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"Tao Zi, are you alright?" Li Fengyun asked.

Tao Zi shook his head. "It's okay, you can't come back from the dead, I've thought it through. LuLu must be in heaven, so she doesn't want me to fall into depravity. I'll take a leave from work and prepare to rest for a few days. You don't have to come and see me anymore, I just want to be by myself."

Uh, is this considered an eviction order?

Li Fengyun and I were a bit embarrassed, we felt that this was not the right time.

Sensing our awkwardness, Tao Zi immediately explained, "Don't misunderstand, I'm not chasing you away. LuLu left and I'm depressed, but I've already thought it through. I won't do anything stupid. Wait until I recover, then I'll apologize to everyone."

We could only smile wryly at Taozi's politeness.

Glasses-man changed the topic and asked Li Fengyun where he had been all these years.

Li Fengyun scratched his head and said, "It's nothing much, I just don't have a good time. I'm not a smart person, so I might as well work hard to earn some money."

Glasses and Tao Zi didn't doubt him. They both tried to smooth things over, saying that they were classmates and wouldn't look down on Li Fengyun because of work or temporary living conditions.

After chatting for a bit longer, we were still a bit embarrassed. Originally, Li Fengyun and I came here to prevent Tao Zi from seeking death, but now, it seems that we were overthinking things.

Furthermore, Li Fengyun did not reveal his true self in front of them, nor did he say where he had gone to in the past three years. Thus, it was not good for him to ask any more questions, so he could only awkwardly chat like this.

Half an hour later, after the long awkward chat ended, Glasses-man received a call from the company saying that he would help Director Han prepare for the afternoon meeting and that he was going back first.

Li Fengyun and I took the opportunity to say goodbye to Taozi, saying that we still had things to do first.

Tao Zi lit up a cigarette for us and said, "Alright then. You guys go back and busy yourselves. I'll contact you guys again in a few days. Let's go out for a drink …"

"Alright, take care of yourself."

"..."

Leaving Taozi's house, I was a little curious and gossipy, so I asked, "Glasses-man, who is that Director Han? He looks very mannerly."

Glasses nodded his head, "Yes, he is the third in command of our company. He is young and capable. Of course, I'm not boasting about how great I am to be able to work in that company. The talent I'm talking about is the company leader. Those leaders are all not simple.

Saying this, his glasses paused before saying, "Tao Zi called me early in the morning and told me to come over. He said that something big had happened at home and he wanted to help him ask for a leave of absence. On the phone, I felt that he was in an unstable mood and asked about some matters, so he told me that last night Xue Lu had jumped down to commit suicide.

Coming to his home, I wanted to ask Xue Lu what was the matter with her suicide, but Director Han didn't let me interrupt. He chatted with Tao Zi for a long time, but didn't ask how Xue Lu died.

"Director Han is in charge of all the business negotiations in the company, and his eloquence is quite impressive. I've witnessed it this time, Tao Zi regained his stability under his persuasion, and then you guys came."

Oh, so that's how it is. Director Han gives me the feeling that he is indeed very powerful and infectious. He couldn't hear us talking to Tao Zi, but when Director Han told him, he just listened. It seems like the negotiating expert, Director Han, is much better at "chatting" than us.

In any case, Tawau had managed to calm himself down, hoping that, as he said, a few days of rest at home would bring him back to normal.

"Alright, I still have some matters to attend to. I'll head back and busy myself first. Shu Jingyun, make an appointment when you have time again …"

Glasses went to the side of the road to take a taxi back to the company. Li Fengyun and I also prepared to go back.

After getting on the car, Li Fengyun opened his mouth, "That Director Han is not simple at all. Shu Jing, do you feel that he's not ordinary at all?"

"A bit, right? The leaders of large companies are definitely not ordinary. What? Is there a problem?"

"Nothing, I'm just saying. "Tao Zi is quite pitiful, sigh …"

"That's right, what happened last night far exceeded my expectations. Otherwise, I wouldn't have let the drunk Tao Zi go home and directly brought him to the hotel to sleep so he could wake up."

"Are the glasses married?"

"No, I don't even have a target. What's wrong?"

"I'm just casually asking. I want to know how many single dogs there are in our class."

"..."

On the way back, I asked Li Fengyun where he was going.

"I'll go back to my dorm and stay. You can go to work, don't worry about me. I'm researching what 'enlightenment' means, if there's any clues, I'll tell you immediately."

Just as they were talking, the sound of a police siren came from the front …

After that, a row of police cars drove by at high speed, all pulling the alarm.

It's not a small battle. It's about the same as the day we went to destroy the clinic.

It seemed that something had happened, and it was not a small matter. Ordinary cases would not alert so many police officers.

"Master, follow those police cars." I said at once to the taxi driver.

Li Fengyun also nodded and agreed with my decision.

The taxi driver turned his head and said, "To the police car? "That's not good, right?"

"Follow me." I took out fifty dollars and tossed it to him without wasting any more time with him.

The driver accepted the money, stepped on the gas pedal and followed the speeding squad, steadily following the police car.

After following the police car for about ten kilometers, the police car stopped in front of us. The taxi driver also stopped the car and asked us what we should do now.

"It's fine, thank you. Let's get out of the car."

The police car stopped at the entrance of a small sector. The security guards quickly pulled up the railings and the police car roared into the small sector. Li Fengyun and I followed them inside on foot.

