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In the late night, there were no pedestrians on the street. Tao Ziwen and Cheng Yuwan walked along the sidewalk.
Tao Ziwen asked Cheng Yuwan, "Do you know where your sister might be?"
Cheng Yuwan shook her head.
"When was the last time you saw your sister?"
"Last night, she went to watch a movie with a friend."
"Do you know who it was?"
Cheng Yuwan thought for a moment and then muttered to herself, "It can't be him; he has always been nice to my sister and me."
"Who is he?"
Cheng Yuwan looked at Tao Ziwen and hesitated before saying, "His name is Guo Zhiqian; he is an English editor at the World Book Bureau."
Tao Ziwen asked again, "Do you know where he lives?"
"I don't know," Cheng Yuwan thought for a moment and added, "He once saved my sister's life; could he really be a bad person?"
Tao Ziwen didn't know how to respond. He noticed a bench ahead and said, "Let's sit down for a while!"
Cheng Yuwan nodded.
Tao Ziwen and Cheng Yuwan sat on the bench. With tears in her eyes, Cheng Yuwan suddenly smiled.
Cheng Yuwan said, "Do you remember when we first met? Back then, I was looking for my sister, and now I'm looking for her again."
Tao Ziwen: "Don't worry too much. When it gets light, I'll take you to the police station to report it. That way, more people can help you!"
Cheng Yuwan then realized Tao Ziwen's identity as a police officer. He let out a cold laugh, as if mocking himself: "After meeting you a few times, I almost forgot that you're a police officer!"
After saying this, Cheng Yuwan stood up and walked away. Confused, Tao Ziwen called out from behind, "Wan'er, what's wrong?"
Cheng Yuwan turned back, her tone tinged with sadness: "It's nothing. I can go find my sister by myself; there's no need to trouble you!" With that, Cheng Yuwan turned and continued walking forward.
"Hey..." Tao Ziwen wanted to stop her, but looking at Cheng Yuwan's retreating figure, he ultimately held back.
Zhang Xin's car was parked not far from Tao Ziwen. Seeing Cheng Yuwan leave him alone, she felt particularly pleased and hurriedly instructed Chen Master to drive the car closer to Tao Ziwen.
Zhang Xin got out of the car and walked over to Tao Ziwen: "Ziwen Ge, it's so late; let me give you a ride home!"
Tao Ziwen ignored Zhang Xin, only looking blankly at the departing Cheng Yuwan.
Zhang Xin shook Tao Ziwen's arm and said sweetly, "What happened at the police station today was my fault. I promise I won't do that again. Can we be okay?"
Hearing the voice behind her, Cheng Yuwan turned around and happened to see Zhang Xin clinging to Tao Ziwen, acting cute. Disappointed, she walked away without looking back.
When Tao Ziwen looked back at Cheng Yuwan, seeing her walk away so resolutely, he sighed helplessly and replied, "Alright."
Zhang Xin immediately brightened up: "I knew you wouldn't blame me! Let me help you into the car; take it slow!"
As Cheng Yuwan stopped again and turned around, she saw Tao Ziwen being supported by Zhang Xin as he got into the car. She felt utterly disappointed, tears welling up in her eyes. Stubbornly, she wiped her face with her sleeve and turned to continue walking forward.
Once inside Zhang Xin's car, while she continued to act coy with Tao Ziwen, he quickly put a stop to her antics.
"You are the older sister, and I am a police officer. Please keep a certain distance from me in the future."
"I know! As long as you don't shout at me, I'll do whatever you do."
Tao Ziwen sat upright, and Zhang Xin didn't dare to speak anymore. The car started moving.
Cheng Yuyao, Guo Zhiqian, Wang Junpeng, and two police officers carrying a dead dog had already returned to the city. They were walking ahead when suddenly, Cheng Yuyao spotted a familiar figure in front of her. It was the back of Cheng Yuwan.
Cheng Yuyao quickly ran towards Cheng Yuwan and shouted, "Sister!"
Cheng Yuwan stopped in disbelief.
Cheng Yuyao called out again, "Sister!" Only then did Cheng Yuwan turn around, still in doubt. When she saw Cheng Yuyao and Guo Zhiqian, tears immediately streamed down her face: "Sister!"
Cheng Yuwan cried like an innocent child.
Sensing something was wrong, Cheng Yuyao hurried over to support Cheng Yuwan's shoulders and asked, "Sister, what happened? What's wrong?"
Cheng Yuwan leaned into her sister's embrace: "Sister, I'm afraid I won't see you again... Wuwuwu..."
