Chapter 205: The Compassionate Hearts of Parents, Grateful for Family

Chapter 205: The Compassionate Hearts of Parents, Grateful for Family Qin Ruan raised her head and met the expressionless Black and White Envoys. She nodded lightly, "I've kept the two of you waiting." "You're too polite," said the Black and White Envoys before disappearing from the room in an instant. With their departure, the intense malevolent energy from the underworld dissipated as well. The only one left in the room was the unstable taxi driver and Qin Ruan. Under the driver's eager gaze, Qin Ruan was about to enter a phone number when she suddenly realized that she didn't know the phone number for the Criminal Investigation Department. Frowning, she asked the driver, "Which district's Criminal Investigation Department is handling this case?" "The Criminal Investigation Department headquarters," the driver replied. Qin Ruan then found the phone number for the headquarters online and made the call. "Hello, this is..." answered a gentle woman's voice on the other end. Without waiting for the woman to finish speaking, Qin Ruan interrupted with a businesslike tone, "Hello, I have a matter to inquire about. Did you notify the family of the deceased in the homicide case that happened early this morning?" There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by muffled and indistinct conversation. Not getting the answer she wanted, Qin Ruan furrowed her brows. She knew that it was unlikely for the average person to find out about this kind of thing. "Hello, are you still there?" Qin Ruan asked. "I'm here. May I ask if you have any relationship with the deceased or if you have any evidence to provide?" the woman on the other end of the line asked. Just as Qin Ruan was about to speak, she felt her body being enveloped by a chilling aura. She raised her head and saw the taxi driver floating towards her with his gruesome face staring at her. Her stomach churned again as nausea overcame her. A bloody face appeared in front of her, and she instinctively wanted to turn around. But when she saw the driver's attentive and hopeful eyes, she suppressed the urge to vomit and spoke into the phone's microphone, "No, I want to say if you haven't notified the deceased's family yet, don't do it for now. The deceased has a daughter who is about to take the college entrance exam. This unfortunate news can't be told to the little girl after she finishes her exams. I believe the father of the child wouldn't want his daughter to miss her exams." "You seem to know the deceased. What is your relationship with the deceased?" the person on the other end of the phone asked. Taking a deep breath, Qin Ruan smelled the strong smell of blood. She lowered her eyes and could clearly see the driver's bloody wound. The hole was revealing densely packed human tissue, making her scalp tingle. "I have no relationship with the deceased. Could you please answer my previous question? Have you informed the deceased's daughter?" There was silence on the other end of the phone once again. Soon, a gentle woman's voice spoke up, "No, we conducted a survey in advance and kept it from the deceased's family to ensure the child could take the college entrance exam smoothly." "Okay, thank you," Qin Ruan quickly hung up the phone and stepped back two steps. She looked directly at the driver and said, "You heard it. Your daughter doesn't know that you've...passed away for now. You can rest assured." As soon as she finished speaking, the taxi driver burst into tears, crying out loud. The lights on the ceiling flickered on and off, as if haunted by his wailing. Qin Ruan stood still, not even moving her body, and even let out a long sigh of relief. She was finally no longer facing that bloody face and the terrifying wound. However, the driver's crying on the ground was too heart-wrenching to bear. Hearing it, her heart slowly tightened. "Knock, knock--" Someone knocked on the door from outside. "Ruan Ruan, are you okay? Is the light in the room broken?" It was Huo Yunjiao's voice. He had just finished washing up and saw the light in the second bedroom flickering on and off, so he came over to check.  (End of this chapter)