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”Right... ”I'm sorry.” I couldn't say anything, just apologized.

I should have taken Li Xing back to his hotel room yesterday. Perhaps that would be useless as the other party wasn't a human after all.

I wrote down the address Yang Chen gave me and called senior brother Zuming, asking him to help me contact Yin Tongtian.

When he saw Yang Chen, he looked completely different compared to the day before. His eyes were bloodshot, and a beard emerged from his cheeks. He no longer looked like the elite man from before.

Although he was anxious, he wasn't irritable. He was still very polite to me. I could feel him blaming me. After all, I was the one who brought him out.

I didn't tell him the details. I just said I'd found someone. The police also said that the case was being handed over, and very quickly, Yin Tongtian arrived at the police station and took us away.

In the car, Yin Tongtian didn't rush to ask me what was going on. When we arrived at the special investigation office where he worked, he sent someone to take Yang Chen away first before leading me to his office.

With all due respect, a normal person would never step into his office. There was no way in, no way in — the floor was littered with open books.

Yin Tongtian waved his hand, and the books on the floor disappeared. He smiled apologetically at me. ”I received a call from Zuo Wuji, so I rushed over. I didn't have time to pack up.”

I told the details to Yin Tongtian. After he finished listening, he frowned and fell into deep thought.

Yin Tongtian thought for a long time and found the time hotel video I told him about. He searched for an hour, but there was nothing I could find.

He asked me for the number of the car I was driving and I was asked to check it out. The driver said I was the only one in the car, and after seeing me off, he went to pick up other orders.

Could it be that I've left Li Xing by the sea?

Yin Tongtian called senior apprentice brother Zuo Ming, and we went to the seaside together.

The two of them stood where Wang Bin appeared yesterday and said that they did not feel any resentment. Yin Tongtian even directly sat down on the beach, closed his eyes and began to meditate.

We waited all the way until night. Zuoshi Ge even tried summoning a soul, but to no avail.

Returning empty-handed, we went straight back to the Special Investigation Department. Yang Chen's eyes reddened when he saw us, and tears fell from his eyes.

Yintong led us to his office, got us each a cup of tea, and closed the door.

”What kind of business does Mr. Yang's family do? I smell Mr. Yang's body. It seems to have a very strange smell. ” Yin Tongtian did not mention the matter he was looking for and instead, he began to chat with Yang Chen about something else.

Holding the tea in his palm, Yang Chen took a sip. ”The ancestors did spice business, and now the main products are perfume, skincare and the like.”

”No wonder the fragrance on Mr. Yang's body is coming from the inside, this is the smell from the bones.” Yin Tongtian changed the subject, ”But, I want to know, why does Li Xing also have that kind of fragrance that comes from his bones?”

”Li Xing …” Yang Chen didn't seem to want to say it, he wanted to say something but hesitated, ”Maybe it's because you've been with me for too long.”