"Hmm? He slammed his face into your palm, so he's the one who hit you?"
Zhao Yan nodded. "Yes!"
"Tell the truth!"
Zhao Yan said, "He made the first move, and I just used a little bit of strength to defend myself."
"A tiny bit of strength, right?" the young male officer behind them said, looking at Liu Hongjie's swollen face.
"No, I really only used a little bit of strength," Zhao Yan said seriously.
If she had used her full strength, she feared she could have knocked Liu Hongjie's head askew with a single punch.
"You'll have to come to the police station with us to give a statement, and this DSLR camera needs to stay with me for now," the middle-aged male officer said.
Zhao Yan nodded cooperatively. "No problem."
Thinking of her electric scooter, she quickly added, "Officer, may I ride my electric scooter there?"
"You'll ride with us, and let Xiao Qin ride your scooter over."
"Okay!"
Zhao Yan got into the car with the police.
Inside the police station, Zhao Yan was taken to another room, where a female officer asked her questions, and she answered.
Outside the transparent glass door, two male officers stood, watching Zhao Yan through the glass.
The young officer, Xiao Qin, said, "Captain Zhang, I feel like this young lady looks familiar!"
The middle-aged officer, Captain Zhang, took a sip of water. "How so?"
"Last week, wasn't there a case about a girl named Zhang Ciyu who stabbed herself in the stomach with chopsticks?"
"Yes, that case was very strange. Although it was suicide, it looked too eerie. Later investigations revealed that Zhang Ciyu had helped someone evade taxes."
"Right, right, it's that case. I saw this young lady at the crime scene back then," the young officer said.
"And also, in the case of Wu Jiahui's murder, the killer died in a car accident. I also saw this young lady at that scene."
"And I saw her again today. That makes three murder cases where she's been present."
"If it's a coincidence, it's too much of a coincidence."
Zhang Ping pondered for a moment. "Has her background check been completed?"
"It's done, here you go!"
Zhang Ping took it and glanced over it.
"Treated in a psychiatric hospital for two years, with severe delusional disorder."
"And she's a Taoist priestess."
"No criminal record."
"How did she know Liu Hongjie had framed someone, and how did she manage to place the DSLR under the tree in advance? It's too strange."
Officer Xiao Qin nodded. "Yes, I also find it very strange. She said someone gave her a dream last night and taught her how to do it, and she just followed the instructions."
"Take a look at a segment from the front of the DSLR."
Zhang Ping pulled the progress bar and saw Liu Hongjie running and looking back, his face filled with panic, as if something was chasing him.
Liu Hongjie ran down and stayed behind Zhao Yan, constantly staring at the air above.
But there was nothing in the air.
Next, they saw Zhao Yan fighting the air with a peach wood sword, rolling on the ground, then quickly getting up.
She was also chanting incantations.
Just as they wanted to keep watching, the DSLR suddenly displayed a lot of white static, and that segment could no longer be viewed.
When the static disappeared, it was the segment where Liu Hongjie confessed to tampering with the electric scooter.
"What did Liu Hongjie say?"
Officer Xiao Qin said, "Liu Hongjie said that the deceased Ma Qingqing came back to settle accounts with him."
"Liu Hongjie's mental state is very strained now. He's looking at the air above with great fear, giving me the impression that there's something there."
"I just feel it's so mysterious!"
Zhang Ping asked, "Do you believe in ghosts and gods?"
"No, I just feel it's mysterious. Don't you think it's mysterious, Captain Zhang?"
Zhang Ping repeatedly watched the segments from the DSLR without speaking.
Zhao Yan hadn't expected that giving a statement would take until midnight.
Her lips were parched from talking.
"Miss Zhao, you are not allowed to leave the city yet. If there are any matters that require further questioning, we may need to summon you," Officer Xiao Qin said sternly.
Zhao Yan replied, "Okay, okay."
As she said this, she couldn't help but emphasize, "I'm a good person."
"Whether you are a good person or not will be determined by the final verification investigation. Here is your DSLR camera; the video content has been copied by us," Officer Xiao Qin said.
Zhao Yan took it and asked, "Thank you, can I go home now?"
"You can go home. It's so late, and it's not safe for a young lady like you. I'll give you a ride home."
As soon as he finished speaking, Officer Xiao Qin couldn't help but chuckle, remembering Zhao Yan in the surveillance footage, handling Liu Hongjie like a little chick. She clearly possessed extraordinary skills.
