Yang Wenwu sat behind his desk, looking coldly at Lu Fan, a sneer plastered across his face.
"Alright! Five million it is!" Lu Fan shook his head slightly and turned to leave.
"Five million is for compensating the victim's family. If you want us to drop the charges, you'll need to fork over another five million. Otherwise, I can still send you to prison. The kind that lasts a lifetime!" Yang Wenwu suddenly said with a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.
"Your face... it's really suited for being an official!" Lu Fan turned back to look at Yang Wenwu, threw a faint remark, and walked out of the police station.
Money was merely a number to him. Even if he did nothing, money would flow in endlessly.
"Xiao Fan! We're out of money now," Wang Yan suddenly said from behind.
"What?" Lu Fan thought he had misheard and spun around abruptly to look at Wang Yan. With his shares, he should be earning tens of millions daily. And she, a woman, was telling him they were out of money?
"Actually... we haven't had any income for three years. The ten million we had was enough for our living expenses, but... just now, it's gone too," Wang Yan shrugged.
"Then... we'll just earn more! By the way, how did we earn so much money before?" Lu Fan's heart stirred, and he suddenly asked.
"You earned it as a doctor! But you have amnesia now, you can't remember anything, let alone treat patients," Wang Yan said with a hint of resentment.
"A doctor? Then I can learn. I could learn before, why can't I learn now!" Lu Fan said nonchalantly.
"Master, you focus on practicing your skills, I'll handle the money," Duanmu Xiu said from the side.
"Haha! Can you earn ten million?" Lu Fan laughed.
"Ten million... that's a bit much. But a million should be fine," Duanmu Xiu stuck out her tongue and said.
"Ten million, it seems it's not easy to earn. However, to have ten million taken away just like that, I'm not entirely willing to accept it. Wang Yan, what's the deal with that autopsy report?" Lu Fan suddenly asked Wang Yan.
"They took the video of you hitting someone, which was filmed by tourists at the scene. Then Director Yang showed me the autopsy report. He asked me to choose between settling it publicly or privately. Since I couldn't bear to see you die, I had to choose private settlement," Wang Yan explained.
"Xiao Fan Gege! Are you alright?" At this moment, Wang Yajie's family approached. Upon seeing Lu Fan, Wang Yajie burst into tears.
"Xiao Fan! We've implicated you in this matter. We'll pay you back the money slowly. We have two million saved up, we'll give it to you first, and the rest we'll gather for you gradually," Old Man Wang came over, holding a bank card.
"Uncle Laowai! You're actually this wealthy!? Then I won't be polite!" Lu Fan took the bank card and handed it to Wang Yan.
"We've relied on you and your chicken farm and rabbit farm in the back of the mountain all these years. Sigh! If it weren't for that Chen Haonan wanting to buy a car today and a house tomorrow, we could have saved a lot more money. It's all because our Yajie is too foolish and was tricked out of so much money," Jiang Hua said, crying.
"Sigh! Forget it, don't blame the child," Old Man Wang sighed from the side.
Wang Yajie just lowered her head and cried, saying nothing.
Everyone returned home, and Lu Fan continued to practice with Duanmu Xiu. However, today he began practicing the third move.
"Master! I want to kill that director, but Shimu won't allow it. But I'm so angry! Hmph!" Duanmu Xiu said indignantly.
"I see his complexion is dark, as if he's facing bad luck. He probably won't live for many more days. You should teach me martial arts instead!" Lu Fan rolled his eyes.
"Master, you can also tell fortunes?" Duanmu Xiu's eyes widened roundly.
"I seem to be able to do it a little. I don't remember clearly. But I can read faces," Lu Fan said with a hint of pride.
"Master, it's been several years, and I've grown up. Why haven't you aged at all?" Duanmu Xiu suddenly leaned in, looking at Lu Fan's face, and said seriously.
"Because I ate the Elixir of Immortality!" Lu Fan couldn't help but laugh at Duanmu Xiu's expression.
"I want some too..." Duanmu Xiu suddenly reached out.
"Wait, when you turn eighteen, Master will give you one. Then your appearance will be frozen at that most beautiful age," Lu Fan said with a smile.
"I don't want that. I heard that eighteen-year-old girls start liking men. I don't want that. I want to stay at this age forever. I don't want to grow up," Duanmu Xiu said with a straight face, looking serious.
"Oh my god... why would you think that? Even if your appearance doesn't change, your age will still change. Your heart will still change..." Lu Fan felt a pang of sadness. Yes, everyone changes. If it were in the past, let alone a mere director, even... well, no use boasting about past glories.
"I don't want to change! Master, can you take us away from here and live in a quiet place?" Duanmu Xiu suddenly asked.
"Go...! How can someone so young feel like they've seen through the mortal world? Practice your skills properly!" Lu Fan flicked Duanmu Xiu's forehead.
"Hmph!" Duanmu Xiu let out a playful hmph and continued practicing.
Buzz... A small purplish-gold light point quietly flew out from Lu Fan's body...
In the evening, news spread like wildfire throughout Fengyuan Town. Yang Wenwu, the director of the police station, and police officer Li Long had both died of poisoning while drinking together. People suspected they had eaten something that reacted with the alcohol.
Some also said it was retribution.
Lu Fan rode his second senior sister, Liuliu, into the mountains...
The next day, as the sun just rose, Lu Fan rode his second senior sister down from the mountain and into the small river next to the villa. Lu Fan gave his second senior sister a bath, and it reminded him of the past, of the little girl playing with his second senior sister all day long...
Whoosh... whoosh... a hunched figure came from the mountaintop, and in a few flashes, appeared by the river. However, Lu Fan seemed not to notice, still diligently bathing his second senior sister.
"Lu Fan... you're hiding in this small place quite peacefully! However, being a person of misfortune, how can you find peace? If you truly want peace, you must leave this world forever." The hunched old man said faintly.
Lu Fan slowly turned around, looking at the old man with a bewildered expression: "Who are you?"