SS Chapter 21

Long Xinyu received the note but didn’t know who had left it for him or what their purpose was.

He considered it for a moment and still decided to give the note to Rao Xian. Rao Xian, fearing further incidents, took the note to the police station for examination. However, it only had the waiter’s and Long Xinyu’s fingerprints on it, so they still couldn’t find out who sent it.

After two months of living on tenterhooks, Long Xinyu realized that nothing was happening, and he became quite unaccustomed to it. Bored, he ran off to harass Rao Xian.

But as soon as he entered, he saw large and small boxes piled all over Rao Xian’s house. Rao Xian was busily packing things into boxes one by one.

Long Xinyu asked curiously, “What are you doing?”

“Where are you moving to?” Long Xinyu asked.

Long Xinyu pondered, “Then should you look for a place close to the police station?”

Rao Xian shook his head. “The exam isn’t until next year. I’ll find a temporary place to live and study hard, then make plans later. Maybe I’ll even move back here.”

“Huh?” Rao Xian looked at Long Xinyu in surprise.

Long Xinyu explained that because Liang Qin had been found hanged in his previous house, Long Xiuyu had arranged for people to deal with that house and bought him a new one. His brother doted on him, so the house was much larger than his previous “private apartment,” and he had also arranged for a team of bodyguards to be stationed at his current house in shifts. But seeing that things had been quiet for the past few months, Long Xinyu found the bodyguards annoying and wanted to get rid of them, but Long Xiuyu was worried and refused to remove them. So, Long Xinyu wanted to get Rao Xian to live with him so he could reassure his brother.

Rao Xian nodded.

“Then I think, being protected like this 24/7, it’s definitely not easy for anyone to do anything to me. But there’s no being a thief for a thousand days, and no guarding against a thief for a thousand days. So, I need a chance, one that doesn’t make the other party suspicious but also gives them a chance to strike,” Long Xinyu said.

“That chance is me?” Rao Xian asked.

Rao Xian understood.

“I do,” Rao Xian replied without hesitation.

Long Xinyu pointed to himself and said, “Staying by my side might help find the connection. As long as someone attacks me, we can always catch them. If we can get them out, that’s best. If not, I’ll save on rent.”

Long Xinyu patted his chest. “I’ve already thought of a good way to solve this problem.”

“What way?” Rao Xian asked curiously.

Long Xinyu was a man of action. The next day, he brought people to help Rao Xian pack and move.

It was Saturday, and Sha Rou was off duty. She brought some fruit to visit Rao Xian and saw the lively scene of packing and moving.

Rao Xian ignored Sha Rou and Long Xinyu’s bickering and just told her that he was going to temporarily stay at Long Xinyu’s house.

Sha Rou counted on her fingers and said to Long Xinyu, “Min Jun died and was thrown in your car; Zhang Li died in front of your car; Liang Qin was hanged in your house; Xu Ming wanted to kill you; Li Xü wanted to kill you; Wang Ling also wanted to kill you; the deaths of Luo Pingping and Ye Yuning are all related to you; and you even received threats two months ago. Now you’re bringing our captain to your house. What do you want?”

Sha Rou felt that Long Xinyu was simply a vortex. He himself was fine, but the people around him were being dragged in, such as Long Xiuyu and Li Guang, such as the already disabled Rao Xian. Now that Long Xinyu was bringing Rao Xian to his own house, Sha Rou was really worried about Rao Xian’s safety!

Sha Rou didn’t believe it.

“What kind of look is that? Yes, a lot of things have happened, but honestly, am I the one who harmed those people?” Long Xinyu was very innocent.

Sha Rou looked disgusted and said, “Long Xinyu, can your mind not be so filthy?”

Long Xinyu felt that Sha Rou liked Rao Xian. Probably because Rao Xian had a fiancee before, Sha Rou didn’t dare to show it. Now that Ye Yuning was gone, Sha Rou might just take the opportunity to move up.

After taking three deep breaths, Sha Rou decided to explain to Long Xinyu why she cared about Rao Xian so much.

Later, Sha Rou was assigned to Rao Xian’s team. When she first became a police officer, she was attacked by a criminal during a manhunt, and it was Rao Xian who saved her. So, Sha Rou was especially grateful to Rao Xian—Sha Rou regarded Rao Xian as an idol.

Sha Rou was angry. “It’s admiration. Admiration is not the same as liking!”

Long Xinyu teased Sha Rou. “So you don’t like Rao Xian!”

“I—”

Rao Xian, watching people moving things, saw Long Xinyu and Sha Rou whispering to each other and walked over curiously and asked, “What are you talking about?”

