My girlfriend isn't as cute as me.

Books floated down from the bookshelf and surrounded him.

Lin Jiu raised his hands, and all the books automatically turned the pages, projecting virtual images and scenes.

Officer Li's conversation flashed before Lin Jiu's eyes. He snapped his left index finger and thumb together, extracting the key points. With his right hand, he swept away most of the irrelevant information, avoiding consuming his brain's processing memory.

What we missed wasn't a mistake, but rather something that happened too soon.

But for Lin Jiu, there is no such thing as missing out.

The hands of the clock are turned, and every scene is recorded in the book of memories.

When you eliminate all the impossible scenarios, what remains, however unbelievable, is the truth.

—From the first chapter of "The Sign of Four" in the Sherlock Holmes stories.

"I see."

Lin Jiu slowly closed her eyes and rubbed her temples to relieve the dizziness that was coming from her brain.

“Officer Li, please investigate the parents of Li Zhihao, Li Peichen, and Zhou Hanbao. I believe they are involved in this attempted stabbing incident… as well as my homeroom teacher, Huang Mei.” Lin Jiu paused, then added, “I suspect that Ning Yueyao’s address was provided by her.”

Li Linchen thought for a moment, then slowly asked, "Do you have any evidence?"

"Of course, this is just my personal guess." Lin Jiu smiled, his smile full of confidence. "If we want to confirm this possibility, there is actually a way."

"any solution?"

"My registered address at school is Room 404, 4th Floor, Building 4, Hubei Village, Fukou District, S City. Of course, I no longer live here. If something happens here..."

Lin Jiu did not continue speaking.

You know everything.

Chapter 71 Let's sleep together tonight! (4K)

"Report: Room 404, 4th Floor, Building 4, Hubei Village, was broken into. The door lock was pried open, and household appliances such as the TV, refrigerator, and air conditioner were smashed all over the floor. Fortunately, no one was injured. We have contacted the landlord to understand the situation and learned that the room was sold by the previous resident, Lin Shanzong, last Friday. The current resident has been fined 5,000 yuan and detained for 15 days for violating Article 66 of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, please be careful."

"Serve the people!"

The call has ended.

Li Linchen slowly put down the landline phone.

He rubbed his temples to relieve the stress caused by the intense work of the past few days.

He hadn't had a good night's sleep for many days; even an iron man would feel tired.

The biggest problem right now is the shortage of police officers. There are too many things to handle, and frontline staff are overwhelmed these days. All police officers and auxiliary police have had their holidays canceled, and some are often on duty for twelve hours at a time. After all, besides these major cases, various disputes occur every day, and the police are needed to handle them.

"No evidence, no clues, no sight of the culprit... how did they even guess?" Li Linchen muttered to himself.

Li Linchen didn't recall providing much information to the other party; he merely informed them of relevant matters and offered reminders to ensure their right to know. After all, the police couldn't protect him 24/7, and the most important thing was for him to remain vigilant.

He pondered for a moment, then tapped the table with two fingers, as if he was hesitating about something.

In the end, Li Linchen gave a wry smile; he had once again convinced himself.

No, he was persuaded by Lin Jiu.

Li Linchen picked up the phone, pressed the shortcut key he had set, and instructed the line operator: "Notify Group Four to prepare for a meeting."

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Mingyuexuan Residential Community.

Ning Yueyao had returned home. She went back to her room and locked the door.

Dad isn't home.

My mother is in poor health, so she went to bed early.

Sister Gao was staying at her house, in the guest room next to Ning Yueyao's.

Sister Gao even held her when she was little, so they're quite familiar with each other.

Her mother was also very happy to see her, because the house was always very quiet and lacked a lively atmosphere.

Her father was already very busy, sometimes not seeing her for a whole week, but he still came to school to see her yesterday. Ning Yueyao felt very satisfied with this. She worked so hard to get first place in the whole grade, just so that her father would have something to talk about when he came home. Every time she got good grades, her father would be very happy and would take a picture of the certificate as a souvenir.

This made Ning Yueyao feel that her efforts had been rewarded.

This feeling is wonderful.

Ning Yueyao changed her clothes into a nightgown, groped her way into bed in the dark, as if this was the only safe place.

She didn't turn on the light, but it didn't really matter whether the light was on or off. After all, it was at the entrance of the supermarket... and bad guys still rushed towards her, didn't they?

Ning Yueyao hugged the pillow.

When she encountered bad people, she wasn't afraid at first; in fact, she even appeared somewhat indifferent.

Honestly, when those two men charged at her with knives, she wasn't scared at all.

