I transmigrated into the villain's white moonlight, but the protagonist is my brother.

Zhou Panpan covered her mouth, looking at Wang Litao in disbelief.

Uncle Wang, who had always been gentle and humorous towards her, was now being held down by the police, shouting with a ferocious expression, "Is killing a stray cat also illegal?" as if he were possessed by a demon.

Even Wang Yuling was taken aback by what Wang Litao had just said.

Unexpectedly, what she thought was the worst outcome was that Wang Litao had a special fetish for spying on her home, but now it seems that he is also a pervert who abuses and kills small animals!

"It's just a cat! It's dead, it's dead! I'm warning you, let me go right now!!"

While the act of torturing and killing stray cats is morally reprehensible and despicable, there is no legal recourse.

But the policeman wasn't one to back down. He shouted sternly, "Cat's blood? Then why were you so silent for so long? Whether it's cat's blood or not, we'll know once we take it back for testing!"

Xie Yan narrowed her eyes.

[Sweetie, aren't you going to tell me where the other abused child is?]

【…】

The system silently played dead.

If Xie Yan were to eliminate Wang Litao's storyline, Shen Yan's experiences would change drastically, significantly impacting the subsequent plot.

Xie Yan and the system were arguing in their minds, but she didn't notice the occasional glances Shen Yan was giving her.

The police temporarily handed Shen Yan over to Wang Yuling to look after, and then began searching the entire house.

Wang Litao's house has four bedrooms. Except for his own bedroom, the walls and floors of the other rooms have all been soundproofed.

Ordinary people would never leave their homes like this. The old policeman had a feeling something was wrong, but after checking every room, he finally found only a computer.

He brought out the computer, intending to take Wang Litao and the computer back to the bureau for investigation.

The computer was found in the study. Xie Yan watched the police come out of the study, seemingly without finding anything else.

"Officer, I heard noises in the study yesterday, but it wasn't this officer's voice; it was someone else's voice."

The police officers who were about to take the person away stopped and looked over.

Looking at the calm and composed little girl, he suddenly realized that this child seemed to have remained calm from beginning to end, and no matter what Wang Litao shouted or said, her emotions remained stable.

But Wang Litao was no longer calm.

He yelled, "You're talking nonsense!! I live alone! Where did anyone else's voice come from?!"

Wang Litao was now completely panicked.

Monitoring others with a computer isn't a big deal and won't get him detained for more than a few days. As for the bloodstains, as long as there are no victims, everything is negotiable, and he's confident he can get away with it.

But all of this is based on the premise that the child cannot be discovered!

Once he's discovered, he's completely finished!

"Who are you, kid, trying to harm me on purpose!" Wang Litao suddenly turned his bloodshot eyes to Wang Yuling, like a mad beast.

"Was it you guys?! Zhou Yishan is trying to harm me, isn't he?! He found out I switched the building materials, didn't he?! So he's trying to kill me!!!"

Xie Yan fell silent.

Wow, there's an unexpected surprise.

Wang Yuling, who was standing in the entryway, was even more surprised.

Zhou Yishan trusted Wang Litao a lot in their business dealings, yet Wang Litao tampered with the building materials!

If anything goes wrong with the properties they develop later, Zhou Yishan will be the one to take the blame!

Wang Yuling's eyebrows shot up, and her tone became sharp, "Fine, I know about this now, and Lao Zhou will know too. You can wait to go to jail!"

The police then handcuffed Wang Litao to the doorway before turning around and going back into the study to conduct a thorough search.

"Little friend, are you sure the sound came from the study?"

The study wasn't large; a thick wool carpet covered the floor, and the rest of the room consisted of books that filled two walls and a large computer desk.

Standing at the entrance, one can see everything clearly; there's nowhere for anyone to hide.

Xie Yan nodded firmly, "It was in the study. There was someone crying, but... it sounded like it was coming from underground..."

Zhou Panpan couldn't help but swallow.

The crying coming from underground... isn't this something that only happens in horror movies? Is there a ghost here?!

She held onto Wang Yuling's hand tightly, not daring to let go.

The group exchanged bewildered glances.

