Mysterious Séancer: My Doll Can Really Show Its Power

Under the cover of night, the paper lantern with its flickering flame in front of Yang Ning appeared even more eerie in front of the gate of Qinghe Residential Area.

It was completely dark, and there were fewer pedestrians. Apart from the police officers and plainclothes officers who were staking out Yang Ning, there was practically no one to be seen on the street.

As a result, the barbecue stall owner, the auntie selling iced porridge, and the young lady selling watermelons gradually became awkward.

So, should we set up this stall or not?

Seeing that his men had been completely exposed, Chen Tao simply stopped pretending. He got out of the van and strode over to Yang Ning.

"Master Yang, are you performing a ritual here?"

"Waiting for someone." Yang Ning pointed to the watermelon beside him. "Want some?"

Chen Tao shook his head: "I'm afraid of dying."

"Who is Master Yang waiting for here? Su Hu?"

Yang Ning laughed and said, "Why would I wait for a grown man like him?"

Chen Tao persisted, "Then who are you waiting for?"

After saying that, he added, "Young Master Yang, you have a special status now, and as a police officer, I have the right to know your whereabouts."

Yang Ning glanced at the candlelight in the paper lantern, poked at the flame a few times, and said, "I'll wait for Su Ying here."

Chen Tao's eyelids twitched slightly. He glanced to his side, and a police officer immediately ran back to the van, picked up the walkie-talkie, and said, "Keep an eye on Su Hu's sister; she's highly likely to be a victim of collateral damage!"

"Why are you waiting for Su Ying? She's extremely clean, so clean that she doesn't even know her brother's true identity!"

Chen Tao narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing within them. "Could it be that, Master Yang, you've finally decided to target ordinary people?"

Yang Ning shook his head and said, "I don't understand what you mean, Captain Chen, but it's quite obvious..."

He pointed to the officer who had just run back to the car and then returned, and said, "Captain Chen, you and your colleagues are prejudiced against me."

Chen Tao said coldly, "Master Yang, we have no prejudice against you. On the contrary, many people in our team even admire you. But duty dictates that we are destined to be enemies."

The flame inside the paper lantern flickered and danced in the wind. Yang Ning asked quietly, "Captain Chen, are the police handling cases based on gut feeling now? Aren't they supposed to rely on evidence?"

"good."

Chen Tao calmly said, "That's precisely why you can still sit here so freely to perform the ritual. Now, Master Yang, please tell me, what are you waiting for Su Ying to do?"

Yang Ning took out a slightly yellowed booklet and opened it. Page after page was covered with densely packed little figures, but they were all in black and white.

Turning to the last page, Yang Ning glanced at the only colorful little figure on it, looked up at Chen Tao with a smile, and said, "I'm waiting for her to leave."

Glancing at the booklet in Yang Ning's hand, Chen Tao's speech slowed down: "So, Master Yang, can I understand that...?"

"You still want to kill Su Hu?"

Yang Ning, with his signature gentleness and smile, said, "Captain Chen, I think Su Hu never imagined in his entire life that one day he would be under the protection of the police."

Just as Chen Tao was about to say something more, a police officer next to him suddenly reminded him, "Captain Chen!"

Following the police officer's gaze, Chen Tao saw a girl with a furrowed brow walking out of Qinghe Residential Area; it was Su Ying.

"Where have you gone? You're not answering your phone or replying to messages..."

Su Ying muttered to herself, when suddenly she spotted Yang Ning outside the gate of the residential complex. "Master Yang?!"

What are you doing here?!

Su Ying stepped forward with some surprise, and only then did she see Chen Tao standing in front of Yang Ning. "Who...who is this?"

Yang Ning stroked the flame inside the paper lantern with one hand and said, "It's too late, let's go home."

Chen Tao chimed in, "Young Master Yang is right, young lady, you should hurry home."

"oh oh......"

Su Ying asked cautiously, "Then, shall I leave?"

Yang Ning nodded, and Chen Tao said, "Don't worry, no one here can hurt you."

Su Ying glanced at Chen Tao, puzzled, then waved goodbye to Yang Ning: "Goodbye, Master Yang!"

"goodbye."

After Su Ying left, Chen Tao looked at Yang Ning and said, "She's gone."

"Um."

Yang Ning stood up and said, "Then I should go too."

He turned and glanced into the Qinghe residential area. "He should leave too."

Chen Tao stood between Yang Ning and the gate of Qinghe Community. Although he didn't say a word, his attitude was quite firm.

