Su Mu vaguely saw the person sitting in the driver's seat through the car window, but it was not yet fully light, so she couldn't see clearly.

There seemed to be another person in the passenger seat, but the seat was obviously reclined, and she couldn't make out who it was.

In the dim morning light, she couldn't see clearly and didn't dare to look too closely. She could only feel that if she showed any signs of unusual behavior, great danger would follow.

She was increasingly grateful now that she made a quick decision and persuaded her mom to leave together last night.

If she had delayed any longer, who knows who might have come.

Right now, she just wants to live as an ordinary person, completely uninterested in getting involved with the Spiritual Qi Resurgence or in fighting with others.

She hopes the Wooden Talisman will work.

Su Mu got into a ride-share car heading to the high-speed train station.

Wen Yan drove the car slowly in another direction, waiting for Su Mu's car to leave the area before he circled back to the neighborhood.

He drove slowly along the neighborhood roads, glanced inside Su Mu's home, and saw a cow-patterned cat with a somewhat dazed expression lying on the stone steps outside.

Wen Yan hit the brakes, rolled down the window, and called out to the cow-patterned cat.

"Sang Biao."

At the sound of this name, the dazed cow-patterned cat immediately perked up its ears, jolting with surprise, its tail bristling.

It wanted to continue playing dumb, pretending it didn't understand, pretending it was just an ordinary little kitty.

Wen Yan was having none of it.

"Azaifa asked me to rescue you, hurry up.

Don't bother looking, Azaifa is still alive, went to the Scorching Sun Department to turn himself in."

The cow-patterned cat hesitated upon hearing this, recalling that its meal ticket told it to leave, not to stay.

The cow-patterned cat came out from the yard, jumped into the car, and, not daring to sit on the back seat, settled down on the floor mat.

The vehicle started, and Wen Yan drove away with the cow-patterned cat.

He specifically circled back to see if the Cat Demon mentioned by the Rat Demon was still around.

With the Cat Demon here, perhaps it knows something.

According to the information gathered, this Cat Demon isn't a very harmful type among Demon Kin; its worst behavior is tricking its way into free meals and lodgings.

Of course, if there's no food or drink, tricking for meals isn't considered a big deal.

The Divine Land is quite tolerant of Demons who just seek some ordinary food so they don't starve.

The most serious issue is when they trick their way into lodgings, using deception methods akin to the Immortal Jump to get into ordinary households, which is strictly forbidden.

Wen Yan wasn't in a hurry to ask questions. He drove to the local Scorching Sun Department, returned the car, and handed the Cat Demon over for them to handle, also to return the vehicle to the Scorching Sun Department.

He didn't want to drive hundreds of kilometers back to Nanwu County himself.

As for Zhang Xuewen, he can take the high-speed train back by himself.

At the Scorching Sun Department, Wen Yan found an interrogation room and brought the Cat Demon inside.

"Sang Biao, first talk about the things you encountered and observed with this family before you snuck in; someone will ask you about it later."

The cow-patterned cat had its ears folded back, dutifully hiding in the Regret Chair and replied softly.

"You can just call me Mimi, Sang Biao is what the outside cats blindly call me."

"No more nonsense, your matter can be big or small, I don't have time to mess around, quickly recount everything from when you got into this household, encountered, heard, and saw everything."

The cow-patterned cat glanced around the interrogation room, seeing only Wen Yan, without even a functioning camera, knew that the person in front of it was not some ordinary Scorching Sun Department Field Agent.

Having roamed for some time, it knew some basics, at least two people should be present during interrogation, and the camera should be on.

Though not fully understanding the camera workings, it knew that the camera wasn't aimed at it but at a wall, making filming impossible.

It obediently started from when it chose this household, mentioning its underling Azaifa, the Yellow Mouse, who scouted the place first, making the family think there was a rat problem, and then it showed up.

As long as the family wasn't against cats and with its shamelessness, it easily stayed for freeloading on food and drink.

It mentioned feeling a sudden onset of immense danger one day, as if some extremely frightening entity appeared, causing its soul to tremble with instinctive fear.

It sent out its underling, telling it to run, but it itself was petrified with fear.

By the time it came to its senses, it dared not observe or do much else, just kept playing dumb, until Su Mu said a few words to it.

The cow-patterned cat narrated all this once over, repeating Su Mu's words.

"Sir/Ma'am, that's all, I really just sought some food and drink, a place to sleep, never harmed anyone."

"Is that all? Think carefully if you've overlooked anything."

"No... nothing else, that's all, after that she went upstairs, I didn't dare follow her, I stayed there all the time, didn't even dare go to the bathroom."

Wen Yan felt a bit disappointed, the information was scant.

But the cow-patterned cat's testimony wasn't without use, at least Wen Yan could speculate that Su Mu definitely wasn't normal, and since she was in such a hurry to leave, likely trying to evade, she might not return after going out.

Wen Yan stood up, looking at the cow-patterned cat, tense and scared throughout, ears flattened against its head.

"Cooperate properly, disclose whatever you know, someone will arrange for you to meet Azaifa, and if you remember anything later, just continue to be honest."