“Where do you think that guy could be hiding?”

“He must be hiding in the town. There are a lot of tourists there, all unfamiliar faces. Nobody would pay attention to him.”

“Yeah, I think so too. He probably used someone else’s identity info.”

Just as the two were chatting, a man suddenly ran out quickly from the side door.

At the same time, Liu Huanhuan’s voice rang out: “Xiaogang, Bao Ya, grab him!”

Hearing the shout, the two immediately tossed away their cigarettes and charged forward, swiftly pinning the suspect to the ground.

The guy struggled a bit, but Xiaogang and Bao Ya were both young guys who’d only graduated from police academy a few years ago—strong and skilled. The suspect couldn’t break free at all.

Xiaogang pulled out a pair of handcuffs and cuffed him right away.

“Name?”

Just then, Liu Huanhuan caught up and shot out the question.

“Dong Mingwei.”

The suspect reported the fake info he was using, obviously still hoping to get lucky.

Liu Huanhuan snorted coldly, “Do you know Lv Hui?”

After being called out, the suspect fell silent.

“Put him in the car!”

Liu Huanhuan shot Xiaogang and Bao Ya a look.

The two immediately escorted the suspect, Lv Hui, toward the van waiting by the curb.

Right then, Captain Zhang arrived on the scene with his team.

“Captain Liu, you really run fast,”

Captain Zhang couldn’t help but marvel. He’d originally thought Liu Huanhuan only scored her position because of her background. Otherwise, how could such a young and pretty woman become deputy captain?

But now his impression had changed. Watching her in the chase just now, she clearly had the skills.

“Got the guy?”

Captain Zhang asked casually.

“Yeah, and I have to thank you for your help, Captain Zhang.”

Liu Huanhuan pointed at the captured suspect, Lv Hui.

“Captain Liu, you’re too polite,”

“We didn’t really do much!”

Captain Zhang waved his hand, a bit embarrassed. “I never expected the arrest to go so smoothly. Captain Liu, this is your first time here in Xima Ancient Town, right? I’m really curious—how did you know the suspect was hiding out in the temple?”

“Did you have an informant?”

Captain Zhang had assumed this whole arrest would be a wild goose chase, but they actually nabbed the guy. He was shocked, but also really curious.

“No way there’s an informant,”

“Lv Hui’s a complete lone wolf.”

Liu Huanhuan shook her head. Honestly, she was just as shocked as Captain Zhang and the others.

The only reason she’d come to the temple was really just random luck—she had no clue where the suspect could be hiding anyway, so she figured she might as well check.

Who would’ve thought Lv Hui was actually here? This serial killer who’d committed crimes in three different areas—finally caught!

Right now, Liu Huanhuan couldn’t help but picture Shen Qiushan in her mind.

Was this just a lucky guess, or was there really something to it?

Are we solving cases with metaphysics now?

Thinking of that, Liu Huanhuan let out a bitter laugh and shook her head.

“Captain Liu, did you have some crucial intel?”

Captain Zhang pressed on.

“You might not believe this, but a friend told me the person I was looking for was up on the mountain.”

“After I arrived in Xima Ancient Town, I noticed there actually was a mountain nearby, so I figured I’d check it out just in case. Who knew we’d really catch him!”

Liu Huanhuan told it like it was.

But after hearing this answer, Captain Zhang burst out laughing: “Captain Liu, you sure know how to joke.”

“Who ever catches criminals by fortune-telling?”

Of course Captain Zhang didn’t believe it, but he didn’t press any further. Everyone has their own way of doing things; maybe she’s got her own secret tricks that she doesn’t want to share. Fair enough.

“Captain Liu, you caught the guy?”

At that moment, Old Li and Dali came around from the back door to help, having heard all the commotion.

“Yeah, let’s head back!”

Liu Huanhuan waved her hand.

The whole group piled into cars, and Liu Huanhuan and the others wasted no time in Xima Ancient Town, driving straight back to Beijing with Lv Hui in tow.

“Captain Zhang, those cops from Beijing really are something—nabbed the guy just like that!”

