Chapter 361: The Death of Lin Xiaolan (1/2)

What originally seemed evident became a puzzle once more. Xiaotao and I exchanged a meaningful look–there was no point in staying so we got up and said, ”Ms. Lin, we're leaving!”

Wiping away the tears from her eyes, Lin Xiaolin resumed her previous aloofness. She looked out the window with her chin resting on her hand and ignored us.

”By the way, when did you hire the housekeeper?” I asked.

”Last year. Please leave now. I still have a job to do!” she snapped.

Before leaving the apartment, I observed the housekeeper who seemed to think I was interested in her. She winked suggestively at me, to which I quickly looked away.

Downstairs, Xiaotao sighed, ”She’s a tough one. No wonder she’s not married!”

”The bullying might not have happened to Lin Xiaolan, but she must have something to do with the whole incident,” I analyzed.

”Anyway, I'll send a few plainclothes officers to monitor her,” said Xiaotao. “She wouldn’t berate us online, would she?”

“She wouldn’t go that far, would she?!” I chuckled.

Xiaotao opened the Weibo app and found that Lin Xiaolan posted something new: ”Coming to my house in the name of official business and ripping off my old scars, then leaving without so much as an apology! Cold-hearted monsters like them deserve to die!”

”Does she think I don’t have a Weibo account?!” stormed Xiaotao. “I’ll gladly return the favor!”

I stopped her, ”Don't be impulsive! You might cause things to escalate!”

Xiaotao made a phone call and assigned two plainclothes officers to watch over Lin Xiaolan. The two of us left for lunch, after which Xiaotao returned to the station while I went back to the store.

After working with Luo Youyou for some time, we had quite a bit to chat about. Today, I noticed Luo Youyou looked rather gloomy so I curiously asked, ”What's the matter? Did you and Dali have an argument?”

Luo Youyou pursed her lips, ”Last night I peeked at Dali’s cell phone and found that he had been texting a girl named ‘Bingxin-meimei.’ They seemed to be getting along well. I was embarrassed to ask him directly but I would really like to know who this person is.”

This two-timing bastard! How could he be thinking of Bingxin when he had Luo Youyou?!

”It’s the girl who went karaoke with us that day. She’s my childhood friend and we all know each other. Don’t worry, Dali is one hundred percent devoted to you!” I quickly assured her.

”What are you talking about, Song Yang?” Luo Youyou lowered her head, trying to hide her flushed cheeks.

The rest of the day was peaceful, though my heart was gripped by anxiety. If Lin Xiaolan wasn’t the murderer, she was most likely the next victim and would be killed in the next two days.

That night, I received a phone call from Xiaotao. ”Song Yang, something’s happened!” she cried in a fluster. “The two plainclothes officers I assigned to watch Lin Xiaolan lost track of her!”

”What's going on?” I queried.

Lin Xiaolan had left her apartment this evening to speak to her agent about her contract. After she exited the restaurant, the plainclothes officers followed her car but eventually realized that Lin Xiaolan wasn’t actually in the car. By the time they rushed back to the restaurant, she was already gone. They checked the apartment afterwards but found no signs of her.

”Are the officers still there?” I asked.

”Yes!”

”Let’s head to her apartment and see if the housekeeper is still there.”

My concern was the housekeeper because there was no one else around Lin Xiaolan. According to the Imitator's pattern, the housekeeper was a suspicious character!

After a while, Xiaotao dropped by to pick me up. We were about to head to Lin Xiaolan's apartment when I changed my mind. ”Wait a minute, let's go to school.”