It's hard to persuade the damned ghosts.
The lives and deaths of these people had nothing to do with Chen Qing.
On his way back to the hotel, Chen Qing came to the outdoor camping store again.
The shop owner welcomed him in as if greeting a God of Wealth.
"Do you have... necklaces or other things that can hold half a cigarette and be carried around?"
Chen Qing took out half a cigarette for comparison.
He didn't take out the shrunken Demon-Suppressing Tower. Although no one might recognize it, he couldn't be too careful. In the apocalypse, people's hearts were too terrifying.
"It must be sturdy, unable to be cut by a knife, and resistant to water and fire."
"Yes!"
The shop owner immediately found a piece of braided rope:
"This is called Dyneema. It's an ultra-high-strength polyethylene fiber, 15 times stronger than steel and even stronger than aramid fiber. Don't look at how thin this rope is. It can tow a five-ton car without a problem."
Then he took out a mummy-shaped thing the size of a finger.
He pressed the bottom and turned it counterclockwise to open it.
There was a groove inside, which was big enough to hold half a cigarette.
"This is called the Deadly Necklace. It's said that it was worn by secret agents in the past. They put deadly poison inside it, which could be used to kill others or commit suicide."
"Now I heard that extreme sports enthusiasts would put adrenaline in it. It can save lives at a critical moment."
Chen Qing took a look and found that it was just the right size to hold the shrunken Demon-Suppressing Tower.
Immediately, he asked the boss to help him put it on his neck, "Weld it onto my neck."
"Handsome guy, think it over. Once it's really fixed properly, without professional tools, it might take several days to take it off."
"Yeah."
Everything was settled.
"How much is it?"
"You're our store's supreme customer. There's no charge."
Chen Qing didn't insist. He just left.
Downstairs at the hotel, Chen Qing received a phone call.
It was from Chen Xi.
As soon as he answered it, Chen Xi's 崩溃 (collapsed) voice came out:
"Chen Qing! What... what do you mean?! Wuwuwu... You bastard!"
How dare she swear?
Chen Qing sneered in his heart and hung up directly.
The phone rang again.
"Chen Qing! Chen Qing! Don't hang up! Don't hang up! Please don't hang up!"
Chen Xi's voice was already on the verge of breaking down: "Please! I'm sorry! Come and explain it quickly..."
Chen Qing pretended to be puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Another voice came from the phone:
"Today you reported to the police that someone snatched your mobile phone, but this young lady said that you two are boyfriend and girlfriend and were just joking around. Please come to the police station. Otherwise, this young lady will face a sentence of at least three years."
After hanging up the phone, Chen Qing was a bit surprised.
He really didn't expect it to be so serious. He thought it would be just 15 days of detention. He didn't expect it to be at least three years?
Wasn't that like letting her die in there?
That would be letting her off too easily!
Among the ferocious faces in his previous life, only Chen Xi and Chen Kun were the ones who couldn't be allowed to die easily!
Moreover, Chen Qing had great use for this woman. Definitely! He couldn't let her die in the police station!
Damn it!
What bad luck.
When he arrived at the police station, Chen Qing saw Chen Xi with red and swollen eyes from crying and her makeup smeared like dirt on her face.
As soon as she saw Chen Qing, she rushed over.
Chen Qing quickly dodged to the side and pushed her hard, causing her to bump into a table beside her, shouting, "What the hell!"
Chen Xi's hip hit the corner of the table, and her face twisted in pain.
"Chen... Chen Qing, it's me." Chen Xi tried hard to force a smile, but it looked even worse than crying.
"Eh? Chen Xi?! Are... are you from a poor family? Why did you become a thief?" Chen Qing's expression was full of disgust: "And you even resorted to robbery?"
"It's a misunderstanding!" Chen Xi grimaced in pain.
At this moment, a middle-aged woman just came out of the toilet. As soon as she saw Chen Qing, she became furious!
"Ah! You're the damned one!!"
The middle-aged woman screeched and rushed over to scratch Chen Qing: "It's you who got Xiao Xi locked up! You damned one!!"
She was immediately restrained.
Chen Qing didn't say a word and turned around to leave.
Chen Xi was panicked!
The middle-aged woman was also panicked!
"Stop!"
"Stop!"
The police also stopped Chen Qing.
"What's going on?"
Chen Qing frowned.
"You reported the case. This young lady said that you two are friends and were just joking around..."
"Robbery, with a sentence of three years. Just handle it according to this. I'm so annoyed just looking at this woman."
