False evidence

Chapter 406 Strange Phone Call
After a long, spittle-flecked speech from Xiao Shen, I finally managed to understand the gist of it.

He wanted to continue, but I stopped him.

Firstly, I genuinely don't want to get too involved in matters of the supernatural.

Furthermore, Fang Ling and I have developed feelings for each other these days. Gao He's test results have also come back, confirming that Tong Xiangnan and I, who are actually related to Tong Jiawen, are indeed related.

I haven't forgotten the bad things Jiang Baohan did to Tong Jiawen. No matter how ruthless Tong Jiawen is, I don't want to have a bad impression of her and thus affect my relationship with her now.

I asked Shen San, "What's the story behind the golden toad in the empty grave?"

This time, Xiao Shen didn't spout any nonsense. Instead, he thought for a moment and said:
"I heard about the layout of the Golden Toad Looking in the Mirror from Blind Liu."

He took out his phone and dialed a number.

When the call connected, Xiao Shen put the phone on speakerphone, placed it on the coffee table, gave a casual greeting, and then immediately asked about the Golden Toad Looking in the Mirror.

On the other end of the phone, Blind Liu said, "The golden toad looking in the mirror cannot change the feng shui, or rather, it's simply not a layout for burial. The golden toad can ward off evil and bring good fortune, but more importantly, it can attract wealth. Therefore, in the past, this layout was mostly used to hide treasures."

Blind Liu asked, "Did you see the golden toad looking in the mirror?"

I coughed, greeted them, exchanged a few casual words, and then told them about what had happened at the city gate tower not long ago.

Blind Liu asked a few more questions about the details, and then said, "The reason you could see such a strange sight was indeed because of the golden toad looking in the mirror. The one-eyed golden toad in the tomb is the first essential element, and the other necessary element should be the tombstone."

True tomb builders can conceal messages within the shapes of characters. These hidden messages are invisible to the naked eye. However, by using the single eye of the golden toad to illuminate them, one's consciousness can be drawn into a state of tranquility.

It's a special realm, illusory to reality but tangible to human consciousness. These things can't be explained in just a few words.

Let me put it this way: the function of the "Golden Toad Reflecting in a Mirror" formation is to conceal treasures. Of course, tangible treasures cannot exist in the ethereal realm. Therefore, the city gate tower you see can be viewed as a three-dimensional treasure map! If you walk through the entire area and remember everything, you might be able to find the real-world treasure based on the clues!

"Alright, my daughter's throwing a tantrum again, I'm not talking to you anymore." Liu the Blind hung up the phone.

Little Shen stared at me with his bright, darting eyes: "A treasure map? Is there treasure inside?"

"No interest," I said, standing up. "Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure. I'd better go home and take care of that precious old man."

Every day is filled with one thing after another, there's never a moment of peace, I'm really fed up with it.

I'm not entirely uninterested in things like treasures, but compared to pursuing those ephemeral things, I have more important things to do.

I found Tong Xiangnan and, shamelessly, asked him if he could lend me some money for an emergency.

He simply tossed me a will, saying, "I had my lawyer prepare it a while ago. It's all yours."

"Isn't this... a bad idea?"

"You're the only nephew I acknowledge. You're my only family. If not you, who else would I give you to?"

He tapped his temple. "I don't know when this part will become muddled and I won't remember anything. Will all the hard work I've done in my life just go to outsiders?"

I said, "How about... you move in with me? That way we can look after each other."

He chuckled. "I'm fed up with living with so many people in prison. I just want some peace and quiet. Alright, that's enough. If you really want to be filial to your uncle, come over and keep me company occasionally. But if you're alone, don't come. You know what I mean. Hehe, as a professional psychologist, I prefer your friends."

He suddenly frowned and said, "There's one more thing I hope you can do your best to handle, but you must be careful not to overdo it."

I remained silent.

“Sun Jing!” he said, “If possible, use your abilities to assist the police in bringing him to justice.”

I remained silent for a moment, then finally nodded.

From a certain point onward, my background became a knot in my heart.

Nowadays, quite inexplicably, this knot has been completely untied almost all at once.

Not only did I gain an uncle, but I also gained a damn ancestor by my side.

I can accept all of that, but I find it hard to accept that Sun Jing and I are brothers.

That means we share the same mother… That mother not only had a mental illness, but she also died, and before she died, I poked her eyes out… And she was killed by Sun Jing. This is truly—absurd beyond belief, a cruel twist of fate that's hard to accept.

I inherited Tong Xiangnan's estate.

It wasn't too much; I gave some to Meng Chao so he could help his family pay off their debts first.

For the next few days, I kept asking Monkey to help me contact brain tumor specialists. I gave them the medical records of Tong Xiangnan that I had commissioned the hospital to print out for their evaluation and research.

Oh right, I forgot to mention the most important thing.

Pidan and I finally got our marriage certificate.

……

"Buzz...buzz..."

I hurriedly sat up, grabbed my vibrating phone, glanced at the label on the screen, hung up casually, and slumped back into the pillow.

"Who is it?" Pidan asked.

"A disgusting and utterly repulsive person."

"Who upset you so early in the morning? Why are you so angry?"

"It's okay." I was about to turn over and hug Pidan when my phone vibrated again.

I was incredibly annoyed, but I still picked it up again. Even though it showed a different label number, I still frowned.

I answered the call and then put it on speakerphone.

"Hey, An Xin, why are you calling me so early? What's up?"

"Hello!" A rough, male voice came from the loudspeaker. "Are you Sanqi?"

I looked at the screen. "Who are you?"

"I can't explain who I am over the phone," the other person said. "I just borrowed a phone to call you, and it's such a coincidence that it's your friend. All I can say is that I need to see you as soon as possible. As for where we'll meet... wait a minute."

After a while, the voice came again, this time a woman's voice: "Hello!"

"An Xin?"

"it's me."

"Are you OK?"

"fine."

"Who was that just now?"

The other person's microphone seemed to be covered, and after a while, they said again, "Could you...could you..."

An Xin suddenly raised her voice and shouted, "Don't come any closer, he's not a good person... um..."

The "mmm" sound continued for a while, accompanied by sounds like a person struggling.

Pidan quickly sat up, picked up her own phone from the bedside table, found Gao He's number, and gestured to me inquiringly.

At the same moment, the man's voice came again, this time with a sigh:
"Sanqi, please believe me, I'm definitely not a bad person. It's just that my current situation... is very special. So special that it's impossible to explain over the phone. I need to see you."

"address."

“There’s a school nearby… Wait a minute, let me check the school name… It’s a bit far, the entrance looks old, and the sign…”

"Agricultural University," I said. "There's a Suzhou-style noodle shop on a small street next to it. Go there and wait for me."

(End of this chapter)