Lou Qingyun personally led a squad of police officers to Qingzhou Village. On the surface, he was there to investigate Huang Shuquan's case, but in reality, he was using this opportunity to search for Zixiu in the West Mountain area.
Late that night, after leaving Jincan Temple, Zixiu had taken a passenger boat from Guilai Wharf to Shanghai before dawn. Even after his departure, Shen Yong continued to linger at Jincan Temple, harboring the delusional hope that he might somehow get another chance the next day to see the suspect arrested at Guilai Wharf.
Yet Shen Yong waited from dawn until dusk, searching the entire Jincan Temple several times over, but he never laid eyes on the pilgrim Kaijie claimed had come specifically to the temple for devout worship. With no other choice, he had to return to the police station and report the situation to Lou Qingyun.
Chapter 589