Unorthodox methods, cultivating immortality relies on rich women

"Hey kid, why are you running?" A familiar voice rang in his ears, and Shen Qingzhou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle Chang, can't you be a little gentler?" Shen Qingzhou sat back down in his chair and patted Xiao Qiu next to him. "Don't be afraid, you can eat yours."

Xiao Qiu was also startled and wanted to float away, but she couldn't bear to leave the incense still burning in the ashtray. Her little hands clenched tightly, and she stood there hesitant.

Hearing Shen Qingzhou say this, he slowly felt relieved and went back to the edge of the table to continue absorbing the incense.

The man at the door was around fifty years old, tall, dressed in casual clothes, with a weathered face, but his eyes were exceptionally sharp.

The visitor was Chang Shengli, the captain of the Third Detachment of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Xiling Branch of the Huinan Public Security Bureau.

Shen Qingzhou knew him when he was still at the orphanage, because he was the one who sent many of the children there, and he was also the one who sent the children's parents there.

"Uncle Chang, do you have a cigarette? I'll have one."

"Hey kid, can't you tidy up the house a bit? Look at the mess you've made here!"

Chang Shengli rebuked her irritably, but still took out a cigarette, thought for a moment, and finally threw the remaining half pack directly to Shen Qingzhou.

"Uncle Chang, you're so generous."

Shen Qingzhou took out a cigarette, lit it with a flourish, took a deep drag, and then exhaled a smoke ring that swayed gently in the air.

Seeing this, Xiao Qiu, who was standing next to him, also imitated him, took a deep breath of incense, and then tilted her head back to exhale into the air.

"Ha~, isn't that fun?"

Shen Qingzhou reached out and patted her little head again.

"Are there other people inside?"

Chang Shengli did not seem surprised by this.

"Hmm, just a young girl. Uncle Chang, did you come to see me because of some good news?"

As Shen Qingzhou spoke, he blew rings at the other person, big rings inside small rings, which made Xiao Qiu's eyes widen.

"You brat, can't I even come to see you?" Chang Shengli said irritably.

"Oh, so you come empty-handed? You're not welcome."

"I'm not going to waste my breath on you, I have serious business to discuss with you."

"I knew it, you wouldn't come to me with anything good."

"A reward of 200,000."

"Uncle Chang, you're like my own uncle! Please have a seat. What would you like to drink? Tea, coffee, or a soft drink?"

Shen Qingzhou sat up straight instantly, completely losing her previous lazy demeanor.

"You brat."

Chang Shengli was so angry he laughed and sat down directly opposite him.

However, she didn't argue with him and went straight to the point: "You heard about the throat-slitting case that happened last month, right?"

"Of course, I heard it was a female college student who died a horrible death. What, the killer hasn't been caught yet?"

In cases of such heinous crimes, the police generally do not inform the public but instead conduct investigations secretly.

So apart from people like Shen Qingzhou who have connections, ordinary people don't even know about this.

"According to our investigation, this is not the first time the perpetrator has committed this crime, and his methods are extremely similar to those in a case five years ago."

"Also a female college student?" Shen Qingzhou seemed intrigued and leaned forward slightly.

"Yes, they're all female college students, and they're all very pretty?"

"What a waste, I don't even have a girlfriend yet, and the government won't even give me one," Shen Qingzhou couldn't help but mutter.

"You're talking nonsense to me. When have you ever lacked women, except for money? If you had just settled down and found someone to settle down with, your kids would be calling me Grandpa Chang by now."

"You've hit the nail on the head. It's because I'm short of money that bad women don't want me, and I don't want to drag good women down with me, so I'll just stay single. Right now, all I want is to make money."

"If that's the case, then get moving! Do you think money will fall from the sky while we're sitting here?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingzhou immediately reached out her hand.

"What are you doing?" Chang Shengli quickly covered his pocket, looking wary. "I've given all my salary to your aunt, I don't have a penny on me, so I can't lend you any money."

Over the years, Shen Qingzhou has "borrowed" a lot of money from him under various pretexts, so he has long since become shrewd.

"I asked you to show me the case analysis report," Shen Qingzhou said irritably.

"That won't do. This is internal information. You're not a police officer."

"Then why did you come to see me? To tell me a story?"

"Do you want money?"

"think."

