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“Swoosh——” The rain gradually grew heavier. Droplets gathered at the tip of the umbrella, cascading down like a liquid curtain. Guo Xingchang stared at the pair of black gloves. The man shifted his hand slightly, causing the umbrella to tilt backward and revealing a pair of deep, dark, and seemingly emotionless eyes. Ji Mingrui was just as astonished as Guo Xingchang: "A criminal investigator?" Chi Qing didn’t bring up the case file—nor could he. He simply recapitulated a few of…-
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Xie Lin has been very abnormal lately. At the dining table. Chi Qing thought, holding his knife and fork as he lowered his eyes. He had just seen that the weather outside was bad and remarked that it might rain, but after he finished speaking, Xie Lin, who was looking down at his phone replying to messages, rarely failed to respond. After a long while, Xie Lin finally raised his head to look at him. "...What did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly." The man wore a simple shirt with…
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The entire room fell dead silent. Once the people present finally grasped what Mr. Liu had actually said, the ponytail-wearing boss—a man with a distinctly artistic flair—suddenly took two strides forward. He let out a scoff and said, "Hey, that’s enough. Even jokes have their limits. What do you mean, 'should we just kill all six of them'? We're all innocent! We are human beings, not cats you can just grab by the scruff of the neck and toss out the window because you don't like the sight of…-
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"……There are quite a few things to take care of moving forward." Huo Ranyin closed the report. Ji Xun watched him. He felt that at this moment, Huo Ranyin should be shocked, suspicious, angry, or broken—any emotion would suffice, he should at least feel something. But Huo Ranyin showed no emotion at all. He simply stated, with abnormal calmness: "The cause of Wen Chenghu’s death and the identity of the killer have both been clarified. However, according to our country's laws, if the…
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The investigation into Chen Jashu had hit yet another dead end. The setting sun looked like a red balloon leaking hydrogen, hanging heavily between the mountain ridges at the edge of the city. It felt as though a mere nudge would send it tumbling downward. Where would it fall? Perhaps straight into the hearts of men, casting a sprawling, suffocating shadow. "Is Chen Jashu really hidden that well?" Wen Yangyang sighed during a gap in their fruitless investigation. Her sigh tangled with the gloom…
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"The Queen of Heaven, Mazu." Ji Xun chewed on these words slowly between his teeth. He didn't speak, and neither did Meng Fushan. A condensed, icy current swirled in the space between them. Ji Yu’s death was the strongest bond connecting them. As time passed, this unshakable link extended into even more points of leverage and balance—such as the suspicion surrounding Meng Fushan's involvement in Chen Jiashu's death, or the suspicion surrounding Ji Xun's involvement in An Jie's…
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The atmosphere in the room was somewhat strange. Ji Xun wanted to refute what Huo Ranyin had just said, but felt it didn't seem to be the main point right now. He rubbed his temples and negotiated with the two who were still locked in combat: "In short, can you guys stop first?" No one paid him any mind. Meng Fushan and Huo Ranyin remained locked onto each other, searching for weaknesses in the other to subdue them in a single blow. A friend's friend doesn't equal a friend; a lover's friend,…
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It was Ji Xun’s turn to look ahead. The pine and cypress trees flanking the cemetery stood as straight as guards, but the posture Huo Ranyin held was even straighter than the trees themselves. People who endure a harsh childhood, if they are lucky enough to grow up, almost inevitably veer toward one of two extremes: they either become those people, or they conquer them. "Ranyin’s parents died in a gas poisoning incident." Ji Xun looked at Huo Ranyin, but addressed Yu Cisheng. "At the time of…
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"Sent by Meng Fushan?" Huo Ranyin asked. "No idea. It's an overseas number, so it's mostly a scam..." Ji Xun said sluggishly. Huo Ranyin cast a sidelong glance at Ji Xun. "Alright, all joking aside," Ji Xun said. "But does an anonymous text necessarily mean it was sent by Meng Fushan? There's no logical basis for that either." "The text mentioned Chen Jiashu," Huo Ranyin pointed out. "Meng Fushan certainly knows about Chen Jiashu," Ji Xun shrugged. "But Chen Jiashu isn't exactly some…
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Ji Xun sighed at the endless expanse of the ocean for a good while before starting to think of a solution. Problems were bound to occur; finding ways to solve them was the absolute top priority to push things forward. As for why he was so eager to get up there: there was something wrong with the food he had eaten last night—it had likely been spiked with a hallucinogen of some sort. If that spiked food was possibly ordered by Mr. Liu to liven up the atmosphere, then once Ji Xun woke up today, went…
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