Chapter 158: Abnormal Demise

Chapter 158: Abnormal Demise

Setting aside whether a nine-year marriage still sparks passion like it once did.

It’s been a while since Che Feiting’s wife, Jia Yanli, passed away.

That fresh strawberry mark on your neck—what does it mean?

Are there dogs roaming outside?

This is his personal business; not for the police to meddle in.

But… Xiao Yu glared at him coldly.

You’re still married. Her body was still in the morgue at that time.

Really?

“Do you have another woman on the side?” Xiao Yu asked icily.

“Huh?!”

Che Feiting avoided Xiao Yu’s gaze. His hands began trembling as he shook his head, saying, “No.”

He started lying. Haha… Xiao Yu let the topic drop. “Tell me about your wife’s brother.”

“He’s nothing but a scoundrel.”

Anger flashed across Che Feiting’s face. “You say I killed my wife? How could I ever do such a thing!”

The fury in his eyes was genuine—not just aimed at his wife’s brother, but also… Xiao Yu was dumbfounded.

From his microexpressions, Xiao Yu discerned that he wasn’t lying.

Could that be confirmed?

Even if his wife’s death wasn’t natural, it wasn’t his fault, right?

Then came a strange twist.

If Jia Yanli’s death was abnormal—or even murder…

why would body snatchers steal her corpse to scare Che Feiting?

It just didn’t add up!

Xiao Yu still couldn’t figure it out.

If Che Feiting had seen his wife’s ghost, why was he so panicked?

Could it be because of an affair?

Was it guilt for betraying his wife?

That didn’t fit either.

Their relationship had long been a paper formality; they were already negotiating a divorce.

At that point, there was neither an affair nor any remorse.

After all, they were getting divorced.

But then, what exactly are you afraid of?

“The head.”

Guo Qiang and the others returned, shaking their heads at Xiao Yu.

Finding nothing amiss, Xiao Yu grew unsettled, so he went up to the rooftop for a look—only to stand frozen.

The rooftop indeed showed no signs.

There was no evidence of any rope or that anyone had hung a body in Che Feiting’s bedroom.

Xiao Yu felt the atmosphere suddenly turn eerie.

After pondering, only one possibility came to mind.

Could it have come from the apartment above?

Hanging a body from the owner’s unit?

Che Feiting’s home is a mid-rise of eight floors.

His apartment is on the fifth floor, with three more floors above.

Guo Qiang and his team knocked on the doors of the owners on those top three floors to investigate.

They found no traces.

This was a detail that was easy to check.

If anyone had tampered with a bedroom window, there would be traces.

For example, dust on the windowsill—most residents rarely clean that.

If that dust disappeared or looked odd, it would signal trouble.

Could someone have hoisted the body from below?

Think: a woman’s corpse easily weighs around a hundred jin.

Hoisted up?

It would have to be held in place for a while—is that even possible?

Tools?

There’s no chance any tools were used below.

Even the downstairs residents were checked.

Guo Qiang and his team found nothing.

“Haunted, are we?”

Xiao Yu, feeling perplexed, returned to Che Feiting’s home. He entered the bedroom and peered out the window.

The fifth floor sits roughly fifteen or sixteen meters above ground.

That distance…

Xiao Yu surveyed the complex.

Below was a four-meter-high lawn, then a surrounding wall, and beyond that, a road.

Could someone have done it from the road?

Then, could it be… Xiao Yu’s eyes lit up. “An aerial work vehicle?!”

What exactly is an aerial work vehicle?

It’s a unique vehicle, integrating mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic systems with a self-propelled aerial platform.

It can work at heights of up to about 25 meters!

If someone used one to hoist a corpse and hang it outside Che Feiting’s window…

They’d be operating from outside the complex.

Xiao Yu crouched on the road, shining his high-powered flashlight on the pavement. Activating his ‘Falcon’s Eye,’ he searched for clues.

He found something—a trace where an ‘oil pressure support leg’ had touched down on the pavement.

When in operation, aerial work vehicles deploy four ‘oil pressure support legs’ to stabilize the vehicle.

This prevents the vehicle from toppling if the work arm tilts—it made sense!

Standing up, Xiao Yu exhaled in relief.

He realized that ever since taking on this case…

he had been sprinting down a never-ending path debunking fake supernatural events.

Using logic to dismantle staged ghost stories.

It was all so exhausting!

“Retrieve the Tianyan Surveillance Camera footage and check for any aerial work vehicles that entered the area,” Xiao Yu ordered.

He issued the command firmly.

Aerial work vehicles are considered special vehicles.

They aren’t common in any city.

Before long, the vehicle data was found.

At midnight, the Tianyan Surveillance Camera confirmed an aerial work vehicle had entered the area.

By the time they traced the owner, it was already 4 a.m.

The owner was still asleep at home.

Yet, the aerial work vehicle had vanished.

After reporting to the police, a suspect vehicle was spotted somewhere in the city.

They confirmed someone had stolen an aerial work vehicle to commit the crime!

“This is something,”

Xiao Yu laughed bitterly. “To scare people with a corpse, they had the audacity to steal an aerial work vehicle? I must admit, it’s pretty bold!”

Stealing a body from the morgue, faking a ghost, staging supernatural events.

And now, stealing a vehicle to scare the bereaved—another fake ghost incident.

Most people couldn’t even pull off something like this.

The operation was outrageously brazen!

Xiao Yu was baffled.

Then, what’s your endgame with all this?

“The head—you’re coming with me!”

On the fifth floor, at Che Feiting’s bedroom window, Guo Qiang stuck his head out and shouted.

“Huh?”

Xiao Yu looked up briefly, then headed back to the complex and Che Feiting’s home.

Once in the foyer, Xiao Yu noticed Guo Qiang’s cold, stern look as he pointed at a small bottle on the coffee table and then at the pallid Che Feiting.

Xiao Yu frowned and crouched by the table, examining the small bottle.

It wasn’t big—about the size of a thumb.

“Blocker!”

Guo Qiang explained evenly, “I once worked on a case that seemed like a normal death until further investigation revealed anomalies. The victim died under abnormal circumstances—killed by this very blocker used by his wife!”

Xiao Yu’s face turned ashen.

He finally understood.

Possessing the ‘Medical Expert’ skill meant he not only excelled in medicine but also knew his way around drugs.

So what exactly is a blocker?

Its full name is a receptor blocker!

This medication works by slowing the heart rate to reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, prevent arrhythmia, and improve ventricular remodeling after a heart attack.

However, in large doses, it can cause arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, heart failure, and other sudden conditions…

Looking up, Xiao Yu glared coldly at the pale-faced Che Feiting. “Your wife’s death… was it your fault?”

Something wasn’t adding up.

Earlier, through microexpressions, Xiao Yu had determined that Che Feiting couldn’t have murdered his own wife.

Then what’s up with this bottle of medicine?

Everything was completely out of order.

Xiao Yu’s head began to throb.

A strange thought crept into his mind.

Someone was targeting Che Feiting.

And it wasn’t just one person…