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Chapter 67 True Appearance (Seeking First Subscription!)

If a police officer is able to apprehend a Level 5 wanted criminal, they will receive a reward under the federal internal law enforcement regulations.

Police officers who make outstanding contributions in the arrest may be commended or even awarded a third-class merit!

For a police officer, meritorious service not only brings a bonus, but can also be considered a merit for promotion.

More importantly, federal law enforcement officers are awarded merit points for each meritorious service they perform.

Merit points can be exchanged for the qualification to purchase scarce cultivation resources.

For example, if Fang Ming wants to break through to the second stage of martial arts, he can use merit points to exchange for the qualification to purchase protective liquid. If he fails to break through to the martial arts master realm, the protective liquid can greatly protect the body of the failed person from serious injury.

Without the protection of the body fluid, a failed breakthrough could even be life-threatening.

This is also one of the benefits for federal law enforcement officers.

For ordinary people, the only option is to find connections and channels to buy body lotion at prices far exceeding the market price.

For example, Han You, the "Hungry Wolf" who was fighting at the Chaoyang Boxing Gym, was looking for protective fluid through various channels to buy it.

The reason Tu Yuan didn't arrest Xie Yuancheng before was that he had no backing in the police station, and if he had captured him, there was a high chance that someone else would have stolen the credit.

Secondly, at that time he was not yet a martial arts performer and was not confident that he could capture Xie Yuancheng without injury in a one-on-one situation.

It is important to know that when people choose to fight to the death in a desperate situation, the power they can unleash is beyond imagination.

Tu Yuan did not want to take the risk of getting injured, as it would affect his progress in martial arts cultivation.

Not worth the candle.

As for why he didn't report the news, Tu Yuan had his own selfish reasons.

He wants to capture Xie Yuancheng's merit points!

It's important to understand that the merit points earned from independently apprehending a Level 5 wanted criminal are completely different from those earned by cooperating with other officers!

Now, Tu Yuan has Zhang Tao as his backer in the institute, and he also has millions of federal dollars in his hands.

The more merit points you have, the better!

At the same time, it can also prevent a recurrence of situations like yesterday's meeting where my work performance was questioned.

Room 501, 5th Floor, No. 67, Zhumiao Village.

This is the home of Yu Lili, a trainee police officer at Zhenghe Police Station.

Yu Lili's home is not big, less than 50 square meters.

A small living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and a bedroom.

The living room was filled with a bitter medicinal smell.

Sitting on the old double sofa in the living room was a middle-aged woman with a thin face, graying hair, and slightly sunken eyes. She looked very weak and sickly.

However, if you look closely at this middle-aged woman, you can vaguely see the outline of her beauty when she was young.

The middle-aged woman is Yu Lili's mother, Song Xiuyun.

There was no television in the living room; opposite the sofa was only an old standing electric fan with blades covered in black dust.

At this moment, Yu Lili, wearing a gray-white short-sleeved T-shirt and light-colored casual pants, walked out of the kitchen.

She was carrying a bucket of hot water, and inside the bucket was a plastic ladle.

Normally, if Yu Lili wants to take a bath, she can only fill a bucket with hot water and then use this plastic ladle to scoop water to rinse herself.

She specifically chose to take a day off today because it was the day her mother was going to the hospital for a follow-up check-up.

I just got back from the hospital not long ago.

On the dining table not far from the sofa was a transparent plastic bag stuffed full of medicine boxes.

Yu Lili remained calm, showing no dissatisfaction or resentment about being in such a family.

Song Xiuyun looked at Yu Lili's faded clothes and cheap casual pants bought from a street stall.

My eyes welled up with tears.

"Lily! I'm the one who's dragging you down! From now on, don't spend money on medicine for me, okay?!"

As Song Xiuyun spoke, she looked at a family photo hanging on the opposite wall.

She looks to be under thirty in the photo, in the prime of her life.

A handsome, scholarly-looking man had his arm around her shoulder; he was her deceased husband.

Standing in front of the two was Yu Lili, who looked to be about ten years old, with a childlike face, yet clearly a beauty in the making.

Judging from the clothes and appearance of the family of three in the photo, it is obvious that they are a wealthy family.

Upon seeing this photo, Song Xiuyun could no longer hold back her tears, which instantly welled up in her eyes.

Yu Lili put down the bucket of water she was holding.

Following Song Xiuyun's gaze, I glanced at the family photo on the wall.

His eyes flickered for a moment, then quickly returned to their calm expression.

She didn't say anything, but silently walked to the dining table and tore off two sheets of toilet paper.

Then he walked to the sofa and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Song Xiuyun's eyes.

Song Xiuyun looked at Yu Lili's somewhat dark and rough facial skin.

Her eyes showed heartache.

