Twenty minutes later, Ruan Xingyao and Ruan Xingzhuo took a taxi to Baishu Road.
Baiyi had come along too, cradled in Ruan Xingzhuo’s arms, fast asleep.
Baishu Road was already cordoned off with police tape.
From a distance, Ruan Xingyao spotted Xie Lin standing at the center.
She turned to Ruan Xingzhuo and said, “I’m going to work now. Xiao Zhuo, you stay here with Baiyi.”
Ruan Xingzhuo nodded and said, “If you need help, just call me.”
Ruan Xingyao didn’t stand on ceremony with him.
She gave a brief reply, then strode toward the inside.
Crossing the police line, she saw pieces of a corpse scattered across the ground.
Although this wasn’t her first time seeing such a scene, Ruan Xingyao still couldn’t help being startled, her body reacting instinctively.
She raised her hand to cover her mouth, gagged a little, then continued walking toward Xie Lin.
Just then, Su Wuyue stood up.
As she turned around, her eyes met Ruan Xingyao’s.
Wearing a mask, only her eyes were visible—still carrying that robotic coldness.
She even waved with the hand holding her forensic tools.
Ruan Xingyao walked over. “Dr. Su, long time no see.”
Su Wuyue replied, “Expert Ruan, long time no see. Looks like we’ll be needing your help again this time.”
While they were speaking, Xie Lin had already heard their voices.
He turned his head, then strode toward them.
He said to Ruan Xingyao, “Sorry to call you over so late. It’s tough on you.”
At those words, Su Wuyue couldn’t help glancing at him.
Even with her robotic aura, one could still sense her gossiping instincts sprouting.
Xie Lin shot her a look.
He didn’t say anything, but Su Wuyue could still feel the heavy sense of warning.
Su Wuyue said, “From the body parts we’ve collected so far, and the way the body was dismembered, I get the feeling it’s the same situation as that fried chicken shop owner’s wife last time.”
At that, Xie Lin’s expression immediately turned serious. “Are you certain?”
“The specific details will have to wait until lab tests confirm it, but based on my experience, I can basically say it’s the same method.”
Hearing this, Ruan Xingyao frowned.
She asked, “Wasn’t that case already closed?”
She hadn’t paid much attention afterward, only hearing that the case had been concluded.
The murderer was said to be the wife’s mother-in-law.
After the wife gave birth to a daughter and refused to have a son, the mother-in-law was extremely dissatisfied.
On top of that, the wife often defied her, using making money as an excuse.
After the case was closed, the mother-in-law was arrested.
But since she was already old, she passed away just a few days after being taken in.
Xie Lin said, “That’s why the biggest possibility is—someone’s imitating it.”
Su Wuyue, however, said:
“But judging from the current cuts on the body parts, as well as the frying oil’s temperature and timing, they’re exactly the same as the situation with the restaurant owner’s wife.”
Ruan Xingyao asked,
“You mean to say that even if someone tried to imitate it, it couldn’t possibly be this similar?”
Su Wuyue shook her head and replied,
“The police never disclosed these kinds of details to the public. So I believe, aside from people connected to the last case, I can’t think of anyone who would know this much.”
Ruan Xingyao folded her arms and thought for a moment, then said,
“Then let me ask the little animals around here if any of them know what’s going on.”
As she spoke, she glanced around, searching for any small creatures that might be able to help.
But the whole area was already cordoned off by police tape, and the animals had long since been scared away.
She searched for several minutes, but didn’t find a single one she could talk to.
Just as she was about to broaden her search range, she heard Baiyi’s familiar “werwer” barking.
“Erwer! Erer!”
【Where is Dog?! Why isn’t Dog at home?! Did Dog get abandoned?! Wuwuwu! Dog wants to go home! Dog wants to find Mama!】
“Erer! Ererwerwer!”
【Help! Abandoned Dog! Liar! Big liar! Wuwuwu! Dog has no Mama anymore! Dog doesn’t want to live!】
Startled, Ruan Xingyao quickly looked in Baiyi’s direction.
She didn’t even have time to explain to Xie Lin and Su Wuyue before she rushed over.
She saw that Baiyi had somehow been tied to a tree by Ruan Xingzhuo, while Ruan Xingzhuo himself was nowhere to be seen.
Ruan Xingyao ran over, and when Baiyi spotted her, his howling grew even louder.
“Erer! Erer!”
【Liar! Big liar! You clearly promised my Mama you’d raise me for life! But you ditched me while Dog was asleep! Dog is angry! Dog cannot be soothed!】
Ruan Xingyao crouched down helplessly, patting Baiyi’s big head as she said,
“No one abandoned you. How could we possibly abandon you? I suddenly had to come work, so I brought you along with me.”
“Erwer! Erer!”
【Dog doesn’t believe it! If you didn’t abandon Dog, then why tie Dog here? You tricked Dog!】
Ruan Xingyao grew even more exasperated.
She stood up and scanned around, but Ruan Xingzhuo was nowhere in sight.
That brat—just wait till he comes back and see how she’ll deal with him!
As she was thinking that, Ruan Xingzhuo came jogging back from the distance, carrying two large bags in his hands.
When he got closer, Ruan Xingyao realized he had gone to buy two big bags of bottled water.
He set the bags down on the ground and said to Ruan Xingyao, “Sis, I saw you all were busy, so I went to buy some water. You can take a sip whenever you get a chance.”
Ruan Xingyao hooked her arm around Ruan Xingzhuo’s neck and said, “Good kid, you’re pretty thoughtful, huh? But you left Baiyi here all alone—he nearly staged a rebellion.”
Even though Ruan Xingzhuo couldn’t understand what Baiyi was saying, he had a strong hunch that the mutt’s words were pretty vulgar.
He rubbed his nose and said, “It’s just that he’s gotten a lot heavier now. If I took him along, I wouldn’t be able to carry much water.”
Ruan Xingyao said, “Alright, I’m not blaming you. Just feed him some extra jerky later and it’ll be fine.”
Ruan Xingzhuo agreed, squatted down, and patted Baiyi’s big head, coaxing him gently.
But Baiyi kept whining and whimpering, clearly still genuinely upset.
Just then, a series of cat cries came from the tree above their heads.
“Meow meow meow meow! Meow meow meow meow! Meow meow meow meow meow meow meow!”
【So noisy! So annoying! Can’t a cat sleep around here? It’s the middle of the night, are you done yet?!】
“Meow meow meow! Meow meow meow meow meow meow! Meow meow meow meow!”
【Stupid fat dog! What are you howling for! Think you’re hot stuff just because you’ve got a mom? What are you showing off for! Watch me beat you up!】
As it yowled, a dark shadow leapt down from the tree, heading straight for Baiyi.
The cat had already planned to land a solid swipe right across the fat dog’s face.
But before it could succeed, its hind legs were suddenly grabbed.
Its whole body was lifted into the air, and the paw meant for the dog’s face swiped only at empty air.
— The end of the Chapter–
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