The veteran policeman was the first to react. He walked to the door and lifted a corner of the carpet.

The carpet was very heavy, and it took two policemen working together to roll it up completely.

The carpet harbored filth and dirt, and a piece of tile in the middle of the floor was missing, replaced by a locked sheet of metal.

The abused girl was locked down there.

This is a secret room that Wang Litao created himself.

The situation had escalated beyond a simple invasion of privacy; the police contacted their headquarters and mobilized more officers.

The sheet metal was pried up, and the girl, covered in bruises, was rescued and taken directly to the hospital by ambulance.

Xie Yan and Shen Yan also went to the hospital.

They had all been drugged by Wang Litao and needed to undergo physical examinations and blood tests.

At this time, Wang Litao had already been detained. Wang Yuling was at home comforting Zhou Panpan, who was frightened. A policewoman brought Xie Yan and Shen Yan to have their blood drawn.

Even on a weekend, the pediatric ward was quite crowded. Due to special circumstances, the nurses drew blood from Xie Yan and her companion first.

The policewoman was clearly a recent graduate, with a baby face and a very young appearance. She was trying to figure out how to coax the children, but the two kids were surprisingly calm when they had their blood drawn.

Shen Yan had already changed out of the indescribable clothes Wang Litao had given him. He was now wearing a simple black long-sleeved shirt with a few English letters on it. It was an old shirt that a policeman had taken from his son's house.

He sat on a chair in the corridor of the pediatric outpatient clinic, a stark contrast to the wailing children around him.

He lowered his head, his long hair falling from behind his ears, covering half of his pale profile, his long eyelashes trembling slightly, making him look as delicate as a porcelain doll.

His sleeves were rolled up by the nurse, revealing several cigarette burn marks on his fair, lotus-root-like arms.

Shen Yan threw away the cotton swab as soon as her blood was drawn, and all she wanted to do was tear off her sleeve.

"do not move."

Xie Yan frowned and reached out to stop Shen Yan's other hand. "Where's your cotton swab? Why aren't you pressing it?"

Shen Yan's eyelashes trembled, but she did not respond.

"If you don't press on the area with a cotton swab after a blood draw, it's easy to get a bruise, and your arm will be blue tomorrow."

Xie Yan was already used to Shen Yan's tendency to stop talking at the drop of a hat, so she didn't ask any more questions. She went straight to the nurse and got two more cotton swabs, which she then pressed onto Shen Yan's arm.

"Hold it down with your hand, don't throw it."

The voice was clear and crisp, and the tone left no room for doubt.

Shen Yan pursed her lips slightly, but still reached out to press.

Before Xie Yan could retract her hand, Shen Yan first pressed it onto her fingers, which felt very warm, before finally pressing the cotton swab herself.

He moved slowly and seemed listless, which made Xie Yan feel uncomfortable.

She only drank a small sip of the milk last night and took the fever reducer from the system beforehand, so naturally she was fine.

But Shen Yan was definitely given the drug, and she's probably still dazed right now.

Xie Yan sat to Shen Yan's right, craning her neck to look at him, and stretched out a few of her fair and delicate fingers.

"Shen Yan, what number is this?"

"..." Shen Yan didn't even look at her.

Okay, okay, let's ignore her then.

Xie Yan silently withdrew her finger.

"Shen Yan, what is one plus one?"

"..." Shen Yan remained silent.

After fiddling around for a while, Xie Yan got tired and stopped.

She closed her eyes and leaned back, feeling a little tired.

In order to rescue the girl in the locked room as soon as possible, she made some compromises with the system.

That means that once the story officially begins, she will no longer be able to do whatever she wants, and will have to seriously complete the tasks and follow the storyline.

Furthermore, 20% of the points accumulated from completing tasks will be deducted by the system to compensate Xie Yan for the energy she currently uses to buy things in the store.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call the dog system a ruthless exploiter.

Even if Xie Yan hadn't reminded them, the police would have returned to search after testing the bloodstains, and the girl could still have been saved, but it would have been a waste of time.

For that girl, every extra second was torture.

Therefore, Xie Yan has no regrets.