"Su Xiaong is still all right, but these past few days, through coordination with the criminal police in Eastern Sea City, I’ve discovered an issue," you said.
"What issue?"
Xian Qianling, this madwoman, is actually also a workaholic. She seems to have endless energy and can always invest herself wholeheartedly into criminal investigation work.
"The girls who went missing in Eastern Sea City were all young, between sixteen and eighteen years old, and as you said, they were all rather good-looking. However, these girls were all on the fringes of society, and their family relationships were quite complex. They had all been missing for so ti before the police were notified," she explained.
Xian Qianling took a briefcase from the back seat of the car and passed you the information on the missing girls, continuing, "But Su Xiaong is different from them. Setting aside age, to my knowledge, Su Xiaong is indeed a typical ’good girl.’ Her whereabouts were only the office and her rental place. In Yuhang, she only had two friends, one being her ex-boyfriend, and the other, Little Lan."
"She had a boyfriend?"
"Yes, but they’ve broken up. According to Su Xiaong, the strange occurrences began when she broke up with her boyfriend," she said.
You frowned and continued to inquire, "Have you contacted Jiang Leng?"
"Yes, Su Xiaong has already moved out of that rental place. She’s now living with Jiang Leng."
"Oh? Their relationship has progressed that quickly."
You hadn’t expected this cousin to act so swiftly, cohabiting with soone in just a few days.
"It’s not as sordid as you think. They’re simply cohabiting normally. And now that Jiang Leng is Su Xiaong’s boss, he has brought her into Jiang Family Corporation. Su Xiaong is still working in fashion design," she clarified.
Hearing Xian Qianling’s words, you couldn’t help but curl your lip, "Of course, you, a workaholic who never catches Korean dramas or idol series, wouldn’t understand. These days, the most popular trope is the domineering CEO, the wealthy and handso cold male god, the mature man with a face full of stubble."
"Enough, don’t spout that to ," Xian Qianling said. She shifted into drive, pressed the accelerator, and the SUV kicked up the accumulated snow, charging off the road.
"Where are we going now?"
"To see Jiang Leng. He seems to know sothing and has made it clear that he will only speak to you."
You shrugged. Since you were already out, there wasn’t much else to say.
You had originally thought you would drive south into the city, but Xian Qianling turned northwest and soon you’d entered a high-class villa residential area.
Looking at the rows of refined semidetached houses and villas around you, you couldn’t help but sigh, "If I could buy a house here, life would be complete."
"That’s all the ambition you have?" Xian Qianling glanced sideways at you.
With your hands behind your head, you sat back in your seat with a relaxed expression, "That’s exactly the amount of ambition I have. To buy a house here, then move in with the person I love the most, have a kid, wouldn’t that complete life?"
Xian Qianling suddenly fell silent. She didn’t bicker with you any longer, just gave you a aningful glance, and then focused on driving.
The atmosphere in the car grew still, but soon the vehicle stopped in front of a very tastefully decorated villa.
Unlike typical villas, the one in front of you did not have a main gate from the outside. Although this villa didn’t have the largest plot, its design was uniquely ingenious.
Yuhang and Xian Qianling first entered a courtyard. Although the courtyard was not large, it was nevertheless lush with vegetation; the front door lay beyond the courtyard.
Xian Qianling walked up and pressed the doorbell. Before long, the door opened, and it wasn’t just anyone, it was Su Xiaong herself.
Although she had known that you were coming, a hint of embarrassnt still showed on Su Xiaong’s face when she saw you.
"Miss Su, is Mr. Jiang in?"
"Yes, he’s in the living room."
Yuhang and Xian Qianling entered the house, and there’s no need to dwell on the decor. Suffice it to say, it looked unostentatious, but every corner was a testant to the hoowner’s dedication.
As you entered the living room, Jiang Leng was making milk tea, the whole house carrying a faint scent of milk aroma. Seeing you co in, Jiang Leng smiled faintly, "It’s freezing outside, have so horse milk tea to warm up."
"You always knew how to enjoy life, cousin."
You didn’t stand on ceremony and directly took a seat opposite Jiang Leng.
After a cup of fragrant horse milk tea had been consud, you turned to Jiang Leng and said, "Cousin, tell what you know."
At that mont, Su Xiaong also took a seat, but she chose another sofa, keeping a certain distance from Jiang Leng.
Jiang Leng glanced at Su Xiaong and began, "That night, I had an appointnt with soone. At the ti, Xiaong and her ex-boyfriend were also there."
Su Xiaong obviously didn’t want to ntion her ex-boyfriend, who had wasted her youth, and kept her head down in silence.
Jiang Leng also seed reluctant to rip open Su Xiaong’s old wounds, so he continued, "At that ti, Xiaong went to the restroom, and the woman I was eting also went in. When Xiaong ca out of the restroom, she carried a trace of Yin Ghost Qi. Although I am not a practitioner, a senior in my family devoted himself deeply to cultivation, and I learned a bit through childhood exposure. That Yin Ghost Qi, it was denser and more sordid than that of ordinary ghosts. After Xiaong left, I took the chance when no one was paying attention to check the won’s restroom and found that it concealed nothing at all. Obviously, that Yin Ghost Qi must have been attached to her temporarily by that woman."
"Who was it?" Xian Qianling asked anxiously.
Jiang Leng paused and said, "Pu Songbai’s daughter, Pu Yan, the current head of the Pu Family."
Upon hearing this na, Xian Qianling frowned, "Pu Yan? Is she the one known as the top debauchee in Eastern Sea?"
"Oh?" You raised your eyebrow at Jiang Leng, "Cousin, I didn’t expect you to have such a strong taste."
Jiang Leng ignored your sarcasm and continued, "I’ve always been curious about how Pu Yan could maintain her youthful appearance. After eting her, my curiosity only grew."
At these words, both you and Xian Qianling quieted down, knowing that a key piece of information for the case was coming your way.
"All along, people’s focus on Pu Yan has been her age. There has always been much speculation about her actual age. Others may not be aware, but I happen to know so insider information because my father was once betrothed to Pu Yan. However, my father later t my mother and broke the engagent. Therefore, Pu Yan’s age is comparable to my father’s — forty-eight years old."
"Forty-eight years old!"
Xian Qianling exclaid in horror, "How is that possible! I’ve t her once, and judging from her appearance, she definitely didn’t look older than twenty-six!"
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