The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 211 - 208 Not Like Suicide, Many Suspicions

Chapter 211: Chapter 208 Not Like Suicide, Many Suspicions

"Is it the artist who snatched Xia Yan’s role?"

Qin Zhao thought carefully for a while before remembering that Su Xiaotong had mentioned this name at today’s event.

"Yes, that’s him."

Su Xiaotong sighed, "I thought someone was promoting him and he was about to become famous. But after the event ended today, when I was taking everyone back to the company, he jumped off the rooftop.

I was right next to a floor-to-ceiling window and saw someone falling.

At first, I thought I was mistaken, but then it turned out that someone had jumped."

"Why would he jump off a building when he had received so many good scripts and was about to become hugely popular?"

"My God, I think there’s more to it than just a simple jump."

Su Xiaotong looked around and hid in the storeroom.

She then continued to Qin Zhao, "The police had already come by and said it was suicide. But I think it’s not that simple because after Nan Sijin jumped, I immediately ran downstairs.

The body was smashed into a pulp, but I could see numerous bruises and scars on his limbs, some of which looked like lash wounds, and there were also burns and such.

Even if it wasn’t murder, I suspect he was abused before he decided to jump."

"If there are such obvious injuries on the body, the coroner would definitely inspect them, wouldn’t the police continue the investigation?"

"They’re about to close the case, and the police seem not to intend to investigate what happened with Nan Sijin’s injuries. Moreover, his manager received a text message that could prove that Nan Sijin committed suicide by jumping off the building."

"The text Nan Sijin sent to his manager before his death?"

"Yes, it said he didn’t want to live anymore, so the police think it was suicide."

"I’ll have Huo Xun get involved."

After hearing Su Xiaotong’s description, Qin Zhao also felt there was something strange about the case.

Just when his career was about to succeed, after enduring for so long and finally seeing success, how could he choose suicide?

Even if it was suicide, there probably was something hidden behind it.

Qin Zhao called Huo Xun and then went to the company himself.

By the time he arrived at the company building, it was already evening.

The scene of the incident was cordoned off, and there were two police officers present.

There were many onlookers originally, but now that it was getting late, the crowd had dispersed.

Qin Zhao walked around the area and saw only the body; he couldn’t find the soul.

Soon after, Huo Xun arrived in plain clothes.

"This case isn’t being handled by me, bringing too many people over wouldn’t be appropriate, so I came to have a look first."

Qin Zhao nodded, and the two walked towards the policemen by the cordon.

Huo Xun showed his credentials, expressing his desire to understand the case. As the Criminal Police Team was quite special and his position was high, the two policemen told him some details.

"Wait a minute, I want to look at the body."

Over there, the police were preparing to take the body back for processing.

After Huo Xun called out, they stopped.

The two walked up, and Huo Xun lifted the white cloth covering the body, facing a strong smell of blood. Bodies that had fallen to death were particularly bloody; they closely observed the still intact skin and indeed could see many wounds.

"What are these wounds about?"

"According to what the deceased’s manager and assistant said, these wounds were accidentally caused during filming. The deceased had been very busy recently, needing to run between several film crews every day, and he had mentioned multiple times to his manager that he was about to collapse, perhaps it was the psychological pressure that led to him jumping."

"Did the deceased leave any final words?"

"Yes, he sent a text message to his manager."

The policeman showed Huo Xun the related photos, which were of the manager’s phone taken by the police, containing the text message that essentially said he was too tired, emotionally collapsed, and didn’t want to live anymore.

After asking all this, all the evidence and explanations seemed normal, and it indeed could be concluded as suicide.

Huo Xun narrowed his eyes suddenly and asked, "Where is the deceased’s phone?"

"We couldn’t find it. It might have fallen somewhere else when he jumped."

Huo Xun’s gaze sharpened instantly, "Then why didn’t you continue searching?"

"We did search, we searched everywhere nearby and still couldn’t find the phone. Our captain then took people to the victim’s house, hoping to find some clues."

"You call your captain, I have something to ask him."

The policeman in front of him hesitated and glanced at Huo Xun.

But due to Huo Xun’s status, he had no choice but to obediently call the captain.

Once the call connected, Huo Xun took it and introduced himself.

"Captain Huo, what do you need?"

The other party hesitated, his tone slightly tense. He had long heard of the reputation of the captain of the Criminal Police Team who had solved many tough cases!

"Are you at the victim’s house?"

"Yes."

"Did you find the victim’s phone?"

"No, we also checked the places the victim visited today but couldn’t find the phone."

"What are your thoughts on this case?"

The other party fell silent, unsure how to respond.

By rank, Huo Xun was his superior, and he hadn’t expected Huo Xun to intervene in this case.

"Currently, the clues and evidence suggest that the victim committed suicide."

"Well, it appears so for now, search carefully, you must find the victim’s phone. The victim sent a text to his agent right before his death, how could the phone just vanish?

Unless, someone took it.

If someone took the victim’s phone, it would mean that there were other people at the scene when the victim jumped. What’s the relationship between this person and the victim? Why take the victim’s phone?"

Huo Xun fired off a series of questions, pinpointing the biggest doubts in the case.

The other party now understood that Captain Huo took this case very seriously; they couldn’t close it hastily and must handle it properly!

"We will find the victim’s phone as soon as possible!"

While Huo Xun was on the phone, Qin Zhao entered the company.

She reached the rooftop where Nan Sijin had jumped and after walking around, finally found a curled up soul in the corner.

"Ah! Don’t come near me!"

As Qin Zhao approached, the soul curled up tightly like a frightened animal.

Something was clearly wrong with this soul.

After a moment of thought, Qin Zhao said to him, "Do you know that you are already dead?"

Nan Sijin’s soul remained curled up for a long while before responding.

He looked up at Qin Zhao, his expression confused, "What did you say?"

"I said, you are already dead."

Qin Zhao repeated her words, realizing that he had temporarily forgotten the events before his death.

This was a common occurrence for souls. Some people’s deaths are particularly tragic and, coupled with painful experiences from their lives, can hurt their soul causing loss of memories after death.

"I’m dead?"

He stared incredulously, then looked down at his own body.

After quite some time, he finally noticed something was off.

Nan Sijin stood up and found that his feet couldn’t touch the ground, only able to float in the air.

With just a mere thought, he could drift far away.

He floated out from the rooftop and then saw the corpse on the first floor.

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