The breathtakingly beautiful Qian Shanxue fell silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "Indeed, based on past experience, usually, we arrive at the scene, Ali recovers, then we have trackers pursue, and then I arrive to kill or capture the criminal."

"So strictly speaking, none of us are really detectives."

Glancing sideways at Shen Qiang, Qian Shanxue said with clear, sharp eyes, "But now it's different. With you here, I suddenly feel like I'm not just the combat team leader but also a detective, chasing those cunning criminals. It's like an intelligence game that I'm utterly engrossed in."

Looking at Qian Shanxue, whose beautiful eyes shone brightly at him, Shen Qiang smiled and said, "Really? I actually think you've just been watching from the sidelines."

Qian Shanxue was silent for a moment before saying, "Because this isn't the way I like it."

Shen Qiang laughed, "What way do you like? Carrying your long spear and entering the scene like a hero, shouting, 'Halt, you're surrounded, surrender, and you won't be killed?'"

Qian Shanxue looked stunned and said, "Yes, I like to be straightforward, I don't like guessing back and forth."

Shen Qiang tossed the tablet aside and said to Qian Shanxue, "Actually, I really like intelligence games. However, I have a lot of other things to do, so I can't be around you all like a strategist every day."

"Because compared to being a detective, I'd rather be like you favor, simple and direct, yet brutal, killing those bastards with my hands."

"And all of that requires strength."

Shen Qiang looked calmly at Qian Shanxue and said, "So I need to spend more of my time and energy on increasing my own strength. Therefore, as a subordinate, even though I know it may seem arrogant and rude, I still think I must tell you that I don't want these trivial matters to affect me."

After a moment of silence, Qian Shanxue said, "You don't want to deal with this matter anymore?"

"The murderer has been found, why bother anymore?"

Shen Qiang's counter-question left Qian Shanxue astonished.

"You clearly said before that Li Wei and his wife couldn't be the murderers, and neither could Ji Wei, then..."

Looking at Qian Shanxue, whose beautiful eyes were full of confusion, Shen Qiang said calmly, "The matter between Li Wei and his wife and Ji Wei is their own choice. We are just bystanders; we don't need to judge their morals."

"But it's different for other people."

Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who, upon discovering their relationship, would feel they couldn't bear it but also couldn't bear to harm the Li Wei couple, wanting only Ji Wei to die?"

Qian Shanxue's eyes immediately lit up, "Li Wei's relatives!"

Shen Qiang smiled, "Correct, it's the relatives of the Li Wei couple. This person feels what the Li Wei couple is doing is disgusting and morally corrupt, yet doesn't want them to be disgraced, so they want Ji Wei dead. They believe that with Ji Wei gone, the Li Weis' lives will get back on track."

"So we just need to check among the direct relatives and close friends of the Li Wei couple to see who is a Cultivation practitioner, who knows about the University City female corpse case, who can't tolerate the couple's behavior, yet can't bear to hurt them. It's definitely that person."

Qian Shanxue was stunned, her beautiful eyes suddenly filled with horror, she murmured, "It's him! It's actually him!"

Then she hastily called out, "Ali, stay away from Colonel Li!"

Watching Qian Shanxue scream, Shen Qiang was surprised.

But after just a moment, on Qian Shanxue's call, from Ali's side came a middle-aged man's voice that Shen Qiang found vaguely familiar. He spoke very calmly over the phone.

"Shen Qiang, you are more terrifying than I had imagined, yet you haven't guessed everything correctly."

"Where is Ali? Colonel Li, I suggest you'd better not mess around; let Ali go, don't touch her, and I assure you, I won't kill you!" Qian Shanxue's voice rose by eight octaves.

At that moment, the middle-aged man on the other end of the phone said calmly and deeply, "Qian Shanxue, shut up, I'm just having a chat with Shen Qiang."

While Qian Shanxue was astonished,

Shen Qiang asked in surprise, "Do we know each other?"

The man on the other end of the line laughed, "Mr. Shen really is a person who easily forgets about the distinguished; a few days ago, you just told me at the Long Yan Mountain Villa that the Long Yan Sword Sect is yesterday's faded flower. It hasn't been that long, and you've already forgotten who I am?"

Shen Qiang instantly remembered—it was the Colonel from Dragon Group, the one who had grasped Bianyi's collar.

"Your voice over the phone is a bit different from in person," Shen Qiang raised an eyebrow, signaling to Qian Shanxue to stay calm.

And just then, the man on the other end of the line said in a very cold tone, "Shen Qiang, I misjudged you, thinking you were a hero filled with a sense of justice, who dwells in the mire yet remains unstained by it. That's why I intentionally left numerous flaws on the female corpse, hoping you'd notice Ji Wei's existence."

"But you disappointed me," the momentarily silent man continued, "Ji Wei and that Su Tong you burned to death—they are both blood-sucking demons! Yet after you found him, you weren't thinking about how to eliminate him; instead, you've been doggedly harassing me."

Shen Qiang laughed, saying calmly, "Zombies, well, drinking a bit of blood is normal. I can even guess why Ji Wei is so willing to remain in the Blood Station of Red Queen District without any promotion for twenty years, willing to do all the dirty and tiring work—it's simply because his job allows him to access the blood products he desires."

"Hypocrite! Scum! Shameless!" the man on the other side of the phone roared hysterically, "Ji Wei is a demon who drinks human blood. Aren't you the one who claims to be the King of Demons? Aren't you the one who wants to set rules? Why don't you kill him?"

Shen Qiang said calmly, "Because he chose to work inconspicuously at the blood station, it means he doesn't want to kill people; he just wants some blood products from the blood station that are past their expiration. As a rational human, would you want to kill him over this?"

"He is a devil!" the man on the other end of the phone raged, "He whipped my brother and my sister-in-law; they are covered in wounds but still unwilling to stay away from that bastard Ji Wei!"

Smiling, Shen Qiang rolled down the car window and rested his arm on the car door. As the bits of frost and the cold wind surged into the car, Shen Qiang said calmly.

"You really are a self-righteous fellow. Ji Wei is not a devil; for your brother and his wife, Ji Wei is an angel that gives them pleasure."

The man on the other end of the phone was furious, saying, "Whipping is pleasure? I can't wait to give you some pleasure now!"

"Endorphin!" Shen Qiang interrupted coldly: "It can also be called 'endorphin' or 'brain neurotrophic factor,' a biochemically synthesized hormonal substance secreted by the pituitary gland similar to morphine. It can bind with morphine receptors, producing pain relief and a sense of well-being similar to morphine or opiate drugs, acting like a natural analgesic."

"When people experience pain or exceed their physical limits during exercise, it will be secreted naturally."

"Like the pleasure of eating spicy food, which is actually due to the pain the chili peppers cause to the mouth. To balance this discomfort, the body secretes endorphin, eliminating the pain on the tongue and creating a feeling of happiness, which is often misinterpreted as coming from the spiciness itself," he explained.

Glancing at the frost-laden inn, Shen Qiang continued, "Therefore, the real reason they are willing to kneel before Ji Wei is not because he cast some magic, but because they are addicted to the pleasure provided by endorphins, and under these circumstances, I don't feel the need to kill him."

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