Chapter 244: This Woman Killed My Younger Brother
“Ding—”
The elevator doors slowly opened to both sides.
Jiang Yuan raised her foot, preparing to step out of the carriage, but stopped when she saw the person standing at the elevator entrance, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.
Fu Jinxing also hadn’t expected to see her here.
Fu Xiaoxiao looked at her good friend, then at him, and blinked in surprise.
Jiang Yuan averted her gaze, intending to walk past him like a stranger, but Fu Jinxing suddenly spoke.
“Are you here to see my grandmother?”
“No,” Jiang Yuan said lightly, “I’m looking for someone else.”
Fu Jinxing nodded slightly, “Take care.”
Jiang Yuan walked out of the carriage with a calm stride.
A few steps later, Chen Ziqi leaned over to her, curiously asking, “Who was that handsome guy just now?”
Jiang Yuan: “Handsome?”
Chen Ziqi: “Very handsome.”
Jiang Yuan: “My fake ex-boyfriend.”
“That sounds complicated,” Chen Ziqi said doubtfully. “Then who is the man we’re going to find now?”
Jiang Yuan pressed her lips together and didn’t answer.
When she remained silent, Chen Ziqi guessed, “Real ex-boyfriend?”
Fu Xiaoxiao raised her hand and hit him, “Don’t talk nonsense, that’s a dog Yuan Yuan raised.”
Chen Ziqi put on a “I understand” expression and said two words: “Simp.”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Fu Xiaoxiao: “…”
However, the truth was cruel; more than half a year ago, Jiang Yuan was the simp.
“Ding-dong—”
Jiang Yuan pressed the doorbell several times, but no one opened the door.
She took out her phone and dialed Xie Yuchen’s number. She was already here, so she wasn’t afraid he would run away.
But the call wouldn’t go through.
Xie Yuchen had blocked her number again.
Jiang Yuan rang the doorbell a few more times. Growing impatient, she looked at the password lock on the door and, after thinking for a moment, entered a few numbers.
“Incorrect password, please re-enter—”
“Incorrect password…”
“…”
Jiang Yuan tried four times consecutively. She had only one chance left; if she entered it wrong again, it would be locked.
“Incorrect password, please re-enter—”
The door lock had been locked for 90 seconds.
Meanwhile, a system prompt sounded in Jiang Yuan’s mind.
【System 009: Triggered LV3 New Mission: Crack; Mission Reward: Earthworm Dictionary, 100 points, 1 million cash; Failure Penalty: Random Deployment. Time Limit: 72 hours.】
Crack?
Could it be cracking the password to this door?
Jiang Yuan’s eyes lit up. Was there such a good thing?
“Why don’t you guys go back first?” she said, turning to Si Heng and Chen Ziqi. “Xiaoxiao and I will stay and wait here.”
Chen Ziqi looked at Si Heng. Seeing that he didn’t speak, he replied, “We wouldn’t be at ease leaving you two here.”
“But we don’t know how long we’ll have to wait.” Jiang Yuan didn’t want them to waste time waiting with her.
Si Heng said lightly, “Ninety seconds will pass quickly. You try again.”
“How much money did he cheat you out of?” Chen Ziqi started gossiping again.
Jiang Yuan: “Three million.”
Chen Ziqi’s eyes shone as he looked at her, “Rich sister, is the event still on?”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
Si Heng regretted bringing him along; he was really unreliable.
The 90 seconds passed quickly. Jiang Yuan tried again five times, and this time it was locked for five minutes.
She pursed her lips, her expression a little embarrassed, “Maybe you guys…”
Si Heng: “Five minutes will pass quickly. You try again.”
After five minutes, Jiang Yuan started trying again. On the second attempt—”Door unlocked, welcome home.”
Fu Xiaoxiao said excitedly, “Yuan Yuan, you’re amazing!”
Jiang Yuan’s mood was complicated. She hadn’t expected Xie Yuchen’s password to be: 123123.
