Chapter 567: Chapter 567: The Young Security Guard

Book – Chapter 567: The Young Security Guard (Update 5)

A security camera video was playing on a tablet. Lin

The video shows surveillance footage from the crime scene community.

On the day Yue Jianbai was murdered, no suspicious person was seen.

That fact in itself is a huge red flag.

Nor was there any sign of the victim’s son returning home.

Xiao Yu furrowed his brow, utterly baffled.

It wasn’t until the afternoon that the victim’s son was brought back from a certain university by National Security agents.

Yue Han, 19 years old…

When Xiao Yu caught a whiff of the young man’s scent, he was completely dumbfounded.

It wasn’t him!

In that moment, Xiao Yu’s mind nearly exploded.

Had something truly supernatural happened?

Could his deduction be wrong – was it really a suicide?

A murder-suicide?

This completely shatters my image of cunning and heroic prowess!

Xiao Yu noticed that Wang Dong and Zhao Long were giving him strange looks… “I swear, you two are practically calling me out with your eyes,” he muttered inwardly.

No way—I have to crack this case to keep up my image of brilliance.

Everyone’s energy was running low, so the group returned to the hotel to get some rest.

Wang Dong and Zhao Long invited Little Brother to join them for a bath.

After thinking it over for 27 seconds, Xiao Yu couldn’t say no; his words stuttered out in indecision.

Once at the public bath, the two older guys couldn’t help but chuckle at how slowly Xiao Yu was undressing.

“What’s the matter? Are you shy about taking off your pants?” Wang Dong teased.

“No, I’m just worried I might scare you,” Xiao Yu shot a sidelong glance at him.

Wang Dong: …

“Pfft!” Zhao Long burst into laughter.

“Who are you trying to impress now…?” Wang Dong muttered, his face twitching.

After the three soaked in the bath and felt completely refreshed, they returned to the hotel for some sleep.

Before dawn on the second day, a knock on the door startled them awake.

“Du Hui and her son Yue Han have been murdered!”

After a team member delivered the news, Xiao Yu was struck with terror, nearly losing control of his expression.

Wang Dong and Zhao Long were utterly dumbfounded.

How could this be?

Remember, the crime scene only had one fatality before, and National Security agents were monitoring outside the community.

How did someone die like this?!

……

Upon arriving at the scene…

Du Hui and her son Yue Han were found tragically dead at home.

Du Hui’s body lay in the master bedroom, her neck slashed by a sharp weapon; blood spattered all over the bed.

Her son Yue Han died in a small room, his throat similarly slit by the same kind of weapon.

Inside the house, scattered banknotes could be seen all over the floor.

They seemed to amount to tens of thousands.

Xiao Yu began examining the scene.

“It’s another case of carbon monoxide poisoning!”

He noticed clear signs of carbon monoxide poisoning on both bodies.

Yet the actual cause of death for both was massive blood loss.

This was eerily similar to the death of Yue Jianbai.

“The weapon used to cut Yue Jianbai’s veins has not been recovered yet.”

Wang Dong said grimly, “There’s no sign of the murder weapon at Du Hui and Yue Han’s scene either!”

“No.”

Xiao Yu shook his head and glared coldly at the banknotes scattered on the floor, “The murder weapon is right here.”

“Banknotes?”

Wang Dong was stunned, following Little Brother’s gaze to the money on the floor, “No way, right?”

“Why not?”

Xiao Yu stared icily at the pristine banknotes, “Back in the ’80s, there was a case of a paper-knife murder… Now, hand me a pair of chopsticks.”

A team member brought over a pair of disposable chopsticks and handed them to Xiao Yu.

Taking the chopsticks, Xiao Yu then picked up a fresh banknote from the floor.

He held the banknote aloft with his right hand in a deliberate, steady manner.

Suddenly, he swung down sharply at the chopsticks already grasped in his left hand.

Snap!

The chopsticks cracked in two at the sound.

Everyone watching was utterly flabbergasted.

They stared blankly at the chopsticks before looking over at Xiao Yu, as if they were witnessing a miracle.

“Stop staring at me like that.”

Xiao Yu discarded the chopsticks and banknote, “It’s just a trick—actually, it was my finger that did the cutting.”

The team was speechless.

“So you just performed an ‘air show’ for us?”

They were itching to punch him.

“Go to the bank and bring back ten thousand in cash.”

Xiao Yu pulled out a black bank card and handed it to a team member.

Wang Dong and Zhao Long rolled their eyes.

“Centurion… are you showing off your wealth?”

He did have an incredibly rich wife, but that didn’t mean he needed to flaunt it like this.

Surely, he didn’t need to be so ostentatious.

The team member returned with a stack of crisp hundred-dollar bills and handed the card back to Xiao Yu.

“Bundle the bills tightly together.”

Holding the money, Xiao Yu shifted the bundle slightly, “Their edges become razor-sharp—the kind that can easily slice through…”

Suddenly, he swung his arm toward a wall.

In the next moment, a long, clean cut appeared on the white wall.

The mark looked exactly as if a cleaver had hacked through it.

Witnessing this, everyone’s heart pounded in shock.

Could it really be possible?!

Wang Dong snatched the stack of bills from Xiao Yu, his expression troubled.

Mimicking Xiao Yu’s movement, he took a corner of the bundle and quickly made a slash on the wall.

Swish!

Sure enough, a jagged cut appeared.

“Using banknotes to slice the victim’s neck is entirely feasible.”

Xiao Yu looked down at the scattered money on the floor, “And if you spread the banknotes out, the murder weapon completely disappears!”

“It’s actually true!” Wang Dong muttered.

Zhao Long’s expression also turned troubled.

Without Xiao Yu’s demonstration, they would never have imagined someone could commit murder in this way!

“But what’s the motive?”

Snapping back to reality, Wang Dong looked at Little Brother.

“The motive is obvious.”

Xiao Yu said coldly, “It’s a massacre!”

“How did he even get into the community?”

Zhao Long couldn’t understand, “National Security is stationed outside the community. Anyone suspicious entering would be monitored, right?”

“Who said it had to be an outsider?”

Xiao Yu rubbed his temples and added, “It was my oversight at first—I didn’t consider checking some areas.”

“The residents of the community?”

Wang Dong said grimly, “We’ve already cleared all the residents; none of them are suspects.”

“Then why assume it’s a resident? Have you forgotten that there are others within the community?”

Xiao Yu continued, “For example, the property staff… the security guards!”

“Someone capable of a mass murder would likely have deep grudges.”

“Based on my experience, perpetrators of massacres usually know the victim… Yue Han had just returned from school and then he appeared, killing people—it’s no coincidence.”

“It feels as if… Yue Jianbai was killed purposely to lure his son Yue Han back, and then Du Hui and Yue Han were both murdered!”

Though Wang Dong and Zhao Long didn’t fully grasp it, their spines tingled as they listened.

Holy crap, I’m blown away!

National Security began investigating the property staff of the community, focusing on the security guards.

However, an unexpected discovery was made.

Among the security guards was one very young guard, only nineteen years old.

What was odd about him?

He was in charge of the community’s surveillance equipment.

And, interestingly enough, he was a childhood friend of the victim Yue Han.

The young security guard… had fled!