Chapter 19: Help

After Qi Yan got rid of the murder weapon that was in the young man’s hand, several young men who stood by mustered their courage to help Qi Yan hold the young man firmly on the ground. Some emotional onlookers even took the opportunity to kick the man twice.

 A few female passers-by comforted the frightened Lin Lin. She was crying and wiping her tears which caused her makeup to smear around her eyes.

 “Fortunately, that young man was clever and persuaded him.” An enthusiastic aunt bought an iced drink, unscrewed the lid and handed it to Lin Lin, “Come on, girl, drink some water to calm down.”

“Thank you.” Lin Lin took a sip of the drink and turned to look at the young man who saved her just now. He was being surrounded by a group of uncles and aunts, she could still vaguely hear them praise her savior.

The police arrived quickly. Seeing that the attempted attacker had been subdued by the enthusiastic crowd, the police were relieved. After handcuffing the suspect, they brought Lin Lin and several witnesses on the scene to the station. As they were worried that Lin Lin was still shaken by the incident, the police arranged for two policewomen to accompany Lin Lin.

“Boss, should we take a look?” Liang Feng, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, didn’t expect to witness a heroic scene while accompanying his boss to sign an agreement. Furthermore, the hero was Master Qi.
Cen Baihe looked at the police car that was driving away and did not say anything.

 “I didn’t know Master Qi is so good at fooling others,” Liang Feng didn’t mind that the boss ignored him, and continued, “But he is very helpful.”

Cen Baihe looked at the watch on his wrist and said to the driver, “Follow them.”

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　 As someone who saved the victim, Qi Yan was also asked to go to the police station to make a statement. Along the way, he briefed the police on what happened.

“Thank you so much.” An elderly policeman said with regret, “For criminals who are too emotional, sometimes they’d kill in a blink of an eye. If you didn’t come forward today, I’m afraid…”

Policemen had encountered many strange cases. Two years ago, a man proposed to a woman and the woman did not agree. The man then took out a knife on the spot and stabbed the woman more than ten times. In the end, the woman died after the rescue failed. Afterwards, they asked the man why he did this. The man said it was unintentional, but his brain was out of control at the time. It was filled with resentment and nothing else.

There are a lot of similarities between today’s incident and the incident at the time. The only difference was that someone stopped the suspect before he committed the crime, while the woman two years ago was not so lucky, and ended up dead in the end.

“I just tried my best to not let something bad happen.” After Qi Yan rescued the girl, he wanted to take the opportunity to slip away. He didn’t know that the uncles and aunts would be so enthusiastic that he couldn’t leave even if he wanted to.

 “You acted fast and saved her life.” The elder policeman thought for a while, “After this case is over, we will consider applying for a righteousness award for you. May I know your name?”

The police couldn’t force a kind-hearted and brave person to leave his name and address. So he asked for his permission.

　　 “It’s a small matter, I just did what I could.” Qi Yan smiled a little embarrassedly. As a fortune-teller, saving someone was just a consequence. It would be too much to receive a righteousness award. Suppose in the future, when someone came to him for Feng Shui and the first thing they asked was “Are you the person who received the righteousness award?”, he wouldn’t be able to stand it.

 “This is not a small matter,” The police officer saw that Qi Yan was reluctant to disclose his personal information, so he didn’t want to force it. After arriving at the police station, Qi Yan told the police what happened again. When he was about to leave, Deng Lin Lin, who was waiting outside the door, came over. 

Deng Lin Lin was calmer now. Apart from her pale fale, no one would have guessed what happened to her.

She was filled with gratitude and couldn’t stop thanking Qi Yan.

“You’re welcome, don’t mind what I said to the criminal just now, I did it to distract him, it’s not the truth.” Qi Yan glanced at Deng Lin Lin who had removed her makeup. She was a beautiful girl. Even without makeup, the facial features were very delicate and she seemed to have a good life

Kind-hearted, happy family, faced romantic calamity this year. With someone’s help she could break out of her bad luck. Otherwise, she would lose her life.

“I know, if it weren’t for you today, I would be dead.” Deng Lin Lin looked at the shy boy in front of her. She was twenty-four years old. The boy in front of her looked two years younger, but he bravely stood up for a stranger and fought the bad guy, which moved and impressed her.

“Lin Lin!” A middle-aged woman rushed in, her face was filled with panic and anxiety. Behind her was a man in a suit who looked no better than the middle-aged woman.

 Qi Yan guessed that these two people were the parents of the victim, otherwise they would not be so worried.

