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After leaving Old Li's home, Shen Tong and Xiaoshuang both felt heavy-hearted. The two of them silently made their way to the Police Station to inform Lin Mingchang of the news.
Lin Mingchang immediately went to the Household Registration Office to check the old registration records from that year. He discovered that on Chen Yuehua's registration, there was only her daughter listed, with no mention of a sister. It seemed that Chen Yuehua's sister had likely come to live with her later on. Or perhaps she wasn't even a biological sister, but rather a sworn sister or an apprentice?
The three of them felt lost, sitting in silence as they pondered their next steps. Just then, a Little Officer rushed in, exclaiming, "It's happening again! Another prominent family has received a pair of embroidered shoes!"
"What?!" The three of them stood up in unison.
The murderer was still committing crimes brazenly! Just an hour earlier, Wang Yaoqin, the young lady of the wealthy Wang family in Spring City, had received a package. When her maid Xiao Tao delivered it to her room, Wang Yaoqin was preparing to have dinner with her parents.
The package was wrapped in exquisite brocade. Curiously, Wang Yaoqin opened it and found a beautifully crafted pair of red embroidered shoes inside. The shoes were adorned with lifelike peonies, with even the subtle layers of the flower's center intricately stitched.
"These embroidered shoes are so beautiful! Who sent them?" Wang Yaoqin admired the shoes, completely oblivious to the terrified expression on Xiao Tao's face behind her.
"Miss... there’s also a note in this package..." Xiao Tao pulled out a folded piece of paper and handed it to Wang Yaoqin.
Wang Yaoqin opened the note and was instantly frightened enough to drop the shoes from her hands. The note read: "Ten House Blood Debt; blood must be repaid with blood; tonight it's your turn."
Lin Mingchang, Shen Tong, and Ruan Xiaos Yellow Swan rried to the Wang residence. The front door was tightly shut, yet the interior was brightly lit. In the main hall, four or five patrol officers had already gathered.
In the center of the hall stood a middle-aged man dressed in an elegant long gown, his beard neatly trimmed. He paced anxiously with his hands clasped behind his back. Upon seeing Lin Mingchang, he quickly approached and grasped his hand tightly. "You must be Officer Lin! I entrust my daughter to you! Yaoqin is my precious jewel; if anything happens to her, my life will be forfeit!"
Lin Mingchang knew that this was Boss Wang. "Boss Wang, please rest assured, we will do our utmost to ensure your daughter's safety. Let us meet Miss Wang to understand the situation."
Soon, under Boss Wang's arrangement, the three of them were taken to the boudoir of Wang Yaoqin, located in the backyard.
Wang Yaoqin was about twenty years old. She looked terrified, nervously fidgeting as she sat, her fingers twisting a handkerchief.
"I need to see those shoes," Shen Tong whispered to Lin Mingchang.
Lin Mingchang understood and explained to the Wang family that this was a necessary procedure for the investigation. He then dismissed everyone except for the three of them and Wang Yaoqin in the room.
Shen Tong picked up the embroidered shoes and felt a chill spreading from her fingertips. She noticed two strands of dark red energy, one deep and one light, slowly rising from the shoe's surface like wisps of smoke, intertwining and swirling.
Worried that she might frighten Miss Wang further, Shen Tong pulled Lin Mingchang and Ruan Xiaoshuang to a corner and whispered, "These shoes are different from the previous ones; there are two people's Yuan Qi on them. The murderer is likely not just one person."
"Not just one person?" Lin Mingchang and Ruan Xiaoshuang both softly echoed, completely caught off guard by this thought.
Shen Tong was very confident in her judgment. After nodding slightly, she asked, "We are in the light while the enemy is in the dark, and there’s more than one... how can we ensure absolute safety?"
"Set a trap," Lin Mingchang said almost without hesitation. "I will dispatch police forces to lie in ambush at the door and in the courtyard. Then the three of us will hide in Miss Wang's room; the murderer will definitely come tonight."
Ruan Xiaoshuang shook the camera in her hand. "Let’s wait and see the true face of the murderer. If we can capture their appearance, it will be the best evidence."
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