“Don’t touch anything at the scene!” Song Tian barked, stopping everyone from acting carelessly. If the scene was disturbed, finding the killer would become nearly impossible.0

Tao Yaoye and Lan Ting carefully examined the study’s layout. It was plainly furnished—two bookshelves, two paintings hung on the wall, and a few yellow talismans to ward off evil. Aside from that, there was only a desk, wooden chairs, a tea table, and a vase on top—nothing out of the ordinary for a study.0

The door was tightly shut. According to the steward, the windows had been securely locked from the inside, making it impossible to open them from the outside.0

“This is…” The window was tattered, but Tao Yaoye noticed a small hole punctured in one corner.0

The steward explained, “Before breaking the window, I poked a hole to check if something had really happened to the...3