Max Level Metaphysician: A Debt Repayment Journey…?
Chapter 616: Arriving at the Ning Mu Residence

Chapter 616: Chapter 616: Arriving at the Ning Mu Residence

The car drove away.

Jiangli came back to her senses and, not caring where she sat, turned around to lean on the back of the seat and asked Shang Junxiao, "Did your friend commit suicide? Where is the body now? Is it also at the police station?"

Shang Junxiao looked at Jiangli’s clear, glass-like pupils, regained his composure, and nodded, "Yes, at the police station. I heard it was last night, a resident returning home from working overtime discovered the body and called the police right away, so the police took over. Ning Mu’s mother has remarried and gone abroad. Even if she finds out and comes back immediately, she probably won’t arrive until tonight. At this time, Ning Mu’s body should still be at the police station."

Jiangli nodded in understanding and said, "Alright, let’s go check Ning Mu’s home first. If we don’t see Ning Mu’s soul there, we’ll head to the police station. If not at the place of death, his soul should be by his body."

Shang Junxiao, not understanding these matters, instinctively followed Jiangli’s lead.

Fu Shiyan heard this, glanced at Shang Junxiao, and said nothing.

...

The group hurried to Ning Mu’s home at the fastest speed.

Ning Mu wasn’t a popular young star and even lacked a significant presence in the entertainment circle.

The only time he ever made headlines was probably today.

His death had surged to the top of the trending searches.

Like Ning Mu, who usually had no popularity and was like a background figure, his income in the circle was even less than that of an average white-collar worker.

Earning a few thousand yuan a month was considered good, and sometimes he might go a few months without any income at all.

Therefore, the place where Ning Mu lived was quite remote, similar to an old neighborhood at the junction of city and countryside.

There was practically no security, and the neighborhood was filled with signs of age and dilapidation.

Even the greenery within the neighborhood showed signs of withering, as if it hadn’t been tended to for a long time.

Security was extremely poor.

When Fu Shiyan drove straight in, no security personnel appeared to stop him.

Or rather, there were no security personnel here at all.

After entering, the neighborhood seemed deserted with hardly any people to be seen, except for the occasional old man or woman who appeared to be out for a walk.

The entire neighborhood had a desolate feeling to it.

Jiangli surveyed the surroundings and raised an eyebrow, "Ning Mu lived here?"

Shang Junxiao nodded and looking at everything, felt somewhat sour inside, "Yes, he lived here normally. There was one time when we were drunk, and I helped him back."

At the time, it might have been too late or perhaps because they were both drunk.

He had felt nothing out of the ordinary when entering the neighborhood then.

But now, re-entering, he felt a sense of desolation and bitterness.

Remembering Ning Mu and observing the neighborhood environment, Shang Junxiao murmured to himself, "I remember Ning Mu saying that the rent here was cheap. He rented a studio apartment for just over a thousand yuan a month."

Ning Mu had also told him...

He had originally wanted to have a roommate.

But his work hours were unstable, and he often got busy in the middle of the night.

The other roommates would complain about his irregular work hours.

So, he bit the bullet and rented a studio apartment.

But in an old neighborhood like this, where could you find a proper studio apartment?

It was just that a landlord had renovated a room, partitioned off a section with a separate door, and called it a studio apartment.

Just over a thousand yuan might not be much to most people.

But for someone like Ning Mu, it was a tremendous burden.

With an ordinary family background, he needed to dress up and network within the circle, constantly needing money to maintain his polished appearance at all times in order to fight for better opportunities.