After entering the residential complex, the police car stopped in front of the residential building. A group of police officers got off the car and rushed towards the residential building.

The rest of the police started cleaning up the scene, dispersing the crowd. Li Fengyun and I hid beside the green belt not far away, not wanting to be seen by them.

Xu Haoqing went upstairs and didn't come down for a long time.

From the window upstairs, I could see that the east room on the second floor was swarming with people. The police must have taken control of the room, and that was where the accident had taken place.

There were no gunshots and the situation was under control.

Since there might be a mole in the police force, Li Fengyun couldn't reveal his identity, so we had no choice but to hide here.

After waiting for tens of minutes, more police officers came out. Soon, Xu Haoqing also came out of the building and got into the police car. The police car immediately started up and left the district.

Xu Haoqing left, the remaining policemen were still busy.

"Shu Jing, do you smell anything?"

"What smell?" Did you fart? "

"Scram, what I'm talking about is a fragrance. Forget it, I can't explain it. I'm not sure if it's an illusion."

Fragrant?

I sniffed hard, smelling only the sour smell of Li Fengyun, who hadn't bathed for days.

"Shu Jing and Li Fengyun, the two of you are here too. Quickly go and take a look, it's quite miserable …" A voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

He turned around and saw a familiar old policeman. He was one of Xu Haoqing's men and knew me and Li Fengyun. Although I didn't know his name, I had met him a few times.

"Bro, are you sure you want us to go and take a look at the scene?"

The old policeman nodded and said, "That's right, Captain Xu told you to come. He just left and there's something else in the station, he said you guys are his right-hand men. Let's go and see, we've already finished surveying the scene. See if you can find anything that we missed …"

"That's not good, right?"

"What is it? We're all on the same side. The young people that Captain Xu appreciates must have some great points that an old man like me can't compare to. Let's go …"

The old policeman was quite cordial. He was holding a pack of cigarettes that hadn't been opened yet, and I glanced at the little shop across the block and knew that he had come out to buy cigarettes. He mistook us for Xu Haoqing.

From his attitude, it seems that he didn't understand the feud between us and Xu, so he invited us to the scene to have a look.

After looking face to face with Li Fengyun, I opened my mouth, "Brother, what's going on inside?"

The old policeman signaled us to follow him as he walked and said, "The corpse is dead. The corpse is still on top. You'll know when you see it. Did Captain Xu not explain it clearly when he informed you?" "Ai, looks like he's really too busy. He still hasn't dealt with that matter in the Bureau, and Little Zhou is such an capable colleague, but now he's found such a corpse …"

When I got to the second floor, there were still a lot of policemen in the room. They didn't show any signs of abnormality when they saw me and Li Fengyun, as if we were their colleagues and should be here.

The young policeman handed me a pair of shoes and gloves and stood in the doorway of the house.

Right, I smell the fragrance that Li Fengyun spoke of.

Just like the smell of stewed pork ribs?

Inside, the old policeman introduced them: "The body is in the bedroom. You two, prepare yourselves."

He followed the old policeman into the bedroom. The corpse was still lying on the bed …

The thick smell of blood, mixed with the smell of stewed pork, stimulated my sense of smell. I pinched my nose as I observed the corpse on the bed.

The body was large, dressed in tank top and shorts. It was an adult male.

His body was stained with a large amount of dark red blood. This was the normal color that would appear after the iron ions in his blood had oxidized.

He lay on his back on the bed, his mouth slightly open, his eyes wide open, his face, body, and bed all stained with blood.

There was a deep wound on his left chest near his heart. His right wrist was broken, and his right hand was nowhere to be seen. Only his bare arm was left, and blood spurted from it onto the floor of the bed …

It seemed that the cause of his death was his chest wound. Such an injury should have pierced his heart. Judging by the blood spurting out from the cut on his right wrist, it should have been done before his death.

The dead man was tall and sturdy and his face was covered in blood. Although his appearance could not be clearly seen, it still looked somewhat familiar.

Where have I seen him?

The old policeman came over and said: "The dead man's name was Blondie He, a local, thirty-five years old, divorced, living alone, loafing around, working for a microcredit company, living off water, not being of good character, having a record of brawling, squatting at a sign, the first to find the body was his little brother, who contacted him to collect the bill and couldn't get in touch with him, thinking that he had drunk too much, so he knocked on the door and no one answered. The kid sensed something was wrong, took out the spare key from the electric box outside the door and found Blonn dead by the time he entered the door, and called the police."

He had a dragon tattoo on his left arm, and a bright chain around his neck.

"When did he die?"

A forensic doctor wearing a white coat said, "The victim was killed at three or four in the morning. A large amount of ether residues were found in the mouth and nose, so it is assumed that the victim was drugged and dizzy while she was sleeping. Then he was stabbed in the heart and his right hand was cut off."

Killing, dismembering …

To kill a person while in a deep sleep, you had to first use poison to stun him before doing anything. This clearly showed that the culprit was extremely careful.

The old policeman motioned for us to follow him to another room. Before we even reached the room, we could smell the rich aroma of meat …

"This is the kitchen, come in and take a look."

There was a pressure cooker on top of the gas stove in the kitchen. The pressure cooker had its lid opened and half a pot of water was in it, and the oil was floating on top of the water, and the fragrance was even more obvious. I touched the cooker and could still feel the temperature of the cooker.