Xun Tianhai gazed in shock at the many corpses and, upon hearing Jiangli’s voice, he came to his senses, "Our Unusual Affairs Management Office has a team specifically in charge of stitching corpses together. Once we take the bodies back to the police station, we’ll have someone come over to take care of it."
Jiangli nodded, "Alright, you handle it yourselves. Additionally, for Lin Yurong’s body, after I finish stitching it up, then you can take it back and notify Lin Yurong’s family."
"Also—," Jiangli added, "when you notify the families of Lin Yurong and Liao Qianqian to come and identify the bodies, could you please let me know as well?"
Under normal circumstances, Xun Tianhai would definitely disagree.
Jiangli had just done them a huge favor, without holding onto past grudges or expecting repayment.
Naturally, Xun Tianhai agreed, "Alright, this isn’t a problem. Rest assured, Abbot."
"That’s settled then." Jiangli looked at Xun Tianhai and smiled sweetly, "The fee for my external services is 800,000 per occasion, arrangements like setting up arrays cost extra, but let’s not worry about those. I’ll give you a discount and only charge 800,000 this time. Please make the payment, Director Xun."
He had just thought Jiangli wasn’t expecting any repayment...
Could he take those words back now?
"Director Xun, you can scan the code here to make the payment." Xia Xin obediently took out his phone, showing his own payment QR code.
Xun Tianhai, who had not yet had a chance to speak: "..."
He looked at Jiangli and Xia Xin.
He seriously suspected they were doing this on purpose.
With that one sentence from Xia Xin, he had put Xun Tianhai on the spot.
Xun Tianhai felt embarrassed to refuse. He closed his eyes, steeled his heart, took out his own phone, and transferred 800,000 from his account.
"Thank you, Director Xun!" Xia Xin saw the payment come through and immediately became cheerful. The fear he had felt before was gone.
"No... no need to thank me, we should be thanking you..." Xun Tianhai said through gritted teeth, forcing a smile.
Xia Xin did not see Xun Tianhai’s displeased expression and scampered over to Jiangli, showing the payment receipt to her.
Jiangli, however, didn’t care much, "Just keep it for yourself, don’t interrupt my work."
Xia Xin glanced down and realized Jiangli was still stitching up the corpse.
He instantly returned to reality from his joy and hastily stepped aside, not daring to speak anymore.
Fu Shiyan and Duan Jianchuan stood to the side and saw Jiangli holding a set of limbs, her needle and thread moving swiftly.
In the blink of an eye, Jiangli first stitched together two legs and two arms.
A human form began to take shape.
Then, Jiangli picked up Lin Yurong’s head, looked at it for a moment.
The head was somewhat decayed, with even some larvae crawling out of the right eye.
Xia Xin dared not look directly at it.
Jiangli, however, maintained her composure as she scooped up a handful of soil, mixed it with vermilion, kneaded it into shape, and applied it to Lin Yurong’s head.
Once the shape was formed, Jiangli took out a piece of Talisman Paper and stuffed it inside the head.
The onlookers saw Lin Yurong’s facial features gradually restore; that layer of soil actually blended into and became Lin Yurong’s real facial features.
At first glance, it appeared to be a real person, eyes closed, with a healthy complexion, just like a living human.
Looking only at the face, one couldn’t tell at all that it was actually a corpse.
Jiangli placed the head back onto the body and calmly continued stitching.
Duan Jianchuan and Xia Xin found it somewhat hard to watch, and both turned their heads away, averting their eyes.
Fu Shiyan, on the other hand, kept watching intently.
Duan Jianchuan was somewhat impressed by his third brother’s ability to endure stress.
Xun Tianhai, though his heart ached after making the payment of 800,000, saw Jiangli still busy at work. He, too, took his team over to collect the other limbs.