Mysterious Séancer: My Doll Can Really Show Its Power

Chen Tao really did treat Yang Ning to a meal.

Two simple bowls of braised noodles, a few cold vegetarian dishes, a plate of donkey meat, and a plate of shredded lamb tripe cost around 100 yuan.

I didn't drink any alcohol; I substituted it with sugar-free cola.

Firstly, Yang Ning doesn't drink, and secondly, Chen Tao has to go to the Songting Hotel in the afternoon to assist the cultural relics bureau in processing the mummified corpse.

During the meal, Chen Tao asked Yang Ning no less than five times, "When are you leaving?", but Yang Ning always laughed it off.

When they were almost finished eating, Chen Tao couldn't hold back any longer and insisted that Yang Ning answer his question directly.

Yang Ning slowly took a sip of his iced cola and said with a smile, "Captain Chen..."

Chen Tao said seriously, "Yes! Go ahead, I'm listening!"

Yang Ning glanced at the television in the restaurant that was playing the midday news.

"An unexpected event has occurred at the medical exchange expo between China and Xiang, which was originally scheduled to be held next month in Zhongzhou City, Central Plains Province."

"Irfan, the security consultant for Santa Pharmaceutical Group of Tianxiang Buddhist Kingdom, expressed concern about the security situation in the Central Plains region."

The news footage then shifts to a man dressed in a sharp suit, whose face and neck are covered in turquoise tattoos.

The man raised his head slightly, a hint of arrogance on his face, and said, "We've heard that two very serious security incidents have recently occurred in the Central Plains region of Xia Kingdom."

"We see safety hazards in these two cases."

"In response, we hope that the Xia Kingdom can change the location of the expo, preferably somewhere far away from Zhongzhou."

Looking at the person speaking on the screen, Chen Tao turned to Yang Ning and said, "In just those few words, that person's eyelids twitched three times."

"His mental state was not as relaxed as he appeared; he was fearful."

"This fear was so intense that he needed to deliberately act arrogantly to avoid appearing cowardly."

Listening to Chen Tao's analysis, Yang Ning praised, "As expected of Captain Chen, amazing!"

Chen Tao looked back at the TV screen, but the news had already moved on to the next item.

Turning back to Yang Ning, Chen Tao asked疑惑地问道, "What is that person afraid of?"

"Two murders in a city of ten million people, and that's enough to scare that security consultant from the Santana Group?"

"This doesn't make sense..."

Yang Ning picked up a piece of donkey meat, put it in his mouth, and nodded, saying, "Hmm, that's right! It doesn't make sense! This donkey meat is really delicious!"

"It's best to stay far away from Zhongzhou..." Chen Tao said, then suddenly his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at Yang Ning and asked, "He's not... afraid of you, is he?"

"Did you scare him?! Make him too afraid to come?!"

Yang Ning had just swallowed the donkey meat in his mouth when he picked up a piece of sheep tripe with his chopsticks. His movement froze in mid-air, and he looked astonished: "Captain Chen, your imagination is getting wilder and wilder!"

"A security consultant for a multinational corporation probably hasn't even heard of me. Are you kidding me?"

Chen Tao's face showed a knowing look. "Master Yang, you just said two extra words, 'maybe'."

"These two words reveal that you subconsciously believe that there is a very high probability that the person has heard of you."

Snapped!

Yang Ning slammed the chopsticks down, "Are you out of your mind?! You haven't even warmed your seat yet and you're already thinking about moving on?!"

Chen Tao: "..."

"Eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"

......

After finishing their meal, the two parted ways.

Yang Ning returned to his hotel, and Chen Tao returned to his car.

A man carrying a wooden sword sat in his carriage; that was Li Bai.

As soon as Chen Tao got into the car, he said to Li Bai, "It's exactly as you predicted."

Li Bai nodded, looking completely unsurprised.

He picked up his phone and sent a voice message: "It's basically confirmed that Yang Ning's next target is the foreign guests at the Expo."

Chen Tao asked in confusion, "How did you know?"

Li Bai handed him two newspapers, one from ten years ago and the other from last week.

The headline of that newspaper ten years ago was about a fire that occurred in Mingyue City, Caiyun Province.

The fire occurred in a five-star hotel where an expatriate exchange team from a multinational medical company was staying that night.

That night, 31 people died in the fire, including several children.

But none of the multinational corporation's management team died.

In this newspaper, Chen Tao immediately spotted the name of the multinational corporation: Santa Group.

The list also includes the names of several managers from the Santana Group, who are considered representatives.

While Chen Tao was reading the newspaper, Li Bai next to him said, "Captain Chen, what do you think is the probability of someone working at the same company for ten consecutive years?"

Chen Tao pondered for a moment and said, "A small company definitely won't work, but it wouldn't be surprising if it were a large corporation like Santana, would it?"

Li Bai continued, "What if there are forty-three people? Forty-three employees of the Santa Group who came to this land on business ten years ago, and ten years later, they all came back, no more and no less."

"Over the past decade, some of them resigned voluntarily and left Santa Group, some were dismissed, and some retired..."

"For various reasons, many of them left the Santa Group one after another."

"But in the past year, all of these people have returned to Santa Group and rejoined the company."

"Among them was an old man in his sixties who, leaning on a cane and dragging an IV drip, returned to work at Santa Group."

Hearing Li Bai's calm description, Chen Tao's hand trembled slightly.

Then he saw a second newspaper, which reported that a medical expo between the two countries would be held in Zhongzhou next month.

The news article included a list of several key Santana Group personnel involved in the expo.

Chen Tao discovered that those names matched perfectly with the names at the end of news articles from ten years ago!

The newspaper trembled slightly in Chen Tao's hands because the information he had gathered was too dangerous!

Ten years ago!

Yunnan Province!

The children who died in the fire!

Chen Tao asked, trembling, "What about the children who died in the fire...?"

"You guessed it? Yes, that's right."

A hint of fear crept into Li Bai's voice: "There was a boy who was trafficked to Caiyun in the same batch as Yang Ning. That boy's name was Wu Di."

"..."

Then, a long silence fell over the car.

Chen Tao murmured, "Why were all forty-three people able to return to the Santa Group?"

"Did someone force them?"

Li Bai let out a long breath and said in a deep voice, "Someone changed their fate, allowing them to reunite after ten years and return to this land once again."

"Moreover, it's quite obvious that person hopes they won't leave now that they've come."

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