"How about it? If you help me find the murderer who harmed Nannan, I can give you another million."
"The money is good money, and I want to earn it, but I work in the Yin world and don't deal with matters of the Yang world at all. Moreover, the person who harmed Nannan is not from the Yin world, so even if I wanted to earn this money, I couldn't. Otherwise, I would be breaking the rules.
You must know that the Yang world has its rules, and the Yin world has its laws. They cannot be mixed. The person who wanted to harm Nannan's life should be an ordinary person, so I cannot help with this matter. If I break the rules, not only will I be unlucky, but I might also implicate the person involved."
Actually, I shouldn't have said so much to him, but thinking that he almost lost his daughter, I still said these things. Otherwise, if he found other people from the Yin world to hunt for the killer, Nannan would be the one to suffer in the end.
Su Jiandong frowned and didn't speak immediately. Instead, he looked at me seriously and said after a moment of silence, "How do you know that the person who harmed my daughter is an ordinary person, and not someone from the Yin world, as you put it?"
I smiled and explained, "If he were truly from the Yin world, he wouldn't have allowed Nannan's earthly soul to leave her body, nor would he have let those weasels easily take her away. Also, do you think he would have let the item that could prolong life go unsearched?"
Upon hearing the words "prolong life," Su Jiandong's pupils contracted to the size of needle points, and his gaze was fixed on me. After a long time, he withdrew his gaze and said in a hoarse voice,
"How do you know Nannan has something that prolongs life?"
I didn't rush to answer his question, but instead wondered what he meant by that. Did he find Nannan just to put on a show, and his real purpose was the item that could prolong life?
Thinking that this might involve things I shouldn't know, I quickly explained why I knew. As for what Nannan actually had on her, I didn't know, because Murong Yun was holding her the moment she appeared, not me.
Besides, I had no interest in prying into others' possessions.
After hearing my explanation, Su Jiandong sighed and said, "Isn't Mr. Song curious about what that thing is?"
I shook my head like a rattle drum and said I wasn't curious. As the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat. Moreover, there were more important things waiting for me to do, so I wasn't curious at all. You don't need to tell me.
In fact, it wasn't hard to guess what Su Jiandong meant by his later words. Based on what was shown on television, it was nothing more than a scene of families fighting over treasures or enemies fighting.
But from any angle, this was not something I, a mere Yin diviner, could get involved in.
From the fact that Su Jiandong could summon thousands of people to search the mountain with just a few phone calls, it was not difficult to guess that his identity was extraordinary. At least in my opinion, he was a big figure I couldn't afford to offend. Not everyone was qualified to hear the secrets of such people.
At least for now, I didn't have that qualification, nor did I want to get involved in unnecessary trouble, because my time was tight, and making money was still my top priority.
Su Jiandong smiled, said nothing, and lit a cigarette, puffing on it.
Silence fell for a moment.
Creak—
The door of the mourning hall opened from the inside.
Murong Yun walked out of the mourning hall holding Nannan. Nannan was already asleep, with tear streaks still on her eyes. Her small body twitched, which was heartbreaking to see. Murong Yun's eyes were red, indicating she had cried a lot.
"Thank you, Mr. Song, for helping us find our daughter. I don't know how to express my gratitude." As she spoke, Murong Yun was about to kneel down.
I quickly stopped her and said, "It was just a coincidence. If Nannan hadn't suddenly come to my house, I wouldn't have been able to help you find her. Finding her is fate, so there's no need for kowtowing."
Su Jiandong did not stop Murong Yun's action. Instead, he beckoned to the bodyguards outside the door. The bodyguards walked over again with the briefcase and opened it in front of me.
"Mr. Song, there is 1.5 million here. It's a token of my gratitude for helping me find my daughter. Please accept it."
I frowned slightly and said, "Mr. Su, have you made a mistake? The announcement you posted was for 1 million, so why is there an extra 500,000? Isn't that against the rules?"
No one would refuse more money, and neither would I. But it also depended on the nature of the money. Not all money could be spent casually. Without understanding the meaning of the money, it was easy to incur retribution.
Su Jiandong smiled and said, "This extra 500,000 is to thank Mr. Song for clearing up my doubts just now." Although he still had a smile on his face, his eyes were icy cold.
This made me instantly understand what he meant. Originally, he thought the murderer who harmed Nannan was from the Yin world, which was why he asked me to help him pursue the killer. But I had denied this, so he understood that the person who did this was an ordinary person.
But how could an ordinary person possibly come into contact with a pampered little princess like Nannan? Those who could contact her were all family members. Therefore, it must be someone who deliberately wanted to harm his daughter, and how could he tolerate that?
After understanding all this, I didn't refuse. I took the briefcase from the bodyguard and said, "I feel unworthy of this."
As I was leaving, Su Jiandong gave me a business card with only his name, Su Jiandong, and a phone number, saying I could call him if I needed anything.
Watching Su Jiandong's family leave, I breathed a sigh of relief, but I always felt something was not quite right, though I couldn't recall what it was.
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As dusk began to fall, Huang San swaggered to my door with a group of disciples and grand-disciples. He placed his hind legs on the ground, with his front paws behind his back, and wore a hat woven from grass. If one looked at him casually, they would really think he was a little old man.
He knocked on the door in a proper manner and then asked me if he could come in. This caught me by surprise. Before I could speak, Bai Ling'er, who was coiled on the lounge chair, spoke.
"If you want to enter, all four legs must be on the ground. You just opened your mouth to speak, and you want to imitate humans. I think you're itching for a beating."
Huang San's face immediately fell, and the whiskers at the corners of his mouth trembled even more. He said in a complaining tone, "Wasn't I just trying to adapt to what it feels like to be human in advance! Do you have to skin me alive right away?" Su Dan Novel Network
"You know what you're doing. I'll let it slide this time, but if you act recklessly again, be careful I don't break your legs."
Facing the suddenly fierce Bai Ling'er, Huang San's whiskers trembled with anger, but he couldn't do anything to Bai Ling'er. In the end, he threw the grass hat on his head far away in anger, then walked in slowly on all fours.
Bai Ling'er rolled her eyes in disdain at this and then continued to lie on the lounge chair to rest, as if nothing had happened.
I could only shake my head and smile bitterly at this. Huang San's intention was very simple: he wanted to become a guardian spirit at my house. However, as the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless they are a male and a female.
Although Bai Ling'er was female, she couldn't tolerate others running wild on her territory, so with just a few words, she completely dispelled Huang San's idea of becoming a guardian spirit.
"Young Master Song, what can I do for you?"