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After Latio nodded slightly in agreement, Xing explained seriously, "It's not an ordinary rare item, but a very important rare item, such as... Phase Spirit Fire."
Latio nodded thoughtfully, and then asked again, "The Phase Spirit Fire is just a guess. According to the surveillance footage of the cultivation room submitted by Cheng Che, the Black Tower did lend the Phase Spirit Fire to Ruan Mei, and Ruan Mei did lose this rare item, but the current evidence is not enough to confirm that the Phase Spirit Fire is what the Black Tower entrusted you to find."
star:……
It seems to be true.
Xing rubbed the back of his head and thought for a long time, and after a while he raised his hand again to avoid being scolded.
Latio nodded again, and Xing Nen began to explain, "But I thought of other evidence. There was a disappearance of a staff member in the space station, and a spontaneous combustion of a human body occurred. This phenomenon can prove the phase fire, and... Estelle and Alan can help me testify to what I said, as well as several staff members of the space station."
"Oh?" Latio turned his head to look at Estelle, then shook his head after looking away. "It's just evidence, not proof. In the conversation you guys just had, it was also said that the Sui Yang of the Immortal Boat Luofu can also spontaneously combust without fire."
star:……
Blocked?
Why do I feel like I'm being led by the nose?
Latio was unfamiliar with the space station and even less familiar with the immortal ship, but he was able to piece together information from fragmented conversations to question her...
Xing leaned back, leaning his back against the chair for support. He stared into Latio's eyes for a long time before speaking again, "You know I'm just an irrelevant involved in the incident, no different from you."
"Oh? So what?" Latio tilted his head slightly, his eyes cold and calm, "The disappearance of the clerk you mentioned has nothing to do with the attack on the doll. Everything is just based on speculation."
"Don't play dumb, you know what I'm talking about!"
star:……
Feeling a bit confused?
Xing was about to say something when a piece of paper was quietly pushed over to him.
The white and slender palm moved slightly on the table twice, and the slender finger bones pushed a piece of paper to the front. On it, a simple flowchart was drawn with arrows and boxes to sort out ideas. The handwriting on it...
It’s hard to describe in one word!
Xing's eyes, which had been shining brightly, suddenly turned dim. He drooped his shoulders and choked up in silence, "I don't understand it either..."
Cheng Che was silent for a moment and took a deep breath. "Reasonable inferences can help sort out clues and find out the truth. They are both missing, so why are they not related?"
Cheng Che raised his eyes to look at Latio, who was lying on the shell of the cat cake without any proper manner, and whispered: "We can't wait until the murderer is found before defining a series of cases as serial murders, right?"
At this point, Cheng Che paused, "Mr. Latio, you can fool Xing with your serious atmosphere and cold questioning, but you can't fool me. You obviously know that what Xing said makes sense and is even the truth, and you also know that she has no suspicion. You just want to let her clear herself through inhuman questioning. Is this your way of curing stupidity?"
Latio raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Why do you think so?"
"She has no motive. For Xing, the Black Tower is a client who is quick to negotiate prices. She can still distinguish between a full meal and a full day." Cheng Che said casually, and just as he was about to continue, he suddenly heard a slight sound.
Esta was startled and took out her phone to check the message. After a while, she looked up with a pair of eyes full of indescribable words, "No need to look for the murderer, someone... has claimed the case."
As she spoke, Esta quickly stood up and projected what she received on her phone into the entire conference room.
A video began to play, and the unique tension of news spread.
"The Annihilation Gang claimed responsibility for the attack and disappearance of Ms. Black Tower."
"His-"
"The gods among the stars are detached from the world and have no intention of caring about the insignificant living beings."
"Only the Lord who bears the wound can bathe all worlds in the flames of destruction."
"His-"
"No matter where you flee, annihilation will eventually come."
A video was played in front of everyone, and everyone who was originally participating in the serious interrogation fell into silence at the same time.
"The aftermath of the Legion has not yet subsided, and the Annihilation Gang is following closely. It seems that your space station is more compatible with the fate of destruction than intelligence." Latio sat on the chair with his chin up and legs crossed, his tone the same as before.
