The CEO's Substitute Wife Is A Genius-Chapter 367: Both the Living and the Dead Can See This, Isn’t This an Opportunity?
Chapter 367: Chapter 367: Both the Living and the Dead Can See This, Isn’t This an Opportunity?
"What on earth is going on? Everything was fine, how did it become related to a life?"
The Lu Family was already panicking after seeing the news.
When they saw Lu Xingzhou bring someone back, the old lady sat under the ’Justice and Honor’ plaque in the hall, sitting upright with a stern expression.
Jiang Man was so scared that she was trembling all over, and the drive home did not allow her to recover.
Wen Jingya had calmed down somewhat and then recounted the events leading up to the incident.
"Are you both sure you don’t know the murderer?" Lu Xuemei asked sternly.
Jiang Man and Wen Jingya shook their heads in unison.
Next to the hall was the dining room, where the television was showing the latest current affairs news.
"I’m reporter XX, and right behind me is the scene of the incident, it’s reported that the victim is a 29-year-old female..."
The TV broadcast yet another murder news story, but due to the old neighborhood and the blind spots in surveillance, the killer’s process was not captured.
Two murders had occurred within an hour.
Before long, the people of the north city were living in fear.
...
The next day, when Jiang Man came to school, her classmates were all discussing the matter.
Final exams were at the end of the month, and the school library was already too crowded.
Many students were studying in external study rooms preparing for exams, and quite a few returned to the dormitories late.
None of them dared go out alone, even in groups of two or three, they were afraid.
"I think we’d better not leave the school at night for now, the security department has issued a notice that anyone entering or leaving the school must show their student ID, the school is still relatively safe."
"That’s true, it’s better to go back to the dorm to study, life is precious."
"Big Sister Man, have you heard about the two murders last night that caused a huge stir?"
"I heard." Jiang Man sat at her seat, fiddling with her ballpoint pen in one hand and scrolling through her phone in the other.
Now, the mobile phone was overwhelmed, with hot news all about this.
"Big Sister Man, you commute, you have to be careful when you go home at night." Mao Lili expressed her concern.
Zhang Ziqi disagreed, "With Big Sister Man’s high combat value, she’s afraid of them?"
"Don’t underestimate the enemy, I heard there are three criminals, and they all know witchcraft! They could kill people using witchcraft."
"Lili, what age are we living in, do you still believe in that?"
"Then tell me, how did that male student in the bar and the woman in the alley die without the murderer holding a weapon?"
"Let’s wait for the police to disclose it."
Jiang Man listened to their conversation indifferently, seemingly not taking their words to heart, but actually quite puzzled.
Last night when she arrived at the bar, Wen Jingya had recounted the incident to Uncle Hat.
It was really as Mao Lili said, very strange.
The male student died mysteriously.
"Maybe the boy and that woman were both scared to death, they both had heart disease and couldn’t recover from the shock."
"Both have heart disease, it can’t be such a coincidence, can it?"
Throughout the whole day, wherever she went, the topic of discussion was always this.
Due to the upcoming finals, the class schedule was quite full.
Four classes in the morning, three in the afternoon.
Students usually wandered around after class, but today was different; they all honestly headed back to the dorms.
The killer had not been caught, and no one was sure they wouldn’t be the next victim.
After class, Jiang Man headed straight to the parking lot.
From a distance, she saw a Maybach parked inconspicuously on the side of the road.
Zhao Huai stood at the car door looking around.
When he saw Jiang Man appear, he immediately came over with a beaming smile, "Ma’am, please give me the car keys, I’ll follow behind and drive the car back for you."
"Hm?" Jiang Man raised her eyebrows.
"Before the murderer is caught, it’s better if a driver picks you up and drops you off in the future." Zhao Huai bent over respectfully.
This was Lu Xingzhou’s idea.
He wouldn’t normally lose his composure like this, but now that the murders were happening right under his nose, how could he not be scared?
Zhao Huai opened the rear car door for Jiang Man.
Bending down, Jiang Man entered the car and found Lu Xingzhou was busy with a laptop on the folding table, on a video conference.
He was speaking French for the entire time, apparently in a meeting with executives from the French branch.
When Lu Xingzhou saw Jiang Man get in the car, he promptly said to the video feed, "Let’s stop here for today, we’ll continue at the same time tomorrow."
With that, he closed his laptop decisively.
His eyes blazed as he stared at Jiang Man, and seeing her unharmed, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Man found his reaction somewhat amusing, "Why are you so overly cautious?"
"From tomorrow on, two bodyguards will accompany you when you go out."
"Lu Xingzhou, it’s not that serious, I could take down ten people by myself."
"It’s not about combat value; I need to have someone with you until the case is solved, that’s the only way I’ll feel at ease."
Towards the end, Lu Xingzhou’s eyes were overflowing with deep emotion.
Jiang Man really felt she didn’t need protection, but seeing how worried Lu Xingzhou was, to the point of almost crying, she complied for his sake.
...
In a blink, seven days passed.
Not only was there no substantial progress in the case, but a third incident had occurred!
The already anxious North City was instantly shrouded in gloom.
The streets were festooned with lights and decorations, but no one felt any joy for the upcoming New Year; instead, they were all terrified.
Ding.
Today was Saturday, and there were no classes in school.
Jiang Man was holed up in her room reading comics.
Deep into her reading, she received a message from Wu Yingfan.
Wu Yingfan: Big Sister Man, I received an invitation from Captain Chen, are you interested?
Jiang Man glanced at the message and immediately called.
"What’s going on?"
"Captain Chen, that’s the captain who was in charge of investigating your background, Chen Cheng, do you remember him?"
Of course, she remembered.
When she returned to China, she was able to confirm she was the child of the Jiang Family, thanks to Captain Chen Cheng.
He went to great lengths to help her find various difficult-to-obtain documents from twenty years ago and ultimately proved that she indeed was the child of Jiang Yueping and Hu Fangqin.
"Don’t beat around the bush!" Jiang Man interrupted him coldly.
Wu Yingfan then became serious, "Here’s the thing, their department’s senior forensic scientist has just retired recently, and the forensic scientist taking over the 1.02 case is somewhat lacking. The special investigation team has already been borrowing forensic scientists from other branches, but as you know, forensic scientists are a rare resource, and there are a lot of cases being handled right before the year end..."
Cases indeed tend to increase before the New Year.
Because it’s nearly the New Year, some people who are out of money think of committing crimes to make a quick buck.
Others, due to having no money, take revenge on society.
Thus, near the New Year, police resources are stretched thin, and forensic scientists are even rarer.
With a population of 1.4 billion, there are only 20,000 forensic scientists in the whole country.
North City has a population of 20 million, and it has fewer than 300 forensic scientists.
Each branch having 1-2 forensic scientists, 2-3 is considered a lot.
With the retirement of the senior forensic scientist, the younger one’s experience was insufficient.
"So?" Jiang Man raised her eyebrow, already guessing what this guy was up to.
The other end of the phone had Wu Yingfan chuckling, "I kindly recommended you to Captain Chen, and as soon as she heard you were background-checked by a research institute, she agreed without a second thought! Didn’t you tell me before, you could deal with both the living and the dead? Well, here’s your chance!"
