Chapter 272: Chapter 0272: Hong Shadow_1
Ye Xiong was an atheist, who simply didn’t believe in the existence of ghosts and spirits in this world, if there were ghosts, they were just people in disguise.
While no one was paying attention, he slipped out to a deste corner and called Phoenix to exin the situation. Phoenix said she would handle it.
Half an hourter, the police arrived.
The captain of the criminal investigation team in M City was named Tang Ming. Upon receiving the call, he immediately took several subordinates and rushed to the scene.
The Li Family was a prestigious n in M City, and Li Ba was the most famous martial arts master in the city, with a very big reputation throughout the province, so this case put a lot of pressure on him.
During the phone call, he got a brief introduction to Li Ba. He hoped that this was just a simple case of suicide, not homicide. If it was thetter, it would be a very tricky case since ordinary people would not dare to offend Li Ba.
On the way, Tang Ming received a call from the chief of police. The chief instructed him to find an excuse during the investigation to bring a person known as Dummy to the scene. The chief also warned him that this was confidential, and absolutely no one should find out.
Tang Ming found it very strange that the chief would give him such a serious reminder, confirming that this was indeed no simple matter, so he firmly memorized the instructions.
He soon arrived at the Li Residence, and Tang Ming, apanied by four subordinates, entered Li Xiangxiang’s room to investigate.
On the table were cosmetics, the rouge that Li Xiaohuan had used on her face. Her changed clothes were thrown onto the bed, clearly thrown there after Li Xiaohuan had changed.
Having searched the room, it seemed very likely that this was a suicide from the evidence at hand.
“Preliminary investigation suggests the deceasedmitted suicide. However, we still need to wait for a detailed investigation to confirm. We now need to take the body back for examination,” he announced.
Tang Ming’s gaze swept across the crowd and he said, “Who wille and help bring the body down?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding people scattered like birds.
Only a fool would do something as terrifying as moving a body. Besides, Li Xiaohuan’s attire made it even more frightening.
Only Ye Xiong, in his disguise as Dummy, stood there foolishly.
“Come over here and give us a hand,” Tang Ming said, pointing at Ye Xiong.
“This Dummy really is stupid, knowing the police need help but not leaving quickly. Now he’s in for it!” someone said.
“He just can’t react quickly enough. Everyone knows the Dummy is a simpleton.”
“Ignorance is bliss. He understands nothing, so what’s there to fear?” a line of servants said, watching from afar, pointing andughing.
Ye Xiong drooped his head and walked in, his gaze quickly sweeping around the room like lightning.
Tang Ming kept his eyes on Dummy, noticing that a glint of intelligence shed in his eyes. Just from that one look, he knew that the person before him was no simple character.
He didn’t understand why such a skilled individual would willingly serve as a servant in the Li Family.
Ye Xiong was short on time. Since he was only called in to help, he could only nce around while walking. He couldn’t inspect as carefully as the other officers, relying on his eyes and experience to make quick judgments.
Unfortunately, with time so tight, he didn’t find any useful information.
Suddenly, his brow furrowed.
There was a faint smell in the room, one he found vaguely familiar.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived at the hanging body. Ye Xiong stood on the table nearby, stretched out his hand to take Li Xiaohuan down, andid her on the ground before leaving her side.
Before long, the police had finished examining the scene, and then they left with the people and the body.
As for the detailed results, they would have to wait for the autopsy.
After dinner, Ye Xiong left the Li Residence and returned to themand center.
After returning there, Ye Xiong immediately took off his mask. The adhesive had made the skin around his mouth and eyes painfully sore, but he could hardly care about that now.
If he wore it any longer, he would go insane.
Once the mask was removed, Master Lu came over to treat his face and neutralize the poison.
“How does the situation look?” Phoenix asked.
“On the surface, there are no signs of homicide, but I don’t think Li Xiaohuan could havemitted suicide. With her personality, it’s not possible for her to seek death. Moreover, I don’t believe that she had been involved with Li Yuanbin,” Ye Xiong said.
“If it wasn’t suicide, then who killed her?” Phoenix asked curiously.
“Murder aside, why would someone disguise it as a suicide, and even dress her up in red clothes, red shoes, and red makeup? What could be the purpose?” Wang Ying asked.
“The person behind this must have a backup n; otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense to go through such pointless trouble. If I’m not mistaken, there’s a very likely chance that the Li Residence will encounter some ghostly disturbances next,” Ye Xiong said.
“Could it be that ghosts really do exist in this world?” Wang Ying, being a girl, was particrly sensitive to such matters.
“It’s not about real ghosts, but someone stirring up trouble behind the scenes, likely targeting the Li Family,” Ye Xiong thought for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said urgently, “This isn’t good, Li Yuanbin might be in danger.”
No sooner had he finished speaking, Xu Yang’s phone rang.@@novelbin@@
Xu Yang walked to the side to answer the call, and after returning, he said, “The police station reported that Li Yuanbin had an ident. His body was fished out of the river; there were no injuries on him, and the cause of death is still under further investigation.”
The color drained from everyone’s faces—they hadn’t expected that just as Ye Xiong mentioned it, Li Yuanbin would already have met with disaster.
“Phoenix, Xu Yang, please do me a favor and stake out the Li Residence tonight. If my guess is right, something might happen,” Ye Xiong instructed.
After staying in themand center for about fifteen minutes and putting on a new mask and makeup, Ye Xiong returned to the Li Family.
That night, Ye Xiong dared not close his eyes. He stood by the window, his ears perked up, constantly listening for sounds outside, but unfortunately, the night passed without incident.
By the time it was light, the Li Residence was shrouded in sorrow.
Within the Li Family, two deaths had urred in a single day, casting a shadow over the household.
The servants worked quietly, afraid of speaking too loudly and causing trouble.
In the following days, nothing urred. Phoenix had grown tired from staking out the ce for several days with nothing to show for it, and they eventually temporarily withdrew.
Before they knew it, over a week had passed.
Ye Xiong would return every other day to change his mask and thene back to continue his surveince. Unfortunately, since the death of Li Xiaohuan, nothing more had happened at the Li Residence for the time being, as if things had be calm again.
As for the cause of Li Xiaohuan’s death, no further details had been uncovered. The only thing known for sure was that Li Xiaohuan had not been intimate with a man before her death, meaning she had been clean with Li Yuanbin and indeed framed.
As to who the killer was, there were no clues at all.
All one could say was that the killer was extremely cunning.
That night, Ye Xiong stood at the window on the lookout.
Ever since the Li Family incident, he had been keeping watch by the window every night, vignt for the slightest movements in the courtyard, not letting anything escape his eyes.
“A ghost!” A scream pierced the night, sounding particrly loud.
“Something’s happened.”
Ye Xiong hurriedly ran out,
A red figure appeared in his sight, moving at great speed. In the blink of an eye, it leaped out of the Li Residence and vanished into the night. If his reflexes weren’t quick, he wouldn’t have caught sight of anything.