Siheyuan: Hang Jia Dongxu, smash Banggeng to death!

"Zhu Zi is right."

Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath, quickly changed his expression, and turned to Qin Huairu with a face full of apology.

"Huairu, let's find Xiaodang first, we can put everything else aside. Let's go and look around the hotel area first."

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and took the lead in walking out of the courtyard.

Qin Huai wiped away her tears and stumbled after her, repeatedly muttering, "Xiao Dang, where are you? You're all I have left. Don't scare me, okay?"

Sha Zhu immediately stepped forward to support her, saying, "Sister Qin, be careful."

The four began searching along the alleys surrounding the hotel.

Qin Huairu cried and called out, "Xiao Dang! Xiao Dang, answer Mommy, Xiao Dang..."

Sha Zhu shouted, "Little Dang! If you hear me, cry out! Little Dang!"

Yan Bugui shouted along with him, but he knew in his heart that the person was gone and could not be found. What did a two-year-old baby know?

Even if they were taken away by evil spirits, or even by human traffickers, they would never be found again.

Although Yi Zhonghai was also searching, his eyes kept glancing in the direction of the police station, as he had other plans in mind.

Qin Huairu's cries grew increasingly desperate: "My husband is gone, my son is gone, and now I only have this one daughter... God, you can't do this to me..."

Suddenly, a series of hurried footsteps came from the street corner.

The hotel staff member came running back, panting, followed by more than a dozen police officers.

"Captain Qin! Chief Li!"

Upon seeing the police, Qin Huairu grasped at a straw and knelt down with a thud: "Please, please save my daughter, Xiaodang! She's my only daughter now... Waaah..."

She cried her heart out, her forehead pressed against the cold ground, her shoulders trembling violently.

Qin Ming quickly stepped forward to help her up: "Comrade Qin Huairu, please get up. We have already sent people to look for her after we received the news."

Director Li added, "Don't worry, we have already mobilized manpower to conduct a thorough search of the surrounding area. Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we will find Xiao Dang."

Qin Huairu was helped up, but her legs were so weak she could barely stand, relying entirely on Sha Zhu for support: "Sister Qin, don't be like this. The police said they would look for her, and they definitely will..."

"But...but half an hour has already passed."

Qin Huairu's eyes were brimming with tears. "Four people died yesterday, three have died today, and now Xiao Dang has disappeared... Could she be the last one today...?"

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Sha Zhu quickly interrupted, "Xiao Dang will definitely be alright."

He was afraid that his sister Qin might do something rash.

At the same time, a sense of relief began to creep in; the four-person group was full, so he didn't have to worry about dying today.

Qin Ming and Director Li exchanged a serious look.

Director Li said in a deep voice: "Comrades, the situation is indeed serious. Yesterday, Jia Dongxu, Liu Guangtian, Bang Geng, and Yan Jiecheng were murdered."

Today, Liu Guangfu, the deaf old woman, and Wang Cuilan died, and now Jia Xiaodang is missing... This series of cases has alarmed higher authorities.

Qin Ming continued, "We've already increased manpower, and the task force has been tripled. We guarantee that we'll get to the bottom of this and find your child."

Upon hearing this, Qin Huairu cried even harder.

"My dear Xiaodang, if anything happens to you, I won't live either... Xiao Jia, Xiao Jia, our Jia family line is about to end, you must protect your daughter..."

Qin Huairu, crying, suddenly remembered something and, ignoring Sha Zhu's support, took off running towards the police station.

He muttered to himself, "I must save Xiaodang, I must save my daughter, I must beg Lin Tian to spare my daughter..."

"Sister Qin, where are you going? Wait for me!"

Sha Zhu shouted and chased after him.

Upon hearing the name "Lin Tian," Yi Zhonghai, Yan Bugui, and Sha Zhu all showed slight changes in expression.

Qin Ming also noticed their reaction.

"Director Li, it seems we have to follow them and see. Given Qin Huairu's current mental state, we absolutely cannot let anything happen to those two poor children."

Director Li nodded: "You're right, we need to send more people to protect you."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai's heart sank.

With the police on such high alert, it will be even more difficult to kidnap Lin Tian and his sister tomorrow night.

The search continues.

Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui stayed outside the hotel to search, citing their "advanced age and difficulty walking."

Watching the police and search team disappear into the distance, Yan Bugui lowered his voice: "Old Yi, with the police keeping such a close watch, what about tomorrow's plan..."

Yi Zhonghai narrowed his eyes: "The plan remains the same. When Director Li and the others are too busy to take care of themselves, that will be our opportunity."

"But Lin Tian and his sister are in the duty room, which is heavily guarded now..." Yan Bugui said worriedly.

"The duty room and dormitory are not completely impenetrable."

Yi Zhonghai said coldly, "As long as we find the right opportunity and use some means to create chaos, it won't be difficult to get the two children out."

Yan Bugui adjusted his glasses: "The 'method' you're referring to is..."

"Arson and drugging."

Yi Zhonghai said it casually, "I'll go to the black market and get some sleeping pills. I'll knock the child out first, then sneak him out the window without anyone knowing."

You can set fire to the courtyard house; that will surely attract the police.

Yan Bugui shuddered: "Old Yi, arsonists will get what they pay for..."

During this period, murder, arson, and hooliganism were considered the same crime.

"What are you afraid of? This is for the sake of everyone's lives in the hospital. Do you want to wipe out the entire family? Look at the Jia family."

Yi Zhonghai interrupted him, his voice icy, "Old Yan, think about it, seven have already died. Who's next tomorrow? You? Me? Your wife? Or your Jiefang, Jiekuang, or Jiedi?"

Yan Bugui remained silent.

Indeed, the death toll is getting longer and longer, and no one knows when they will be next.

"We don't know whether the evil spirit was targeting the Lin family or the entire courtyard."

Yi Zhonghai continued, "But Lin Tian is definitely the key. We need to use him and his sister as bait to lure out the evil spirits and eliminate them so that we can survive."

If we could accidentally burn the evil spirits to death in the fire, that would be even better, and we could finally sleep peacefully.

Yan Bugui finally nodded: "Alright."

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Yi Zhonghai looked in the direction of Hongxing Police Station, his eyes deep and thoughtful.

The search continued, but there was still no sign of Xiao Dang. Qin Ming and Chief Li followed not far behind Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu, and they were about to reach the police station.

"Director Li, what do you think?" Qin Ming lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.

Chief Li shook his head: "This is bizarre, extremely bizarre. In all my years as a police officer, I've never seen such a strange case."

The times of death were close, and the manner of death was similar, but there seemed to be no direct connection between the deceased; their deaths were inexplicable.

"There's a connection." Qin Ming exhaled a smoke ring. "It's all related to that courtyard house, and it's all related to the Lin family."

"You mean..."

"Lin Tian is the key."

Qin Ming said definitively, "I checked. The first person to die in the courtyard recently was his father, the so-called 'boiler accident'."

Then his mother died, and he himself almost got cremated.

Then, after Lin Tian returned to the courtyard house, one by one, those who had bullied his family started to have trouble...

Director Li frowned: "You suspect...that kid Lin Tian?"

"No, an eight-year-old child couldn't do that."

Qin Ming shook his head, "But I suspect that something is avenging the Lin family behind these deaths."

"Evil spirits?"

Director Li lowered his voice, "Didn't you say you didn't believe in those supernatural things?"

Qin Ming smiled bitterly: "I don't want to believe it either, but so many people died suspiciously, all inexplicably, in similar ways. How can this be explained by common sense?"

Director Li was speechless.

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