"Sister, how could that be? Don't cry anymore! Don't cry!"
Tears sparkled in the eyes of the Cheng sisters...
After their brief reunion, the Cheng sisters immediately returned to the café. Cheng Yuwan quickly dialed their mother's number. When the call connected and their mother, Cheng Shuhua, asked to speak with Cheng Yuyao, Cheng Yuyao braced herself for a scolding. However, after a long silence on the other end of the line, their mother simply said, "It's good that you're back!"
Indeed, no amount of words could compare to those four short words. The countless reprimands and punishments paled in comparison to what those four words conveyed about the bond between mother and daughter—heavy as a mountain and deep as the sea.
The next morning, the maid Cui was helping Zhang Xin with her makeup. Looking at her reflection in the mirror, Zhang Xin sighed. Cui asked, "Sister, you're so beautiful, why are you sighing?"
Zhang Xin replied, "No matter how beautiful I am, I can't win the heart of the person I like. What's the use of being beautiful?"
Cui quickly understood Zhang Xin's feelings: "Sister, are you still angry about what happened yesterday?"
Zhang Xin pouted and didn't respond.
Cui asked again, "Sister, are you going to the police station today? Do you want me to call Master Chen over?"
"I'm not going! It's so boring there; Ziwen Ge is always looking at case files and doesn't play with me!" After a moment of thought, Zhang Xin added, "Hey, Cui, why don't you let A Cai go for me? Just have him call me as soon as Ziwen Ge leaves the police station!"
Cui hesitated: "Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
"What's inappropriate about it? Just go and call A Cai over right now!"
"Okay!"
Cui reluctantly placed the comb on the table and left Zhang Xin's bedroom. Before long, she brought A Cai back. Zhang Xin gave A Cai some tips and instructed him before sending him to the police station as her informant.
...
In the Dow Pharmaceuticals Building, in Tao Gongjin's laboratory.
When Guo Zhuanghuai hurriedly walked in, Tao Gongjin was sitting in a rocking chair smoking a cigar.
Guo Zhuanghuai: "Chairman, you called for me?"
Tao Gongjin said slowly, "That boy has already returned home. I estimate that both Thorned Rose and the police are aware of this matter. I don't want to escalate the situation..."
Guo Zhuanghuai understood Tao Gongjin's meaning and replied, "I understand what you mean—I will capture the boy before they do."
Tao Gongjin smiled with satisfaction.
...
In the home of Cheng Mother and Daughter, Cheng Shuhua closed the windows and drew the curtains early in the morning. Under a glaring incandescent light, Cheng Shuhua spread a map on the table and pointed out the locations marked with red dots to Cheng Yuyao and Cheng Yuwan: "Here, a child who went missing some time ago has returned home. This child ran out of the Dow Pharmaceuticals Building, with skin that is dry and yellow. I suspect that this child has been used by Tao Gongjin for human experimentation, and we must get there as soon as possible! I'm afraid of being recognized, so this task must be left to you two."
Cheng Yuwan: "Mom, don't worry, my sister and I will definitely complete the mission!"
Cheng Yuyao examined the map closely and suddenly noticed something: "Mom, I was here last night!"
Cheng Shuhua quickly asked, "How did you get there?"
Cheng Yuyao recounted what happened last night to Mother and Cheng Yuwan, then added, "The police believe that the wild dog is the culprit behind the attack on the chicken coop, but I don't think so."
Cheng Shuhua nodded in agreement and said, "The attacker of the chicken coop is this boy with dry yellow skin."
Cheng Yuwan looked at her sister and Mother in surprise.
Cheng Yuyao thought for a moment: "No wonder there was a trail of children's footprints following the bloodstains."
Cheng Shuhua: "When your father and uncle developed the Biological Experiment project, their intention was to hope that this project could save lives and benefit humanity. They terminated this project because they discovered during their research that the instability of the Biological Experiment Reagent. If perfected, it could indeed enhance human immunity, but with a slight misstep, it could alter human genetic structure, causing mutations or even turning a person into a completely unrecognizable monster!"
Cheng Yuyao and Cheng Yuwan were stunned when they first heard about the dangers of the "Biological Experiment," looking at Mother in disbelief.
...
Police Station Conference Room.
Before the regular meeting, Wang Junpeng was animatedly recounting last night's events to his colleagues gathered in the conference room.
"Last night, while I was with my brothers investigating a case of a chicken coop being ambushed, I found a trail of blood on the road. We followed the blood trail all the way until we reached the other end. Suddenly—"
Wang Junpeng shouted suddenly, startling his attentive colleagues.
