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"Then let's go inside and talk,"

Su Chen saw she also wasn't clear, so he walked straight in.

Jiang Lixing's office was right at the edge, and through the windows inside, one could see the courtyard.

He was looking at a file when he suddenly looked up and saw Su Chen walking through the courtyard; he was startled and rushed out.

As soon as Jiang Lixing ran out, Su Chen saw him. Seeing that he was about to speak, he quickly and imperceptibly shook his head.

Jiang Lixing glanced at the woman beside him and immediately understood.

"Mr. Su, may I ask what brings you to our police station?"

Jiang Lixing pretended it was official business and said.

"Oh, Director Jiang, this time I'm just accompanying a friend,"

Su Chen pointed to Xiao Yaning beside him and said:

"Her name is Xiao Yaning, she used to be the daughter of Xiao Dingguo, but she has already severed that relationship. Your police station just notified her to come."

As soon as Jiang Lixing heard this, he realized and apologetically said:

"I'm really sorry; we also know that you're no longer related as father and daughter, but since Xiao Dingguo no longer has any other relatives, we had no choice but to notify Miss Xiao."

"It's okay."

Xiao Yaning found it strange that Su Chen and Jiang Lixing knew each other, but she didn't say anything.

"Director Jiang, can you tell me exactly what is going on?"

Su Chen casually asked.

"Of course," Jiang Lixing paused slightly before saying, "This morning, two fishing boats found a body in the river while they were fishing, and then they reported it to the police. We immediately sent someone to the scene."

"According to the preliminary assessment of the medical examiner, the victim likely died during the night four days ago. The exact cause of death will be determined after you have seen the body and the medical examiner performs an autopsy for a definitive answer. Additionally, the victim's body was covered in scars, clearly having suffered torture before death."

"How did you know the victim was Xiao Dingguo?"

As far as Su Chen was concerned, after four days immersed in the river, the body would definitely be too disfigured to identify.

"Oh, actually, there's quite a coincidence. Xiao Dingguo had some run-ins with the law in his early business days, so he had a criminal record and fingerprints on file. We matched them and they corresponded."

Jiang Lixing explained with a smile.

Su Chen nodded; that explained things.

However, his focus wasn't there, but rather on the fact that Xiao Dingguo had suffered torture before his death. Who could it have been, and why?

He felt this matter was very likely related to Lv Shixin's death.

The two, led by Jiang Lixing, arrived in a room where Xiao Dingguo's body lay, covered with a white cloth.

"The condition of the victim may be somewhat shocking, so you should brace yourselves,"

Jiang Lixing said, his words mainly directed at Xiao Yaning.

"Okay!"

Xiao Yaning took a couple of deep breaths and then nodded.

Although Xiao Yaning was psychologically prepared, when Jiang Lixing lifted the white cloth, she couldn't help feeling nauseous and quickly ran to the bathroom, where she vomited violently before feeling better.

Because Xiao Dingguo's state of death was too miserable!

Not only was his face unrecognizable from soaking in the river water, but the intercrossed wounds on his body were also exceptionally horrifying; most importantly, it seemed that all the muscles and bones in his body were somewhat distorted.

Not just Xiao Yaning—probably anyone would have been unable to handle that sight!

In contrast to Xiao Yaning's reaction, the moment Su Chen set eyes on the corpse, a gleam flashed in his eyes!

He felt nothing in particular for the rest, but what made him somewhat astonished was the twisted muscles and tendons of Xiao Dingguo.

Clearly, they had been stimulated by some drug, most likely a neurologically active one that, by stimulating neurons, inflicted inhuman pain and simultaneously caused physiological changes.

From what Su Chen knew, there were at least five drugs with such effects. Obviously, the method was extremely cruel!

This was completely different from Su Chen using Silver Needle to force a confession, which was simply pure pain. Although it felt unbearable at the moment, it actually caused almost no harm to the human body.

But with these drugs, even if some people could bear it, they were almost as good as useless afterward!

Su Chen would never resort to such methods unless he was dealing with people who had committed heinous crimes—it was just too inhumane!

Just from this detail alone, Su Chen could tell that the person behind this was a boundless, fiercely cruel individual!

"Okay, cover it up."

Su Chen sighed.

"Wait!"

At that moment, Xiao Yaning had also returned. She walked to the end of the body, lifted the white cloth covering it, and a large mole on the right leg caught the eye.

"It's really him, it's really him!"

Xiao Yaning couldn't help but cry out. She thought she would be overjoyed at his death.

But when the moment truly arrived, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"All right, all right, don't look anymore."

Su Chen wrapped his arm around the somewhat unsteady Xiao Yaning while signaling Jiang Lixing to cover the body again.

"Let me know if there are any further developments."

Su Chen said to Jiang Lixing, who naturally agreed immediately.

As Su Chen was walking out of the yard with Xiao Yaning in his arms, a pair of beautiful eyes stared at his retreating figure from upstairs.

"This bastard! How many women has he been involved with?!"

Xu Xinran clenched her fists, speaking resentfully; it was unclear whether she was upset for Xia Qiuru or for herself.
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Su Chen directly took Xiao Yaning back to her villa rather than to Rose Mansion, knowing that in her current state she definitely couldn't work anymore.

Su Chen intended to leave as soon as he had delivered Xiao Yaning, but she was clearly badly shaken and wanted him to stay with her for a while longer.

Seeing she was a bit off, he kept her company, and knowing she had no appetite, he even cooked her some porridge.

Unexpectedly, this company lasted until late in the evening.

"It's really late, I have to go."

Su Chen said somewhat apologetically; after all, he was a married man.

"Okay, then go, drive carefully."

Seeing that it was almost 9 p.m. and her mood had improved a bit, Xiao Yaning let Su Chen go, although she still felt a little scared inside.

"You should rest early."

Su Chen advised her before he left the yard and drove away.

Xiao Yaning's villa was in the suburbs, where there were already few people around, and it was even more deserted at night.

And with hardly any street lights along the road, the outside was almost pitch black, illuminated only by the headlight of Su Chen's car and intermittent bird calls from the woods on both sides.

Just then, several figures suddenly dashed out from the bushes by the roadside, moving incredibly fast.

Some of them ran towards the front of Su Chen's car, while others headed to the rear, seemingly intent on trapping Su Chen...