If any criminal had ill intentions towards her, it would be the criminal's misfortune.
"No, no, I can go back by myself," Zhao Yan waved her hand.
"You've worked hard too."
Zhao Yan bowed, pushed her electric scooter out from the police station entrance, and rode away.
As soon as she turned a corner, Zhao Yan stopped and looked back. "How is it, are you at ease now!"
"Bad people always face retribution!"
Ma Qingqing, sitting behind her, nodded tearfully. "Thank you, Miss Zhao."
"No, no, I actually enjoyed doing it," Zhao Yan said with a smile.
She started the electric scooter and headed towards her shop.
"Miss Zhao, I have a question!" Ma Qingqing asked.
Zhao Yan replied, "Ask away."
"I just want to ask you, why didn't you let me scare Liu Hongjie to death back then? With the six Yin-Increasing Talismans you gave me, I could have killed Liu Hongjie. Why did you have to go through all this trouble, even dragging yourself into the police station?" Ma Qingqing asked curiously.
Zhao Yan smiled. "If you had scared Liu Hongjie to death, what would you have gained besides the satisfaction of revenge?"
"If he died, his fortune would only go to his wife. Moreover, doing so would have incurred karma, and with negative karma, reincarnation would be difficult."
"Furthermore, you need to consider Xiao Hai. In this day and age, how can he survive without money? Are you willing to let him live a life of dependency?"
"Today, not only did we make him transfer money, but we also made him sign a voluntary deed transferring ownership of the house. Even if his wife wants to sue us later, we will have evidence that it was voluntary."
Ma Qingqing's eyes lit up. "So that's how it is. Miss Zhao, you think so far ahead. Unlike me, who was only thinking about revenge."
Ma Qingqing felt even more grateful to Zhao Yan.
Zhao Yan continued, "This money rightfully belongs to you anyway, as it's your compensation. I believe that truth exists in this world. As long as things are investigated clearly, the money will eventually return. I'm just doing this as a precaution."
"Thank you," Ma Qingqing didn't know what else to say. All her gratitude was condensed into those three words.
"You're my employee now, why be so polite?" Zhao Yan said with a smile.
It was midnight. Zhao Yan thought it over and ordered some barbecue, spending five hundred yuan in one go to buy a large skewer of barbecue.
The ghosts in the psychiatric hospital had helped, so she had to treat them to a good meal.
After offering the barbecue to them, she let them eat their fill.
Having done that, she still had to draw tonight's talismans. Thinking she could be a bit lazy, she went to rest.
After staying in the shop for two days, her suspicions were cleared.
Officer Xiao Qin came to thank her for her help, and with his assistance, she visited Jiuhuai Village.
Zhao Yan spoke with Aunt Liu, using the dream premonition as a cover, saying that Ma Qingqing had a dream and wanted Aunt Liu to be Xiao Hai's guardian.
Ma Qingqing was willing to have Aunt Liu as her guardian, and this was what Ma Qingqing had asked her to do.
Aunt Liu had a kind face and was a trustworthy person.
Under the witness of Officer Xiao Qin, Zhao Yan transferred 1.37 million yuan from her card to Aunt Liu, which was Xiao Hai's child support.
Just as Zhao Yan had anticipated, Liu Hongjie's wife was unwilling to part with the house and money and wanted to sue.
The evidence proved that this money was the engineering compensation for Xiao Hai's father. It was given to Liu Hongjie because Liu Hongjie was supposed to take care of Xiao Hai's father and Xiao Hai, but he had never fulfilled his guardian responsibilities.
Now that Xiao Hai had a new guardian, this money naturally needed to be returned.
Not only did the money need to be returned, but all the jewelry Liu Hongjie had bought for his wife also needed to be returned.
His wife was stunned. Not only did she not gain anything, but she was also taken advantage of, truly taken advantage of in the literal sense!
She immediately filed for divorce from Liu Hongjie and had an abortion.
Three days later, Wu Jiaxin returned with her suitcase, excitedly shouting, "Sister Zhao, I'm back!"
Zhao Yan, who was drawing a talisman, heard the voice and smiled. "Welcome back!"
Wu Jiaxin put down her things, tidied up, and sat next to Zhao Yan. She looked at a news alert on her phone and exclaimed, "Sister Zhao, you're on the local news!"