The disappearance of the drug dealer and Lan Jie was all Zhang Ying Ai's design, and she hadn't intended to involve me. It wasn't until she overheard my conversation with Teacher Wang Ren that she decided to pull me into the circle.
By then, Lin Han and I had already started taking our wedding photos. Zhang Ying Ai quickly found Lin Han's information and learned about a person named Li Wen Wen who held special significance in Lin Han's life.
So, Zhang Ying Ai enlisted Da Peng's help to find Li Wen Wen. On the third day of our photo shoot, Li Wen Wen appeared, fueled by a desire for revenge.
Hearing this, I was a little confused and asked Luo Bo, "Brother-in-law, how did you know Zhang Cheng Rui Xue hired Li Wen Wen?"
"The Yinhe Bathhouse was a drug den, and the Criminal Investigation team had undercover agents there."
"Zhang Cheng Rui Xue exploited this undercover agent, using a borrowed flower to present the 'Zheng Qi' to you."
I said this, and Luo Bo sighed repeatedly, "Based on the evidence we've gathered so far, that's likely what happened."
Hearing Luo Bo say this, I chuckled, "Brother-in-law, you've also become her pawn, successfully luring me into this scheme."
"Nonsense, how could I have known Zhang Ying Ai was such a schemer? At the time, I genuinely believed Zhang Ying Ai was Teacher Wang Ren's pawn."
I looked at Luo Bo's embarrassed face, "Did you apologize to Teacher Wang Ren then?"
"Not yet. Let's talk about Zhang Ying Ai first."
Regarding Lin Han's situation, even if Lin Han hadn't been wary, she wouldn't have been in danger. Zhang Ying Ai orchestrated a hero-saves-the-beauty scenario. She made Lin Han indebted to her, and it made me think she was just a pawn.
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Time travel. This scheme was primarily designed to make intelligent police officers like Luo Bo believe that someone was training others to evade lie detectors. The only person in the entire police force who could possess such a skill should be Wang Ren.
Then, Zhang Ying Ai had me, who most elite police officers trusted, to corroborate this scheme.
No one believed in time travel. What was ultimately proven was that someone was experimenting with lie detectors.
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"Brother-in-law, there's something I don't understand. My time-travel scheme was intended to help Teacher Wang Ren clear her name. Why did Zhang Cheng Rui Xue—ah, I can't seem to change it—why did Zhang Ying Ai continue her plan to frame Teacher Wang Ren?"
Luo Bo frowned, "I haven't fully grasped Zhang Ying Ai's criminal patterns, but I sense she's changed her target."
"What target?"
"At the wedding, her shot wasn't aimed at you. I think she had that puppet killer fire, and the person she wanted to kill wasn't you, but Lin Han."
"Me?" Lin Han pointed to herself, asking. She didn't see it that way; she thought I would be injured and even pushed me. Fortunately, my reaction was quick enough that I used her momentum to shield her.
"Why would she change targets?" I asked Luo Bo. Luo Bo smiled and asked back, "Guess why?"
"She probably wants to be the woman of The Schemer by luck, and then plan to step on my shoulders to become The Schemer herself," I speculated, based on Zhang Ying Ai's characteristics.
Luo Bo agreed with me, "Over these past two months, Zhang Ying Ai has thoroughly investigated you. Because of your existence, she no longer envies Teacher Wang Ren's status as a psychology authority. She wants to become your wife, Tang Nan, by luck, and then become you, the free and socially prominent Schemer."
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To be honest, Zhang Ying Ai truly impressed me. She was breathing new life into the realm of The Schemer.
For this reason, I visited Teacher Wang Ren's office. Teacher Wang Ren had a new assistant, who appeared bright and clever. After a while, I waited for Teacher Wang Ren. Frequent meetings lately had left the nearly sixty-year-old Teacher Wang Ren looking weary, but she offered a genuine smile upon seeing me.
"Time travel?"
I hadn't expected Teacher Wang Ren to mention that, and my face flushed slightly, "I'm sorry, I've made a fool of myself."
"It's fine, it's fine! But you should understand one thing: I'm not so old that you need to help me."
Teacher Wang Ren was indeed extraordinary. She had already figured out that I had designed this scheme to help her.
"Tang Nan, do you know why Zhang Cheng Rui Xue became my assistant?"
"Wasn't it arranged from above?"
"It was my request."
