"Have you brought back Lin Yurong’s parents?" Jiangli asked with a somber expression.
Xun Tianhai whispered, "Not yet. Lin Yaozu sneaked out. Our people hadn’t even arrived in X City before he came here by himself. But a while ago, our people called back."
When the police here arrived in X City, they found that the Lin Family had run away.
The police who went to X City to fetch Lin Yurong’s parents couldn’t find them and could only call back.
Xun Tianhai said, "I reckon they ran away because they were afraid the investigation would lead to them and implicate them. Lin Yaozu’s appearance was an accident; I guess they didn’t expect that either."
Jiangli was speechless with a lump in her throat.
After staring at the trembling Lin Yaozu for a moment, she asked, "Do you want to see your sister again?"
Lin Yaozu jerked in shock, "Are you asking me to go identify the body..."
"No, just tell me, do you want to see your sister again?" Jiangli repeated.
Without much hesitation, Lin Yaozu replied, "I, I would like that..."
Jiangli nodded, "Okay."
She took out the Soul Nurturing Talisman and released Lin Yurong.
Then she took out a Rhinoceros Horn Talisman and handed it to Lin Yaozu, "Take this and keep it on your person."
Lin Yaozu didn’t understand but seemed incapable of refusing others. After hesitating for a moment, he took the talisman paper and, as Jiangli instructed, placed it on his person.
Before he could ask Jiangli what this was for, he looked up and saw Lin Yurong.
Lin Yaozu was stunned in place, "Sister?"
Lin Yurong’s eyes reddened, she opened her mouth but made no sound.
Seeing this, Jiangli said to Fu Shiyan and Xun Tianhai and the others, "Let’s step out."
Before leaving, Jiangli looked at Lin Yurong, patted her shoulder, and whispered, "You still have fifteen minutes. I know you have a sense of measure."
Lin Yurong nodded heavily.
Jiangli and Fu Shiyan, along with the others, then stepped out first.
Leaving the office to the siblings.
Lin Yaozu looked at Lin Yurong, somewhat hesitant to recognize her, "Sister... is it really you?"
Lin Yurong pressed her lips together, looked at Lin Yaozu for a while, and then with determination, she asked, "Yaozu, did mom and dad already know that I was killed by someone else?"
Lin Yaozu tightened his grip on the strap of his bag, thinking about the talisman paper Jiangli had just given him. He was beginning to grasp what was happening.
He also guessed what was going on with Lin Yurong in front of him.
And he understood why Lin Yurong was asking this question.
The old Lin Yaozu wouldn’t dare to speak out, but now, he didn’t want to lie to his sister any longer.
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Yaozu nodded almost imperceptibly, his voice small, "When I heard that you were in trouble, neither mom nor dad believed it... We didn’t believe you would do such a thing..."
As for how Lin Yurong’s parents dealt with the situation, that’s another story.
They were quite aware of how their daughter, whom they had raised, really was.
Lin Yurong had always been thoughtful and gentle by nature, never the type to cause trouble outside, let alone create that kind of incident.
From the beginning, Lin Yurong’s parents and Lin Yaozu didn’t believe the person described by the police was their daughter, their sister.
But before Lin Yurong’s parents could demand a reason for her death, some people came knocking.
Lin Yaozu saw with his own eyes, a group of men dressed in black, like something out of a TV drama, appeared in their home.
Lin Yurong’s parents seemed to realize something and urged Lin Yaozu to go back to his room and not to come out.
After being forced back to his room, Lin Yaozu still left a crack in the door. Peering through that crack, he heard the conversation between his parents and those people.
The visitors cut straight to the point, offering the Lin Family five million, but they hoped that the Lin Family would bury Lin Yurong as soon as possible and move away from H City.