Sure enough, he guessed right. After seeing Deng Lin Lin, the two of them looked at her like a rare treasure, and they spoke with a trembling voice, which showed that the incident really frightened them. Seeing this family of three with lingering fears, Qi Yan turned around and walked out of the room while they were not paying attention.

 “Sir,” the policeman on duty in the lobby outside saw Qi Yan about to leave. He stood up and said, “You…”

　 As a policeman, he admired those who were brave enough to do what’s right.

 Qi Yan smiled at him, and then made a goodbye gesture. The police opened his mouth and wanted to stop him, but when he saw the good-hearted man walking out of the door with a smile on his face, he thought it was better to respect the other party’s wishes.

If others wished to remain anonymous, the police must respect it.

　 Qi Yan walked out the door of the police station, looked down at his empty hands, and his heart felt like it was stabbed. 

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He forgot to take the roasted duck he bought after waiting in line for an hour!

At this moment, Qi Yan felt that his steps were heavier. There was nothing that made him feel more hopeless than not being able to eat the long-awaited delicacy.

Cen Baihe sat in the car and watched Qi Yan walk out of the police station with a smile, but he looked depressed after barely taking two steps. He couldn’t help but frown.

He opened the car door and walked up to Qi Yan, “Master Qi?”

 “Fifth Master Cen?” Qi Yan guessed who the person was before he even raised his head, because no one except Cen Baihe had such concentrated purple mist around him, although only he could see it. A stranger might find it surprising.

Since he worked as a fortune-teller, he had to exude a sense of mystery.

“What a coincidence,” Cen Baihe looked at the plaque in front of the police station and said, “Fate allowed us to meet, would you care to have dinner with me?”

 “You are too polite.” Qi Yan followed Cen Baihe’s eyes. After seeing the words “Dongcheng Police Station”, his heart was conflicted. Would Fifth Master Cen think that he was arrested because he was spreading superstitious lies?

Cen Baihe smiled and opened the door for Qi Yan. He said gently, “As long as you don’t mind.”

Qi Yan didn’t reject his invitation. Besides, he was quite curious about Cen Baihe’s rare fate. For someone like him, encountering a person with this kind of rare fate was just like a doctor encountering a strange disease. Although he had not found a cure for the time being, he was still curious.

After Qi Yan got into the car, Liang Feng turned around and said, “Hello, Master Qi.”

 Qi Yan glanced at Cen Baihe, who was sitting next to him, and nodded at Liang Feng. His attitude was very calm. Obviously the appearance of Liang Feng did not surprise him.

However, Liang Feng was not surprised to see an expert like Master Qi’s reaction. So he turned his head back after flashing a big smile at Qi Yan.

 The place where Cen Baihe invited Qi Yan to was well-known in the Capital City. Only those with a membership could enter.

He didn’t know if it was a coincidence or not, but one of the dishes served was roasted duck. Qi Yan watched the roasted duck turn into slices of fragrant meat under the chef’s knife, and smelled the scent of roasted duck in the air.

“The sauce they used is the ancient secret sauce from the palace.” Cen Baihe put on his gloves and spread the sauce evenly on the thin skin. Then he selected the good slices, sandwiched them with the side dishes, and delivered them to Qi Yan after wrapping them up, “Please have a taste, Master Qi.”

“Thank you.” Qi Yan took a bite with his head down. The taste was indeed better than the roast duck he had eaten before. The fragrance seeped into almost every tooth, occupying his taste buds. He hadn’t swallowed it yet but he already wanted to take another bite.

Seeing that Qi Yan seemed to like the taste, Cen Baihe took off the disposable dining gloves, took a sip of the water on the table, and ate with Qi Yan.

Qi Yan noticed that since the start of the meal, Cen Baihe had hardly eaten anything heavy, and only ate two bites of fish. The rest of the time, he was eating plain and tasteless vegetarian dishes.

“My stomach is not very good. I can’t eat heavy food. I hope Master Qi doesn’t mind.” Cen Baihe wiped his hands and poured a cold drink for Qi Yan. “Actually, since the last time I went to the old house, my appetite has improved a lot. If it were before, I wouldn’t be able to accompany Master Qi to dinner like I do now.”

 Qi Yan put down his chopsticks and wiped his hands. He then raised his drink and said to Cen Baihe, “To a healthier body.”

“Thank you.” Cen Baihe took a sip of water from the tall wine glass, and gently put the glass back on the table. “I often think these days, am I so energetic now because Master Qi looked at my palm?”