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Panda Novel

In Zhu Chenhao’s home, the murder case was still being investigated. Three bodies were found. Compared to his mother and his wife, Zhu Chenhao was considered lucky because he left a whole body behind. Moreover, the autopsy results showed that Zhu Chenhao was poisoned to death. Then… the next way of solving the case was also available.

Why were his wife and mother brutally killed, and even their bodies were destroyed? Whilst the missing parts of the body were found in the garden and the sewers, and he just sat in the car and took the poison? It was very likely that Zhu Chenhao, seemed to have lost his mind and killed his wife and mother, and finally committed suicide.

Then… his daughter was able to escape. She walked alone on South Street and fainted. There was the possibility that Zhu Chenhao was not the murderer. The murderer may have had a special liking for him. After torturing his wife and mother, he gave him VIP treatment. He was given poison so that he could die more decently without damaging his body.

Of course, there was another possibility. The murderer was someone else. After Zhu Chenhao returned home and found that his mother and wife had been killed, he immediately became disheartened and abandoned his daughter. He then took the poison and committed suicide as he may have not wanted to go to the police to seek justice for his dead relatives or anything like that.

For the police, it was the first way to solve a case that they liked the most. By pushing all the blame onto a dead person. The case would be closed, and countless troubles would be saved. It was not that the police were deliberately slacking off. People always had their inertia.

Moreover, the way Zhu Chenhao died was indeed very special. In addition, Zhu Shengnan had been abused for a long time. This proved that this family probably had a really big mental issue. Anyone who was labeled as “mentally ill” would not be so hard to be understood for their actions.

“Officer Chen.”

Zhang Yanfeng lit a cigarette and walked behind Officer Chen. Officer Chen looked at Old Zhang and said, “I’m a little tired.”

Zhang Yanfeng smiled. If other men were to say such words to a beautiful woman, they would probably say out of habit, “Then go back and rest early.”

“Drink more boiled water?”

“Get some red dates and boil some brown sugar to drink?”

However, they were in the middle of a case, and they were police officers. Naturally, they would not put down the case and rest.

“As for the clues…”

“You can go and look for them. I believe that you already have some clues,” said Officer Chen as she looked at Zhang Yanfeng.

“However, I still feel that it’s a little strange, but I can’t tell where it’s strange.”

Zhang Yanfeng nodded. He decided to discuss this matter with his boss later. However, didn’t his boss come to the crime scene with him?

“Why did he disappear now?”

Zhang Yanfeng walked back to the villa. When he passed by the small room of the consecrator, he paid special attention to it. Suddenly… he was stunned because he realized… that painting… the two “Child-givers” in the painting… they were gone! There was only a boy in the painting…

“…”

“Why?”

“Why?”

“Why are all of you like this!”

Zhu Shengnan’s eyes were completely white. This was a miserable white, a somber white. At this moment… The auras of those malicious spirits and girls were also increasing crazily, like balls of burning black flames.

Zhou Ze’s fingernails swept away as a few malicious spirits immediately rushed in front of Zhu Shengnan, blocking him from reaching her. This is a lovely girl, but Zhou Ze has no choice now.

Without struggling to think for too long, he realized that this is not a fast or slow forward sort of drama. There’s not much to think about at the moment.

“Let’s get this under control before it causes a greater calamity!”

Just as Zhou Ze’s fingernails grew longer again, almost becoming a sickle-like arc, two black hands suddenly appeared under Zhou Ze’s feet. They appeared without warning, and Zhou Ze was also unaware of them. Like they just came out of nowhere and caught Zhou Ze’s ankle in an instant.

Zhou Ze’s body staggered, he propped himself up off the ground with his fingernails and was just barely able to stand. He then turned again to look at his feet but noticed in the corner of his eye that the palm which suddenly appeared at his feet had disappeared.

“Hiss…”

Suddenly… he felt a cold feeling on his neck as two skinny palms had silently grabbed Zhou Ze’s neck. Zhou Ze swung his hands backward to stab the mysterious palms. This was enough to pierce through the guy behind him, but he missed.

“Uncle, someone will help me if you don’t help me.”

A smile appeared on Zhu Shengnan’s face, this was not a sneer, nor was it a mockery. It was a smile that came from the bottom of her heart. Because even if her family, the doctors, and uncles who had just treated her were unwilling to help her and wanted to hurt her, there were still two uncles in the painting. They would stand firmly by her side.

She said “the men in the painting moved”, and grandma didn’t believe it. She called the uncles out and grandma died. However, Grandma had a shocked expression before she died. Which should mean that Grandma believed it.

Grandma had been praying for Bodhisattva to appear, praying for God’s blessing. Now it did appear, so.. Zhu Shengnan felt that Grandma should have died a worthy death. She should have died very happily.

It was the same for dad, and it was the same for mom. They also believed it, and they were also looking forward to it. Otherwise, why would they acquiesce and even help grandma torture her in front of the portrait? Yes, it must be. This feeling of having someone caring, someone loving, and someone accompanying… It was really good.

“Who is it!”

