In the following days, Tan Linyuan stayed with Nan Yu in Yenan Bay.
He was busy most of the time, but still managed to spare some time to chat with Nan Yu.
Nan Yu would also take the initiative to ask about him.
"Why can you sit in meditation and chant scriptures so patiently?"
"Because there's nothing else to do."
Nan Yu couldn't understand. Didn't he have any time for play during his childhood?
At the age of ten-something, one always had boundless energy.
Thinking of him sitting there so obediently among a group of bald monks, copying scriptures and chanting sutras at such a young age, she always felt it was a bit out of place.
Tan Linyuan raised his eyebrows and said there was, but he would go hungry.
"Are you not allowed to eat if you're not focused?"
"Yeah, and you'll also get your palm beaten. You have to clean the Buddha Hall alone at night."
Nan Yu felt terrified when she heard that.
Not being allowed to eat and getting the palm beaten weren't too bad. But cleaning the Buddha Hall in the middle of the night, under the gaze of the Buddha statues, was really creepy.
"Although I don't know Master Wenjing well, he seems to be very strict with you."
"Once a teacher, always a father. He's always been strict in his discipline," Tan Linyuan said indifferently.
"But I don't think you like him very much," Nan Yu blinked. "Am I right?"
Tan Linyuan looked at Nan Yu.
It was really strange. Sometimes he felt that maybe Nan Yu was some kind of mind-reading fairy who could always accurately guess his innermost thoughts.
But he didn't answer this question directly.
He just said, "It doesn't matter whether I like him or not. I just do what I'm supposed to do."
The topic ended there.
However, Nan Yu could always come up with new questions, and Tan Linyuan would patiently chat with her.
Tan Linyuan had an admirable calmness. No matter what Nan Yu said, whether it was boring or interesting, he would seriously reply with a few sentences to express his views.
Anyway, even with just the two of them, their time together wasn't too boring.
Until Nan Yu thought the timing was right, she finally asked about the Shen family.
"The police are still collecting evidence," Tan Linyuan didn't avoid the question and answered her directly. "So far, it's certain that Shen Yanche intentionally hurt someone, and Shen Suhai was also involved in the heinous act of kidnapping."
Nan Yu paused and then asked further, "What else?"
She was asking about the Nan family.
"What else do you want to hear?" Tan Linyuan asked.
"About my parents. Is there no clue?" Nan Yu's voice was very soft. "Isn't there any evidence in that secret room?"
She always felt that there must be some dirty secrets hidden there.
And the Nan family must be one of them.
In fact, her sixth sense wasn't without reason.
Tan Linyuan turned to look at Nan Yu and suddenly asked another question, "Is this the reason why you've been trying to look through my phone and computer these days?"
Nan Yu: "..."
It was indeed the reason.
She had found almost nothing on the computer these days, and she still hadn't managed to figure out the phone password.
He had left his phone in a prominent place, seemingly showing that he didn't mind her trying the password.
She had almost tried every possible combination of numbers, but still to no avail.
Since the sneaky way didn't work, she could only be straightforward.
Nan Yu chose to be direct. "I just want to know if my parents' deaths have anything to do with the Shen family."
"It's still uncertain."
"What does 'uncertain' mean?"
Tan Linyuan said, "It means that so far there's no evidence to prove that your parents' deaths are related to the Shen family."
Tan Linyuan glanced at her expression. "But so far, it can be proven that after the Nan family's downfall, the Shen family annexed all of the Nan family's assets. There are contract transfer documents in the basement that can serve as evidence."
Nan Yu sat up straight all of a sudden. "Can they be convicted?"
"I'm sorry, they can't," he glanced at her. "If it was a normal acquisition process, then the Shen family did nothing wrong."
It was a very common thing in the business world for a company to go bankrupt and be acquired by another company.
It was legal, compliant, and reasonable.
"That means I need to find evidence that they deliberately killed my parents to convict them."
"Yes, but so far there's no evidence that points to the Shen family's premeditation."
Nan Yu didn't know how to describe her mood.
"Since there were no casualties that day, the Shen father and son will probably try to get a lenient punishment. They're currently just in detention."
"How long will they be locked up?"
Tan Linyuan paused for a moment and calmly said, "A week."
Nan Yu was dejected.
Although she had mentally prepared herself that it wouldn't be so easy to bring down the Shen family, she still felt a sense of loss when she got this answer.
It was as if she had been standing still.
There was no breakthrough at all.
Nan Yu thought for a long time before finally saying, "… What about the relics? The relics left by my father."
Tan Linyuan answered, "They haven't been found."
He had also asked Liang Yi to keep an eye out, but apart from some documents, there was nothing precious or important in the secret room.
Most likely, they were on Shen Suhai.
"We'll probably have to ask Shen Suhai himself," Tan Linyuan offered a solution.
That's what Nan Yu was thinking too.
She took a deep breath and said calmly, "I want to see Shen Suhai."
...
Since there were no casualties and Shen Suhai and Shen Yanche had shown a positive attitude, they were quickly bailed out.
That day, Tan Linyuan parked his car in front of the police station.
When Shen Suhai was helped out by his subordinates, Nan Yu immediately opened the car door and ran out.
Tan Linyuan followed suit and got out of the car.
After spending a few days in the police station, Shen Suhai looked a bit more downcast than before, but he was still in high spirits.
He wasn't surprised to see Nan Yu.
"Give me back my father's things."
Shen Suhai gave a half-smile and didn't pay attention to her at first. He lowered his head to tidy up his clothes and then slowly replied, "Those are the Shen family's things."
Nan Yu's body trembled involuntarily. She bit her lips tightly. "How can my father's things become the Shen family's?"
Shen Suhai's eyes passed over Tan Linyuan behind her. "Linyuan has investigated everything clearly, right? Do I still need to explain it to you?"
Everything of the Nan family now belonged to the Shen family.
Including Nan Jiwen's relics.
It was very cold in the deep winter. Nan Yu couldn't stop shivering. She didn't know if it was because of the cold or anger.
Shen Suhai didn't even bother to pay attention to her. He turned around and got into the car and left.
This trip was in vain.
Tan Linyuan remained calm throughout. He had long expected such a result.
Shen Suhai was always cunning. This accident was at most just a minor setback for him, but it had also cost him some energy.
However, Tan Linyuan didn't think this meant failure.
That night, he received a new message from Liang Yi on his phone.
After coming back from the police station, Nan Yu had been in a gloomy mood and didn't say a single word all night.
After reading the text message, Tan Linyuan walked over and took the pillow out of her arms.
Nan Yu looked up and their eyes met.
They stared at each other in silence.
After a while, Nan Yu said calmly, "Tan Linyuan."
"Will I never be able to find the things my father left for me?"
Tan Linyuan looked down at her.
Her eyes were calm, but there was a layer of bottomless despair in them.
She trembled as she asked, "Tan Linyuan, shouldn't bad people be punished?"