Chen Qing pointed at the hysterical middle-aged woman and, too lazy to argue, took another step to leave.
"You!! You just want to blackmail us for money!! We'll give it to you!"
Chen Xi quickly stopped her: "Mom! Mom! Don't make things worse! He's not short of money!"
"I originally wanted to come and explain, but now I don't want to," Chen Qing sneered: "The facts are clear, and the evidence is conclusive. Just sentence her to three years!"
The middle-aged woman was extremely angry!
The finger pointing at Chen Qing was trembling.
"You... you..."
"If you say one more word, I'll leave immediately."
Chen Qing looked at the middle-aged woman with a smile: "Please apologize for your behavior just now."
"Apologize! No way! You're a bastard who brought bad luck to your parents and killed them!"
Chen Qing turned around and left again.
"Come back!!"
"Come back!!"
Chen Qing didn't indulge them.
He directly turned off his phone and went back to the hotel.
"Chen Qing, you're back."
Chen Man said expressionlessly.
He was gnawing on a chicken leg while doing his homework, and beside him was a waiter tutoring him.
The waiter gave Chen Qing a bitter smile. Sitting here tutoring Chen Man's homework was even more tiring than working two night shifts!
"Thanks for your hard work. You can leave now." Chen Qing casually took out two hundred-yuan bills.
The waiter took them and left with a big smile.
Before Chen Qing could say a few words to Chen Man, there was a knock on the door.
Chen Qing saw that it was two policemen, one old and one young.
"Kid, don't be so impulsive!" The old policeman said amiably: "Try to mediate if possible. Would you feel good about sending a young girl to prison for a few years?"
Chen Qing thought about it seriously: "I would feel very good."
"Right... eh?" The old policeman paused.
One sentence disrupted all the words he was going to say next.
The tried-and-true communication tactic had a bug!
The scene became strangely awkward.
The young policeman took over: "Then how do you want to solve this?"
Out of the corner of his eye, Chen Qing saw someone hiding at the entrance of the corridor not far away.
"Definitely an apology."
"The daughter committed robbery, and the mother hit and cursed people. What kind of family would raise such ill-mannered people?"
The figure not far away was trembling with anger.
Chen Qing felt even more comfortable in his heart.
"Did you see how that menopausal woman looked today? She was so fierce that I thought a ghost had come!"
"My female cat in heat wasn't even that fierce!"
The figure trembled even more violently.
"Cough! Cough!"
The police coughed awkwardly twice and waved their hands repeatedly: "Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense."
He beckoned to the back:
"Yu Jinxiu, come and apologize."
Sure enough!
It was that middle-aged woman.
Her face was flushed red at the moment, and her hands were trembling.
She said heavily: "I'm sorry."
Chen Qing directly closed the door.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" The young policeman put his foot against the door and frowned: "What's the meaning of this?"
"Didn't you see how she apologized?"
Chen Qing sneered: "Who is she showing her temper to?"
The old policeman looked dissatisfied. He looked at Chen Qing and then at the middle-aged woman: "If this mediation fails, I won't care about it anymore, and your daughter will really be locked up."
The middle-aged woman's face changed when she heard this. She took a few deep breaths and gritted her teeth: "I'm sorry!"
Chen Qing was cleaning the mud that got into his fingernails while digging, without even looking at her: "It's not sincere enough."
The middle-aged woman was really trembling with anger all over her body. She took a few deep breaths: "I was wrong about what happened today. I apologize to you. I'm sorry!"
"What about cursing my parents?"
Chen Qing flicked off a few pieces of black mud: "You said I was a bastard who brought bad luck to my parents and killed them?"
The woman was slightly stunned. She took a long breath, her body trembled, and her voice became choked with sobs:
"I... I'm the bastard! I'm the one who's a bastard!"
"I'm the one who brought bad luck to my parents and killed them!"
"Is it okay now?!"
She tried to look at Chen Qing calmly, her eyes red.
Chen Qing smiled: "No, I mean, when your family apologizes, do you always look like you want to kill someone?"
The woman clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into her flesh.
She wiped her face hard.
"I'm sorry, I have a foul mouth! I said things I shouldn't have said today. Please be magnanimous!"
Slap!
With that, the woman actually slapped herself hard on the face.
Slap!
Slap!
Chen Qing watched calmly, unmoved.
"Enough?" The old policeman frowned.
"Just about," Chen Qing smiled and said, "I'm quite satisfied with this. You can leave now."