Sheriff Uncle, open the door quickly! I've come to solve a case!

Surprises are something you really can't talk about at night. Bai Zhizhi couldn't sleep after hearing Xie Guan say there was a surprise.

She kept running around the house and woke Qin Qingzhou up, preventing him from sleeping. She insisted that Qin Qingzhou send her to kindergarten right now.

The little one only knows that going to kindergarten brings surprises, and thinks that going to kindergarten means starting school.

Helpless, Qin Qingzhou pulled her into his arms, gently patting her back as he tried to calm her down: "You don't start school until tomorrow, there are no other children around now."

"I'll take you to kindergarten first thing tomorrow morning, so you can be the first one there, okay?"

Bai Zhizhi felt so comfortable being touched that she was about to fall asleep, her eyes blinking rapidly. Half-asleep, she still managed to reply to Qin Qingzhou, "Okay, then Uncle, you absolutely mustn't sleep in..."

The next morning, Bai Zhizhi was indeed the first child to arrive at class.

Bai Zhizhi was excited for a long time, finally waiting for Xie Guan to go to school.

"Ta-da! These are the little cakes Mom asked me to bring for the kids!" Xie Guan pulled out a bunch of individually wrapped macarons from his backpack, one for each child.

Bai Zhizhi took a big bite of the mini cake, shivering from the sweetness: "Why did you suddenly bring so many mini cakes, Xiao Guai?"

"Because it's my birthday today!" Xie Guan was so happy today that he didn't even want to argue with Bai Zhizhi anymore: "Mom said she invited my best friends to my house for my birthday party, so I'm inviting you guys."

"Wow! It's Xiao Guai's birthday today?" Xingxing jumped up excitedly as soon as she heard it was a birthday, as if it were something of the greatest importance.

Instead, Bai Zhizhi looked puzzled: "What's a birthday?"

"Is it about birth date and time? What's so great about birth date and time?"

Xingxing exclaimed "Huh?" and grabbed Bai Zhizhi: "Has Zhizhi never celebrated her birthday before?"

"My birthday is the happiest day besides Chinese New Year! Lots of kids come to play with me, there's lots of delicious food, and gifts. The best part is, there's a huge birthday cake!"

"A birthday cake?" Bai Zhizhi's mouth watered at the mention of delicious food. "Is it as delicious as this little cake?"

"It's much tastier than this little cake," Xie Guan said, then began to describe his cake: "My mom ordered a huge basketball cake for me, shaped like a basketball, with lots of cream on top, it's so cool!"

Xingxing also described her cake: "Xingxing's previous birthday cake was shaped like a little princess. If you remove the plastic, the little princess is wearing a little dress!"

"Wow..." Bai Zhizhi's little eyes lit up: "Zhizhi also really wants to eat birthday cake..."

"I've already celebrated my birthday four times, hasn't Zhizhi yet? When is Zhizhi's birthday?"

"Zhi Zhi doesn't have a birth date and time..." Bai Zhi Zhi thought for a moment, she didn't even know the day she was buried.

Xie Guan suddenly felt a little sorry for Bai Zhizhi and decided to be more accommodating to her in the future and stop arguing with her: "Okay, then I'll give you a huge slice of birthday cake, bigger than everyone else's!"

"Okay! Thank you, little darling!"

Bai Zhizhi told Qin Qingzhou about it when she got home from kindergarten.

Qin Qingzhou then realized that he had actually forgotten such an important thing.

He used to live a simple life on his own and didn't have the concept of birthdays. But it's different with kids. Every year a child grows a year older, they're a little older, and you have to record it every time, otherwise you might regret it when they grow up.

Moreover, Bai Zhizhi has been here for more than half a year, and he hasn't remembered this matter at all.

He's a terrible parent.

However, Bai Zhizhi didn't care at all, still pondering what her birthday was.

"Uncle, when Zhizhi goes to Xiaoguai's house for cake, should we prepare a gift?"

"yes."

"What does Xiaoguai like? Zhizhi wants to buy him his favorite thing."

Qin Qingzhou didn't get involved in this matter; Bai Zhizhi had money, so she could decide for herself.

However, we still need to ask about your birthday: "Zhizhi, do you know when you were born?"

"Hmm... I don't know, the elders should know, right?" Bai Zhizhi said, swinging her legs as she sat in the car.

Qin Qingzhou remained silent and fell into deep thought.

That night, Bai Zhizhi fell asleep in bed when Qin Qingzhou made a phone call.

On a dark and windy night in a desolate cemetery, a tall man in a black trench coat fluttered in the wind as he buried a superhuman who had suffered a backlash from Taoist magic. He then lit an incense stick in front of the grave.

The phone screen suddenly lit up, and Yu Bei looked down to see that it was Qin Qingzhou calling.

"What case is it this time?" Yu Bei got straight to the point as soon as he answered the phone.

"Um... I wanted to ask, do you know when Bai Zhizhi's birthday is?"

Yu Bei: "?"

"The main thing is that you know people at the Taoist temple, so even if you don't know, you can still ask for me," Qin Qingzhou explained.

Yu Bei chuckled softly.

Sure enough, even the most hardcore straight man will turn into a doting dad when he meets an adorable child.

"November 2nd," Yu Bei said.

"How do you know so much? Did you investigate her?" the new dad asked warily.

Yu Bei said helplessly, "This doesn't require an investigation."

A hundred-year-old ginseng has transformed into human form. Even if he doesn't ask any questions, the news has spread throughout the Taoist temple.

"Okay, thanks."

Qin Qingzhou hung up the phone. Calculating the time, it wouldn't be many months. He would give Bai Zhizhi a surprise then.

Bai Zhizhi was in a real bind; she racked her brains but couldn't come up with a birthday gift for Xie Guan.

She thought that birthdays only come once a year and are very special, so she wanted to give something special, but she didn't know what to give.

Besides, she didn't know what Xie Guan liked. Basketball? Ultraman? But those things were too ordinary; other kids would probably give them the same things.

Zhizhi is Xie Guan's best friend, and if she's going to give, she'll give the best.

On the way to kindergarten, Bai Zhizhi had a miserable little face, which made Qin Qingzhou want to laugh.

As soon as they arrived at the kindergarten, Bai Zhizhi grabbed Xie Guan and asked, "My little darling, what's your favorite thing?"

Xie Guan thought for a while and remembered the guy he watched yesterday: "I want to be an astronaut and fly to the sky to pick stars."

Bai Zhizhi suddenly understood: "Okay!"

Back at the police station, Qin Qingzhou routinely opened the class group chat before starting work, clicked on the group photo of the children posted by Teacher Xiaoyang, and searched for Bai Zhizhi's image.

Only after confirming that Bai Zhizhi had been found did he turn off his phone with satisfaction and start working.

At that moment, an elderly man with white hair arrived at the police station.

The receptionist led him to the reception room, and the old man didn't beat around the bush; he directly stated the purpose of his visit.

"I've heard that you have a master here, and I'd like to ask him for help."

My son has been acting strangely lately; I suspect he's possessed!