Wang Junpeng continued, "…a wild dog of this size jumped out from the bushes."
He exaggeratedly gestured, and upon seeing Wang Zhiyuan across from him looking skeptical, he loudly asked, "Hey, Wang Zhiyuan, you don't believe me, do you?"
Wang Zhiyuan quickly replied, "I believe! I believe! That dead dog is right outside; it's just a bit smaller than yours!"
"Don't worry about how big that dog was; I was the one who shot it!"
Wang Zhiyuan nodded with a smile, signaling for Wang Junpeng to continue boasting.
Ignoring him, Wang Junpeng continued to embellish last night's events but suddenly forgot where he had left off and complained, "Hey, you interrupted me, and now I've forgotten where I was!"
A colleague to Wang Junpeng's left reminded him, "You were at 'a big wild dog jumped out from the bushes'!"
"Right! A big wild dog jumped out from the bushes!" Wang Junpeng described last night's events even more dramatically. "Just as it was about to pounce on me, I acted decisively, drew my gun, and fired. I went ‘bang bang bang’ and shot three times..."
Tao Ziwen flipped through the case files and smiled knowingly at Wang Junpeng's account. Clearly, he did not believe any of it.
At that moment, the Sheriff was rushing toward the conference room with a large stack of documents in his arms. From the hallway, they could hear Wang Junpeng enthusiastically recounting, "…I pushed aside that dead dog and saw that there was half a dead chicken left in its doghouse! There you have it, irrefutable evidence; the culprit that killed those hens is definitely it!"
Colleagues erupted into thunderous applause, and Wang Junpeng proudly returned the gesture with a fist salute.
One colleague said, "Captain Wang, the Sheriff will surely praise you from now on!"
Another added, "Captain Wang, maybe today the Sheriff will commend you!"
With his colleagues' adulation, Wang Junpeng was already lost in pride: "Oh, come on… this is all thanks to my brothers! Haha, it's all thanks to my brothers!"
Just then, the Sheriff suddenly pushed the door open. The conference room fell silent immediately, and Wang Junpeng wisely took his seat.
The Sheriff slammed a large stack of documents onto the table: "Wang Junpeng!"
A colleague sitting next to Wang Junpeng quietly congratulated him, and Wang Junpeng enthusiastically returned the gesture. With a smiling face, he stood up from his seat: "Sheriff!"
"Are you crazy or just stupid? I asked you to go out and inquire about the case yesterday; why did you take so many people with you?"
Instead of praising Wang Junpeng, the Sheriff began to scold him. Wang Junpeng was taken aback: "Sheriff, I…"
The Sheriff interrupted him and continued to berate him: "Not only did you go out with a crowd, but you also ate and drank at your hometown's place. How did we end up with a captain like you in this police station? Do you think I would praise you for bringing back a dead dog? You took so many people out just to catch one dog; if you're not embarrassed, I'm embarrassed for you!"
Wang Junpeng was completely stunned: "Sheriff… we only had a sip of hot water at my hometown's place. Some of my subordinates wanted to have the villagers stew some chicken, but I stopped them!"
The Sheriff angrily pointed at Wang Junpeng: "You, this matter has already spread all over town this morning. You've truly embarrassed our police station! Sit down!"
Wang Junpeng was sitting in his seat confused. His colleagues on the left and right covered their mouths and almost laughed out loud. Looking at Wang Zhiyuan opposite, who was chuckling in joy, he suddenly felt angry: "Why are you laughing? This is not the first time. Is it so funny?" Sheriff calmed down and sat down. Shouted: "Tao Ziwen!" Tao Ziwen quickly stood up: "Here!" Sheriff asked: "How is the investigation of the missing child case in your hands?" Tao Ziwen: "According to many From on-site visits and the oral accounts of multiple witnesses, it can be basically concluded that the murderer who robbed the children is a male, about 1.75 meters tall, about forty-five to fifty years old, with short short hair and a thin face. The murderer has strong martial arts skills and good intentions. He used a fake 'Thorned Rose'Dart and pretended to be 'Thorned Rose' to commit the crime. I originally thought he was robbing children in order to sell them, but I looked through all the recent cases and asked all the people around him. There is no case of private child trafficking in the police station, so my investigation is in trouble." "Okay. I heard a news on the way to work that a missing child from Putian Village came back last night. Come on, go to their house and investigate, maybe you can find some clues." "Okay." Tao Ziwen then sat down. "Putian Village?" Wang Junpeng stood up quickly after hearing this and said, "Sheriff, the dog I caught yesterday was in Putian Village!" "You just know it!" Sheriff He shot him back with an angry word.
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