Flawless

He pondered for a long time before finally opening the legal code on his phone and studying it carefully.

Though he had always looked down on this sort of last-minute cramming, he had no other choice now. After all, he had not majored in law.

With no money or influence, and no one to rely on, he could only seek a solution through this method.

With his future hanging in the balance, Lu Ren was more serious than ever before. He swore that if he had had this kind of drive back in high school, even if his IQ had been fifty points lower than it was now, Tsinghua University and Peking University would have been his for the picking...

Four hours later, Lu Ren finally set aside his nearly dead phone to charge, and his expression relaxed.

With his mind sharper than ever, he was already eighty percent confident he could handle the questioning he would face in court.

This was undoubtedly an extremely thorny case. Even Zhang San, the rogue beyond the law, had never encountered such a bizarre case. With no precedent to draw from, everything depended on how much concrete evidence there was.

As things stood, there were no surveillance cameras in the tunnel. Wang Gang and the other two had vanished without a trace. Though there were hair traces from Zhang Qingya and the others in the car, thankfully there were no bloodstains or signs of a struggle. As the victim, he could fully use another method to state the facts.

Half a month later, most of Lu Ren's injuries had healed. Having endured several rounds of police questioning, his responses were watertight. He stubbornly insisted that the three had attacked him, that he had barely escaped death, and that Wang Gang and the others had fled out of fear of punishment.

Without evidence, even subjective speculation had no basis.

This left the police, who could find no leads whatsoever, completely helpless. They had nearly torn that tunnel apart without discovering anything. So even if the case went to trial, Lu Ren would most likely be released in court.

Wang Gang, Luo Zixuan, and Zhang Qingya had vanished as if they had evaporated from the Mortal World, leaving behind no trace at all.

Many people even began to suspect that Wang Gang and the other two had truly attacked Lu Ren, only for him to escape death. Seeing that things had gone south, they had fled in fear of punishment.

"Thirty-one... fifty-six... seventy-three..."

Lu Ren supported himself on the floor, his body straight as a rod. The muscles in his arms, chest, and shoulders trembled slightly. Sweat drenched his entire body, while waves of soreness and weakness assailed his mind. Yet his face wore a contradictory expression of pain and happiness.

"Ding. Because you continuously performed push-ups, your Strength Proficiency +1, Physique Proficiency +1."

"Ding. Because you continuously performed push-ups, your Strength Proficiency +1, Physique Proficiency +1."

"Ding. Because you continuously performed..."

After a full three hundred push-ups, Lu Ren collapsed onto the floor. He had only gained three points of proficiency—one point for every hundred push-ups—but he could clearly feel that his strength had increased noticeably.

This kind of visible improvement was already terrifying enough.

The proficiency panel displayed every moment of Lu Ren's progress in real time.

When ordinary people studied or trained, if they invested themselves for a long time without receiving any reward, their enthusiasm would gradually fade until they gave up.

Why were so many people addicted to games? Because the data in video games offered immediate feedback. As long as one put in effort, there would definitely be gains.

So while this proficiency panel had not displayed any other functions so far, simply recording every bit of his progress made it an incredibly overpowered existence.

Once most of his injuries had healed, Lu Ren began his fitness routine. Although he still could not leave the hospital room for the time being, many exercises could be done inside it.

High knees, squat jumps, burpees, push-ups, handstand push-ups, and a whole series of other exercises.

In just one month, Lu Ren's Physique and Strength on his Status Panel had each increased by one point.

The results were gratifying. After some rough calculations, with his base Strength at 5, increasing the Strength attribute by one directly increased his original strength by around twenty-five percent. This kind of quantified feedback was directly reflected in his body.

The only pity was that the hospital room was too small for him to move freely. Otherwise, he really wanted to try long-distance running to improve his Agility.

The hospital room door suddenly opened. Song Jingxian walked in and watched Lu Ren continue exercising at an unhurried pace. She said bluntly, "Lu Ren, you can be discharged now. But remember, you are not allowed to leave Shu Capital within the three-month period. You must report to the local police station once every month. If you fail to report by the stipulated time, we will immediately list you as a fugitive and issue a warrant for your arrest."

System: "Ding. The beautiful policewoman deeply regrets being unable to capture you, and her heart is filled with deep hatred through comparison. Love has arisen from hatred, and she is preparing..."

Will this ever end?!

Lu Ren did not stop his crunches. Sweating profusely, he caught his breath and said, "Thank you, Officer. It seems you don't plan to bring charges against me."

Though the conditions Song Jingxian had laid out were indeed rather unpleasant, all Lu Ren cared about was getting out. If he behaved himself for these three months, then as long as the police could not produce new evidence, everything would be fine.

There really was no need to bring charges. Although Wang Gang's and the other two's blood had been found on Lu Ren, their bodies had not been found, and it could only be confirmed that they were missing. With completely insufficient evidence, Lu Ren's statement was the only lead. Furthermore, the injuries on Lu Ren's body showed that he had suffered a lethal attack.

Yet Wang Gang and the other two simply could not be found. The case was bizarre. Lu Ren clearly knew exactly what had happened, but with insufficient evidence, unless he admitted it himself, the case had no leads at all.

These past days, they had practically turned the area around Du Pass Tunnel upside down, yet they had found no clues.

They were just short of smashing apart Du Pass Tunnel section by section to search through it.

Seeing Lu Ren's incomparably calm expression, Song Jingxian snorted coldly and said with disgust, "I will definitely bring you to justice!"

System: "Song Jingxian followed you."

Lu Ren had no words left to complain about this comparison.

Lu Ren stopped moving and flexed the slight contours of his muscles. He said seriously, "I hope Officer Song will enforce the law impartially, rather than bring personal emotions into her work, and bring Wang Gang and those three cunning attempted murderers to justice as soon as possible!"

Song Jingxian was so enraged by his words that her hands twitched, itching to punch him.

Watching Song Jingxian storm off in anger, Lu Ren shook his head slightly. Wearing the punchable expression of someone convinced that everyone else was drunk while he alone was sober, he went to take a shower, changed clothes, and completed his discharge procedures.

"What? Forty-five thousand?!"

Lu Ren stared at the payment notice in his hand with an extremely ugly expression. Nearly one month in the hospital had cost this much?! And it was not even covered by public insurance?!

This was a bit too much!

Seeing Lu Ren's troubled expression, the nurse at the payment desk asked, "Don't you have enough money?"

Lu Ren shook his head slightly. "Not enough."

The nurse skillfully took out a form and handed it to him. "That's okay. You can pay in installments. You won't need to make any payments for three months, so you have time to raise the money. After that, just deposit the monthly payment into this account."