"Lily! You've had such a hard time these past few years!"

"You are clearly very beautiful, but because I am useless, I cannot protect you and can only make you hide your appearance."

Song Xiuyun knew that a good appearance was a resource, especially for a girl.

But in such families, being good-looking only brings disaster.

She still remembers Lily coming home from school in junior high with drool on her uniform and red handprints on her face.

She knew that Lily was jealous of her beauty and knew that her family was poor and powerless, so she bullied Lily.

From that time on, she transferred Yu Lili to another school and began to deliberately make Yu Lili look ugly and unsophisticated.

Yu Lili also knew that what she, as a mother, was doing was actually to protect her. Over the years, Yu Lili had also gotten used to dressing herself this way.

Yu Lili remained silent. The family upheavals of her childhood and the bullying she suffered during her school years had made her taciturn.

At the same time, these experiences also made her very precocious.

She understands many things, but she just doesn't say them out loud.

At this moment, Song Xiuyun continued, "Lily! I know my health is getting worse and worse."

"The medicine you bought for me will at most keep me alive a little longer."

"You must remember what I told you before!"

"Don't even think about seeking revenge on the people who killed your father; you can't afford to mess with them."

"I want to marry a good man and live a good life!"

"Your looks are your greatest asset; never give yourself to just anyone!"

"You absolutely must keep your eyes open and choose a man who is responsible and ambitious!"

"The best choice is a man who has not yet risen to prominence, but has the potential to become a dragon in the making."

"Such men often possess the qualities of acting with quiet composure and remaining calm under pressure! You must remember this and observe them carefully!"

"If you meet a man like this, don't let him go; take the initiative... cough cough cough!"

As Song Xiuyun spoke, she began to cough.

Yu Lili quickly and gently patted and stroked Song Xiuyun's back.

But Tu Yuan's face involuntarily appeared in his mind.

She recalled the last time she went on a mission with Tu Yuan. Tu Yuan only said two words to He Chengjun, and instantly made He Chengjun, who was hesitant, order the arrest.

From that time on, she began to observe Tu Yuan.

She originally wanted to observe for a while longer before taking the initiative to find a way to get closer to Tu Yuan and slowly approach him.

But just a few days later, Tu Yuan not only broke through to become a first-level martial artist.

In the past two days, he has been promoted to assistant police officer of the station chief. Yesterday, he calmly dealt with the difficult questions from Deputy Station Chief Sun in the conference room.

It even made her feel overwhelmed.

Yu Lili sighed inwardly. Apart from her appearance, she seemed to have nothing that could match Tu Yuan.

She also heard that a few days ago, a very beautiful woman waited for Tu Yuan to get off work, and the two left together.

He brushed away the image of Tu Yuan from his mind.

Yu Lili picked up the bucket of water again and went straight into the bathroom. Her bathroom was a partitioned-off section of the former balcony, so it was separated from the neighboring house by only one wall.

There are also several holes in the wall.

You can see the scene on the neighbor's balcony through the hole.

However, there was a curtain by the wall, and Yu Lili pulled the curtain up to cover the holes.

Then he slowly took off his clothes.

She showed off her beautiful and graceful figure.

Yu Lili's skin is noticeably a different color from the skin on her neck and face.

Her skin was whiter, smoother, and more supple.

The skin above the neck appears somewhat dark and dull.

The reason for this is that she applied a black mud paste that Song Xiuyun had mixed herself, which made her skin look dark, yellow, and rough after being applied to her face.

It also won't be washed away by sweat or rain; it can only be cleaned with hot water above 50 degrees Celsius.

This is thanks to her mother, who was a researcher in organic chemistry.

Her father was a pharmaceutical expert, but he died suddenly at the research institute while working, and it was later discovered that he had a large amount of debt in his name.

If it weren't for this incident, her family wouldn't be in such poverty.

Hot water slowly poured down from above, the sound of rushing water coming through the holes behind the curtain.

Xie Yuancheng slowly walked to the wall on the other side of the hole and silently leaned against it.

Xie Yuancheng has large burn marks on both sides of his face.

These are the marks he left on his face by rubbing them with a burning piece of wood.

In addition, he changes his residence every six months.

He always looks for jobs on construction sites and never lives with his coworkers; he always rents a place to live on his own.

It means deliberately portraying oneself as a withdrawn and unsociable person.

Using these methods, he has successfully evaded the pursuit and arrest warrant issued by the Federal Security Service for three years.

He has been living in this place for almost half a year. Less than half a month after moving in, he discovered that the girl next door had become a trainee police officer at the local police station.

What's even more interesting is that one day he was working overtime at the construction site and came home late.

He noticed that the young woman who came out to throw away the trash across the street was stunningly beautiful; he had never seen such a beautiful woman in his entire life.

