I discovered a world bug.

After seeing off the policewoman named Chen Zhu, Lin Shu remained in a state of unease.

On the one hand, he always felt that the other person seemed to have discovered something from his conversation with her.

For example, vulnerabilities? Flaws?

On the other hand, from his conversation with Chen Zhu, he realized that there were indeed higher-level forces involved in Xu Changshun's case.

The reason why that "higher level of power" would intervene is simply due to two possibilities.

The first possibility is that they discovered something unusual in Xu Changshun's cause of death.

The second possibility is that they discovered something unusual during Xu Changshun's death.

Regardless of the possibility, they all ultimately point to the same metaphor, which is...

Xu Changshun's death was not a natural death.

They will definitely continue their investigation along this lead, and Lin Shu is quite certain that, given the execution power of this country's official institutions, when the pressure of administrative orders comes down directly, in order to solve the case, they will probably even dig up the earthworms next to Xu Changshun's grave and bring them to the interrogation room for questioning.

Not to mention myself...

Sooner or later, they will find themselves and discover their connection with Xu Changshun.

They will eventually realize everything about the "ritual".

What should I do then?

Should we go with the flow and offer direct amnesty, or should we resist to the end and refuse to acknowledge the enemy even if we are beaten to death?

None of them seem like very good options...

But there's no other way now.

Let's take a step by step.

Lin Shu was at her wit's end; it was already late, and there was only one thing she could do.

sleep!

Perhaps it was because she had been too busy and tired these past few days, but despite having many things on her mind, Lin Shu quickly fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed.

He had a very long dream.

This dream began the moment he met Xu Changshun and gradually evolved into him attending his funeral and sending him up the mountain.

Subsequently, he took his inheritance, accepted his legacy, and performed a second divination.

When the "divination" in the dream began, Lin Shu was already vaguely aware that it was a dream, but he couldn't wake up from it.

He continued to dream that he had raised a snake, caught Li Yu, and met Chen Zhu.

At that moment, a thought suddenly occurred to Lin Shu.

What you dream about next is something that didn't actually happen.

Will it be like a divination... or will it really happen?

Lin Shu even began to look forward to it.

But just as this thought arose, he woke up.

I opened my eyes blankly, and sunlight was already streaming in from the window.

Lin Shu cursed under her breath and got up in frustration.

In fact, after the dream progressed to the "present" and continued to move towards the future, he did dream of many other things.

He even dreamed about how he got involved with that Kun corpse and why he went to Li Yu's hometown in western Hunan.

Unfortunately, after waking up, the contents of the dream vanished like smoke.

Oh shit......

Next time I'll put a notebook on my bedside table, so if I dream about something again, I can just get up and write it down!

But wait a minute.

Could my dream be just an illusion?

It's like that joke where someone thinks they've dreamt of the truth of the world, but after writing it down, they find it's a ridiculous statement like "the bigger the banana, the bigger the peel."

Whatever, nobody's going to see it anyway...

Lin Shu found a notebook and pen and put them on the bedside table. After calming herself down and washing up, she took out all the investment gold coins and related documents from the briefcase left by Xu Changshun.

He planned to go to the gold shop and sell all the gold bars first.

Gold bars may retain their value, but only money can be spent.

Carefully clutching her bag as she left home, Lin Shu headed straight for the pawnshop downstairs in her apartment complex.

When he was working, he would pass by this pawnshop every day and occasionally see well-dressed people leisurely carrying things in and then happily walking out empty-handed.

Of course, there will also be people with a bitter look who hesitate to go in and come out with a pained expression.

He would occasionally wonder what kind of people they were.

Leader? Businessman? Gambler?

But he never imagined that he would have the opportunity to sell things.

As I pushed open the door, the air conditioner was blasting cold air.

The shop owner sat behind the counter, with a common calligraphy piece that read "Great virtue carries all things" hanging behind him.

Lin Shu didn't waste any time. After entering the store, she bargained with the shopkeeper for a while and, after confirming that the price was reasonable, immediately sold the 200 grams of gold she had.

A few minutes later, a notification popped up on my bank card that the money had been deposited into my account.

He only left after confirming that the other party's account name was indeed the pawnshop's corporate account and not some unknown black money.

The funding issue has been resolved.

Now that I have more money in my pocket, I have more room for my future plans.

Okay, I can go home now.

I'll use Li Yu's account again today to try and fish out that client...

Lin Shu walked briskly back to the residential compound. Behind him, a woman wearing a baseball cap watched him enter the compound, paused for a moment, then turned and walked towards the pawnshop…

......

"Officer, it's all here."

"The 200-gram investment gold flakes, the receipts show that they were all purchased in batches over 10 years, and were definitely not used for money laundering."

"I know the rules, and I've checked them carefully."

"Here, this is a photocopy of the seller's ID card. I've verified it; it's definitely him..."

Chen Zhu took the documents handed to him by the pawnshop owner, glanced at them briefly, and put them down.

These documents will certainly not have any problems.

Because Lin Shu could absolutely not be involved in money laundering.

The question is, where did he get the gold bars from?

Last night, I checked his bank statements for the past few years with the Economic Crime Investigation Department, and I can confirm that he absolutely does not have any regular expenditures on purchasing investment gold bars.

He couldn't even come up with 20.

nonsense!

Ten years ago, he was still in junior high school. Buying gold bars? Don't be ridiculous.

His parents were ordinary workers, so it was unlikely that they would make such an investment.

Then there's only one possibility: these gold bars were given to him by someone else.

Yesterday he admitted that he had taken some of Xu Changshun's things.

Could this part of the "heritage" include a batch of gold bars?

Probably.

Although the receipts were not registered under his real name, it was easy to identify him by checking Xu Changshun's bank statements and comparing the expenditures with the date and the gold price of the day.

Although this step hasn't been done yet, Chen Zhu feels that it's practically a done deal.

Continuing our deduction, what was the purpose of Xu Changshun giving him this batch of gold bars?

She fell into deep thought, even forgetting for a moment to acknowledge the pawnshop owner who was still standing to the side.

She didn't come to her senses until her phone rang.

Chen Zhu simply nodded to the boss and turned to leave the pawnshop.

After leaving the house, she answered the phone, and He Cheng's voice came from the other end.

"We have the results for the Skynet information you requested."

"This Lin Shu is definitely a bit suspicious. It seems he kidnapped someone, but then released them quickly..."

Kidnapping?!

Chen Zhu's eyes sharpened instantly.

"Are you sure it's a kidnapping?"

"uncertain."

He Cheng replied from the other end:

"But he did bring that person to his home—while the person was unconscious."

"About 18 hours later, the man left his home. He seemed a little off, and he even kicked and broke a trash can downstairs in the building as he left."

"Their relationship is probably not legitimate; my initial assessment is that they may have had some kind of grudge."

"clear."

Chen Zhu nodded slightly and continued to ask:

"What's the name of the person you're talking about?"

"Li Yu".

He Cheng replied:

"He's from western Hunan, and his identity is somewhat special."

"What's so special about it?"

Chen Zhu keenly considered a possibility.

"Is he also a grandmaster?"

"no."

He Cheng paused for a moment.

"But he's similar to my master—he's a Gu master."