early. Officer Li doesn't have to be afraid."

Li Guangquan felt a little embarrassed for a moment. He had been handling the case for so many years and hadn't seen any scenes. It was really embarrassing to be comforted by a child today. So he coughed twice to cover it up.

"Officer Li, you should focus on investigating the households you're paying attention to! We don't know why the murderer did this for the time being, but it should have something to do with the child..." Zhang Zeyu continued.

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Li Guangquan, "Okay, I know what to do. I will pay attention to the investigation and protection of all residents in this building with children."

Lin Manlu smiled, nodded and said, "I don't know if he's targeting this building or all the others. For the time being, that's all we can do."

Li Guangquan was a little shocked when he heard this - Lin Manlu's thoughts were considered meticulous, as he himself thought just now.

"By the way, there are those deformed corpses from before, those in the morgue, don't let your forensic doctor do the autopsy for now." Lin Manlu patted the ashes on his hands and said.

"What problem did you find?" Li Guangquan asked immediately after hearing this.

"Well, a little bit. The blood of those corpses is poisonous. For the forensic doctors who touched the corpses before, you take this back and try to make them eat it." Lin Manlu took out the blood that he just got in the store from his bag. Baiduqing said, "This is not a targeted antidote, but it can be used to cure basic poisons."

Li Guangquan took it, looked at it, and thanked him.

Lin Manlu smiled and said, "I didn't give it to you for free. This is in exchange for the things in your gourd. When the time comes to collect the reward, let's forget it together with the current case."

Li Guangquan nodded, "That's natural, I definitely can't let your efforts be in vain."

After that, several people looked at the scene again, but found no more useful clues, so they separated.

Lin Manlu was concerned about Zhou Yi's matter, and didn't know how Bai Le was handling it, so he followed Zhang Zeyu back to Peach Blossom Lane.

Peach Blossom Alley has indeed become much more lively since many foreigners moved in. It is almost late at night. In the distance, there are many small shops with night stalls and foreigners eating supper in the enchantment.

At the entrance of the alley, outside the barrier, is Xu Qingsheng's hall. At this time, Xu Qingsheng's gang of little brothers also came back with the leftovers from the night market, and were packing up and settling accounts.

He Qiang heard footsteps in the distance, looked up and saw Lin Manlu and Zhang Zeyu walking over, stood up quickly, smiled respectfully, and said, "You two are back?"

Knowing that Xu Qingsheng and He Qiang had briefly explained their identities to Yuyu, Lin Manlu stopped when he saw him like this, smiled and nodded, "Well, your night market is over?"

"No, but today's business is good, and the stock is sold out, so I came back early." He Qiang said, and even stepped in, and said, "Do you two want to come in for a glass of water?"

Seeing the other children stand up, Lin Manlu looked at herself and Yuyu, smiled and shook her head, "No, thank you! We have to go back first."

"Okay! You go back first, and come back when you are free." He Qiang responded very politely.

Lin Manlu nodded, led Zhang Zeyu through the barrier, and walked into Taohua Lane.

"Hey, Brother Qiang, who were that handsome guy and that girl just now?" A boy came over and asked curiously.

"Don't ask! It's a big shot! Brother Sheng was saved by them, remember to be more polite when we meet in the future!" He Qiang patted the boy, and then told the boys and girls beside him.

Hearing this, Xiao Min pinched the tail of the scorpion-tailed braid, and turned to look at Lin Manlu and Zhang Zeyu who were leaving.

"By the way, Xiaosheng's hall is at the entrance of Taohua Lane, so it does block a lot of trouble! At least those gangsters don't pick here to fight. Xiaosheng is really capable." Lin Manlu said with a smile.

Zhang Zeyu nodded, "Well, I saw a few adults coming to his hall a while ago, and then he invited Lao Hu to go, and I don't know how to deal with it afterwards."

Ever since he knew about Hu Yicong's relationship, Zhang Zeyu no longer politely called Hu Yicong and his wife Boss Hu.

"Tsk tsk, if Lao Hu turns into his original form, he can at least scare others to death. He is a big white wolf!" Lin Manlu followed Zhang Zeyu and called Hu Yicong.

"Well, I'm afraid." Zhang Zeyu showed a smile on his face, raised his head, and looked at the Bai's Bookstore that he had already walked to.

Bai Le didn't always sit lazily in front of the store, but thinking about it, it's already midnight, and although demons and ghosts don't have much time to rest, taking a little rest every day is good for recharging their energy.

The entrance of Bai's Bookstore was pitch black, and a glimmer of light shone through the half-covered door, hitting the small bamboo that Bai Le placed on the steps.

Lin Manlu looked at Zhang Zeyu, walked up the steps and pushed open the crack of the door. The antique hollow carved wooden door let out a long "squeak".

"Bai Le? Are you asleep?" Lin Manlu poked his head in and glanced around.

"Haha~" There was a long yawn, and then Bai Le floated out from the depths of the bookstore with a sleepy look on his face, and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, why did you come here?"

"Delayed by some things," Lin Manlu pushed open the door and walked in, followed by Zhang Zeyu, "How about Zhou Yi's commission?"

"Well, it's done. You can see the news tomorrow." Bai Le yawned again, and patted his open mouth.

"Really? So efficient!" Lin Manlu patted Bai Le's arm happily, and said, "How did you handle it?"

Bai Le glanced at her, found a chair and sat down, then leaned his head sideways, thought about the dirty thoughts and behaviors of the group of human children he saw this evening, and the cruel behavior of the last girl, and decided not to tell Lin full of green.

"You'll know when you read the news tomorrow."

"Tch! Don't tell me! What's so mysterious!" Lin Manlu expressed dissatisfaction, pouted.

Bai Le looked at her and said, "It's just that a boy died, and I've already asked Ah Yi and the others to bring the soul back to the underworld."

Lin Manlu was surprised, "How could someone die? Did you move your hand? Don't you know what punishment you will receive if you are a ghost messenger who forcibly takes the life of a mortal who has not yet reached the end of his lifespan?"

Seeing Lin Manlu's anxious and angry appearance, Bai Le smiled, and said, "I didn't do it, it's because they killed each other!"

Lin Manlu frowned, and became even more curious about what Bai Le did to those students.

(End of this chapter)