Home Visit

Chen Miemie jumped up from the sofa.

"Quick, quick, quick, everyone get moving! We need to do a major spring cleaning right now, my homeroom teacher is coming for a home visit."

This so-called "spring cleaning" wasn't about actually cleaning up; its main purpose was to hide the evidence wall in the living room.

Qinghua waved a hand.

A porcelain surface materialized over the entire evidence wall, making it look as if the wall was covered in seamless tiles.

Fengling arrived very quickly.

Including the time it took to climb the stairs, barely half an hour had passed.

Chen Miemie welcomed Fengling inside. She had come alone.

"Teach, you really didn't have to bring anything with you when you visit, honestly."

"That's my briefcase. I didn't bring any gifts."

Fengling walked into Room 1803. With her exceptionally sharp senses, she felt that something was slightly off about this room.

On a large decorative porcelain vase in the living room, the beautiful woman painted on it was so lifelike that her eyes seemed to be watching her.

A platter of roast chicken sat on the table, its savory aroma detectable from afar.

She wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but she thought she saw the water in the pitcher ripple slightly.

Even though there was clearly no breeze in the house, the paper wind chimes by the door were swaying gently.

Having eyesight that was too good and observational skills that were too sharp was not only Fengling's strength but also her passive trait, which sometimes brought a bit of trouble to her daily life.

"Teach, have a seat here. What brings you by?"

Before Fengling could speak, Loop walked out of the kitchen wearing loungewear, carrying a plate of sliced fruit.

"And this is?"

"She is my private butler."

Fengling was speechless. Why would Chen Miemie need a butler for such a small apartment?

After pouring a cup of tea, Loop left the living room and went into another bedroom.

Fengling watched Loop close the bedroom door and thought she looked somewhat familiar.

"Is it safe to talk in your house?" Fengling pointed toward Loop's bedroom.

"It is. She's one of us."

"Alright, Chen Miemie. Three weeks ago, were you assassinated by a female killer named Ash?"

"Yeah, that was right before the graduation exams."

"Why didn't you tell me then?!"

"I did tell you, hmph, but you didn't believe me at all. You even said I was making up stories to skip class."

"Uh, sorry. It did sound a bit unbelievable at the time."

"So why do you believe me now?"

"I have Ash in custody, and she confessed everything."

"No way, Teach, you changed careers! You stopped being a good teacher and ran off to catch killers."

"I am now the leader of the Sixiang City Special Investigation Team."

"Leader? Sounds like a tiny, insignificant official. You're not doing so well for yourself, are you." Chen Miemie looked at her with utter disdain.

"I've shut down the Church, put the East District Clinic under martial law, and am currently searching the entire city for the Church's bishop."

Hearing this, Chen Miemie instantly changed her tune: "Teach, I'm your closest student, your absolute direct disciple. Give a kid a hand and let me be the deputy leader."

"My authority is temporary. You must also be tracking down the person who sent someone to assassinate you, right?"

"Yeah."

"Let's work together, teacher and student, and find him together."

"Sure."

The two of them shared what they each knew about the situation.

"What clues do you have right now, and what kind of help do you need?"

"I've narrowed the target down to the Church, and now I want to find two people."

"Which two?"

"One is a former employee of the cross-city logistics company. If he's still alive, he should have seen the mysterious person who appeared at my old house in the Paradise Building.

The other is the missing Nurse Zhao. I want to dig out the person who sent her from her mouth, although the chances are slim."

Fengling immediately used her smartwatch to send a message out: "Alright, I've already sent people to investigate. By the way, there's also a missing head nurse named Loop who is highly suspicious."

"Don't worry about Loop. She's my person; otherwise, she wouldn't have helped Ash so many times at the clinic."

After Chen Miemie said this, Fengling finally realized why she had found that "private butler" so familiar earlier. Although there were many differences, those facial features and the arch of her eyebrows belonged exactly to Loop.

"Could you ask your Loop to come out for a chat? I'd like to use her testimony to corroborate whether Dr. Hua was lying."

"Loop~" Chen Miemie shouted loudly.

Loop came out.

"Ms. Loop, hello. I have a few questions to ask you."

"Hello, please go ahead."

"That night, after you chopped off Director Guo's limbs, did you reattach them?"

"Yes."

"When you left, after your treatment, was his life still in danger?"

"I didn't want him to die. Since I stepped in to save him, under natural circumstances, there is absolutely no way he would die."

"Did you know that Dr. Hua would go looking for Director Guo afterward?"

"I thought he might, but I wasn't certain. After leaving Director Guo's office, I ran straight out of the clinic."

"You've interacted with both Dr. Hua and Director Guo. Do you think it's possible that Dr. Hua killed Director Guo?"

"It's highly unlikely. Dr. Hua's combat strength is far superior to Director Guo's. If he wanted to kill him, he would have done it long ago. He wouldn't need to wait until Director Guo was weak."

"What if it was inconvenient for him to strike normally, and this time he just happened to find a scapegoat?"

"I personally still think it's unlikely. In my interactions with them, Dr. Hua and Director Guo had a very deep bond."

Fengling frowned. "Weren't they said to be as incompatible as fire and water?"

Loop nodded.

"That's not a contradiction. They had different interests and demands, but they also shared a deep affection from spending so much time together.

Dr. Hua grew up under Director Guo's watch. The fact that he could constantly contradict the clinic director as a mere doctor didn't seem like a subordinate defying a superior at all; it was more like a child rebelling against a parent."

"I understand what you mean."

Concluding her conversation with Loop, Fengling turned back to Chen Miemie.

"Even now, I still haven't figured it out, Chen Miemie. The people from the Church went through so much trouble to hire someone to assassinate you, but after the assassination failed, they didn't take any further action. What is their motive?"

Chen Miemie shrugged. "That's exactly what I've been wanting to know too."

"Then let me look at it from another angle. If you had been killed at the time, what would have happened?" Fengling began to mutter to herself.

"Your mother! Chen Miaomiao! If you died, a furious Chen Miaomiao would come and cause a huge uproar, depleting the strength of Sixiang City!"

Chen Miemie shook her head. "I thought of that hypothesis at first too, but I later ruled it out."

"Why?"

"For two reasons. First, the logic isn't necessarily sound.

I could have died during the graduation exams, or I could have had an accident anywhere. Chen Miaomiao isn't an idiot. After losing her adopted child, she wouldn't just come back to be further manipulated by others. I think she would only fight the real culprit to the death, making it not worth the loss for the mastermind.

Second, if it was for the Witch's revenge, the assassinations against me wouldn't have stopped."

"Your analysis is quite good. A message just came in. We've found the former employee you were looking for, and sure enough, he's already dead."

"How did he die?"

"After resigning, he joined a new logistics transport convoy. Not long ago, the transport convoy encountered an anomaly outside the city, and the entire convoy perished."

This situation sounded a bit familiar to Chen Miemie. "Whose convoy was it?"

"The boss's surname is Jin. It was the Jin Family Convoy."