In order to capture the monster, the action team of the Chengnan Branch was busy all night, and later went to the hospital to receive simple first aid for their wounds. Since the suspect was still in the hospital, their situation unknown, and only the director was there, Liao Fang let everyone return to the bureau to return the equipment, and then go home to sleep.
However, none of them wanted to go home. They were so desperate to learn the truth that they couldn’t stand having to wait alone at home.
“Let’s use the floor to sleep in the bureau. When the suspect’s condition improves, we can interrogate him.” Liu Tao took off his jacket and said tiredly.
“Yes, let’s sleep in the bureau. Go go go, let’s go to the conference room. There are many long tables there, which will be more comfortable to lie on.” Sun Zhengqi wrapped his arm around Liu Tao’s shoulders, as if they were good brothers. But before today, he had no respect for this half-bald senior. It was true that setbacks force people to grow.
“Sister Liao, I have two thin quilts from when I was on duty. I’ll get you one, so let’s make do with them in the archives.” Hu Wenwen held Liao Fang’s arm affectionately.
“Okay. I won’t be able to sleep if I go back, so let’s go and sleep together.” Liao Fang was dragged away by Hu Wenwen. All of their previous quarrels, discord, and fights had completely disappeared.
Everyone ate breakfast together before lying down, and slept from morning to afternoon. The director came to visit them several times, but was reluctant to wake them up, so he just shook his head and smiled with relief. At 6:30, Liao Fang was woken up by the alarm clock she had set, and incidentally woke up everyone else as well. They then went to the director to ask about the suspect.
“Oh, the suspect ah, he’s still in the hospital.” The director rubbed his head in an embarrassed manner.
“Then how is his condition? When can we interrogate him?” Liu Tao asked impatiently.
“I don’t know his condition either, and they won’t let me inquire. You guys should sit down and listen to me slowly. Don’t get too fired up.” The director personally gave everyone tea and water, before speaking with a dry smile, “This case is no longer under our jurisdiction, so you should not ask anything you shouldn’t ask, and you should not say anything you shouldn’t say. Oh, by the way, I handed over all of your body cameras, and all the relevant footage was deleted. Just think of last night as a nightmare, and after waking up, forget about it.”
In response, Sun Zhengqi questioned indignantly, “We risked our lives to catch that monster, so why can’t we take care of it? Uncle Wang, you asked me to relax my heart, and to accommodate and respect the unknown. I’ve accommodated and respected it, but you aren’t accommodating or respecting us. We have the right to find out the truth. We have the right to know what kind of world we live in.”
“Yes, you have the right to know, but they also have the right to custody! Now that they have detained the suspect and aren’t allowing anyone to see him, what can I do? I’m just as eager to learn the truth as you are. When I left the hospital, I wanted to rush back to listen to their theories several times, but I knew it was useless. Even if the director of the police force went there, they wouldn’t be able to ask anything. You should know, they will never tell you. I’m also fucking aggrieved, but the pressure of higher level officials is crushing, not to mention that they are higher by more than just one level. I know it, and you know it too. When I say to relax your heart, it also includes the current situation. The truth is often in the hands of only a few people. You will understand this truth one day. Let’s disperse, as I’m helpless too!”
The director shook his head and sighed, his face seeming to have aged by several years.
Sun Zhengqi stood opposite him with a stubborn expression, not saying a word, but his eyes slowly reddened.
The director patted him on the shoulder and persuaded him earnestly, “Go back and rest, don’t toss and turn here. I know what it’s like to have a foot in the door and be unable to kick it open, but there’s a barbed steel plate in front of you, and you can’t kick it away. The truth is not the most important thing, the process is what matters. You all performed very well today. I will give you first-class merits and an end-of-month bonus!”
Sun Zhengqi waved away his hand and walked quickly towards the door, turning his back on him. He choked out, “Uncle Wang, I’ve grown up, and your words can’t deceive me anymore. For the police, nothing is more important than the truth. Our duty is to restore the truth, and all of our efforts are for the sake of the truth. That is our mission, that which we have been pursuing all our lives. To say to a police officer that the truth is not important, you are insulting our profession!”
The door was slammed shut with a bang, and following his exit, Hu Wenwen, Duan Xiaozhou, and the others also left. Liu Tao approached the director and whispered in his ear, “Was the footage really deleted?”
“It was deleted, and the top also sent someone to check our system, to make sure we didn’t leave a backup.” The director grimaced as if he had just been forced to eat shit.
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“Alright, let’s go.” Liu Tao waved his hand, and Criminal Investigation Team One also left.
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Sun Zhengqi took off his police uniform, ignoring the pain in his abdomen to change into civilian clothes, without a trace of warmth in his expression. He was almost stabbed to death today, but what he got in return was a consolation that couldn’t be more fake and a meager bonus. His faith and pursuits were burnt to flames by those above.
He sucked in a breath, pained, and choked out, “Wenwen, I’m uncomfortable.”
Hu Wenwen hugged him from behind and pressed her tear-stained face to his back, murmuring, “I feel bad too.”
