My Healing Games

Chapter 154 The Tacit Understanding Between Han Fei and the Police
"Is it appropriate for an actor like you to be constantly looking for the police? Won't the paparazzi report things like this?" Li Xue rode the motorcycle with Han Fei sitting behind her.

“It’s okay, I’m quite familiar with the paparazzi, and my next step is to develop them into informants.”

"A celebrity turning paparazzi into informants? You really dare to dream of that." Li Xue drove very aggressively and at high speed: "Your entertainment industry is quite complicated. I think you'd better tone it down."

"I didn't have a choice before, but now I just want to be a real actor. If anyone in the industry dares to trip me up, I'll flip the table and join your Shanghai police force." Han Fei asked Li Xue very seriously, "Does having an experience of acting bravely and righteously give you extra points when recruiting police officers?"

"I'll probably consider it."

Is there a limit to the points awarded?

"The upper limit?"

Around 11 a.m., Li Xue drove Han Fei to the Old Town Police Station.

Originally, Li Xue's teacher was still in the hospital. After hearing that Han Fei was coming to see him, he immediately changed the meeting place, feeling that Han Fei should not go near the hospital at this time.

Upon entering the office of the police station in the old town, the old man had already arrived; he didn't like making others wait for him.

"What do you want to talk to me about?" The old man stood by the table. He was tall and didn't look like someone who was sick.

"Old man, has your police investigated anyone?" Han Fei asked directly, without any formalities.

"Who?"

"Ma Manjiang." After Han Fei uttered this name, the office fell silent.

The old man didn't answer immediately. He gave Han Fei a strange look, and then, quite unusually, he smiled: "Where did you learn this name from?"

"I found it online." Han Fei explained his speculation in its entirety. He believed that Ma Manjiang and Chu Xia had a relationship, and then, in order to cover up the secret, he killed her to silence her when threats failed. He also suspected that the child who was hiding in the gym room at the beginning was Jin Sheng.

If he hadn't discovered that information in the deeper world, he wouldn't have been able to form such a complete chain of deductions. However, Li Xue's teacher was unaware of the existence of the deeper world.

From the old man's perspective, Han Fei deduced a possibility based solely on fragmented information online, suggesting he was a genius at solving cases.

After listening to Han Fei's words, the old man's eyes were full of admiration: "It's already very impressive that you were able to deduce all of this on your own."

"You've got your eyes on him too?" Han Fei was no less surprised than the police. Judging from the old man's expression, they seemed to have known about Ma Manjiang for a long time.

"Two days ago, after we extracted information from Meng Chang'an, we thoroughly investigated Yimin Private Academy again. Unfortunately, Ma Manjiang has disappeared, and we are currently secretly tracking down his whereabouts." The old man sat down in a chair and gestured for Han Fei to sit next to him. "We retrieved the old records again. Ma Manjiang seems to have many identities. The last time he appeared as Ma Manjiang was at his father's funeral. By the way, his father was the founder of Yimin Private Academy."

"His father is the school principal?"

“Ma Manjiang’s father was an entrepreneur and philanthropist. They built that school in the suburbs at first to make it easier for children in the neighborhood to go to school, but it gradually changed its purpose…” Li Xue’s teacher told Han Fei some things she knew.

Police have now determined that there is some kind of connection between all the victims at Yimin Private Academy. However, police believe that the link between the victims is not Ma Manjiang, but Jin Sheng.

He was the last person to die before Yimin Private College was closed, and he was also the turning point in the whole incident.

Han Fei approached the case from Ma Manjiang's perspective, but Li Xue's teacher approached it from the perspective of a butterfly.

That butterfly likes to manipulate human nature, driving kindness to madness. Among the victims, Jin Sheng is the one who best fits the butterfly's requirements.

Li Xue's teacher even boldly speculated that all the cases in the entire Yimin Private Academy were caused by Jin Sheng.

Jin Sheng was the first person targeted by the butterfly. The butterfly laid bare the malice of the world before Jin Sheng, gradually enveloping him in the malice around him.

Han Fei speculated that Jin Sheng was the student who initially hid in the gym. Li Xue's teacher further speculated that it was possible that Butterfly deliberately lured Jin Sheng in so that he could see with his own eyes what Teacher Ma, whom he respected, was like in private.

Jin Sheng must have considered asking for help, but unfortunately no one believed him at first. Later, when some people were willing to believe him, those who believed him were killed one after another, and Jin Sheng was eventually forced to his death.

