Chapter 328: Obedient Reflections

Chapter 328: I’m Obedient

After two days of not coming home and barely a few hours of sleep,

Xiao Yu could no longer bear it.

‘Let the case wait, maybe I should get some sleep first,’ he thought.

Dragging his weary body, Xiao Yu walked through the front door.

Everyone has a place filled with familial love in their life… home!

A sanctuary for the soul, a resting post for life, a destination for hearts, a continuity for the spirit.

When Mu Qingwu helped her brother out of his jacket,

she proudly offered a pair of slippers, her slightly rounded belly in view.

Gazing at her gentle, exquisite face…

All his exhaustion seemed to vanish in an instant. Xiao Yu reached out and wrapped his sister in a tender embrace, saying, “I missed you!”

“Really?”

Blinking her soft, water-like eyes, Mu Qingwu leaned into her brother and asked, “How much did you miss me?”

“It’s that kind of…”

With a joyful grin, Xiao Yu teased, “Whoever I miss the most, I just have to hang onto them like a stylish pendant!”

“Ha!”

Mu Qingwu burst into laughter, “So it’s a Little Monkey pendant then.”

“Exactly.”

Swaying as if in a slow dance with his sister, Xiao Yu said leisurely, “I hope that before I turn 24, you’ll bless me with a daughter as beautiful as you.”

“Huh?”

Stealing a glance at her mischievous brother, Mu Qingwu exclaimed in surprise, “And what if this baby turns out to be a boy?”

“Well, if you don’t say no, that means yes.”

Xiao Yu joked, “I’m only 22 now. Even if this one is a boy, we still have time to have a daughter, right?”

“You shameless thing.”

Mu Qingwu, who adored sweet nothings, instantly felt her heart warm.

“Who cares about modesty when it comes to having children?”

Remaining calm, Xiao Yu remarked, “Sometimes I have to admit, being shameless is a lot easier.”

“None of it makes me feel any sorry for you.”

Mu Qingwu lifted her red lips and said, “What am I to you? Am I just here to have your children?”

“Of course not.”

Looking down, Xiao Yu met his sister’s eyes and whispered, “You’re the rose I found in a sea of trash.”

This world is filthy, like a vast dump.

Yet amid the rubble, a stunning rose blooms.

“And what about you, then?”

Mu Qingwu laughed, “Do you really get so enamored by a rose?”

Ordinarily, most women would be furious,

thinking, ‘You dare compare me to a dump?’

But Mu Qingwu, with her sharp wit, grasped her brother’s meaning instantly.

“Hmm.”

Nodding earnestly, Xiao Yu pressed his cheek against his sister’s, saying, “Just like tonight’s romance—it was all thanks to the rose!”

Because to him, his sister was that rose!

……

After a warm, intimate dinner, the young couple cozied up in the living room.

“Sis, can I smoke?”

Lying atop a pair of long legs with his ear near her belly, Xiao Yu pleaded innocently, “For the sake of baby’s image?”

“No way.”

Ruffling his brother’s head, Mu Qingwu chuckled and shook her head.

“All my colleagues smoke; their wives don’t care.”

Xiao Yu, on the verge of tears, asked, “Then why can’t I?”

“Because they never listen.”

Caressing his handsome face, Mu Qingwu softly inquired, “Are you being obedient?”

“…”

Sighing, Xiao Yu replied, “I’m obedient!”

“Good boy!”

Mu Qingwu squinted her eyes, resembling two crescent moons, and said, “Time for bed.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

Rising, Xiao Yu took his sister’s hand and led her toward the bedroom.

Mu Qingwu followed like a blissful little woman.

They had been married for almost a year now.

Her cooking was excellent, and he even helped around the house.

He was sure that he’d make a great father someday, right?

After all, he was utterly obedient!

……

At dawn, a sliver of light crept into the bedroom.

Xiao Yu opened his eyes, leaned down to kiss his peacefully sleeping sister, and quietly got up.

After freshening up, he lay on Mu Qingwu’s belly, listening intently.

Then, beaming with his bright smile, he left the room.

In the hall, Bai Ting looked up as Xiao Yu descended the stairs, “Finish your meal before you leave.”

“No, the case is too urgent.”

Shaking his head, Xiao Yu glanced at Bai Ting, “Sorry for the trouble, Sister Bai.”

“Trouble?”

Bai Ting chuckled softly, “Protecting your sister has always been my duty.”

“Duty?”

A curious glint in his eyes, Xiao Yu laughed, “I should be thanking Big Boss, right? My comrade White Ting, our security officer?”

“Ha!”

Bai Ting laughed heartily, “Just know it.”

Waving her off, Xiao Yu stepped out the door.

Bai Ting watched his departing back and sighed.

“What a clever creature!”

……

The Red Flag car sped along and arrived at the Criminal Investigation Team.

“How’s the investigation going… huh?”

Entering the cluttered meeting room, Xiao Yu frowned, “Didn’t I tell you all to go home and rest yesterday?”

The boss, Big Boss, and several colleagues glared with bloodshot eyes yet managed a slight smile.

Even He Li hadn’t come home last night, clutching a case file with evident excitement.

“You all never change; I’m almost embarrassed for you.”

Pulling out a chair and sitting down, Xiao Yu smiled, “Others work overtime while you rush home—what’s there to be embarrassed about?”

Everyone knew she was taking care of him because Mu Qingwu was pregnant.

“Stop with the chit-chat.”

Instructor Zhou Tinghu joked, “Just hand out some Special Edition Cigarettes to everyone.”

“No problem,” Xiao Yu nodded.

Such a trivial matter.

Soon, the meeting commenced.

New clues emerged in the investigation.

Just as Xiao Yu had predicted,

the culprit was not necessarily a man. It could very well be a woman.

Isn’t that bizarre?

There are far too many quirky cases in this world.

Think of how many strange cases Xiao Yu himself has encountered in his past lives.

Every time a case is finally solved,

it feels as though someone forcibly fed you something as revolting as dung.

So utterly disgusting!

“First, there’s the red-dressed woman in the video.”

Activating the projector, Xiao Yu pointed to the screen displaying the woman in red, then pointed to the middle-aged man brutally killed by her, “This suggests that the culprit very likely isn’t the one behind the three cases in the past five years!”

The deceased, Li Shuangcheng, a 43-year-old man, had been listed as missing three years ago.

He is also a suspect in this case.

Afterward, He Li took the forensic team to the victim’s home for further examination.

Three years had passed—could they still uncover clues?

Yes!

Modern forensic methods can trace evidence from any trace left at the crime scene.

For example,

He Li detected remnants of long-decomposed human tissue in the septic tank.

This confirmed that after Li Shuangcheng was killed,

the dismembered remains were indeed flushed away through the toilet, ending up in the community septic tank.

“What’s our next move?”

Zhao Changshan looked at Xiao Yu, voicing the collective concern.

“Simple,”

as the projection switched to scenes from five years ago showing the disappearance sites of three victims. Xiao Yu pointed at them coldly, “Once we crack how the culprit abducted these three, we’ll surely find the evidence we need.”

Just as soon as the clues are found, we’ll follow the trail and nab the perp!

……