Chapter 2443: Chapter 2346: Malicious Speculation

Zhou Shitao now understood, this investigator from the National Security team harbored nothing but malice towards Huo Sining, and he couldn’t help but laugh sarcastically:

"So you’re saying that Gu Xu, a prestigious special forces soldier, traveled thousands of miles from the Magic Capital, just to assist his wife in murdering someone in the ancient tomb, exposing so many flaws?"

"If he wanted to kill someone, why would he need his wife to do it? He could handle it himself, so why involve Huo Sining?"

"Since you say that special forces are so damn capable, even if there were four or five police officers guarding the tomb entrance, he could still sneak in with Huo Sining. So why not deal with the body after the murder, instead of leaving it in the coffin, sealing it up, going to such great lengths, and then attracting you officers to investigate him?"

"If he truly wanted to kill someone, he could do it silently, arriving and leaving without a trace. With his skills, this is entirely feasible, yet he left such a big clue for you to catch? I think you’re looking down on the Falcon Special Forces too much!"

"Do you know what missions he’s completed, how many military honors he’s achieved, aware of his skills? I can responsibly tell you, if he wants someone dead, he doesn’t need to use such methods; he can kill invisibly!"

Chen Xiaolong remained silent.

Zhou Shitao still feeling unsatisfied, continued: "Aren’t you wondering why Gu Xu came that day? Not only can I explain it, but Professor Xie and others can too. He came to deliver food to us, and check on his wife!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiaolong was startled and instinctively retorted: "Deliver food? You must be joking, coming all the way from the Magic Capital to deliver food? The Luofu Mountain Scenic Area and Cultural Relics Bureau surely aren’t short on money, are they lacking in food? Don’t you find this excuse rather crude?"

However, Zhou Shitao seemed not to find it absurd at all, and replied calmly:

"Young man, you’re still too young and inexperienced. I’m an old man close to six feet under, do I need to lie?"

"You can ask Professor Xie and Professor Huang, they know about it, the whole archaeological team knows about it."

Chen Xiaolong was puzzled, but this time he didn’t argue and instead went to ask the various members of the archaeological team one by one.

Unexpectedly, when he asked about it, the other three professors confirmed the explanation.

"That’s right, he came to deliver food. Huo Sining came in a hurry and initially brought too few vegetable soup packs, which we finished within days, so she had Gu Xu bring another big box over."

Xie Daoyuan reminisced with a satisfied expression.

"Huo girl was annoyed by us repeatedly asking for it, so she called the boy from the Gu family over. That day, that boy came up the mountain with a big box of vegetable packs, which made all us old folks drool!"

Huang Zhenlong smacked his lips, slurping the saliva in his mouth.

"The vegetable pack was homemade by Huo girl, its taste is unique, and we old fellows found it delicious, completely addictive and irresistible; compared to that, the food provided by the scenic area canteen tasted like pig feed, impossible to eat!"

Even the usually serious Shi Qingyun couldn’t help but show the expression of a foodie.

Besides the professors’ answers, the responses from other archaeological team members were also varied and eccentric.

"That vegetable soup is so fragrant, merely smelling it makes you drool!"

"Huo Sining brought out her private stash, not sure how it was made; those dehydrated vegetables, once torn open and boiled, the whole mountain was enveloped in the aroma of the soup, tempting us immensely..."

"We wanted to try it, but the professors were so stingy, fighting over it; even a few pots weren’t enough for them, where would it leave room for us?"

"After all, it was Huo Sining’s own cooking, we couldn’t shamelessly ask for it, but we really wanted to taste it; the aroma makes you feel extremely comfortable just smelling it."

"What good things haven’t those professors eaten? Our bureau director specially hired a chef with 30 years of experience to cook for the professors in the canteen, yet the professors disdainfully called the food mediocre. But they fought over Huo Sining’s vegetable soup! What does that tell you? It tells you the vegetable soup is tastier than what the seasoned chef makes!"

"Only Su Qingqing and Ding Liang probably tried it; if you want to know, you could ask them. I think it must be really delicious; anyway, all we could do is watch, envying them."

"Surely there’s a secret recipe involved; it’s said to relieve fatigue, whether it’s true or not, I don’t know."

"But I’ve observed these professors, despite their age, have been working tirelessly like spinning tops these days, eagerly every day."

"But it’s apparent to anyone that the professors are in great condition, not at all tired, even energetic and enthusiastic, putting us young folks to shame. I suspect it’s because of the vegetable soup’s effects."

"Probably true, a few days ago Huo Sining cooked only one pot of vegetable soup each meal, saying she’d brought little and needed to save it. But after her husband came, Huo Sining generously cooked more."

"These days the professors drink several bowls at each meal as if water is free; I estimate her husband brought over the vegetable packs, but even if they were sent, we haven’t tasted them, and don’t know what they’re like."

"..."

Zhang Shuang and the recording clerk were almost laughing themselves to death, while Chen Xiaolong stood in the inquiry room utterly perplexed, completely lost in the winds.

What was all this about? Wasn’t he here to investigate the abnormalities of that woman Huo Sining? In the end, he didn’t capture any flaws, rather all the archaeological team members looked upset, with a strong longing expression.

What kind of enchantment did this vegetable soup possess to collectively drive the archaeologists insane?

Chen Xiaolong was filled with suspicion and curiosity, even maliciously speculating that such a soup, possessing an unusual aroma and addictive properties, might contain something like poppy seeds?

With this in mind, Chen Xiaolong was keen to investigate further, to see just what secrets were hidden in the vegetable pack held by Huo Sining!

Zhang Shuang, on the other hand, didn’t care about what Chen Xiaolong intended to do; after hearing the description of the vegetable pack from those people, she was already deeply interested in the vegetable pack held by Huo Sining. It seemed she needed to ask Huo Sining for a bowl of soup to try.

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