At that moment, he almost couldn't contain his excitement and wanted to rush into the other person's house.

But he still held back.

Then he began to pay close attention, but the beautiful woman seemed to have vanished without a trace and never appeared again.

Until one day, he bumped into the woman who worked at the police station coming out of the building, wearing the same clothes and pants as the stunningly beautiful woman he had met that day.

Moreover, the two are extremely similar in height, and upon closer inspection, their eyebrows, eyes, and nose bridge are exactly the same!

He continued to observe and finally confirmed that the woman working at the police station was the beautiful woman.

This woman is deliberately making herself look ugly, I don't know what methods she used!

Upon discovering this answer, Xie Yuancheng felt as if he had discovered a new continent.

Whenever he heard the sound of a shower nearby, he would come to this wall to listen, to hear the sound of the shower water.

In my mind, I imagined the beautiful body of the person taking a bath.

There are less than ten days left until his six-month rent expires.

Xie Yuancheng planned to sleep with the woman next door before moving out!

During his years on the run, he could only earn the minimum wage because he did not have legal identification documents.

After paying rent and daily expenses, he barely had any money left, as for the money he robbed from wealthy merchants.

He had already lost everything.

Now, when he looks for prostitutes, he can only find the kind that charges the lowest price, around thirty or forty federal dollars.

The reason these prostitutes charge such low prices is because they lack legal documentation, are older, and their bodies are already deformed.

His use of these prostitutes was purely mechanical, a form of sexual gratification.

There was absolutely no passion in my heart.

Xie Yuancheng felt that for the past two years, "Just wait two more days, just two more days!"

At this moment, Tu Yuan had already arrived at the foot of the building at No. 67 Zhumiao Village.

When he left the police station, he made a point of changing into civilian clothes in the changing room.

He had already scouted and observed this place when he received Xie Yuancheng's intelligence.

So it's not unfamiliar.

The building where Xie Yuancheng was hiding was only five stories high.

Xie Yuancheng lived on the fifth floor, apartment 502.

The two buildings next to it are slightly taller than the one where Xie Yuancheng is located.

The building on the left has six floors, but an illegal tin shed has been built on the roof.

The building on the right is eight stories high, but there are no illegally constructed buildings visible on the roof.

Tu Yuan did not choose to act immediately.

For him, he had to ensure that he could capture Xie Yuancheng in the safest possible way.

The best time is in the early morning, when Xie Yuancheng is asleep. He can climb from the roof to Xie Yuancheng's balcony, enter the house, and subdue the sleeping Xie Yuancheng.

Of course, if Xie Yuancheng came downstairs and went out before midnight, he could also improvise and seize the opportunity to capture Xie Yuancheng.

With this in mind, Tu Yuan silently waited and observed at the alleyway diagonally opposite the entrance of Building 67.

If a man with obvious facial disfigurement and a height of about 1.7 meters appears, it is undoubtedly Xie Yuancheng.

Time passed slowly.

It wasn't until after midnight that Tu Yuan walked out of the alley and entered the stairwell of No. 67.

He went straight to the rooftop.

Then, clinging to the edge of the rooftop wall, he jumped off.

A soft, muffled thud!

Tu Yuan successfully landed on the balcony of room 502 on the fifth floor, where Xie Yuancheng was located.

The bedroom and living room in this room are both connected to the balcony.

Tu Yuan stood on the balcony, looking at the bedroom with the curtains drawn, making it impossible to see the interior. He could only hear soft snoring coming from inside.

Upon hearing this voice, Tu Yuan remained calm.

He transformed into a martial arts performer and used this method to ambush a sleeping, untrained wanted criminal.

Although it doesn't seem very honorable.

But for him, the methods and means of arrest were not important; what mattered was arresting criminals while ensuring his own safety to the greatest extent possible.

Meanwhile, in room 501 next door...

Yu Lili, who was cultivating, heard someone climbing over the wall onto the balcony from downstairs.

Yu Lili's expression shifted slightly.

As a trainee police officer at the local police station, her first reaction was that a thief had broken into the house!

She immediately stopped cultivating and went to the bathroom to listen carefully to the sounds coming from the next room, just in case it was just a hallucination caused by her being too engrossed in her cultivation.

Soon, she heard deliberately slow, extremely light footsteps approaching the other person's living room.

She then considered calling the police station to report the incident, but then she remembered that this was her true appearance.

She stopped thinking about it.

If it's just a thief, with her current strength, she should be able to handle it easily.

Thinking of this, she slowly pushed open the bathroom window. By going out through the window and flipping to the right, she could reach the balcony next door.

At this moment, Tu Yuan had already pushed open the door to Xie Yuancheng's bedroom.