"This case has a terrible impact. Our police are offering a reward of 200,000 yuan. Anyone who provides useful clues and leads to the arrest of the murderer can take the money directly..."

Although Chang Shengli couldn't show Shen Qingzhou the internal police files, he still told Shen Qingzhou some clues that the police currently had.

Upon hearing this, Shen Qingzhou chuckled and said, "This is easy to handle, but I need two more pieces of information."

"Hey~, they're all here."

Chang Shengli pulled a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and threw it in front of Shen Qingzhou. Clearly, he was already very familiar with Shen Qingzhou's investigation methods.

Shen Qingzhou opened the note and glanced at it; it contained two addresses.

One is the address of the crime scene, and the other is the victim's home address.

"All done~"

Shen Qingzhou snapped his fingers.

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As dusk falls, the setting sun casts its last rays, bathing the sky, buildings, and vegetation in a warm, orange-red hue, making the whole world feel as gentle as if it were enveloped in a soft glow.

But the people around were hurrying by, and no one paid any attention to this beautiful scenery.

As Shen Qingzhou walked among the crowd, he thought to himself that if he could complete this bounty, the children's food expenses would be covered, which would give him a little respite.

Otherwise, he would be thinking about where to make money as soon as he opened his eyes every day, which really exhausted him.

Shen Qingzhou was abandoned as a child. If it weren't for Grandma Song from the Giraffe Welfare Home who picked him up from the roadside on that bitterly cold morning and fed him little by little with rice water, patiently raising him to adulthood, he would probably have become a corpse on the roadside long ago and would not have lived to adulthood.

But now that Grandma Song is getting old, the welfare home's funding has dried up, and it is gradually becoming unable to make ends meet, and it is on the verge of being dissolved.

The children in the orphanage could only be sent to government-run welfare institutions, and went their separate ways.

Shen Qingzhou was unwilling to see the orphanage close down, after all, it was Grandma Song's life's work, and he didn't want to see his younger siblings who had grown up be separated.

So Shen Qingzhou, who had just graduated, took on the heavy responsibility of raising funds.

Of course, this is not simply because he is nostalgic and kind-hearted; there is another important reason.

That was the unorthodox art he practiced. The method was simple and quick to take effect, but the side effects were also great, with all five deficiencies and three lacks.

But Shen Qingzhou is considered a genius of the unorthodox path because he is different from ordinary people. He innovates and forges his own unique path, avoiding the five drawbacks and two shortcomings.

As the saying goes, the number of the Great Expansion is fifty, but its use is forty-nine, and all things in the world are not perfect.

Therefore, Shen Qingzhou could not avoid this deficiency, nor dared to avoid it, otherwise he would surely face great disaster.

This deficiency is a lack of wealth. They are born unable to accumulate wealth, and having money in their pockets will inevitably bring disaster. They will spend as much as they have, and they cannot even spend it on themselves.

So all the money he's earned over the years has gone into welfare homes, and he himself lives a very hard life.

I was planning to pull off a big heist and completely solve the problems at the welfare home.

Then find a rich woman, live off her, drink her wine, and live a carefree life.

But now that the work is done, the money is gone, which is really frustrating.

Fortunately, Chang Shengli entrusted a job in time, otherwise he really wouldn't know where to get the money.

This is not the first time he has collaborated with Chang Shengli; most of the funds he raised previously came from him.

"Could you please take a look? Thank you!"

Just then, a flyer was handed to Shen Qingzhou from the side, interrupting his thoughts.

Shen Qingzhou didn't think much of it and took it casually. He thought it was just an ordinary dating ad and was about to throw it away, but he found that it was a missing person notice.

Name: Qiu Xiaoman (Nickname: Xiao Qiu)

Age at disappearance: 4 years old

Gender: Female

Height: Approximately 95cm

Features: ...

Xiao Qiu?

Shen Qingzhou was taken aback.

He didn't know Xiao Qiu well, and he didn't bring her home himself; she came with the dog.

Specifically, he accepted a lost dog request on a local platform, and Xiao Qiu was right next to him when the dog was found.

Shen Qingzhou didn't talk to her at the time, or even give her a glance. After all, he had seen a lot of ghosts since he was a child, and ghosts were like strangers to him. What kind of good person talks to strangers every day?

Then Xiao Qiu saw him take the dog away, so she followed him all the way home.