Chapter 37 - 37 37 Different Treatments for Different People

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37: Chapter 37: Different Treatments for Different People 37: Chapter 37: Different Treatments for Different People “Detective Lin... Is Detective Lin here?” the woman called out. Lin Xiaosu came down from the second floor: “What’s the matter?” “Thump!” The woman fell to her knees: “Detective Lin, please, help me find my son, my son is missing...” “Big sister, get up!” Lin Xiaosu suddenly reached out, grabbing her shoulders. Tears streamed down the woman’s face: “My son didn’t come home last night, I thought he had gone to his grandmother’s house, only to find out he didn’t go there when I called my mother. I reported it to the police last night, but they couldn’t find him all night... I heard that Detective Lin is the best at finding people, so I hurried over to find you! Detective Lin, please help me, I know your fee, it’s okay, I’ll pay! Here is ten thousand yuan as a down payment...” Miao Ruolan stood dazed at the doorway. This time it’s a real son! On this rainy day, can he be found? If he could be found, the police have been looking all night... “Keep the money for now!” Lin Xiaosu said: “Let me see a photo of your son!” The woman fumbled to stuff the money into her bag and took out her mobile phone to show Lin Xiaosu a photo of her son. Around ten years old, a bit thin, in the photo he is with a few classmates, all the classmates’ faces are youthful and their smiles bright, only he hid in corner, biting his finger, envying eyes watching his classmates, showing the awkwardness of wanting to join in but not daring to. Right, his clothes look old. “Did he disappear right after leaving school yesterday?” Lin Xiaosu asked. “Yes!” “Before he left home yesterday, did anything unusual happen?” “Before he left home yesterday, he... he said the school required buying uniforms, and asked me for 270 yuan, I didn’t have money on hand at that moment, so I scolded him a few words, this old uniform isn’t unwearable, why should he insist on a new one? He went to school in tears...” Miao Ruolan’s heart skipped a beat, could it be that the child was upset? Leading him onto a path he shouldn’t have taken? “Take me to the school gate!” At the gate of Fengcheng Second Primary School, Lin Xiaosu retraced yesterday’s school dismissal scene, and he saw this child. The child left the school gate alone, heading towards Yishui waterfront. Most parts of the waterfront have been nicely renovated, but no matter how beautiful the park, there are always some dark sides, and the child walked right into this scar, going further and further. “He came here? This is the shortcut to my mother’s house, but why didn’t my mother...” The woman was both heartbroken and afraid. She knew some children have strong self-esteem, the poorer they are, the stronger their pride; everyone else bought new uniforms, only he didn’t, mocked by classmates, the child couldn’t bear it, please don’t really jump into the river, please not. Mother was wrong, I shouldn’t have grumbled, shouldn’t have laid out our difficulties in front of you, I only pray you don’t do anything foolish... Suddenly, Lin Xiaosu ahead stopped, his eyes fixed on a deep ditch below, in which long grass sprawled; under the camouflage of the grass, a boy lay quietly, his face pale, exactly the missing boy. Miao Ruolan’s heart raced: “He’s here!” A ditch over two meters high, she jumped down with one leap, just as she landed, the wind stirred, and the woman also jumped down, with a heartrending scream: “Huai’er!” Miao Ruolan’s trembling hand reached towards the child’s nose: “He’s still breathing!” The mother abruptly extended her hand, embracing the child, shouting repeatedly. The child didn’t respond, his breathing was faint and intermittent. Lin Xiaosu also descended into the ditch, his finger touched the child’s leg, gently lifting, the shin red and burning hot. “A snake bite!” exclaimed Lin Xiaosu: “Immediately to the hospital!” “Let’s go!” Miao Ruolan leapt up, holding the child and climbed out of the ditch, showing her prowess for the first time. Meanwhile, Lin Xiaosu reached out, catching the already limp-bodied mother below, pulling her up. The group rushed towards the hospital. In the emergency room, the doctor moved swiftly, about ten minutes later, the doctor emerged with a smile on his face: “Lucky you got here early, if it had been half an hour later, there would have been no saving him!” “Huai’er... Huai’er... is he okay?” the mother trembled. “Rest assured, he fainted due to snake venom combined with being cold and hungry, the Detoxification has now taken effect, he has woken up...” The mother rushed towards the emergency room, but just as she reached the doorway, she returned, fell down, kneeling in front of Lin Xiaosu, extending her hand with ten thousand yuan: “Detective Lin, thank you for saving my Huai’er’s life, I only brought ten thousand yuan with me, the remaining twenty thousand, I... I’ll definitely deliver it to the Detective Agency tomorrow.” Several doctors and nurses were stunned. Detective? What an uncommon word... A remuneration of thirty thousand yuan, quite an attractive pay indeed. “No need for money, it’s just a little help, no need to talk about money...” Lin Xiaosu helped her up, stuffed the ten thousand yuan back into her bag, and turned to leave. The sun sets in the west. The Yishui river shimmers. The streets gradually emptied, with the commerce area lights just starting to turn on. A black car stopped outside the Detective Agency, a beautiful woman opened the door and walked into the Detective Agency. It was Zhou Mei. As Zhou Mei entered the Detective