Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 492 - 90_5

Tan Wenbin turned on the flashlight and shone it over.

Li Zhiyuan inspected carefully and found that a very simple ghostly face was drawn first; after reading the line of text below, Li Zhiyuan confirmed that it should actually depict a human face, complete with a nose and eyes.

Below the drawing, the sentence read: "This is indeed Ye Dui’s true face."

Tan Wenbin read the characters out loud, then puzzledly said, "Why does this sound like something a child would say?"

The phrase was carved on the base, which was the belly of the turtle, similar to how elementary students like to write the names of their deskmates or friends on some illustrations. freewēbnoveℓ.com

Li Zhiyuan said, "It might just be children’s pranks."

"Who is Ye Dui?"

"Do you know Liu Bowen?"

"Yeah, Old Zhu’s strategist."

"A similar figure, but he retired before Old Zhu claimed the throne."

Tan Wenbin pointed at the pool of pus on the ground, incredulously asking, "Is it him?"

"Definitely not; such a character would not be so easily dealt with even if turned into a corpse. Previously, we couldn’t clearly see the gender of the corpse, but it must have been a middle-aged person when it died, which does not match Ye Dui.

Moreover, this burner itself is a treasure, coveted by anyone who possessed it."

Li Zhiyuan handed the incense burner to Run Sheng, who then packed it into his backpack.

Tan Wenbin curiously asked Run Sheng, "Nothing else beneath it?"

"Nothing left." Run Sheng pointed to the pond, "You can go down and check again."

"I’m not going down there." Tan Wenbin shook his head then grimaced, "Ouch... pain."

Li Zhiyuan explained, "Perhaps when it was first unearthed, the items were taken by the workers at that time. Let’s head back."

The four of them followed the original path out of the construction site and circled back to the entrance, only to find both security guards still inside the guardhouse.

And the tricycle that had been parked at the northwest corner of the street was gone; with scattered rebar, it seemed the last thief scrambled to ride away in haste.

"Brother Binbin."

"Understood."

Tan Wenbin picked up a brick, intending to throw it to alert them to get out and save someone, but no sooner had the brick hit the security booth than the two guards pushed open the door and ran out towards the outside of the site.

They were likely on edge from the noises earlier in the site, and now they didn’t even consider closing the gate.

"Brother Xiao Yuan, should I go find a payphone to call the police now?"

"Yeah, find a phone booth over there and call your dad."

"My dad doesn’t handle this area..."

"Your dad is actually in charge of this area now."

After finding a phone booth and making the call, the four of them walked down the street a little further before finally hailing a taxi. Due to too many items to fit, Li Zhiyuan and Tan Wenbin took the first cab, while Yin Meng and Run Sheng took the next.

Watching the first taxi drive away, Yin Meng commented, "We should buy a pickup truck."

Run Sheng nodded, "Next time I’ll bring out the cafeteria’s tricycle."

"In a big city like Jinling, a tricycle is way too slow."

"Even for distant places, a little more pedaling will get us there."

Yin Meng took several deep breaths, a smile appearing on her face as she tilted her neck back and relaxed her shoulders, enjoying this sense of physical and mental relief.

"It feels so exhilarating, Run Sheng, do you feel it?"

Run Sheng replied, "It’s like those foreigners in TV shows who like extreme sports; it’s addictive, just like fishing out corpses."

"Brother Xiao Yuan just lectured me."

"Yeah, you really shouldn’t have gotten so close to the corpse so soon."

"I was hot-headed and just reacted instinctively with my movements."

"Just be careful next time, you didn’t really make a mistake."

"Do you think I’m silly? I actually prefer the cold version of Brother Xiao Yuan from before. He talks much softer now, which somehow makes me more nervous."

"But, Xiao Yuan doesn’t like his own cold demeanor."

"Run Sheng, I have this feeling that Xiao Yuan seems like he’s waiting for us to grow up."

"Actually, it’s not that; Xiao Yuan is waiting for himself to grow up."

...

After getting into the car, Li Zhiyuan closed his eyes and slept for a while; when he woke up, they had already reached the school gate.

Walking into the campus and returning to the dorm, they found the washbasins empty in the late night, and both of them took a bath.

Pouring buckets of cold water over his body, Li Zhiyuan felt not only exhilarated but also a sense from deep within of relaxation and delight.

Although subtle and fleeting, it was genuinely there.

After the bath and back on the dorm bed, Tan Wenbin tossed and turned, occasionally waving an arm, with a frequent cheerful chuckle.

"Brother Binbin, if you don’t sleep, it’ll be morning soon."

"Brother Xiao Yuan, I’m excited; my mind is full of images from the construction site, I can’t sleep."

"You have military training tomorrow."

"No problem, Lin Shuyou won’t be discharged from the hospital tomorrow; I can still take leave to accompany him. By the way, Brother Xiao Yuan, I saw you while I was unconscious."

"Uh?"

"I saw you press down a large snake with your thumb, then you grabbed it and burned it to ashes."

Saying this, Tan Wenbin clapped his hands, "Really, that clapping motion afterwards was awesome!"

"Did you see the fire?"

"I saw it, black fire."

"That means you entered the Underworld."

"I entered the Underworld? I thought I was semi-unconscious and couldn’t move, if I’d known I would have come to help you catch the snake."

"If you’d come over, you might have been burned along with it."

"Uh... well, that’s fortunate."

Li Zhiyuan didn’t continue the conversation, closing his eyes to rest a little longer.

As dawn broke, he got up early from bed. Even counting the rest in the car, he hadn’t slept much. After packing his things into his backpack, he left the dorm.

Aunt Liu had just gotten up and opened her door when she saw the young man push the yard gate and walk in.

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