Chapter 415: You Think I’m an Idiot?

Chapter 415: You Think I’m an Idiot? (Update 2)

The call with Dog King is over.

Xiao Yu decides to postpone his trip to Capital City for now.

He must handle the current case.

But something is odd.

This time, the system failed to pop up.

Xiao Yu is puzzled.

Ah well—better to gather clues first.

Picking up the case files, he begins his careful analysis…

At the crime scene of this brutal dismemberment, during the initial investigation, Xiao Yu was on site and witnessed the forensic examination.

1. The case began with an online loan.

2. A fake police report led to tracking the victim.

3. The murderer is suspected to be Shi Wangmei, wife of the victim Gan Xinlei.

4. The suspect, Shi Wangmei, appears to be missing.

5. The victim’s body was arranged to resemble a house, with eerily similar weights of the body parts.

6. …

Frustrated, Xiao Yu set down the files and massaged his temples.

Sometimes the human eye can behold the cosmos,

but not the most revolting aspects of crime.

Why are there so many unsolved cases in the world?

Because the truth is incredibly hard to uncover!

Finding it demands so much time and sacrifice…

…

At the crime scene.

Xiao Yu’s gaze swept over the residence where victim Gan Xinlei and suspect Shi Wangmei once lived.

The lavish foyer exuded an air of wealth.

Judging by the property and its renovations, Xiao Yu made a rough estimate.

It was worth at least two million.

The boutique was appraised at roughly two million as well.

Plus, there was the cash that suspect Shi Wangmei had transferred out.

Victim Gan Xinlei’s assets totaled about five to six million.

Not to be compared with a domineering tycoon like Mu Qingwu.

Tycoons with billions are few and incomparable.

Nor can it be likened to short-video commenters boasting millions each.

Among ordinary people, victim Gan Xinlei was exceedingly wealthy.

So what exactly happened five months ago? Did the victim recklessly take out online loans?

Or was he controlled from the start?

According to the Criminal Investigation Team’s findings over the past five months,

victim Gan Xinlei indeed never appeared.

Instead, his wife—suspect Shi Wangmei—managed the boutique.

Forensics confirmed the time of death was within five days.

But if Gan Xinlei was kidnapped five months ago,

could a single middle-aged woman manage that?

The eerie part is that the scene showed no traces beyond those of the couple.

Xiao Yu activated his Falcon’s Eye and Wangdie’s Nose.

Yet he found no abnormalities or evidence of others.

Picking up his tablet, Xiao Yu opened suspect Shi Wangmei’s personal file.

After graduating from college, Shi Wangmei married Gan Xinlei.

The couple weren’t wealthy at first, but Gan Xinlei always supported his wife.

In their 18-year marriage, Shi Wangmei never worked…

In their seventh year of marriage,

Gan Xinlei made a small fortune from stock trading and opened a fashion store.

After years of operation, he expanded into a boutique that had been running for eight years…

So what had Shi Wangmei been doing all these years?

Indulging in food, drink, and leisure…

Her biggest hobby was working out at the gym.

Or gathering with her close friends.

She also enjoyed escape rooms.

In an 18-year marriage,

this woman seemed to know nothing but how to blow money.

How could Gan Xinlei, as a man, tolerate this?

True love?

No, after investigating,

information from the victim’s family and friends revealed that

Gan Xinlei suffered from health issues.

He was born with a condition that made him incapable of fathering children.

So he always felt he owed his wife,

never being able to give her a child…

But then, three years ago, something happened.

The couple started… believing in superstition!

Introduced by a friend, they met a ‘Female Master’.

Supposedly, this Female Master was quite remarkable.

She could help even infertile couples conceive…

Would ordinary people believe such things?

Of course not.

But as the saying goes, when desperate, people try anything.

Since conventional methods couldn’t fix Gan Xinlei’s health,

he turned to alternative solutions.

For instance…

Xiao Yu’s eyes landed on a small shrine in the foyer.

Within it was enshrined a wooden plaque.

It bore three red characters.

Huang Erxian!

Seeing these characters, Xiao Yu nearly burst into laughter.

What is Huang Erxian?

It’s the ‘Huang Xian’ from old tales!

In bygone days, people were superstitious.

The elders spoke of the ‘Four Immortals’:

Fox Immortal ‘Huli’, White Immortal ‘Ciw’ (a hedgehog-like figure), Willow Immortal ‘Snake’,

and finally, Huang Xian… the Weasel!

Normally, no one would put stock in such superstitions.

Yet victim Gan Xinlei became a disciple of a certain Female Great Immortal.

Each year, he paid his master a tribute ranging from tens of thousands to over a hundred thousand.

Is his mind truly deranged?

The situation only got weirder.

A man who could amass five to six million in assets—if he wasn’t thinking straight,

what about ordinary people?

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So here’s a question:

Does someone with such a lucrative mind really act foolishly?

Does he truly dismiss the absurdity of superstition?

Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes.

Since there were no other clues and suspect Shi Wangmei was nowhere to be found,

why not visit this Female Great Immortal?

Yeah, he decided it on impulse…

【Ding: Case Triggered Successfully.】

【Divine Detective Case Check-In Started.】

【Do you wish to check in, Host?】

Damn… Xiao Yu was stunned.

What does the system mean?

The dismemberment case hadn’t triggered any tasks—so why order him to see a Female Great Immortal, yet the system popped up?

In a whirlwind of thoughts, Xiao Yu grew uneasy.

Could it be…

Check-in!

【Ding: Congratulations, Host! Case Check-In Successful!】

【System Reward Unlocked: Culinary Expert!】

【System Mission Issued: Solve the Five Immortals Case!】

【Time Limit: Twenty Days!】

【Complete the mission on time to unlock an additional system skill: Moles’ Bane!】

【Fail within the time limit, and the system ability will be revoked!】

【Mission Countdown Begins…】

Five Immortals… Xiao Yu: (￣□￣)

Does the system not know there are no ghosts or deities in this world?

Either the system is stupid or it thinks I’m an idiot.

Surely, the system can’t be stupid, right?

Damn, it thinks I’m an idiot?