Agency, she took the tea handed to her by Miao Ruolan and smiled at Lin Xiaosu, “Two days open, and I’ve heard two versions about your charges, both quite disruptive.” “Is that so?” Lin Xiaosu’s gaze shifted away from a book in front of him. “Yesterday, someone came looking for a fake son, and you charged them real money bravely—three thousand you managed to do! Today someone came looking for their real son, and when real money was handed to you, you did it for free!” Zhou Mei said, “Buddy, is your fee policy all about following your whims?” Lin Xiaosu sighed deeply, “You think I wanted to do it for free? The problem is that they couldn’t even afford the 270 yuan for their child’s school uniform, how could I have the heart to keep charging them?” “Knowing it’s embarrassing, and still having some conscience, that’s not too bad,” Zhou Mei’s eyes lightly twirled, “It seems like I don’t have to worry about money when I seek your help in the future, your license was helped by me, your house was rented with my help, you won’t have the nerve to take my money...” Lin Xiaosu’s eyes slowly widened, “Don’t start that! Our matters are separate, the license and shopfront were obtained with my help last time, if you come to me with a case in the future, following the excellent tradition of your provincial department leaders, it starts from ten thousand yuan!” “You heartless thing, I was just saying how you haven’t forgotten your roots, having a pure nature.” “If you need to pin something on me, at least change the term. You talk about initial intentions with me, a businessman? Even my mom knows my initial intentions—it’s to make money...” Their bickering continued, while Miao Ruolan found amusement on the side. Seeing her amusement, Zhou Mei gave her a glance, “Don’t laugh, him doing this is making it difficult for you! How are you supposed to quote prices when you take cases? There’s absolutely no standard.” That was true, with no standards from the leader, the subordinates were lost. Lin Xiaosu’s pricing was whimsical and entirely at will, how was Miao Ruolan supposed to do business? Lin Xiaosu took over, “On the contrary, I’m giving Ruolan the freedom to ‘open the cage to release the birds’. I do as I please, and naturally, she can do as she pleases. In the future when taking cases, Ruolan, you set the prices. If you like someone, do it for free, if not, charge them heavily!” Miao Ruolan was bewildered, “Is that really okay? I must tell you, I’m quite naive; sometimes I don’t understand when people are joking...” The three people, similar in age, sat down for a leisurely chat at night, and the more they talked, the more relaxed they became. Late into the night, Zhou Mei finally got up to leave. Lin Xiaosu and Miao Ruolan walked her to the door, and just before she got into the car, Zhou Mei hooked her finger, prompting Lin Xiaosu to lean in close. Zhou Mei whispered into his ear with a fragrant whiff, “Be careful, watch out for someone making a move on you!” Then, she got into the car and left. Lin Xiaosu scanned the street ahead, then returned to the Detective Agency. The night deepened, the doors were shut, locked from the inside. Upstairs, Miao Ruolan entered his room, “Who did Zhou Mei mean by ‘someone making a move on you’?” Zhou Mei beckoning Lin just a moment ago looked somewhat intimate; if Miao Ruolan was his girlfriend, perhaps she would have thoroughly interrogated him by now—what were you whispering about? But Miao Ruolan was an Ancient Martial Inheritor with extraordinary senses, hearing the words clearly. Lin Xiaosu said, “She probably meant those drug dealers and the people behind them.” “I checked, the person who lost the package was called Huang San, after the police detained him, six more were arrested. I never thought that our small Fengcheng could harbor such a large-scale drug trafficking group.” “Fengcheng may be small, but it connects three rivers!” Lin Xiaosu said, “There are indications that this is a drug distribution center in the Central Region.” Miao Ruolan stared out of the window, “Do we need to get involved?” Lin responded, “Who would want to get involved with such an filthy organization? But sometimes it’s like trying to be calm when the wind won’t stop. We aren’t going after them, yet they see us as thorns in their sides, it’s high time we pulled this malignant tumor out!” “Good! What do you need me to do?” asked Miao Ruolan. “For now, we continue accepting and investigating cases as usual, waiting for an opportunity...” Miao Ruolan left, the door closed behind her. Lin Xiaosu sat cross-legged, entering his nightly routine. He was practicing his skills. Strangely, when he used to review, he always felt he needed someone to push him to pick up a book. But now, without anyone pushing him, he was quite diligent. Probably because practicing Martial Arts was more exciting than studying. After unlocking the Rejuvenation Skill, he practiced meditation daily without fail. The Rejuvenation Skill differed from typical Martial Arts; while ordinary Martial Arts utilize a fixed route for the True Qi, making daily meditation tedious and solely about strengthening True Qi. The route for the True Qi in Rejuvenation Skill isn’t fixed. Every day you could play with a new method, allowing the True Qi to follow a completely new route—as if opening a mystery box in a game. You wouldn’t know what changes this new route may bring, not even the founding master knew, as there are nearly infinite combinations of routes within the human body. Lin Xiaosu once tried a route; this was the initial setup by the founding master.

Chapter 37 - 37 37 Different Treatments for Different People

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