As

the 

p

halanx otherworldly item case was 

completed

, I used the commission from Lin Qiusheng to pick a top Jaguar 

R

oadster from a 4S store. It was the reward I 

had given

 myself. 

It

 was worth mentioning that with the 

connections

 from the Circle, I soon found a suitable owner for the phalanx. 

She was an international model with anorexia. Since she 

had to walk along 

the 

catwalk every day

, she had to strictly control her diet, which resulted in her bony figure. She didn’t 

feel like

eating

 or 

drinking anymore

,

and she was about to die. 

I considered her case. 

She 

didn’t 

feel like

eating

 or 

drinking

, and the phalanx would make people

swallow as much food as possible. It was the right treatment 

for her

 sickness, wasn’t it? 

That

 was

 why the deal was completed quickly. I heard that after 

the model

 got the phalanx, 

she

 began to eat a lot. Within one month, she had gained fifty pounds. She 

boasted that I was

 her great benefactor

, and

 she 

had

 a new favorite dish

, which was t

urtle soup. People then started 

referring

 to her as Miss Turtle Soup. 

Today, while I was brushing dust off the antiques in my shop, a white Lamborghini drove into the antique street. I took a glance 

at it

 and spotted the plate number

. It 

was licensed in Shanxi. 

J

ust this license

plate alone was much more expensive than my entry-level 

sports

 car. 

Many tycoons in Shanxi got

 rich from coal. Moreover, they liked to collect antiques to show their taste and level of prestige. 

It seemed 

someone was driving a superb car onto this antique street to shop around. 

I scurried around my shop to 

display

 some antiques at the most eye-catching positions on the shelves. 

This

 could be a meaty lamb

; 

I would 

feel

 sorry if I didn’t chop it off today!  

The

 antique business was some sort of scam. If you 

encountered an

 expert in the field, a real antique could maybe 

fetch

 enough to buy tea. But 

i

f you were lucky and got some 

ignorant and filthy rich customer,

 you 

w

ould 

feel

 sorry if you didn’t 

rip

 them off. 

Those big bosses collected antiques just to show off. They wouldn’t mind the prices. Moreover, if the price was high, they could brag about 

that as well

. 

After presenting all the antiques, I sat down calmly at the door of my shop

. I held 

a cup of jasmine tea from which I leisurely took sips. 

Chuyi liked jasmine tea the most. I heard that he didn’t

 like

 to drink boiled water

,

 soft drinks, or alcoholic drinks

, so he settled on

 jasmine tea. 

I slowly 

seemed to have inherited his habit. 

As soon as the tea 

went

 into 

my

 mouth, the clear, refreshing scent stormed to 

my

 nostrils. It felt so comfortably good that I couldn’t talk. 

In this antique business, except for a sharp

 and 

quick tongue, you would need to pretend to be bold and aloof as well. 

I

t could 

give you the air of

 an awesome expert.

Soon, I heard rapid footsteps outside. I was cheered up instantly

.

 The fish got hooked! 

As soon as I was about to greet them, I heard a hoarse voice. 

“Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhang Jiulin?” 

I lifted my head and saw a 

man 

around fifty years old. He was looking at me with opaque eyes. At first glance, he looked haggard. From his hurried gait, I knew he wasn’t here to buy antiques. He needed my help. 

I stood up and answered, “I am Zhang Jiulin. Why do you want to see me?” 

The middle-aged man didn’t say anything. He 

s

trangely

clapped his hands. Two bodyguards wearing sunglasses immediately placed a box on my counter. They opened it. The box was packed with stacks of RMB notes! There should be one or two million in cash! 

The bodyguards pushed the boxes toward me. “Here’s the deposit.” 

If this had happened when I had just entered this business, I would have fainted in awe. But as the number of cases I had accepted 

became

 greater and greater, one million in cash wasn’t enough to trouble my sanity. Moreover, I understood well that the 

higher

 the payment was, the tougher the case would be. 

I i

ndifferently

pushed the box back. “Sir, could you tell me what happened first?” 

When I asked that, the middle-aged man squatted and began to weep silently. He couldn’t 

form

 a sentence even after a long time. I hurriedly pulled him up and guided him to the sofa

, giving

 him some tissues. 

After a long time, the middle-aged man finally pulled himself together. With red eyes, he introduced himself

.

 “Mr. Zhang, I am Jiang Teng. This time, I have come to beg you to take revenge for my son!”

Then, he shakily took out a stack of papers from a document file

 and handed 

them to me. 

It seemed he didn’t want to recall the painful memory. He sniffed a few times

, then

 made up his mind and asked his bodyguard to talk to me. Still weeping, he walked outside.

The bodyguard sighed

.

 “Mister Zhang, please forgive our Chairman. His son ha

s

 just 

passed away

. He 

hasn’t

stabilized

 his emotions yet.” 

I couldn’t blame him. In this world, there was nothing more painful than saying goodbye to your children. I took a glance 

at Jiang

 Teng

, who was

 standing outside my shop. Both of his hands covered his face

. Hi

s shoulders heaved up and down. He was 

filled with

 mournful sadness. 

