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Chapter 238 The Other Party's Actions
The dormitory has excellent soundproofing.

The moment Cheng Lejia closed the dormitory door, the entire dormitory fell into a deathly silence.

Inside and outside the door, it felt like being in two different worlds.

Jin Ping'an lay on his back on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

For others, not having to go to work at the criminal investigation team is equivalent to a paid vacation.

I'm overjoyed to have such a wonderful thing happen to me.

But for Jin Ping'an, this is clearly not the case.

Leaving aside his passion for upholding justice.

Jin Ping'an had long regarded the criminal investigation team as a home.

As is widely known, Jin Ping'an is an orphan.

Even if many people haven't experienced the life of orphans, they will have some understanding of it through various channels.

Just like many people may not have seen a pig run, but they've all eaten pork, right?

The orphanage where he worked was much better than some of the more informal ones.

But it's still an orphanage, and the caregivers can't possibly take care of just one person wholeheartedly.

Older children also need to learn to help with washing clothes and dishes.

In this environment, it's practically impossible to experience special care.

Jin Ping'an is also a member of the larger environment.

The only difference between him and others was that he knew Cheng Lejia.

At that time, Cheng Lejia had just experienced an accident that resulted in the death of both her parents.

In an effort to comfort his young master, the old butler accompanied Cheng Lejia to inspect the orphanage.

He hopes that interaction with his peers can help Cheng Lejia resolve his inner conflicts.

Although the two are from vastly different backgrounds, there might actually be a concept of compatibility.

As they spent more time together, Jin Ping'an and Cheng Lejia became best friends.

In one of his rants, Jin Ping'an complained that his abilities were useless and weak compared to the superpowers in movies.

He also talked nonsense about wanting to be a chivalrous hero.

kid.

What they want are cool skills that can send people flying with a single punch, or fly into the sky or dive into the ground, or breathe fire and generate electricity.

They have absolutely no idea what skills development is.

Even if you gave him the vector manipulation ability of some white-haired old man, he would still think it's not as powerful as shooting lasers from his eyes.

After listening, Cheng Lejia thought about it very seriously for a while.

They recommended the bewildered Jin Ping'an to the criminal investigation team.

His journey of chivalry and justice has officially begun.

The underground forces in Qianhua City changed their attitude towards him from initial disdain and mockery to avoiding him whenever they saw him.

It can be said that everyone hates it.

This is not to say that Jin Ping'an is particularly powerful.

It's simply because he has powerful backers.

They can't kill you with one move, so they try to negotiate, but all they do is keep pushing you to confess and submit to the law.

This kind of hothead.

Everyone who sees it finds it annoying.

The key is that this kid still has the ability to rewind time. As long as he gets even a little bit of a clue...

No matter if your melons are made of gold particles or not, he'll still sweep your melon patch away along the vines.

After Jin Ping'an's extraordinary "reasoning" ability was confirmed through retrospection, the criminal police team began to take his opinions seriously.

In the past, even if Jin Ping'an accurately described what others did at what time using time regression, it would only elicit a brief moment of amazement, and would be forgotten in less than ten minutes.

Occasionally, some people even suspect that Jin Ping'an is spying on them.

But the criminal investigation team would never treat him like this.

Even if Jin Ping'an's reasoning ability is poor, the others will use their imagination to fill in the gaps in his words and come up with reasonable explanations.

This was a feeling Jin Ping'an had never experienced in the orphanage.

Gradually, Jin Ping'an grew to love life in the criminal investigation team.

At the same time, I also developed a passion for upholding justice, helping the families of victims find the truth, and restoring the innocence of the deceased.

However, Tian Hao now told him not to go to the criminal investigation team for the time being, and to focus on his studies at school.

This made Jin Ping'an extremely anxious.

A sense of fear that he was about to be abandoned lingered in his heart and could not be dispelled for a long time.

This feeling of gain and loss is the main reason why he was sulking.

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Dormitory lobby.

After coming downstairs, Cheng Lejia did not rush to the classroom.

Instead, he leaned against the iron gate of the dormitory, took out his phone, and made a call.

"How is he doing now?"

As soon as the call connected, a slightly worried voice came from the phone.

Cheng Lejia looked up at the dormitory building: "They're probably still lying in bed sulking right now."

"Sigh... there's nothing I can do about it. This incident involves the Hermit, and I really don't want to get him involved."

