My Endless Life.

Chapter 370 Being entrusted by others

Zhao Chenghu seemed to have said nothing, yet also seemed to have said everything.

But regardless of whether this incident is pollution or not, since Bureau 057 is involved, it proves that this matter is not something that ordinary people can handle.

Liu Cheng was not very clear about the severity of the suspected pollution, but pollution was inherently mysterious. Even if there was a one in ten thousand chance that it was the highest level of pollution, he had to take Li Qi away.

This is his duty as a subordinate.

That was why he rushed back immediately after get off work, wanting Li Qi to pack up and leave the city for the time being.

"I see."

Li Qi, who understood the whole story, nodded slightly when he heard this.

If this matter was taken over by Bureau 057, then there is a high possibility of contamination. However, Li Qi did not accept Liu Cheng's persuasion to leave the city.

"I already understand what happened. There's a high possibility that what you said was contamination. But, let's not talk about leaving here. In the current situation, no place in the world is absolutely safe."

Li Qi picked up the teacup and took a sip of hot tea: "If there is pollution here, there is a high probability that there will be pollution in other places. Compared with other places where we are unfamiliar with the place, at least here... you still have certain connections and relationships that can protect us from the invasion of pollution."

"But...isn't it too dangerous to continue staying here? This pollution seems to be related to people living alone. I'm not at home usually, and you're the only one in the safe house..."

Liu Cheng expressed his concerns.

In the homicide cases we received these days, all the victims were alone at home, without exception. It is obvious that this pollution is targeting single people.

Li Qi happened to be a person who usually stayed at home alone. Even though Liu Cheng knew that he was very powerful, pollution was unreasonable and there was a possibility that Li Qi would be infected.

"It doesn't matter." Li Qi explained: "I have hidden my real body. What is here now is my puppet body."

Li Qi said calmly.

Liu Cheng was surprised when he heard this and asked, "When did it happen?!"

He remembered that the body of the last doll Li Qi made was taken to the United States by Sun Xiaoqing and has not been brought back yet. However, he has not seen Li Qi making a new doll in the past few days.

How come Li Qi suddenly had a new body?
"Just for a few days. After all, this world is too dangerous. I don't think it's safe for me to be out there."

Li Qi answered casually.

In fact, after coming back, Li Qi has been working on making a second puppet body. This way, no matter whether Sun Xiaoqing comes back with her previous puppet body or not, Li Qi will have a "body" to use next time.

As soon as the puppet's body was completed these few days, Li Qi immediately transferred his consciousness, and his real body entered the town, automatically practicing the Immortal Heart Sutra.

That's why Li Qi's attitude is so calm.

Because no matter what the pollution is, and no matter whether the pollution can pose a threat to him, at the critical moment Li Qi only needs to abandon the puppet body, perform the cancellation operation, and his own consciousness will return to the original body.

There is no need to worry about safety at all.

On the contrary, the person who needs to be worried is Liu Cheng, who has been working on the front line and is easily infected by pollution.

After explaining to Liu Cheng, Li Qi said to him:
"You can find out the type of pollution in the next few days. Also, if possible, it's okay to join Bureau 057."

"?"

Liu Cheng was stunned, with a look of confusion on his face.

Li Qi explained:
"If you want to live a better life after the apocalypse, official help is indispensable, at least in the early stages. So if you can get in touch with the official, try to get in touch with them. At least then, as your family member, I can receive some preferential treatment in some aspects."

Li Qi laughed again when he said this, "Besides, it's not me who joined Bureau 057, it's you. As long as you can't find any problems, I won't be targeted by the officials."

This is the reason why Li Qi asked Liu Cheng to join the official team.

Compared with the official departments supported by the national government, the two of them are still too weak. If Liu Cheng borrows the power of the official in the future, they will be much better off after the end of the world.

After hearing the reasons listed by Li Qi, Liu Cheng did not continue to refute.

After being silent for a while, he suddenly said:

“…Even if I wanted to join Bureau 057, I probably wouldn’t be able to pass the political review.”

"?" This time it was Li Qi who asked the question. He asked in surprise, "You are already the captain of the criminal police team. How could you not pass the political review?"

"Don't forget, you asked me to buy this house with Wang He's money. Now this house... is under my name."

"..."

After a little analysis and calm thinking, Li Qi fell silent.

Wang He's money was earned by Li Qi and Wang He in the casino in Australia, but because Li Qi was not yet of the legal age to open a bank card, the money was temporarily kept by Wang He.

When Wang He came back, Zhang Fengyun had an accident and the custody of Li Qi was transferred to Liu Cheng. Wang He then handed the bank card to Liu Cheng.

Liu Cheng used the money in this card to buy the current safe house, so now this safe house belongs to Liu Cheng.

Originally this was not a big deal, at least compared to the impending doomsday, it was not a big deal at all.

