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“So, you’ve agreed?”

Mr. Lei asked, somewhat uncertain.

Xu Shuo casually acknowledged, scanning the bar’s main hall, as if preparing to randomly pick a lucky player.

Unfortunately, no one dared to make eye contact with him.

At this moment, Mr. Lei said with a chuckle, “Since we’ve decided to cooperate, I can naturally share my information with you. What exactly do you want to know?”

“How many days have you been seeing Jenny?” Xu Shuo casually looked away as he asked.

“It’s not really dating, I’m more like a sucker. I’ve been drinking with her at Fragrant Residence Bar for most of the month, spending money like water, and yet she wouldn’t even hold my hand,” Mr. Lei said with a grimace.

This character was indeed a perfect Sucker.

When he checked the character information, he couldn’t help but think, “A dog licking for love won’t get house,” and yet what this young master of the Lei Family enjoyed most was playing the faithful suitor.

But it was never out of true affection.

In fact, if he couldn’t win Miss Jenny over in a month, Mr. Lei would decisively move on to another beauty to court.

He was only a sucker, not a fool.

And today happened to be the last week.

Therefore, Mr. Lei specially invited some of his high-society friends to come and watch the beauties, but those young masters were unwilling to lower their status to come to such a chaotic place as the Midtown District, and they all refused.

In the end, only one person came due to the pressure of saving face.

And that person was now dead.

This was what happened before the murder took place.

“So from all aspects, is this person innocent?” Xu Shuo looked at the corpse laid out on the ground.

Mr. Lei almost read off his character information, directly citing the intel he’d gleaned.

He said leisurely, “This man’s family was in decline; he probably wanted to use the power of the Lei Family to start anew, so he didn’t dare refuse me and came along to play—I know just this much.”

Xu Shuo opened his portable terminal to take a look, preferring not to just take his word for it.

The identity of the deceased was quickly confirmed by the police left at the station, who sent over the information promptly.

He indeed came from the Uptown District.

Unfortunately, he had just gone bankrupt recently.

And without sufficient financial backing, he would soon have to move out of the Uptown District due to his substantial debts.

Thus, his willingness to keep company with gentlemen and follow Mr. Lei to the bar in the Midtown District late at night was somewhat justified—but had he known he was truly going to die, he definitely wouldn’t have risked his life coming.

Mr. Lei said with a sigh, “This brother, after all, died in my place. When I get back, I’ll make sure to pay off all his debts!”

Xu Shuo glanced at him lightly.

The guy was already dead, his home gone; your offer to pay off his debts is pointless now.

Moreover, it wouldn’t even be your own money.

Xu Shuo continued, “Other than that, in the time you’ve been involved with Jenny, has there been any unusual situations?”

Mr. Lei shook his head: “I told you it’s not really involvement. There haven’t been any unusual situations, although the day I met Miss Jenny was coincidentally when the fifth poisoning case had just occurred.”

Upon hearing this, Xu Shuo flipped open his calendar: “August 22nd?”

“Yep.”

“What was Miss Jenny doing at that time?”

“She was partying it up at Fragrant Residence Bar~”

Xu Shuo looked up toward Miss Jenny across from him. When she saw him looking her way, she greeted him with her usual stunning smile.

Xu Shuo turned his gaze again, checking out the bar owner before withdrawing his attention.

Their voices were low, and the booth was spacious, with four large sofas spread out.

As a result, the bar owner standing opposite could not clearly hear what they were discussing; he only tensed reflexively every time Xu Shuo glanced over at Jenny.

And once Xu Shuo looked away, he would gradually relax again.

But it could not always be like this…

He needed to find a way to get Jenny to leave this place.

…

“Actually…”

Mr. Lei, looking at Xu Shuo with his head down checking the terminal, suddenly spoke again, “I have another piece of crucial intelligence, key information relating to this assassination incident.”

Xu Shuo, without lifting his head, asked, “And then?”

The next moment, Mr. Lei, who had been wearing a serious expression, broke into a smile and said, “If you pull me out after we leave here, I’ll tell you.”

Xu Shuo looked up at him, glanced briefly, and then returned his gaze to the information on the terminal.

“So, do you want it? Maybe it could help unravel the clues related to Jenny?” Mr. Lei pressed.

“Speak,” Xu Shuo said concisely.

“Actually, someone else bought me that drink, but I don’t like the taste, so I passed it to my friend,” said Mr. Lei.

Xu Shuo paused slightly, looking at the puddle on the ground.

The puddle of alcohol was still faintly emitting the scent of plants and fruits, giving off a strong, rich aroma that could make someone with a low tolerance for alcohol feel tipsy just from the smell.

Xu Shuo looked at Mr. Lei and asked, “Who bought you the drink?”

Mr. Lei shook his head, “I don’t know, but it was definitely someone in the bar. It was too chaotic with everyone dancing and celebrating; a waiter brought me a drink, saying it was from someone else.”

Xu Shuo asked further, “What about that waiter?”

Mr. Lei: “To be honest, I didn’t pay any attention…”

…

[He hadn’t been sitting for long, utterly absorbed in watching Miss Jenny’s dance, when suddenly a waiter approached, placing a glass of drink on the table. Amid the noisy music and shouting, he only vaguely heard someone saying, “Someone is buying you a drink.”]

[He didn’t care much, waving his hand dismissively. After the waiter left and Jenny had finished her dance, he picked up the glass of drink from the table, but when he prepared to drink, he smelled an overly strong scent.]

[He frowned; he didn’t like the aroma of the drink, so he simply passed it to the friend sitting opposite him.]

[Immersed in the ecstatic music, he continued to enjoy Miss Jenny’s new dance performance, but he thought that if tonight’s confession didn’t succeed, it was time to look for the next target.]

…

This was the last fragment of character information.

It is also a reenactment of the previous scene, so the deadly drink might indeed have been intended for Mr. Lei.

But perhaps the murderer misjudged Mr. Lei’s taste and gave him a drink with an overpowering smell, causing him not even to taste it before passing it on to someone else.

But then again, was it really not meant for Mr. Lei?

After all, the character information wasn’t entirely complete, and the character was so captivated by Jenny’s dancing that he didn’t even see the face of the person who brought the drink over.@@novelbin@@

However, due to the main quest, players would clearly know the murderer’s intended victim was themselves, which accounts for the murderer’s failure to grasp the character’s taste; otherwise, the victim of the script would have to be someone else.

—To have such a bold heart, you deserve someone wanting to kill you!

If this young guy was half as cautious as me, he wouldn’t have been targeted for so long without realizing it!

Mr. Lei shook his head in self-admiration.

Xu Shuo listened to his narration, his expression contemplative.

This waiter with an unknown identity could either be an unimportant bystander or a potentially significant character.

Fragrant Residence Bar had ten waiters, one bartender, and one owner, twelve people in total maintaining the operation of the bar.

The waiters were definitely worth interrogating, but this broad approach was unlikely to yield any genuinely useful information.

Xu Shuo’s gaze shifted slightly, looking in the direction of the bar’s hall once again, scanning the crowd.

And this time, he finally zeroed in on one lucky player.

“Call their bartender over to me,” Xu Shuo said to his deputy.

This bartender, he had wanted to interrogate for a while now.

…