Meng Chao thought about it, and he suddenly remembered something. He fiddled with the thick stack of documents and said, "Big Sis Ya, didn't you say that you weren't interested in this case? Why do you have such detailed information?"
"I wasn't interested in the first place. I gathered this information in the morning," Lu Siya said casually.
Meng Chao thought about it and said in slight surprise, "In just a few short hours, you gathered so much information and obtained information about yesterday's pet autopsy. You even bribed two guards. You actually did so many things. You're really efficient. You must have spent a lot of money, right? Why?"
"Because of your instincts."
"My instincts?"
"That's right. Your intuition once helped us find the path to survival that led to the Blue Origin Crystal mine from a seemingly dead-end crack deep underground. That's practically a one in a billion chance. Don't tell me that I shouldn't trust your intuition?"
Lu Siya cast Meng Chao a sidelong glance. "Or are you saying that aside from your instincts, you know more?"
Meng Chao obediently shut up and focused on thinking about the case.
After a moment, when he looked up, he noticed that Lu Siya had already driven her sports car to a high-end residential area that was adjacent to the education area.
From the distance, he saw a few towering skyscrapers. That was Blessed Paradise.
"That's right. Right now, we don't know who the real culprit is. Regardless of whether it's Spirit Creations Creatures or Heavenly Works Machines, they're both big companies. We can't just barge in to investigate them. It seems like we can only start from the victims."
Meng Chao tapped at the documents and said, "I keep thinking that there's something wrong with Jin Yongqiang. It'd be great if we could find out more about him. It's written here that he's living with a girlfriend in her early twenties. If we can find her, we should be able to get more clues.
"But Blessed Paradise's security measures are really tight. A tragedy like this just happened, so it's impossible for them to relax their surveillance. There might be secret police waiting around the residential area, so it'll be difficult for us to sneak in.
"And this girlfriend might not know what happened at that time. Even if she did, she might not be willing to tell us.
"After all, we're not secret police. She might have been frightened, and her mind might be really unstable. She might have been interrogated dozens of times by the secret police, and she might have developed a really strong will to resist …"
Meng Chao was not a criminal investigation expert. There were too many things, and he did not know where to start investigating.
"Get out."
Lu Siya opened the car door. "Let's eat."
The two of them came to a restaurant that was decorated with pavilions, terraces, and pavilions. It was a very quiet and secluded environment.
Lu Siya made a reservation.
However, when the two of them arrived at a hidden table in the corner, they discovered that there was already a haggard black-clothed woman sitting there.
Meng Chao was a little stunned.
The black-clothed woman stood up and said hesitantly, "You are the morning …"
"I'm the one who sent you money in the morning and asked you out for lunch. You don't need to know who I am. You just need to know that I keep my word."
As she spoke, she took out a thick envelope from her bag. It was at least five times thicker than the one she had given to the two guards. She placed it on the table and pushed it over.
The woman in black didn't stand on ceremony. She opened the envelope and revealed a thick stack of cash of the highest denomination. She counted it with her fingers, and a hint of joy appeared in her eyes. Then, she put on a worried expression.
"My condolences, Ms. Zhou," Lu Siya said faintly.
"We deeply regret Mr. Jin's death, but compared to sighing and groaning, it's more important for us to figure out the truth and comfort his soul in heaven, don't you think so?"
"Yes."
The black-clothed woman put the thick envelope into her pocket. The money seemed to have given her the strength to move forward alone. She straightened her back and said, "What do you want to ask? Ask away."
Meng Chao finally learned the woman's identity.
She was the third victim, Jin Yongqiang's live-in girlfriend.
'Just as I expected, if I can use money to solve a problem, why would I need a mind technique?
As long as the number is large enough, the evil money is even more magical than the hypnosis of a Deity Realm superhuman! '
Lu Siya gestured for Meng Chao to sit down. She took off her sunglasses and earrings to remove all shielding. Then, with her talent as a Spirit Sensor, she read the tremors of the man's facial muscles and listened to his heartbeat and breathing rhythm.
"We want to know if Mr. Jin had any enemies when he was alive. Did he offend anyone?" Lu Siya asked.
The woman in black had clearly been asked this question multiple times over the past few days. She smiled bitterly and shook her head. She went straight to the point. "Old Jin was just a normal machine master. He lived off his salary and didn't even have shares in his company. What enemies could he have? To be honest, he gambled a lot and owed a lot of money. Could it be that his creditors were so angry that they released their dogs to bite him to death? That's impossible. He was the one who raised the dogs, and he wasn't the only one who went berserk. "
"Wait, did you say that he was the one who raised the dogs?"
Lu Siya caught the man's choice of words. "Usually, when it comes to pets, people say that we raised the dogs. Based on what you said, it sounds like you don't like this biochemical pet."
"I've never liked it."
