When Xing Zhong arrived, Zhao Tong and Liang Yun had already left.

"President Shen," he greeted Shen Jiyuan.

Shen Jiyuan turned to look at him. Xing Zhong didn't look very old; he should be about the same age as him, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight.

He is tall with long legs and a handsome appearance, but seems a bit cold and doesn't talk much.

Wearing plainclothes, he doesn't look like a police officer at all; he looks more like a highly knowledgeable and cultured university professor.

Shen Jiyuan nodded. "Captain Xing, thank you for your help."

Xing Zhong chuckled, "What do you mean by troublesome? President Shen is doing this for us. We're the ones who should be complaining."

He paused for a moment, then added, "President Shen, please don't call me Captain Xing anymore."

"I've just arrived in Jincheng, and very few people here know me."

"From now on, I am your bodyguard. You can just call me by my name."

Shen Jiyuan didn't stand on ceremony and nodded, "Let's go, let's go take a look."

Xing Zhong took the car keys from Shen Jiyuan and drove his flashy Rolls-Royce toward the store.

The store is called Qinglan Toy Store, located right outside the gate of Jiaxiang International Primary School. Behind the toy store is the residential complex where Su Qian rents her apartment.

"Dad," Shen Ji tugged at Shen Jiyuan's trouser leg, "Why don't we bring Shaoyao out? He's wearing his school uniform."

Shen Jiyuan thought about it and agreed.

If there's something wrong with this toy store, then we're definitely on high alert.

Their sudden arrival might alert the enemy.

But Shaoyao is different. Shaoyao is a student at this elementary school. After they left in the morning, that kid should have been picked up by the Lu family's driver and taken to school.

"That makes sense." Shen Jiyuan picked up his phone and quickly made a call to Lu Zhuonian.

They said they couldn't bear to see a child without parents, and that his only uncle was never home.

Poor thing, so I took the kids out to eat something nice and let them experience the beauty of the world.

Lu Zhuonian was so moved that he cried, "Good brother, having you in my life is my blessing!"

"I'll call their teacher right now!"

Shen Ji: "..."

He felt that this old man was becoming more and more of a scoundrel.

Where is there any trace of the aloof Buddhist villain in him now?

Ten minutes later, Peony, carrying her little schoolbag, came running out of the school gate. Her eyes lit up when she saw Shen Ji, "Little Ji, you've come to pick me up!"

Shen Ji waved at him, "Yeah, good brothers should share the good times!"

"My dad said he'd buy me toys, so of course I can't keep this to myself!"

"Hey bro, what do you want to eat today? What do you want to do? Just tell me!"

"My dad's treating!"

Shen Jiyuan slapped him on the head in an annoyed tone, "Are you using my money to show off here?"

Shen Ji snorted, "Then how about I go and take money from some other bastard father and stuff it in?"

"Don't even think about it!" Shen Jiyuan scoffed. "I'm not that poor yet, don't embarrass me."

Shang Yao glanced at Shen Jiyuan cautiously, then whispered in Shen Ji's ear, "Little Ji, shall we go somewhere else to buy toys?"

Shen Ji was taken aback. "What's wrong?"

Shang Yao glanced around, then said in an even lower voice, "The toys here could kill someone! Let's not buy anything from this store!"

Shen Ji paused, his gaze lingering. "How did you know?"

Shang Yao pursed his lips. "I heard it."

"Um?"

Shang Yao was silent for a while before whispering, "That noon after school, I had diarrhea, so I went to the toilet. When I returned to the classroom, all the students had left."

"I originally planned to go straight to eat, but then I remembered that I hadn't given the homework the teacher asked me to collect to him yet."

"So I took my homework to the teacher's office."

"When I was at the door, I saw a woman crying and making a scene in the teacher's office. I...I've seen that woman before; she's the parent of an older student."

"Their family runs a restaurant business, and my uncle took me to their house for a meal before."

"I heard from that aunt that the senior student died."

Shen Ji was stunned. He hadn't expected that the child who died from playing with toys, as mentioned by the shopkeeper at the wholesale market, was actually a child from this school.

And then the peony saw them.

He frowned and asked, "How do you know he died from playing with toys?"

Shang Yao glanced at him and said, "I only heard about it."

"My senior's mother was making a scene at school. I was outside and didn't dare to go in, but I could hear them arguing about toys and stuff inside."

"I didn't understand at first."

"But later, the news of the senior's death somehow spread throughout the school."

"Everyone was terrified. Some said he died of illness, some said he was hit by a car, and others said he was poisoned by toys while playing with them."

"After that, no one dared to buy toys from that store near the entrance anymore."

Shang Yao quietly pointed to the toy store and said, "Look, there's no one in the store."

Although Shang Yao and Shen Ji were talking quietly, children's voices can't be kept very low.

Shen Jiyuan and Xing Zhong naturally overheard it.

The two exchanged a glance, and Shen Jiyuan quickly slapped the two little ones on the back. "What are you whispering about? Come on, let's go buy toys."

"Uncle Shen..." Shang Yao asked anxiously.

He doesn't want the toys here; he doesn't want to die yet.

Shen Jiyuan didn't give him a chance to speak, and dragged him inside, saying, "Calling me grandpa won't help. Hurry up, I'll take you guys out to play after we're done shopping."

Shang Yao: "..."

This toy store isn't very big, only about 70 or 80 square meters, but the decoration is quite nice, and the store is clean and tidy.

In addition to toys, they also sold some school supplies.

The boss was dozing off in his recliner when he heard footsteps and suddenly opened his eyes.

He seemed taken aback when someone entered, then greeted them warmly, "Sir, are you buying a toy for your child?"

Shen Ji jumped and kicked her legs in the stroller, shouting, "Daddy!! I want Ultraman! Buy me Ultraman, I want Ultraman!!"

Shen Jiyuan sighed helplessly. "Boss, do you sell Ultraman toys here?"

Yes, yes.

The shop owner smiled and pointed to the shelf next to him, saying, "Look, those are all Ultraman toys. Pick some out yourselves. Don't worry, they're all genuine products with guaranteed materials that won't harm your children."

Shen Jiyuan nodded and pushed Shen Ji to the shelf over there.

Shang Yao followed behind them with his head down, looking at the rows and rows of Ultraman figures, not believing in light at all.

He felt that this was the King of Hell who was going to kill him!

Shen Jiyuan and Xing Zhong exchanged a glance, then pretended to push Shen Ji to pick out toys.

"How about this?" Shen Jiyuan took a toy set off the shelf and handed it to Shen Ji. "Don't you like Ultraman Tiga? This one is pretty cool."

Shen Ji glanced quickly at the packaging box and frowned.

It wasn't the kind of Lingdu product that the shop owner gave them.

"don't want!"

He pushed it away in disgust, "Dad, I want the Zero one!"

"Which one is handsome?"

"No."

"?"

"He was wearing red underwear, so festive!"

"..."

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