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Chapter 173 Drawing a Gun (3K)

Why did we come to the old town?

In a small alley in the old town, Wu Xiaoting yawned and looked at Lu Wenying beside her, asking a question.

At this moment, Lu Wenying was looking at the documents. Because of her arm injury, Shen Yuan was holding the documents for her and turning the pages according to her instructions.

"Didn't you notice that there are people watching us everywhere in the new district?" Lu Wenying replied casually, her eyes still glued to the documents. "Wang has always known what we're investigating; she just hasn't made a move against us yet."

"But... I feel that Sister Xinran isn't a bad person," Shen Yuan said hesitantly.

She had just seen Wang Xinran yesterday morning, and it was by leaning on Wang Xinran's shoulder that Shen Yuan was able to vent her emotions.

Even now, she still finds it hard to believe that Sister Xinran is plotting something... This is so different from her impression of Sister Xinran.

"Hmm, it might not be her," Lu Wenying casually agreed.

She knew Shen Yuan hadn't seen Wang Xinran's malicious, wicked smile, so she didn't intend to make any baseless accusations.

Before the Ninth Detachment took over the case of Li Ya's family massacre, Lu Wenying had already reviewed all the case files.

Lu Wenying also knew the content and direction of the Ninth Detachment's subsequent investigation into the strange occurrences.

They went to the Criminal Investigation Division late at night to retrieve information about Wen Yan and Shen Xing's call records. Shen Xing's call records had to be investigated with the telecom operator, and they only got the information this morning.

Shen Xing's text message records clearly contain messages urging Wen Yan to turn himself in...

There must be some other special connection or relationship between them.

Shen Xing, who has a strong sense of justice, may have discovered some of Wen Yan's crimes, or even his actions that violated the regulations of the Ninth Detachment.

Coincidentally, Wen Yan was one of the people involved in investigating the copycat perpetrator of Li Ya's family annihilation case...

The vehicle that fell into the water has been salvaged, and the body sitting in the driver's seat has been found inside... The body is the same person as the wanted copycat.

It cannot be ruled out that Wen Yan had prior contact with the copycat offender, or even instigated him to commit the crime.

However, nothing was found in Wen Yan's personal text messages and call records.

Lu Wenying felt that when she put these materials and her memories together, they were a complete mess.

Shen Xing was involved in both strange incidents, and Wen Yan also joined in the follow-up work on both incidents afterward.

After interrogating Wu Xiaoting, Wen Yan went to her house, but based on what Wu Xiaoting and Shen Yuan said, it seems he didn't take anything from her house...

It's also possible that they've already taken something with them, but it just hasn't been discovered yet.

However, one relatively clear clue is that both Wen Yan and Shen Xing have "interrogated" Wu Xiaoting, and they both know that there are strange things happening in Wu Xiaoting's home.

One of the two was very interested in the strange things happening in Wu Xiaoting's house.

Could it be Shen Xing?

Not too possible.

Shen Xing letting Wu Xiaoting stay in his home was actually a form of protection. If Shen Xing had really discovered the strangeness in her home earlier, he probably would have gone to scout the place or reported it to the Ninth Detachment long ago.

Even if he had the idea of ​​embezzling it, being in a position of power gave him an advantage, while others had no chance.

The only plausible explanation is that Wen Yan wanted the anomaly, Shen Xing discovered it, and then Wen Yan ordered the copycat to kill Shen Xing...

But what methods did Wen Yan use to control the copycats? Was it just through phone calls or letters?

Or was it a strange ability he obtained from Wu Xiaoting's home?

"Can you control other people?" Lu Wenying looked in Wu Xiaoting's direction and asked.

"No." Wu Xiaoting shook her head, her expression somewhat innocent. "I only dream."

"Can you transfer specific dream images onto someone else?" Lu Wenying asked again.

Wu Xiaoting didn't understand at first, blinked, and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Can you make someone have a specific dream?" Lu Wenying put it more simply.

"I don't know," Wu Xiaoting scratched her head, "I've never tried these..."

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If you haven't tried it, then there's a possibility.

If Wen Yan can induce specific dreams in copycats, then given his skill level, he could probably easily control a person and achieve an effect similar to hypnosis.

However, these speculations need to be supported by evidence.

They currently have no evidence to prove that Wen Yan wanted to instigate others to kill Shen Xing.

The investigation appears to have hit a bottleneck.

The Ninth Detachment and the police station were filled with Wang Xinran's informants. Whenever they walked in the new urban area, no matter where they went, it seemed that there were always eyes fixed on them.

Wu Xiaoting's dream was also not very reliable, containing too much incorrect information.

At present, the best approach seems to be to stop investigating and leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.

At the very least, we need to get Shen Yuan and Wu Xiaoting out of here. They shouldn't have gotten involved in this. It's too dangerous for them to stay.

"Sister Lu..."

"7

Shen Yuan's voice rang out from the side. Lu Wenyin turned to look at Shen Yuan, and then followed her gaze to the direction of the alley entrance.

