Are You Going to Fish Yourself Out?

At that moment, even the few relatively calm police officers were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

What did he mean?

They still had no idea whether that thing was actually human. First of all, if it wasn't human, guns would definitely be useless.

But if it was human?

Judging from the situation, could it be that young man who had thrown himself into the lake before while cosplaying? Why was he drawing a gun?

To stop someone from committing suicide, he was going to shoot and kill him first?

"Put it away!"

The captain leading the team took a deep breath and told him to put that thing away. Only then did he slowly walk over. "You..."

Qi Zixiao turned around and glanced at them, raising her eyebrows.

"It's you?!"

The captain froze.

Qi Zixiao froze as well.

However, the captain froze because he recognized 'Lin Fan,' while Qi Zixiao had used the Heaven and Earth Grand Deduction Art to see that this person was 'fated' to meet her.

Of course, it wasn't a romantic connection between a man and a woman. It was... a 'money connection.'

In other words, the two of them would engage in some 'transactions' involving 'money.'

That raised the question: who would she conduct a 'money transaction' with?

Wu Guodong!

The wanted criminal had already been found, so the next step was to contact Wu Guodong and 'exchange the person for the money.'

Thus, this was a 'money transaction.'

And judging from Wu Guodong's 'aura,' the two of them would soon have money transactions, and not just once...

Thinking of this, Qi Zixiao couldn't help smiling.

Mm...

This was a good thing!

Let's see if that fellow still dared look down on me and think I couldn't make money?!

After being stunned for a moment, Wu Guodong suddenly understood.

No wonder the back and side of the person jumping into the lake had looked familiar. It turned out to be Lin Fan?!

That fellow who had gone to steal food for the sake of performance art, only to blunder into becoming the 'Food Bandit.'

As for why he had jumped into the lake once before and was jumping in again now...

Wu Guodong didn't think too much about it.

At that moment, Lin Fan clearly looked human. If he was human, then he had to be saved. That was a police officer's duty.

His thoughts raced, and Wu Guodong quickly said, "Come down first!"

"Why are you suddenly trying to end your life? You're a graduate student, too. Your future is boundless. Come down quickly, and your big brother here will have a good chat with you."

Qi Zixiao: "...I'm not trying to end my life."

"Then what are you trying to do?" Wu Guodong clearly didn't believe her.

"Make money, of course!"

Qi Zixiao's answer was perfectly matter-of-fact.

Wu Guodong nearly fainted on the spot when he heard this. "What money are you trying to make here?"

Then his expression changed slightly. Thinking of something, he asked in disbelief, "Could it be that you're trying to fish yourself out?"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The moment he said this, the few police officers who had been standing beside Wu Guodong instantly took a step back.

Fish yourself out?

What the hell!

So this really was the person who had jumped into the lake a few days ago—and he had even become a Wandering Spirit?

"What?"

In fact, Qi Zixiao was also somewhat troubled at that moment.

She didn't know Wu Guodong's identity!

Of course, because she had been 'pursued' for several days, she could tell that Wu Guodong and the others were 'official lackeys' of the modern world.

But that raised another question: what kind of relationship did these official lackeys have with 'herself'?

How should she address him?

Were they close or distant? How could she avoid exposing herself?

These were all problems.

But as they continued talking, why did things feel increasingly wrong? How had it turned into something about 'me fishing myself out'?

"Come down first, then we'll talk."

As soon as Wu Guodong said this, he also felt a chill run down his spine, the cold traveling straight from his heels to the back of his head.

But after spending half his life as a police officer, he quickly calmed down. He waved at Qi Zixiao, motioning for her to come down.

Thinking that he hadn't exposed himself and that the wanted criminal couldn't escape anyway, Qi Zixiao climbed down.

Wu Guodong came over and said in a low voice, "Tell me honestly. What exactly are you right now—a human or something else?"

Qi Zixiao: "???"

"What do you think I should be?"

"I..."

Wu Guodong opened and closed his mouth. Then he reached out and grabbed Lin Fan's wrist.

But...

Qi Zixiao wasn't having it!

I'm the dignified Saintess. How could a man like you grab and tug at me so casually?

Light on her feet!

In an instant—so quickly that almost no one could see what had happened—Wu Guodong was thrown directly over her shoulder and slammed onto the ground.

"Gah!!!"

He bared his teeth, clearly in terrible pain.

The other police officers and workers were badly frightened, thinking that this 'Wandering Spirit' was about to attack.

But Wu Guodong merely grimaced as he climbed back up, then burst out laughing. "Ha! I knew it. There's no way there could be ghosts and monsters in this world."

"You're warm, alive, and you have a pulse."

Qi Zixiao: "..."

Wu Guodong paid no attention to her expression. He simply rubbed his aching lower back. "Come on, tell your big brother what you're up to this time."

"More performance art?"

"Were you the person who jumped into the lake and committed suicide before? And how did you leave? You never surfaced. If it was you... logically speaking, you should have drowned long ago."

"I can't drown."

Qi Zixiao answered.

She didn't know how else to reply. She couldn't understand what he was saying!

Since that was the case, she could only answer that she couldn't drown...

Wu Guodong rolled his eyes when he heard this. "Are you joking with me? Who can't drown?"

Then he lowered his voice. "So you're admitting that the person before was you, right?"

"Do you know how much trouble this caused? We mobilized a lot of people to retrieve your body, but instead of finding you, we pulled out a skeleton that was clearly the victim of murder..."

"Fortunately, that incident happened. Otherwise, your situation would have been really difficult to deal with."

Qi Zixiao: "..."

Silence.

What else could she say?

She had only jumped into the lake to temper her body. How had it somehow led to so many complications?

"So what exactly did you come here for today? Don't tell me you're going to jump in again and put on another performance of 'suicide by jumping into the lake'? You should have underwater breathing equipment on you, right?"

"Enough. Don't do it again. If you do it one more time, it'll really become troublesome."

Wu Guodong tried to persuade her with all the patience he could muster.

Qi Zixiao couldn't even understand what he was talking about. She simply said, "I really came here to make money."

"Stop kidding around. You really want to fish yourself out? I already checked. You have a shadow, your body is warm, and you have a pulse. How could you possibly..."

"..." Qi Zixiao was helpless. Why would no one believe her when she was telling the truth?

That fellow thinks I'll only get in the way and can't make money. Do you think I can't make money too?

Qi Zixiao ground her teeth. "I came to capture a wanted criminal!"

"What wanted criminal?" Wu Guodong looked utterly confused. "There's a wanted criminal here?"

There were so many police officers here. Would a wanted criminal really dare come running to this place? Wouldn't that be idiotic?

"There is!"

Qi Zixiao nodded solemnly. "The one you posted in your friends' circle!"