“Trash detective! Trash detective!”

“If I’d known this American detective was so useless! I should have just hired someone from our own country!!!”

Zhou Yan’s temper had always been rather explosive, queen-like in its intensity.

Right now, she was cursing openly without restraint, completely ignoring that Jimmy—the one who had brought Mike—was standing right beside her.

But Jimmy didn’t seem to mind, defending Mike instead: “Mike isn’t some trash detective. I think what he said is the truth.”

Zhou Yan slammed the table and shouted: “I want evidence! Evidence!”

“I need to see them alive or find their bodies!!!”

Seeing his girlfriend like this, Li Miguo quickly suggested: “How about this, Xiao Yan? Let’s find other detectives to investigate this matter. We’ll hire several this time instead of putting all our hopes on one person. What do you think?”

This was exactly what Zhou Yan liked about Li Miguo.

When facing difficulties, he provided solutions instead of standing by helplessly.

But another problem emerged.

Why had they asked Jimmy to find a detective in the first place?

The reason was simple: neither Zhou Yan nor Li Miguo had any connections in this field…

Jimmy stepped forward: “If you’re still willing to trust me, I’ll take responsibility for finding them.”

Zhou Yan said: “Fine, but this time, don’t bring me any foreigners. Find me domestic detectives only.”

This woman Zhou Yan was actually quite scheming.

Did you really think her earlier anger, her furious cursing at Mike, was just because of her bad temper, because she didn’t believe Mike, because she thought Mike was scamming them?!

Not entirely.

She did have somewhat of a temper.

But she wasn’t an idiot.

As her father had said back in the day, Zhou Yan surpassed Zhou Wu in every aspect—it was just a pity she wasn’t born male.

Regarding what Mike had said—

that her brother and father were actually already dead—

she wasn’t unbelieving.

She actually believed it.

As for why she demanded evidence from Mike and such,

it was actually just finding fault, not wanting to pay that 1 million USD reward.

She had originally wanted to find reasons to pay less, but didn’t expect the other party to be so forthright, not even wanting the money.

Since she didn’t need to pay, then why after Mike left did she still pretend to curse him and act like she didn’t believe her brother and father were dead?

Including later wanting to find more detectives? And only Chinese detectives?!

It still came down to that one word: money.

Earlier, pretending not to believe Mike and demanding evidence was to avoid paying that 1 million USD or reduce the amount.

After Mike left, continuing to pretend disbelief to make Li Miguo suggest finding more detectives—actually, even if Li Miguo hadn’t suggested it, she would have proposed it herself.

The reason was: she believed her brother and father were dead.

So, after both of them died, how should their assets be handled?

Let’s not talk about Zhou Wu—a worthless brother without much to squeeze, at most a few hundred thousand, maybe a million.

The big money was her father.

Her father hadn’t left any will.

According to Chinese law,

half of her father’s cash and assets would go to her mother.

Then the remaining half would be the inheritance,

to be split equally between her and her mother.

Since they had no other relatives—grandparents had all passed away—

she could get at most one-quarter of what her father left, while her mother would get three-quarters.

Now, Shen Xing was pregnant. They’d gone to a private hospital a few days ago and discovered it was a boy.

And her mother was actually quite biased toward sons over daughters.

If nothing unexpected happened, her money might all go to her grandson in the future.

So, she absolutely would not acknowledge, and absolutely would not spread news of her brother and father’s death back home.

She wanted to use this time to find ways to get more of the inheritance.

As for why she later wanted to find detectives again, specifically Chinese detectives—

because Chinese detectives are paid in Chinese yuan, which is cheaper!

Unlike paying USD, where 1 USD equals 7 Chinese yuan.

Of course, finding detectives was also because, although she believed her two relatives were dead, they were still relatives.

They shared blood, there were family feelings. She couldn’t be completely cold-blooded and heartless.

She still needed to find out exactly who killed them, then get revenge for her brother and father.

As for Mike’s repeated warnings not to approach Alice Apartment again—

heh, if she were afraid, she wouldn’t be Zhou Yan.

Who says women are inferior to men?

Even if this small apartment had something fishy, had danger—you, Mike, alone could retreat unscathed.

Why couldn’t she, Zhou Yan, do the same?

…

1:00 PM.

Jiang Ran was in his home, Room 304.

He had taken two of the American pills Wang Qingzhao gave him.

Then he stayed home watching movies.

What kind of movies?

All those old films from twenty-thirty years ago, even forty-fifty years ago.

Watching these old movies, he could discover pleasant surprises.

That was, he could see some familiar actor faces—what they looked like when they were young.

Not gonna lie, they were really quite good-looking when young. Of course, some actors when young, well… were just young…

While Jiang Ran watched these old movies, he didn’t quite understand why,

but inexplicably, he felt his heart could always easily calm down.

Just as he was watching a movie about a love story from decades ago,

his phone made a ticking sound.

Picking up the phone, he saw that a resident needed his help to solve a problem.

Jiang Ran had taken the whole day off today.

Just like last time when he went to see a doctor,

he had also taken a day off, only to encounter Xia Xiaomei needing his help.

Now he encountered another resident needing his help.

He deeply remembered: helping during non-work hours paid 50 yuan…

Well, he really needed money, so he chose to go.

Live stream room.

Ultimate Rich Kid: 【Hey, who lives in this 203?】

Those watching the live stream saw Jiang Ran’s phone screen

and noticed a resident living in 203 needed Jiang Ran’s help.

But there was no name.

Fairy Sister: 【Don’t know.】

Little Aunt: 【Same here.】

Middle-aged Uncle: 【Big trouble, I know—it’s that clown!】

Ultimate Rich Kid screamed: 【The clown?! Hey, right, last time that clown was waiting at Jiang Ran’s place, right? But when Jiang Ran returned last time, the clown wasn’t there? Why did he leave early?】

Domineering Female CEO: 【Probably got tired of waiting?】

Ultimate Rich Kid: 【So this time he’s smarter—directly calling Jiang Ran to his door. Really looking forward to it—will he play a life-or-death game with Jiang Ran too? Like with Wang Tao?】

Middle-aged Uncle: 【Definitely will. After all, Jiang Ran is on his must-kill list this time! Aiya, so nervous, so nervous!】

Ultimate Rich Kid: 【Why are you nervous, Middle-aged Uncle!!! Anyway, if Jiang Ran’s situation turns bad, other personalities will handle the danger! Unlike me—I bet on Mike, Mike ran away, I’m desperate! My first bet! To end like this! Damn Mike, come back quickly!!!】

Middle-aged Uncle: 【Can’t help being nervous—personalities aren’t omnipotent. Like your friend I am the Hero said last time: if Wang Nuli had directly smashed Jiang Ran’s head, smashed it to pulp, what use would other personalities be? These psychotic serial killers are all different! That’s why I’m nervous!】

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