I became Superman

Zhou Ming spent three days sightseeing in Jinsha City before preparing to return to Chengdu.

The Second Prince Liu Yi was still staying in Jinsha City at this time. When he heard that Zhou Ming was leaving, he also came to see him off.

However, this time he did not mention inviting Zhou Ming to Shenjing again.

Zhou Ming understood that this meant the emperor was uneasy.

This is a good thing.

The emperor's unease can be relieved of many trivial matters.

He had planned to visit Shenjing soon, but now it seems unnecessary.

Zhou Ming bid farewell to Liu Yi and Feng Ke'an, who had come to see him off, and then flew to Chengdu with Yi Jiahui.

Upon returning to Chengdu, the two first visited the Pet Home.

Kusaka has been living at the petting zoo for a while now, and Hayabusa is getting fed up with her.

This girl was like a persistent ghost, muttering every few minutes, "Why isn't Sister Cat back yet?"

Falcon Girl felt like she was being pressured by a spell.

Now that Yi Jiahui is back, she can finally return this little burden.

After inviting Zhou Ming and Yi Jiahui to sit down, Falcon Girl asked curiously, "What happened in Jinsha City?"

Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "Nothing happened. We just stayed there for a few days and came back. What's wrong?"

Hayabusa asked doubtfully, "Could it be that people are spreading rumors?"

Zhou Ming asked curiously, "Did you hear something?"

"How come I didn't know anything noteworthy happened, Kitty? Have you heard anything?"

Yi Jiahui opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but didn't know how to say it, and finally just sighed helplessly.

Falcon Girl couldn't understand her expression, so she explained, "I also heard from the elders of the Pet Clan that His Majesty Feng Ke'an of the Southeast Headquarters is hosting a banquet for the powerful individuals who came to provide support."

"But at the banquet, in front of several gods, a conflict broke out, involving the gods themselves. This matter has become the talk of the entire alien world, but the powerful figures who attended the banquet are all tight-lipped about it, so no one knows exactly what happened."

"You were in Jinsha City at the time, so I thought you knew. Since you didn't know, it seems it was just a rumor."

Zhou Ming blinked, then belatedly realized, "Oh, that's what I'm talking about."

I thought it was something interesting.

Yi Jiahui recounted the whole story to Falcon Girl.

Upon hearing that Yi Jiahui had taken her revenge and become a B-level outcast, both Hayabusa and Kusaka were overjoyed and offered their congratulations.

As for the conflict between Zhou Ming and Fu Weiming, they didn't understand what it meant at all, and didn't feel much about it.

Zhou Ming stayed at the petting zoo until evening before going home with Yi Jiahui and Cao Ying.

As soon as they entered the residential area, they saw a group of neighbors gathered there, discussing the matter.

Across from Zhou Ming's apartment building, several police officers were standing downstairs, and an ambulance was parked not far away, with a body covered in a white sheet inside.

What happened?

Zhou Ming, being very curious, couldn't help but stop and watch.

He saw Old Zhang in the crowd, so he went over and asked, "Old Zhang, what happened?"

Old Zhang turned around and saw it was him, and said with a smile, "Oh, you're back. I heard you went out for a trip with Miss Yi?"

No…who told you that?

From Lao Zhang's gossipy eyes, Zhou Ming could easily guess that Lao Zhang's so-called "hearsay" was similar to "I have a friend"—purely his own guess.

Zhou Ming laughed and said, "I just got back and saw such a big scene."

Old Zhang sighed. He said, "It's pitiful. Sister Wang across the street hanged herself."

Sister Wang?

Zhou Ming immediately realized that he must be referring to Aunt Wang, the one whose son was a doctoral student.

On the surface, her PhD son brought honor to the family and was her pride, but in reality, he was a gambling addict who owed a lot of debt and often asked Aunt Wang for money to pay it off, almost emptying Aunt Wang's savings.

Aunt Wang was very concerned about her reputation, so she kept all these things a secret and didn't tell anyone, but Zhou Ming knew very well about them.

Zhou Ming asked, "Why did they commit suicide? Has the investigation yielded any results?"

Old Zhang said disdainfully, "What else could it be for? For her son, of course."

"We just heard that her son owed a lot of money to others. She must have been unable to pay it back and couldn't bear the pressure, so she committed suicide."

As he spoke, he sighed sadly a few times.

Zhou Ming looked across and saw Qiao Yucheng, a tall and thin man with a refined appearance and wearing gold-rimmed glasses, rushing out after a policeman.

Qiao Yucheng is Aunt Wang's son.

"Officer, you have to believe me!"

Qiao Yucheng was sweating profusely with anxiety. He said, "My mother has a bankbook, but I've asked her for it several times and she won't give it to me. She's keeping it for her retirement, but I've searched everywhere and can't find it anywhere!"

"Someone must have broken in and stolen it. You have to find it for me."

Out of professionalism, the police officer did not show obvious contempt, but he still unconsciously frowned and said, "Let's take care of the old man's funeral arrangements first. We have already understood the situation and will notify you when there are results."

Qiao Yucheng persisted, saying, "You must expedite this process; I need the money!"

The dark-skinned police officer finally couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Your mother just died. We notified you to come, and you didn't even lift the white sheet to take a look before arguing with me here. Is that appropriate?"

Qiao Yucheng was reprimanded, which made him somewhat hesitant.

Zhou Ming listened for a while and finally understood what was going on.

Life is truly full of suffering.

He had met Aunt Wang before; she was a thin old woman in her sixties, with a strong physique and expression.

At this age, one should be enjoying their retirement, but instead, they encounter such a thing.

However, although he felt sorry for Aunt Wang and didn't like Qiao Yucheng, this wasn't something he needed to get involved in.

Humans have their own lives, whether good or evil, they are all part of human society.

He hopes to see human society, through its own development, continuously purify itself of the bad things and become more wonderful.

All he needs to do is prevent factors outside of humanity from interfering too much in human life and disrupting the normal process of human society.

Zhou Ming turned around to go back to his home, but suddenly stopped and listened intently.

He heard an elderly woman nearby whisper to her companion, "I know where her bankbook went."

"Don't talk nonsense, you've already alerted the police!"

"Who's talking nonsense!"

The man in front said, "Recently, Sister Wang was introduced to some kind of gathering, and then she started acting strangely. I saw her take all the money out of her savings account and bring it to the gathering."

"I tried to persuade her, but she wouldn't listen, and there was nothing I could do."

"Oh dear, this is serious! What kind of gathering is that? You should tell the police!"

"Hey, what are you saying? What if someone finds out and retaliates against me?"

The man in front said, "Don't spread rumors. The people at that gathering wanted to recommend me to go, but I didn't dare to go because Sister Wang seemed a bit strange."