Chapter 117: Struggle Fuels My Excitement

Chapter 117: The More You Struggle, The More Excited I Get

When facing the police’s demands, who wouldn’t say it’s inconvenient?

Xiao Yu arrived at Jiang Dan’s residence.

It was a residential building not far from the flower shop.

Originally, the place belonged to Wu Tingting, the former owner of the flower shop.

When her family was selling off things, Jiang Dan bought it all.

Now, it is solely Jiang Dan’s home.

According to the police investigation,

Jiang Dan had been acquainted with Wu Tingting for eight years.

Jiang Dan had worked at Wu Tingting’s shop since her part-time days.

People who knew them remarked that they were extremely close, as if they were sisters!

Thus, about half a year after Jiang Dan started working at the flower shop, the two ended up living together.

The moment Xiao Yu stepped through the door, his Wangdie’s Nose detected the scent of three people.

Three people?

Xiao Yu stood at the door, frozen for what felt like ages.

“Come in,” he said.

Jiang Dan entered the hall with reddened eyes and glanced at Xiao Yu.

“Oh.”

Regaining her composure, Xiao Yu’s expression shifted noticeably.

How could there be the scent of three people?

And not just any scent – the smell of two women and one man.

The man’s scent should have lingered just yesterday.

Giving Jiang Dan a peculiar look, Xiao Yu thought, If she really is Jiang Dan, does that mean she already has another man?

Ren Chang, whose hair was as green as the grass on the steppe?

Why suggest that?

Even if her Jiang Dan confirms and has broken up with Ren Chang, being single doesn’t matter if a man is involved.

What matters is… this man’s scent is overwhelmingly present in the room, as though he frequents the place.

It wasn’t hard to tell by the odor that this man often came and went from Jiang Dan’s home.

Then an even stranger question emerged.

Besides Jiang Dan, who was the other woman?

Wu Tingting?

Come on!

Even if someone had a system like Wangdie’s Nose, after nine months since death, no trace of a scent should linger.

Unless, of course, items once used by the deceased or some personal effects remained in the house.

Otherwise, it’s impossible for a scent to endure this long.

One thing was for sure.

That woman’s scent was gradually fading, nearly disappearing…

“Besides you, has anyone else been staying here?”

Snapping back to attention, Xiao Yu stared directly into Jiang Dan’s eyes and activated his Falcon’s Eye, locking onto her pupils.

“Huh?”

Jiang Dan’s pupils contracted rapidly and she shook her head slightly, “No, it’s just me. I’ve been living alone recently!”

Heh… Xiao Yu quirked a smile.

Why lie?

Even if you admitted it, what difference would it make?

Had you not lied, my scent detection might have excluded you from suspicion.

Now… Jiang Dan?

“Who exactly are you?”

Xiao Yu suddenly bristled, goosebumps rising like cold snakes from his tailbone to his head as he glared at Jiang Dan and asked every word sharply.

“…”

Jiang Dan hesitated, then her already uneasy face twisted into an unnatural smile, “Officer, what exactly are you saying?”

Xiao Yu fell silent. Guo Qiang, who had been following quietly with a baffled and horrified expression, said, “Pull up all the security footage from the community and the residential building.”

Why was Guo Qiang so dumbfounded?

The person before him was clearly Jiang Dan.

So why was Xiao Yu asking who she was?

In that instant, a chill wind seemed to pass over Guo Qiang. Glancing nervously at Jiang Dan’s slightly altered expression, he turned and left.

“Officer, is there some kind of misunderstanding?”

After a long pause, Jiang Dan managed a weak smile, “Did I say something wrong?”

“I didn’t really suspect you at first.”

Without so much as a glance at Jiang Dan, Xiao Yu surveyed the hall. “Because one person impersonating another isn’t realistic—unless you’re filming a show or writing a novel. It might be possible, but the execution is far too complicated!”

Jiang Dan’s complexion shifted dramatically.

“So it was all my overthinking that got me tangled up. I never imagined it could happen. But…”

Xiao Yu slowly turned his head, his eyes fixed coldly on Jiang Dan. “I truly didn’t expect you could pull this off.”

Jiang Dan lowered her head in silence.

“Not admitting it?”

Xiao Yu sneered. “It doesn’t matter. Once the security footage confirms my suspicions, I have plenty of ways to force a confession. I even have a pretty good idea of who you are. Would you agree I’m right… Wu Tingting?”

Jiang Dan… No. It should be Wu Tingting. Her body trembled as she kept her head lowered in silence.

Silence was working for her… Xiao Yu laughed coldly and stopped talking.

Soon, the community and residential building cameras were pulled up.

Upon review,

it was precisely as Xiao Yu’s Wangdie’s Nose had detected—a man frequently entering and leaving Wu Tingting’s home.

Whose man?

It was quickly determined.

Duan Qicheng: Male, 35 years old.

Occupation: Doctor, Chief Physician, Specialist in Cosmetic Surgery.

Key point: Wu Tingting’s boyfriend!

The footage showed that recently, only Duan Qicheng had been entering Wu Tingting’s home; there was no sign of any woman.

So why were there traces of two different women’s scents in the room?

If Jiang Dan had truly been replaced by Wu Tingting,

then wouldn’t only Wu Tingting and Duan Qicheng be coming and going from the house?

No.

Because there undeniably were traces of two women’s scents.

Wu Tingting, while impersonating Jiang Dan, must have been using some of Jiang Dan’s personal items to avoid arousing suspicion.

Such items wouldn’t be swapped out quickly, for fear that those familiar with her might notice a sudden change…

For example, clothes, shoes, handbags—all of Jiang Dan’s.

This would explain why one woman’s scent was gradually fading.

It hadn’t vanished entirely because someone kept leaving women’s items behind and continually using them…

“Arrest Duan Qicheng!” Xiao Yu ordered.

“Yes!”

Li Xin and Liu Hongqiao left on cue, leaving only Guo Qiang behind. He stared at a nearly trembling Wu Tingting, still struggling to accept that the woman before him was, in fact, Wu Tingting!

“Still not confessing?”

Xiao Yu’s interest piqued as he glared at a head-bowed, shivering Wu Tingting. “Do you really think this act works? Since I’ve deduced you’re Wu Tingting, I can easily figure out everything else. What’s the point of disguising yourself?”

“You…”

Sporting Jiang Dan’s face… Wu Tingting raised her head, her expression twisted into a snarl. “What proof do you have that I’m Wu Tingting?”

“Stubborn to the end, aren’t you?”

Xiao Yu shook his head with a smile. “The simplest solution is to run a DNA test—a blood relationship check between Jiang Dan’s parents and you would suffice.”

“Is that so?”

A strange smile appeared on Wu Tingting’s face as she continued to speak as if she were still Jiang Dan, “It seems I wasn’t born to my parents but was bought by them… It wasn’t until I was eighteen that I started working because I learned this truth.”

Xiao Yu: …

So Jiang Dan’s past wasn’t that of a country girl, but that she had been trafficked?

How did the police miss this?

But do you really think that leaves me powerless?

“So Wu Tingting isn’t your biological child either?” Xiao Yu sneered.

“How would I know?”

Wu Tingting continued to smile, “But I did hear that Wu Tingting’s parents emigrated abroad four months ago!”

Xiao Yu was taken aback as he stared at Wu Tingting, who smiled at him as if to say, ‘Why all the flashy and elaborate moves?’

Soon, Xiao Yu broke into an exceptionally delighted smile.

Struggle. Struggle as hard as you can.

The more you struggle, the more excited I become!