The group entered the house and found Xie Yuchen lying on the bedroom bed, his eyes tightly closed.
Jiang Yuan leaned against the doorframe and shouted, “Xie Yuchen, stop pretending to sleep. The three-day deadline is up, pay up!”
Xie Yuchen on the bed showed no reaction.
“Xie Yuchen!” Jiang Yuan shouted again, her tone laced with annoyance. “If you keep pretending, do you believe I’ll beat you up?”
Si Heng looked at her, a faint ripple flashing in his deep, dark eyes.
In the next second, those bright eyes suddenly looked over.
Si Heng didn’t have time to look away and met her gaze somewhat disheveledly.
Jiang Yuan frowned, her tone becoming more serious, “Si Heng, I don’t think something’s right.”
“What’s wrong?” Si Heng stepped closer to her.
Jiang Yuan pointed at Xie Yuchen on the bed, “He looks a little off.”
Si Heng followed her gaze, his eyes narrowing slightly, and said solemnly, “Ziqi, shoe covers.”
“Okay.” Chen Ziqi quickly took out shoe covers and handed them over.
The air in the scene instantly solidified, and the atmosphere became heavy with that sentence.
Chen Ziqi also gave shoe covers to Jiang Yuan and Fu Xiaoxiao.
“What’s wrong?” Fu Xiaoxiao asked while putting on shoe covers.
Si Heng walked to the side of the bed and, looking at Xie Yuchen’s lifeless face, his brow furrowed.
He put on gloves, felt for Xie Yuchen’s breath with his finger, then checked his pulse at his neck, and said solemnly, “He’s dead!”
“What?” Fu Xiaoxiao said in disbelief, her voice trembling, “Xie Yuchen is dead?”
Jiang Yuan’s face turned slightly pale, and she murmured, “How could he be dead?”
A police cordon had been set up around the scene, and uniformed staff were methodically surveying and testing Xie Yuchen’s home.
“How could it have become like this?” Fu Xiaoxiao and Jiang Yuan stood in the corridor outside, their faces filled with anxiety and unease. “Will the police suspect you?”
Thinking that Fu Xiaoxiao was so anxious because she was worried about her, Jiang Yuan’s heart softened, and she said softly, “Xiaoxiao, don’t worry, a clear conscience fears no accusation.”
Before long, a wail came from the direction of the elevator, “Yuchen, why are you dead… You were so young, you hadn’t even married or had children yet, why did you leave…”
Jiang Yuan found the voice somewhat familiar. After thinking for a moment, she said in a low voice, “That should be Xie Yuchen’s older sister.”
Early last year, Xie Yuchen had painted a rosy picture for her and introduced his family. At that time, he had introduced his sister, Xie Meichen, a thirty-eight-year-old housewife.
Xie Meichen tried to rush into the crime scene but was stopped at the entrance by Xiao Xu.
“I want to see my brother!” Xie Meichen choked out, “How did my brother die? How could he be dead?”
“Ms. Xie, please accept my condolences,” Xiao Xu said softly, comforting her. “The police are investigating.”
Xie Meichen cried, tears streaming down her face, “My brother was a sunny and cheerful boy. He would never commit suicide. Someone must have harmed him!”
Xiao Xu comforted her a few more times and handed her tissues to wipe her tears.
As Xie Meichen cried, her peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a figure that seemed somewhat familiar.
She turned to look, and the more she looked, the more familiar it became. Her eyes widened suddenly, and she shrieked, “Jiang Yuan!”
Xiao Xu looked surprised, “You know Jiang Yuan?”
“Of course I know her!” Xie Meichen pointed at Jiang Yuan and said excitedly to Xiao Xu, “Officer, this woman must have killed my brother! My brother told me that this woman came to his house and hit him a few days ago!”
“Don’t talk nonsense!” Fu Xiaoxiao also pointed at her, fiercely saying, “Who are you pointing at? Are you polite? Put your hand down!”
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