516 The Secret About the Past 134 (1/2)

To Yuan Mingzhu's astonishment, Xu Youran's efficiency was far higher than she had expected.

Not long after they parted ways, Xu Youran proceeded to settle the administrative procedures required for the handover of the apartment and transferred it to Yuan Mingzhu.

Located within close proximity to the police station, the apartment, which consisted of three bedrooms and one hall, must have cost at least a million dollars or more.

Yet, Xu Youran gave it to her so easily.

Yuan Mingzhu was elated and thrilled to finally have her own home, which she had always dreamed of. She had always wanted to let her mother move in with her so she could take care of the latter.

Were her wishes going to come true all of a sudden?

Yuan Mingzhu returned to the office, as happy as a lark.

Happiness was written all over her face as she could not contain her excitement, which her colleagues had noticed.

”Team Leader, what has gotten into you?” Ma Jianguo asked in curiosity.

'”Nothing much. By the way, let me ask you guys, how strong are An Xiaoning's psychic powers? I still don't quite know what she has achieved in the past when she was in my position.”

Everyone looked at one another, after which Ma Jianguo answered solemnly, ”We can't comment about her powers because she has never told us about her abilities explicitly. But she can tell someone's fortune instantly just by reading their birth characters. She can also see and communicate with spirits. I'm not too sure about the rest, though.”

Yuan Mingzhu had more or less already understood where An Xiaoning's strengths laid. To her dismay, An Xiaoning was far more competent than she had imagined.

”Did she treat you guys well?”

”Yeah,” they answered in chorus.

”What's the point of that, though? She's just a dog in the manger. She may enjoy the glory of being the Team Leader on the surface, but in reality, she's cracked only a few cases. Not to mention, she's always absent as well,” Mingzhu sneered.

”Yeah, Team Leader An isn't as committed to this job as you are. Well, this is not her main occupation anyway. After all, you're here every day because there's nothing else for you to attend to, unlike her,” Gong Le remarked.

Staring at him, Yuan Mingzhu questioned, ”Are you giving me a compliment or criticizing me?”

”Team Leader, I'm praising you, of course.”

”Yes, I may not have anything else to do apart from solving cases, unlike her who has a busy schedule. But, I'm a graduate of the Police Academy. How about her? I heard she's barely received any formal education. I bet she's illiterate.”

”Team Leader, I heard Sis Xiaoning mention before that her Master did teach her how to read and write, although she has never attended school…” Zu Dong explained.

”Really?”

”Yes.”

Filled with rage and displeasure, Yuan Mingzhu did not utter another word.

——

It began to drizzle in the evening in B City.

Tuoba Danxue finally decided to eat something after several days of barely eating anything.

After watching her fall asleep, Zhi Yin motioned for An Xiaoning to leave.

An Xiaoning hurriedly dismissed herself.

She returned to her room, after which she received a text message that she initially thought was sent by Jin Qingyan. To her surprise, it was from Xiao Chi.

The contents of the message sent a shiver down her spine.

She was informed that Jiang Feng was implicated, as expected, and had been taken away forcefully to an unknown location. Judging from how Tuoba Gucheng seemed to be nonchalant about the matter, Jiang Feng was very likely to be executed.

An Xiaoning had never expected Tuoba Gucheng to be so heartless as to sit back and leave his bodyguard, Jiang Feng, in the lurch.

He could have easily intervened but he did not do so.

Jiang Feng was innocent.

At this moment, An Xiaoning was certain that death would be the only thing that awaited Jiang Feng.

Society was far more cruel and twisted than she had imagined.

Things turned out to be just like she had expected in the end.

However, she knew that there was no point in telling Tuoba Danxue about the matter since nothing could be done about it.

Besides, she was in no place to intervene, nor did she have the means to do so since the Autumn Palace was a heavily-guarded place where security was tight.

If she were to step in and end up being captured by the surveillance cameras, she would only be bringing a hard time on herself should her identity be exposed.

Yet, An Xiaoning could not help but find it hard to watch an innocent man die before her eyes. She put herself in the shoes of Jiang Feng's mother and imagined what it would be like to watch her son being tortured and killed for no reason. If Jiang Feng's mother were to find out about her son's death, needless to say…