119: Revisiting the old place

"I really didn't expect that even a police station could be a place to revisit."

The police station near Lile Road happened to be the very one Ye Su had brought the Schnauzer to when he helped someone find it before.

"Huh? You again?"

Ye Su walked in holding the bag, only to find that the person receiving him was the same young, righteous policewoman from last time.

Seeing Ye Su come to the police station past midnight, Peng Jingwei, who recognized him at a glance, stared at him with surprise in her eyes.

"What a coincidence, we meet again," Ye Su greeted her with a smile.

"Yeah, it's my turn to be on duty tonight. I didn't expect to run into you again either. It really is quite a coincidence."

Peng Jingwei glanced behind Ye Su. "Looks like you didn't pick up a dog today."

"No, I didn't pick up a dog." Ye Su placed the plastic bag on the desk. "But I did pick up a bag of money."

"Ah!" Peng Jingwei looked at the bag on the desk in surprise. "You really have a knack for picking things up!"

Ye Su laughed. "I don't know why either. Every time I can't sleep and go out for a stroll, I end up picking something up."

Opening the plastic bag, Peng Jingwei was startled once again. "This much money... there must be tens of thousands here!"

"I don't know. I brought it straight here after finding it and didn't count how much is inside. But there's a savings book and a note recording money borrowed from others. It feels like an elderly person urgently needed the money and carelessly lost it."

"That's very likely!" The thought of an elderly person losing their money and probably worrying sick somewhere made Peng Jingwei feel a bit anxious too. "Let me register this for you first, and then we'll find a way to contact the owner."

"Alright."

Actually, there wasn't much to register.

Ye Su simply left his personal information, explained clearly where he found the money, and confirmed the amount in the bag with Peng Jingwei. After that, his part was done.

"Unsurprisingly, the one using a savings book is an elderly person, and withdrawing so much cash suddenly makes it highly likely that they, or a family member, are hospitalized and this was the medical fund they raised. You can look into this direction."

"Of course, this is just my personal guess. You guys definitely have more experience than me on how to handle the specifics."

With modern technology, besides surveillance cameras, there were various systems. Coupled with the information in the savings book, he believed they would find Cheng Nonghan very soon.

Ye Su's extra suggestion was merely to help save the police station some effort.

"What you said makes a lot of sense. We will search for the owner based on this clue as well."

"Alright." Ye Su drank the water in his cup and tossed it into the trash can. "If there's nothing else, I'll head back to get some sleep."

"Wait." Peng Jingwei called out to stop Ye Su. "The number you registered should be linked to your WeChat, right? How about I add you as a friend so I can notify you immediately if there are any updates?"

Adding a reporter's contact to maintain normal communication did not compromise the impartiality and transparency of law enforcement, nor did it violate any regulations.

"Of course."

Having obtained Ye Su's consent, Peng Jingwei waved goodbye to him. She then worked with the other officers on duty, using surveillance and systems to quickly pinpoint the owner's location.

"Ah—"

Walking out of the police station doors, Ye Su spread his arms and stretched comfortably before getting into his car.

"Doing a good deed once in a while feels pretty good."

Do good deeds without asking about the future.

Ye Su didn't care about whether he would receive gratitude. He stepped on the gas, returned to his rented apartment, and used the [Sleep Aid Service] to fall fast asleep.

...

Buzz—

At eight in the morning, the phone next to his pillow vibrated, waking Ye Su up.

[Peng Jingwei: My colleague told me they found the owner, Cheng Nonghan, and the money has been returned to him.]

[Peng Jingwei: It's just as you said. The owner withdrew so much money because he indeed needed to pay medical bills for his wife in the hospital.]

[Peng Jingwei: Hearing that you turned the money in to the police station, the owner was very emotional and kept saying he wanted to thank you in person.]

"They found him. They're quite efficient after all."

Regardless of whether they did it for performance metrics or out of genuine concern for the owner to return the money quickly,

as long as the outcome was good, that was enough.

[It's good that it was returned.]

[No need for any thanks.]

[Ding!]

Just as Ye Su was rubbing his eyes and smiling, the system prompt rang out without warning.

[Detected that the Host practiced "Not Pocketing Found Money" by handing the lost property over to the police station and successfully finding the owner. This action has successfully triggered a system reward: Obtained one [Information Upgrade Opportunity].]

There was no need to rub his eyes anymore; the moment he saw that he had obtained an [Information Upgrade Opportunity] on the virtual screen, Ye Su was completely awake.

Currently, upgrading a piece of Tier 3 information required two hundred thousand.

In other words, by turning in those forty-odd thousand in the early morning to the police station, Ye Su had instead made himself two hundred thousand!

After a brief chat with Peng Jingwei and asking her to tell Cheng Nonghan that there was really no need to thank him, Ye Su switched the system to the information upgrade page.

"Use [Information Upgrade Opportunity] to upgrade Friday's information to Tier 3!"

With the mindset of "the sooner the upgrade, the sooner the enjoyment," Ye Su naturally chose to upgrade today's information first.

[Information upgrade successful!]

[Time remaining until the next information refresh: 15:57:02. Please wait patiently, Host!]

"Tier 2 information is basically worth tens of thousands. It shouldn't be too much to expect Tier 3 information to stabilize at over a hundred thousand, right?"

His two morning classes started at 9:50 AM, and eating breakfast would also take some time.

Ye Su only let himself be excited for a moment before closing the system and heading to the bathroom to wash up.

Before leaving, Ye Su also took the ruby with him, planning to dispose of it today.

By the time he returned to school, it was just past nine. While eating rice noodle rolls in the cafeteria, Ye Su sent a message to Li Mengyao.

[I've been quite busy these past few days and didn't have time to head over.]

[If it's convenient at the shop this afternoon, should I bring the ruby over?]

Before he could take more than two bites of his rice noodle rolls, he received Li Mengyao's reply.

[Li Mengyao: It's convenient.]

[Li Mengyao: What time are you planning to come? I happen to be at the shop this afternoon too. When you arrive, just come straight to my office.]

[Alright.]

Since he was going to her place, dropping by to say hello was only proper.

Ye Su didn't think too much about it. After replying, he quickly finished the rice noodle rolls on his plate.

Buzz—

Just as he walked out of the cafeteria, the phone in his pocket vibrated again.

Thinking Li Mengyao had something else, he unlocked his phone, only to see that the message was from Shen Xinyue.

[Shen Xinyue: That pot of Chinese roses has passed the genetic testing, confirming that a genetic mutation has occurred, and it possesses research value.]

[Shen Xinyue: After our meeting, we also approved the research project initiation for this, as well as the terms of cooperation with you.]

[Shen Xinyue: Let me know when you have time to come over and sign the contract with us.]

"I almost forgot about the existence of that pot of flowers..."

[Sure, if it's convenient for your office, I'll head over at 3:30 PM.]

[Shen Xinyue: OK]

[Shen Xinyue: Let me know when you arrive.]

[No problem.]