1238 I Want to Make You Stay 116 (1/2)

The orange lights in the room created a warm atmosphere inside. An Xiaoning sat right opposite him, the coffee table between them. She did not beat around the bush and immediately stated her reason for coming. ”I got the police to check your information, and I could not find any name with a similar pronunciation to yours. Don't tell me you gave me a fake name?”

”Why would I give you a fake name? I still need your help; giving you a fake name is insincere behavior, but I am very sincere about this.”

With her bag placed on her leg, An Xiaoning clutched onto it and stared straight into his eyes. ”Then why couldn't they find your name? I also found out that this room is registered under the captain of B City's elite military commando unit, Liu Dasheng. But you aren't his subordinate. Do you understand all the questions I have in my head?”

”I can answer all your questions, but there's something that I need to ask you.”

”What is it?”

He handed her a document from the table. ”This is your personal information that I obtained. I received this twelve minutes before you came and I've read it. It contains details about the cases you previously cracked for the police. It also says that you haven't been helping the police crack cases for a long time already and that you may not get involved in their work anymore in the future. Is it true?”

”Where did you obtain these pieces of information from?” An Xiaoning could not help but laugh as she read through a few pages of it. ”Did you get these from searching online? I can clearly answer your question, it isn't true.”

”You mean, you'll still help out the police in investigating cases?”

”Of course. If there are very special cases that need my expertise, I'll take time out to help them no matter how busy I am. If the case is an ordinary murder case, I'll just leave it to the Serious Crimes Investigation Unit to investigate. I used to lead them, but I don't anymore.” An Xiaoning could vaguely guess that the help he needed from her was about solving a case.

”I'm not Liu Dasheng's subordinate indeed. The only reason why I was in a military outfit is because I think that I'm still a military officer.” His tone was obviously cold. ”You must be curious about my relationship with Liu Dasheng. I won't hide it from you, then. He's my brother-in-law.”

”He's so fortunate to have married a young wife when he's already in his forties to fifties.”

”It's not like that,” he corrected her. ”My younger sister is the same age as him.”

An Xiaoning was at a loss for words for a moment. Her heart skipped a beat as she asked, ”Aren't you around the same age as me? How can your younger sister… be older than you?”

With sparkling eyes, he remarked with a faint smile, ”Didn't you already guess something?”

An Xiaoning abruptly stood up and stared straight at him. ”You… you…”

”I'm a living person.” He added, ”So you should be very clear of what's going on already.”

”…”

An Xiaoning was in disbelief as she approached him and grabbed onto his arm, then placed her finger on his wrist. There was a pulse indeed, and he was obviously breathing. These were signs of a living person. But why…

Zong Jingyi seemed to notice the doubtful look she had and reiterated, ”I'm really a living person. I'm not the owner of that tomb either. I'm just someone who was enclosed there more than ten years ago.”

An Xiaoning went back to her original seat and sat down. ”Was Liu Dasheng the one who gave you this information?”