Antique Shop Zero: Disfigured School Beauty Becomes a Succubus to Pay Off Debts

Chapter 291 The Abnormal Management Bureau's Reaction

The capital city, Beiman Mountain, the Bureau of Abnormalities.

Li Mingyue walked quickly through the stairwell, the sound of her high heels clicking on the ground drowned out by the chaotic crowd.

A researcher carrying documents ran past her, nearly bumping into her.

Several clerks whispered among themselves in a panic, while the investigators hurried along, their faces filled with unease.

What's going on tonight?

Why is the entire Bureau of Anomalies in such a state of chaos?

She had just received a notice to attend a meeting in the director's office.

I wonder what kind of trouble Cao Ye will cause this time.

Li Mingyue walked to the office door and knocked.

An aged voice came from inside: "Come in."

Li Mingyue was taken aback.

This is not Cao Ye's voice.

She pushed the door open and immediately frowned.

Cao Ye is not here.

A gray-haired man stood before the desk, his hair slicked back in a slicked-back style, wearing glasses, his posture ramrod straight. She recognized him—

Ye Lin, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Abnormalities.

Her gaze passed over Ye Lin and landed on the sofa chair behind the desk.

The pupils suddenly contracted.

A thin old man dressed in a woolen coat sat there.

Despite being over seventy, he was still very energetic, and his eyes would occasionally flash with a sharp light.

She had seen this face on television.

Li Mingyue's voice was strained: "Old Chen—!"

Ye Lin frowned and scolded in a low voice, "Why are you so careless? You don't even know how to close the door."

"oh oh!"

Li Mingyue quickly turned around and closed the door, then stood carefully, constantly giving Ye Lin meaningful glances to see what had happened.

She and Ye Lin are quite familiar with each other.

Since offending Cao Ye, she has been rotating through various administrative departments, having worked in almost every administrative position imaginable.

Ye Lin is the head of the administrative department and one of only two supernatural humans in the Bureau of Anomalies. The two have a good relationship.

Old Chen pushed a letter forward on the table and said in a deep voice, "This is Cao Ye's last will and testament."

Li Mingyue was stunned, her beautiful eyes slowly widening: "Cao Ye's... book?"

Cao Ye—is he dead?

"From today onwards, Ye Lin will serve as acting director."

Li Mingyue opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything for a moment.

This—this—

How did he die?

She quickly tore open the suicide note.

The moment she saw the contents, she froze again.

This doesn't even qualify as a suicide note that doesn't mention anything about feelings or funeral arrangements.

There was only one appointment application form:

Appointment letter regarding Li Mingyue's appointment as Deputy Director and Chief Investigator of the Abnormal Management Bureau.

Ye Lin stepped forward, patted her stiff shoulder, and said in a very soft voice: "Cao Ye told me that once you temper your temperament, you will be an excellent investigator."

"It's been almost a year. You've been working your way up from the bottom in the administration department for so long; you've finally graduated."

He patted her shoulder again: "Cao Ye wants to groom you to become a bureau chief."

Within the Bureau of Anomalies, administrators and investigators have always been at odds.

You're now part of the administration department, so things will be easier when you become the director.

But you're still too impulsive—

Therefore, you are not yet qualified for the position of bureau chief.

Li Mingyue's mind almost stopped thinking.

She blankly unfolded the second sheet of paper.

This is a piece of paper stained with blood, the handwriting is messy and illegible.

Cao Ye's handwriting has always been beautiful, as delicate as a woman's.

She could imagine that the man, in his final moments, mustered all his strength and wrote those words, stroke by stroke.

The first thing:

Including the Cowherd, there are a total of twelve forbidden items. We cannot keep them; we must return them to the twilight.

Bright moon, let these twelve forbidden items help us break down the barrier between ourselves and the twilight.

"The second thing: I have one last way to check the twilight."

Seal off Anxiang Street, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving, and cutting off all possibility of humans entering the Zero Antique Shop as buyers.

If necessary, please follow this procedure.

"The third thing: If I die, there will be no one who can suppress Prince Mingdeng."

Beware of this old cat; its ambitions are greater than I imagined.

If there's a chance, let Dusk take the cat away.

Li Mingyue closed the paper, a thin mist rising in her eyes: "Cao Ye—is he really dead?"

Ye Lin and Old Chen both fell silent.

She opened the last piece of paper—a note indicating the location of his salary card, which contained 560,000 yuan.

Cao Ye hoped that the Bureau of Abnormal Affairs would hand over the money to a woman named Liu Bo.

Li Mingyue had never heard of this name before.

If Yang Xiao were here, she would definitely know who she is—Cao Ye's university teacher and also Cao Ye's mistress.

Li Mingyue carefully put away the suicide note, her voice slightly hoarse: "I'll take care of it right away."

She saluted, turned, and walked out of the office.

Ye Lin smiled awkwardly: "Mr. Chen, please don't mind. Although she always complains about Cao Ye, she considers him her teacher."

Old Chen waved his hand: "They're all soldiers."

Li Mingyue walked to the end of the corridor, slowly squatted down, and pursed her lips tightly.

She didn't realize that her eyes were already red and the corners of her eyes were a little wet.

Cao Ye is dead.

Jin Meiting and I have broken up.

In the past few days, she seems to have lost a lot.

Her lips moved for a long time before she finally muttered to herself, "How could everything be so hasty?"

Suddenly, a voice echoed in my mind: "Life is just a passing visitor."

To become the master of the River Styx, one must regard life as worthless.

Li Mingyue had gotten used to Hela's voice appearing unexpectedly.

At first, she would press the other party to ask what they wanted to do, but there was never a response.

Now, she has learned to ignore it.

The sound only appeared occasionally and did not cause any real impact.

She took out her phone, scrolled to the pinned chat window, stared at Jin Meiting's profile picture for a long time, and then typed: "Are you there? I have twelve forbidden items with me, and I need to return them."

Jin Meiting replied quickly: "What did you hear? Are you deliberately trying to sow discord between me?"

Li Mingyue frowned: "What do you mean?"

Jin Meiting sent messages one after another.

Li Mingyue looked through the items one by one, her eyes gradually widening as she watched Huang Hun leave the Zero Antique Shop.

The current manager of Zero Antique Shop is—Medusa?

The news was so shocking that her fingers gripping her phone grew slightly cold.

She put down her phone, her mind racing.

Cao Ye's last wish was to collaborate with Huang Hun.

What about Medusa?

She always held Cao Ye in high esteem.

She wholeheartedly believed that all of Cao Ye's judgments and the existence of the administrator posed a threat to social order, and that was true.

Twilight is not the villain, that's true.

Therefore, the conclusion is simple:

As long as it's not Twilight who controls the Zero Antique Shop, the manager will remain a subject of investigation and suspicion by the Anomaly Management Bureau.

Two clear lines of thought quickly surfaced in Li Mingyue's mind.

First, find the twilight.

Find out why he left Antique Shop Zero, and whether he's willing to go back and continue working with the Bureau of Anomalies.

Second, seal off Anxiang Street.

This was the last method Cao Ye could think of to deal with the manager.