My gorgeous wife
Chapter 582 - 554: Thriller

Chapter 582: Chapter 554: Thriller

A whole week had passed.

Yet, Li Xinmei had not shown herself again, nor were there any traces of her; it was as if she had vanished into thin air.

Even the Nether Army could not dig up any clues regarding Li Xinmei’s whereabouts, which surprised even Li Chen.

But Li Xinmei’s disappearance only made Li Chen more vigilant instead of relaxing his guard.

He knew that if that woman truly was Li Xinmei, she would definitely not leave so easily.

Based on Li Chen’s understanding of Li Xinmei, her desire for revenge had reached a maniacal level; she would not miss any opportunity to exact it.

While instructing the Nether Army to intensify their search in Linchuan, Li Chen also made sure to accompany Lin Yi and Lin Xiaoxiao every day.

He dared not and could not rest easy allowing the two girls to act alone.

"Wife, let’s go, we’ll go to work together!" Li Chen couldn’t help but smile as he saw Lin Yi walking out of the villa.

The fence outside the villa had been repaired. It must be said that having money makes things easier. With Li Chen and Lin Yi not hesitating to spend generously, the damaged fence surrounding the villa was fully mended within just one day.

At that moment, Li Chen, who had just dropped Xiaoxiao off at school, returned to the villa to find Lin Yi conveniently emerging from inside.

"Okay, together," Lin Yi nodded in agreement.

Aunt Wang had been injured. However, under Li Chen’s care and with the nourishment from the Holy Pool water and Little Fish, she quickly recovered.

Lin Yi didn’t ask Li Chen about the events that had transpired earlier, and Li Chen offered no explanations.

She knew it was better not to ask about many things.

Li Chen was a man, and many issues were better left for a man to handle himself; even if she intervened, it wouldn’t be of much help.

As her understanding of Li Chen deepened, Lin Yi increasingly felt that there was much concealed within him, but these were things she had no desire to probe.

All she knew was that Li Chen was her husband, and that was enough for her.

"This is enough," Li Chen looked at the company’s entrance and softly chuckled, "Wife, go on up. I’ll come to work in a bit."

Lin Yi nodded and turned to enter the company.

"Still no news?"

After Lin Yi left, Li Chen slightly turned his head and asked.

Behind him stood a man dressed entirely in black.

"Not yet," the man said in a low voice.

"Keep looking."

"Yes."

Turning back around, Li Chen’s face once again donned its usual faint smile. He turned and walked upstairs.

"Here comes Mr. Cheen!"

"Yo, Mr. Cheen honors us with his presence; we haven’t seen you around in a while."

In the laboratory, several people teased Li Chen as he entered.

Li Chen had disappeared for quite some time. To the outside world, he had explained it as a sudden family emergency that mandated his leave.

Seeing Li Chen appear, everyone in the laboratory showed their smiles.

In their minds, Li Chen was like an omnipotent figure, his engagements surely significant. Therefore, his absence had not provoked any surprise.

"Qianqian, go, your Mr. Cheen is here."

Wang Qianqian nudged the girl beside her: "Cut it out, what ’your’..."

"Oh, feeling shy now?"

"Go away, go away..."

Wang Qianqian quickly pushed the girl away.

At that moment, Li Chen also arrived at Wang Qianqian’s side and smiled: "Qianqian, it’s been a long time."

"Mm..." Wang Qianqian lowered her head and softly "mm-hmmed."

For some reason, she always found herself at a loss for words when she saw Li Chen. She wasn’t like this at work regularly.

But upon seeing Li Chen, her heart would inexplicably quicken its pace.

Especially after Li Chen’s triple confession the other time...

"Qianqian, Qianqian?"

"Mm... Ah!" Wang Qianqian finally snapped back to reality, looked at Li Chen, and realized he was staring at her in astonishment.

She had just spaced out...

"What’s wrong, Qianqian?" Seeing Wang Qianqian look restless, Li Chen couldn’t help but ask, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, not at all!" Wang Qianqian quickly shook her head; she dared not admit she had just lost focus because of ’that’ thought.

"Really not?" Li Chen looked at Wang Qianqian with a suddenly mischievous smile.

"Really not!" Wang Qianqian hurriedly replied.

