Volume 2 Cold Dew Chapter 19: Obedient
After walking downstairs, Jiang Mo glanced at Tang Butian. Tang Butian subconsciously reached for the wooden sword. Jiang You opened the tin foil package and handed a kebab to her.
The oil flowed down the stick onto her hand.
Jiang You stood up, walked behind the counter, took the tissue box and put it down next to her.
Jiang Mo walked to the door, raised his head, then stretched out his hand, and raindrops fell into his palm.
"What is he doing?" Tang Butian took out a tissue and wiped the oil stain.
“Let’s look at the scenery.”
"Look at the scenery?" Tang Butian took a bite of the lamb skewer. It was very tasty and the meat was very tender.
"He actually works very hard every day. He has to spin silk and weave webs. After weaving the webs, he has to maintain them. It seems that he has to weave them all over again every few days," Jiang You watched Jiang Mo walk to the middle of the yard and repeated, "It's very hard work."
Watching Tang Butian pick up another skewer of meat, Jiang You opened the lid of the mutton soup and took out chopsticks and a spoon.
Jiang Mo's body blurred for a moment, then disappeared in the rain.
"Where did he go?" Tang Butian asked.
Jiang You drank a mouthful of the soup, which was sweet and mellow. "Let's inspect the territory. We've been out for several days."
"Will he really go to school?"
“It’s nine years of compulsory education.”
"What if he loses control?"
"He's so good..."
"You are the only one who thinks he is well-behaved." Tang Butian interrupted Jiang You.
"He's my son, and if he messes up at school, I'll discipline him."
"There is a case in Ning'an District." Tang Butian changed the subject.
Jiang You took a sip of soup and asked, "Supernatural case?"
"right."
"Do you need me to take a look?"
"Um."
"Is it urgent? If not, let's do it tomorrow."
"good."
They finished the takeaway and Jiang You drank half a bottle of Coke in one gulp. He touched his stomach and let out a breath, "It's still best to be at home. I feel at ease."
The next day after lunch, Jiang You took a taxi to Tangjiang City Public Security Bureau.
Open the door to the Special Section.
Sun Yu put down his phone, "You're here, sit down for a while."
Jiang You pulled a chair and sat down opposite Sun Yu. He asked, "Where is Tang Butian?"
"I'm in school. It seems that the teacher likes to call the roll in today's class." Sun Yu took out two cans of herbal tea from under his desk and placed them on the table. "Did she tell you about this case?"
"No, he just asked me to take a look." Jiang You unbuckled the ring and took a sip.
"Jintang Apartments, just over there on Park Lane Road, a family reported that a bird was trying to kill people."
"bird?"
"Yes, after the Ning'an Police Station dispatched police, they saw scratches similar to bird claws on the wall of that family's house. After the traces were examined, the case was sent to me."
"Is there any spiritual power left?"
"Yes, they said that their son wanted to kill them because of the pet bird he kept. We went to see the bird and it was a coal tit, a fairly small bird, but it had big scratches on the wall, so his son didn't admit it and didn't want to hand over the bird."
Sun Yu glanced at the time and said, "Shall we go there at two?"
"Okay, you're not busy lately?"
"It's not bad. After all, such cases are rare, and most of the time they are disguised as ordinary accidental deaths and suicides," Sun Yu took a sip of herbal tea. "I have sorted out the case files of the Special Events Division over the years, and I have always tended to treat them as ordinary cases."
"What about something like today?"
"For this kind of situation, not many people report it to the police. Usually they go to a monk, a Taoist priest, a Feng Shui master or something like that."
"I think so, too."
"I heard that you joined that reading club?"
"I got in after someone introduced me."
"How about it?"
"It's still the assessment period. I have to punch in for a certain amount of time and write my reflections. And I can't just read whatever book I want. I have to choose from their book list. I get sleepy after reading two lines of those books, so I put them aside for now."
“So strict?”
"It's a test of obedience. I was too busy recently, so I'll take a few days off before researching."
Jiang You picked up the bag and said, "It's almost time, let's go."
Sun Yu took Jiang You to Jintang Community.
Sun Yu counted the house numbers and stopped in front of a building. "Building 27, 402, this is it."
Walk into the doorway and climb up to the fourth floor.
Sun-woo rang the doorbell.
They heard footsteps and the door opened. An old man who looked to be in his sixties stood inside the security door. His hair and beard were gray, and his eyes were wide open and bright.
He is Liu Qiang. Behind him, standing up with the help of the dining table and slowly walking towards them is his wife Guan Juan.
Sun Yu came once, and after explaining his purpose, Liu Qiang opened the door and let them in.
Jiang You observed the claw marks on the living room wall. They were large and deep, like those left by a large bird of prey.
Liu Qiang said: "Last night, the beast came again. It will not stop until it kills us. You should catch it quickly."
"Again? Didn't you close the doors and windows properly?"
"It's closed. I checked it twice before going to bed."
"Yes, I checked it again." Guan Juan agreed, and she brought two cups of hot water and placed them on the table.
"Can you tell me what happened in detail?" Sun Yu asked.
"Specifically," Liu Qiang organized his words, "Not long after we fell asleep last night, I heard the sound of flapping wings, and I smelled its stench, so I pulled out the knife from under my pillow and threw it in the direction of the sound. I heard a strange cry, and then I turned on the light. I'll take you over to see..."
Liu Qiang took Jiang You and Sun Yu into his room. There was a knife mark on the wall next to the door.
Jiang You stretched out his hand and ran the tip of his index finger down along the knife mark.
Then he went to the bedroom window and examined the windowsill carefully.
Sun Yu asked, "Does your son Liu Boyang know about what happened last night?"
"He just protected that beast." Liu Qiang said angrily.
"He said we deliberately framed his bird, saying that we made those marks. He doesn't even answer our calls now..." Guan Juan sighed, "Ever since he got that bird, he has turned his back on his relatives, including his parents, and treats us as his enemies."
"That beast has turned into a spirit, a monster, and it has bewitched him!"
Jiang You turned around and walked back to Sun Yu. He looked at Guan Juan and asked, "How many years have you raised her?"
"Two years." Guan Juan replied.
"Hasn't there been anything similar in the past two years?"
"No."
"I understand." Jiang You glanced at Liu Qiang and said, "Let's live outside for the next few days."
"Why should we move out? If it dares to come again..." Liu Qiang made a gesture of holding a knife and chopping.
Jiang You persuaded him for a while, but when he saw that Liu Qiang really didn't want to move out, he stopped talking. Sun Yu asked for some more details, and then they said goodbye and left.
After leaving the Jintang community, Sun Yu asked, "Did you see anything?"
“Gotta go check out that coal tit.”