Sha Rou immediately changed the subject. “Luo Wenwen is missing!”

Long Xinyu, who was joking, looked at Sha Rou in surprise—you didn’t just say that!

Sha Rou—it’s not too late to say it now.

Long Xinyu rolled his eyes.

Rao Xian didn’t pay attention to their small actions but asked in surprise what happened.

Sha Rou said that Luo Wenwen’s family said that Luo Wenwen was in a bad mood, said she was going out for a walk, and never came back. It had been three weeks. They couldn’t get through to her phone, and they couldn’t find her. The family was anxious and reported it to the police. However, missing persons were not under the jurisdiction of their team, so Sha Rou was just listening.

Long Xinyu frowned and interjected, “Could something have happened again!”

With three weeks having passed, the Luo family couldn’t tell whether Luo Wenwen was missing or on vacation. It wasn’t until they realized that Luo Wenwen hadn’t contacted her family for so long that they became anxious.

At this time, the people from the moving company came over and told Long Xinyu that everything was moved and they could leave.

Sha Rou was so angry that she wanted to beat Long Xinyu for being so clumsy. Long Xinyu grinned and begged for mercy.

Long Xinyu smiled proudly. “Of course! Don’t you know who arranged it?”

Sha Rou rolled her eyes at him. As long as she saw Long Xinyu, Sha Rou couldn’t help but want to roll her eyes at him.

Rao Xian found that the frequency with which Sha Rou rolled her eyes had increased since she met Long Xinyu—she used to like to roll her eyes at Duan Yisong like that, but now Long Xinyu was added to that list.

Sha Rou originally wanted to give Rao Xian a ride, but Long Xinyu chased her away like a chicken.

Sha Rou had no choice but to get into her car. Her car was parked further back. Long Xinyu told Sha Rou his home address and told her that if she arrived first, she should go in first, and there would be people at home.

Sha Rou couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him again, and then she drove away.

Long Xinyu closed the car door and helped Rao Xian get into the car. At this moment, a girl turned the corner behind them. The girl called out in their direction, “Brother Rao—”

When Long Xinyu heard someone calling Rao Xian, he turned around and saw a girl with light-colored coat, long hair, and a very pretty face.

Long Xinyu stopped closing the car door to look at Rao Xian—do you know her?

Rao Xian didn’t speak, but his brow furrowed slightly.

Long Xinyu was a little curious. He opened the car door and turned around to look at Rao Xian, waiting for the girl.

The girl trotted a few steps closer. She glanced at Long Xinyu before saying to Rao Xian, “Rao—Brother Rao, are you going out?”

The girl was Ye Yuning’s half-sister, Ye Xiaochen.

Rao Xian responded and looked at the somewhat uneasy Ye Xiaochen.

Seeing that Rao Xian’s attitude was cold, Ye Xiaochen said hesitantly, “Brother Rao, I…I know my mom did to my sister…I…”

Ye Xiaochen bit her lip before saying, “I want to ask you to help investigate a case.”

Ye Xiaochen’s words aroused Rao Xian’s attention. Even Long Xinyu, who was pulling out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out a cigarette, and wanted to light it, perked up his ears.

Rao Xian said, “Speak!”

Under Rao Xian’s gaze, Ye Xiaochen said the matter haltingly.

Ye Xiaochen was studying art at Chongda University. She had a classmate named Yang Miaoting. Yang Miaoting’s boyfriend, Cheng Yang, was in the school’s biopharmaceutical department. Three days ago, Yang Miaoting and Cheng Yang’s bodies were found in the school’s laboratory.

Yang Miaoting was tied to a pharmaceutical test bench, and her limbs had deep cuts. The blood covered the test bench. Yang Miaoting died of excessive blood loss, and Cheng Yang died of a blunt force trauma to the head.

According to the scene investigation, the police speculated that Cheng Yang and Yang Miaoting had a dispute. Cheng Yang subdued Yang Miaoting, tied her to the lab bench, cut open the blood vessels in her limbs to bleed her, and some of the blood splashed on the floor. Cheng Yang stepped on the blood on the ground and accidentally slipped, hitting the corner of the lab bench with his head and dying. Yang Miaoting also died from excessive blood loss.

At this point, Ye Xiaochen raised her eyes to look at Rao Xian. Rao Xian didn’t speak, but Long Xinyu spat out a puff of smoke and clicked his tongue. “Letting blood at the drop of a hat, are students these days so violent?”

Immediately, he felt that something was wrong—why did the name Yang Miaoting sound so familiar?

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