The woman in black pursed her lips, and faint disgust appeared on her face. "I've never liked dogs since I was young, because when I was seven or eight years old, I was attacked by a canine-type monster. Even now, I still have a faint scar on my calf, which is why I'm traumatized. If I really wanted to raise a pet, I would raise a cat-type monster. Even if I wanted to raise a dog, there's no need for me to raise a large dog like the Contest Tiger!
"But we never raised a cat or a dog because Old Jin is allergic to them. I don't know what's wrong with him over this period of time. He already owes a lot of money, and he's at the end of his rope. He can't even take care of himself anymore, but he just had to raise such a big dog. Now, he's going to die!"
Lu Siya and Meng Chao looked at each other.
They saw the sparkle in each other's eyes.
"Ms. Zhou, did you say that Mr. Jin is allergic to cats and dogs?" Meng Chao asked.
"That's right. When I first met him, it was my birthday. I wanted to buy a small Exquisite Cat as my birthday present, but Old Jin refused to let me. He told me that a few years ago, he failed to reach Heaven Realm and nearly went through spirit energy deviation. Even though he was fine, his immune system suffered from some minor sequelae. He's allergic to the parasites commonly found on cats and dogs," the woman in black said.
"It's not a life-threatening allergy. It's just that after he comes into contact with cats and dogs, his body will become red and swollen, and he'll feel really itchy. He was worried that I wouldn't believe him, so he intentionally touched a neighbor's cat-type pet. Just as I expected, that night, red marks rose from his arms to his back, and it was so itchy that he couldn't sleep."
"Mr. Jin knows that he's allergic to cats and dogs, but he insists on raising a large canine-type biochemical pet called the Contest Tiger?"
Meng Chao frowned. "When did he start raising this biochemical pet? Did he become allergic to it?"
"Why not?"
The woman in black said. "He only raised it for around half a month. Ever since he brought the biochemical pet home, he couldn't sleep at night. It kept scratching at his body and tossing and turning around. He might not feel bad, but I feel bad just by looking at it."
"Then, you didn't try to persuade him or ask him why he chose to raise a canine-type pet even though he knows that he's allergic to it. Could it be that Mr. Jin is usually a very loving person who likes small animals?"
"I've been with him for more than a year, but I've never known him to be a loving person."
The woman in black snorted. "He's always fiddling with machine models or calculating the dice and chips in the casino. He's never interested in biochemical pets.
"I don't know what's going on with him over this period of time. I've asked him about it, argued with him, and I'm even thinking about breaking up with him.
"Of course, I don't want to break up with him because of the pet. The main reason is that I recently noticed that he has a lot of gambling debts. He even mortgaged the house we're staying in right now. And to think that he used to pretend to be a successful person and an elite in the workplace to deceive me of my youth.
"I've always been holding back my anger, and on the night he brought the biochemical pet home, we argued with each other. He told me not to bother about the dog and said that he would only keep it for a month. At most, he would only need two months to get over it."
"What does that mean?"
Lu Siya asked. "Did someone ask him to take care of this biochemical pet?"
"I don't know. He doesn't have any friends, and it doesn't seem like someone asked him to take care of it," the woman in black said.
"At that time, I was so angry that I asked him why he didn't tell me that he had a lot of gambling debts and why he was so careless as to take care of a biochemical pet like others. He had nothing to say, but he refused to give up the dog, and I couldn't do anything about it.
"Half a month later, our relationship was really cold. Sometimes, I didn't go back to his place to sleep, and he didn't say anything about it. He just hugged the damn dog all day and hung out with the other neighbors who raised Contest Tigers in the area. They talked about how they raised and trained their pets, and they walked their dogs together. He also often went online to search for guides on how to raise pets, and he basically turned into a pet expert.
"Unfortunately, this expert is a dabbler. Who knows what he did to the biochemical pet that made it go berserk and bite itself to death? Thank goodness I didn't go back to his place to sleep that day, or else, I might have died with him, even though I'm still young."
"Wait, Ms. Zhou, you said that he often walks his dog with the neighbors?"
Meng Chao asked. "Does that include the other two victims and their biochemical pets who also went berserk?"
"I think so. There are more than ten Contest Tigers in Blessed Paradise. As long as they're free in the morning and night, they often gather together to walk their dogs and talk about their experiences. They have their own circle," the woman in black said.
"I'm traumatized by large dogs, and every time I see them, I avoid them. I don't know what Old Jin talks about with his neighbors, but he seems to be very friendly with them. Perhaps he was disappointed in his career and in the casino, so he wanted to change to a different environment to ease his boredom."
"Or perhaps …"
Lu Siya narrowed her eyes and enunciated each word clearly. "Mr. Jin is allergic to cats and dogs, so he had to overcome his itchiness and swelling to personally take care of a biochemical pet. Only then could he blend in with his neighbors and the circle of other Contest Tiger owners."
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