Spring Branches

1:30am.

The police station on Mancheng North Street.

When Ana arrived, he saw Tang Asi huddled in the corner, holding his head tightly with his hands, and shaking all over.

The middle-aged woman, the property management and the security guard have been bailed out by their family and taken back.

Ana called out "Sister Tang" and ran over.

When Tang Asi saw Ana, the tears he had been holding back finally came out.

She said, “I was scared to death.”

Ana smiled and said, "I'm afraid it should be so."

Then, realizing that what he said was wrong, he added, "I'm afraid too."

The policeman came over, holding a registration form in his hand, and said indifferently: "After filling out this form, you can take it away."

Ana took it with both hands, signed his name, and when he handed it to the police, he asked, "Uncle police, I didn't understand what you said on the phone just now. Is there a human head in the box?"

The policeman nodded: "Yes."

Ana asked again: "Have you found out whose head it is now?"

The police glared at him. "It's been less than an hour since we got the news. How could we find out so quickly? Besides, this has nothing to do with you. Don't ask around."

Ana laughed and said, "Uncle police, how come this has nothing to do with me? This thing appeared at my doorstep. I wonder if someone put it here on purpose."

The police looked at Tang Asi and then at Ana, thinking that the two were in a relationship, and said, "It can only be said that this matter is not as simple as you think."

"Then this..."

Ana's words were interrupted by the police.

"If you keep asking around, I'll sentence you to interrupting public service and detain you."

Lu Yichuang's house can no longer be lived in in the short term.

After Lu Yichuang found out about this, he handed Tang Asi over to a lawyer friend of his who lived with his girlfriend.

Tang Asi came to his friend's house and was arranged to stay in the guest bedroom.

To prevent any more accidents, Ana also moved in, but he slept on the sofa in the living room, in order to better protect everyone's safety.

Lying in bed, tossing and turning, Tang Asi still couldn't fall asleep.

She wanted to call Lu Yichuang and ask him to watch her fall asleep before hanging up, but then she thought that it was morning on Lu Yichuang's side and he might be in a meeting, so she didn't disturb him.

The more she thought about Lu Yichuan, the more Lu Yichuan could sense it.

So when Tang Asi sensed that he needed him at this moment, he received a call from Lu Yichuang.

Lu Yichuan said: [Are you still scared? ]

Tang Asi replied: [Yes.]

Lu Yichuan said: [Don’t go anywhere these two days, Ana will protect you for 48 hours.]

Tang Asi replied: [Yes.]

Lu Yichuan said: [The mission here really can't be postponed, I can't rush back to accompany you. ]

Tang Asi replied: [Yes.]

Lu Yichuan asked: [Are you angry with me? ]

Tang Asi shook his head: [No.]

Lu Yichuan asked: [Then you are so cold. ]

Tang Asi said: [Who do you think did this? ]

Lu Yichuan said: [What do you think? ]

Tang Asi said: […Could it be the Shen family? ]

Lu Yichuan said firmly: [No. They don't want your life.]

Tang Asi asked: [Who could it be then? ]

Lu Yichuan said: [I asked my friends at the police station about this matter, and they said that the head was related to a car accident, and the missing person was named Bai Xiangyu. Do you have any impression?]

Tang Asi thought about it.

This name does sound familiar, as if I have heard it often somewhere.

But I can't quite remember who it was.

She thought carefully, and suddenly Lu Yisi's figure appeared in her mind.

She sat up in bed and realized who this person was.

Tang Asi said: [If I remember correctly, I know this person and have met him before. He works as a waiter in a barbecue restaurant in City C that Lu Yisi and I often go to.]

【Have you ever had any conflicts?】

[No.] Tang Asi said: [He often treated me and my brother to barbecue. Once I met a gangster and he chased him away. He injured my head and turned me into a 6-year-old with an IQ. Lu Yisi then adopted him as his younger brother.]

[When did you stop contacting each other?]

[In that car accident.] Tang Asi said: [He was still sitting in the passenger seat at the time. When cleaning up the bodies, no trace of him was found, as if he was not in the car at the time.]

【What did the police say? 】

【They said he was blown to ashes.】

and many more.

Tang Asi seemed to have discovered something suspicious.

All the weight of the car accident was on the back seat. The only thing Lu Yisi didn't find was a pair of arms, and the body of the driver in the driver's seat was also found. Why didn't Bai Xiangyu find anything?

Another head suddenly pops up at this moment?

Lu Yichuan on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time.

Tang Asi didn't say anything either, and recalled everything that happened from the time they met to the time they lost contact.

The room was very quiet, with only the sound of heartbeats.

After a long time, Lu Yichuan asked again: [Did anything happen after I left? ]

Tang Asi thought for a moment and said, "I received a threatening text message."

【What content? 】

【Says that my death is approaching.】

[……] Tang Asi felt a chill down his spine, and his voice trembled as he spoke: [There are too many suspicious points in this matter.]

If Bai Xiangyu survived, why didn't he show up? And why did only his head show up at this time?

Who killed him?

What does that threatening text message mean?

Is she the next to die?

Lu Yichuan said: [Don’t think about it, go to sleep, maybe you can see me when you wake up tomorrow. ]

[Are you coming back tomorrow? ]

【I am worried about this incident.】

【But……】

【You need someone by your side the most right now. 】

【……good. 】

After hanging up the phone, Tang Asi lay back down in bed.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.

What she was most curious about now was not whether Bai Xiangyu died in the car accident, but why he sent the head to her. There was no grudge between them.

Speaking of hatred, Tang Asi thought about it seriously.

She didn't have the intention to kill anyone, but Chen Yao was different. She blamed all the mistakes on her and she had the intention to kill her.

Ana in the living room also couldn't sleep, thinking about what happened today.

After a few seconds, the phone vibrated twice.

It’s a text message from Lu Yichuang.

[Ana, find someone to clean the house. I will take a flight to City A at 2:30 pm.]

[Check all the information about Bai Xiangyu again. I must know it before the police find out.]

Ana replied with a good word.

It seems that this matter is very tricky and Mr. Lu is very anxious.

Ana no longer had the desire to sleep, so he sat up and started checking something on the computer.