The conference room was silent, so quiet that not a pin could be heard.
Xiao Yun Sheng looked at everyone, his expression solemn and serious.
"As you have heard, it was all thanks to this little girl that Lou Ju Sheng was brought to justice. She is also a cultivator."
"We will now conduct a detailed investigation into Lou Ju Sheng's criminal activities over the years. During this period, we will cooperate with this young girl."
"If you wish to meet her, I will bring two Daoist priests along when you see her next."
"Moreover, I hope that when the two Daoist priests interact with her, their attitudes will be a little better."
"I suspect she has someone behind her, and their strength is not to be underestimated."
Although he was an ordinary person, he had no clear understanding of the strength of cultivators.
However, since someone could teach her cultivation basics at such a young age, it was clearly not something an ordinary person could achieve.
Now that Lou Ju Sheng's murder method had been clarified, the next step was to check the places Lou Ju Sheng had visited over the years and compare them with local missing persons.
This was not a task that any single local police department could complete.
After deliberation, the investigation of this case was completely handed over to National Security Unit Seven, with members of the criminal investigation team, including Chen Jing Sheng, providing assistance.
In addition to the aforementioned follow-up work, they also needed to investigate whom Lou Ju Sheng had deeply interacted with.
Xiao Yun Sheng could not even imagine the dire consequences and panic that would be triggered if such an evil cultivation technique, which relied on absorbing the essence and blood of a person to cultivate, were to spread.
Seeing that Xiao Yun Sheng had arranged the follow-up actions, Chen Dao Ling walked over and slapped him on the shoulder.
The immense force made Xiao Yun Sheng wince.
"Boy, I've listened to your arrangements. When will you take this old man to see that little娃娃?"
Xiao Yun Sheng looked at Chen Jing Sheng. "Captain Chen, I'll go with the two Daoist priests to find Jian Sheng. You cooperate with my team members to investigate, and I'll provide remote command. How about that?"
Although Chen Jing Sheng really wanted to personally witness Jian Sheng's miraculous abilities, Xiao Yun Sheng had already made the arrangements, so he naturally obeyed.
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At the farmhouse.
After hanging up the phone, Jian Sheng couldn't help but look forward to it.
First, she would interact with the cultivators here, and then she would go to the secular affiliated sects of the cultivation world.
These affiliated sects all had passages into the cultivation world.
At that time, she could definitively verify if this was her original world.
Thinking of this, Jian Sheng's lips curved upwards, and her steps towards everyone became lighter.
Jiang Bin smiled and asked, "Sheng Sheng seems very happy?"
"Mm! I'll be home soon! Of course, Sheng Sheng is happy!"
Jian Sheng nodded vigorously, her slightly excited expression incredibly cute.
However, when she saw Jian Jun Ruo, who was still standing far away and had not left, Jian Sheng's steps gradually faltered.
She was born as a longevity species abandoned in the lower realm, with no parents or any relatives.
She had also imagined countless times what it would be like to have a dad and mom.
She wanted to grow up, wanted to restart the Tong Tian Road, and wanted to personally go to the upper realm to ask why they had thrown her down.
Why did she have to face the covetousness of so many people in the cultivation world alone?
When they threw her down, did they not consider what a longevity species, who had not yet grown up and had no self-preservation ability, would mean to the people in the cultivation world, and what she would encounter?
…
She had thought of many things.
And she could only think about them.
So when she transmigrated into this small body, absorbed the dissipated residual soul of the original body, and inherited the original body's strong obsession,
Facing the surging and passionate maternal love of Jian Jun Ruo, she chose to default and accept, and chose to fulfill the original body's wish.
And in the subsequent interactions, she gradually began to enjoy the kinship that Jian Jun Ruo brought her.
In her heart, she had already recognized this place and these relatives.
But she forgot that her recognition, her feelings, were all her own wishful thinking.
Because she was fake.
She was just a cuckoo occupying a magpie's nest, a fake who was greedy for their affection.
Her "parents" and the Jian family's affection for her were all based on the fact that she was "Jian Sheng."
That she was their daughter and relative.
And the real "Jian Sheng" had already died in that river, which was so heavy that it could crush and grind a person, before she transmigrated.
Even the last remaining soul fragments had been absorbed by her.
From this perspective, it was not an exaggeration to say that she was an enemy who had completely cut off their daughter's hope of resurrection and reincarnation.
When they knew this…
Jian Sheng dared not continue to think about it.
The cultivation world was where she had lived for over three hundred years, and there were many elders there who were also very good to her.
But that goodness was more like a form of compensation.
There, everyone knew that she was an outsider, and even not of the same race as them.
She had spent three hundred years to slowly eliminate this barrier and consider it her home.
She made herself not think about the past, not think about the reasons why those elders were good to her, and only treat that goodness as the affection of elders for their juniors.
Little by little, she sought a sense of identity and belonging.
She could not let go of the emotional investment accumulated bit by bit in the cultivation world, nor could she let go of the infinitely doting family here.
She was very selfish, and she didn't want to give up either side.
Her face was suddenly tugged.
She looked up and stared blankly at Jian Xiu Huan in front of her.
"I know Sheng Sheng misses home. After the variety show is finished, or whenever there's a break, Big Brother will take Sheng Sheng home, okay?"
The little girl's smile returned. "Mm!"
Just wait a little longer, give her a little more time.
When she helps Mommy properly assess her scumbag dad, when she finds more supporters for Mommy, when she helps Grandpa cure his illness, and helps Big Uncle find the person who harmed Grandpa.
When she… enjoys a little more time with her family.
Then…
She would confess to them.
Jian Xiu Huan's brows furrowed, and a sudden, indescribable sadness filled his heart, as if he was about to lose something, making him extremely agitated.
He fiercely pinched the little girl's soft cheek again and threatened in a gruff voice:
"Since you're here, have fun, okay!"
"Even if you miss home, don't overthink it!"
"Little Aunt and I are here. Wherever there is family, that is your home!"
The little girl pouted and playfully slapped his hand away.
"Bad Big Brother! You just want to take the opportunity to pinch my face!"
The fleshy little hand rubbed her cheek, her heart feeling a little bitter, but the smile on her lips never stopped.
The program group's arrangement for today was mainly to experience the local customs and traditions of the countryside.
After leaving the homestay and not seeing her mommy, Jian Sheng's heart drifted towards Xiao Yun Sheng and the others who were about to arrive.
And the absent-minded Jian Sheng did not notice that not far from them, a man dressed as a villager, his face shifting between excitement and resentment,
Was staring at them with a distorted expression.