[T/N: Saw this novel only translated 1 chapter. Someone also commented that he/she hope someone can pick this up. I will give this a try and if the respond is not good, I will drop this.]

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After retiring, Shen Yan Fang stayed at home and, occasionally if she was in a good mood, she would visit Qiao Yin's place to "inspect" her.

Early in the morning, after Qiao Yin was caught off guard by her, Shen Yan Fang opened the door and entered the house, carrying a large bag of freshly bought vegetables. Usually, Shen Yan Fang would need to watch the morning news, so she did not nag at all when she turned on the TV. She sent Qiao Yin to wash the vegetables. Until noon time, when it was time to cook lunch, it's also when the "trial" began.

"Huang Ling was out on a business trip, she couldn't reach you on your phone, so she desperately called me and asked me to come and see you." From the second she walked into the kitchen, Shen Yan Fang couldn't keep her mouth shut. "She didn't say anything. I guessed that you had a problem with Little Zheng! How many times have I told you that a good looking man cannot be used to fill the stomach. Although Little Zheng is not as good looking as your neighbor, Little Xiao, but he's also clean and tidy, and he's also a lecturer in a university. You don't know how suitable he is with you! Why don't you know how to weigh it?"

"Aiya Mom! I told you it wasn't me that wanted to break up. It was Zheng Zi Hao that wanted the break up!" Qiao Yin at the side was helping her cutting the tomato into cubes. Looking at the bright red colour, it brought out the gluttony in her. "He's with his first love. She's also a lecturer at the same place. Their old relations.h.i.+p was rekindled. They have so many years of relations.h.i.+p, and on the internet, they called it true love. My four peaceful years with him can be compared?"

Shen Yan Fang hated the iron could not turn into steel. She raised the pot, shoveling and threatened to hit her, "You think you have a point? Who's the one that is going to break up, ah? The emperor is not anxious but the eunuch is anxious!"

Extending her arm and pretending to duck, Qiao Yin grinned. Her big eyes bent like a crescent-shaped moon, and when she opened her mouth, she talked like dog-leg, "Yes, yes, yes, seeing that the eunuch is anxious, the emperor becomes not anxious anymore. Mom is anxious for me, why should I be anxious? It is still mom that treats me the best." After she coaxed finish, she did not forget to hug Shen Yan Fang's elbow and pretend to be a spoilt brat. However, her brain was thinking of the sweet and sour pork in the pot, showing a face of gluttony. "En... It's so fragrance. Let me have a piece to try first?"

When she heard her talk about food, Shen Yan Fang took the pot and wanted to teach her lesson again, "All you know is eat!"

This time, Qiao Yin did not hide. She grabbed a piece of sweet and sour pork and put it in her mouth. She nodded with a smile, "Mmm~ delicious! Mom, do you want to eat? I will feed you!" After she said it, she grabbed a piece of meat and put it at the side of Shen Yan Fang's mouth. Shen Yan Fang quickly back away, her face full of disfavor, "Take it away, I don't eat something so sweet!"

It was not until the food was served that the "trial" was finally over. Shen Yan Fang sat down at the dining table, sighing, raising her eyebrows and looked at Qiao Yin, "You and Little Zheng really have no hope?" When she saw Qiao Yin raised her head and grinned, she knew it was true. She could only sigh and said, "Ai... if you are not twenty-nine this year, based on your qualities, you could still slowly find a partner."

"Twenty-nine is not old." Qiao Yin bite her chopsticks and looked at the food on the table, thinking of which dish should she eat first. "At the most, I can spend my whole life alone. It is not like I don't have enough money to use. What should I be scared of?"

"You're not old enough to say that." Strangely looking at her, Shen Yan Fang put a sweet and vinegar pork, which was Qiao Yin's favorite, in her bowl. This was also considered her decision for her, "No matter what, the Little Xiao that lived opposite of you really can't. You listen to what Mom says. Mom's saying it for your sake." Then she took a skeptical look at Qiao Yin, "There is really nothing happened between the both of you last night?"

Qiao Yin was eager to bite the meat outside the bone, "Really nothing. Xiao Yang is upright."

"Hmmph! A man and a woman spending the night alone, it's hard to guarantee that he won't think of nasty things." Shen Yan Fang slanted her head, didn't show a care for such a remark. Then she turned and continued her conversation, "However, yes. The police are so tired every day that they don't have the strength to do that kind of thing. Look., if you find him to be your husband, you may not even have a baby."

Standing next to Xiao Yang, Yan Cong also squatted down and looked at Zhong Zheng's bloodied body. "In all, there were thirty-six cuts. The fatal wound was the cut on the neck. The killer is obviously abusive, and it is highly likely due to kill in revenge."

He took a look at the cut wound on Zhong Zheng's neck. He could see that the killer's action was very efficient and neat. "And the four murders in the last two months were all spring knives, and it was too far-fetched to say that it was a coincidence."

"So, the first three murders were practice for the killer?" Falling silent for a few seconds, Yan Cong nodded his head, "It's also logical. The first two victims were women, with more or less traces of defense, mostly because the killer was not well-planned or hesitant. The third victim was a man, but he was cut off without a fight. The killer's technique is becoming sophisticated."