Demon hunter's Cooking Manual-Chapter 954 - 6 Life Needs Composure!_2

But she never thought he would be this rich.

"What exactly is this guy up to?"

"How did he swindle so much money?"

"What a bastard!"

Hui Lijing muttered under her breath, her worry intensifying by the minute.

As a barista-turned-detective, Hui Lijing knew full well what all these things represented.

Wealth?

In some ways, yes.

Just that one case of money could easily buy a shop downtown.

And the more valuable gold, jewelry, paintings, ornaments?

She couldn’t even begin to estimate.

But Hui Lijing was even more aware that if this wealth was not obtained through legitimate means, it effectively meant nothing.

A disaster waiting to happen!

The items here were more than enough to get her despicable sister into big trouble!

At that thought, Hui Lijing’s hand, clasping the stun gun, trembled.

"Have you never been inside this room before?"

Jason, meanwhile, had removed his gaze from Hui Lijing and was scanning the room while he spoke.

He could see the surprise on Hui Lijing’s face.

And he could hear the spike in her heartbeat just now.

Both were telling him she was unaware of these things.

Meaning, it’s highly likely she had nothing to do with her sister’s disappearance.

Suspecting Hui Lijing to be the criminal?

Hmm.

Jason never took a stranger’s word for granted.

Too many cried thief while being the thief themselves.

In Nightless City, those who frame others and then pose as the pitiful party are all too common.

Dare to believe them?

You’d be their next victim.

"That guy wouldn’t let me into her room."

Hui Lijing responded.

"Not even after she disappeared?"

Jason asked again.

"Two weeks ago, she asked me to take care of the shop because she was going to a party in the evening, and coincidentally, they needed help here for a small ’Rose Flower’ storytelling event."

"I initially refused, but she said if I helped her out, she would let me sleep on the sofa in the downstairs hall for free."

"So, I agreed."

"Who knew she wouldn’t return."

Hui Lijing recounted truthfully.

Sleeping on the downstairs sofa?

Hearing this, Jason dismissed his initial assessment of Hui Lijing as a third-rate detective and relegated her to outsider status—a detective without even a place to sleep was truly bottom-tier.

The fact that a downstairs couch was enough to make her compromise clearly indicated a long-term lack of stable housing.

Sleeping?

A park bench would be the choice.

She probably even built a ’home’ out of cardboard boxes.

Such a difference between sisters!

Looking at the surrounding bills, gold, jewelry, statues, and antique paintings, Jason couldn’t help but inwardly exclaim.

Then, he continued to ask.

"What’s this ’Rose Flower’ storytelling event?"

"What was the evening party all about?"

"Did you report to the police before?"

After three questions in a row, Jason stared intently at Hui Lijing.

Because by this time, Hui Lijing’s breathing had become hurried.

"’Rose Flower’ is a novel released recently, the author is quite famous and writes well—everyone says so. I read one page and couldn’t stand to read on. The female protagonist is too weak, facing a scumbag she should just give him a piece of C4 - what’s with all this silent endurance? The male lead is really a bastard, to be attracted to another scumbag while having such a good girlfriend like her, and then this scumbag started having feelings for the protagonist, it’s infuriating, if it were me I’d twist their skulls off and scatter their ashes."

Hui Lijing said indignantly.

Clearly, this wasn’t a stance of someone who couldn’t read more than one page.

She must have read it very carefully… and even put herself into it.

Jason speculated.

Hui Lijing continued after being enraged for quite a while.

"That guy was very secretive, and didn’t mention anything about the party—but I figured, it must be some shady gathering. The last time she said this, I followed her, not because I was worried about her! I was just afraid someone might get tricked by her, but I lost her!"

Hui Lijing reluctantly spoke.

"I also called the police."

"But about the police’s responsiveness..."

"If it weren’t for my strong insistence, they wouldn’t even have filed a case."

"Do you know what that bastard said?"

Hui Lijing continued to speak, then, with renewed anger, she mimicked the police officer who had handled her at the time.

"Maybe it’s romantic trouble, eh? Maybe she’ll come back in a day or two?"

"Is this something a police officer should say?"

"Moreover, my detective license was revoked by that bastard."

As she spoke, an increasingly angry Hui Lijing waved her fist furiously in the air.

"Did you physical assault someone?"

Jason guessed.

"How could it be?"

"Facing that kind of guy, of course, I used my folding stool to hit him hard."

Hui Lijing said it as if it were only natural.

"You just got your detective license revoked, not put into prison, which shows good people are still the majority."

"But my skills are really quite average!"

"There’s no news even up to now."

Hui Lijing obviously knew it was wrong to resort to violence and was guilty, but she was unwilling to admit it, pouting while muttering under her breath, and Jason, after saying this, began surveying the room again.

He took a deep breath.

He hoped to catch a scent.

But there was no smell of ’food’.

Instead, there was a strong fragrance of perfume filling the place.

Mixed with the strong scent of rouge, further smelling would reveal musk and vetiver, followed by a faint scent of smoke—the mixture of scents made Jason frown.

The fragrance was too intense.

It was a bit too much for him.

Similarly, Hui Lijing found it overwhelming too.

The female boss directly opened the window.

The evening afterglow shone directly into the room.

Jason sat on the only somewhat clean chair in the room, thinking quietly.

Previously, he had guessed that Hui Lixiang had a team behind her.

The words just spoken by Hui Lijing confirmed his guess.

Hui Lixiang had a quite professional team behind her.

In fact, Hui Lixiang had even undergone some kind of professional training.

Otherwise, it would not have been possible for her to detect Hui Lijing’s tailing and make her return without success.

Moreover...

Jason thought of something, scanned the room again, and finally, his gaze rested on Hui Lijing’s face.

"How is it?"

"Did you find anything?"

Hui Lijing asked eagerly.

"Your sister must have left voluntarily."

Jason said.

"Of course she left voluntarily... wait, what do you mean?"

Hui Lijing spoke subconsciously before realizing something was off.

She thought of something and stared at Jason.

"Just what you are thinking."

"For some reason, she chose to leave voluntarily."

"And with the wealth in this room not attracting any malevolent persons, it implies that the environment she is in should not be dangerous; at least the team familiar with her identity has not made a move."

Jason said.

"How could that person leave voluntarily?"

"She barely managed to establish her current business!"

Hui Lijing still could not believe it.

"Do you see how these things are placed?"

"Very casually, it’s clear your sister didn’t care much about them."

"And..."

"Why did your sister open a cafe?"

Jason asked.

Then, without waiting for Hui Lijing to speak, he continued.

"You once wanted to be a barista, right?"

"So, she opened the cafe."

"She let you move in, probably to let you inherit this cafe, fulfilling your once cherished wish."

"And these things were probably left for you."

Jason said slowly.

Two awkward sisters.

Wouldn’t it be better to just speak directly?

Going around in circles, what a bother.

Jason thought to himself.

Hui Lijing meanwhile opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, all the words turned into one sentence.

"Where did she go then?"

"Can’t be sure."

"Maybe she wanted to move to a new city, to a place where nobody knows her, and start anew?"

Jason was looking for a reasonable explanation.

Such an explanation was obviously hard for Hui Lijing to accept.

"Damn it."

"I will definitely find her."

Hui Lijing said resolutely.

Jason did not try to persuade; this was the other party’s matter. He had completed his part, the rest was for her to decide.

He then turned to leave.

But just as he was turning around, Jason was suddenly startled.