I told Huang Xiaotao, "Actually, this case is already very clear."
The murderer is Deng Chao. The headless corpse belongs to Ma Baobao. Deng Chao probably harbored murderous thoughts towards Ma Baobao long ago, but his first attempt at murder didn't succeed. So he racked his brains and came up with a flawless murder plan!
"The whole process of the case should be like this," I gently coughed and said, "Deng Chao first killed Ma Baobao and preserved his corpse with dry ice. Then, under the influence of alcohol, he proposed going to the old teaching building to play a daring game, when in fact he was just using those two girls! Deng Chao was only trying to put on a show for them! After scaring them away in the shortest time, Deng Chao changed Ma Baobao's corpse into his own clothes, because he wouldn't have been able to replicate the intricate death by violin strings, so he used knives and saws to chop off Ma Baobao's head, making it as realistic as possible."
"Finally, he used corrosive chemicals to make Ma Baobao's head blurry and unrecognizable. He faked his own death to make a clean getaway. The police couldn't find Ma Baobao's corpse, at most it would be considered a missing person. I can't help but compliment, this guy is worthy of being a top student, simply a criminal with high IQ!" I sincerely admired.
"However high the IQ, he was still seen through by you in the end. Isn't this just a roundabout way of complimenting yourself?" Huang Xiaotao laughed.
"You flatter me, you flatter me!" I said modestly.
"Why did Zhang Kai die?" Huang Xiaotao asked.
"Killing the donkey after extracting work from it!" I said, "Deng Chao needed an accomplice for his ghost murder trick. Think about it, at that time the violin strings were flying around in the classroom. Zhang Kai originally wanted to go in and save people, but got his hand cut by the violin strings, which inadvertently heightened the horror. So the two girls believed in the ghost. If Zhang Kai hadn't been there at the time, or was completely unaware, the ghost murder trick could have been exposed on the spot, so Zhang Kai's role was crucial."
"This Deng Chao really has a scheming mind! If Zhang Kai were still alive, think about it, how could a college student withstand the police interrogation? Things could have gone wrong and the truth exposed. So to be safe, Deng Chao had to kill his buddy as a sacrifice!" I analyzed.
Huang Xiaotao stared at me for a while, making me feel a little embarrassed. Could she have taken a liking to me?
"Song Yang, why do I feel like you're not a college student? You can say such mature words, is this really your first time solving a case?" Huang Xiaotao asked.
"Yes, I'm really an absolute beginner. You can go ask around if you don't believe me." I shrugged helplessly.
Huang Xiaotao chuckled, "Okay, okay, I believe you. Mr. Detective, now should we think of a way to catch Deng Chao and bring him to justice?"
I pondered, "The timing is not right yet, we still need to verify some information."
"Verify what? Do we need to go to Ma Baobao's dorm?" Huang Xiaotao asked.
"No, never go there!" I waved my hands again and again.
"Why?" Huang Xiaotao asked.
"We have to pretend we don't know the victim was Ma Baobao," I said coldly.
Huang Xiaotao rolled her eyes, "Oh, I see, you're luring the enemy in."
I nodded, "Smart! Think about it, the school had so many police officers today causing such a big commotion, I guess Deng Chao is secretly observing. So we should cater to his expectations even more to put him off guard."
"What should we do now then?" Huang Xiaotao said.
I handed her the cosmetic surgery flyer. Huang Xiaotao was shocked, "Why give this to me? Do you think there's something wrong with how I look that needs plastic surgery?"
With her rosy lips and fair skin, Huang Xiaotao has a perfect face. Naturally she would never need plastic surgery in her life. I was at a loss whether to laugh or cry, "Don't let your imagination run so wild! I want you to check out if Deng Chao has been to this cosmetic surgery company, because there's another doubt I need to clarify."
Huang Xiaotao took the paper and coquettishly said, "Couldn't you just say, 'You're so beautiful you don't need plastic surgery!' You really have no emotional intelligence!"
I scratched my head. Why do girls always love to hear people praise their beauty?
"Alright, alright, just teasing you!" Huang Xiaotao looked at her watch and said, "It's 10 o'clock now. I'll drive over and be back by noon to treat you and Wang Dali to a meal."
"Sure!"
I had nothing to do for now, so I went back to the dorm. Wang Dali wasn't there. Unlocking a phone is so much trouble? Only then did I see he had sent me several messages asking me to hurry to LaoYao's dorm.
Just thinking about LaoYao's lewd gay face made me feel disgusted. I had no choice but to reluctantly go over.
As soon as I walked into the dorm, I smelled a stench. The floor was littered with empty drink bottles and takeout boxes. Clothes lines were strung over the beds, hanging a few gaudy underwear. The other people in this dorm couldn't stand LaoYao, two had moved out last year, and another went home this year, so the dorm had become his personal domain, or rather a devil's den!
I saw LaoYao squatting on a chair like a monkey, wearing a loose tank top over his skinny rib-like body, his big feet probably hadn't been washed in a long time with black soles.
He had a bird's nest of messy hair, a cigarette dangling from his mouth, engrossed in playing League of Legends.
Wang Dali stood beside pleading, "LaoYao, brother Yao, could you please hurry up? You said you'd help me after one round, but you've played three rounds already. Can you please just get my thing done first?"
"What's the hurry, how could I betray my teammate? I'll help you after this round, just wait a bit longer," LaoYao nonchalantly said. Suddenly seeing me come in, his eyes immediately lit up creepily, his sordid face breaking into a smile, obscenely saying, "Aiyo, little Song Song, long time no see, you're looking cute again!"
Hearing his lecherous voice, goosebumps immediately broke out all over my body.
LaoYao stretched out his hairy legs and rummaged out two slippers from the pile of trash, putting them on before quickly running over to me.
"Little Song Song, did you miss me? Come give me a hug!"
I pushed him away, sternly saying, "We're civilized people, let's talk instead of getting handsy."
"Tsk tsk, acting all prim and proper with me now? I heard from Dali you were quite glorious this morning, working with the police on a serial murder case. Is that true?"
After saying that, LaoYao shamelessly slapped my butt. I instantly felt like dying.
【Prologue: The Beginning of It All – Use holy water to heal the saintess tainted by demonic energy, then converse with her.】 Shen Nian stared at his older sister sipping yogurt, lost in thought. So you’re telling me my sister is the saintess, and yogurt is the holy water? 【Main Quest 1: Brave Youth, Become an Adventurer! Reward: Rookie Adventurer Title.】 【Side Quest 1: Find the Adorable Kitty! Reward: 1000 Gold Coins.】 Shen Nian: "Wait, I’m a high school senior here—did some guy who got isekai’d accidentally bind his system to me?" Hold on, completing quests gives gold rewards? Titles even boost stats? Is this for real? (A lighthearted, absurd campus comedy—not a revenge power fantasy.)
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
