Chapter 228: The Police Can’t Take It Anymore, You’re a Beast!

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation , Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Let s head back for now,” Su Xuan suggested.

He understood Zhou Qiang’s desire to find the killer. He shared the same goal Of bringing the killer to justice. However, after their second visit to the house Su Xuan had a different idea.

“I want to investigate something,” he continued.

Zhou Qiang raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

‘■What do you want to investigate? Is there a chance we can solve this case once and for a 11

“That would be great!” Zhou Qiang exclaimed.

He had just teetered on the edge of despair. This case was incredibly challenging.

Su Xuan glanced at him wanted to investigate.

but didn’t say a word. There were quite a few things he

Firstly, he needed to look into people who had contact with the deceased Quickly, he discovered that the deceased didn’t have a good relationship with is relatives. His regular contacts were either from his team or other streamers. Two streamers of a similar type had the closest relationships with im. Coincidentally, they had visited the deceased’s house separately about half a month ago.

“These two individuals…” Su Xuan discovered this and immediately went to find Zhou Qiang. After all, Zhou Qiang was the lead investigator on this case Su Xuan didn’t believe that someone like Zhou Qiang, an experienced detective would overlook this.

“But these two streamers…” Zhou Qiang began explaining, “I already contacted them. However, on the day of the incident, both of them were not at home.” “You know the deceased was an anime streamer,” Zhou Qiang continued, “and these two streamers are also from the same genre. Coincidentally, there was an anime expo in the neighboring city on the day of the incident, and both of them attended. Moreover, they were live-streaming online during that time.” “So, on the day of the incident, both of them have alibis,” Zhou Qiang emphasized. “Although it’s in the neighboring city, the round trip would take almost half a day.”

“After I learned about this, I ruled out their involvement. Besides, these two streamers had a good relationship with the deceased. They often visited each other and collaborated on team projects, doing each other’s makeup and shooting videos together.”

Zhou Qiang then placed a USB drive on the table in front of Su Xuan. Inside were collaborative videos between the deceased and these two streamers. Su Xuan had only watched a few videos, but he could tell that these three were good friends. Moreover, since they were streamers from slightly different categories within the same genre, they didn’t have overlapping fanbases. “They’re not the culprits,” Zhou Qiang confidently stated. He didn’t need Su Xuan to tell him these two weren’t involved.

Su Xuan agreed with a nod and said, “Check if there have been any recent layoffs from their collaboration teams, especially in the past few months.” Zhou Qiang was about to ask why Su Xuan was interested in this when Su Xuan continued, “There’s something I’ve been thinking about.”

Zhou Qiang accepted the task, replying, “Alright, I’ll look into it.”

As Zhou Qiang began his research, he couldn’t help but wonder why Su Xuan was so concerned about recent job departures from these streamers’ collaboration teams.

Working with someone and collaborating for a long time required careful thought. It was never a hasty decision. Zhou Qiang knew he couldn’t match Su uan s intelligence, but he was determined to keep up. After all, they had been partners in a patrol car before, and he couldn’t afford to lag behind.

However, Zhou Qiang started to think about Su Xuan’s heightened interest in these streamers’ teams and their job departures. It wasn’t until he found out who had left those teams that he began to see a worrying possibility.

“Since these two streamers had dealings with the deceased, there have indeed een several layoffs from their teams. I even found out that a few makeup artists who left had arguments with the two streamers before they left their jobs. It’s not just the makeup artists; there were lighting technicians and assistants as well,” Zhou Qiang reported, placing the documents on Su Xuan’s desk with a concerned expression.

“But, without exception, all these individuals who left were women ” Zhou Qiang added, looking at Su Xuan intently. “Su Xuan, did you already suspect this before. Are you suggesting that the departures of these individuals might be connected to the deceased?”

When Zhou Qiang asked this question, he didn’t expect an immediate response from Su Xuan. But to his surprise, Su Xuan nodded right away.

“Have you ever noticed that at the deceased’s home, there’s a very small room about the size of a restroom?” Su Xuan began. “I went in to investigate before ’ and it’s filled with all sorts of pictures. They were quite disturbing, so I didn’t’ mention it until now. I needed some leads to share this with you.”

As he spoke, Su Xuan stood up and held the documents Zhou Qiang had provided.

“Let’s go. We need to search for the real clues behind the deceased’s death ” Su Xuan said, even though he, as an individual, wasn’t particularly eager to ’ investigate this aspect. But he was a police officer.

Zhou Qiang: ??

Hold on a minute. What room? What pictures? Why didn’t you tell me about this disturbing stuff earlier?

However, Zhou Qiang’s questions had gone unanswered even as they left the police station. Instead, once they were in the car, Su Xuan handed over a series of photos. These photos were none other than the ones he had retrieved from the deceased’s room earlier.

“These are the girls from the list you gave me, the ones who have already resigned,” Su Xuan said. “In my opinion…”

“The suspicion on these girls is quite significant,” he continued, pointing at one of the photos. “Especially this one.”

Zhou Qiang: ??

Zhou Qiang lowered his head, his face full of confusion. What he saw in these photos was utterly shocking! Coerced, explicit scenes…

“Ugh!” Even as a police officer, he couldn’t bear to look at them. When he saw ese photos, there was only one thought in Zhou Qiang’s mind.

“Scum!” He couldn’t help but curse. In the face of such disturbing evidence nobody could think otherwise.

It was evident that these women had all been coerced, possibly drugged since they seemed unconscious throughout the photoshoots.

As Zhou Qiang looked at the photos and considered their resignation he quickly formed a theory.

“Do you suspect… someone was seeking revenge on the deceased?”

“Ugh… it’s not entirely impossible,” he mused, beginning to entertain the idea. However, another question arose.

“All these girls have already resigned, so how could they have come into contact with the deceased and poisoned him?” Zhou Qiang questioned. “The likelihood of these girls seeking revenge is low.”

Su Xuan, who was driving, turned to look at him, his voice cold.

“Is it possible that…. the person who poisoned him didn’t actually resign?”