Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 454 - 81_7

Chapter 454: Chapter 81_7

Li Zhiyuan pulled out the talisman paper he had drawn and stuck it on. The paper didn’t change color; it remained stable.

"Brother Binbin, do you have any more talisman papers?"

"Yes, my bag is full of them."

"You can open your eyes now," Li Zhiyuan said as he threw the cloth-wrapped bundle to Tan Wenbin, "Cover it all."

"Got it!"

In just that moment, Zhao Junfeng’s body had turned to pus, and the blazing fire under the General Temple was destined to burn everything clean.

This would save them the trouble of dealing with things afterward. If it were just a case of disappearance or arson, it wouldn’t have alarmed someone like Yu Shu.

Li Zhiyuan didn’t really want to interact with them now, because when things get going, he would easily run into Li Lan.

*He had his own path to follow, just like now, his own team, the partners he could trust, well, although the one he trusted most was absent due to illness today.*

"Pack up, let’s head back to school."

General Mountain was quite remote, and cabs were almost nonexistent at night. For safety, the three of them walked a good distance away from the area before hiring a private car to take them back to school.

They returned before dawn, and to avoid leaving an impression at the gate security, they didn’t go through the main entrance but chose to climb over the walls instead.

Walking down the quiet, tree-lined paths of the campus, Tan Wenbin mumbled to himself, "Today’s cab fare was really expensive. Without money, we can’t exorcise demons or uphold our beliefs."

Yin Meng said, "Once school starts, the store can start making money. After saving up, we can buy our supply vehicle, which will make things easier. Prices in Jinling are really high."

Tan Wenbin replied, "Right, Nantong is still the best."

Yin Meng added, "But prices here are similar to Jinling, and the wages are even lower."

Tan Wenbin coughed a couple of times and changed the topic, "But Brother Xiao Yuan, do we really need to be this cautious, even sneaking back in? Even if the school discovers Wu Xinhui and the others disappeared, they wouldn’t suspect us."

"There were five."

"Uh... right, five."

There was also the auntie selling goods at the store and the dormitory manager auntie.

"Normally, they couldn’t trace it back to us, but what if we encounter a policeman like your dad?"

He recalled that afternoon outside Sister Mei’s video parlor in Shinan Town, Tan Yunlong had just stepped out of the car and, after a quick scan, walked straight toward him.

That scene was vivid in Li Zhiyuan’s memory.

"Haha, I’ll let my dad know your thoughts next time I call him. Believe me, he’d be overjoyed to hear this," Tan Wenbin said.

Yin Meng chuckled, "You guys have a great father-son relationship."

Tan Wenbin continued, "By the way, if it wasn’t Wu Xinhui who killed Qiu Minmin, then who on earth was the murderer?"

Yin Meng suggested, "Could it have been Zhao Junfeng?"

Tan Wenbin shook his head, "Impossible. In Zhao Junfeng’s memories, he kept yelling he was innocent, that he didn’t kill anyone."

Yin Meng inquired, "Did you see Zhao Junfeng’s memory at the time of the crime?"

"No."

"I’ve heard that death row prisoners also keep claiming their innocence at the execution ground."

Tan Wenbin blinked, "Could it really have been Zhao Junfeng? If he didn’t do it, then why run? When Mao Zhushan saved him from the water, he definitely wouldn’t admit to being a murderer; he’d inevitably claim he was wronged."

Li Zhiyuan asked, "What’s your profession?"

Yin Meng and Tan Wenbin replied in unison, "Corpse Recovery Diver."

Li Zhiyuan said, "What’s the basic condition for a Corpse to form?"

Yin Meng answered, "Resentment."

Tan Wenbin slapped his forehead, "So Zhao Junfeng died with a grievance; he was wronged."

Li Zhiyuan shook his head, "There can be exceptions, but all five people who disappeared this time were connected to that case from seven years ago. The police will definitely reopen the investigation, and if the real culprit is still at large, it will alert them.

Maybe, the real culprit is even at this school now."

Yin Meng first returned to the store to put things away and feed the dog, then headed to the infirmary to visit Run Sheng.

Meanwhile, Li Zhiyuan and Tan Wenbin returned to the dormitory. When they passed by Lu Yi’s room and noticed the door open, with the earlier possession incident in mind, Tan Wenbin pushed it open to take a look, exiting with a sausage hanging from his mouth:

"He’s not here."

Returning to their room, Tan Wenbin undertook the task of wiping down the equipment and organizing, while Li Zhiyuan carried a basin to the sink to wash up.

Just as he finished, the sound of flip-flops approached from behind. It was Lu Yi, with a mixed expression of joy and worry.

"Brother Genius, why are you taking a shower now?"

"It’s too hot, I can’t sleep."

"Brother Genius, I just got up to use the bathroom, and guess what I saw when I came back? The sausage I offered on my altar was gone. It’s gone!"

"Oh."

"Brother Genius, do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?"

"Good thing, the offering worked."

"Really, that’s good then. Poor thing, I’m now suspecting this ghost was from my hometown."

"Perhaps."

"Next time, I’ll offer two sausages. Even for a ghost, a hometown ghost shouldn’t go hungry."

Li Zhiyuan returned to the room with the basin, where Tan Wenbin was sitting on the floor, diligently wiping a parasol with a towel, the sausage nearly devoured.

"I’m going to sleep, bro."

"Yeah, you sleep first, bro."

Li Zhiyuan lay down on his bed, closed his eyes, and quickly fell asleep.

But shortly after dawn, he woke up, and on the bed next to him, all ready and having showered, Tan Wenbin was snuggling into his pillow, sleeping soundly.

Li Zhiyuan sat up; normally, unless he’d exhausted himself the day before, his biological clock was quite reliable.

However, he felt that this reliable clock couldn’t last much longer without that heavenly sound three times a day.

At that moment, a heavenly voice floated up from outside the dormitory:

"Xiao Yuan, breakfast time!"

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