A bright pink-and-green private flyer hurriedly screeched to a stop, then descended... Before it had even fully landed, the owner had already leaped out in a panic—Mei Xue.
The rain was still falling, though it had weakened considerably. The people in the central district had already been evacuated, and the evacuation order had not yet been lifted, leaving the area eerily empty.
The moment Mei Xue landed, she saw Lin Feng standing alone beneath the awning of a tea house.
"I'm here." Mei Xue walked straight over to Lin Feng. "What's so important?"
She had still been investigating Xu Hanwen's case. Although she had stopped interrogating him, she had found some information about him.
Clearly, she had intended to work overtime and finish going through the material, but then she received Lin Feng's request for help. Well, it had sounded like a request for help.
"Actually... actually, it's not me." Lin Feng scratched his head sheepishly, then stepped aside. "It's her."
A small white-haired girl covered in mud.
The girl was wearing nothing but a completely ill-fitting coat. Other than that, she had no extra clothing on at all.
"Lin Feng, you actually...?"
"No, it's not what you think!"
"That's more or less what happened." Lin Feng sighed. "This child won't say anything no matter what I ask her. I really don't know what else to do."
"For something like this, couldn't you just take her to the nearby police station?" Mei Xue frowned. "Someone there would handle it."
"There's no one left at the police station." Lin Feng smiled bitterly. "Everyone was called out to maintain order. The nearby stations are completely empty. I can't exactly take her back to headquarters like this... Besides, I'm a grown man. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to take care of