The organization 'Zheng Qi' had been on the Criminal Investigation Bureau's radar for quite some time. Wang Ze Yi asked Teacher Wang Ren for help, and Teacher Wang Ren selected Zhang Cheng Rui Xue from the candidate list to be her assistant. This means Zhang Cheng Rui Xue had always been a suspect.
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However, the investigation into 'Zheng Qi' was conducted in strict secrecy, with no special task force established to address it. Wang Ze Yi had also consulted with his superiors, deciding not to foster mutual suspicion within the department due to this investigation, nor did he want it known that there was a traitor within the police force.
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"I'm sorry, I didn't know you had an operation underway."
I guessed that my time-travel scheme had thoroughly stirred the waters.
"This is good."
I didn't understand what "This is good" meant. Did it mean that letting the 'Zheng Qi' people escape was what Teacher Wang Ren wanted?
Teacher Wang Ren, being an authoritative psychologist, could see through my little tricks. She smiled, "Teacher Wen De raised us and educated us. Not only did we not bring honor to Teacher Wen De, but we even severed his philosophy. Fortunately, with your generation, Teacher Wen De's ideas, like sparks, have spread throughout the country."
"Do you mean the people from 'Zheng Qi' want to become Schemers themselves?"
"Yes!"
It was then that I realized 'Zheng Qi' wasn't a worm eating away at the police from within. It might exist within the police, but the police were not its main component. To accurately describe what kind of organization 'Zheng Qi' was, it would be more fitting to describe it as a detective club in a university.
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There were many eccentric individuals within it, mostly acting on their own whims. They were intelligent, capable, with distinct personalities and unique life values. They revered justice and were willing to uphold a bit of righteous spirit in the world.
Sometimes, these individuals set up schemes to kill, but that didn't necessarily make them bad people.
From the information Teacher Wang Ren possessed, these individuals preferred to communicate behind masks, and they all had their own pseudonyms. For instance, Zhang Ying Ai's pseudonym was Lucky Goddess. There were many others like Lucky Goddess within the 'Zheng Qi' organization, and now these individuals had a new direction: they aspired to become Schemers.
I learned from Old Ghost that the notions of a fifty-fourth-generation successor to The Schemer, or only one Schemer per generation, were all lies from Old Mr. Wen De. The Schemer was merely a school of thought founded by Old Mr. Wen De, who hoped it would continue to develop like other factions.
Among Old Mr. Wen De's five direct disciples, only Li Jiu diligently passed down the theories of The Schemer. However, due to the limitations of Old Mr. Wen De's education, some of the knowledge transfer was conducted in secret, and The Schemer did not develop. It wasn't until my fight with Zhu Guang and Senior Sister was officially recorded, with everything that transpired between us documented verbatim in the case files, that these intelligent people saw it. They realized that there were individuals in the world who used their intellect to crush everything underfoot; such people were called Schemers.
They eagerly vied to become Schemers. From now on, The Schemer would, through the imitation by 'Zheng Qi', enter a new era. If the fight between Senior Sister, Zhu Guang, and me was a three-way contest, then this new era should be called a race of heroes.
From this point forward, The Schemer would no longer be a battle among Old Mr. Wen De's disciples but would enter a true period of development. I suddenly had a chilling thought: with such a vast base of support, more Schemers would become "monsters" like Senior Sister.
"Can these imitators become Schemers?"
Thinking of people becoming "monsters," I couldn't help but ask this question.
Teacher Wang Ren smiled and asked me back, "Do you know penicillin?"
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"Yes!"
"Penicillin was once a very expensive drug abroad. Later, it was imitated by some domestic manufacturers, and its price dropped continuously."
"Do you mean The Schemer will become like penicillin, appearing everywhere?"
"Yes!"
"Schemers can be imitated like drugs and appear everywhere. But do you know that some drugs survive through creativity, not imitation, and they cannot be imitated?"
"Are you referring to 'monsters'?"
"Perhaps. It might not be that specific term, but they must possess one characteristic: irreplaceability."
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My conversation with Teacher Wang Ren was immensely beneficial. 'Zheng Qi' would continue to be investigated, and the organization might soon collapse, but the ideology had been planted. Many people would become Schemers in the future.
They would no longer be my senior uncles or senior sisters, but strangers.
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I left, with a sense of anticipation for the future. To avoid being eliminated by the future Schemers, I would probably have to strive to become that irreplaceable person.
After that day, I left Beijing and chose to accompany Lin Han, settling in Xi'an.