Midnight Bookstore

Panda Novel

The Old Daoist was back. Lawyer An drove over to pick him up and the pig-headed man that was beaten up by the Old Daoist.

The Old Daoist felt somewhat sad after returning to the bookstore. He had been in the detention center for so long. When he finally returned, there was no warm welcome. There was no hot food, concerned greetings. There were no hugging and crying scenes.

It seemed that everyone was more interested in the pig-headed man than in his return. The Old Priest was stammering in his heart. He had always fast-forwarded the emotional scenes in the TV dramas he had watched in the past. Despite that, that kind of sentimental and mushy greeting was exactly what he needed now.

He quickly suppressed his emotions. Something might have happened to Little Loli. Everyone must be anxious about Little Loli.

‘They must have forcefully suppressed their longing for him’, he thought. ‘They suppressed the tears when they saw him again. They suppressed their yearning and concern. First, let’s find out about Little Loli. Yes, I get it now!’

If one wants to live long happily up to the age of 70 and still have the ability to protect one’s face, one has to learn how to console oneself.

The Old Priest sat in a corner of the bookstore. He hugged the monkey in his arms.

In fact, the people in the bookstore did not have much warm feelings towards the Old Priest when he returned, let alone any consolation. They were not cold and warm, but they had neglected him.

Were they holding a grudge against him for his mistake? How embarrassing!

There were quite a few incidents that took place in order to save the Old Daoist. Everyone had the Old Daoist’s best interests in mind.

The truth was that the people in the bookstore were already aware of his release. Therefore, when the Old Daoist returned, everyone only nodded their heads in acknowledgment. It was like he had only popped out to visit a neighbor.

The main reason for their lack of welcome was that there was something more serious that everyone needed to pay attention to.

Zhou Ze sat on the bench in the private room. He sat boldly. Beside him stood Bai Yingying and the death attendant. Xu Qinglang leaned against the door and sized up the scene. Lawyer An grabbed the driver’s neck and pushed him against the small square table.

The small square table was especially used by the bookstore to serve the last meal of the departed souls who had gone to Hell. The table was spotless, but there was a moldy smell that could not be erased. This smell could not be washed away.

The driver struggled to raise his head and looked around him. He felt as if he had been caught by a triad.

Lawyer An did not call the police nor did he inform Zhang Yanfeng. Instead, he directly brought him back. He was making a point. The bookstore would be the one to handle this matter.

In the past, it was considered that they were meddling in other people’s business if the bookstore secretly helped the police. However, the person in the bookstore felt that there was no need to care about procedural justice this time.

They have been attacked. Why did they need to talk about rules?

“Where did that girl go?” Lawyer An asked.

The driver did not speak. He seemed to be hesitating.

Lawyer An did not ask a second time. His left hand grabbed the other person’s ear and twisted it!

Crack. The ear was yanked off.

The driver was in so much pain that he wanted to scream. Lawyer An’s finger directly pressed his chin. The driver could not cry out. His expression was extremely painful and twisted.

“Answer.”

The scene was a little bloody. Blood splattered everywhere. The small square table was dyed red. There were spots of blood on the floor tiles.

The death attendant licked his tongue and appeared a little excited. Zhou Ze continued to sit in silence. Xu Qinglang pretended to stretch and glanced out. He still could not stand this kind of scene.

Especially at this moment, Lawyer An looked more like an executioner that he couldn’t recognize.

“Second ear?” Lawyer An asked.

The driver immediately nodded, indicating that he wanted to speak. Lawyer An loosened his fingers.

“She’s been kidnapped.”

“Ah…”

A scream came to an abrupt end. The second ear was pulled out. Once again, Lawyer An grabbed the other party’s throat and the driver could not make a sound.

“Little Loli was kidnapped by a human trafficker? Are You f*cking kidding me? She was a ghost! How could she have been kidnapped? Still not telling the truth, are you?”

When he went to the internet cafe across the street to check the security cameras, Little Loli had gotten into his car. Her disappearance was definitely related to this guy in front of him!

In Lawyer An’s opinion, there could be a mastermind behind the scenes. Attacking a ghost was definitely not simple.

Lawyer An’s hand began to reach down. He reached for the unspeakable position in his crotch.

“Tell the truth, or else…”

“She was abducted. I caught her. I’ve already given her to a person. He’s called Lu Laosan. Look in my contact list on my phone.”

Lawyer An hesitated and glanced at Zhou Ze who was sitting opposite him. Zhou Ze nodded. It didn’t seem fake. A man under such dangerous circumstances would rather die than tell a lie.

Zhou Ze believed that many brave martyrs who could keep their mouths shut in the face of the enemy’s torture. They would rather die than surrender. However, could the human trafficker in front of him be a martyr? That would be blasphemy against a martyr.

