"Get out!"
Nie Ying slamd the kitchen door shut.
"Hey, that’s a solid wood door. Be careful not to break it; it’s been here since before I was born!"
Nie Ying didn’t pay any attention to you, and soon, the sound of her laughter with Zhao’er, as clear as silver bells, ca from the kitchen.
You reluctantly poured tea for the three people, then looked straight at Yang Kai: "Kai Zi, can you give us the specific details of the case?"
Yang Kai nodded, then glanced at the young man beside him: "Zhang Shan, report to the president about the funding request."
"Yes, Minister."
The young man nad Zhang Shan seed sowhat nervous. He stood up straight, not even having the courage to et your gaze as he spoke.
"Well, Begin, Begin to report to the president, Li Shi and I discovered this matter together."
Zhang Shan glanced at Li Shi beside him, and seeing Li Shi nodding and giving him an encouraging look, Zhang Shan then continued, his speech gradually becoming more fluid.
"Li Shi had a girlfriend in high school, and their relationship had always been stable. Li Shi also tried to et all her demands. However, not long after entering university, that girl started dating a Handso Rich Man."
As he said this, Zhang Shan glanced at Li Shi again.
Li Shi smiled, his expression seemingly calm, but a hint of sorrow could be seen in his eyes.
In this world, there is nothing more tragic than being betrayed by the person you love.
Zhang Shan continued: "After going to university, that woman seed like she had beco a different person. She went to extres, constantly dating Handso Rich n and going to hotels with them. She also kept wearing designer purses and luxury jewelry..."
"Wait a mont." You suddenly interrupted Zhang Shan, asking, "You just ntioned that the woman changed after going to university. Besides her personality, were there any other changes?"
Zhang Shan paused and said, "Yes, she beca more beautiful."
Just as you were about to ask, Li Shi added, "She had plastic surgery."
"Plastic surgery?"
"Yeah, a major transformation. When I first saw her after the surgery, I almost didn’t recognize her." Li Shi said with a wry smile, "Many people said she beca more beautiful, but I still think she was prettier before. At least her heart was pure then, not like now."
Nodding, you said to Zhang Shan: "Continue."
"So, more than half a year went by, and about half a month ago, she suddenly disappeared." Zhang Shan looked at you, and seeing no further questions from you, he continued, "Later, after three days, soone called the police, saying that they found a female corpse without a face in the river near their ho. After forensic confirmation, it was determined to be Li Shi’s ex-girlfriend."
"Then what happened?"
"While inspecting her personal belongings, the police found an app called ’100% Facelift Photography’ on her phone. The Criminal Police’s investigation revealed that there was no information behind this app; it was as if it had appeared out of thin air. After that, similar cases occurred, with the victims all missing their faces, and all of them having the ’100% Facelift Photography’ app on their phones. Moreover, no matter how the cyber police tried to monitor and track, they could not find out what thods the behind-the-scenes murderer used to harm people."
Upon hearing this, you took out your mobile phone, randomly searched for the app, found that it really existed, and quickly downloaded it.
When downloading, you asked Yang Kai, "Have you all tried it?"
"We did, but it was totally useless," Yang Kai shook his head.
At this point, the APP had finished downloading. Upon opening, I found its operation to be very simple; it was rely about taking a selfie and then retouching it, no different from regular photo editing apps.
After finding no effect on yourself either, you casually tossed the phone aside and asked, "Kai Zi, have you tried having girls take a picture?"
"We tried, but it didn’t work either."
"That’s strange."
"Indeed, I’ve racked my brains but can’t figure out what the key point is. And weirdly, at first, all the victims were female, but a couple of days ago we even found a man affected, a middle-aged uncle in his forties."
Raising an eyebrow, you fell silent.
After a while, you suddenly looked up and asked, "Apart from having their facial skin peeled off, did those victims have any other symptoms?"
Li Shi, who had been quiet, added, "Their personalities changed drastically before and after using the APP."
"Moving from ugly duckling to swan, it’s common for one’s ntality and emotions to change more or less."
"No, it’s not like that. I’ve investigated; those people didn’t just change in temperant, their values and moral beliefs changed too. One of the victims was a junior high school teacher. She’d been teaching for over a decade, always diligent and principled, never hitting students or taking gifts or red envelopes from parents. Though her family life could not be considered very happy, it was quite ordinary. However, after using that APP, she completely changed, becoming vain, beating her students, and even selling her body for money, completely losing the most basic moral bottom line as a teacher."
With Li Shi’s explanation, your puzzlent deepened.
At this ti, Zhao’er and Nie Ying ca out from the kitchen with dishes.
"Yun, nobody has had dinner yet. Let’s eat sothing simple first, filling our stomachs will help us concentrate," said Zhao’er.
"Hmm."
Zhang Shan and Li Shi already seed very restrained in front of you, and with Zhao’er coming out, they didn’t dare to lift their heads, just shoveled rice into their mouths in silence.
"Hey, Zhang Shan, Li Shi, why are you only eating plain rice? Try so dishes too, Zhao’er’s cooking could give the chefs from a Michelin Restaurant a run for their money," you said.
Zhang Shan and Li Shi nodded hastily, carefully picking up a piece of Little Qing vegetables.
Zhao’er’s cooking was unlike ordinary people’s since she used a very special technique and added a bit of Heaven and Earth True Qi, making that piece of Little Qing vegetable look tender and green as though freshly plucked from the field, yet to ripen, but once in the mouth, it felt like their whole beings were about to lt for Zhang Shan and Li Shi.
Seeing the two overwheld by emotion eating a vegetable, Yang Kai couldn’t help but laugh, "Is it that exaggerated? I’ll give it a try too."
Saying so, Yang Kai also picked up a piece of the vegetable.
As he put the vegetable into his mouth, the smile on his face vanished instantly, his eyes involuntarily narrowed, the corners of his mouth turned up, that expression was indeed rather lecherous.
Nie Ying saw this, and she stomped hard on Yang Kai’s foot, causing him to flush red with pain but he was too embarrassed to cry out.
Nie Ying glared at Yang Kai irritably, then picked up a piece of green pepper with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth, scolding Yang Kai while eating, "Look at your virtues; usually when you eat the food I cook, you pick at it, and now after eating a vegetable..."
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