TSM Chapter 25

Shí Jiǎnbái felt a chill down his spine from that sentence and suddenly started looking around, finally focusing his gaze on Lóng Qiányī, staring at him for a good while. “Who is this guy?”

Zuǒ Yú followed his gaze and replied casually, “Lóng Qiányī, supposedly a very famous singer.” Recalling the conversation from earlier, he added, “Also…Míng Xīng Yě’s boyfriend, or so he says.”

Just as Zuǒ Yú was about to retort, a flash of inspiration hit him, and he instantly realized someone was missing. This serious oversight prompted him to take immediate action. His slender legs strode quickly to the round table, where he grabbed Yán Tīngyàn by the collar, slightly angrily, “Where’s Xīn Rán?”

“Brother Yú, don’t get excited, what happened…” Before he could finish, Shí Jiǎnbái pushed him aside. Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Shí Jiǎnbái also raised his voice and sternly demanded, “Speak! Where is she?”

“What? What did you find?”

“That female celebrity who’s been very popular in dramas recently got into the Cayenne. Gě Yáng saw it and chased after it directly. I couldn’t stop him!”

His unusual behavior allowed Zuǒ Yú to guess the reason with near certainty: “They saw Xīn Rán at the entrance?”

Shí Jiǎnbái took out his phone to check the AMG’s location: “The car’s turned off, right? Let’s go, let’s chase after them first!”

Inside the Bugatti, Zuǒ Yú’s speed soared to 200 km/h. Shí Jiǎnbái gripped the armrest tightly and repeated every word he had heard on the phone to Zuǒ Yú without missing a single detail. Together, they decided to return to the hotel to check the surveillance footage after finding Gě Yáng.

The car rapidly decelerated…From a distance, the two saw Shí Jiǎnbái’s car crashed on the side of the road.

Shí Jiǎnbái hurriedly got out of the car and found that the car was empty. There were many caltrops on the ground, and the tires were deflated, clearly done on purpose. These caltrops were the cause of the car accident.

“Lǎo Bái! Here.” Zuǒ Yú shouted loudly, then checked the two’s injuries and vital signs.

“Gě Yáng’s breathing is weak, he might be saved if he’s sent to the hospital immediately. Xīn Rán is obviously…too late.”

He took out his phone, opened WeChat, and sent a location to Yì Dàjūn: Gě Yáng is in surgery, come quickly.

“Zuǒ Yú, is it you again?” Fù Lìfēng frowned, his suspicion mixed with dissatisfaction.

After a few seconds of silence, Shí Jiǎnbái took out two strawberry-flavored lollipops from his pocket, tore one open, and put it in his mouth. Only then did he regain his strength. He then handed the other lollipop to Zuǒ Yú, the slender fingers with dried bloodstains trembling slightly.

“Too sweet.” Zuǒ Yú didn’t take the lollipop, but instead took out a cigarette from his pocket, opened the entire car hood, and started smoking without any restraint…

Long before the arrival of the criminal investigation team, Zuǒ Yú had already investigated the scene and the bodies of the deceased. Accompanied by the rising smoke, his voice was low, “It’s a repetitive murder pattern, the modus operandi is very similar to the previous two murders.”

“He has successfully raped and murdered three women under our noses…” Shí Jiǎnbái closed his eyes in self-reproach. Zuǒ Yú pulled out a few wet wipes and casually held out two slender fingers to his face.

Zuǒ Yú extinguished the cigarette butt and felt the biting chill brought by the cool evening breeze. He and Shí Jiǎnbái returned to the hotel and went to the surveillance room. After identifying themselves to the staff, they retrieved the surveillance footage from the banquet hall to the restroom and the hotel’s main entrance.

At 19:52, the two appeared at the hotel entrance. Security personnel drove the Cayenne over and handed the car keys to the man. The man gentlemanly opened the passenger door for Xīn Rán, then walked around to the driver’s seat and opened the door. Just as he was about to get into the car, he waved goodbye to the surveillance camera in a rampant manner. The brim of his hat almost completely obscured his face, but he found the surveillance location very accurately, indicating that he had scouted the place in advance.

The car sped away. Gě Yáng and Yì Dàjūn appeared in the surveillance footage. Gě Yáng was hurriedly turning his head and saying something, and then resolutely got into Shí Jiǎnbái’s parked Mercedes-Benz AMG. Yì Dàjūn followed closely behind and got into a taxi, driving in the same direction.

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