Sun Zhengqi’s tears fell instantly. “Wenwen, before yesterday, I always thought my vision was very broad, but after yesterday, I realized that I have been living in a place unable to see the light. I thought I could see the whole world, and I was complacent. But a man suddenly appeared, and he pointed above me and said, ‘Look, there’s a world up there!’ So I looked up and realized that I was in a vertical abyss, and there was an infinitely larger world radiating light above me. I was ecstatic, so I found a rope and climbed up, climbing, climbing, climbing, climbing, using all of my strength to get to the exit. I was only an arm’s length away from that light, only an arm’s length away, but those who arrived one step ahead of me, those who had also stayed in the dark abyss, took out a pair of scissors and cut my rope.”
Sun Zhengqi slowly squatted down and cried like a child. “If I had not climbed up, I would never have known that there was another world above our heads! If I hadn’t climbed up, I would never know how painful it was to fall from the edge of the abyss back to the bottom! This heart beating in my chest can no longer bear to stay complacent in the darkness. It longs for the light, you know? It longs for the light, the light of the truth!”
Sun Zhengqi clutched his painful abdomen and choked out, “Wenwen, I’ll be trapped in this day for the rest of my life. I can never forget that monster.”
Hu Wenwen understood her boyfriend’s feelings all too well, because like him, she had been viciously pushed from the edge of the truth into the unknown abyss. In fact, the unknown was not scary, nor the monster. What was scary was knowing that your perception of the world was being stifled, and you couldn’t do anything about it.
The two hugged each other and cried softly, and the rest of their team members also sat dejectedly on the floor. Their expressions were wooden, but inside they were full of anger and unwillingness.
Liao Fang ran to see them several times, but did not know what to say. In fact, Criminal Investigation Team One was also very uncomfortable, but they had worked for a long time and long since grown accustomed to the feeling of being blocked at the door of truth. There were too many secret and unsolvable cases in the world, and if you remembered them all in your heart, who could stand it?
“There are indeed many unsolvable secret cases, but this one is different. It’s not that we can’t solve this case, but that our superiors won’t allow it. I also feel very aggrieved,” Liu Tao complained to Liao Fang.
Liao Fang stared at her phone, her gaze drifting. After about ten minutes, she suddenly asked, “Brother Liu, why don’t I ask Fan Jialuo?”
“Would he tell us? Don’t godly people like him usually have ‘don’t ask what you shouldn’t ask’ as their mantra? The bureaucracy at the top also treat themselves as gods and ordinary people as ants. Why should ants have to explore the world, isn’t it good enough for them to be alive? Isn’t that just asking for trouble?” Liu Tao shook his head repeatedly, expressing his pessimism.
“Mr. Fan won’t. He is a very humble person, and doesn’t think of himself as some kind of god. I want to give it a try, otherwise I might lose sleep for several months.” Liao Fang dialed her phone while talking.
Liu Tao pretended not to care, but in reality, his ears were already perked up, and the rest of the officers also glanced over.
“Officer Liao, do you need something?” Fan Jialuo’s voice was as gentle and slow as always.
Liao Fang involuntarily held her breath. “Mr. Fan, I want to know exactly what that monster is, and why he became like that.” She exhaled and cautiously asked, “Can you tell me the answer?”
Her heart trembled as she spoke those six words, as if they were mortals who snuck into the forbidden area of light, and humbly awaited their fate of being expelled by the gods.
However, Fan Jialuo’s response instantly caused her eyes to redden. “Of course.”
“What did you say?” Liao Fang couldn’t believe her ears.
“I said yes, what do you want to know?” Fan Jialuo’s soft laughter came from the microphone, like a cool breeze on a summer day, sweeping away all of their negative emotions.
Liao Fang hurriedly turned on the speakerphone and shouted, “Wait, wait, I’ll find a quiet place.” She waved to Liu Tao and the others, including the still sad and crying Sun Zhengqi and Hu Wenwen, and hurried to a nearby conference room.
Everyone was puzzled.
Liu Tao poked his head past the door and whispered, “Come to the conference room, Mr. Fan is willing to tell us the truth!”
Everyone: !!!
Disbelief and ecstasy intertwined in everyone’s hearts as they hurriedly stood up and rushed to the conference room. Sun Zhengqi and Hu Wenwen wiped away their tears haphazardly and hurriedly followed. Everyone’s emotions were extremely agitated, but their movements were extraordinarily soft. They silently pulled up chairs and took their seats.
Fan Jialuo’s soft laughter came from the speaker. “Are you ready?” He obviously knew what was going on at the other end.
Liao Fang replied in a low voice, “We’re all ready.” Her cheeks flushed, and warmth surged in her heart. Mr. Fan’s thoughtful kindness was probably the most beautiful thing in the world.
“If you want to know the truth, then you must learn what the seventh sense is,” Fan Jialuo said slowly.
“I know that the seventh sense, also known as my spiritual awareness, is the source of superpowers.” Liao Fang always remembered these words from Dr. Song, which allowed her to push open the door to a bizarre world.