Xing blinked and poked Cheng Che, "Do you... want to make a speech?"
Looking forward to it!
"A word of thanks?" Cheng Che looked at the goat-headed man who appeared on the screen at the end of the video, thought for a moment and shook his head, "No words of thanks, only feelings."
"Pretentious will be struck by lightning."
Chapter 10 Extra [Birthday Special]
The villa was brightly lit, colorful ribbons were scattered on the floor, and balloons were pasted all over the living room, with festive colors forming the four big words "Happy Birthday".
The young boy was lying on the sofa with a tired look on his face, one hand under his head, his palm unconsciously stroking his hair.
School is about to start, and my curly hair won’t last long. I want to cry, but it’s too embarrassing.
Next time I want to perm my hair into small curls, I have to secretly grow my hair starting from the midterm exam, and then keep waiting until the final exam is over, so that I can perm it into sexy small curls as soon as the holiday comes.
He is an adult already, but he still has to listen to his teacher and parents when perming his hair!
"Give."
A well-maintained but slightly aged hand patted the young man's head. The old man looked at Cheng Che lovingly with his eyes bent, "I have something else to tell you."
Cheng Che immediately sat up straight, made room for his grandmother to sit down, then he placed his hands on his knees and nodded expressionlessly, "You go ahead."
Cheng's grandmother glanced at the two people who were lazily leaning on the sofa opposite, then retracted her gaze, took Cheng Che's hand, and said softly, "Eighteen years old."
Cheng Che nodded, "Yes, I'm eighteen years old."
Adulthood!
Grandma patted Cheng Che's palm, her old eyes slightly moistened, but she still spoke slowly and kindly, "Your great-grandmother said this when I was an adult. I have said this many times to your brothers and sisters when they were adults, and I will tell you now as well."
The grandmother looked at the youngest of her grandchildren with a kind gaze and said lovingly, "Now that you are an adult, you can find a girlfriend, but promise me not to cause any mess outside."
Cheng Che: ...
what?
Cheng Che secretly glanced at the person who was said to have a mess of male and female companions, then retracted his gaze and nodded, "Okay, I understand."
"If you have the ability, I have no objection to changing a friend every day." The old man spoke calmly, tapping Cheng Che's palm with his fingertips, but his words were a bit strong, "But don't have an illegitimate child. Either you are so capable that you can hide it for a lifetime, or don't do such a mess."
Cheng Che: ...
Cheng Che lowered his eyes and looked at the palm on the back of his hand. After thinking it over again, he couldn't help but ask, "Grandma, are you too confident in me? What if I can't find it?"
Grandmother Cheng: ...
Still can't find it?!
“Then you are too useless.” Grandmother Cheng let go of her hand and glared at Cheng Che, “Ah Qing can find so many, but you can’t even find one?!”
Cheng Che was even more speechless, and couldn't help but grumble in a low voice, "I'm only eighteen years old, I don't have the tricks that old men have..."
"Grandma..." Across from the sofa, the man with short black hair couldn't help but raise his hand to signal, and said with emotion, "The child is still young, it's a bit early to say this..."
"Let me tell you the rules first. I'm not rushing you." The old man glanced at Cheng Che and then his eyes fell on the young man opposite him. "When I mention this, I want to say something about you. You only know how to work overtime to make money. Don't you care about your health? Don't you care about your wife? There is indeed no precedent in our family to urge marriage, but you can't follow Ah Qing's precedent!"
On the other side, the brown-haired man raised his hand and said, "Grandma, you don't have to mention me at this time. Although I don't have a girlfriend, I have many ex-girlfriends. Why don't you go online and find one, and I'll chase after the one you like."
Grandma Cheng sighed heavily, obviously not wanting to say more.
What a sin, none of these kids are decent.
Except for the eldest and second sons of the Cheng family who are a bit more serious, there is a playboy named Tang Muqing who flirts with everyone, and there is a Su Ming who works overtime and can't be found. And there is also Cheng Che...
