Grocery Store No.514

At 8:00 p.m. on December 17, 3020, the criminal investigation team received an emergency call. A homeless man was chasing a stray dog and found a body of a woman buried in a mine. Jiang Chengyan, who had already received the information, arrived at the scene soon.

When Jiang Chengyan and Su Ke were checking on the body, Yao Min suddenly ran over, “Captain, the homeless man didn’t know anything when I asked him questions. He just said when he regained consciousness, he was already in this mine and found the body. He was confused, I think he was frightened.”

Jiang Chengyan nodded and said, “the murderer is definitely not him. Ask him to leave contact information and let him go after that.”

Yao Min angered, “Captain, this is already the third one. The murderer should be cut with a thousand swords!”

Jiang Chengyan sighed, “I’m afraid there are more than three.”

Su Ke looked up at Jiang Chengyan and asked, “Why do you say that? Did you find something?”

Jiang Chengyan took out his mobile phone, opened the search engine, and said, “Look at this.”

Su Ke took off his gloves before taking Jiang Chengyan’s phone. He looked at it carefully, murmuring, “Xiyu… cult… come back to life?”

Yao Min’s curiosity reached its peak. She stretched out his head and tiptoed to read along, “Five pregnant women who are about to give birth… the unborn baby’s heart… Can it bring the dead back to life by taking it as medicine?”

Ling Hua’an had asked Yan Yu to upload information about the Xiyu cult on the Internet.

Su Ke looked up at Jiang Chengyan and said, “you mean the murderer will use those unborn babies’ hearts as medicine to bring the dead back to life?”

“Don’t you think that these deceased people, both in the way of their death and the direction in which the bodies were found, match what is written here?”

Jiang Chengyan also reminded, “Shen Xin was dumped in the East Lake, located in the north of Huacheng, according to the five directions, the North is Kan with element of water. Su Meiqi is buried in the east Xihua Mountain located in the East of Huacheng, the five directions of the East are Zhen and element of wood. And this female corpse is northwest of Huacheng where the five directions are Qian and with the element of Gold. Gold, wood, water, these three directions have been found, now there is only fire and earth left.”

Yao Min said in shock, “Captain, after hearing what you said, it’s really similar. This… How many people in this world believe this?”

“I suspect the murderer is seriously ill and can no longer be saved with modern medicine, which is why they’re blinded and believe in these evil ways.”

“Wu Zheng, it must be Wu Zheng! Captain, he looks sick and weak. Also, he and Shen Xin are lovers, the child in Shen Xin’s belly must be his!”

Su Ke frowned tightly, and said with an ugly face, “If it’s really like this, then there must be two more victims, and we haven’t found them yet.”

“Yeah, I really hope I guessed it wrong.” Thinking about the corpses to be discovered one after another, Jiang Chengyan felt uncomfortable.

Su Ke looked down at the female corpse on the ground, and a strong sense of powerlessness emerged in his heart, “Sometimes I feel like practicing medicine, it’s really…”

Jiang Chengyan patted Su Ke on the shoulder and said with a bitter smile, “We’re criminal police officers. Whenever we face the victims, there is always a sense of powerlessness, but we are their last hope. If we give up, the truth will be buried forever. Who will pay them justice? So cheer up, no matter what, we have to bring that mad murderer to justice!”

Su Ke let out a long breath and said, “you’re right, we have to be worthy with our police uniform on our bodies.”

The successive murders were all pregnant women, which cast a shadow on the hearts of everyone in the criminal investigation team. Although they were exhausted, they needed to fight to have a strong spirit for the justice of all the deceased.

It was already 10 pm when everyone returned to the police station. Jiang Chengyan looked at the tired team members, “tat’s it for today, all go back and get some rest.”

Liu Ran came over with a piece of information and said, “Captain, this is the information of Wu Zheng’s wife, Zhang Aihua.”

“Good work.” Jiang Chengyan took the information and looked at it and said in surprise, “Zhang Aihua is actually an obstetrician!”

Liu Ran nodded, “that’s right, Zhang Aihua is an obstetrician, and she

the doctor who was in charge of Shen Xin when she first had a maternity check-up. Later, Zhang Aihua was diagnosed with breast cancer, and she took leave to recuperate at home a month ago.”

“Zhang Aihua has breast cancer?” Yao Min looked at Liu Ran in surprise. She frowned and said, “It’s not Wu Zheng who is sick but his wife. So this is Wu Zheng’s motive for killing?”

Liu Ran asked, “girl, why do you say that? Nine times out of ten, the child in Shen Xin’s belly belongs to Wu Zheng. He wouldn’t kill his own flesh and blood, right?”

Yao Min took his phone out and searched for information about the Xiyu cult and said, “Liu Jie, look at it yourself.”

Liu Ran read it carefully, and said with an ugly face, “The murderer can’t be killing for this kind of medicine. Bring the dead back alive? It’s stupid!”

Yao Min sighed, “Nine times out of ten, didn’t the three bodies we found exactly match to the steps mentioned here?”

“If that’s true, doesn’t it mean that Wu Zheng killed his own flesh and blood in order to give Zhang Aihua the medicine to cure her? He is crazy, is there any humanity in his mind?” Liu Ran was so angry and spewed out his hometown dialect.

“You guys still remember the red tattoo on Wu Zheng’s wrist.”

Liu Ran and Yao Min looked at each other, nodded and said, “Remember, what’s wrong?”

“That is a Red Spider Lily flower and its language of flowers means the call of death and endless love.”

Liu Ran said angrily, “What do you mean? Even if they love each other deeply, they can’t take other people’s lives to make them whole. This is simply psycho!”

