Soul Patch

Chapter 35 Dressed Beast

Wenjie shut his mouth, quietly picked up a large lobster, and carefully peeled its shell.

Qin Fen rolled her eyes at him again, and then she saw Wenjie put the peeled lobster meat on her plate.

"Oh, that's more like it." Qin Fen's expression softened somewhat.

"You can say it now!"

Qin Fen carefully brought the large lobster that Wenjie had peeled to her mouth, taking small, elegant bites.

Wenjie sat across from him, anxiously watching, constantly glancing at the time on his phone.

Finally, Qin Fen had almost finished eating the lobster in her hand. As she slowly began to speak, Wenjie felt a surge of excitement.

"One more, please!"

puff……

Wenjie was so angry he almost vomited blood!

After peeling several shrimp back and forth, Qin Fen finally had enough and got up to walk towards the cashier.

Wenjie was speechless when he saw the bill. The two of them ordered two servings of crayfish, one with garlic sauce and the other with spicy sauce, and it cost more than a thousand yuan?

Two cups of coconut juice cost 160 yuan.

It's really quite expensive.

"Do you need an invoice?" Qin Fen asked Wen Jie casually after making the payment with her mobile phone.

“I…I don’t want an invoice,” Wenjie said with a smile. “If you can get reimbursed…uh, never mind, you don’t want to live anymore, why would you need reimbursement?”

Qin Fen was used to Wenjie's eccentric way of speaking, so she just chuckled and didn't argue.

The two were chatting away in front of the cashier, making her face turn pale. Is this kind of flirting fashionable now?

I can't appreciate it, I just can't appreciate it!

Wenjie followed Qin Fen out of the Longda Hotel. A gentle evening breeze blew, and the air was filled with the aroma of delicious food.

Ghost Street is one of the most bustling nightlife areas in M ​​City, where shops stay open all night.

The trendy men and women from Liangdu Bar Street and the Coco Disco in the East District come here to eat after having a good time.

Behind the food street, there are also various high-end foot massage and hotel services.

Wenjie had heard Bai Yu mention it, but he had never been there. The cost there was so high that Wenjie's monthly salary wouldn't even cover one night's expenses.

Qin Fen walked westward along the brightly lit streets of Ghost Street. Wen Jie didn't know where she was going, but he just followed quietly.

After walking for about twenty minutes, a quiet little lake came into view, with taverns scattered along its shore.

Colorful lights flickered in front of the tavern, their reflections shimmering in the lake, making the night appear gentle, tranquil, elegant, and warm.

This... should also be a bar street, but the lake water is gentle and flowing, the music is melodious and soothing, and the air is filled with a strong artistic atmosphere.

It is distinctly different from traditional bars that are filled with singing, dancing, and dazzling lights.

This place suits Qin Fen's temperament quite well; it seems she comes here often.

"This place..." Wenjie wanted to ask what this place was called.

"This place is called Panhai," Qin Fen teased Wenjie. "It's even more expensive here than where we just ate. A bottle of wine costs four or five hundred."

This sharp-tongued woman, is she going to keep bringing up that meal all the time? Wenjie quickly said:

"When I have money, I'll treat you to Longda's food. You can owe me for now."

Qin Fen found it somewhat amusing: Who asked him to return the invitation?

She must commit suicide by drowning herself in the lake today, and her death must be reported in the newspapers tomorrow, otherwise it will be her daughter who is thrown into the lake.

Is she still alive to wait for Wenjie to become rich and treat her to a crayfish feast?

Looking at Wenjie's confident declaration, she felt a moment of disorientation. When she was young, hadn't she also wanted promotions, high salaries, and social status...?

Demanding this and that, they eventually realize they can't even live a normal, ordinary life.

Having money... Haha, how absurd and laughable it sounds now.

What about the future, what about all the time ahead, what about when I'm rich...

Only after reaching this point did I truly understand that you shouldn't wait for a long time; if you want to do something, you should do it now.

If you miss it, you'll really miss it!

"You have a girl you like, so you should hurry up and go see her..."

Qin Fen sighed and said, "Otherwise, I'm afraid that by the time you're ready to see her, she'll have waited too long and won't want to see you anymore."

No matter how they talked, the conversation always veered back to him, and Wenjie finally learned how formidable Qin Fen was.

"Tell me... tell me how Lin Yufei died?" Wenjie wasn't going to listen to her story.

This was a place where he wouldn't be disturbed, so Wenjie no longer had any reservations about speaking.

"Have a cigarette!" Qin Fen held out her hand to Wen Jie, opened it, and beckoned with her finger.

A large diamond ring adorned her fair and soft ring finger, the diamonds sparkling brilliantly in the darkness.

Wenjie had no idea about jewelry. He handed Qin Fen a cigarette and lit it for her. He lit one for himself and sat down next to her, puffing away.

"Lin Yufei and the other two were classmates. It was either an accident or a prank by Guan Xiaonan and Xu Mo... The cause is unclear, but Lin Yufei drowned."

