Chapter 210: Twenty Days… The Deadline

What’s the defining trait of a ‘green tea bitch’?

Innocent? Serene? Pure and unworldly? No, it’s deception.

Only by perfecting the art of deception could they manipulate others and play mind games with emotions. Without being able to maintain a facade, there was no way to pull off that ‘green tea” act.

And what do people who are good at deception typically have in common?

They’re obsessed with maintaining their image and would rarely do anything to tarnish it.

So would someone who was highly concerned with their image act like a crazy woman, relentlessly harassing someone to the point of damaging their own reputation?

What? You say it was about four years of feelings?

Ha… A woman who had a boyfriend but still fooled around with other men, booking rooms left and right—did she really care about feelings? Do you believe that?

Plus, even though Yu Shaoyang might be a bit good-looking, he had no money.

‘And like I said before, green tea types don’t usually prey on broke guys or men with nothing to offer. Does Wang Mei’s behavior seem normal to you?’

“Keep going.” Xiao Yu stared coldly at Yu Shaoyang. “What happened next?”

“Then…” Yu Shaoyang’s expression twisted with madness. “I couldn’t stand her harassing me anymore, and I remembered how she treated me over the years. That day, I had a few drinks and asked her to meet me at a place we used to go to often. A villa. I strangled her. Then I dismembered her, stuffed her into a suitcase and buried it on the mountain.”

“Harassment, drunk, murder, dismemberment, transporting the body to the mountain and finally, burying it?” Xiao Yu muttered to himself, “This all seems to line up, but… a villa?”

A question mark appeared in Xiao Yu’s mind. He stared at Yu Shaoyang and asked, “What villa?”

“Wang Mei said that villa was hers,” Yu Shaoyang’s face twisted from rage to shame. “She used to take me there all the time.”

Got it!

A smirk of disdain crossed Xiao Yu’s face, mixed with a hint of mockery.

So, you didn’t want to work hard, huh?

At the time, did you think she was wealthy because of that villa? And even after you realized she was messing around with other men, you put up with it because of that villa?

Xiao Yu shook his head.

‘If that’s the case, then it all makes sense. Wang Mei must have initially given Yu Shaoyang the impression that she was wealthy. Just the thought of a girlfriend with a villa could make a guy feel like he’s saved himself decades of hard work. Having a girlfriend like that… well, the answer is obvious.’

But…

Xiao Yu picked up the tablet and started flipping through Wang Mei’s personal records. His expression became a bit strange.

Something amusing had come up.

Wang Mei’s family was quite ordinary—not even middle-class. And Wang Mei didn’t actually own any villas. But she had claimed to others that she had a villa and frequently brought her boyfriend there?

“You and Wang Mei stayed at that villa often when you were together?” Xiao Yu continued to ask.

“Yeah, ever since we met in our third year of college, she’d take me there a lot,” Yu Shaoyang replied. “After we graduated, we lived there for about two years.”

Xiao Yu didn’t ask more questions but instead turned to Guo Qiang, who had remained silent the entire time. “Did you examine the primary crime scene?”

Guo Qiang nodded, then shook his head. “Three years have passed, and although we did inspect the place, we didn’t find any evidence of murder.”

“Hmm?” Xiao Yu was a bit surprised. “Who’s the owner?”

“The owner left the country seven years ago. Wang Mei had been living there ever since,” Guo Qiang explained.

“Seven years ago?”

As his thoughts raced, Xiao Yu muttered to himself, “Isn’t that exactly when Yu Shaoyang and Wang Mei first got together?”

‘Is there a connection? Or am I overthinking this?’

Turning back to Yu Shaoyang, Xiao Yu resumed his questioning. “Are you sure you killed Wang Mei in that villa?”

“There’s no way I could be wrong,” Yu Shaoyang replied without hesitation, his eyes wide. “I strangled her in the villa’s bedroom, then dragged her body to the kitchen and used a knife to dismember her.”

“Stop!” Xiao Yu locked eyes with Yu Shaoyang. “You said you dismembered her with what?”

“A knife, a kitchen knife,” Yu Shaoyang said.

“Hah!”

Xiao Yu laughed, but it was a cold laugh.

Guo Qiang paused for a moment, then started laughing too.

A kitchen knife? To dismember a body?

Let’s be real—cutting through a pork bone with a kitchen knife is tough enough. And you’re saying you used it to dismember a human body? Do you even know how hard it is to cut through the human arm and thigh bones?

Thinking about dismembering a body, you’d at least need a sharp axe, a cleaver, or even some specialized tools. A regular kitchen knife, no matter how sharp, might be able to cut through an arm bone. But a human thigh bone? You’d dull the blade before you could even get through it.

‘Something’s not right.’

Xiao Yu stared coldly at Yu Shaoyang’s facial expressions.

He was not lying.

And in his current, mentally unstable state, it would be impossible for him to fake it. Plus, the guy has no background in psychology. He wouldn’t know how to hide his micro-expressions.

“Where’s the weapon?” Xiao Yu asked, his voice icy. “After you dismembered the body, where did you put the weapon?”

“I threw it away with the rest of the body parts on the mountain and buried it,” Yu Shaoyang replied, his head hanging low.

Xiao Yu glanced at Guo Qiang.

Guo Qiang shook his head. “When we examined the disposal site, I checked thoroughly. Apart from the suitcase and the dog’s body, there was nothing. The forensic team even tested the inside of the suitcase, but there wasn’t any trace of human tissue.”

“Ha!” Xiao Yu let out a sarcastic laugh. “So, what? Did the ghosts take care of it?”

‘A guy confesses to murder, claims he dismembered the body, and says he buried it in the mountains. But the whole kitchen knife thing doesn’t add up, the body’s nowhere to be found, and there’s not even a trace of human remains in the suitcase. Tell me, if this isn’t some kind of ghostly nonsense, then what is it?’

【Ding! Case triggered successfully.】

【Police God Case Sign-In activated.】

【Would the host like to sign in?】

Xiao Yu froze for a moment. His expression turned a bit strange.

‘Sign in!’

【Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in to the case.】

【System reward: Ability – Disguise Expert.】

【System task issued: Solve the murder and body disposal case.】

【Time limit: 20 days.】

【If the host completes the task within the time limit, an additional reward will be given: Skill – Flea Jump.】

【If the host fails to complete the task within the time limit, the system will revoke the abilities it has granted.】

【Countdown to the task’s time limit begins now. 】

Xiao Yu ignored the ability and skill rewards for now. His expression darkened.

Because… 20 days?!