29: That's quite a slap in the face!

Longhai City Police Bureau Canteen, second floor.

After several rounds of drinks and dishes.

Bureau Chief Chen had nothing but praise for Su Yun.

If Officer Hong hadn't held him back a little, the old man probably would have started calling Su Yun his sworn brother.

"Bro... you're a big shot now, even Bureau Chief Chen wanted to invite you personally!" Wang Fan laughed.

Anyone could see that as long as Su Yun spoke up, he would definitely have a place in the Police Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team.

"Alright, stop bragging. My head is spinning a bit, let's go back and sleep."

The two of them were kept overnight at the Police Bureau.

It was still the same temporary accommodation, still that long-missed large bed room.

The difference was that there were two steaming cups of honey water and a plate of sliced fruit on the table.

— — [The treatment is really good! A trash picker who can reach this level is bringing glory to his ancestors!]

— — [Putting everything else aside, if I could pick trash like the Streamer, the clan chief would have to ask if I wanted a handshake when I revise the family tree!]

— — [Am I here to watch the Streamer pick trash? I'm here to watch the Streamer show off...]

... The variety show "the strongest challenger" unearthed a corpse and human flesh, solving a major criminal case in an unprecedented manner.

Major short video social platforms completely exploded in popularity!

Overnight... the program headquarters backend pushed traffic to the Number 54 Su Yun livestream room.

Now, he, a trash picker, ranks first in popularity!

His funding ranking is fluctuating within the top ten!

His overall ranking... unbelievably, is in second place!

He is only slightly behind the CEO's secretary who holds the first place...

The Chief Director pointed out in a meeting: "Contestant No. 54 Su Yun dares to think, dares to act, and dares to execute."

"He is the biggest, darkest dark horse I have ever seen since hosting this program, bar none!"

Various departments at the program headquarters began to exert their efforts.

Late at night, in the early morning, the public livestream channel had closed, but the backend still showed over two hundred thousand people entering and exiting.

The leaders of the logistics department group unanimously lamented: "Contestant No. 54 is good, if only he didn't keep finding corpses..."

A trash picker hasn't picked up much trash, but he's already found quite a few corpses, right?

Knock, knock, knock!

Six o'clock in the early morning.

The door to the temporary accommodation was knocked on, and Su Yun woke up groggily.

"Officer Hong? This... it's only six in the morning, is something wrong?"

If it weren't for a full bladder keeping him in light sleep, he wouldn't have opened the door for anything.

Hearing this, Officer Hong gave a wry smile and apologized: "It's like this, we need Brother Su Yun to assist us with something."

"Let's go, we'll grab some breakfast at the canteen first."

A little past six in the morning, the sky was just starting to lighten.

The chefs at the Longhai City Police Bureau Canteen were already busy preparing breakfast.

It wasn't overly luxurious, but it wasn't too shabby either.

Simple soybean milk and fried dough sticks, plus two tea eggs... another day of getting free breakfast.

"Brother Su Yun, here's the thing. Yesterday, we sent Niu Tiejun to the emergency room at a nearby hospital."

"That guy has thick skin and flesh, plus internal injuries, and we were worried he might have some accident..."

"Last night, we conducted a preliminary interrogation in his ward."

"The result..."

Officer Hong looked troubled.

It was clear that the interrogation results were not ideal.

"Officer Hong, are you saying you want me to help you with the interrogation?"

"Mhm... I was thinking, since you were able to find out the location of those hostages yesterday, perhaps..."

Officer Hong didn't finish his sentence, but Su Yun already understood his meaning.

After finishing the last sip of soybean milk and wiping his mouth: "Officer Hong, let's go. I know what to do."

At seven in the morning, they arrived at the Longhai City First People's Hospital.

Inpatient Department.

Su Yun followed along the corridor, the mechanical, dull voice of the system echoing in his mind.

[Ding! Daily Check-in successful! Wishing the host finds more trash!]

[Today's Check-in Reward: Heart-Wrenching Slap!]

[Additional Reward: Constitution +1, Wisdom +2!]

[Today's Fortune Reading: Great Luck, Minor Misfortune!]

Oh, not bad... stronger and smarter again...

What first caught Su Yun's attention was the final fortune reading; he was still a bit superstitious.

Finally, it wasn't Minor Luck anymore. After finding two corpses, Minor Luck and Major Misfortune weren't much different!

Great Luck is good... Although it's followed by Minor Misfortune, it shouldn't be a big problem...

Because Niu Tiejun was the perpetrator of a special serial murder case, the police placed him in a single patient ward...

Inside and outside the ward, four criminal Police Officers were constantly on guard.

Doctors and nurses had to undergo simple identity confirmation and inspection before entering to diagnose and treat him.

"Officer Hong!"

The Police Officer inside the ward nodded a greeting to Officer Hong, and then voluntarily left.

In the single patient ward, Niu Tiejun was wrapped in bandages on the hospital bed, surrounded by the strong smell of medicine and disinfectant.

"Heh... this guy looks a lot better now, but I still can't help but want to punch him..."

Wang Fan felt sick just thinking about how he was almost eaten.

"Brother Su Yun, I'll leave this to you."

"Bureau Chief Chen assigned me a task, and I really had no choice but to come find you."

Officer Hong spoke earnestly.

Looking at his massive dark circles, one could tell he had been working non-stop since dinner yesterday.

Due to the program and due to Su Yun, the dismemberment case had been constantly receiving external attention...

The outside world put pressure on the Longhai City Police Bureau, and Bureau Chief Chen put pressure on Officer Hong, the Captain of the Criminal Investigation Team.

"Sigh..."

"We have already investigated Niu Tiejun's file. This guy is an anomaly!"

"Since he was young, his academic performance was excellent, his IQ and EQ were outstanding, and he graduated from a prestigious university..."

"His family was well-off, everything was good—a life that all the Police Officers in our bureau envied."

"But this guy chose not to follow the right path..."

Officer Hong was utterly baffled when talking about Niu Tiejun.

He also had a headache: "Last night, we spent a great deal of effort hiring Experts from the fields of interrogation and psychology..."

"To conduct a strict interrogation of Niu Tiejun!"

"But... aside from some superficial information, he didn't reveal anything!"

"Hypnosis didn't work, and the psychology Experts were ineffective too..."

They truly ran out of options.

Thinking about how Su Yun had managed to loosen this guy's tongue yesterday, he decided to knock on the door early this morning and try his luck.

"I see..."

"Little Wang, go get me a basin of water. We woke up early and haven't brushed our teeth or washed our faces yet."

Su Yun instructed, and Wang Fan complied.

A basin of cool water was brought in.

Seeing Officer Hong anxiously standing there, Su Yun smiled: "Officer Hong, you didn't sleep all night, did you?"

"Wash your face and wake yourself up. Being anxious won't help."

The three of them shared the basin of water.

They washed their faces and brushed their teeth.

They were all grown men, there was nothing to be squeamish about...

When they were finished, Wang Fan picked up the basin, ready to dump the water.

But.

Su Yun pointed at Niu Tiejun lying on the bed: "Don't be in a hurry to dump it."

"Didn't you see there's still a person lying here who hasn't washed yet?"

"Let him wash too..."

As he spoke.

Su Yun picked up the now murky and unusable face-washing and teeth-brushing water from Wang Fan's hands.

He threw it directly onto Niu Tiejun's face!