At this moment, a garbage truck drove out of the community, adding a bit of an unpleasant smell to the air.

At that moment, boom—

Suddenly, a flame shot up from the paper lantern that Yang Ning had been playing with, startling everyone present except Yang Ning!

However, as Yang Ning flipped his hand and pressed down, the flame instantly shrank and turned back into a small flame.

"What are you doing?!"

"Don't move!"

Several police officers shouted sternly, and some even drew their guns and pointed them at Yang Ning!

Chen Tao's expression changed drastically because he suddenly thought of something!

The woman who died and came back to life at the crematorium!

Chen Tao had learned about the case and that when he was investigating Yang Ning's information that morning, he also learned that Yang Ning had been to the crematorium yesterday!

He even pulled up and watched the surveillance video from the crematorium!

Yang Ning lit a paper lantern at the crematorium in this way!

Finally, he handed the paper lantern to Xu Juan, a woman who had been declared dead by the hospital but later miraculously came back to life!

Seeing the officers' reactions, Yang Ning simply smiled, picked up the yellowed book, and said, "My business is done. I'm leaving now."

The book originally had only one colorful little figure, but now there's another one.

Yang Ning placed the paper lantern, still flickering with flame, in a sheltered corner and said to Chen Tao, "Captain Chen, if—I mean, if—the ambulance arrives later, could you please give that paper lantern to the patient who needs emergency care?"

"If you're not willing, then I'll just have to wait here a little longer."

At this moment, Chen Tao's eyes were filled with endless horror, and he murmured, "Good, good..."

"Thank you, Captain Chen."

After saying that, Yang Ning walked to the roadside, and swish—

Quite by chance, a taxi stopped right in front of him.

After getting in the car, Yang Ning closed his eyes and pretended to doze off. "To the airport."

"Okay!"

After glancing at the driver's full gear—sunglasses and a mask—that was still going on late at night, Yang Ning added, "Forty-three minutes."

The driver flinched, and the taxi, which had been accelerating, almost broke down on the spot.

After Yang Ning left, at the entrance of Qinghe Residential Area, a group of police officers surrounded Chen Tao. Someone asked, "Um, Captain Chen, are we going to arrest Su Hu?"

Without any hesitation, Chen Tao shouted sharply, "Arrest them!"

"You guys go arrest them, I'll wait here!"

The officers all looked puzzled. Usually, Chen Tao was always the first to rush to the front line when it came to making arrests. What was wrong with him today?

However, no one questioned Chen Tao's decision, and soon all the police officers rushed to the apartment building where Su Hu was located to make the arrest!

Shortly after the police officers set off, Chen Tao, who was standing at the entrance of the residential area, saw a blue emergency light shining in the darkness rapidly approaching him.

An ambulance really came!

Chen Tao himself looked like he had seen a ghost on the spot!

He immediately stepped forward to direct the property management to open the gate and lead the ambulance into the community. He then met the emergency medical personnel in the ambulance with their patient, a little boy who had choked on a fish bone while eating fish!

The boy's mother cried, "My son choked on his food, and I tried everything, but nothing worked!"

"At that time, at that time, the person was already dead, truly dead! My husband had already given up hope, but suddenly he coughed and spat out the fish bone!"

"I'm so sorry! He wasn't here yet when I called; he only recently recovered!"

"I'm so sorry to have wasted your time!"

"It's alright, it's alright, as long as he's safe. What a cute little boy!"

"Grow up well!"

Listening to the paramedics exchanging pleasantries with the boy's parents, Chen Tao silently left. He walked back to the front door as if he had lost his soul, staring blankly at the paper lantern burning in the corner.

After Chen Tao delivered the paper lantern to the child who had a fishbone stuck in his throat as promised, "beep beep beep—"

His phone rang.

"Feed?"

"Captain Chen, something terrible has happened! Su Hu has disappeared!"

Chen Tao was not surprised at all by this result.

He would be surprised if Su Hu were actually caught by him.

He didn't even want to send people to search the surrounding area because he felt it would be mostly useless.

When the call reached the Technical Investigation Department, Chen Tao's voice was as calm as still water: "Investigate the cell phone locations of Su Hu and Yang Ning, immediately."

"Captain Chen, Su Hu's phone is located at his home in Qinghe Residential Area! Yang Ning's phone, it looks like..."

"He's heading to the airport!"

"knew!"

Hanging up the phone, Chen Tao picked up the walkie-talkie and said urgently, "Second team, stay and continue the search. Everyone else!"

"Head to Zhongzhou Airport immediately!"

Contact airport security!

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