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Even as Shi Lei kept raising the price to 50 million, Shen Jingshu remained indifferent, showing no emotion whatsoever.

"You'd better give up on that idea now. I will never aid and abet evil. Besides, you're barely able to protect yourself right now, and you might not even be able to come up with fifty million. You'll be caught soon, and what awaits you is only a cold prison and the severe punishment of the law."

Shi Lei's face darkened, filled with disdain: "Don't try to scare me with those words. What haven't I seen? My hiding place is extremely well-hidden; there's absolutely no way the police can find it!"

"Really? Your group plans to leave this place tonight, am I right?" Shen Jingshu said confidently. "Unfortunately, you can't leave now."

Shi Lei suddenly realized, his eyes widening: "It was you! You secretly alerted the police and tipped them off?"

"That's right, the police have already been mobilized and are on their way. Tonight will be the night you are arrested."

These words struck him like a thunderbolt. Shi Lei could no longer remain calm. He jumped up from his chair and threw his phone hard on the table, no longer caring about connecting with the live stream.

He knew that Shen Jingshu was highly capable. Since she could see through all his secrets, she must have also figured out where he was hiding. He dared not delay for a moment and hurriedly fled to the back door of the house to save his life.

He had just slipped away through the back door when the heavy door was kicked open by special police, and a group of fully armed law enforcement officers rushed into the house.

Someone spotted the phone that was still connected, picked it up, and immediately hung up the live stream.

The viewers in the live stream were completely bewildered. One second they were negotiating with a large sum of money, and the next second there was chaos on the other side, with a few gunshots faintly heard. The live stream was abruptly cut off shortly afterward. Everyone was engrossed in watching the drama unfold and was filled with curiosity, so the chat was flooded with comments.

"Where's the anchor? What happened?!"

"Will that drug lord Shi Lei really be caught tonight?"

Shen Jingshu spoke calmly, her tone absolutely certain: "Of course he can. He will definitely not escape the law tonight."

The crowd applauded, exclaiming that such a heinous criminal should have been eliminated long ago, and they couldn't help but feel sorry and heartbroken for the anti-drug police officers who had been persecuted and sacrificed their lives.

Shen Jingshu offered a few words of reassurance, then said seriously, "All three fortune-telling sessions for today have concluded."

After saying that, she ignored the constant stream of comments and questions in the live stream and decisively ended the broadcast.

Shen Jingshu turned off the live stream and took off her mask. Her three roommates immediately gathered around her, all of them excited and full of amazement.

"Jing Shu, tonight was so exciting! First, we saw ghosts with our own eyes, then we connected with a fugitive drug lord and brought him to justice. This plot was so thrilling!"

When Shen Jingshu borrowed Xu Zhixia's phone to send a message, the group already knew that the other party was a wanted criminal with a major case on his hands. The message clearly stated the hiding place and the number of people in the gang, in a well-organized manner.

On the other side, Li Hanting received this message, which ended with Shen Jingshu's name.

He recognized Xu Zhixia's phone number at a glance. The two had exchanged contact information before, and he instantly realized that it was important information sent by his younger sister. Without any delay, he immediately mobilized police forces and rushed to the location marked in the information.

When the police arrived, the drug trafficking gang was planning to scatter and flee overnight. Fortunately, Li Hanting had already laid a trap, surrounding the entire house and leaving no room for escape.

After a fierce standoff, a brief gunfight broke out between the two sides. Fortunately, there were no casualties. All thirty-plus gang members, led by Shi Lei, were captured without exception.

After confirming that the arrested person was indeed Shi Lei, the drug kingpin who had been under police investigation for a long time and whose whereabouts were elusive, Captain Chen and He Ming, who had come to handle the case together, looked at Li Hanting with sincere admiration.

Unable to contain his curiosity, He Ming leaned closer to him and whispered, "Director Li, your source of information is incredibly accurate! We've been watching Shi Lei for a long time, and our informants kept going missing. We couldn't find his hiding place, but this time we managed to capture him in one fell swoop."

Li Hanting remained calm, unwilling to reveal the details, and simply replied, "I have my own sources of information."

Seeing that he was unwilling to say more, He Ming was very sensible and immediately stopped asking questions.

In the girls' dormitory, Xu Zhixia and her two friends were still in high spirits, sitting together and discussing the bizarre experiences of tonight's live broadcast. From the infatuated ancient female ghost to the drug lord who walked into the trap, every event excited them.

Shen Jingshu suddenly composed herself, her brows furrowing almost imperceptibly—she clearly sensed a faint wisp of yin energy lingering outside the dormitory door, which was Luo Yurou arriving following the spiritual power of the calming talisman.

She slowly stood up and whispered to her roommate, "I'm going out for a bit, I'll be right back."

The three were chatting enthusiastically, their minds still on the live stream they had just watched. They gave a casual reply without asking any further questions or noticing anything amiss.

Shen Jingshu gently opened the dormitory door, stepped out, and closed the door properly behind her.

Under the dim light of the corridor, Luo Yurou, dressed in a red ancient costume, stood ethereally not far away, her eyes still carrying a hint of gentleness and melancholy.

"Come with me." Shen Jingshu said calmly, turning and walking towards the roof of the dormitory building.

A human and a ghost, one in front and one behind, quietly ascended the stairs and went straight to the empty rooftop. A night breeze, carrying a slight chill, swept away the surrounding noise, leaving the rooftop utterly tranquil.

After regaining her footing, Luo Yurou immediately bowed gracefully to Shen Jingshu, offering a respectful greeting filled with gratitude: "Thank you, Master."

"No need for formalities." Shen Jingshu raised her hand to gesture for her to stand up, her tone calm. "You have wandered the world for hundreds of years. Apart from avenging the entire Gu family by killing the evil bandits, you have never harmed innocent lives or committed any new killings. Although you will be punished for the killings you committed in the past when you come with me to the underworld, the punishment is not severe. Once you have endured the punishment, you can smoothly enter the cycle of reincarnation and be reborn."

Luo Yurou listened calmly, her eyes showing no resentment, but rather a sense of relief: "Master, I am willing to accept any punishment. I didn't feel wronged at all for being able to avenge Gu Lang and his entire family back then. A life for a life, a debt for a debt, is a matter of course, and I have never regretted it."

Seeing her so open and honest, Shen Jingshu nodded slightly and said no more: "In that case, I will open the gates of hell for you and send you to the underworld to return to the righteous path of yin and yang."

"Thank you for your trouble, Master." Luo Yurou bowed her head in response, taking one last look at the night scene before her, her eyes now devoid of any obsession, only filled with tranquility.