I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse
Chapter 401: Ageless Beauty_1

Chapter 401: Chapter 401: Ageless Beauty_1

"Su Xiaomeng is still all right, but these past few days, through coordination with the criminal police in Eastern Sea City, I’ve discovered an issue," you said.

"What issue?"

Xian Qianling, this madwoman, is actually also a workaholic. She seems to have endless energy and can always invest herself wholeheartedly into criminal investigation work.

"The girls who went missing in Eastern Sea City were all young, between sixteen and eighteen years old, and as you said, they were all rather good-looking. However, these girls were all on the fringes of society, and their family relationships were quite complex. They had all been missing for some time before the police were notified," she explained.

Xian Qianling took a briefcase from the back seat of the car and passed you the information on the missing girls, continuing, "But Su Xiaomeng is different from them. Setting aside age, to my knowledge, Su Xiaomeng is indeed a typical ’good girl.’ Her whereabouts were only the office and her rental place. In Yuhang, she only had two friends, one being her ex-boyfriend, and the other, Little Lan."

"She had a boyfriend?"

"Yes, but they’ve broken up. According to Su Xiaomeng, the strange occurrences began when she broke up with her boyfriend," she said.

You frowned and continued to inquire, "Have you contacted Jiang Leng?"

"Yes, Su Xiaomeng has already moved out of that rental place. She’s now living with Jiang Leng."

"Oh? Their relationship has progressed that quickly."

You hadn’t expected this cousin to act so swiftly, cohabiting with someone in just a few days.

"It’s not as sordid as you think. They’re simply cohabiting normally. And now that Jiang Leng is Su Xiaomeng’s boss, he has brought her into Jiang Family Corporation. Su Xiaomeng is still working in fashion design," she clarified.

Hearing Xian Qianling’s words, you couldn’t help but curl your lip, "Of course, you, a workaholic who never catches Korean dramas or idol series, wouldn’t understand. These days, the most popular trope is the domineering CEO, the wealthy and handsome cold male god, the mature man with a face full of stubble."

"Enough, don’t spout that to me," Xian Qianling said. She shifted into drive, pressed the accelerator, and the SUV kicked up the accumulated snow, charging off the road.

"Where are we going now?"

"To see Jiang Leng. He seems to know something and has made it clear that he will only speak to you."

You shrugged. Since you were already out, there wasn’t much else to say.

You had originally thought you would drive south into the city, but Xian Qianling turned northwest and soon you’d entered a high-class villa residential area.

Looking at the rows of refined semidetached houses and villas around you, you couldn’t help but sigh, "If I could buy a house here, life would be complete."

"That’s all the ambition you have?" Xian Qianling glanced sideways at you.

With your hands behind your head, you sat back in your seat with a relaxed expression, "That’s exactly the amount of ambition I have. To buy a house here, then move in with the person I love the most, have a kid, wouldn’t that complete life?"

Xian Qianling suddenly fell silent. She didn’t bicker with you any longer, just gave you a meaningful glance, and then focused on driving.

The atmosphere in the car grew still, but soon the vehicle stopped in front of a very tastefully decorated villa.

Unlike typical villas, the one in front of you did not have a main gate from the outside. Although this villa didn’t have the largest plot, its design was uniquely ingenious.

Yuhang and Xian Qianling first entered a courtyard. Although the courtyard was not large, it was nevertheless lush with vegetation; the front door lay beyond the courtyard.

Xian Qianling walked up and pressed the doorbell. Before long, the door opened, and it wasn’t just anyone, it was Su Xiaomeng herself.

Although she had known that you were coming, a hint of embarrassment still showed on Su Xiaomeng’s face when she saw you.

"Miss Su, is Mr. Jiang in?"

"Yes, he’s in the living room."

Yuhang and Xian Qianling entered the house, and there’s no need to dwell on the decor. Suffice it to say, it looked unostentatious, but every corner was a testament to the homeowner’s dedication.

As you entered the living room, Jiang Leng was making milk tea, the whole house carrying a faint scent of milk aroma. Seeing you come in, Jiang Leng smiled faintly, "It’s freezing outside, have some horse milk tea to warm up."

"You always knew how to enjoy life, cousin."

You didn’t stand on ceremony and directly took a seat opposite Jiang Leng.

After a cup of fragrant horse milk tea had been consumed, you turned to Jiang Leng and said, "Cousin, tell me what you know."

At that moment, Su Xiaomeng also took a seat, but she chose another sofa, keeping a certain distance from Jiang Leng.

Jiang Leng glanced at Su Xiaomeng and began, "That night, I had an appointment with someone. At the time, Xiaomeng and her ex-boyfriend were also there."

Su Xiaomeng obviously didn’t want to mention her ex-boyfriend, who had wasted her youth, and kept her head down in silence.

Jiang Leng also seemed reluctant to rip open Su Xiaomeng’s old wounds, so he continued, "At that time, Xiaomeng went to the restroom, and the woman I was meeting also went in. When Xiaomeng came out of the restroom, she carried a trace of Yin Ghost Qi. Although I am not a practitioner, a senior in my family devoted himself deeply to cultivation, and I learned a bit through childhood exposure. That Yin Ghost Qi, it was denser and more sordid than that of ordinary ghosts. After Xiaomeng left, I took the chance when no one was paying attention to check the women’s restroom and found that it concealed nothing at all. Obviously, that Yin Ghost Qi must have been attached to her temporarily by that woman."

"Who was it?" Xian Qianling asked anxiously.

Jiang Leng paused and said, "Pu Songbai’s daughter, Pu Yan, the current head of the Pu Family."

Upon hearing this name, Xian Qianling frowned, "Pu Yan? Is she the one known as the top debauchee in Eastern Sea?"

"Oh?" You raised your eyebrow at Jiang Leng, "Cousin, I didn’t expect you to have such a strong taste."

Jiang Leng ignored your sarcasm and continued, "I’ve always been curious about how Pu Yan could maintain her youthful appearance. After meeting her, my curiosity only grew."

At these words, both you and Xian Qianling quieted down, knowing that a key piece of information for the case was coming your way.

"All along, people’s focus on Pu Yan has been her age. There has always been much speculation about her actual age. Others may not be aware, but I happen to know some insider information because my father was once betrothed to Pu Yan. However, my father later met my mother and broke the engagement. Therefore, Pu Yan’s age is comparable to my father’s — forty-eight years old."

"Forty-eight years old!"

Xian Qianling exclaimed in horror, "How is that possible! I’ve met her once, and judging from her appearance, she definitely didn’t look older than twenty-six!"