At the entrance of the alley stood several young men holding iron bars.

They looked to be around sixteen or seventeen years old, but the young man in the lead had a yellow bowl cut. The group of them seemed expressionless as they dragged iron bars and walked step by step toward them.

Lu Wenying drew her pistol with her left hand, bit the slide with her teeth, pushed forward with her left hand to cock it, and then raised the gun to aim at the people at the alley entrance.

"Don't move, police." Lu Wenying narrowed her eyes.

Those young men... something's not right.

After drawing his own gun, the other party seemed to have no regard for the weapon in Lu Wenying's hand.

Logically, these local thugs should have turned and run away the moment they heard the word "police," but they still walked towards this place with expressionless faces.

Shen Yuan bent down and picked up a stick still covered in mud from the ground. She gripped the stick tightly with both hands and aimed it at the people in front of her.

"They're being controlled," Lu Wenying said coldly, standing in front of Shen Yuan and Wu Xiaoting. "Xiao Yuan, Xiaoting, run back."

Facing several controlled thugs, Lu Wenying simply couldn't bring herself to pull the trigger without any psychological burden.

"Let's go!" Shen Yuan said decisively, grabbing Wu Xiaoting's hand and running back.

After taking a few steps back, Lu Wenying turned around and ran into the depths of the alley ahead.

You can get there by simply walking through the alley and running to the next street.

That was what Lu Wenying originally thought.

Until she saw what lay ahead, Wu Xiaoting and Shen Yuan stopped in front of a red brick wall.

This is a dead end.

I heard hurried footsteps behind me, accompanied by the screeching sound of an iron bar scraping against the wall.

Lu Wenying turned around abruptly, her left hand holding the gun trembling slightly.

In her mind, she seemed to recall that night, the moment she pulled the trigger on this "monster"...

Just then, the young men who were running at the front suddenly stopped.

They carried iron bars and looked back.

Behind him, the young man who was running at the very back had already fallen to the ground, breaking half of his tooth and bleeding profusely.

Behind the fallen youth was a middle-aged man panting heavily. His suit was disheveled, he carried a briefcase in his left hand, and held a metal rod he had just picked up from the mud in his right hand, gripping it tightly, his whole body trembling.

He seemed to have absolutely no fighting experience; just chasing him all the way here left him breathless.

"Come on over here if you dare!" the man shouted at the top of his lungs.

The young men looked at the man, their faces showing a unified expression of confusion.

But soon.

"Clang, clang..."

"The sound of the iron rod hitting the ground rang out."

The young men released their grip on the iron bars, letting them fall to the ground, and then walked towards the man.

The young man who had fallen got up from the ground. He didn't even wipe the blood from his face. He simply walked over to the man and calmly said, "Excuse me."

The man hesitated, then turned aside, letting the young men pass by.

Only after watching their figures disappear around the corner did the man release his grip on the iron rod and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Are you the one from yesterday morning? What was your name again... Cheng Ren?" Lu Wenying lowered her gun, looking at the familiar man with a puzzled expression. "What are you doing here?"

Yesterday morning, not long after Wang Xinran left, the other party found Shen Yuan's doorstep and was lectured by Lu Wenyin as a stalker. Why is the other party here again now?

Is he really a stalker?

Or was it Wang Xinran who controlled the other party to come here?

However... it seems like the other party actually helped them...

"I..." Cheng Ren looked somewhat embarrassed. He took a few steps back, leaving enough safe distance, before speaking, "A friend of mine told me that you have a way to help me remember some things..."

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"Turn around and crouch down." Lu Wenying raised the muzzle of her gun, signaling the other person to turn around and crouch down.

"Huh?" Cheng Ren was stunned for a moment, but he did as he was told. He turned around, put his hands on his head, and squatted down.

"No need to hold your head, just hold your calves."

"oh......

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"Xiaoting." Lu Wenying slightly raised her chin towards Wu Xiaoting, gesturing for her to follow her.

Wu Xiaoting seemed to understand what Lu Wenying wanted to do. She nodded and followed.

Lu Wenying's gun was still aimed at Cheng Ren, while Wu Xiaoting raised her hand, clenched her fist, and punched him straight in the head.

But just as Wu Xiaoting's fist was about to land on Cheng Ren's head, Cheng Ren suddenly lunged forward, scrambling and rolling a considerable distance before turning around and looking at the two people in front of him with a terrified expression.

"Huh?" Wu Xiaoting seemed surprised that her punch missed. After a moment of stunned silence, she turned to look at Lu Wenying.

"Why did you dodge?" Lu Wenying frowned and asked Cheng Ren.

"I...I don't know." Cheng Ren looked somewhat bewildered. He opened his mouth, then spoke, "I just feel...it's very dangerous."

It's very dangerous...

Were they being controlled?

No, when Chen Liming was released from control, he was also unable to anticipate danger from behind.

What exactly happened?

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