Cheng Lejia pinched the bridge of her nose, looking somewhat troubled: "But Uncle Tian, ​​do you think Ping An, with his personality, will obediently listen to you?"

"That's why I asked you to keep an eye on him. Make sure he doesn't sneak away. Even if he's not around, you can call me immediately to prevent him from acting impulsively."

Tian Hao said slowly.

"To keep an eye on him, I followed him all the way to the cafeteria, and I didn't even have time to eat dinner..."

Cheng Lejia's tone was somewhat resentful.

Tian Hao coughed awkwardly twice: "Ahem, I was just worried that he would sneak off to do an investigation as soon as he got off the bus... But what's wrong with this kid today? He actually went back to school obediently, which is not like him at all?"

Tian Hao used his traditional skill to quickly change the subject, steer the main conversation towards Jin Ping'an.

Cheng Lejia nodded: "That's true... He's a completely different person today than before. Even the matter of Hu Yingshao didn't make him this depressed."

Tian Hao was somewhat taken aback: "It's that serious?"

"After all, I'm Ping An's childhood friend. I can tell whether he's in a good mood or not, or whether he has something on his mind."

Cheng Lejia retorted with a hint of dissatisfaction.

"He may be a bit slow and naive, but you can't really treat him like a heartless tool, can you?"

"is it so serious?"

Tian Hao straightened up from the car seat and touched his hair: "It's just that he doesn't have to come to the criminal investigation team for the time being. It's not like he won't get paid. Isn't it nice to have a paid long vacation?"

“I feel like he’s worried you’re going to fire him.”

Cheng Lejia offered his own guess.

"What a joke! How many great achievements has he made since he joined the team? From murder cases to human trafficking, from cracking down on prostitution to fighting organized crime."

Putting everything else aside, Hu Yingshao's actions alone are a major achievement, not to mention that he recently helped the anti-drug team dismantle two drug trafficking routes and found a distribution warehouse in the community, seizing half a market's worth of drugs.

Even if they fire me, they wouldn't fire him!

Tian Hao immediately denied Cheng Lejia's claim that he wanted to fire Jin Ping'an.

Even if Shi Hongfang were out of his mind, he wouldn't do something like firing a human-shaped harvester of credit.

In addition, Jin Ping'an also had Cheng Lejia as his guarantor and support, and the old forensic doctor Han Wenshan also took good care of him.

With these two connections in place, even if Shi Hongfang has connections behind him, it might not be easy to fire Jin Ping'an.

"It's just a feeling, I didn't say that this is what he was worried about."

Cheng Lejia sighed and explained, "Don't be fooled by Ping An's usual carefree demeanor. He's actually quite lonely inside. To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he really had these kinds of wild thoughts."

Even if that's what he thinks, I wouldn't dare let him come back.

Tian Hao looked constipated: "This case may involve hermits. It's too dangerous for Ping An to come into contact with such people."

Cheng Lejia asked tentatively, "But I've heard that hermits only target those who have committed heinous crimes? Ping An seems like a good person no matter how you look at it."

Tian Hao knew that Cheng Lejia and Jin Ping'an would definitely ask this question.

He pulled out his prepared statement and solemnly warned Cheng Lejia: "Most of those who died at the hands of the Hermit were indeed evil people, but there are still many others whose crimes the police have yet to find evidence of."

How did the hermit determine that their crimes were heinous when the police couldn't find any evidence even after a thorough search?

Who can guarantee that a mentally ill person who kills people every day on average is safe and harmless?
Moreover, it remains to be seen whether the views on hermits have changed over the years.

We cannot entrust our lives to the moral compass of outsiders, or to a madman who has killed at least thousands of people.

Although we don't know whether he's good or bad, we know he's deadly.

Tian Hao's earnest lecture did not convince Cheng Lejia.

No matter what, he is the heir to a large corporation and has received a systematic elite education.

They're not as easily fooled as Jin Ping'an.

"But the Hermit did indeed reduce Nevada's crime rate from the top to the lowest. Simply killing innocent people shouldn't have done that, right?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Hao's face darkened.

All the police officers focused their attention on the Hermit's murders.

They tacitly ignored the problems with Nevada's official institutions.

Because this is their pain point.

As a veteran criminal investigator, Tian Hao looked at the group of monsters and freaks in Nevada City.

Even though they weren't colleagues from the same city, he still felt ashamed to face people.

They avoid discussing the dangers of hermits, but focus on the crime rate.