Grandma Cheng's eyes fell on Cheng Che, and she couldn't help but sigh again.
A child who grows up being spoiled should be spoiled, but Cheng Che's spoiling is superficial, an inferred spoiling. Beneath the appearance of a young master, there is a deep-seated paranoia and possessiveness.
"My brothers and sisters aren't watching at a time like this, so why are you guys watching?" Cheng Che glanced at the two men opposite him and couldn't help but complain, "Hurry up and go about your adult nightlife!"
Tang Muqing stretched lazily, stood up, adjusted his shirt and pants, and hung his suit jacket on his arm. He said lazily, "Brother, you are an adult too. Come on, I will take you to experience the nightlife of adults."
Cheng Che: ...
Cheng Che turned his head silently, "Grandma, Brother Tang is going to lead me astray."
The grandmother touched Cheng Che's forehead lovingly, "Good boy, he won't lead you astray. He will only be unfaithful himself and won't leave you any chance."
Cheng Che was even more speechless, "Grandma, please take care of him. I'm so sleepy today and don't want to go out."
"Go play." Grandmother Cheng stood up, straightened her clothes, and rubbed Cheng Che's head. "You don't seem to like the guests invited to the coming-of-age ceremony very much. Go play with your brothers. There is no curfew tonight."
Cheng Che leaned on the sofa as if he had lost his strength. He watched Su Ming stand up and help his grandmother upstairs. He could only look up at the man who was still standing in front of him, "Where are we going to play?"
"Hmm... let me think about it..." Tang Muqing took out his phone from his pocket and contacted his assistant, with a faint smile on his face, "Eating, drinking, having fun, and spending money like crazy, you've asked the right person."
Tang Muqing looked back at the young man who was walking down the stairs quickly, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Working overtime tonight?"
"Rest." Su Ming responded, picked up the coat that was neatly ironed by the nanny on the hanger and put it on, then picked up a little crow from the sofa, "Cheche, happy birthday."
Cheng Che raised his head slightly and looked at Su Ming and Tang Muqing. After thinking for a while, he hesitated and said, "Then... have fun together?"
……
Cheng Che had a long and confusing dream, and when he woke up, he couldn't recover for a long time.
In the dream, fireworks bloomed in the night sky. He sat in a small pavilion on the top of the mountain. His brothers and sisters were chatting and laughing as they handed him freshly grilled skewers of meat. The first time he drank without limit, his head felt dizzy, as if there was a flame burning in his blood vessels. But soon the education he received over the years suppressed the crazy impulse.
He stood on the top of the mountain, looking down at the lights of thousands of homes. His always empty heart was filled up little by little. The blood ties that were inseparable but not very important established a close connection. Hands behind him tried to grab the corners of his clothes and pulled him back step by step from the cliff where he was about to fall.
He is different from others. He doesn't like feelings and can't experience them. His coquettish and silly behavior and his emotions are all stiffly imitated from those of the people around him. Everyone knows it, but no one says it. They just take him to experience and feel little by little, confining him within a compliant yet free framework.
Cheng Che was lying in the guest room of the train, looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar ceiling in silence for a long time.
After a while, he finally heard some noise coming from outside the door. He slowly got out of bed and opened the door.
Outside the house, familiar companions were holding a small cake with candles shaped like the number twenty on it.
The pink-haired girl put the birthday hat on Cheng Che's forehead, and pushed Cheng Che towards the observation car with Xing. Dan Heng had a cold face but still followed behind with the cake in his arms.
"Cheng Cheche, happy birthday!"
Chapter 518 Wander together and have fun together!
"The Annihilation Gang... was struck by lightning?"
Ester looked at Cheng Che incomprehensibly, the confusion in her eyes almost overflowing, "I... I really want to know if this statement counts as a bad omen?"
Hearing this, Xing waved his hand and nodded affirmatively, "Don't worry, even if you are not struck by lightning, Cheng Che will pull out a knife with lightning from his chest and strike it himself!"