Imperial Treasure

Chapter 450 - 308: The Roof Panel

`It’s watching me.

To make such an innocent child utter these words, one could only imagine how intense her fear must have been.

What had Xiao Dao seen?

In the days that had passed, enough to leave her trembling even now, terrified as if a demon was right there with her.

Sui Yi leaned slightly down, rested her palm on the child’s head, and said, "It’s okay, she’s right here..."

The gentle fragrance that emanated from Sui Yi seemed to calm the spirit, as Xiao Dao clasped Sui Yi’s legs with both hands and whispered, "I saw an eye, it was watching me... very scary, very scary."

"When was this?"

"It was... many days ago, and last night, too, it came—watching me all the time."

"And did you keep watching it too?"

"No, I didn’t dare. I just glanced accidentally and then I got very scared. I didn’t dare tell grandma."

"Why not?"

"Afraid that he would kill me and grandma..."

"Then why didn’t you tell anyone else?"

"I don’t trust anyone else."

This statement startled Sui Yi, who then narrowed her eyes, "Do you think the other villagers are bad people?"

"Mmm... Last night, after grandma fell asleep, I was afraid to sleep. I heard noises outside and carefully squatted at the crack in the wall to look outside... I saw that ghost talking to someone, but I don’t know who," she said.

"What were they talking about?"

"I couldn’t hear clearly, it seemed they were saying they can’t kill me and grandma, it would cause trouble."

Sui Yi felt that Xiao Dao might be different from other children; her keenness and forbearance were even greater than an adult’s, and she was also clever.

As Sui Yi thought this, she suddenly felt Xiao Dao grip her leg tighter, prompting her to look down at the child.

"Sister... I feel like it’s watching me again, it..."

"Don’t be afraid, it won’t be able to do this for much longer."

With a flick of her shoe, a pebble sprung into action, her fingertip flicked!

Thunk!

It launched like a bullet!

Traveling over twenty meters toward a clump of bamboo... Thunk, it struck the bamboo forcefully, penetrating several stalks, along with it was a fleeting shadow that dashed behind the bamboo.

But Zhang Wei, who had been silent and closing in, directly shot a bullet at that fleeing shadow!

"Hit."

Zhang Wei gestured towards Sui Yi, then quickly gave chase.

Sui Yi unhurriedly took Xiao Dao by the hand, "Now, let’s find that Mr. Ghost to see just who he really is," she said.

"Okay?"

Witnessing the terrifying ghost being effortlessly driven away by Sui Yi, Xiao Dao’s fear was immediately reduced by ninety percent. She nodded vigorously, "Okay."

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The sound of gunfire in the woods was not heard outside the dense forest since Zhang Wei’s weapon was typically a high-end silencer.

The only thing that alerted those below was Zhang Wei’s tiger-like figure dashing through the woods, fierce and swift, and with each shot the bullets crackled as they pierced through the bamboo.

The first to react was Shen Que, who was in front of Mao Ju’s house. Someone was shooting!

Following the sound, they could see two fast-moving shadows running down the hill in the bamboo grove not too far away...

"There’s a situation! Ah Jie, Yuandong, come with me!" yelled Shen Que.

As he shouted, he drew the gun from his waist, moving quickly with Zheng Jie and Jiang Yuandong trailing even closer behind. Jiang Yuandong proved to be incredibly fast, with a springing step like a cheetah, leaping out and moving with parkour-like grace and velocity over the rugged mountain path toward the shadows in the bamboo grove...

Meanwhile, Ying Panman had already taken out her walkie-talkie to contact the police officers below to seal off the mountain pass exit...

As the entire Mao Bamboo Village was stirred up over these events, Sui Yi was leading Xiao Dao out of the bamboo forest, handing the child off to a nervous Old Lady Mao San to reassure her, then cast a glance at Mao Gang, "Come with me down there," she said.

Down there?

Mao Gang hadn’t caught on, but still summoned several young men to follow Sui Yi down.

Strangely, Sui Yi was still holding Xiao Dao’s hand.

This puzzled everyone including Ying Panman, who approached and said, "Miss Sui, you may enter, but this child..."

"She has seen the murderer."

What!

Everyone was taken aback, and just as Ying Panman was about to say something, she saw Sui Yi tell Xiao Dao, "Sister is going to catch ghosts now, stay here with these adults—don’t run off."

"Okay."

What’s the situation? You said she’s seen the murderer, but now you’re going to catch ghosts?

The crowd was confused, but the officers from the Provincial Public Security Bureau were of extraordinary calibre, quickly sensing that something was amiss. Ying Panman calmly instructed Tao Xinyuan to protect Xiao Dao and signaled the other officers to draw their handguns!`