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    Two days later, in Jincheng City.

    " So, Everything good in your family?"

    " At least they don''t nag about my marriage anymore." Qin Shiyu sighed as she rubbed her forehead. " Thanks to you, It''s one of my most peaceful visits to my home."

    " That''s alright. I am supposed to help my girlfriend." Jia Hao grinned.

    " Ugh! Don''t call me that." Qin Bingyu blushed furiously as she pinched Jia Hao''s cheek.

    " Cheeky brat! You really got the guts of a tiger to flirt with your teacher, huh?"

    " What can I do?" Jia Hao gave an innocent expression. " I am such a handsome young man in this mortal dust. I can''t help but attract so many girls."

    " Hmph! Narcissist." Qin Bingyu snorted as she took a sip of her coffee.

    " But I didn''t expect you to really have a company under your name. Looks like you are quite wealthy, huh?"

    " Of course, I am." Jia Hao grinned. " Why? Do you want to quit the academy and join my company? I can give you a good starting salary."

    " Thank you for your offer. However, I am pretty contented as a teacher for now." Qin Bingyu snorted lightly.

    " But still, I do wish to earn money as fast as I can."

    Qin Bingyu told her story in brief. Her father used to be an aspiring businessman. When Qin Bingyu was a child, her father secretly mortgaged her mother''s restaurant to gather money.

    The restaurant was the family restaurant of her mother''s family, passed from three generations. The relationship between her mother and father soured.

    However, disaster struck when her mom died in an accident when she was returning home after dropping off Qin Bingyu at the school.

    Her brother resented her quite for that. However, From that day, he became obsessed with money. The business grew for sure, but the family itself slowly drifted apart.

    Qin Han and Qin Bingyu''s relationship was never that deep. And now, he was constantly trying to marry her away early.

    '' Ah yes, Trash family plot line. Though it''s not that bad on surface, Qin Bingyu had quite a lot of bad endings if left alone."

    For example, the bad ending with the PE Teacher Chou Ran, where she gets drugged and blackmailed till the end. The other ones were in Jincheng City.

    Either Qin Bingyu gets sold as a bride to a rich geezer so her brother can reap benefits. Other than that...

    '' She gets targeted by the Jincheng Butcher.'' Jia Hao thought inwardly.

    He already prevented the other two. All he needed to do now was to catch the Jincheng Butcher. And for that, Qin Bingyu can be a good bait.

    " Don''t worry, Sister Bingyu." Jia Hao smiled. " Soon enough, You will be able to buy back the restaurant of your mother with your own money."

    " Not to mention, this alley was pretty isolated. And the CCTV isn''t covering the entrance and exit. Looks like our serial killer is pretty meticulous."

    " Damn it!" Yan Hongzhu cursed loudly. " That bastard is clearly mocking our authority. It''s not even two days and that bastard already killed two women!"

    Turning to Jia Hao, Yan Hongzhu noticed he was squatting beside the corpse of the woman.

    " Got any clue?"

    " There was an incense stick in her hand too, just like the previous victim." Wearing the glove, Jia Hao took the sample of the ashes.

    " Why don''t you check if both ashes are same? And are they commercially produced incense? Or they are custom made?"

    " That sounds...Plausible." Yan Hongzhu nodded.

    " But I have to admit. It''s pretty rare for a rookie like you to remain calm at such gory crime scene. After all, it''s not everyday a mad killer like this bastard appears."

    " Oh, believe me, It''s not my first time seeing a corpse anyway." Jia Hao shrugged.

    " I believe nothing came out in preliminary investigations? Just like the previous victim?"

    " That bastard is really meticulous." Yan Hongzhu clenched her teeth. " But no matter how much he thinks, He won''t escape from the clutches of the law."

    " But both of these cases... Too many unexplained things happening."

    " Not really." Jia Hao grinned. " I found a major clue regarding the first victim. The locked room murder is pretty easy to solve."

    " What? Are you telling the truth?" Yan Hongzhu was stunned.

    " Come there, I will show you."

    When Yan Hongzhu arrived at the apartment of Lin Shui, she noticed it was clean and restricted by police tapes. Suddenly,she felt a presence behind her, making her nerves tensed.

    " Who is it?!"

    Pulling out her gun from the holster, She turned around, pointing at the figure.

    " Whoa, whoa!" Jia Hao raised his hands. " You are going to kill me, Sister Yan."

    " Jia Hao? How did you come in?" Yan Hongzhu was stunned. " I made sure no one was around. Even the barricades were untouched."

    " The same way the killer came inside the locked room and waited for Lin Shui to come back." Jia Hao grinned as he pointed at the open window.

    " Impossible! It was made sure the windows were locked from inside!" Yan Hongzhu became even more surprised.

    " It was locked indeed. But that doesn''t mean I can''t open it from outside." Jia Hao showed a thin wire.

    " This is the key that the killer used."