Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 606: Chapter 580: Clues and Sudden Insight

”Actually, wouldn’t it be good for you to go home and accompany your partner at this time? She is also a suspected target,” Lin Ze Guang asked.

Yu Minglang shook his head.

”I have people patrolling the phone booths around the radio station. If anyone makes a harassing call, they will be immediately captured at the spot. As for my fiancée, she already has the super strong bodyguards I’ve arranged for her, so there won’t be any problems. I’m just worried someone is watching her. If I stick around, it might make it harder for the enemy to act, so it’s better to lure them out.”

Providing safe and effective protection doesn’t necessarily mean being by her side all the time. Yu Minglang staying here to quickly catch the suspect is more protective of Qian than sticking with her. He doesn’t like being passive; he prefers to take the initiative.

”Who is this reliable, even more than you?”

Yu Minglang snorted, knowing that Liumei couldn’t beat him but was more than enough to handle ordinary crooks.

”There’s something odd about the case details. Let’s go inside, and you tell me all the information you have in detail.” Yu Minglang’s sixth sense had come into play again.

Lin Ze Guang led him inside and repeated some of the details to him.

When the information about the first victim was mentioned, Yu Minglang suddenly paused.

”I know what’s wrong. You said both victims were killed after their night shifts, but the first victim worked in a mall where the latest night shift ended at 8 PM. Why was she alone near the mall past midnight?”

This detail was casually mentioned by others, but Yu Minglang’s intuition caught the problem.

”Maybe she went to eat after work?” Lin Ze Guang guessed, noting that many eateries are open 24 hours.

Yu Minglang shook his head and spread out a map of Lishi.

”Look for yourselves, there are no 24-hour eateries around here. She rode her bike alone to the closed mall with a purpose. What was she doing?”

That area is a commercial district, not on her route home. No one would go out of their way in the middle of the night, which raises suspicion.

”Maybe it was a date or something, wouldn’t that be unimportant?” someone remarked casually.

Yu Minglang looked at him calmly, ”Everything you deem unimportant could become a key to the case. Check! Check why she went to a closed mall at that late hour.”

Yu Minglang was doing his utmost to help Qian with her troubles, seemingly unrelated things, yet somehow intertwined with things that would happen to them both.

While not letting any detail slip, the comprehensive investigation was conducted, and Qian’s work continued as well.

Yu Liumei, following her brother’s instructions, stayed close to Qian.

Qian is not an easy person to get along with, and few people can impress her, but Yu Liumei somehow didn’t bother her.

Those who practice martial arts don’t have much cunning, saying what they mean bluntly, showing noticeable good upbringing. Her parents work for the government, yet she doesn’t show signs of being spoiled. Rumor has it she was sent to learn martial arts because of poor health as a child, mixing with boys at a martial arts school, her character like a boy.

She’s truly an outgoing person, unlike those who pretend to be one.

Though Yu Liumei speaks bluntly, she’s respectful in her actions, not disturbing Qian’s peaceful life while living with her, and she takes good care of all the household facilities.

Qian got up in the morning, found a hot breakfast on the table, almost mistaking Xiaoqiang for being back, just not seeing where Yu Liumei had gone.

A few minutes passed, Yu Liumei returned carrying a sandbag.

”Good morning, beautiful Qian~”

”Practicing at home is enough, so tiring to go out.”

”It’s fine, boxing at home makes noise, don’t want to disturb your sleep, carrying the sandbag is just exercise, haha~”

Seeing such a carefree smile in the morning spreads happiness, Qian smiled at her, handing her a towel.

”Wipe off your sweat, you seem tired. Don’t go out tomorrow; I’ll hang the sandbag for you on my clothes rack here, the house has good soundproofing.”

”Oh my, so kind, no wonder Lang loves you, you’re truly one of a kind~”

The local accent made Qian laugh.

”Hey, beautiful, isn’t this towel quite expensive? It feels different; using it for sweat seems wasteful; doesn’t matter, I have my towel!”

Yu Liumei looked at the towel Qian gave her and returned it.

”I have another one; you can use this to wipe your sweat. It’s not wasteful if things are well used. I haven’t even used this towel, I just opened it, don’t mind, okay?”

”Then I won’t be polite. You’re so generous, cousin’s wife! I love your personality!”

Later, Qian got a call from Teng Shuixian to meet a client. Such high-profile patients do not want many people to know they’re sick, so Qian went alone, leaving Yu Liumei to roam the street, urging her to stay in the mall and wander but not go out because of her poor sense of direction.

Yu Liumei, truly with no sense of direction, initially wanted to look at sports goods, ended up circling around and couldn’t get out of the household goods section, happening upon an import shop where she recognized the towel Qian gave her.

Surprised by the price tag — so expensive!

Her phone rang, it was Yu Minglang calling.

”Where’s my wife, why can’t I reach her phone?”

”She went to meet a client, told me she turns off her phone during meetings and turns it back on when done; she’s at the café in the mall.”

”Nothing unusual happened, right?”

”No, sister-in-law is great, doesn’t talk much but is kind to me, and she loves braised pork, I like her!”

”Of course, do you think I can choose the wrong woman? Take good care of your cousin’s wife, I’ll reward you once it’s done, whatever you want to eat!”

”No need, cousin’s wife gave me many things, toiletries all new, and today a fantastic towel — Lang, what does my sister-in-law like, I’d like to buy something for her, reciprocation is important.”

”No need, my wife isn’t stingy, if you’re too formal, she won’t be happy, just protect her well, that’s enough.”

”That’s what you say, yet I feel I’m troubling her too much. Just now I saw the towel she gave me, super expensive, just a small piece for 40 yuan! 40! Almost as much as my weekly living expenses, how can this store be so expensive?”

Yu Liumei’s casual complaint attracted the displeasure of the shop assistant.

”How can you talk like that! These are imported from an island nation’s White Cloud brand towels, we’re the only shop in the province selling them, the import taxes and all are added to the cost, isn’t that worth money? Your words are harsh!”

The clear voice reached Yu Minglang through the phone, accompanied by his straightforward cousin apologizing to the shop assistant, and suddenly, a realization dawned on him.

So that’s it!