Even After My Death
Chapter 340 - 255: Zhouzhou is Going to Learn Driving

Chapter 340: Chapter 255: Zhouzhou is Going to Learn Driving

Jiang Ning wasn’t too worried about the donations that the netizens had been scammed out of.

Once all these criminals were captured, the police would verify the fraudulent donations and then contact the victims to return the funds to them.

Just now, the system had released thirty-two tasks in one go, and Jiang Ning, sitting in the car, carefully reviewed the task panel.

She noticed that twenty-nine of these tasks had the same reward: capturing one person granted 3 days of life value and 30 Merit Points.

The rewards for the remaining three tasks were somewhat more generous, offering 10 days of life value and 50 Merit Points for capturing one person, who were likely the ringleaders of this small gang.

In the last two months, Jiang Ning hadn’t undertaken a huge number of tasks, but she had completed a fair amount.

She had a rough idea that the more generous the task reward, the deeper the person’s sins.

For criminals guilty of heinous crimes like murder and burying bodies, such as Hao Manman and Wang Qingli, the task reward was 30 days, a full month’s life value.

And capturing people like Shen Guang, with a Merit Points reward of 50, was actually quite substantial, probably related to their method of scamming.

Using charitable donations to deceive people was even more despicable than other scams.

It blocked the genuinely needy from seeking help and disheartened the donors, while the scammers reaped unearned gains.

Jiang Ning discovered that the three people with more generous task rewards were named Sun Hu, Shen Aizhi, and Niu Yuansheng.

From the map navigation, the locations of these three were clustered together, all in City A.

Around the three of them, there were a dozen or so small red dots clustered closely.

Jiang Ning’s eyes deepened, and she roughly understood that this was likely the crime den of this team.

City A was quite far from Capital City, located in another province of Xinguo.

Checking her phone, Jiang Ning found that from Pinggu District there were no direct high-speed trains or flights to City A, or else she would have taken Qi Xingzhou there right now.

Since there wasn’t, Jiang Ning wasn’t in a hurry.

Anyway, now that she knew their whereabouts, at the latest within the next two days, she would definitely complete this task.

"Let’s go, we’ll go eat now," said Jiang Ning to Qi Xingzhou as she buckled her seatbelt.

This was Jiang Ning’s first visit to Pinggu District, and the same was even more true for Qi Xingzhou.

Having driven all the way here for business, they naturally planned to enjoy the remainder of their time.

Jiang Ning searched for travel tips on TikTok, went with Qi Xingzhou to the local food street to check it out, savored the local delicacies, and even visited the nearby Yanyu Ancient Town.

To prevent being recognized as they had just been, Jiang Ning deliberately disguised herself before getting out of the car.

Of course, she didn’t forget about Qi Xingzhou.

That face, with its deep and refined features, was completely covered with a hat and mask, leaving only a pair of clear, beautiful eyes visible.

Even so, that tall, erect figure standing about one meter eighty exuded presence, and merely passing by the bluestone pavement with lowered gaze was enough to make passersby look back frequently.

While Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou were enjoying their time in the ancient town, Zhang Lang and his colleagues, after much effort, had finally excavated three bodies from the ground.

Although Zhang Lang and the others had erected a tent above the backyard during the excavation, such conspicuous activity was impossible to hide from the surrounding residents.

The capture of Hao Manman was already trending online, and it didn’t take long for media outlets to uncover photos of a large number of police officers gathered at Hao Manman’s former villa.

There was an uproar online:

[Oh my gosh! Isn’t that the villa where Hao Manman used to live?]

[Holy moly, why are there so many cops at Hao Manman’s house? Wasn’t she already arrested? Could there be other evidence hidden in the house that hasn’t been discovered?]

[Looks like... it’s not just police officers, those in white coats are forensic experts, right?]

[Have you guys forgotten why Hao Manman was arrested? It’s only been one night! Murder and hiding the body, that’s why!]

[No way! It can’t be what I’m imagining, right?]

[Be brave, it’s exactly that. Looking at those toolboxes in the hands of the ones in white coats, and the excavation tools held by the police, it’s definitely that. No doubt about it.]

[How dare Hao Manman do this! She actually hid the victim in her house!]

[I feel disgusted that I once liked such a person, the law must severely punish this demon!]

...

Countless media outlets surrounded Hao Manman’s villa. Even though the police barred them from entering, their enthusiasm couldn’t be blocked.

Even before the police could issue a statement, netizens online had already learned about the corpse hidden in Hao Manman’s villa.

The neighbors living next to Hao Manman were also shocked, never expecting such a heinous act to occur in their midst.

Many local young people took leave and returned home upon learning about the incident online, bringing their elderly family members back into the city.

And for those who had nowhere else to go and could only stay in the village, after being asked over and over again by outsiders about matters related to Hao Manman, they grew exceedingly annoyed and simply shut their doors tight, refusing to open them for anyone. Their lives were severely disrupted.

Zhang Lang sent a message to Jiang Ning.

Zhang Lang: Netizens are paying too much attention to this case. The higher-ups are rushing us to speed up the investigation. Sigh, sigh.jpg

Zhang Lang: The girl managing our official account came to me crying just now, saying that many netizens have been private messaging her in the past two days, asking about Miss Terminal Illness’ whereabouts, even speculating whether she died of illness.

Zhang Lang: Netizens really care about you. Because the first time you appeared in front of the public as Juejue, it was our case. So when they couldn’t find you, they all bombarded our official Weibo account.

Zhang Lang: What do you think, should we respond?

Zhang Lang sent four messages in a row, all about this matter.

You can imagine how urgently the Capital City police official Weibo account was being pushed by the netizens.

Jiang Ning chuckled and replied to him.

A Gingerroot: Isn’t this a current example?

A Gingerroot: You’ll have to give an alias to the person who reported the case involving Hao Manman and Wang Qingli later on, won’t you?

Zhang Lang: !!!

Zhang Lang: You mean...

Zhang Lang: Got it!

Zhang Lang quickly replied with three messages.

Seeing that he understood her meaning, Jiang Ning said no more.

After Zhang Lang and his team finished work, Jiang Ning and Qi Xingzhou also returned to Capital City.

Qi Xingzhou was once again dropped off at the Qi Family Villa by Jiang Ning.

Watching Jiang Ning drive away, Qi Xingzhou stood there with a downcast and pitiful look in his eyes, resembling a desolate little bok choy in the night wind.

Once inside, facing his elder brother in a suit and leather shoes sitting on the couch watching financial news with a cold expression, Qi Xingzhou walked over with a wooden face.

The two handsome brothers with outstanding demeanors had identical expressionless faces.

For the first time, Qi Xingzhou made a request to his elder brother: "Brother, I want to learn to drive."

Qi Chen, outwardly composed, twitched his hand holding the cup, betraying his inner turmoil.

He nodded: "Alright, I’ll make arrangements for tomorrow."

"No good," Qi Xingzhou puffed up his face. "I have plans tomorrow."

Jiang Ning said she would take him to City A tomorrow.

Qi Chen: "...Then the day after tomorrow."

Qi Xingzhou thought for a moment and begrudgingly nodded: "If I return tomorrow, that is."

Qi Chen: "..."

He was unaware that his brother, who previously disliked going out, now had such a busy schedule.