Success is found in the details, wealth and honor are sought in danger!
As expected of someone who could become a jailer, the Red-Eyed Vajra had plenty of courage!
He knew very well that no matter if this desperate gamble paid off or not, I would not treat him unfairly.
Win, and prosperity for ten thousand years!
Lose, and death with a stiffened member! But before dying, he could still briefly enjoy a life of decadent luxury.
And so, in the second month of my detention, due to certain special circumstances, my fate and that of the Red-Eyed Vajra became inextricably linked.
With the Red-Eyed Vajra's protection, I enjoyed a few days of peace for a while.
After being discharged from the hospital, the outcome of my fight with Da Hei Xiong was also announced.
A fifty-fifty judgment, confinement in solitary.
Besides that, it was to be handled silently.
I had to admit, Xiao Tianci's influence was indeed immense, so much so that it extended to the detention center.
But then again, such a resolution was absolutely acceptable to me.
Because solitary confinement did not require a notification to the entire facility, only the parties involved and those in the same cell were aware.
When the second month's parole period finally arrived, I had no intention of going out.
However, when Cheng Minglang visited me, he brought me some terrible news.
This terrible news was told to him by Camel.
According to Cheng Minglang's relay, Camel said that Sun Lei, the owner of the funeral parlor, called him directly when he couldn't reach me, telling him that Han Jinlun's body had already been cremated!
Sun Lei's reason was that when I paid for the cold storage, I only paid for half a month, and when he tried to contact me afterward, he couldn't get through, so he handled it directly on my behalf.
Enraged, I didn't believe a single word of his explanation.
Private funeral parlors, whether in scale or in their systems, were not as complete as formal ones.
Especially funeral parlors like Sun Lei's, which were run from his own home in the countryside, were a combination of dirty, messy, and poor, with no principles whatsoever.
Everything was prioritized for absolute profit.
When I went there before, I saw that the morgue in Sun Lei's house, after modification, was very small, with extremely limited capacity for storing bodies.
I deduced that part of the reason Sun Lei cremated Han Jinlun's body without my permission was as he described.
When he called me, I was in detention, and the phone couldn't be connected normally.
As for the other part, it was definitely due to market demand and profit.
Don't underestimate these private funeral parlors; they have quite a bit of business.
As long as the payment was made normally, Funeral Parlor owner Sun Lei would let you freeze and store the body there for as long as you wanted.
As long as you were willing to pay, even a year or half a year would be fine.
But once the money was not in place, and there was related business but no room for operation, Sun Lei would unhesitatingly prioritize the profit he could get, maneuvering to create space for operations.
Sun Lei's courage to act first and report later stemmed from his knowledge that the bodies sent to him for cold storage were all unsavory.
For bodies that died for abnormal reasons, if they were in a hospital, they would first have to go through the hospital.
After the hospital issued a death certificate, the family could take the death certificate to the police station in the deceased's registered residence to apply for a cremation permit.
The condition mentioned above, Hu Yiwen, Camel's friend who ran the clinic, definitely did not meet.
If the hospital was not an option, the deceased's family would first have to obtain a death certificate from the residents' committee in the deceased's place of residence, and then go to the police station in the place of residence to obtain a cremation permit.
Given Han Jinlun's situation of not being in Longxi for many years, it was impossible for the local residents' committee to issue a death certificate.
Therefore, Sun Lei dared to act first and report later.
If the family reported to the police, it would be like lifting a rock to drop it on their own feet.
Furthermore, for Sun Lei to have been running a funeral parlor in the countryside for so many years without incident, it was absolutely impossible without some connections and background.
Thus, I could only swallow my anger.
The only thing I could do was to find Sun Lei as soon as possible to get Han Jinlun's ashes and give him a proper burial.
...
At the end of the month, after obtaining parole, I took Camel, his apprentice, and Cheng Minglang to find Sun Lei early in the morning.
About half an hour later.
When we arrived at Sun Lei's house, he was out on business, and a staff member named Li Wei received us.
Following Li Wei directly into the funeral parlor, Li Wei asked with a smile, "May I know the purpose of your visit, honored guests?"
Upon hearing this, I walked forward, patted Li Wei on the shoulder, and said softly, "There's something, I wonder if you could help me with it?"
After speaking, I took out a thousand yuan in cash from my pocket and quickly and discreetly stuffed it into Li Wei's hand.
"No problem, no problem!" Li Wei replied with a smile, accepting the cash discreetly, "Tell me, what do you need my help with?"
I told Li Wei that we had sent a body over a while ago and asked them to keep it in cold storage, a male, about twenty years old, and that Sun Lei had cremated him because the cold storage fee was not paid in time. I asked if he remembered.
After hearing my description, Li Wei thought for a long time before replying, "I have some impression! There was indeed such a thing, the boss took him to be burned directly later!"
"What? Could it be that you three are here for this matter?"
Upon hearing Li Wei say that Han Jinlun's body had been burned, I instinctively clenched my fists.
Gritting my teeth fiercely and taking a deep breath, I asked in a deep voice, "We... are here for this! Where are the ashes of that body?"
"Ashes?"
Li Wei shook his head repeatedly and said, "For those who don't pay the cold storage fee in time, as long as the person who handled it can't be contacted, the boss will usually have us pour the ashes directly into the sewer."
Hearing this, Cheng Minglang and I were instantly stunned.
Unlike Cheng Minglang, after I came to my senses, I immediately realized.
It was a trap! Luring the snake out of its hole!
This was Xiao Tianci's plan to lure the snake out of its hole!
As expected!
The commotion from the periphery of the funeral parlor confirmed my guess.
The moment I heard the noise, as I led Camel, his apprentice, and Cheng Minglang to the entrance...
Seeing Xiao Tianci standing at the entrance with a frosty expression, followed by a large crowd, my heart sank.
We were surrounded!
Xiao Tianci's eyes were bloodshot, and the moment he saw me appear, he roared at me, "Chen Xiang! I couldn't deal with you in the detention center, but once you step out of the gate, I'll see who can protect you!!!"