Lawyer An nodded as well. He grabbed the spot and pulled. The man’s body began to spasm. Lawyer An placed a lump of something in front of the man. The man stared at the soft lump of meat in front of him. His body trembled and he immediately fainted.

Zhou Ze stood up. He extended his hand to Lawyer An. He pointed at the piece of soft meat on the small table and asked, “Do you like to take selfies of yourself when you have nothing to do?”

“I am detailed in everything I do.”

Seeing the two men squatting together and pointing at that piece of flesh, Xu Qinglang couldn’t hold it in any longer. He covered his mouth and wanted to vomit.

Old Xu’s resistance was very strong but this scene was too disgusting. He really couldn’t take it.

When he saw Zhou Ze reach out and gently poking at it… F*ck… Xu Qinglang’s stomach churned. He immediately bent down and threw up.

“Old Xu, what are you doing?” Zhou Ze walked over with curiosity. He reached out his hand and patted Xu Qinglang’s body. He asked with concern, “Are you okay? You’re not feeling well.”

Xu Qinglang immediately retreated when he thought about how Zhou Ze’s hand had just poked that. His head hit the door frame of the private room. Zhou Ze smiled and clapped his hands. Lawyer An also clapped his hands.

In the private room, the driver was still unconscious. However, the bloody scene had all disappeared. The driver’s ears were still intact. The lump was also intact.

“Illusion?” Xu Qinglang asked in puzzlement.

“Huh? What do you think? Would we dirty this place?” Zhou Ze turned his head and looked at Lawyer An. “Lawyer An’s illusion is very sharp. He can imitate anything perfectly, including that lump.”

This meant that Lawyer An had a very thorough understanding of what that organ looked like. How could a normal man do such a thing when he had nothing better to do? He must have studied himself in the mirror.

“Let’s check the guy first. He doesn’t seem to be lying. Lin Ke was really kidnapped by human traffickers.”

Lawyer An still couldn’t believe what Lin Ke was doing. “Let’s confirm the location of Lu Laosan first. This guy must have come to see the crime scene to see if the police had taken any action. Lin Ke should be in the hands of Lu Laosan now.”

Saving a ghost from a human trafficker was absurd. No matter how one looked at it, it felt like saving a tiger from a flock of sheep.

“Lock this guy in the study first.”

Zhou Ze stretched out his hand and pointed at the death attendant who was standing at the side and enjoying himself, “You take care of him. Don’t let him escape. Make him suffer. Just don’t kill him.”

The death attendant immediately nodded. He looked at the unconscious driver. He subconsciously stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.

Boss Zhou had no mercy for a human trafficker. He wouldn’t kill him directly but he was too lazy to dirty his own hands.

Zhou Ze seemed to have thought of something. He walked out and shouted to the Old Priest who was sitting there with a gloomy face. “Old Priest, you’re back.”

“…” the Old Priest.

The Old Priest blinked hard and squeezed out some tears from his eyes. He put down the monkey and pounced on him. His emotions had been brewing for too long. At this moment, he could finally express them.

“Boss, your loyal Old Priest is back!”

The Old Priest tried to hug Zhou Ze with snot and tears. Zhou Ze took two steps back and avoided the Old Priest. The Old Priest cried and continued to walk forward. He wanted to hug!

However, the Old Priest immediately stopped after seeing the fingernails on Zhou Ze’s right hand. He looked at Zhou Ze with a mournful expression.

“You took a taxi?” Zhou Ze pointed at the beaten-up driver in the private room.

Little Loli should have gotten into this person’s car when she took a taxi back in the morning. In the end, she was abducted and sold.

How about the Old Priest? Was this guy also planning to abduct and sell him? Abduct and sell an old man in his seventies and looked like a scrawny old man? What kind of weird taste did the buyer have?

“No, I didn’t take a taxi. I was having a meal with a friend at a restaurant. The friend introduced me to him, so I got a lift from him on the way back.” The Old Priest explained.

“By the way, what happened to Lin Ke? Why is her summer homework book in this person’s car?”

“She was abducted.”

“Abducted?”

The Old Priest immediately laughed. “Hahahahaha, she was abducted? Hahahahaha!!!” The Old Priest clutched his stomach and laughed.

He stopped when he saw that the people around him were not laughing. He reached out to wipe away the tears that had just come out of his laughter. He carefully asked for confirmation, “She was really abducted. Was he not joking?”

Zhou Ze nodded.

“This…”

Suddenly, a scene appeared in the Old Priest’s mind. It was the scene of the driver carrying a sack and delivering it to the old man’s minivan.

Hiss…

Damn it.

Could he have just gotten out of prison and went off with a human trafficker for three to five bottles of beer?