I Received Messages From Future Self!

Song Lin, head of the Criminal Investigation Team at the city bureau.

He had gone undercover several times to crack major and important cases.

Half a year ago, while on a mission, he suddenly lost contact and was later confirmed to have been kidnapped by a suspect.

In order to put pressure on the suspect and protect Song Lin's life, the city bureau held a high-profile press conference, calling for the suspect to release Song Lin.

On the day of the press conference, Fang Xiaocao happened to be working part-time at a newspaper, so her memory of this excellent police chief was still fresh.

"Do you know me?"

Song Lin was stunned and asked with confusion.

"Know you, of course!"

"Many people thought you had sacrificed your life."

Fang Xiaocao nodded her little head and said with a smile.

As she spoke, Fang Xiaocao took out her cellphone and dialed Wang Qiang's number. She relayed the situation in the basement and the news that Song Lin was still alive to Wang Qiang.

Upon receiving the message, Wang Qiang immediately said he would personally lead a team over and hung up the phone in a rush.

Hearing this, Song Lin let out a bitter laugh.

Knocked unconscious in a surprise attack, locked in a basement for half a year.

It was fortunate that the leaders hadn't held a memorial service for him.

"Captain Song, was it Qi Yu who locked you up?"

Fang Xiaocao asked, curious.

"It was him..."

Song Lin nodded.

"The sensational case of the serial disappearances of female office workers in Tang City half a year ago, it was his doing."

Song Lin said with an ugly expression.

"What!"

Fang Xiaocao was shocked upon hearing Song Lin's words.

"Why were you tracking Qi Yu?"

Song Lin asked, puzzled.

"Qi Yu started killing again..."

Fang Xiaocao recounted to Song Lin the murder of her neighbor Sister Chen Hong and her own being chased, omitting the part about Hot Noodles.

"Your neighbor, isn't her name Chen Hong?"

Song Lin asked with narrowed eyes and a grave tone.

"How do you know?"

Fang Xiaocao was startled and exclaimed.

"Chen Hong is the only survivor of the serial disappearances of female office workers' case."

A touch of sorrow flashed in Song Lin's eyes.

"Survivor?"

"There were no survivors in that case, were there?"

"I remember it was reported in the news?"

Hearing this, Fang Xiaocao was taken aback and asked with confusion.

"That was a fake news story created for the sake of protecting Chen Hong."

Song Lin said with a wry smile.

"Captain Song, what exactly happened back then?"

"Why was Chen Hong able to survive?"

Fang Xiaocao, the curious baby, asked eagerly.

"Sigh..."

Song Lin let out a long sigh as he began to recount the past events.

"That day, I was on an errand and took a shortcut back to the bureau. On the trail behind the university town, I ran into Qi Yu kidnapping Chen Hong to a secluded area to commit his crime."

"Seeing me in uniform, Qi Yu panicked. He stabbed Chen Hong in the heart and fled without making sure she was dead first. I was too preoccupied with saving a life at that moment to chase after Qi Yu."

"If I had chased him then, maybe none of this would have happened."

Song Lin sighed with a despondent expression.

"Captain Song, your choice wasn't wrong."

"Anyone would have stayed to save the victim."

Fang Xiaocao consoled.

"But..."

Fang Xiaocao hesitated, then asked, "With a knife stab to the heart, such a severe injury, how did Sister Chen Hong survive?"

"Even though I am not a medical student, I know that if the heart is punctured, there should be no hope of survival, right?"

After speaking, Fang Xiaocao looked at Song Lin curiously.

"Yes, the most fatal wound."

"But Chen Hong's heart is different from most people's."

"Her heart is positioned in the middle. Qi Yu's knife didn't hit her heart at all."

"It was for this reason, to protect Chen Hong, that we created a smoke screen, claiming that there were no survivors in the case."

Song Lin spoke in a hoarse voice, with a deep tone, recounting the reasons behind Chen Hong's narrow escape from death a half year ago.

"But who could have expected, he would be so suspicious."

"Merely through my investigation, he guessed that it was Chen Hong who leaked his physical characteristics."

"It took me half a year to find and kill Chen Hong..."

As he spoke, Song Lin's emotions became agitated, and the chains clanked loudly.

Upon hearing this, Fang Xiaocao fell silent as well.

So, this was the reason Qi Yu wanted to kill his neighbor sister.

Half a year ago, she barely escaped with her life, only to end up unable to evade her fate of dying at the hands of Qi Yu six months later.

Chen Hong really had it tough, ultimately unable to escape Qi Yu, the living King Yama.

"Ding-a-ling~"

Right at this moment, Fang Xiaocao's phone rang.

Fang Xiaocao picked it up and glanced at the screen; it was Wang Qiang's call.

"Captain Song, it should be Officer Wang who has arrived, I'll go upstairs to meet them."

Fang Xiaocao said to Song Lin, then sprang up, answering the phone while running upstairs.

"Hello, Officer Wang."

"Wait a moment, I'll come up to open the door right away."

Fang Xiaocao hung up and quickly walked out of the basement.

Watching Fang Xiaocao's departing figure, Song Lin smiled.

"Calm in the face of trouble, a promising candidate for the Criminal Investigation Team, too bad that's not her major."

Song Lin muttered to himself.

After speaking, Song Lin began to ponder deeply.

"Master..."

A familiar call interrupted Song Lin's train of thought.

Song Lin looked up and saw Wang Qiang running toward him, ignoring the stench of the basement.

Wang Qiang ran up to Song Lin and hugged him without caring about the filth on his body.

The tough man burst into tears.

"Master..."

"I'm so glad you're alright..."

Wang Qiang's voice choked up as he spoke.

Crying like a child who had seen his parents.

"You little punk, what are you crying for?"

"Don't embarrass me."

Song Lin said with a laugh.

"Master, who was it..."

"Tell me, and I'll go catch him..."

Looking at Song Lin's wretched appearance, Wang Qiang tenderly held up the chains while speaking with a choked voice.

"He won't get away, I will catch him myself."

Song Lin said sternly.

"Right, we, master and student, will catch him together."

Wang Qiang nodded, his heart aching as he looked at the tortured visage of Song Lin.

"What did I teach you?"

"A man bleeds, he doesn't cry!"

Song Lin scolded, seeing Wang Qiang with tearful eyes.

"It's just that the sad part hasn't come yet..."

Wang Qiang added quietly.

"Is that the same thing?"

"I've told you, don't just know how to fight and kill, read more books."

Song Lin glared at Wang Qiang and chastised him.

"Oh~"

In front of Song Lin, Wang Qiang was obedient like a primary school student.

"Now step aside, let the firemen take off these chains, do you want to exhaust me to death?"

Song Lin barked irritably.

Startled by Song Lin's shout, Wang Qiang instinctively shrank his neck.

He turned his head to glance at the firefighters carrying tools and awkwardly smiled.

"Officer Wang, leave it to us."

The firefighter said with a smile.

"Please do."

Wang Qiang nodded and moved out of the way.

The firefighters nodded and began examining the situation of the chains connected to Song Lin.

[Ding Dong!]

At this moment, Fang Xiaocao's phone rang again.

Fang Xiaocao looked down to see it was a WeChat message.

Without a second thought, she hurriedly opened it.

[Hot Noodles: Qi Yu is running away!]