Chapter 1 A Peaceful Yet Eventful Week

A week had passed since the last time they dealt with the death messenger. During this time, everything at the bookstore continued as usual, passing by uneventfully.

However, uneventful didn't mean that there were no changes at all.

Bai Yingying was introduced to a taekwondo gym by Lawyer An to learn fighting moves, but only from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, spending the rest of the time with Zhou Ze in the bookstore.

According to Lawyer An, the female jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire) possessed strength and a terrifying physique, but she didn't really understand how to fight, which, of course, needed to be learned.

The little loli had asked Bai Yingying if she had encountered any "big trotters" (lecherous men) who approached her after going out.

After all, although the little loli called her "stupid jiangshi" all the time, it was undeniable that Yingying looked like a well-developed high school beauty. It didn't matter when she stayed in the bookstore, but once she went out, she would definitely attract a lot of attention.

Then Yingying would come back every day and chat with the little loli about how many "big trotters" she had broken the legs of today.

Indeed, with Yingying's temperament, she would only "ying ying ying" (act cute) towards Zhou Ze.

Other men were smelly.

Her temper wasn't really as docile and beautiful as she seemed to be in the bookstore.

It must be known that Xu Qinglang was almost killed by Bai Yingying when she had just awakened.

Speaking of Lao Xu, he still locked himself in his room all day to draw talismans. Except for cooking time, when he came out to cook, he basically didn't leave his room.

He had something to cultivate,

But because he had more than twenty apartments,

And was addicted to his time as a chef entrepreneur,

He had unknowingly neglected many things.

The last time his "very loving" master appeared,

It stimulated Lao Xu to pick up the things he had left behind.

It was the same with the Deadpool. Lawyer An had him finish Naruto and then continue with One Piece, making the Deadpool mutter to himself all day, sometimes saying "Hello" and sometimes "Baga" (idiot in Japanese).

As for Lao Dao,

Lawyer An was too lazy to care. He was already seventy-one years old, so let him be.

But Lao Dao's monkey,

Lawyer An often teased him, and also got some potions to give the monkey a bath.

At first, Lao Dao was a little worried.

But when he saw that the monkey's fur began to become more and more shiny, and his spirit was getting better and better, he was relieved.

Since there were changes,

Naturally, there were also things that didn't change.

The only thing that didn't change,

Was Boss Zhou.

Zhou Ze still went to bed at one o'clock and woke up at one o'clock, and in the morning, he would lie there and bask in the sun and drink... orange juice.

Lawyer An was helpless about this, but during this time, with the collection of several wandering souls every day, plus the accumulation of the previous period, Zhou Ze's merit points had increased again.

These days, Lawyer An had nothing to do, so he was looking for local chronicles and maps.

He had promised to help Zhou Ze grind for merit points,

But this was like grinding dungeons in an online game,

You had to prepare a strategy first.

In short, since Lawyer An joined the bookstore, there was finally someone who could do things and would do things. It could be regarded as a temporary escape from the "salty fish" style brought about by Boss Zhou's personal example.

…………

This morning, when Zhou Ze was reading the newspaper, he saw Zhang Yanfeng in a police uniform walking down the stairs, and even standing in front of the mirror in a serious manner to tidy up his appearance.

"Going to work?" Zhou Ze asked, putting down the newspaper.

Lao Zhang nodded with a smile, "The vacation is over, officially going to work today."

"While you're young again, hurry up and find a partner. It seems that the police get married relatively late, so you have a chance looking like you're in your early thirties."

"Go, go, go, stop being improper." Zhang Yanfeng glared at Zhou Ze.

"I saw Zhang Feng posting pictures of his girlfriend in his Moments, did you see that?"

Zhang Yanfeng nodded.

"That's good, it shows that he has come out of the pain of losing his father and started a new life, so you can also consider the second spring of an old tree."

"Why does it sound like I'm going to participate in 'If You Are The One' on my first day back at work?"

"You're welcome."

Zhang Yanfeng drove away in Xu Qinglang's car.

Two cars had been parked in the parking area outside the bookstore, one was Lao Xu's car, and the other was Lawyer An's car. Usually, whoever needed to use the car would go to the counter to get the keys.

But considering his profession, Lawyer An's car was a bit too high-profile, so Lao Zhang chose Lao Xu's car to drive away.

Zhou Ze stretched,

Yawned,

Feeling that life was a bit decadent,

Forgive me, forgive me,

Then he changed his position and continued to lie down,

Reading the newspaper.

In less than an hour,

A car drove back outside the bookstore.

Zhou Ze turned his head and took a look, and was immediately stunned, because Lao Zhang actually drove back!

Something happened?

The first day of work was not smooth?

