The Rebirth of the Cultivation Leader Qin Zhao as a Celebrity
Chapter 92 - 89: The Strange Bun Shop, Who is the Real Killer?

Chapter 92: Chapter 89: The Strange Bun Shop, Who is the Real Killer?

Qin Zhao still had a bun she hadn’t eaten, and she couldn’t help feeling nauseous.

She tore open the bun and sniffed it, detecting a strange sour smell that wasn’t the typical kind of spoiled smell—it was just indescribable, and there was a severed finger with a fingernail on the ground!

They hadn’t walked far; the bun shop was just nearby.

Since it was noon, there were few customers, and there was only a steamer outside.

Qin Zhao immediately called Huo Xun to explain the situation.

Tengshe tilted his head and sized up Qin Zhao, saying, "Why are you so serious? Don’t you humans eat your own kind? I’ve eaten other snakes, and they were quite delicious."

He had eaten a finger, and although it was a bit shocking, it didn’t scare him.

For Tengshe, a human finger was no different from a chicken claw.

Qin Zhao warned him, "My friend is coming to handle the case, don’t talk nonsense."

Tengshe opened his mouth to argue, but Qin Zhao added, "Do you still want the Dragon Horn or not?"

He huffed and threw the bun away, transforming into a small bracelet that stayed on Qin Zhao’s wrist.

Soon, the Criminal Police Team arrived quickly.

"What’s with the human flesh buns?"

Captain Huo got out of the car, his expression grave.

"Look, on the ground."

Qin Zhao pointed to the finger on the ground, then handed him another bun.

"These two buns smell off."

Captain Huo brought a forensic scientist, and handed the bun to him.

After examining, the forensic scientist spoke solemnly, "Indeed, it’s human flesh. Where did you buy this?"

Qin Zhao took them to the bun shop.

At that time, the shop was about to close because the buns were sold out.

"Hello, police investigation."

Several policemen entered the bun shop, startling the owner.

The owner looked anxious but not panicked, "Officer, what seems to be the problem?"

"Somebody reported a finger in one of your buns."

The police placed the finger in a plastic bag and showed it to the owner.

"That’s impossible! We use pork for our buns. How could there be a human finger? I didn’t kill anyone, that must not be from our buns!"

Everyone else was in uniform except for Qin Zhao.

The owner knew she was the one who reported the case and glared at her angrily.

"Young lady, I have no quarrel with you. Why would you frame me like this? I run my business conscientiously. I wouldn’t even use spoiled pork, let alone human flesh!"

Qin Zhao said indifferently, "I don’t sell buns. Why would I frame you? You should remember, I just bought these buns from here."

Captain Huo observed the owner’s expression. He looked wrongfully accused, not seeming deceitful.

He instructed the other officers, "Search the store."

The police began to search the bun shop. The owner likely hadn’t committed the crime, so he was calm throughout the search, hoping the police’s search would prove his innocence.

Half an hour later, the search concluded.

"Captain Huo, we didn’t find anything unusual."

There was still meat left in the freezer, and the forensic examined it—it was all pork.

Captain Huo frowned, puzzled.

But he and Qin Zhao had solved several cases together, and he didn’t believe Qin Zhao would play them. There must be something wrong with this bun shop; they just hadn’t found the problem yet.

"Miss Qin, come here for a moment."

Captain Huo called Qin Zhao out to ask her privately, "Did you notice the soul of the deceased?"

Qin Zhao shook her head, "No, and there’s no yin energy here either."

"Weren’t you the one who found a finger in their buns?"

"Yes, I have no reason to lie to you."

"I don’t think you’re lying to me."

Huo Xun looked thoughtful, "Perhaps the boss didn’t commit the crime here, but merely moved the body here and then processed it into human meat buns."

"That’s not right." Qin Zhao corrected him, "If the boss were the murderer, he would bear the consequences. Moreover, the soul of the victim would haunt him, but I haven’t found any of that, so the boss is not the murderer."

"Is the murderer someone else?"

Qin Zhao nodded.

The two returned to the bun shop, and Huo Xun continued to question the owner, "The human fingers were definitely found in your buns, didn’t you realize there was something wrong with your meat while preparing the buns?"

The owner thought for a moment and then shook his head.

However, he showed a hesitant expression.

"We need to do business in the morning, prepare the filling at night, and wrap the buns, which goes on till very late. Last night, while wrapping the buns, I felt very tired and a bit dizzy, perhaps I overlooked it."

"You and who else make the buns?"

"My wife. I was too tired after working all day and went to sleep. She took care of the rest."

Huo Xun and Qin Zhao exchanged glances, "Where is your wife?"

"She went shopping and hasn’t come back."

Qin Zhao had been here the whole time and had not seen the bun shop’s owner’s wife.

Hence, she didn’t know whether the owner’s wife was the murderer or not.

But such a large finger was wrapped inside the bun and the owner knew nothing about it, it was very likely related to the owner’s wife, she could possibly be the murderer.

"Call your wife and ask her to come back quickly."

After speaking, Huo Xun added, "Don’t mention the police are here."

"You suspect my wife?"

The owner wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, the thought of his wife being a murderer made him a bit scared.

"If it’s just the two of you making buns, if it’s not your wife, could it be you?"

"Okay, I’ll call her right now."

The owner dialed his wife’s mobile number, trying to make his voice sound natural.

"I got it, I’ll come back right away."

From the other end of the phone, the wife’s reply came through.

After hanging up, the owner just sat dumbfounded on a stool.

He still couldn’t believe that his partner could do such a horrifying thing.

The place where the owner’s wife had gone to shop wasn’t far from here, and she had gone there by electric scooter, so after receiving the phone call, she quickly returned.

Before long, they saw a woman riding an electric scooter back at the door.

The color drained from the wife’s face when she saw the police.

"Do you know how a human finger ended up in your buns?" one of the police officers asked sternly, and the owner’s wife quickly shook her head.

"I don’t know, I really don’t know!"

The owner said to her in agony, "If you’ve done something wrong, just confess.

The police are already here, you won’t be able to run. I never thought you would be such a person!"

"No, no, I didn’t do it! You really have the wrong person!" The owner’s wife was on the verge of tears.

Qin Zhao, seeing her, furrowed her brow.

She walked over to Huo Xun and whispered, "It’s not her either."

Huo Xun incredulously asked her again, "The murderer isn’t her?"

"Yes, she has no guilt on her and no soul is haunting her."

Both Huo Xun and Qin Zhao were puzzled, how could it be neither of them?

Their own buns contained human flesh, yet they didn’t know?

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