Put Away Your Divine Techniques Now!

Chapter 1282: Chapter 383: [To Perceive the Truth, One Must First Perceive]

Chapter 383: [The so-called discernment, how can there be a breakthrough without discerning?]

Breakfast was at a wonton shop two blocks away, labeled "Firewood Wonton." On the same street, there was also a breakfast shop selling fried dough sticks, along with buns and tea eggs.

Every morning before dawn, the owner would set up a large oil pot, using two long chopsticks to fry the dough sticks.

Chen Yan went with Chu Keqing, lined up to buy dough sticks, and then sat down at the wonton shop, ordering two bowls of wontons. He ordered a large bowl for himself and a small bowl for Chu Keqing.

Chu Keqing’s taste was inclined to be light, probably related to her cultivation of the Cloud Sect Technique, so she didn’t eat spicy oil.

Chen Yan sighed as he looked on: "It’s a pity; Jinling Prefecture’s wontons lose half their fragrance without spicy oil."

Upon hearing this, Chu Keqing hesitated slightly, then reached out for a spoon to scoop a small spoonful of chili oil to put in her bowl, but Chen Yan stopped her.

"You don’t need to go to such lengths to comply with my words." Chen Yan shook his head.

Chu Keqing pursed her lips and forced a smile: "The senior said it, so I thought I might try."

Chen Yan shook his head but didn’t speak further, instead starting to eat. He liked eating freshly fried dough sticks, which had a crispy texture. As for wontons, he preferred the small ones and was extremely averse to those wrapped like large dumplings, the so-called "big wontons."

A large bowl of wontons also contained a soft-boiled egg with a runny yolk, along with four dough sticks. Chen Yan wolfed down his food and, upon finishing, glanced at Chu Keqing and noticed that Dean Chu had only eaten half of her wontons and only one dough stick.

Noticing Chen Yan’s gaze, a blush crept up Chu Keqing’s face, speeding up her pace, but Chen Yan laughed: "No need, take your time eating; there’s plenty of time."

This time, Chu Keqing didn’t listen to Chen Yan, and after eating a couple more bites, she put down her spoon.

"I’m done eating."

"Alright," Chen Yan nodded: "Then let’s go for a walk, stretch our legs, and help digestion."

Chu Keqing immediately stood up.

The two left the shop like this, walking back toward the villa area.

After walking for about three minutes, Chen Yan slowed his pace, turned his head to look at Chu Keqing: "Why did you decide to buy the house next to mine?"

"It wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment decision. Since getting to know you, I’ve always thought about how to become closer to you, and then I thought about buying a place near you to live, ideally next door, but the opportunity didn’t arise.

I spread the word to a few real estate agencies nearby, and had several real estate websites have people keep an eye on it. Recently, I found out your neighboring house was listed for sale, so..."

Chen Yan nodded, not saying anything, just lowered his head, watching the road ahead as they walked slowly.

Chu Keqing thought for a moment and whispered: "Senior doesn’t need to worry too much about this, I... I actually don’t have much ambition, back at the onsen in Japan that time, after you rejected me, I understood what I could and couldn’t do. So, I... I won’t entangle you."

Chen Yan said nothing.

Chu Keqing added: "I know about your good relationship with Miss Lu as well, and I won’t try to ruin it. I just want to be closer to you; just consider it my admiration for the senior, hoping to learn more skills from you."

Chen Yan still didn’t speak, just walked slowly alongside Chu Keqing.

Suddenly, Chu Keqing asked: "Miss Lu Sisi’s family case... I’ve had someone look into it a bit; is there any trouble that I need to assist with?"

Chen Yan glanced at Chu Keqing.

Chu Keqing immediately said: "Involving a murder case, there isn’t much room to intervene; you know, in our country, situations involving murders are quite sensitive. However, I’ve looked into it, and the police’s characterization is roughly suicide, having basically ruled out homicide.

Ultimately, it comes down to finding Miss Lu to go to the police for questioning, completing some procedures to close the case. The longer this drags on, it might actually be disadvantageous for Miss Lu. The police hadn’t suspected anything initially, but Miss Lu’s prolonged absence might instead raise some unnecessary suspicions from the police, so..."

Chen Yan suddenly understood and laughed: "You think I’m hiding her?"

"I’m just guessing, the senior probably wants to protect Miss Lu, so..."

Chen Yan thought for a moment and replied: "I understand. I’ll find a way to wrap things up."

"If you need me for anything, feel free to tell me."

"Alright, I won’t hold back."

They walked to the entrance of the community, and Chen Yan looked at Chu Keqing, saying: "There’s nothing today, yes, I’ll have something for you to help with in a couple of days."

Chu Keqing immediately nodded: "Alright, I won’t leave Jinling Prefecture recently and can stay at the house next to yours; if needed, just call me anytime."

Chen Yan didn’t invite Chu Keqing inside, nor did he go next door to visit, instead going back home alone.

·

The next day, the involved personnel in the Yang Family murder case, Lu Sisi and a Yang family younger brother, proactively went to the police station to take inquiries.

Lu Sisi was transformed by Chen Yan using the Transformation Technique, while the Yang family younger brother was played by Gui Geng after transformation.

The two had synchronized their statements, only mentioned that the evening after returning home, there were tensions in the parents’ relationship, only hearing an outbreak of argument on the balcony...

The police asked why they left.

Chen Yan, transformed into Lu Sisi’s appearance, responded, only stating that witnessing the parents’ tragic death caused a mental breakdown, striking a mindset of escape, unable to face the reality.

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