When Lao Zhang walked in anxiously,

Before Zhou Ze had time to ask,

Lao Zhang couldn't wait to sit down in front of Zhou Ze,

Took out a file,

Pushed it in front of Zhou Ze,

Anxiously said:

"Take a look at this file quickly."

"…………" Zhou Ze.

Boss Zhou felt that something was wrong,

And immediately asked:

"Hey, you just started working less than an hour ago, and a case has already come up?"

That's not right either,

The file was ready as soon as the case came out?

"No, after I went to report for official duty, I came back immediately." Zhang Yanfeng replied, "For this reason, I also rejected the welcome lunch prepared by the bureau for me."

For Zhang Yanfeng, he was very familiar with the people in the bureau and didn't need to get to know them again.

"So what do you mean now?"

Zhou Ze asked.

"Investigate the case." Zhang Yanfeng said as a matter of course.

"What does your investigation have to do with me?"

Zhou Ze waved his hand in disgust, and leaned back.

In his previous life, Zhang Yanfeng always wanted him to help him investigate cases, and also helped him operate a police bureau consultant identity, because in many cases, if he could "communicate with spirits," the problem would be much easier to solve.

But the police bureau consultant only gave you medals and no salary, at most giving you a salted duck to take back home during festivals.

Boss Zhou didn't have the ideological awareness to be a public servant in the true sense.

"How can it have nothing to do with you? I am your subordinate now, right?"

"I can't afford it."

Zhou Ze hurriedly refused.

"My business is your business, right?"

"You flatter me."

"This case is an unsolved case left over from sixteen years ago. At that time, I had just entered the police station not long ago, and I was deeply impressed by this case. It has not been solved and can be considered a knot in my heart.

In the past, I also knew that it was difficult for you to help me investigate the case.

Now,

My identity has become the same as yours,

I'm back to work again, so, helping me is also helping you, right?

At least,

I don't have any psychological burden to ask you to help me investigate the case, after all, everyone is on the same side now."

Zhou Ze took a deep breath and finally understood, pointing at Zhang Yanfeng and saying, "You kid planned this a long time ago, didn't you?"

On the first day of work, returning less than an hour after reporting, how could you say it was a temporary idea!

"Help, help." Zhang Yanfeng was still begging Zhou Ze.

"I'm very sorry, really sorry."

Sorry,

I refuse,

And,

Who are you?

"What case is it?" Lao Dao came over to join in the fun at this time.

"Dismemberment case."

Zhang Yanfeng replied.

"Yo, that's scary." Lao Dao spat out the melon seeds in his mouth, "I remember there was a dismemberment case in Nanjing that was very popular."

"This is different from the one in Nanjing. This case was not publicized in Tong City at the time, and therefore, did not cause a social uproar. However, one thing is certain, the body was dismembered by the murderer."

"Sigh."

Lao Dao shook his head,

Picked up the file,

Looked at it,

Then he looked around,

And asked, "Where's the victim's photo?"

"Didn't find it." Zhang Yanfeng said helplessly.

"Didn't find it?"

"I remember that our bureau did a very detailed investigation back then, searching from missing persons and nearby residents, but we didn't find the victim's identity."

"So exaggerated?"

"Sixteen years ago, the conditions for handling cases and criminal investigation techniques were not as good as they are now, and the registration of residents' identity information was not as perfect as it is now.

Most importantly,

We only discovered the victim's muscle tissue deliberately left out by the murderer. We didn't even find the victim's bones. The only thing we can be sure of is that the victim was a young woman, because there was a piece of breast thrown out on purpose."

Lao Dao licked his lips and sighed, "Beast."

Lao Zhang looked at Zhou Ze again, "Boss, there are really too few valuable clues in this case now, I really have to ask you to help."

"Are you idle? Do you have to deal with this kind of unsolved case?" Zhou Ze said amusingly, "An unsolved case where even the victim's identity has not been clarified, I say, if I help you this time, are you planning to challenge the Nanjing dismemberment case or the Baiyin serial murder case or the ta poisoning case next time?"

Zhou Ze felt that after being resurrected and returning to work, Lao Zhang had begun to let himself go.

Probably that kind of,

I'm already someone who has died once anyway, what else can't I let go of?

"Boss, the Baiyin case was solved last year." Lao Dao whispered a reminder.

Zhou Ze glared at Lao Dao,

Lao Dao immediately shut up.

"According to the investigation at the time, this murderer should be the kind who threw a piece of flesh every day on a fixed road for many days, but the number of body parts collected by our police is still very, very small, which is the few pieces in the photos in the file."

"Why?" Zhou Ze asked.

"Because the murderer used plastic bags of better quality to package the flesh at that time, and also wrapped it with paper boxes outside, and placed it on the side of the road.

It is estimated that many passers-by thought it was meat bought from the market that someone had dropped.

So they took it home,

Cooked it,

And ate it."