"That won’t do. I know some traditional medicine. Come on, let me give you a quick check-up." As Li Chen spoke, he reached out his hand towards Wang Qianqian.

"Don’t!" Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, Wang Qianqian was startled and immediately blushed, turning her head to flee.

Seeing the movements of the two, the people in the lab couldn’t help but exchange glances, all with odd smiles on their faces.

"Click!"

"Click!"

The sound of camera shutters continued to ring out.

At the doorway of a household, many people were standing not too far away, watching onlookers.

"What happened?"

"What happened? Murder!"

"It’s said that the entire family was killed, in such a gruesome manner, no less. No one knows who they offended."

"Yes, yes, massacring an entire family, no matter the grudge, this seems a bit too much, right?"

"Moreover, I knew this family; they were usually kind to others. I never heard of them offending anyone."

The area around was already sealed off with tape, and apart from the police, no one was allowed in.

Inside the house, a group of police officers was busily at work.

"This... How could this have been done?" A policeman looked at the condition of the bodies and couldn’t help but say with a distressed expression.

"It doesn’t look like a typical home invasion gone bad, does it? If it were just a home invasion murder, it definitely wouldn’t result in this kind of outcome, and look at the victims..."

A group of police officers kept on making their reports, discussing amongst themselves.

Yu Yueying also stood among the group of officers, looking at the bodies, her eyebrows tightly furrowed.

Just as others had mentioned, the death states of the several victims in the room were extremely strange.

Yes, strange.

Because an ordinary murder couldn’t possibly result in such a scene.

There were three bodies in the room, seemingly a family of three.

What was eerie was that there weren’t any obvious fatal wounds on any of the three bodies.

The only wounds were on their necks.

There, there were two deep puncture holes.

However, no blood oozed out from those puncture holes.

Because the victims’ bodies were completely desiccated. Even their whole bodies showed signs of mummification, the skin lax and dry, the hair brittle, with much of it having fallen out, creating a very eerie sight.

"What could have turned people into this state?" Yu Yueying’s brows furrowed deeply. In her view, this was definitely not a simple murder case.

A plain murder case, presenting such bizarre conditions?

Seeing the state of the victims, the first thing all the police officers thought of was the western vampire.

Apart from vampires, who else is heard of sucking all the blood out of their victims after killing them?

Even two officers, while preparing to draw blood for analysis, couldn’t extract any blood from the bodies.

This further confirmed everyone’s thoughts about vampires.

"Take the bodies back for a full examination, I want to know all the test results," Yu Yueying ordered.

"This matter must not be made public, and civilians should not be informed to avoid panic. If word gets out, you are all aware of the consequences," said a middle-aged police officer sternly standing beside Yu Yueying.

Yu Yueying’s brows knit slightly, and although she was somewhat dissatisfied with the middle-aged officer’s approach of keeping secrets, she also understood that the news spreading would indeed cause panic in Linchuan City.

After all, vampires are creatures that only exist in legends.

If they were to appear in real society, it would undoubtedly be a shock to modern mainstream society.

"Regardless, no matter what the killer is, we just need to find him and bring him to justice," the middle-aged officer said sternly.

"In the meantime, step up patrols on each street, and move out immediately upon discovery. Whatever is causing this, we have to contain it in the shortest possible time and prevent public panic."

"Yes!" the police officers responded in unison.

Yu Yueying sighed softly to herself, acknowledging that, often, concealment isn’t the intention. It’s simply because letting the public know these things brings no good to anyone.

Thus, the burden of such pressure had to be borne by them alone.

The police were busy inside, while many civilians outside were speculating about what exactly had happened within.

No one noticed a girl slowly withdrawing from the crowd.

Standing on the opposite side of the street, the girl looked up at the room of the deceased, where several police officers were still working.

A naive smile slowly spread across the girl’s lips.

However, no one noticed that this seemingly harmless girl had two unusually long canines protruding from her upper jaw.

After glancing around and seeing no one was paying attention to her, the girl turned her head and left the scene.

Not far away, the girl got into a car.

The girl, who seemed quite young, possibly even a high school student, was actually the owner of the car. She started the vehicle and drove away from the street.

In the car, the girl’s face slowly began to change.

Like ripples in water, her visage twisted and altered until a completely different woman’s face emerged.

Li Xinmei.