Xia Xianning looked through the Weibo several times, pondering: “Probably not. According to previous patterns, you only need to complete the task on the Weibo, nothing else. You’ve already done that.”
The Weibo post’s help request was “I don’t want to go to the graveyard, I don’t want to be buried alive! I experience the same thing every night, and I’ll go crazy if this continues! Who can save me!” Regardless of whether she’s alive or dead now, she won’t be buried alive in the graveyard, so the task is indeed complete.
Xia Xianning: “We’ve investigated Lu Lu’s case, but everything happened over a year ago. Chanxiang Village is remote with few people, making it difficult to investigate. After Lu Lu was reborn, her appearance and complexion are different from before, showing no clues. But don’t worry, perhaps the Weibo needs time to exchange responses. This is most likely unrelated to Lu Lu’s matter.”
Luo Yingbai: “Mm, I understand. Getting anxious now won’t help. I need to sort this out in my mind… Don’t you have work? Go ahead, no need to keep me company.”
Luo Yingbai: “Then quit.”
Xia Xianning laughed. Though he would never quit, hearing these words made his heart feel sweet, reminiscent of that cream-flavored kiss.
He thought if he didn’t leave now, he’d truly be reluctant to go, and quickly forced himself to stand straight: “Forget it. Better I suffer than you.”
After Xia Xianning left, Lu Lu’s parents were wailing. They couldn’t accept that their daughter had died. Her death location was the Special Investigation Bureau, with forensic documentation stating she died of “heart failure.”
Lu Lu’s father crouched on the ground, holding his head silently. Her mother repeatedly murmured “It’s all mommy’s fault” while crying.
Among the relatives accompanying the couple, a woman couldn’t help saying: “Sister, brother-in-law, I advised you before not to push your child too hard.”
These words only added to the parents’ remorse, and Lu Lu’s mother fainted on the spot.
Though the scene was sad, the Special Investigation Bureau handled countless such cases daily and had no time to dwell on each one. Xia Xianning instructed nearby personnel: “Send the unconscious person to the hospital.”
Those without issues can go home.”
Two police officers agreed to handle the matter. After speaking, Xia Xianning headed toward the file room, and at the doorway, he overheard Gou Songze and Yue Ling’s conversation.
Xia Xianning, hearing this familiar term, involuntarily stopped.
Xia Xianning: “…???”
Xia Xianning: “…!!!”
To prove himself, he eagerly repeated what Luo Ying Bai had said to Yue Ling.
Why did you believe him?”
Gou Song Ze: “…Oh, right.”
Yue Ling asked: “Did you verify with Xia Chu?”
Gou Song Ze said: “My cousin said that if I ask, Xia Chu would be embarrassed. I should give my superior some face. Besides, talking behind someone’s back to the person involved isn’t gentlemanly, so I can’t bring myself to say it.”
Yue Ling was actually very curious and wanted to encourage Gou Song Ze to inquire, but hearing his reasoning, she didn’t persuade further. Instead, she began promoting her favorite writer: “Anyway, regardless of truth, you can find the combinations you want in fan fiction circles. Luo Xia was originally cold as the Arctic, but recently a super talented big shot emerged and single-handedly supported a tag, so Luo Xia has gained a bit of popularity.”
As she spoke, she pulled up a page and held it in front of Gou Song Ze: “My principle is reversible but not separable. Look at this piece; maybe after reading, you’ll accept it.”
Gou Song Ze glanced at it and made a face like he’d eaten a fly, forcefully pushing the phone away: “I won’t read it! What is this? I don’t accept it! No reversed CP, separable but not reversible!!!”
Yue Ling consoled: “Okay, okay, no reversal, Xia Luo circle has more good works…”
Xia Xian Ning’s phone suddenly vibrated in his pocket.
He silently pressed the answer key and strode out of the document room’s door.
On the other side, Luo Ying Bai was still thinking about Lu Luo and Weibo. While thinking, he searched for paper and pen on Xia Xian Ning’s desk to jot down his thoughts, but accidentally knocked over the water cup.
Luo Ying Bai took a breath. Suddenly, a flash of light appeared, and a knife flew over, its handle precisely catching the falling cup, steadying it.
Luo Ying Bai touched the knife handle and smiled: “Fortunately, you’re here. Otherwise, I would have caused trouble.”
Under his touch, the originally faintly luxurious glow on the knife disappeared, and a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy appeared on the ground.
A shelf to the right of Xia Xianning’s office suddenly shook lightly, and something rolled down from it, tumbling all the way to the middle of the office. Luo Yingbai and Cang Lingyue Yi looked over simultaneously, and it turned out to be Lu Lu’s heart.
The heart was sealed with a wooden talisman in the middle, which was the core that ensured Lu Lu’s body could move and eat like a living person. To avoid arousing suspicion, the heart in Lu Lu’s body was forged by the forensic department.
Without waiting for Luo Yingbai to speak, Cang Lingyue Yi immediately put down his bowl and ran over to pick up the heart.
Just then, a crisp “Uncle Luo” came from outside, and the door to Xia Xianning’s office was burst open. A small pink figure happily rushed in.
Recognizing who had entered, Luo Yingbai’s expression changed, and he quickly said in a low voice, “Cover the heart! Quickly, quickly!”
Cang Lingyue Yi had always treated his words like an imperial decree. Hearing Luo Yingbai’s urgent tone, he immediately became nervous. In his panic, unable to find something to cover the heart, he simply threw himself on top of it, heroically covering it with his body.
With a look of martyrdom on his face, Luo Yingbai rubbed his temples, not wanting to acknowledge that this was his knife.
In the meantime, the small pink figure who had just entered from the door had already run up, pouncing on Luo Yingbai like a koala, wrapping her arms around his waist.
Luo Yingbai quickly bent down to pick her up, “Oh, isn’t this our little princess?”
The little girl he was holding was about six or seven years old, wearing a pink princess dress, with pigtails and a butterfly bow. She looked soft and cute – she was Xia Xianning’s niece, named Xia Ni.
Xia Ni was her younger daughter, and because her father was a live-in son-in-law, she took her mother’s surname.
Xia Xianning had left earlier while Gou Songze and the others were talking because he had received a call from his cousin asking him to help take care of the children.
Xia Ni’s favorite person was Luo Yingbai. Having not seen him for a long time since the Luo family incident, she had rushed over as soon as Xia Xianning told her he was here.
After being picked up by Luo Yingbai, she clung to him, unwilling to get down. Luo Yingbai patted the butterfly bow on Xia Ni’s head and looked towards the door.
Then, Xia Xianning led in a boy of about the same age. The boy was Xia Ni’s twin brother, Xia Zhi. The two children were similar in age, but while the sister was lively and active, the brother had a serious expression, seeming much more mature – exactly like Xia Xianning when he was young.
Luo Yingbai looked at the adults and children and couldn’t help but laugh, asking, “Why did you bring them over?”
Xia Xianning said, “My brother-in-law and the others are handling something nearby. These two kids found it boring, so they were sent over.”
Luo Yingbai played with Xia Ni’s pigtails and noticed the hair tie had two pigs on it.
Xia Ni loudly said, “That’s how its eyes are! It’s Peppa Pig!”
