"I'm fine. Leave her alone. She was just scared!"
While Doctor Zhang was still wondering whether to give her a blood transfusion, Li Bai revealed the truth.
"I'm a materialist. I don't believe in ghosts and spirits. You charlatan, don't think you can fool me!"
The Girl in Red's voice trembled, but she couldn't hide how shaken she was.
"Once you've bandaged her up, take her to County Town! Get this taken care of right away."
Thinking about how it was still National Day, and how his perfectly good holiday had been ruined, Deputy Director Rida Mu felt thoroughly exhausted.
He didn't want to deal with this bunch of—what were they called?—wildlife protection idiots. No, the Wildlife Protection Association. He just wanted to get this girl and her little friends taken care of as soon as possible.
But the Interrogation Consultant from the big city really was impressive. When an expert stepped in, you could tell at once whether he knew his stuff.
He must have secretly looked into the Girl in Red's background just now. After all, there was facial-recognition technology. All he had to do was secretly take a photo in advance and send it to the Public Security System in Huxi City, Qianjiang Province. With the nationwide network of personal household-registration records, a search would take just a few minutes. It was no trouble at all.
If Deputy Director Rida Mu had done the same thing himself, he could have come up with her ID card number, too. He could even have found out where she went to school, who her parents were, and how many brothers and sisters she had.
As for the charlatan business, that was pure imagination. Nothing like that could be real.
So, in the end, you had to trust science.
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