Chapter 580: Seeing Through to Go Further

Book Chapter 580: Seeing Through, to Go Further (3 Updates)

Every action a person takes carries an inherent purpose. Lin

Friendship, love, life…

Even human needs are driven by purpose.

Hungry? Eat. Thirsty? Drink. Sleepy? Sleep…

Every move is controlled by the brain and thought.

In a sense.

Purpose is a double-edged sword.

It drives people to keep on running.

It is the target behind every action.

With a normal mind, there’s no going back…

“Spending 500 yuan to have a kid pull a rickshaw, making a call to lure a security guard out of the surveillance room, sabotaging the apartment building’s camera system, breaking into the victim’s home and killing without leaving a trace… a person like that can’t be just an idiot, brain-dead, or mentally ill!”

Xiao Yu rubbed his brow and smiled coldly. “This isn’t a crime of passion—it’s premeditated murder. The victim is merely an innocent pawn in your plan. It doesn’t matter who they are; you’re using their life to achieve your goal. And if it’s not them, then someone else will be, right?”

That’s how you approach solving a case.

First, you establish a bold hypothesis.

Then you engage in rigorous deduction as a necessary first step.

Hypothesize, challenge, re-deduce, and then dismantle every angle.

Only then do you verify the case by collecting clues and evidence.

Once you pinpoint a direction, you can follow the trail.

Even the smallest clue makes it easier to uncover the truth.

“So, is your motive based on the outcomes that follow after the murder?”

The glint in his eyes sharpened as Xiao Yu murmured, “What happens when a violent murder occurs in an apartment building?”

When deaths occur, will the residents be gripped by fear?

Does a building tainted by death lose its appeal to buyers?

Those living there are usually quite affluent.

Fearing the stigma of death and the possibility of the murderer striking again, they choose to move.

After all, it’s a high-end building in the city center with sky-high prices.

Yet even then, one death can send property values crashing.

Xiao Yu considered one possibility.

An apartment building left with just fourteen units on the market?

Don’t be fooled by the small number—those fourteen homes are worth over ten million!

So, is it possible that?

Someone deliberately murdered to take revenge on the developer, to undermine the sale of the remaining units and crash the building’s market value?

Not only is it possible, it’s utterly absurd!

It’s like setting up a date with an incredibly beautiful woman and heading to a hotel.

Then, while showering, she pulls out someone even bigger than you—just that absurd.

Absurd though it may be, it isn’t impossible.

Some people can kill over a mere spat—or even with a pencil.

What other absurd act can humans not commit?

There’s nothing humans won’t do if you think about it!

To prove Xiao Yu’s point…

In the past, many prospective buyers would flock to the apartment’s sales office.

After this murder, aside from the staff, no one was seen at the office.

Moreover, on the third day after the incident…

Four families had already moved out of the building.

And by nightfall, many residents barely dared to step outside.

Online, six second-hand listings for the apartments suddenly appeared.

The lowest-priced unit was a full third cheaper than the office’s asking price.

Isn’t that unbelievable?

But that’s the brutal truth.

Nobody wants to live in a building haunted by murder.

The wealthier you are, the more superstitious you become.

Likewise, the rich tend to fear death even more.

Until the police nab the murderer, who can guarantee he won’t strike again?

If you were in their shoes, would you dare live here?

No matter how many extra guards the property management deploys, it’s all in vain.

The entire building is gripped by paranoia!

…

City Bureau, Da Ju Office.

“The impact is enormous,”

Yun Xiangguo looked straight at Xiao Yu. “Although two deaths don’t make it a special case, the Provincial Department has issued a strict order: solve this case within seven days!”

“Understood,” Xiao Yu replied coolly.

“The pressure is immense. Do me a favor, buddy,” Yun Xiangguo said with a smile.

Xiao Yu was well aware of his current rank.

Flashing the National Security badge like strangers greeting each other, everyone reached out for a handshake.

He even extended both hands, eager to shake Xiao Yu’s.

…Crying out for praise…

They only spoke this way because they were close.

Otherwise, while Xiao Yu sat, he’d have to stand to report his work…

“I just can’t understand it,”

Yun Xiangguo glanced at Little Brother. “You really are attached to our Bincheng, huh?”

“What else?”

Xiao Yu laughed, “I’m not a woman—wouldn’t it be better to be an unambitious man?”

Yun Xiangguo: …

He almost wanted to retort, ‘I can’t agree with you, because even a sow needs proper care after giving birth, starting even before the delivery…’

“Don’t worry, I’ll do my best,”

Handing a pack of Special Edition Cigarettes to Yun Xiangguo, Xiao Yu waved and left the office.

“Haha!”

Yun Xiangguo took the Special Edition Cigarettes and shook his head with a smile.

He felt this was the proudest moment of his life.

… … …

It all started with that prison break case years ago. In front of the Detention Center, he met Xiao Yu.

That encounter led to Xiao Yu becoming his right-hand man—the commander of the entire City Bureau’s police force—and forged a friendship that defied age.

Standing by the office’s floor-to-ceiling window, watching the dashing Xiao Yu stride out of the City Bureau, Yun Xiangguo mused.

Talents always emerge across the land.

Only those with exceptional insight and who aren’t tied to power can rise.

That’s what heralds a golden age and a strong nation.

It’s why some, despite their reluctance, still climb the ranks.

Meanwhile, he himself could only ever reach the position of Da Ju.

Now that he sees through everything, he realizes he’s grown old.

They saw through it all long ago, and they were still young.

“Keep it up,”

Yun Xiangguo murmured with a smile, “I look forward to the day you command your own team!”

…

Inside the police car.

“My nose is itching—I feel like I’m about to sneeze,”

Sitting in the front seat, Xiao Yu rubbed his nose and mumbled, “Who’s silently cursing me? Or maybe sister misses me?”

“I reckon it’s the officer’s wife missing you,” said Wang Cheng with a grin as he started the car.

For some inexplicable reason, that fool laughed so foolishly—even with a hint of pride.

“That has nothing to do with you—look at you, all proud…” Xiao Yu rolled his eyes.

Thinking about the Provincial Department’s case deadline… seven days?

Xiao Yu furrowed his brows.

So, where do we begin the investigation?

The developer! Period.

Wen

Xue