If Sun Zhengqi had heard about seventh sense superpowers before today, he would have definitely scoffed and even ridiculed it. But now, he listened extremely attentively, and even took out his phone to search about “spiritual awareness” and its specific concept. Likewise, Hu Wenwen and the others also unlocked their phones and silently recited every word given by Baidu Encyclopedia. They hadn’t even been this attentive during their exams.
“People with the seventh sense can awaken special abilities, and their mind’s desires can be transformed into physical objects, which is setting a foot into another world. However, some people haven’t awakened their seventh sense, but accidentally pick up a key to the other world, so they also quietly cross into it. Their minds are not yet able to control their desire as it transforms into physical objects, so they become monsters.”
Fearing that they would not understand, Fan Jialuo explained further, “There is a fable, I am not sure if you have heard of it? There is an evil dragon in a valley guarding a treasure. Every year, a warrior will go to slay the dragon, but they never return safely. Year after year, the dragon remains, but the warriors die one after another, so out of curiosity, a young boy secretly follows the warrior into the valley. There, he sees the dragon’s body lying in a pool of blood, and the warrior standing on top of the endless treasure, slowly growing dragon horns.”
He paused briefly before continuing, “You can apply this story to the suspect. That evil dragon is the desire in his heart, while the dragon slaying knife is the key to another world. He used this key to become a warrior, but he failed to overcome his greed and eventually assimilated with the evil dragon. When you arrested the suspect, I took away his key, so he has been restored to his original form. I regret to inform you that he probably won’t live long. After using a power that he cannot control, he will always pay the corresponding price.”
Liao Fang silently processed his words and asked in a small voice, “So, he is a human, but he just acquired a superpower, right?”
“You could say that,” Fan Jialuo said seriously, “Desire is a double-edged sword that can improve you, or lead you to destruction. Until you can control your desire, it’s better to let it stay in the imagination stage. I hope my answer can help you.”
Liao Fang nodded repeatedly and spoke with gratitude, “We feel much better now! Thank you Mr. Fan! Don’t worry, we will not explore this matter any further, and we won’t indulge our desires.”
Fan Jialuo chucked and said, “Good girl.”
Liao Fang, who was about to be moved to tears, wore a stiff expression and whispered, “Mr. Fan, why are you suddenly speaking english? It feels so strange! English doesn’t seem to suit you.”
“Ah, because I’m learning english recently. I didn’t have the opportunity to learn these things before, and it is very interesting. I also saw an internet slogan that’s very suitable for people like me.”
“What online slogan?”
“Study well and be extremely handsome.”
Liao Fang couldn’t help laughing, and immediately praised sincerely, “Mr. Fan, even if you don’t study well, you’re already extremely handsome!”
“Super handsome!” Hu Wenwen suddenly pounced on the microphone and shouted.
Fan Jialuo smiled and thanked them, before hanging up the phone.
The phone beeped, which should have plunged the atmosphere into dullness, but instead drew out relaxed and relieved laughter from everyone. Because of this person’s enlightenment, their resentment, entanglement, and discomfort had all disappeared now. What they worked, fought, and struggled for had all paid off. They touched the truth, obtained a glimpse of the light, and arrived at the edge of another world! This was undoubtedly their most valuable harvest today!
Living a life of understanding, this was easy to say, but how difficult was it to practice? They were lucky to meet such a person, able to follow his fingertips to see the right direction.
Liao Fang wiped her tears while saying, “Okay, okay, everyone should pack up and go home! We can finally get a good night’s sleep tonight.”
“It’s seven o’clock, so let’s go home after watching ‘The World of Strange People.’” Hu Wenwen then took out her phone.
“Yes, yes, let’s go home after watching ‘The World of Strange People.’ Let’s watch it on the projector, it works well!” Sun Zhengqi hurriedly went to fiddle with the equipment in the conference room, completely forgetting about how he disliked the show at the beginning.
Knowing that Fan Jialuo was a genuine psychic, the shock brought about by the second episode of the show was difficult to describe in words
Seeing that the netizens kept posting messages in the barrage saying that Fan Jialuo was taking the sensational route in this episode, and the script was written better than the last episode, Hu Wenwen said while wiping her tears, “So this is the feeling people have when everyone else is drunk and I alone am sober, it’s kinda cool. They’ll never know what a special person Mr. Fan is, he’s much warmer than how he appears on screen. He’s very, very, very cute!”
Hu Wenwen took out her phone, logged into Weibo, and announced cautiously, “From today onwards, I will be a diehard fan of Mr. Fan!”
Sun Zhengqi and the others didn’t say anything, but in fact, they had already quietly followed Fan Jialuo’s Weibo account. That they were deeply moved by a variety show and cried like a dog because of it, they would never say such an embarrassing thing outside.
I am glad he didnt just dismiss them
thanks for the chapter <3
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️♥️
Thanks for the chapter
i have changed my mind S IS THE MOST SUITABLE MATCH FOR F
I wonder if FJ was delighted to inform these people because they wanted to figure the unknown and learn more about the world. Something like… it’s a pleasure to teach and enlighten others?
HOW CAN ANYONE NOT HAVE AN AWAKENING WHEN HE SAID “good girl” AHHHHHH WHY DOES THIS REMIND ME OF HOWL 😭