Zhou Ze turned his head abruptly, only to find that the black shadow behind him was rapidly retreating. His nails just now had failed to hit the black shadow.

Then… another black shadow appeared beside Zhou Ze, wedging itself in-between Zhou Ze and Zhu Shengnan. Moreover, both hands seemed to be pinching something that made an obscure sound:

“Buzz!”

Zhou Ze only felt his vision start to blur, “Damn it, is it the same old routine again?”

Zhou Ze took a deep breath, biting the tip of his tongue. His body suddenly took a step forward, and his vision returned to normal. Boss Zhou had honed his illusions over and over again. Come to think of it, he was the one who had been honed. It was just like how disobedient children were often whipped by their fathers with belts. One day, when their fathers suddenly whipped them with feather dusters, he would cry out loudly:

“Awesome.”

“Uncle, thank you. I’ll bring my little friends along. Little friends, you miss home so much. You miss your parents, and you miss your biological younger brother even more.”

Zhu Shengnan waved her hand at the two black shadows, then… she turned around and left. The malicious ghosts naturally left with her. Everything seemed to be in good order.

“You’re not allowed to leave!”

When Lawyer An saw that the malicious ghosts around him had suddenly disappeared, he immediately rushed over. Lawyer An was not the ghost errand boy of Tongcheng. Whether he could recover or not, his future depended on Zhou Ze.

If Tongcheng caused a big mess like this because of a malicious spirit, Zhou Ze would also be finished. His hope would also be gone. Therefore, his sense of responsibility was still very strong in matters of such magnitude. However, the second black shadow that appeared immediately turned sideways and quickly blocked Lawyer An.

“The law of death is merciless. Town!”

Lawyer An’s left hand stretched forward, intending to first suppress this unknown black shadow. The white seal swept toward the black shadow. However, the black shadow that stopped Lawyer An suddenly let out a low growl:

“Order of the underworld, merciless death laws, pardon!”

The white seal immediately dissipated. Lawyer An looked as if he had seen a ghost. Zhou Ze was also stunned and exclaimed “What the hell just happened?” At this moment, the black shadow behind Zhou Ze suddenly spoke:

“The law of death is merciless!”

Black shadows began to surround Zhou Ze. Little Loli’s tongue reached in time. Like a huge whip, it ruthlessly lashed the shadow. Blocking it in the process.

“Old An, what the hell Is this?” Zhou Ze yelled. Lawyer An was also baffled.

“Is he a relative of yours?” Zhou Ze yelled again.

However, it was only for a brief moment as when Zhou Ze looked in the other direction, he found that Zhu Shengnan’s figure had already disappeared.

“Oh no!”

“…”

The darkness of the night had already completely covered the city, the pedestrians on the street were not as many as during the day. The dim yellow street lights flickered from time to time. Perhaps the voltage was not stable enough.

A little girl was slowly walking on the road. She was walking alone because no one could see that a group of girls who could not be seen with the naked eye followed behind her. They were like kindergarten students who were lining up to go home after school. However, they were very quiet. Almost even dead silent.

“If you didn’t go for the last round, we could have entered the circle. If we entered the circle, it would be two against one!”

“Bullsh*t, that person who survived was a cheater. It would have been the same whether we entered the ring or not.” Two young men with bloody hair said as they walked over from the other side of the road.

“Yo, you’re a lonely little girl.”

One of them bent down to have a better look at Zhu Shengnan, extending his hand. What he didn’t know was… beside him… there were nearly a hundred girls that he couldn’t see. At this moment, they all raised their heads and stared at him. Furthermore… they all had smiles on their faces!

Zhu Shengnan raised her head and looked at this Yellow Killer Matt, her expression was… very silly and adorable… also very weak.

“There are many thieves in this area, so it’s not safe. Is your house nearby?”

“Yes.” Zhu Shengnan nodded.

“Then hurry up and go back. Don’t wander around outside alone.”

Yellow Killer Matt reached out and touched Zhu Shengnan’s head. Then instructed again, “Hurry up and go home.”

“Ang.”

With that, Yellow Killer Matt and his friend Purple Killer Matt left just like that.

Hundreds of invisible girls watched as the two of them slowly disappeared into the corner of the road. It was slightly… regretful.

“Hey, I thought you were interested in that girl,” Purple Killer Matt teased.

“F*ck you! Even if I was interested in your mother, I wouldn’t be interested in a little girl. I’m not that bad.”

“The little girl was so cute. It’s not safe to walk around alone in the middle of the night.”

“Okay, okay, I get it. You’re a good person.”

“Good my *ss. If a slightly older girl was caught in the middle of the night, I would have flirted with her till morning.”

“Let’s go, we need to go back to the factory and sleep early. We still have work tomorrow.”

“You’re going back to the factory already? Didn’t we agree that you would treat me to skewers if I treated you online?”

“Why would I? I don’t have any money. Remember, I’ll treat you next time.”

“Why are you always like this? You don’t have any money from yesterday’s salary?”

“I transferred the money to my family. It’s not like you don’t know that my sister is about to attend university.”

“Send the money to her so she can buy an iPhone, I’m afraid she’ll be looked down upon in the dorm.”