The higher-ups didn't have the time to conduct a special investigation on a not-so-important criminal police captain at this time to find out the source of the unknown funds.

But if Liu Cheng joined Bureau 057, things would be different.

This matter will definitely be investigated, and it may not be so easy to explain it by then.

Li Qi was holding a cup of tea, speechless for a moment. He leaned on the sofa and thought about how to solve the problem. In the end, he couldn't think of any good solution, so he decided to let Liu Cheng continue working and not consider joining the official team for the time being.

But at this moment, the doorbell of the safe house rang. Liu Cheng stood up and took a look at the surveillance screen at the door, showing a surprised expression:
"It's Zhao Chenghu."

"Ok?"

Hearing Liu Cheng say this, Li Qi was also very surprised: "Zhao Chenghu, what is he doing here?"

"I don't know. Should we let him in?"

“…Let him in.”

Although he had no idea of ​​Zhao Chenghu's intention, there was no conflict of interest between Li Qi and the authorities. As long as he did not come with malicious intent, Li Qi would welcome him.

With Li Qi's permission, Liu Cheng opened the door.

Not long after, Zhao Chenghu, wearing a black coat and with a scar on his forehead, appeared in Li Qi's safe house.

As soon as he came in, he looked around the safe house owned by Liu Cheng, then turned to Liu Cheng and said:

"Captain Liu, your house is well remodeled. It must have cost a lot of money."

"It's not bad. It didn't cost much... I wonder why Captain Zhao came to visit this time?"

Liu Cheng ambiguously skipped the topic about the house and asked Zhao Chenghu the reason for his visit.

Zhao Chenghu didn't keep the secret. He smiled at Liu Cheng, turned his head and looked at Li Qi, who was playing mobile games like an ordinary child on the other side of the sofa, and said:

"I'm here for Meng An."

for me?
Li Qi's eyebrows jumped and he looked up at Zhao Chenghu, just in time to meet that pair of brown eyes.

The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere in the room became tense for some reason.

Neither Li Qi nor Zhao Chenghu spoke. Liu Cheng's eyes moved slightly and his right hand subconsciously placed on his waist.

His pistol was there.

The atmosphere became increasingly tense. Just when Liu Cheng was about to attack Zhao Chenghu, he suddenly heard Li Qi laugh:
"Haha, interesting. Uncle Liu, pour some tea for Captain Zhao."

Li Qi no longer pretended to be a child. His mature look made Zhao Chenghu frown.

He looked at Li Qi more seriously, without saying anything, just looking at him deeply, as if he wanted to see something from Li Qi.

Seeing that Zhao Chenghu had no intention of speaking, Li Qi asked first:
"Captain Zhao, why did you come to see me? Is it about the incident in Aoshi last time, or my grandmother Zhang Fengyun's matter, or... something else?"

“…You know a lot.”

After listening to Li Qi's list, Zhao Chenghu said quietly.

Li Qi smiled and said, "I may know a little more than you think."

"You are not an ordinary child...I was actually fooled by you last time."

"But I can only fool you, Captain Zhao, once, right? To be honest, I'm very curious. You should have given up paying attention to me, so why did you come to visit me again this time?"

Li Qi asked doubtfully.

Logically speaking, given the current world situation, Bureau 057 should not have the energy to continue paying attention to him.

But this time, Zhao Chenghu came to him specifically for Li Qi, which made Li Qi very strange.

Zhao Chenghu took a deep breath, reached into his windbreaker, took out a packed envelope, and said:

"I was originally asked to give you this, and I also wanted to check if you have any rare items on you. But I didn't expect... you would give me such a big... surprise."

In fact, the word 'frightened' would be more appropriate.

Zhao Chenghu had never seen a nine-year-old child who spoke and talked like an adult.

Li Qi didn't care about Zhao Chenghu's mood. He looked at the envelope he took out and asked:

"Entrusted by someone? Whose?"

"I don't know who it is, but according to the higher-ups, that person was once helped by Zhang Fengyun, so after learning that Zhang Fengyun had passed away, he used his connections to try to get you protected by us...

"This envelope contains all your living expenses from elementary school to college, as well as proof of a property in the capital. Once we are sure that there is no problem with you, we will hand it over to you and protect you until you reach adulthood.

“Originally… this is just my job.”

Zhao Chenghu sighed.

"So, I exposed myself?"

Li Qi asked back with a hint of amusement.

He didn't believe that Zhao Chenghu's purpose in coming here today was just this. If that was the case, he wouldn't have stared at him for so long in the first place.

"Well, I admit that I had some doubts about you, but I wasn't sure yet."

Zhao Chenghu let out a breath and told the truth.

Because he couldn't find anything on Wang He, Zhao Chenghu began to suspect Li Qi.

He came here this time with the intention of testing Li Qi, but who knew that he didn't even try him, and Li Qi just laid his cards straight in front of him.

(End of this chapter)