Perhaps Jin Sheng's death was not the result the butterfly wanted; it probably hoped that Jin Sheng would embrace malice. Unfortunately, Jin Sheng resolutely chose death.

That's the police's speculation, but police investigations require evidence, and they can't be sure why Jin Sheng was targeted by the butterfly.

Through interviews and investigations, they felt that Jin Sheng was just an ordinary, kind child whose only characteristic was that he liked ghost stories, nothing more.

Jin Sheng is dead, and the police cannot find out what Jin Sheng was thinking from other people. But Han Fei is different. He suspects that Jin Sheng is currently in Yimin Private Academy. He has the opportunity to get close to Jin Sheng, have a good conversation with him, and even become Jin Sheng's friend.

Han Fei had an advantage that the police didn't have. After listening to Teacher Li Xue's analysis, he immediately understood what he should do.

In fact, Han Fei and the police had already worked together quite well. In the deeper world, he saw the remaining memories of the deceased through resentment, and then used these memories to piece together a truth, pointing the police in a general direction for solving the case.

The subsequent meticulous investigation and arrest required a significant amount of manpower and resources, which were then handled by the police. The two complemented each other: one apprehended the butterfly and the suspect in the real world, while the other brought relief and redemption to the deceased in the deeper world.

Han Fei has an excellent memory. The old man only said it once, and he memorized all the key points. He plans to try to find Jin Sheng in the school in the deep world tonight.

"Grandpa, after talking with you, I feel like I've suddenly seen the light." Han Fei is meticulous about details, but his overall perspective is not as good as Li Xue's teacher's; after all, he's just an actor.

“I also enjoy chatting with you.” The old man looked at Han Fei with a gentle expression. “I’m very happy to meet a young man like you, but I hope you will promise me one thing.”

"whats the matter?"

“I suggest you choose a happier profession. I know you are a great actress and have the talent of an excellent police officer, but neither of these professions can truly help you find your smile again.” Li Xue’s teacher seemed to be able to read Han Fei’s mind: “Acting allows you to portray other people’s smiles, but it’s the only thing that prevents you from portraying your own; being a police officer will expose you to a great deal of evil, and that evil will weigh you down, making it hard for you to breathe. In that case, what you lose will be more than just a smile.”

Teacher Li Xue's earnest words warmed Han Fei's heart, but unfortunately he had no other choice: "I understand all this, but I don't want to back down now. I must catch the butterfly."

Han Fei's tone was unusually firm. He truly had no way out. The black box that Butterfly was looking for was in his mind, and the two sides were locked in a life-or-death struggle.

An older man and a younger man, two people of different identities, ages, and professions, chatted for a long time in the office. Finally, when the hospital called, Li Xue's teacher left accompanied by another policeman.

Seeing her teacher chatting so intently with Han Fei, Li Xue found it unbelievable; her teacher hadn't had a conversation like this with anyone in a long time.

After talking with the old man, Han Fei's thinking was broadened, and most of his guesses were confirmed by the police.

Han Fei now has a rough plan in mind: the murderers at Yimin Private Academy are Ma Manjiang and his child, and the victims are security guards, thugs, and Ma Manjiang's wife. Han Fei needs to find the other victims as soon as possible and rescue them all.

As Han Fei walked out of the police station and was about to go home, his phone rang. It was Director Jiang calling.

"Director, is something the matter?"

"Tomorrow night at 8 pm, 'Twin Flowers' will be released on all platforms. We have rented a venue and are preparing for everyone to get together to watch the premiere."

"So fast?"

"We've given up on the theatrical release; we're focusing on online streaming. Tomorrow night, we'll decide whether it's a success or a failure."

With the development of the times, online movies and offline cinemas have developed into two different industrial chains. Online movies are convenient and fast, and they are no longer synonymous with shoddy production. Offline cinemas, on the other hand, have taken the audiovisual effects to the extreme, and you can only experience the shock after watching them.

Han Fei and his team's "Twin Flowers" focuses on the plot and is a low-budget film, so it doesn't have many requirements for special effects. Therefore, streaming it on multiple online platforms is the most cost-effective option.

"I'll definitely go tomorrow night." Han Fei was also a little excited, after all, this was his first time playing the lead role.

"Okay!" Director Jiang was even more excited than Han Fei when he heard that Han Fei was willing to come and watch with him: "By the way, I have a friend who wants to meet you. He is a well-known horror film director in the industry. He will also come to watch with us tomorrow."

Director Jiang meant well by wanting to introduce his connections to Han Fei, hoping that Han Fei could go further and achieve greater success.

(End of this chapter)