Target the pain points of the issue and deliver a series of combined blows.

Cheng Lejia has truly mastered the essence of Tian Hao's teachings.

"Even if he lowers Nevada's crime rate, it doesn't change the fact that he's dangerous."

Tian Hao decided to stop arguing: "In short, whatever you do, don't let Ping An get involved in anything related to this case rashly. If the Hermit's personality changes, no one can save you."

“I know. When the messenger first arrived, I had the steward investigate his deeds and also found information about the hermit.”

Cheng Lejia smiled nonchalantly, "Don't worry, I know very well how dangerous the hermits are."

Since you already know this, why do you still insist on arguing with me for so long? Are you kidding me?

Tian Hao rolled his eyes: "That's all for now. I still have a case to investigate, so I'll hang up now."

"be careful."

Cheng Lejia gave a word of advice.

"Thank you for your concern."

After thanking him, Tian Hao hung up the phone.

Cheng Lejia glanced back at the dormitory building, narrowed his eyes, and a helpless smile appeared on his lips.

Then he put away his phone, shook his head, and walked straight toward the teaching building.

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Since Ai Liang and Ye Qing had already asked for leave beforehand, they did not go to the cafeteria for lunch after the school bell rang.

Instead, he took the bus directly home.

What kind of students are the most troublesome at school?
The answer is boarding students.

The safety of boarding students is the direct responsibility of the school.

Therefore, the focus of school management is mostly on boarding students.

Things like checking dorm rooms at night, checking for prohibited items, checking for pets, and so on.

Unless you live on campus, you'll rarely be involved in class meetings, except for academic-related questions.

If you also have good grades, then your attitude towards class meetings will change.

I was just there to watch the show, seeing the homeroom teacher scolding the students.

Ai Liang had no interest in watching the excitement, so he skipped the class meeting during evening self-study.

Ye Qing, on the other hand, was planning to work part-time at a supermarket.

In addition, since she was not a boarding student, most of the content of the class meeting was irrelevant to her.

So she didn't plan to stay, but chose to go back with Ai Liang.

The admission requirements for the elite classes at Qianhua Experimental Middle School are shockingly high.

Moreover, there is no policy of lowering the admission scores for local students. Every local student who can get into the top class is a top performer.

The only locals who were admitted through the proper channels were Ye Qing, Fang Xinlei, and Peng Yuan, who hadn't reported for duty yet.

People like Cheng Lejia, Jin Pingan, and Yi Wenna all got in through connections.

Of the six locals, all but Ye Qing were boarding students.

Students from other regions, it goes without saying, will definitely live on campus.

In the entire top-tier class, only Ai Liang and Ye Qing were day students.

Boarding school is the norm for top-performing classes.

Under the pressure of this bottom-ranking elimination system.

In the past, there have even been cases where students whose homes were in nearby communities moved into the dormitory on their own initiative.

The goal is to squeeze out more study time.

Therefore, Yu Xin was not worried that the two would set a bad example, so he tacitly allowed them to skip class.

However, the main reason is that Yu Xin had no way to deal with Ai Liang.

Ai Liang is highly capable.

Adhering to the idea that "if they don't want me here, they'll beg to stay elsewhere," they simply don't listen to any of the school rules and regulations.

Are you really going to make me attend nighttime self-study sessions? Then I'll go to the accelerated class.

They won't let me go? Then I'll just transfer schools and leave.

A true talent will be sought after wherever they go; the school can't possibly let such a genius go.

What else can we do but accept it?

Only those who are capable deserve privileges.

Of course, financial ability is also a kind of ability.

Back in her apartment building, while waiting for the elevator, Ye Qing stretched and yawned: "Hmm~ I've been working every day for the past few months, and suddenly sitting in a chair reading all day is really a bit strange."

Ai Liang's expression remained unchanged for years.

He scrolled through his phone, showing no intention of speaking.

Ye Qing pouted and poked Ai Liang's arm with her fingertip to vent her dissatisfaction: "Will you just stay mute as long as I don't call you by name?"

"I'm thinking about what to eat tonight."

Ai Liang stared intently at her phone, her fingers still swiping up and down: "Don't you have to work? Why don't you just go to the supermarket instead of going home?"

The elevator has arrived.

Ye Qing stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for her floor: "Work doesn't start until 6:30. Working at night is basically just packing things up and preparing for the supermarket to close. There's no need to rush."

(End of this chapter)