Hang City Police Station.
After ending the call with Han Fei,
Director Wang shook his head, staring at his phone while muttering to himself.
"This old Han, his words are becoming more and more unreliable. Five or six homicide cases... Does he think I'm a three-year-old?"
In Director Wang's view, Han Fei was exaggerating. He probably just wanted to express that Xu Mo had some talent in this field.
As for Xu Mo solving five or six homicide cases, that was pure nonsense. How long had it been since the program ended?
Five or six homicide cases would mean one case per day! What a joke!
In today's society, a jurisdiction barely sees five or six homicide cases in a year. Take his district for example - there had been only one homicide case this year, and probably wouldn't be any more until year's end.
However, at that moment,
The police station's dispatcher received a report that someone had discovered a body in the shantytown...
This kind of case was completely different from petty theft - this was a major case!
As such, the dispatcher didn't hesitate to report it up the chain.
Director Wang, sitting in his office, quickly learned of this matter. His voice involuntarily rose several octaves: "Someone found a body!?"
"Yes, in the shantytown, at the hideout of Li Fei who fled here from Ram City."
"I understand," Director Wang's brows furrowed into a deep crease. He immediately got up and left his office, preparing to lead a team to investigate.
Before leaving, he called Xiao Li, who had been sent earlier to assist Xu Mo and his team with their cross-jurisdictional arrest.
...
In the shantytown.
Xiao Li's phone rang.
Seeing it was Director Wang calling, he thought the director was checking on their mission progress. He answered immediately and reported that they had caught their target.
"Director Wang, we just caught the suspect and were about to call you with our report. Didn't expect you to call first."
The next second, the smile on Xiao Li's face suddenly disappeared: "What? Someone found a body in the shantytown?"
He couldn't help but look at the handcuffed Li Fei.
"Did you kill someone else after coming to Hang City?"
The latter was startled, then shook his head: "No."
"Really? Tell the truth!"
"No," Li Fei shook his head again.
From Li Fei's micro-expressions, Xu Mo determined he wasn't lying: "He's not lying."
Then pointing towards the shantytown, he looked at Officer Xiao Li.
"There's... been a murder here?"
"Yes, Director Wang just called me. Someone reported finding a body here. Since we've caught our suspect, he wants us to check out the situation first," after a pause, Xiao Li looked at Xu Mo and his two colleagues: "Sorry, but with this sudden case, we need to investigate, and won't have time to take you to the airport. Why don't you take a taxi there?"
The cross-jurisdictional arrest mission was now complete, and this newly discovered case was within Hang City's jurisdiction. It had nothing to do with these three officers from Ram City, and no one would say anything if they left now.
However, after hearing about the case, the three exchanged glances, seemingly reluctant to leave and considering whether to stay and help.
Chen Ke and Li Chen were thinking that Director Wang and Hang City's officers had helped them so many times, it might not look good if they just left when their colleagues were facing trouble. Even if they couldn't directly help solve the case, lending whatever assistance they could would be good - at least it would repay the favor.
Xu Mo wasn't concerned about that aspect; he was thinking about whether he could earn some rewards from this case.
Though they each had their own motivations, their goals were surprisingly aligned - they all wanted to stay and help.
Of course, whether they could stay or not would require a call to Han Fei for permission.
After exchanging glances for a moment, they all understood each other's thoughts.
The next second, Chen Ke said: "I'll call Captain Han and ask him about it."
Taking out his phone to call Han Fei, he briefly explained the situation. Han Fei expressed that he was happy to let them help.
Of course, besides returning the favor, Han Fei also thought this would be an opportunity to show off Xu Mo's talent and prove Director Wang wrong...
So his response was to have Li Chen escort Li Fei back to Hang City, while Chen Ke and Xu Mo would stay to help.
Afterwards, Li Chen escorted the handcuffed Li Fei in a taxi to the airport, while Chen Ke and Xu Mo caught up with Xiao Li and the other officers.
"We got permission from Captain Han. The two of us will stay to help, while Li Chen takes the suspect back alone."
"This... isn't that inconvenient? Won't it interfere with your work?" Xiao Li was surprised; he hadn't expected Chen Ke and his colleagues to come back to help, given they had their own duties.
Chen Ke waved his hand dismissively.
"What's inconvenient about it? Haven't you helped us before? We're all part of the same system, helping each other is normal. More hands make light work, right?"
"That's true. On behalf of Hang City's officers, I thank you both," Xiao Li immediately felt these two were reliable - they really stepped up when help was needed!
...
The group entered the shantytown and arrived at the location where the witness had discovered the body, according to what Director Wang had told Xiao Li on the phone.
To be precise, it wasn't a body but body parts, stuffed in garbage bags and thrown into a trash bin.
The person who discovered these body parts was an elderly woman. She had been going through the trash bin as usual, looking for discarded bottles and cardboard, when she accidentally tore open the garbage bag containing the body parts.
After seeing what was inside, she immediately called the police.
When the group arrived, they immediately set up crime scene tape to prevent anyone from approaching and contaminating the scene.
Xu Mo put on gloves and took out the body parts from the garbage bags, laying them on the ground and piecing them together one by one.
"Another dismemberment case... This method really looks like Li Fei's work. Are you sure he didn't do this?" Chen Ke felt sick looking at the scene.
Even as an experienced criminal investigator, he could barely handle such a gruesome sight. It was too disturbing!
"It's not him. I've examined the body - the fatal wound is on the back of the head. The victim has multiple blunt force trauma marks on the back of their head. Based on the wound pattern, the murder weapon was likely a hammer. The victim was dismembered after death. I'm guessing the killer is either a woman, a child, or an elderly person... definitely not an adult male," Xu Mo made a quick assessment: "If it were an adult male, one hammer blow would have been enough to kill. They wouldn't need to strike so many times."
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
e bizarre and supernatural had descended. The previous emperor was a thoroughgoing tyrant; no longer satisfied with human women, he had set his sights on a stunningly beautiful supernatural entity. He met his end in his bedchamber, drained of all his vital essence. As the legitimate eldest son and crown prince, Wang Hao was thus hastily enthroned, becoming the young emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No sooner had he awakened the "Imperial Sign-In Intelligence System" than he was assassinated by a Son of Destiny—a classic villain's opening. The Great Zhou, ravaged by the former emperor's excesses, was in national decline. The great families within its borders harbored their own treacherous schemes, martial sects began to defy the imperial court's decrees, and border armies, their pay and provisions in arrears, grumbled incessantly against the central government. Fortunately, the central capital was still held secure by the half-million Imperial Guards and fifty thousand Imperial Forest Army who obeyed the court's orders, along with the royal family's hidden reserves of power, barely managing to suppress the realm. As the Great Zhou's finances worsened and supernatural activities grew ever more frequent, the court sat atop a volcano. Ambitious plotters everywhere dreamed of overthrowing the dynasty, and even some reclusive ancient powers emerged, attempting to sway the tides of the world. At the first grand court assembly, the civil and military officials nearly came to blows, fighting tooth and nail over the allocation of fifty million taels of silver from the summer tax revenues. The spectacle opened Wang Hao's eyes—the Great Zhou's bureaucracy was not only corrupt but also martially proficient, a cabinet of all-rounders. Some officials even had the audacity to suggest the emperor release funds from the imperial privy purse to address the emergency. Wang Hao suddenly felt weary. Let it all burn.
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
