Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 526 - 104 Minor Flaws, But No Significant Detriment

Before crossing into another world, Wang Yunxiao had watched a foreign film about an exceptionally law-abiding country where a deranged murderer inadvertently did unspeakable things to a billionaire’s only granddaughter.

Out of despair and anger, the billionaire donated all his inheritance to offer the highest bounty in history for the maniac. Even a clue about him, or landing a punch on him, would earn a reward.

However, to dodge the bounty hunters, the cunning criminal chose to turn himself in, letting the law enforcement protect his safety, and from there a series of discussions about human nature and legal boundaries ensued... 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Putting facts aside, Wang Yunxiao felt the core idea the film wanted to explore was quite impressive.

In this world, the people who least believe that the law can maintain justice and righteousness are lawyers, especially those pushing for lighter sentencing standards or even the abolition of the death penalty.

Otherwise, how would they make money?

Conversely, those who are most willing to believe that the law can maintain justice and righteousness are the ones who ignore the law, deeming themselves above it.

If you obey the law and I obey the law, then what was the point of my years of hard work?

Wang Yunxiao didn’t enjoy killing, and he wasn’t fond of using violence either. Others might find this laughable, but he would keep his hands off whenever a problem could be resolved with talk therapy, and even when he did get physical, he rarely went for the kill.

Unless the other party was out for blood, like drawing a gun, then there was nothing left to say.

It’s my problem that I can withstand bullets, but you shooting at me means you intend to kill, and a murderer must be killed in return.

The same applied to the butler of the Shen Garden.

Wang Yunxiao initially hadn’t intended to kill him, but the guy was utterly uncooperative.

Several of the Ma Family people followed this address here and vanished without a trace, and you stand here with a straight face saying you know nothing?

Of course, seeing his performance, Wang Yunxiao believed he spoke the truth.

That’s how the people of the Shen Family always operated, putting forward an empty-headed fool who could take the fall but professed ignorance to your questioning.

I’m openly being unreasonable to you, while as the enforcer, you must follow the law and can’t resort to vigilantism. We can follow legal proceedings, then hire the best lawyers to defend us. What can you, a small fry making twenty bucks a month, afford? Maybe treating someone to milk tea?

Is this the kind of new world that our forefathers fought and sacrificed their lives to establish?

"Sorry, my hand slipped a bit."

Though he apologized verbally, Wang Yunxiao felt not a tinge of regret in his heart.

This money was prepared for us. This crime scene was set up for us. Even your life was put in place for us.

When after inspecting there were no signs of a struggle, and no clues could be extracted from the mouths of the maid and servants in the garden, Wang Yunxiao realized that he had come to the wrong place.

But why?

What was the ultimate purpose behind the Shen Family’s intricate scheme? What were they trying to conceal?

While Wang Yunxiao pondered silently, Youtiao returned with Loach.

Out of caution, the two had gone to prepare an escape route, hiring an old freight truck from the dealership. If it wasn’t necessary, that was for the best, but in case of any trouble—for instance, if the other side became desperate and resorted to foul play—Wang Yunxiao could have his brothers jump in the truck and escape at any moment.

Wang Yunxiao kicked the bulging burlap sack at his feet: "Take Eryang with you back to the school and drop this off at the finance office."

Youtiao’s eyes widened as he asked subconsciously, "What’s this?"

"Potatoes."

"Po... All right then!"

If the boss said they were potatoes, then they were potatoes.

"Be quick and come back fast."

"Okay!"

It wasn’t that Wang Yunxiao wasn’t tempted by the money. Such a windfall right before his eyes, and anyone who wouldn’t be moved must be a saint.

But while it’s fine for money to be earned, one must be alive to spend it.

Is the Shen Family’s money that easy to take?

Just looking at the arrogant attitude of one of their butlers, you’d have to be incredibly naive to believe they hadn’t tampered with the money in some way.

"How am I supposed to explain this to the principal when I get back?"

"Are you stupid? How can you talk to the principal about this kind of shit? If you don’t say anything, he won’t know."

If the principal doesn’t know, then it’s as if it never happened.

I need to take the money, kill the person, and investigate the case.

I even need to take your tricks and use them for myself.

Everyone stands on the same starting line, that’s what makes it fair, right?

What we want in the Seaside District is fairness.

Wang Yunxiao was thinking about the problem when he suddenly looked up and asked Youtiao, "Do you know where Kangfu East Road is?"

Youtiao was stunned for a moment and turned around to look for a map.

"Don’t look at the map."

"Then how would I know? It’s our first time to the Seaside District."

It might be hard to grasp just how large the Seaside District is by simply calculating the land area in square kilometers.

Let’s put it this way—excluding the locals, there are a whopping 300,000 foreign immigrants here.

There weren’t the kind of buildings that could reach more than twenty stories high, with thousands of households in one residential complex, like in later times.

"If we, as Tianmen people, can’t figure it out, how could outsiders, given an address, accurately find the place?"

After thinking for a moment, Youtiao shook his head and said, "Even with a map, outsiders might not be able to find it, but they can ask for directions."

People have mouths, which can be used to talk and to ask for directions, a self-evident fact.

"But they didn’t ask."

"Big brother, how do you know that?"

"The doctor at the hospital told us, the patient received a gift and immediately went through the discharge procedures, leaving in a real hurry, leaving behind only that severed hand... As outsiders, wouldn’t the simplest way for them to find Shen Garden be to ask the doctors and nurses?"

"Is it possible that they didn’t want anyone to know where they were going?"

"Then why leave the severed hand behind?"

"Should we ask that doctor again?"

"The doctor died in the emergency room."

"Killed to seal their lips, or by the Human Skin Painter dispatched by Shen Family?"

"Exactly."

"What a coincidence?"

"Yeah, such a coincidence."

Scratching his head, Youtiao said, "So, based on the clues we have now, first, Shen Qingxi is not in this Shen Garden. Second, the Ma Family didn’t come to this Shen Garden. Third, only we found this Shen Garden based on the clues?"

"That’s right."

"I’m a bit dizzy."

"Actually, it’s not that complicated."

Wang Yunxiao said gravely, "These three things are all related to Shen Garden, but when linked together, it’s still just one thing, the thing that Shen Family wants everyone to see in the open—that the Ma Family attacked Shen Qingxi."

"But they aren’t there..."

"Only we know they aren’t there, and we’ve taken the Shen Family’s money."

"No, I still can’t figure out the logic."

"Isn’t it obvious? The Shen Family are wholeheartedly devoted to the country, fighting to the death to protect the Imperial Jade Seal, but were unfortunately attacked by the Demon Clan from beyond the borders. In this process, they inevitably used some underhanded methods that were not quite presentable. To maintain their image, they had no choice but to bribe us to cover their tracks—summing it up, they compromised on the minor details, but the main honor remains intact."