Jiang Chengyan said  reluctantly, “I mean, this is the trigger for their crime.”

“Although they are all medical workers, in the end, they believe in these feudal superstitions. It’s ironic!” Yao Min put away the phone with a complicated expression.

“Since the goal has been clear, we will try our best to find evidence to convict them. Now, go back to rest. We still have a tough battle to fight from tomorrow.”

Yao Min and Liu Ran left together, Jiang Chengyan took his coat and followed them out of the police station. Looking at Ling Hua’an in front of the glass window opposite, the corner of Jiang Chengyan’s mouth rose, as if the phrase ‘the final payment still has to be collected’ echoed in his ears.

Touching the slightly his hot earlobe, Jiang Chengyan took a deep breath before crossing the road to the front of the store, pushing the door, and walking in.

Sun Ming just got off work, Ling Hua’an was sitting in front of the cash register listening to music. Wang Lei was sent out to protect Yan Yu, and it was only Shen Xi who stayed as the night clerk. 

The bell rang, and the store door was pushed open. Ling Hua’an immediately looked at the door. Shen Xin smiled and said, “Mr. Ling, it’s Captain Jiang.”

Jiang Chengyan looked around, “Hua’an, I’m here, has Sun Ming left?”

“En. He just left.”

Ling Hua’an stood up and walked around out of the cash register. Jiang Chengyan who saw this and hurriedly went up and held his hand, saying, “So, is Wang Lei here?”

Ling Hua’an raised his eyebrows and teased, “No, what is Captain Jiang trying to do to me?

Jiang Chengyan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, he felt a little embarrassed again, and whispered, “What can I do to you?” 

Ling Hua’an pinched Jiang Chengyan’s palm, “there are so many things you can do, it depends on whether Captain Jiang wants to.”

Jiang Chengyan instantly blushed and retorted, “Hua’an, you are teasing me again.””Why? Captain Jiang doesn’t like it?”

Jiang Chengyan’s face turned even redder, and he changed the subject bluntly, “Hua’an, we have already established a relationship, why do you still call me ‘Captain Jiang’?”

“So what should I call you? Honey, Baby, or Xiao Yanyan?”

Hearing Ling Hua’an spits out such a name, Jiang Chengyan suddenly felt an indescribable sense of shame, “Hua’an, if you tease me again, I’m leaving.”

Ling Hua’an hold Jiang Cheng Yan’s waist and said with a smile, “Xiao Yanyan, where are you planning to go?”

“Ling Hua’an, don’t call me that!” Jiang Chengyan’s body moved, but he didn’t want to leave. He said helplessly, “Call me Chengyan. It’s Chengyan,  you hear me?”

Ling Hua’an’s smile deepened under his eyes, and he approached Jiang Chengyan and said, “But I like to call you Xiao Yanyan.”

Seeing the smile under Ling Hua’an’s eyes, Jiang Chengyan understood that he was teasing himself again and said, “Since you like it, let’s call it. Anyway, I think the name Xiao An’an is quite good.”

Ling Hua’an’s expression stiffened, the corners of his mouth twitched into a smile again. “If you call it once, I will kiss you once. Just think of it as the code you want me to kiss you.”

Just as Jiang Chengyan’s pride at the bottom of his eyes appeared, his expression froze there.

Shen Xin, who was watching the whole time, couldn’t help laughing and said, “Captain Jiang is really cute!”

Ling Hua’an looked at Shen Xin and said lightly, “you’re so fond of eating dog food ah.”

Shen Xin blushed and said in embarrassment, “So what, I’ll go out and look at the scenery, you guys continue.”

Jiang Chengyan was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, blushing and said, “Is there anyone else in the store?”

“En, but it’s gone out just now.”

Jiang Chengyan snapped, “then why don’t you say it. I…”

Before Jiang Chengyan finished speaking, Ling Hua’an kissed his lips. The warm touch was really addictive. Ling Hua’an couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

“Wow wow, kissed, kissed!” Yao Min looked at the two people in front of the glass window excitedly.

Liu Ran opened his mouth wide in surprise, and the excitement in his eyes was no less than Yao Min. “Girl, when did the captain and Ling Dage get together? How I did not notice at all.”

“Hehe.. in fact, I thought the captain was interested in Ling Dage a long time ago, but our captain is blockheaded. I reminded him several times before he could understand his mind. Hey hey, isn’t that good? Mom, two handsome guys together are eye candy!”

Liu Ran looked at the opposite side with glowing eyes, and said, “Yes, yes, it’s eye-catching. But looking at the situation, the captain is actually the passive one, I was really not expecting.”

“Hey, I already knew, our captain is definitely the one below. Oops ah, think about it, I feel so excited. No, no, I’m going to have a nosebleed.”

Liu Ran subconsciously touched his nose and said, “It’s a good thing I didn’t leave, otherwise I would miss this good show.”

Yao Min said proudly, “This morning at work, when I bumped into the captain, his lips were swollen. He lied to me about spicy food. It was swollen because of a kiss. Although I haven’t been in love yet, I have a lot of experience from novels.”

“It’s a pity, it’s a pity, we have to go soon. But it’s worth it to see the captain like a little bird relying on people¹!”

“Don’t look at our captain’s usual resolute actions. He is as well-behaved as a cat in front of Ling Dage. Ling Dage is so powerful and domineering!”

when I bumped into the captain, his lips were swollen. He lied to me about spicy food. It was swollen because of a kiss. Although I haven’t been in love yet, I have a lot of experience from novels.”

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The author has something to say.

Liu Ran and Yao Min speak my mind, hehehe

1. means cute and helpless-looking ↺