She glanced around instinctively, wondering what Lin Jiu would do.

Only then did she realize that Lin Jiu was not by her side this time.

If he were here, even if the sky were to fall, it wouldn't be scary.

But he wasn't there.

Ning Yueyao started to panic.

She tried to run away, but her attention was completely drawn to the knife in the other person's hand, and her mind went blank. Her legs went weak; she wanted to run, but her body wouldn't obey her commands, and her heart pounded faster and faster. She gripped the bag tightly with both hands—and then threw it.

To be honest, Ning Yueyao didn't know why she did it. Like a rabbit cornered, she threw the object. At that moment, she seemed to hear Lin Jiu's voice, as if she were caring for a mentally challenged child.

"Squad leader, couldn't you have run a little further away?"

With my short legs, why should I run?

Can I outrun everyone else? Huh? Ah!

I failed the 50-meter dash! Fail!

When Ning Yueyao threw the bag, the two thugs with knives did pause for a moment. Anyone suddenly hit in the face with a bag of fruit would be stunned, let alone with some white, viscous liquid smeared on their face. Just then, Sister Gao and Uncle Zhang pounced from behind and tackled the two men to the ground. They successfully disarmed them and handcuffed them with silver bracelets.

When the police car arrived, Uncle Zhang praised Ning Yueyao for her courage! Fearless in the face of danger, a hero emerges from among the young.

In reality, Ning Yueyao was already terrified; she just couldn't run anymore.

"Ugh……"

Ning Yueyao buried her head in the pillow.

Do you want to cry?

To be honest, I don't want to cry at all.

Are you scared? Terrified! Who could stand that?!

Ning Yueyao felt like she was under a rock, afraid that someone might suddenly pop out from under her wardrobe or bed.

"..."

Could it really be true?

Ning Yueyao instinctively wrapped the blanket tighter around herself, not daring to even stick her feet out, as if the blanket were a protective barrier. If she were to stick her feet out for a moment of coolness, the barrier would break, and that would be a fatal factor causing the army's defeat.

Okay, I don't believe I'm the only one who thinks this way.

Ning Yueyao tried to reach for her phone, but luckily it was right next to her bedside. She grabbed it and immediately pulled her hand back.

She wanted to turn on the flashlight to check if there were any demons or monsters in the room.

However, Ning Yueyao stopped moving after unlocking her phone screen.

Compared to someone who has no friends, Ning Yueyao has a lot of friends.

In addition, she is good-looking and easy-going, so many people want to develop a relationship with her.

There are so many friend messages on my chat app that I can't scroll through them all, but there's only one message that I'm really interested in.

Ning Yueyao immediately perked up, no longer hugging her pillow, but still needing to cover herself with the blanket... she couldn't do without the blanket for a sense of security.

"Don't go to school these next couple of days, ask for leave, and be careful."

"That's what the cat-headed creature said."

No, that's Lin Jiu's chat app profile picture.

Ning Yueyao puffed out her cheeks slightly. She had sent a message to Lin Jiu last night asking if she was there, but it wasn't until tonight that she replied.

In fact, let alone Ning Yueyao, Lin Jiu planned to ignore anyone who sent a message asking "Are you there?" without specifying the subject. Who knows who it might be asking to borrow money—well, except for Wang Yuting.

After all, Wang Yuting wouldn't ask Lin Jiu for money.

Ning Yueyao placed her finger on the phone screen, thinking for a long time but not knowing what to reply.

Could it be that Lin Jiu knows I was in danger? No way, no matter how smart Lin Jiu is, she couldn't possibly guess I was the victim just by hearing the police sirens. It's impossible. Otherwise, wouldn't I lose face?

Ning Yueyao pondered for a moment, then sighed deeply.

Forget it, what good is face anyway?

Haven't I embarrassed myself in front of him enough times?

"I will, thank you."

After replying to the message, Ning Yueyao kept staring at the screen, waiting for a reply.

Her phone was on silent, otherwise it would keep ringing because so many people were trying to reach her.

Ning Yueyao's best friend Huang Minmin is a chatterbox who can talk to her about anything. Because Ning Yueyao didn't go to school today, Huang Minmin's messages flooded her screen, even causing Ning Yueyao's phone to lag at one point, which shows that she is quite capable.

Ning Yueyao waited and waited until her phone vibrated.

She squinted at it and saw that Lin Jiu had replied!

Lin Jiu replied with a single word: "Mm".

Ning Yueyao blinked.

She swiped her finger upwards, but unfortunately, she had already swiped all the way down.