In a luxurious mansion somewhere in the Capital City, a young man sat in his room, listening to the news from his subordinate on the phone.
"Boss, the mission is complete. Lin Jichen is dead."
The young man hung up the phone and gazed out at the night view, a crazed smile creeping onto his lips.
"My dear brother, I'm sorry, but I had to take your life. Hahaha."
Thinking about how Lin Jichen would no longer exist in the Tale of Immortal, the young man felt immensely pleased.
If he couldn't have it, he'd destroy it.
That was his usual way of handling things.
If it weren't for the incident at Yan Yu Plains, he might not have harbored murderous intent and would have tried harder to recruit Lin Jichen to Eternal.
But the Yan Yu Plains incident had cost him dearly, completely severing his ties with Lin Jichen.
He had no hope left, so he decided to destroy him, at least preventing Moon Shadow from reaping any benefits.
Moreover, Wang Jinghao feared Lin Jichen's rapid growth, worried that he would become an even bigger problem in the future.
Now was the best time to act, as Lin Jichen had no backing. He hadn't joined Moon Shadow and had no support.
For an ordinary person with no background, it was best to act early. Otherwise, if Lin Jichen really joined Moon Shadow and gained the protection of the Jiang Group, it would be nearly impossible to act against him.
"These are my rules of the game, Lin Jichen. I hope you don't blame me, hehe."
A shocking piece of news broke in Jiangling City.
A man in a high-end community had been shot to death!
The news sent shockwaves through the entire city.
In this day and age, who still uses guns?
Moreover, an even more intolerable reason was that a significant figure had just arrived in Jiangling City, and such a heinous incident occurred immediately.
Even the Capital City called the Jiangling City Bureau, berating the higher-ups furiously.
They were ordered to immediately capture the killer and clean up Jiangling City's security environment!
The entire Jiangling City Police Department sprang into action.
The police worked through the night, searching for the culprit.
Meanwhile, in the Jiang Group's branch office building, Jiang Luoyu frowned deeply, and Su Wanling stood beside her, equally troubled.
"I didn't expect Wang Jinghao to act so quickly. This man is truly insidious!"
"I anticipated he would act, but I didn't expect it to be so soon," Jiang Luoyu said angrily.
Su Wanling sighed in relief, "Fortunately, Lin Jichen is very cunning. He played a trick with multiple hiding places; otherwise, he would have been in real danger."
Jiang Luoyu stood up and said, "Wanling, how's the acquisition of Sunshine Community going?"
"It's done, and I've arranged for bodyguards. Don't worry, it's absolutely safe," Su Wanling assured.
"That's good. In that case, let's cancel the trip back to the Capital City. I plan to stay in Jiangling for a few more days."
"Alright, I'll notify the headquarters."
"Little Chen, look at this news. Someone was shot to death. It's really scary. We should go out less often these days."
At Lin Jichen's home, everyone was a bit frightened as they watched the news on TV while eating.
"Mm-hmm, Sister Qiuxue is right. Even though I'm highly skilled, I'm still just flesh and blood. It's better to go out less these days."
Ren Lan muttered while shoveling food into her mouth, "This is really big news. In this day and age, who dares to use a gun in China? They must have a death wish."
Niu Naitang didn't seem to care, continuing to eat happily.
Only Lin Jichen remained silent, staring blankly at the TV screen.
Lin Jichen walked over and opened the door.
Two police officers stood at the entrance.
"Are you Lin Jichen?"
"We're investigating a case related to you. Please come with us."
Just as Lin Jichen was about to leave, Gu Qiuxue and Ren Lan rushed out.
"Wait a minute, officer. What did my brother do? Why are you arresting him?"
Gu Qiuxue's eyes were red, and she was anxious.
The police officer reassured her kindly, "Don't worry, your brother hasn't done anything wrong. We just want to ask him some questions."
Ren Lan pulled Lin Jichen back forcefully, standing in front of him and questioning, "Are you sure you're police officers? Let me see your IDs."
The officers immediately showed their IDs. Ren Lan confirmed they were genuine and looked back at Lin Jichen, worried, "Little Lin, what did you do?"
Lin Jichen smiled wryly, "What could I have done? I don't even know myself."
He then said to Gu Qiuxue, "Sis, don't worry. I'm really fine. I'll just go with them and cooperate, then I'll be back."
"No, I'll go with you," Gu Qiuxue insisted.
"Tang Tang wants to go too."
Niu Naitang put down her beloved bowl and chopsticks, ran over, and hugged Lin Jichen's leg, looking at the police officers with a hint of hostility, "Brother Lin is not a bad person. You can't bully him!"
"In that case, let's all go," Lin Jichen said. He had a good idea of what was going on and didn't want Gu Qiuxue and the others to worry at home, so he decided to take them along.
The police had no objections. The group got into a police car and left the community.
Before long, they arrived at the police station.
The station seemed very busy, with officers hurrying back and forth.
Lin Jichen and his group were led into an office. Inside, a beautiful female officer was intently watching a video on her computer, looking for clues.
"Captain Tang, we've brought them."
Tang Ning looked up and, upon seeing Lin Jichen, her eyes lit up. She immediately stood up and said, "Mr. Lin, we have no other intentions in inviting you here, just a few questions."
"Go ahead," Lin Jichen replied calmly.
Tang Ning got straight to the point, "Yesterday, there was a shooting at Zifeng Community. The victim was living in your house?"
"Huh? I don't know. I just heard about the shooting today on the news. What's it got to do with me?"
Lin Jichen asked, looking puzzled.
Tang Ning explained, "The victim was living in your house, so it has something to do with you."
"You suspect I did it?"
"Of course not. We've checked your schedule and surveillance footage from yesterday. You're obviously not the killer," Tang Ning said.
Then, Tang Ning asked, "I want to know, what was your relationship with the victim? Why was he living in your house?"
"Uh, he was my employee."
"Employee? I haven't heard that you run a company."
"Well, he was an employee I hired in a game. Here's what happened..."
Lin Jichen patiently explained everything.
Tang Ning finally understood.
"Do you know if he had any enemies?"
"How would I know? I just hired him to craft items for profit. I don't know anything else."
Lin Jichen said, clicking his tongue in amazement, "This guy got into trouble last time too. I heard it was because he offended the owner of a car repair shop. I even gave him some money to calm things down. I didn't expect him to get into trouble again. It's really strange..."
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