The bodyguard 

saw that I was

 absent-minded, 

so he

 called me and asked me to read the document I was given. 

When I opened the file, I was 

startled and

 almost 

threw

 it away. It wasn’t 

a

 written document. It was 

the

 photo of a bloody dead body! 

In the photo, t

he body la

id 

across the bed. The head was smashed like a blasted watermelon. Chunks of white brain matter were scattered on the ground. From the way the body was dressed, 

the victim

was

 a fashionable

young man. 

Behind the photo was the forensic report. The deceased was named Jiang Guanguan. The cause of death was being hit by 

a

 blunt weapon. He died immediately. 

I closed the document

 and

 slowly ask

ed, 

“Did you confirm that it wasn’t 

the doing of a

 human being?” 

The bodyguard nodded. “After we found the body, we

 immediately

 called the police. They found no signs of the 

crime

 being committed by a human. We

’ve 

checked all the cameras around the villa

, and w

e didn’t find any suspects entering or leaving the villa. Moreover…” The bodyguard wiped the cold sweat 

off

 his forehead then continued, “According to the forensic report, our Young Master only got hit once, but the attack was strong enough that his head was completely 

smashed

.” 

I finally understood it. The skull was the toughest 

part of

 the human skeleton. Ordinary people would never be able to blast someone’s head with only one blow. It 

seemed to have been committed 

by 

an

 evi

l

 spirit. 

“Mr. Zhang, what do you think?” The bodyguard gingerly called me as I had kept silent for quite a long time. 

When I saw the photo, I had decided to accept this case. 

It was a

n otherworldly item that dared to kill people in broad daylight. Subduing it was the responsib

ility of an 

otherworldly merchant. 

Jiang Teng walked into the shop. He was touched when I

agreed to work on his son’s case. “Mr. Zhang, when can you 

start

? Please take revenge for my son!” 

I understood his restless, worried mind. “I

’ll 

collect some stuff, then we can go.”

While collecting my tools, I texted Li Mazi and Yin Xinyue

 and told 

them that I had accepted a case and that I needed to go on a business trip for a few days. They shouldn’t be worried about me. 

After collecting all the things I needed, I went downstairs and saw that every

one

was waiting in 

the car. When I got into the car, I saw Jiang Teng 

look

 at me

. It seemed

 he wanted to tell me something. However, he didn’t say anything. 

“What’s wrong?” I thought something had happened while I was 

fetching my belongings

. 

Unexpectedly, he said, “Please forgive me for what I 

did

 when I first entered your shop. I couldn’t think of anything else as my son ha

s

 left me forever.” 

I waved my hand. “I understand a 

parent’s heart

. 

N

o worries

, Sir

.” 

Jiang Teng calmed down and told his driver to depart. 

Along

 the way, I took the chance to ask Jiang Teng to tell me

 about

 the situations before and after the murder case. As Jiang Teng had calmed his 

emotions

, he started to tell me the details

. H

is 

voice was low

 and still hurtful. 

The day before the murder was Jiang Guanguan’s birthday. He had gone out to enjoy the day with his friends

. H

e 

returned

 home in the wee hours.  

When his son came home, Jiang Teng was still working. That

 was 

why he remembered this detail. At that time, his son was so drunk that he didn’t 

understand

 anything. The servant in the house had to support him to go to his room. 

“Whenever my son got drunk, he would behave crazily. This time, he was so quiet. He hardly talked. After around ten minutes, I was worried about him, so I went to his room to check.

I didn’t… I had never thought that my son, Guanguan…” 

Jiang Teng almost 

broke

 down when he came to this part. With red eyes, he whined and blamed himself

.

 “If I had 

gone

 to check on him earlier, he wouldn’t have died…”  

From what he had just shared, I knew it must 

have been

 done by 

some

 spirit. An 

o

rdinary 

person

 wouldn’t 

have been 

able to kill 

a

 man 

in

such a

 short time and erase all the evidence. 

I didn’t ask 

for more information

 as I was afraid that Jiang Teng would feel

 even more down

. I closed my eyes and rested. 

Early the next morning, we arrived in Taiyuan City. As the car was crossing the viaduct, I looked through the window. The aura of a city with a thousand years of history welcomed me. It was truly an ancient city where every blade of grass and brick contained interesting stories. 

After the car drove off the viaduct, we headed East for a long time before pulling to a full stop in front of a five-star hotel. I looked at the hotel and felt weird. Since Jiang Teng was so worried, I thought he would take me directly to his house. 

Jiang Teng’s countenance was strange. “I have some urgent business to attend to. I was worried that you would feel tired, so I got you a room here. Don’t worry about the expenses. Please understand my situation.”

I remembered that he got a call on the way here. I was half-sleeping at that time, so I didn’t catch the content of his call. I remembered that he needed to go back to solve something, and it seemed to be very urgent. 

Still, what would be more important than taking revenge for his son? 

Yesterday, he had cried his heart out and wanted to slash the murderer a thousand times. But today, he had pulled himself together, and he could now deal with his business errands with such a cold face… 

I indifferently bid him farewell then entered the hotel with the bodyguard.