"The person drowned in the pond behind the school, and the two children were terrified."

Wang Gang was the director of studies at No. 6 Middle School in M ​​City at the time. He witnessed this scene in his office. At that time, the Education Commission was selecting model schools for teaching. He was afraid that someone would die on campus and that the social impact would be too great, so he decided to cover it up.

He sent Xu Mo, Guan Xiaonan, and another female classmate to play at the artificial lake in the canal park after school. Then, after dark, he secretly threw Lin Yufei's body into the lake.

During the police investigation, the three of them gave false testimony, claiming that Lin Yufei accidentally fell into the lake and drowned while they were playing by the lake.

Qin Fen stopped, took an elegant drag of the cigarette, and blew a smoke ring at Wen Jie.

Wenjie stared at the smoke rings for a while until they dissipated into the air.

Lin Yufei's father, Lin Tao, did not believe that his daughter would drown in the artificial lake.

He said his daughter was a very good swimmer and couldn't have drowned; she must have been murdered.

He reported it to the education commission, to the police station, and even hired reporters to expose it.

"That whistleblower letter was delivered to me..." Qin Fen said, lowering her eyes, which gradually welled up with tears.

"The principal also called me, saying that I also graduated from M City No. 6 Middle School, and that we can't just sit idly by at this time. We should help if we can. Besides, we're all in the education system. If No. 6 Middle School falls, it won't benefit anyone."

Wenjie pondered Qin Fen's words, feeling that there was something illogical about them. Was it really just for the sake of the reputation of No. 6 Middle School and the education system?

Qin Fen's relationship with the leaders of her previous school and the education commission was purely one of superior and subordinate.

So why, among so many excellent teachers, was she the only one who rose through the ranks and was transferred to the Education Commission?

"Then I used my connections to suppress the reports from the Education Commission and the police."

Qin Fen fell silent as she spoke, quietly puffing out smoke.

"What day did the drowning happen? Give me the exact time," Wenjie asked.

"June 21, 2017," Qin Fen answered crisply, as if the date was imprinted in her mind and she could recall it without having to consciously think about it.

Five days later, on June 26, I received Lin Tao's letter of complaint.

Oh, Wenjie was secretly taken aback.

Two years ago today!

In other words, today marks the second anniversary of Lin Yufei's drowning.

After Qin Fen stated this time, the system displayed a prompt: "Activate Soul Patch?"

[Activated]

In an instant, Wenjie disappeared from in front of Qin Fen.

Qin Fen rubbed her eyes and saw that Wenjie, who had just been sitting there, had suddenly vanished into thin air.

She gave a cold laugh, glanced at her phone; there were still two and a half hours until midnight. She strolled towards the main road of Panhai.

I'm going to take a taxi back to the artificial lake.

Another scene appeared before Wenjie's eyes: Qin Fen was holding a letter of complaint and lighting a lighter to burn it.

Qin Fen was wearing a white business suit and had exquisite makeup on her face... Wenjie didn't have time to take a closer look, but she was very beautiful anyway.

He lunged forward and snatched the letter of complaint from Qin Fen's hand. He delivered it directly to the Minister of Education's office, where he found a serious-looking middle-aged man sitting there. Wenjie handed the letter to him.

"Lin Yufei, a student at No. 6 Middle School in M ​​City, was drowned by two classmates. This matter should not be suppressed. The police should bring the murderer to justice. Otherwise, everyone involved in this case will be drowned by Lin Yufei's father, Lin Tao."

After saying this, Wenjie turned and left amidst the other person's surprised gaze.

He returned to Qin Fen's office, where Qin Fen was making a phone call with a pale face. He walked over and hung up.

"Who are you calling? Are you trying to use your connections to put pressure on the police investigating the case?"

Do not try to cover up the drowning case of Lin Yufei from No. 6 Middle School in M ​​City, otherwise Lin Yufei's father, Lin Tao, will force you to jump into the river two years later.

If you don't jump into the river, he'll drown your 14-year-old daughter and throw her into the lake.

[Patch for correcting life trajectory]

[Patch deployed successfully]

……

At the East District Police Station, Officer Cao looked at Lin Tao's confession.

Why did you kill Wang Gang first, instead of Xu Mo and Guan Xiaonan?

Lin Tao looked pained, tears welling in his eyes: "He bullied my daughter."

"Is there any evidence?" Officer Cao was also taken aback, as this was something that wasn't mentioned in the case file at all.

"No, but my daughter mentioned to me that the head of the teaching affairs office physically punished students, and others had also been physically punished."

I thought it was really corporal punishment, so I didn't take it seriously.

It wasn't until Fei Fei's accident that her body was seen, clearly indicating that she had been...abused before her death.

I heard that the police also took a statement from Wang Gang, so he must be involved in this case.

Only then did I understand what corporal punishment was.

(End of this chapter)