Reborn As Lucky Star
Chapter 503

Chapter 503: 503

Lan Li wasn’t a reasonable person to begin with, and even when the police showed their credentials, she still refused to hand over her possessions.

"Now tell me, what’s illegal about it? I bought it with my own money. What gives you the right to just take it? You’re infringing on my personal property. What’s your badge number? I want to file a complaint against you!"

Chi Wencheng could only respond wryly, "We’re doing this for your safety."

Lan Li snorted, "What do you mean for my safety? Don’t talk nonsense. I’m perfectly safe."

Even though the Wood Carving didn’t seem to have any effect these past two days and her husband was hardly coming home,

Lan Li was still hopeful, feeling it was just temporarily malfunctioning and might work at any moment.

She wasn’t willing to give up hope.

Jun Feifei anxiously tried to persuade her from the side, "I don’t think it’s anything good. The police officers have come to your door; just hand it over."

Lan Li retorted irritably, "What do you know? Children shouldn’t butt into adults’ conversations. Go back to your room and do your homework."

Jun Feifei was helpless; she obviously knew about the dangers of the Wood Carving but was at a loss on how to convince her mother.

Chi Wencheng looked at Jun Feifei with some surprise, not expecting this girl to be so aware.

But he had dealt with plenty of high-society ladies on his way here and now said, "Fine, then, when the radioactive material starts damaging your body, don’t expect the state to take responsibility."

After saying that, he was about to leave with his two officers,

Lan Li, seeing their uncompromising departure, hesitated.

"Wait! What radioactive material? Explain yourself clearly."

Chi Wencheng turned around and spoke calmly, "After repeated research, we’ve found that this Wood Carving contains a large amount of radioactive elements, which can cause irreversible harm to the body."

"Although it might temporarily enhance human potential and speed up cell division, making skin whiter and smoother, the cells will quickly exhaust due to the accelerated division, leading to death in a short period of time."

Words alone are not proof, so after seeming to hesitate for a moment, Chi Wencheng still whispered, "Let me show you some internal information from our bureau, but don’t spread it around, alright?"

He then took out three photos from a file folder that had been opened countless times.

These were the appearances of three victims before they died.

All three were popular figures in the circle of high society ladies, and after seeing this, Lan Li immediately froze.

She ran upstairs without looking back.

When she came back, she threw the Wood Carving out as if it were burning her hands.

It landed on the ground with a thud.

"Take it away, take it away quickly!"

Chi Wencheng nodded, "Thank you for your cooperation."

Having said this, he placed the Wood Carving into an evidence bag and left with the officers.

Jun Feifei listened, bewildered, feeling her belief in idealism was being challenged.

Although she didn’t understand what cell division was all about, why did it sound so scientific?

The officers following Chi Wencheng were Ai Peng and Zhang Leshan, who had also been involved when Si Xi visited last time.

Ai Peng greatly admired Chi Wencheng.

"Brother Chi, that was so convincingly said, almost like it was the truth."

Chi Wencheng raised an eyebrow, "How can you be so sure that what I said isn’t true?"

Zhang Leshan laughed, "Well, aren’t you with the Supernatural Management Bureau? I heard you all research supernatural powers and cultivation stuff."

Chi Wencheng spoke with righteous indignation, "Still, we must adhere to science. Our department spends the most on the scientific research group every year. Director Cui has always said to trust in science, and under the leadership of the Party, to follow the path of cultivating through legal and scientific methods."

The two officers: "..."

Now that was something fresh to hear, and somehow it sounded familiar, didn’t it?

Given Director Cui’s awareness, he must be a dyed-in-the-wool Party member, right?

But getting back to the point, was that spiel he gave earlier real or fake?