The police station was as brightly lit as ever.
Li Xingfang came out to greet me. When he introduced me to the others, the police officers seemed to know who I was, and they looked at me rather strangely.
Thinking of the Nian Beast and the stone spirit, I couldn't help feeling a wave of pressure.
It seemed some of the police officers in Minqing had already noticed the supernatural phenomena and had even tagged me as someone connected to them.
The officers had been waiting for me to arrive. They'd already completed the rest of the operation's preparations.
The vehicles heading out included both police cars and ordinary cars. Li Xingfang drove me in an ordinary car. Ours was the only police car, and there were only two of us in it.
"You don't need to overthink it," Li Xingfang said. "There are a few veteran officers on the team this time. I've worked with them before."
I was taken aback. "You told them about your situation?"
According to Gu Mo's theory, it was never a good thing for the people around you to know too much. To keep their families and friends safe, the five people from Greenleaf had nearly cut themselves off from everyone.
Actually, if Xue Jingyue hadn't reassured me, I'd have been looking for a way to distance myself from my parents and sister by now. Whenever I thought of the two times my sister had been in danger, I couldn't sleep at night. Part of me was afraid I'd get her caught up in my troubles; another part feared that if I left and something happened to her, I wouldn't be there in time to save her. It was like what had happened to Gu Mo over the New Year: his family had died