“Yeah, I was sure we’d come up empty this time. Who hides out in a temple, anyway?”

“That Captain Liu’s pretty impressive. Xima Ancient Town’s huge, and she managed to zero in on exactly where the suspect was hiding!”

“I heard she got a Master to tell her the direction where the suspect was hiding. Are the Beijing cops really relying on metaphysics to crack cases now?”

As soon as Liu Huanhuan’s group left, the local police all started talking in complete disbelief.

On the way back to Beijing.

Xiaogang said with admiration, “Sister Huan, you’re basically Zhuge Liang reborn. How did you figure he’d be in the temple?”

“Yeah, Sister Huan, when did you get so good at telling fortunes? Could you help me with my love life?”

Bao Ya chimed in.

After hearing the two of them talk, Lv Hui—who’d been sitting silently between them—became interested. He craned his neck to look at Liu Huanhuan in the passenger seat and asked, “Can I at least die knowing the truth? How exactly did you guys find me?”

“You got caught on camera by some tourists in Xima Ancient Town this morning.”

Since they’d already caught him, Liu Huanhuan didn’t hide anything.

“Then you should’ve thought I was just in Xima Ancient Town. How’d you end up at the temple—did the monks recognize me?”

“No way. I don’t look anything like my wanted poster right now!”

When the wanted notice went out, Lv Hui had mid-length hair dyed yellow.

After he saw the wanted poster, he’d promptly shaved his head so he now had a close crop, and even trimmed his eyebrows.

If you weren’t a friend, you usually wouldn’t recognize him.

“What if I told you someone told my fortune and said you were up on the mountain—would you believe it?”

Liu Huanhuan turned to look at Lv Hui.

“Telling fortunes?”

Lv Hui shook his head right away. “No way I believe that! Those fortune-teller types are all con artists!”

Liu Huanhuan shrugged, “Told you, you wouldn’t believe it, so what’s the point of explaining?”

“Sister Huan, I believe!”

Bao Ya grinned. “Can you introduce that Master to me?”

“I want him to tell my fortune about love. Seriously, when am I ever gonna find someone?”

The nickname Bao Ya was just that—a nickname. He didn’t really have buck teeth, just two big front teeth that were a little larger than normal. He wasn’t even bad-looking.

At twenty-eight, though, he’d still never had a girlfriend, so finding someone was a big deal to him.

“We’ll talk when we get back to Beijing.”

Liu Huanhuan stretched and said, “I’m gonna catch a nap—you guys take turns driving!”

Three days later.

Finals of the National Amateur Go Tournament.

Shen Qiushan’s opponent was former pro player Han Hongxu.

This amateur Go tournament was a lot like the previous Qingyang Cup. Because the prize money was juicy, lots of retired pros showed up.

Han Hongxu, Shen Qiushan’s opponent, had not only won the national championship but once took the world title.

He was a direct invite from the organizers. With a famous player like that, the tournament’s prestige was way higher.

Han Hongxu played at a really high level, breezing into the finals without running into any trouble.

He figured the championship was basically in the bag—until he ran into Shen Qiushan.

And in the best-of-three match, Shen Qiushan took the first game and was on match point, forcing Han Hongxu into a corner.

If Han Hongxu lost the second game, he’d lose the trophy for sure. So for this one, he played extra carefully, but it didn’t help—he still went down. Shen Qiushan swept him 2–0!

Ding!

Congratulations, host! You defeated 805 players in the tournament.

You’ve earned 805,000 Scholar Index points!

When Shen Qiushan took home the championship, the system notification appeared right on cue.

Nice!

Trophy in hand, Shen Qiushan thought to himself.

Besides the 800,000+ Scholar Index points for number of players defeated, from the prelims to the finals Shen Qiushan won more than ten matches, each win giving him 10,000 Scholar Index points.

All told, he racked up about another million Scholar Index points.

Shen Qiushan immediately spent 800,000 points to level both Medicine and Metaphysics up to 10!

Back when Metaphysics was at level 6, he’d already gained a bunch of “weird and mysterious” knowledge. At 10—maybe there’s another breakthrough?

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