Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Xiang Wan gave a frown. “She’s fake?”

Bai Muchuan’s gaze felt cold. “Yes, she’s fake.”

“Mm.” Xiang Wan was slightly surprised. “I’ve been feeling that there’s something about this woman, so I’m not too surprised by this.”

After that, she looked at Bai Muchuan’s calm expression and suddenly realized something. “So…”

“When you called me, Laowu was actually about to go out on a mission! But we are not planning to arrest her… We wanted to find out who’s her superior through monitoring this fake Xuan Yue!”

Experience counts in the detective line of work!

When she thought of her previous suggestion, hers was a bit naive.

“That’s a smart move!” Xiang Wan complimented, “You’re indeed the boss!”

Bai Muchuan scrutinized her seriously. “The fake Xuan Yue couldn’t be doing all these all by herself. She had previously played a trick to deflect suspicion from herself… by deliberately trying to get close to you and place herself in the most dangerous places. Seriously speaking, this was a good trick. Hence, we should try to make good use of her and not touch her easily.”

He’s right…

Xiang Wan nodded her head with approval then let out a sudden chuckle.

“But when I called you about her earlier, why did you ask me so many questions? That really frustrated me…”

Bai Muchuan took a glance at her. “I just wanted to hear Teacher Xiang’s opinion.”

Xiang Wan was not in the loop when the police obtained the latest news and information. She only knew what was going on based on whatever information she was given by the police. Hence, her judgment of Xuan Yue was purely derived based on all those little clues and hints by herself.

Bai Muchuan patted her head. “Little Xiang Wan, this time, you’re allowed to be proud for three minutes!”

“Heh!” Xiang Wan blinked. “I’m just naturally sensitive!”

“No! There are many people who are naturally sensitive. But those that could actually catch that and put it to good use, are amazing!”

“Stop complimenting me… I might fall in love with myself. You surely don’t want another love rival, right?”

“…” Bai Muchuan pinched her nose. “Just a compliment and you’re already as proud as a peacock!”

“Don’t think that you’re the only one who can be proud!” Xiang Wan bantered with him but suddenly she seemed to have thought of something. “Oh yes, I thought of a possibility…”

Bai Muchuan: “What is it?”

Xiang Wan: “The girl who was abducted and sold to Feng Kui’s family…”

Bai Muchuan: “You suspect that she’s the real Xuan Yue?”

It was easy to talk to smart people like him.

They had enough tacit understanding and need not too much explanation.

Xiang Wan nodded her head slowly. “I think the possibility is very high. Feng Min’s identity is kinda complicated and he was the one who bought the girl back to his house. When you look at it together with the previous cases, don’t you think… it’s difficult to view it as an independent case? I suggest you let Xuan Yue’s family to come identity the corpse and do a DNA test.”

A smile was hanging on Bai Muchuan’s face as he squeezed her hand. “You’re the only one in the world who have such a tacit understanding with me.”

“Mm?” Xiang Wan was puzzled and gave him a sidelong glance.

“Xuan Yue’s father will be arriving in the Capital today,” said Bai Muchuan, “I’ve already made arrangements. We’ll know the truth in no time.”

“Wow!”

Tacit understanding!

“But,” sighed Xiang Wan, ” if this were all true, it would be too terrifying!”

If this were true, not only would it mean that the Xuan Yue she met in real life was not the Xuan Yue she knew from the internet, it also meant that the fake Xuan Yue had stolen the real Xuan Yue’s identity and took all of her identification documents. The fake one even blatantly attended the Annual Awards Ceremony… If that was the case, the death of Hu Bandao and the subsequent events would not be coincidental.

“Feng Kui did mention that the girl already seemed abnormal when Feng Min brought her back…”

Xiang Wan nodded her head as she thought. When she looked at Bai Muchuan in the eye, she was even more certain. “Feng Kui didn’t know her name and there wasn’t anything that could prove her identity… if she was the real Xuan Yue, I can’t imagine what she had gone through before she got sold to the Feng Family.”

She couldn’t imagine that…

This was because it was the real Xuan Yue that Xiang Wan knew from the Internet.

“I suddenly felt a little uneasy when I thought of my old phone that got snatched away. The moment one loses their own personal information, another could take over their identity easily…”

Bai Muchuan was silent for a moment. “I’ll let them expedite the investigations on your lost phone.”

“Mm.” Xiang Wan nodded her head. “That fake Xuan Yue should be a mid-level figure in Operation Heaven’s Wrath—”

Bai Muchuan laughed after a pause. “Why is it mid-level?”

“She’s probably the one who’s behind the few ‘zombie drug’ cases that created fear and panic in people. Think about it, for someone who could fail and die anytime, she couldn’t be someone in the higher hierarchy. But judging from the way the Dark Clan helped her secure an identity, she wouldn’t be just a low-level minion of theirs.”

“Hur, it does make some sense.” Bai Muchuan raised his eyebrows as he commented. “Continue.”

“She made use of her relation with me and portrayed as the victim before us time and again. She did this as she wanted to let everyone around her to let down their guard, which was what you’ve said earlier, she wanted to deflect all possible suspicion on herself. The most dangerous place is the safest. Lastly, by doing so, she had the opportunity to sound out how the police felt about these cases…”

Xiang Wan’s tone seemed lower from this point onward. “There’s something I don’t understand. Why did she kill Shiliu? If she didn’t kill Shiliu, she wouldn’t have aroused our suspicions on her. The real Xuan Yue was someone who loved to travel around while writing her story and was not on good terms with her family… She could conceal her fake identity very well. Why did she kill her and risk exposing herself?”

“There’s only one possibility.”

Bai Muchuan said in a lower tone, his gaze slowly turned to Xiang Wan.

“Shiliu must have suspected her identity or rather, had suspected her identity before…”

Prior to attending the Annual Awards Ceremony, nobody had met Xuan Yue in real life. Many authors only knew each other after meeting the actual person. When she went to the hotel to register her attendance, she could only check in with valid identification documents. However, there would usually be some difference between the photo and the actual person. Very few hotel personnel or the employees in-charge would actually verify if the person in the photo looks the same as the one standing before them… Due to this fact, that woman had the guts to pose as Xuan Yue.

“If Shiliu noticed that the Xuan Yue was a fake, why didn’t she make a police report?”

“You told me that Shiliu and Xuan Yue were besties. If that’s the case, it would be natural that she would know more things about Xuan Yue. Shiliu might not have noticed that the Xuan Yue she met was fake. She might have made some remarks on several occasions but did not take it to heart.”

“So this fake Xuan Yue had a guilty conscience and decided…” Xiang Wan continued, “to eliminate this worry once and for all!”

Bai Muchuan nodded his head. “This possibility is the greatest.”

After having this analysis discussion, Xiang Wan was suddenly excited.

She clenched her fists and her eyes were radiant. “I believe that we’ll know the truth very soon!”

“Teacher Xiang’s with us, we definitely will!” Bai Muchuan patted her head, looking calm and relaxed. This little habit of his warmed Xiang Wan’s heart.

At this time, the desk phone in Bai Muchuan’s office rang.

It was Quan Shaoteng. The moment Bai Muchuan picked up the call, both of them could hear his voice which was unusually loud.

“Little Bai! I’ve got a situation here about Xuan Yue!”