I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 300 Greeting Card Murder_1

Chapter 300: Chapter 300 Greeting Card Murder_1

"Electronic greeting card murders?"

Seeing you frown, Xian Qianling continued, "Last night, three homicide cases occurred in Yuhang City. Among the victims were two students, one in junior high and the other in high school, and the third victim was a company employee, an insurance salesman."

"What kind of person is so cruel as to harm such young children?"

Though you weren’t much older, you already saw yourself as an adult.

"The three individuals died at different times and locations, but what links them to a single case is that they all received an electronic greeting card," she said.

"What’s an electronic greeting card?" you naturally asked.

Xian Qianling didn’t explain but simply took the mobile phone from beside your bed, opened it, and intended to find some electronic greeting cards to show you. But after a careful search, she suddenly said something that left you speechless, "Li Muyun, you just claimed to be Sculpted Silk, and I didn’t believe it. But now I do. Who else has fewer than ten contact numbers in their phone?"

You snatched the phone from Xian Qianling’s hand and stuffed it into your pocket, "That’s my business, and it has nothing to do with you."

"Hmph, what a narrow-minded man," Xian Qianling muttered, as if she had forgotten the incident that had just occurred and the bold confession that had ensued. It was as if none of that ever happened. She continued, "It’s Christmas, isn’t it common for friends to send each other electronic greeting cards to express their well-wishes?"

"Really?" Indeed, there were only a few contacts in your phone, and they all knew you didn’t care for such formalities, so they didn’t bother sending you electronic greeting cards.

Or it could be said that the people around you weren’t normal. Even if they received electronic greeting cards, they wouldn’t send them in return because it was too bothersome.

Xian Qianling sighed softly, truly not expecting that someone as capable as you would be so clueless about electronic greeting cards.

"Since you don’t know, let me explain in detail," she said.

Xian Qianling sat back down, took out her phone, and quickly displayed an electronic greeting card. It was mostly decorated with colorful patterns, featuring apples, Christmas trees, Santa Claus, and the like.

"This is the most common type of electronic greeting card," she explained.

You nodded, asking, "Are there special ones as well?"

"I haven’t received any special ones, but you can have a look at this mobile phone." Xian Qianling pulled out another phone wrapped in plastic film from her pocket.

She pulled up an electronic greeting card and handed it over to you.

As you looked at it, your brow quickly furrowed.

To be honest, your first reaction upon seeing the electronic greeting card was—"Crude!"

Yes, it was like swearing!

The reason was simple: the greeting card began by saying the sender was someone dumped by his girlfriend. He had made a greeting card and sent it to seven strangers. At first, he wished the recipients a Merry Christmas, but then abruptly concluded with a message saying that if the recipients didn’t forward the card to another seven strangers within ten minutes, they would die of heartache.

"Die of heartache?"

Reaching the last line, you looked up at Xian Qianling and asked, "What was the cause of death for those three people?"

Xian Qianling sighed softly, "Just as written on the card, they died of heartache. Their bodies bore no marks, one junior high student even died at home. The initial forensic assessment was heart blockage."

"Heart blockage? That’s impossible!"

"I don’t believe it either, but the fact is right before us. The causes of death for all three are identical, and their deaths are bizarre," Xian Qianling took back the phone you handed her, "Last night, we set up a special case team to investigate this matter. Initially, we traced the source of the electronic greeting card to a mobile phone, but regrettably, that phone was discarded in a trash can with no information left inside, and the contacts list was completely deleted. The phone itself was second-hand street vendor goods, impossible to trace back to the seller."

Pinching the bridge of your nose, you said with a headache, "This looks very complicated. It’s probably not as simple as it appears on the surface, and it might involve some unknown elements."

"If it weren’t for this, I wouldn’t have come to you."

You thought for a moment and then asked, "Has this happened before?"

"No, this is the first case in our city. There have been joke greeting cards before, but no one ever took them seriously."

"It’s different, those prank cards from before were different from this."

"What’s different?" Xian Qianling asked eagerly.

"I just had a look at your greeting card, the sender is someone you know, right?"

Xian Qianling nodded, "Yes, that was sent by a colleague."

"Usually, greeting cards are given between acquaintances; who would send a card to a stranger."

"Could it be the perpetrator didn’t want to involve their friends and family?"

You nodded, "That’s possible, but there’s probably another possibility."

"What?" Xian Qianling stared at you intently, that Hungry Wolf-like look appeared in her eyes once again.

Damn, you suddenly felt like a delicious piece of meat in her eyes!

"It’s very possible that that person is like me, with hardly anyone in their phone contact list, or even fewer than seven people, maybe not even seven."

With that said, Xian Qianling suddenly felt enlightened.

"Since that’s the case, how should we start the investigation?"

You didn’t speak, but instead, mused to yourself, "Middle school student... high school student... insurance salesperson..."

"I’ve already investigated the middle school and high school students. They are all good kids at home and stellar students in class. Most of the numbers on their phone contact lists are family members and classmates, and among the greeting cards they received, only that one with the curse was from a stranger."

"What about the insurance salesperson?" you asked urgently.

"The victim was a 25-year-old female with good facial features, well-liked by the leadership at her company; she was the backbone of the business."

As if grasping a hint of inspiration, you quickly asked, "What was the female’s relationship with her colleagues usually like?"

"The colleagues said she was the kind who ingratiated herself with superiors and was harsh on her subordinates. She stepped on others’ backs to climb to the position she held."

"That’s it!"

You suddenly snapped your fingers.

"What did you think of?" Xian Qianling, who had quickly stood up, grabbed both of your hands!

Realizing her own impropriety, Xian Qianling sat back down.

You cleared your throat, "I have a rough idea, but before that, you need to immediately have someone investigate if the parents of that middle school and high school student had bought them insurance, and if it was handled by the same person."

Xian Qianling had an epiphany, quickly got up, and dashed out right away!