After Chen Xiao sent Liu Dayou ho, he didn’t linger and returned to his own house imdiately.
Upon reaching ho.
Since Old Chen and Lin Shanhu went out to have fun with Luo Sifu, Chen Xiao was alone at ho at this ti.
He took out the book "Ten Demon Sons" once again.
According to what Liu Dayou said, Chen Xiao recently had an evil spirit clinging to him.
After much thought, Chen Xiao felt that apart from this "Ten Demon Sons", there was nothing else.
Chen Xiao didn’t believe in superstitions, but he held reverence for certain things.
Especially since this was a gift transferred to him by Lou Xiaodong, it now counted as his possession.
Placing his hand on the "Ten Demon Sons", Chen Xiao couldn’t help but sigh:
"Elder Lou, although I don’t know the significance of you having Hu Yue give this to , if I hadn’t heard what Dayou said, it would have been fine, but since I have heard it, I can’t ignore it."
"So, I can’t keep this wood carving."
As soon as his words fell, Chen Xiao applied force with his palm.
The part of the sculpture covered by his hand shattered.
Then Chen Xiao moved to another spot.
With another squeeze, the wood carving shattered again.
With each squeeze,
Chen Xiao’s mind would recall an image of a demon son.
When the entire wooden sculpture had turned to pieces, Chen Xiao took all the fragnts out of his house.
He found an empty space, lit the pieces of wood, and quietly waited for them to burn.
When it was almost half burned, Lin Xi called him.
"Hey, what are you doing? Do you want to co to the station and have lunch with ?" Lin Xi asked with a laugh.
Gazing at the flas before him, Chen Xiao felt that even if he didn’t tell Lin Xi now, Lin Xi would eventually ask.
So, without much hesitation, Chen Xiao directly said: "I took out that wooden carving and burned it. Once it’s done, I’ll co to the police station."
"Burned it? Although that wood carving looked unpleasant, why did you suddenly burn it?"
After Chen Xiao explained the reason, Lin Xi imdiately exclaid without any hesitation:
"Good burn!"
"Do you also believe in what Dayou said?"
"It’s not about believing or not believing, but about not leaving threats to ourselves because of belief or disbelief. Anyway, it’s never wrong to discard and burn anything bad!"
Chen Xiao agreed with Lin Xi’s words.
However, Chen Xiao quickly shifted the topic: "Speaking of Dayou’s second thod to ward off the threat, do you think it’s necessary?"
"Of course it’s necessary, no matter what you say, as long as we can smoothly remove the threat, it’s fine!"
Hearing Lin Xi’s words, Chen Xiao seed to foresee how happy his future life would be.
"Alright, I’ll drive to the police station now. Oh, is Captain Zhang at the branch now? I haven’t seen him in a while; I’ll go have a chat with him."
"He’s now the deputy director, you should call him Director Zhang!"
Chen Xiao felt a bit embarrassed: "I’m not used to it at all, I’ll need to pay more attention when we et later."
"Alright, I’ll get busy first. When you co over, find him first, and then we’ll have lunch together."
The couple ended their phone call.
After watching all the wood pieces burn out, Chen Xiao drove to the Hongshan Branch.
He knocked on the door of Zhang Xian’s office and soon heard a "Co in."
Zhang Xian was smoking by the office window.
Seeing that Chen Xiao was the one who ca, a smile imdiately appeared on his face.
"So it’s you, my good brother!"
As Zhang Xian spoke, he put his arm around Chen Xiao’s shoulder.
"Director Zhang, your enthusiasm is overwhelming, after all, you are..."
Before Chen Xiao could finish, Zhang Xian rolled his eyes: "What? Deputy director? Is being a deputy director so great?!"
Chen Xiao looked seriously at Zhang Xian and suddenly beca cautious.
When Zhang Xian shouted "good brother", Chen Xiao felt that nothing good was coming.
Quickly brushing Zhang Xian’s hand off his shoulder, he then seriously asked:
"You weren’t planning to find and just happened to see , right?"
"Not at all! I’m not Xiaoxi, I can’t communicate with you telepathically!"
The more Zhang Xian talked like this, the more Chen Xiao felt this guy was off.
Taking two steps back, Chen Xiao pretended to look at the ti: "I promised Xiaoxi I’d have lunch with her, so let’s not disturb you for now."
"Co on, I don’t need to eat? I’m treating you two to lunch today!"
With that, Zhang Xian reached out his hand again.
Chen Xiao was already sure Zhang Xian was up to no good, so he said seriously:
"Director Zhang, this is a workplace, so please mind your image."
Zhang Xian sneered: "I’m not a porcupine, why are you so guarded against ?"
"Please, Director Zhang, if you have sothing to say, just say it!"
Zhang Xian laughed heartily: "Indeed, you know best, Chen Xiao. Co, co... I have sothing good here; Great Detective Chen, take a look."
Chen Xiao chuckled, but still walked over to Zhang Xian’s desk.
On the desk were so notes Zhang Xian had taken.
Looking at the brief information, Chen Xiao couldn’t help but frown: "Hai City?"
"The place isn’t what’s important, it’s the matter."
"I know, it’s just that I suddenly rembered Lou Xiaodong died in Hai City."
Zhang Xian’s gaze suddenly sharpened.
He also knew Lou Xiaodong!
Seeing his reaction, Chen Xiao realized Lin Xi might not have told Zhang Xian, so he recounted Lou Xiaodong’s fate.
After listening, Zhang Xian comnted: "It’s a pity."
Chen Xiao nodded slightly, then seriously looked at the sparse information and asked:
"Why this recording thod?"
Zhang Xian seed a bit embarrassed: "A while ago, a friend called ; all this information was dictated over the phone while I jotted it down. She was overwheld by the problem at hand, with a lot of pressure from above, so she wanted to ask for my help."
"So since you couldn’t leave work, you thought of burdening with this?"
Zhang Xian scratched his head: "It’s unavoidable. I owe them, and this is the first ti in so many years that they’ve asked for anything. I really don’t know how to refuse."
"She wouldn’t specifically seek out, would she?" Chen Xiao asked, and Zhang Xian chuckled and nodded:
"Yes."
"Has my reputation reached Hai City’s ears? That’s a real big city!"
"It’s my fault, always boasting about you and Xiaoxi with pride when talking to old friends. Over ti, my friends ca to know of you."
Chen Xiao sighed and shook his head: "Should I take that as you and Xiaoxi bragging about for no reason?"
Zhang Xian’s expression turned serious: "How can you talk about police work so lightly? This is about promoting justice! Positive things must be vigorously promoted by us police - justice always triumphs over evil!"
Chen Xiao did not believe Zhang Xian’s nonsense.
After he solved the Xiaofeng Village case, Zhang Xian boasted fiercely about it in front of colleagues, using him as leverage.
So now, Zhang Xian is probably savoring this to the fullest.
Yet Chen Xiao doesn’t reject Zhang Xian.
Their relationship, although unspoken, has long transcended ordinary friendship.
It was Zhang Xian who first suggested Lin Xi’s promotion to the deputy team.
After his own recent promotion, the first thing Zhang Xian did was to promote Lin Xi.
Though Lin Xi indeed possesses substantial capability.
But Chen Xiao knows that in any field, there are many capable individuals, though not many positions available for advancent.
To move further, oftentis, capability alone isn’t enough!
Chen Xiao glanced at the paper with brief information once more, then put it into his pocket and said:
"Prepare yourself for lunch; we won’t eat at the cafeteria, we’ll definitely make good use of your offer."
Zhang Xian smiled knowingly: "No problem, I just received my salary, aside from the household expenses, you can order whatever you like!"
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