Transform into a human?
Liang Ge shivered.
"Will it look for another knife?"
Lu Fei thought for a moment and said, "It should be difficult. The union of the human-skin ghost and the skinning knife is not likely a coincidence; there must be some reason behind it. For that evil being to find another specialized skinning knife, it wouldn't be easy."
Actually, tonight wasn't a complete failure, but it was only half-successful. At least the skinning knife had lost its power.
A human-skin ghost without a knife is like a fierce beast without fangs.
"That's good." Liang Ge felt a bit more at ease.
"I used to always hope to bring all the murderers to justice with my own hands, but now, I hope this thing stays buried at the bottom of the river forever, never to appear again!" He sighed deeply.
This river is very long and deep, with tributaries reaching many places.
"Brother Liang, look at this." Lu Fei opened his palm, revealing a piece of skin the size of a fingernail, stained with blood in the center of his hand.
It was left behind when the human-skin ghost fled in panic.
"Is this part of that evil thing?" Brother Liang narrowed his eyes.
"That's right. If it appears again to cause trouble, this thing will definitely react."
"Really? Then this thing is like an alarm radar!" Brother Liang reached out with his finger, wanting to take it, but hesitated for a moment, looking at Lu Fei: "Can you let me keep this?"
"Sure, it's just a small piece of skin, no danger, but I also don't know the range of this radar." Lu Fei directly placed the piece of skin into Brother Liang's hand.
Brother Liang looked serious, carefully examining it. He wanted to find a tissue to wrap it up, but realized he didn't carry such things with him.
In a hurry, he tore a corner of his shirt, wrapped the skin, and held it tightly in his hand.
"Since there is hope, I won't give up!"
Liang Ge, transforming from his earlier dejection, stubbed out his cigarette and stood up.
"Lu Fei, it's all thanks to you that no one died this time!"
After all, it was already a great feat to save someone from an evil creature.
If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't have been able to save the person and would have ended up dead themselves.
"I'm not that noble. I saved him because I didn't want the evil creature to succeed," Lu Fei said, relieved to see he wasn't depressed. "If it weren't for my promise to you, I wouldn't have cared if such a black-hearted businessman had died."
"It's easy to bring him to justice! I can find a mountain of evidence of his counterfeiting and selling fake goods, and I'll send it to my former colleagues in the unit."
"That's great!"
Lu Fei and Liang Ge exchanged a smile.
The two returned to the roadside.
The ambulance had already taken away Ma Lao San, but Hu Zi didn't follow along, waiting at the spot for the two of them.
"Boss, you're finally back!"
"Is everything alright? How is Lao Ma San?"
"The doctor said he has a wound on his scalp and lost quite a bit of blood, so he's a bit weak, but there's no danger to his life."
"That's good. Let's go back then."
The matter has been resolved, there's no need to stay here any longer.
However, before Lu Fei left, he remembered the blade was still on the ground.
He asked Hu Zi to wash the urine off the blade with mineral water and then wrap it up to take away.
Although he didn't think much of this filthy thing, he didn't want it to bring bad luck if an unsuspecting person picked it up.
Two days later.
With his head wrapped in gauze and his face covered in bruises, Lao Ma San carried two bags of gifts and walked into Sinisterium Pawnshop.
"What are you here for?"
Once Hu Zi saw him, his face fell, and his whole body language said unwelcome.
"I'm here to thank Shopkeeper Lu for saving my life! This small gift is a token of my gratitude." Ma Lao San put the gifts on the table, with a fawning smile on his face.
"Shopkeeper Ma, there's been a misunderstanding. I wasn't saving you; I was just helping a friend find the murderer," Lu Fei gave Hu Zi a meaningful look.
Hu Zi disdainfully threw the blade of the executioner's knife to Ma Lao San.
"Did you hear that? Who would want to save someone like you? Take your filthy things and get out of here quickly."
"Shopkeeper Lu, I really came to express my gratitude. I didn't recognize a good person before, please don't hold it against me." Ma Lao San took out two red envelopes, "This one is for Brother Hu Zi for the copper coins, and this one is my apology to Shopkeeper Lu."
Hu Zi's eyes lit up involuntarily.
There was finally a chance to get back the money Ma Lao San had swindled from him.
But he wouldn't touch the red envelope unless his boss did.
"Boss Ma, what do you mean by this?" Lu Fei said indifferently.
"Manager Lu, you're a big shot, a prime minister's belly can hold a boat. I've already apologized to you and refunded or compensated for what should be, so please withdraw those people," Ma Lao San said humbly with a smile.
"Just take me as a fart and let me go."
Lu Fei understood.
Someone had started to investigate the matter of him selling counterfeit goods.
This Brother Liang acted fast, Ma Lao San's head wound hadn't even healed yet.
But, Lu Fei liked it.
"Boss Ma flatters me, I'm just a small pawnshop owner, my belly can't hold a boat."
No matter how Ma Lao San pleaded, Lu Fei just waved his hand indifferently.
"Huzi, see the guest out."
Lu Fei made Hu Zi leave the money for the copper coins, and threw everything else, along with Ma Lao San, out the door.
"You Lu family brat, I warn you not to be too ruthless! Don't think that just because you have Sinisterium Pawnshop, you're something special! I have plenty of ways to deal with you!"
Ma Lao San was furious, cursing as he ran.
He had only taken a few steps when a man as big as Hu Zi grabbed him, slapped him twice, leaving him dazed and confused.
The strong man was stern and cold-eyed, standing next to a nouveau riche who had a cigarette in his mouth.
"Were you just cursing Sinisterium Pawnshop?" the nouveau riche glared at him, with a look that seemed murderous.
"No, no..."
Ma Lao San waved his hands in fear, his face swollen and red, begging for mercy.
Only then did the nouveau riche let him go.
Ma Lao San scrambled away, not daring to make a sound.
The burly man and the nouveau riche walked into Sinisterium Pawnshop with familiarity.
"Manager Lu, there was a fly outside just now, I chased it away for you. If I wasn't on the straight and narrow now, I'd have broken his leg."
"Brother Fa, what wind brings you here?"
Lu Fei stood up, revealing a warm smile.
The visitors were none other than Chen Jinfa and Ah Long.
"Manager Lu, I need your help with something," Chen Jinfa said directly, getting right to the point.
"Is there something at the construction site?" Lu Fei asked in surprise.
"No, it's not that. Ever since you helped me with the soul-piercing stake, everything at the construction site has been going smoothly!" Chen Jinfa waved his hand, pulling Lu Fei to sit down, "It's one of my buddies. Something strange is happening at his home, and he doesn't want to make it public."
"Brother Fa, please tell me more," Lu Fei immediately became interested.
Without needing to be told, Hu Zi had already prepared two cups of tea and brought them over.
"Don't spread this around, Mr. Lu," Chen Jinfɑ said, lowering his rough voice. "That guy used to be in the game too, but he retired earlier than I did. He's made quite a fortune over the years and married a young, pretty wife."
"I've seen that young wife of his; she's as pretty as a little star, and he dotes on her like a treasure."
"This year, she got pregnant, and he finally has a son in his old age."
"It was supposed to be a happy event, but a few days ago, she went into premature labor and gave birth to a monster!"
"A monster?" Lu Fei was surprised. "If it's a deformed baby due to underdevelopment, shouldn't they go to the hospital?"
"If it were just underdevelopment, that would be better!" Chen Jinfɑ waved his hand. "In his words, his child has something that humans shouldn't have!"
What does it mean by something that humans shouldn't have?
Lu Fei couldn't help but be very curious: "What did it grow?"