Chapter 557: You Must Follow the Rules

Only after Chen Yu entered the door did he secretly cry out that it was bad; despite all his precautions, he had still triggered the mechanism Liu Suiyue had hidden in the dark, and this time, he had ultimately let her escape.

Upon seeing the police arrive, Li Qi's face turned deathly pale; he scrambled up, intending to flee, but two police officers surged in through the back door, tackled him to the ground, and handcuffed him.

Chen Yu stepped into the room, scanned his surroundings, and relaxed his vigilance after confirming it was safe.

"She got away again." A flash of murderous intent flickered in Chen Yu's eyes; Liu Suiyue was a person with a vicious and twisted mind.

Moreover, she was extremely cunning; this was already the third time she had escaped from his hands, and he must catch her next time.

"Captain, the situation with our two colleagues is not looking good; it appears they have been poisoned." A police officer ran over in a hurry.

The two police officers who had been guarding the back door earlier had been injured by the corpse aura carried on Liu Suiyue; now, their faces were black, and they were lying on the ground foaming at the mouth, looking severely injured.

"Help them sit up, quickly," Chen Yu barked.

"Clean water, a bowl." Chen Yu's hands moved like lightning, tapping the two men several times to stop the spread of the corpse aura in their bodies.

A police officer hurriedly brought over two bottles of mineral water, while the bowl in his hand had been found in the courtyard's kitchen.

Chen Yu placed the bowl on the ground, flipped his hands, and two Talismans appeared in his palms; he moved his hands rapidly, and suddenly, the Talisman Paper in his hands ignited, and he tossed the Talisman Paper into the two bowls.

Boom—the two Talismans ignited the moment they touched the water, a flash of fire flared up, and then it vanished into the bowls.

Strangely, there was not a speck of ash in the water in the two bowls; it remained transparent and clear.

"Have them drink it, and they will be fine; they were afflicted by corpse aura," Chen Yu instructed.

"This... is it safe to drink?" The group looked at each other in dismay; they had just seen with their own eyes two pieces of Talisman Paper dissolve into the water, and now they were supposed to let people drink it? Was Chen Yu sure he wasn't joking with them?

"Do as Mr. Chen says," Shi Mengrou pondered for a moment before giving the order.

Thus, the police on both sides lifted the two men up and fed them the two bowls of water.

After the two men drank it, the black aura on their faces gradually faded, though their complexions remained sallow and devoid of any blood; Chen Yu checked their condition and, upon learning they were fine, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Go back and get some good rest; there's nothing else to worry about," Chen Yu said.

"How could there be corpse aura?" Shi Mengrou asked.

"The person who was here today is a descendant of the Corpse Controlling Clan; she deals with corpses all day long, so corpse aura is harmless to her, but it is very troublesome if ordinary people come into contact with it," Chen Yu said, turning his head to look at Li Qi on the side.

Li Qi's face was now deathly pale, without a drop of blood; seeing Chen Yu looking at him, he couldn't help but tremble, and he stammered, "Ch-Chen Yu, what do you want?"

"What do I want?" Chen Yu was furious; he suddenly stepped forward and slapped Li Qi across the face: "Where are the children?"

"Wh-what children? I don't know," Li Qi said with a mournful face; ever since he was beaten by Chen Yu last time, he had been hiding from him, but he hadn't expected that the more he feared something, the more it would come to pass.

This time, he was just running errands for his father to supervise Liu Suiyue's work, but he hadn't expected to run into a fierce and malevolent existence like Chen Yu.

Slap... Chen Yu slapped this guy across the face again.

"Why are you hitting people?" Shi Mengrou frowned; Chen Yu hitting someone right in front of her was a bit inappropriate, wasn't it?

"Time is tight and the task is heavy; if we don't pressure this kid, you will never know what kind of words might come out of his mouth," Chen Yu turned to look at Shi Mengrou: "Why don't you do it?"

"I'll do it." Shi Mengrou walked forward: "Your name is Li Qi? What exactly are you doing here?"

"I want to call my father, I want to request a lawyer; until my lawyer arrives, I won't say a single thing," Li Qi shook his head, looking like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

"I am a police officer, and I am currently handling a very important case; please cooperate with me," Shi Mengrou's brow furrowed even tighter.

"You're a police officer, so you have to follow the regulations; you need a reason to summon me, otherwise I'll report you in a heartbeat," Li Qi saw that Shi Mengrou was a woman and became even more arrogant.

Shi Mengrou's expression turned very ugly; she glared at Li Qi with resentment and then said to Chen Yu, "I'll leave him to you; I'm going out for a moment."

"Alright," Chen Yu nodded.

"Let's go out first." Shi Mengrou waved her hand, and the police officers in the room all walked out.

"What are you doing? My personal safety is being threatened, I demand that you protect me, ah..." Li Qi screamed, watching helplessly as the door was closed, leaving him and Chen Yu alone inside the room.

After Shi Mengrou went out, she took a deep breath; she had been quite angered just now, but wearing this uniform, there were times when she had to restrain her temper.

A moment later, pig-like howls of agony came from the room, accompanied by cursing; Shi Mengrou simply took out earplugs and plugged her ears—she didn't want to hear the pig-like sounds inside.

Five minutes later, Chen Yu opened the door and beckoned, "Come in."

Shi Mengrou walked in to see Li Qi kneeling on the ground, shivering all over.

There were no injuries on his body, but his eyes were filled with terror as he looked at Chen Yu.

"What are you doing here? Was the person who escaped just now Liu Suiyue?" Chen Yu asked.

"It was her; I... I am here just to watch over a few people for her," Li Qi trembled, answering whatever Chen Yu asked.

"Watch over what people?"

"Ch-children; she used a Secret Method to lure a pair of twins. The boy was caught, but the girl had an object that had been consecrated, so her Magic failed. We were waiting here for her to catch that girl so we could transport them together," Li Qi's face was ash-white.

"Why are they catching children? What is their goal?" Chen Yu asked.

"I... I don't know," Li Qi looked at Chen Yu with a pleading expression.

"You don't know?" Chen Yu glared.

"Big Brother, I really don't know; I only know that there is a Great Clan Leader of the Witch Clan in the deep mountains who needs these half-grown children; I really don't know anything else," Li Qi was almost crying.

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Chen Yu asked.

"No, I've told you everything I know, really, there's nothing left," Li Qi said with a mournful face.

"You ask," Chen Yu looked up at Shi Mengrou.

"Five children went missing in the city a while ago; does it have anything to do with that woman?" Shi Mengrou walked forward and asked.

"Yes, it has... it has to do with her," Li Qi stammered.

"Did she do all of it?" Shi Mengrou was shocked.