The little birds chirped a few times and fluttered their wings as they flew inside.
[Human! Are you talking to us?]
[Human! How can you talk to us? You can understand what we’re saying?]
[Human! Since you can understand us, can you make us a nest? Our nest was burned down!]
Ruan Xingyao couldn’t help but laugh and cry at the same time.
These little fellows hadn’t even done anything for her yet, and they were already daring to make demands.
She didn’t know whether to call it reckless ignorance or admirable courage.
Still, for such a small request, Ruan Xingyao was more than happy to help.
So she said to the policeman:
“Officer uncle, if you want a horse to run, you have to give it grass first. It’s the same with the little birds. I don’t know—are you guys far away?”
When Officer Zhao heard Ruan Xingyao’s words, he couldn’t help it—his old face flushed red.
He raised a hand to scratch the back of his head and said:
“Expert Ruan, my surname is Zhao, Zhao Minglang. Just call me Xiao Zhao.”
He only looked older; in truth, he was just a little over thirty.
To be called “uncle policeman” by this specially appointed expert was really too embarrassing for him.
Ruan Xingyao never thought too much about such things.
Since Zhao Minglang requested it, she agreed.
“Alright, Xiao Zhao, they said they need a new nest. If you promise to make them a new one, they’ll help out.” Ruan Xingyao said.
Zhao Minglang agreed without hesitation.
A nest for a flock of birds was nothing difficult for them, something they could put together in no time.
Ruan Xingyao then relayed Zhao Minglang’s promise to the birds.
The birds immediately fluttered their wings, chirping happily.
The noise gave Ruan Xingyao a headache, so she finally said:
“Alright, now tell me everything you’ve heard.”
The birds chirped and began reporting to Ruan Xingyao:
[That big guy has been gambling for months. His wife abandoned him and ran off with someone else, leaving behind a little baby.]
[That old woman said the baby girl was a money-losing burden, and she always wanted to kill her. They’ve been looking up all sorts of ways to get rid of her.]
[I even saw the old woman give the baby medicine—medicine that makes her sleep for a long time.]
[I also heard them say they bought insurance for the baby. They said after she burns to death in a fire, they’d get money.]
Ruan Xingyao repeated everything the birds said out loud.
Zhao Minglang immediately and decisively ordered his men to search the house.
They checked the man’s computer and phone, and sure enough, in the browsing history they found him looking up ways to kill an infant without being detected by the police.
At the same time, another officer found the insurance policy in the study’s safe.
With these two pieces of evidence, the old woman and the man instantly broke into a cold sweat, their eyes darting about—clear signs of guilt.
Still, the man stubbornly tried to defend himself:
“What’s wrong with me buying insurance for my daughter? Is that against the law?”
The old woman also shouted along:
“Exactly! Since when is caring for a child a crime?”
But no matter how loudly the two of them wailed, it was nothing more than the desperate struggles of people already caught.
Zhao Minglang immediately ordered his men to detain the two.
He said, “Enough, save your words for the police station.”
This wasn’t the place for interrogation, and judging by how shamelessly unreasonable these two were, unless they were taken to a more serious setting, they would never feel fear.
Once the handcuffs clicked into place, the two instantly quieted down.
However, their eyes still glared resentfully at “Starry’s Dog”.
It was all because of him meddling.
If he hadn’t called the police, their plan would have succeeded without a hitch.
Just then, the phone of the firefighter captain rang—it was from the firefighter who had taken the child to the hospital.
The call was answered and put on speaker.
From the other end came the firefighter’s grief-stricken voice: “Captain, she’s gone.”
The words didn’t just fall into the ears of everyone present, but also reached every viewer watching the livestream.
In an instant, the expressions and moods of everyone grew unbearably heavy—everyone except the old woman and her son, whose eyes revealed undisguised excitement.
It worked!
It worked!
That wretched “money-losing burden” was finally dead!
If their hands weren’t cuffed, they would have been covering their faces to hide their laughter.
However, the two were never good at concealing things.
No matter how hard they tried, the excitement still leaked from their expressions.
At that moment, Zhao Minglang cunningly angled the phone camera toward them so that everyone in the livestream could clearly see their disgusting faces.
Sure enough, the comment barrage was already flooded with curses.
【What the f***! What kind of scum are these people?!】
【My heart breaks for that little girl! A gambling father, a runaway mother, and a grandmother who calls her a money-losing burden—what an unbelievably pitiful child!】
【Even though it’s heartbreaking that she died, maybe this was a form of release. I can’t imagine the hell she would’ve lived through if she had survived!】
【The person above is right. Now that the child is dead, these two are murderers. A life for a life—these scumbags will pay the price!】
【Exactly! If the child had survived, they might not have been sentenced as heavily!】
Zhao Minglang looked at the live comments with satisfaction.
He turned to Ruan Xingyao and said, “Expert Ruan, thank you for your assistance. We’ll take them back to the station now. Please rest assured, we will definitely give the public a satisfactory explanation.”
With that, Zhao Minglang handed the phone back to “Starry’s Dog” and then led his team away.
“Starry’s Dog” also went back home.
He collapsed onto the sofa, panting heavily.
The skin on his hands and arms was so burned that it peeled off layer after layer.
The pain hit him only after the fact, making him suck in sharp breaths, hissing in agony for a long while.
Even so, “Starry’s Dog” endured the pain and pointed his phone camera at his own face.
He stared at Ruan Xingyao through the lens without blinking.
“Starry, considering I did a good deed today, can you add me on WeChat?”
Ruan Xingyao mercilessly replied,
“Doing good deeds without leaving your name is a traditional virtue of ours. Asking for benefits is too much. You’ve already been on this call for far too long. Now, I’m hanging up! Goodbye!”
With that, Ruan Xingyao immediately ended the call.
“Starry’s Dog” didn’t even get the chance to say a word before he saw the call cut off right before his eyes.
The chat instantly burst into waves of “hahaha.”
【Hahahahahahahahaha! As expected of our Starry streamer—never giving shameless men with ulterior motives a single chance!】
【Hahahahahahahaha! I seriously like Starry streamer more and more!】
【You guys are only now starting to like Starry streamer! I’m different—I just want to know if Starry streamer can pick me in the next turn!】
— The end of the Chapter–
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