Meng Jixi looked back at Xiao Xiao.
"Master Xiao, the case has made no progress."
"The scene was surprisingly clean..."
"I suddenly thought of those few unusual cases from before."
Meng Jixi's eyes gleamed. "The police didn't find anything in those cases, either."
Chi Xiuchuan's expression froze.
He seemed to understand why Xiuxiu's expression had suddenly changed...
"...The investigation has hit a dead end."
"But in the end, all those cases were solved."
"Because of you, Master Xiao."
Meng Jixi placed both hands on the table.
The tea in the cup rippled faintly.
"So this time, I'm asking for your help, too."
Meng Jixi's gaze burned with earnestness. "Master Xiao, could I trouble you to come with me to see Li Wei?"
Chi Xiuke covered her mouth.
Her eyes widened.
See Li Wei?
Wasn't Li Wei already dead, with only a skeleton left behind?
Did Brother Xi mean he wanted Master Xiao to see Li Wei's corpse?!
It was true that Master Xiao was no ordinary person.
But going to see a corpse...
Chi Xiuke still found the idea hard to accept.
"Brother Xi..."
She lowered her hand and murmured.
"A Xi."
Chi Xiuchuan smiled wryly. "Master Xiao isn't you, and he didn't study medicine like I did."
"He isn't used to seeing corpses."
"Springing it on him like this and asking him to go look at one..."
"Isn't that a little inappropriate?"
"What's inappropriate about it?"
Meng Jixi rolled his eyes.
"Could you stop acting like Master Xiao is useless?"
"Isn't that right, Master Xiao?"
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
That question didn't exactly give him a choice.
If he denied it, wouldn't he be admitting that he was useless?
"A Xi."
Chi Xiuchuan had noticed it, too. "Is that really how you