Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Chapter 724 World 259

Wu Tianhou has many problems, but it cannot be rushed to set things right.

She was perfectly fine attending an event the day before, and then news of her passing came the next day; it all seemed too sudden.

Moreover, the Special Affairs Bureau also wanted to learn something else from Wu Tianhou.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Shen Ruyin was about to go straight home when her phone suddenly rang.

Shen Ruyin picked it up and saw that it was a call from Zhao Manrou's parents. She didn't answer immediately, but showed it to Rong Jin first.

“Just answer her normally,” Rong Jin said. “We’ve got the results from Zhao Manrou’s side, and she should be able to go back tonight.”

Shen Ruyin then answered the phone: "Aunt Zhao?"

"Yinyin," Zhao's mother said, "I'm sorry, Auntie is bothering you again."

"Xiaoman said a couple of days ago that she was going to travel out of town for a few days, but after she left, she didn't call home much."

"Auntie just wants to ask you, has Xiaoman contacted you?"

Shen Ruyin replied, "I received a call from Xiaoman a couple of days ago, but I don't know where she is."

Zhao's mother was clearly relieved: "It's good that I contacted you."

Zhao's mother spoke a few more words with Shen Ruyin, thanked her again, and then hung up the phone.

Ke Xue frowned and said, "This little girl is something else. She can just leave with a vengeful ghost like that. Doesn't she think about how worried her family will be? I think her family cares about her quite a bit."

"If she could remember her family, would she have done it again and again?" Shen Ruyin hung up the phone, still somewhat unhappy.

Ke Xue remembered one, two, three, and so on.

What a coincidence! He happened to be there on all three occasions.

“It’s alright,” Brother Wang laughed. “When we let her go, I’ll scare her a little.”

Ke Xue asked, "Are you really going to let her go so soon?"

“What can we do if we don’t release her?” Brother Wang said. “She said she doesn’t know anything, and the only people who can vouch for her are the vengeful ghost and Wu Tianhou.”

"The vengeful ghost ran away, and then there's Wu Tianhou..."

Shen Ruyin asked curiously, "What about her?"

Brother Wang shook his head: "He doesn't tell the truth a single word."

“She kept saying that Zhao Manrou was innocent, that she knew nothing, and that she was simply invited by her to be her assistant and a guest.”

"Not long after, she went back on her word and said that Zhao Manrou was in cahoots with her, and was an accomplice of those two vengeful ghosts."

"If this goes on and on, with both truth and lies present, even if some of what she says is true, it won't be reliable."

"Our Special Affairs Bureau has a rule that if an ordinary human being cannot be found guilty, then the case must be handled with the presumption of innocence."

“Even if we all know and have seen Zhao Manrou interacting with those two vengeful ghosts before, we cannot convict her without concrete evidence to prove whether her help to the vengeful ghosts was out of her own good or because she was deceived.”

Ke Xue stroked his chin: "When she first ran away, I thought she was a stunt performer. Doesn't that part count?"

Shen Ruyin also recalled a scene: "Didn't Zhao Manrou show up on the night the little girl in the red shoes was arrested? Can those two be witnesses?"

“Back then, the equipment you were using hadn’t been upgraded yet, so you could only film Zhao Manrou, not the vengeful ghost,” Brother Wang said to Ke Xue, then looked at Shen Ruyin. “A witness testimony would suffice, but it wouldn’t be objective enough.”

"Besides, there are uses for keeping her outside."

If Brother Wang had said that earlier, Shen Ruyin and Ke Xue wouldn't have had to ask that extra question.

Shen Ruyin reacted quickly: "You want to use Zhao Manrou to lure out those two vengeful ghosts?"

Brother Wang nodded: "Our people have examined it carefully. The heirloom around Zhao Manrou's neck should be a magical artifact that can protect its owner."

"A colleague who is proficient in this field sensed the presence of a vengeful ghost from above and suspected that this might be related to those two vengeful ghosts."

"We thought that instead of searching for a needle in a haystack, we might as well wait for them to come back to Zhao Manrou after they have recovered from their injuries."

Although the plot has become a mess by now, Shen Ruyin believes that the Special Affairs Bureau will definitely win this gamble.

She had already arranged for Zhao Manrou and Qi Chengyun to meet, and the fact that the two of them could still get together shows that the attraction between the male and female leads is something that ordinary outsiders cannot interfere with.

As they were talking, Sister Li's phone rang.

She glanced at it, then looked up and said, "Zhao Manrou's pendant has been taken care of; someone has quietly replaced it."

“Then let’s just release her,” Rong Jin said. “There’s no need to keep her until tonight.”

“If his parents come to ask for help again, you’ll have to go out and put on a show.”

Sister Li pulled Shen Ruyin and Ke Xue along, and they followed Rong Jin to a small room.

There was a huge glass wall in the room, and on the other side of the wall sat Zhao Manrou, who was feeling uneasy.

She was completely unaware of Shen Ruyin and the others' arrival; clearly, this glass wall was a one-way mirror that could only be viewed from this side.

After Shen Ruyin and the others sat down, another door opened, and it was Brother Wang who opened the door to that room.

This time, Zhao Manrou reacted.

She looked up at Brother Wang fearfully, then quickly lowered her head again: "I've already told you, I don't know anything. When are you going to let me leave?"

"You've locked me up here without any paperwork, that's illegal, don't you know that?"

Brother Wang said, "We will let you leave, but before you leave, I have a few questions I want to ask you, and I hope you can answer them truthfully."

“What questions?” Zhao Manrou asked, sounding resistant. “You’ve been repeating the same few questions over and over again. I’ve already answered them countless times. What other questions could you possibly have?”

Seeing her somewhat angry expression, Brother Wang remained remarkably calm: "We sent people to conduct examinations on your parents while they were hiding their identities."

"The yin energy on them is too strong to be dispelled by ordinary methods, and it has even reached the point of affecting their lifespan. Are you aware of this?"

"What?" Zhao Manrou froze. "That's impossible."

“Why not?” Brother Wang said. “Even those who have achieved mastery of cultivation cannot withstand the long-term erosion of Yin energy, let alone ordinary people.”

"Even if they are not subjected to malicious magic, long-term contact will gradually make ordinary people weak and sickly."

"Not to mention your parents, who were repeatedly subjected to spells imbued with yin energy in a short period of time."

Zhao Manrou trembled and said with difficulty, "Yin energy...isn't it enough to just bask in the sun more?"

"How long has it been since you properly visited your parents?" Brother Wang's tone was gentle, without any reproach, yet it was like a sharp arrow that pierced Zhao Manrou's heart.

"When you get back, you can observe carefully. Under the influence of Yin energy, your parents have already deviated from the normal rate of aging."

"From now on, even if the yin energy is dispelled, their affected lifespan will not be restored, and they are even more prone to accidents."

Brother Wang paused for a moment: "Your ancestors were capable and kind people, so they can still protect their descendants for the time being. Your parents haven't run into any trouble yet."

"But the legacy of your ancestors has been inexplicably depleted, and what remains is becoming increasingly thin."

"The day these protections are exhausted, I'm afraid your family will be plagued by one misfortune after another."

"Most of it... has been consumed?" Zhao Manrou clenched her fist, her nails digging deep into her palm, and murmured in a flustered manner.

"what should I do?"