CHAPTER 1586: CHAPTER 1587: ALWAYS THIS DEFIANT SINCE CHILDHOOD

In the laughter, you opened your own door and habitually said to the room, "I’m back."

"Mu Yun is back, come in quickly, see who’s here today?" Your mother rarely came out, smiling at you cheerfully.

You didn’t think much of it, in your view, whoever came didn’t matter, it had nothing to do with you. After taking off your shoes and putting on your slippers, you took a few steps to the living room.

Your house was very small, less than sixty square meters. Fortunately, your parents seldom entertained or had relatives visiting, so this small space was just right for a family of four.

However, now both Li Qiyi and you were adults and could no longer sleep together like when you were kids, and the household appliances were more than before, making the less than sixty square meter home increasingly crowded.

While contemplating whether to discuss buying a new house with your parents, you noticed two extra people in the living room.

During the day, your parents preferred not to turn on the lights since the sixth floor was naturally bright. One of the two was Li Qiyi, whom you could recognize without a doubt; the other was someone in a jacket with short hair, whom you instinctively thought was a man, leading you to say in a peculiar tone, "Sis, you brought a boyfriend?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Li Qiyi rolled her eyes at you, annoyed.

"Mu Yun, don’t you recognize her?" Your mother turned on the light, revealing a face with delicate features. Her short hair added a heroic aura, giving her an androgynous beauty.

Seeing this person, you frowned. You knew her, just didn’t expect her to appear in your home.

Still, you pretended to be confused, tilting your head and after sizing up for a moment, shook your head, "Although I admit he is quite handsome, I don’t know him indeed."

"You really don’t recognize? This is Yanan, the one who used to bully you as a kid?"

You feigned a moment of surprise, then exaggeratedly exclaimed, "Oh come on, it’s that brat from the Du Family!"

"You brat, I’m your elder sister after all, are you looking for a beating with such words?"

When Du Yanan was a kid, she often bullied you. Upon seeing him, you immediately jumped aside, hurriedly raised your hands to stop: "I say sis, you’re in uniform now, bullying a law-abiding good citizen like me, careful I’ll sue you at your headquarters!"

"Just the same as when you were a kid, your mouth always getting you in trouble."

Du Yanan, of course, didn’t bother arguing with you, quickly sat down again, and said to your mother, "Aunt, recently Yuhang City’s security hasn’t been so good, so for the next period, I’ll be staying with Elder Sister Qiyi to protect her safety."

Your mother nodded, "Yes, it’s for the best."

Du Yanan and Li Qiyi didn’t tell your mother and father what happened to Li Qiyi before, otherwise, with your mother’s personality, she would definitely make a huge fuss.

Moreover, the mastermind behind the kidnapping of Li Qiyi has already been crippled and left China. What Du Yanan worries about now is the person impersonating Leopard. His method of killing is bizarre, something even Du Yanan, with her insights, encounters for the first time.

Additionally, there’s a peculiar maiming case where the killer’s methods were extremely complicated, possibly could be called high-end. In recent days, Du Yanan met with many experts and even through police connections invited a hermit to come. After the hermit observed carefully, he found some clues, but stubbornly remained silent, only uttered two words: "Ghost Hand."

Coming from a military background, Du Yanan had heard of the name Ghost Hand; however, Ghost Hand was mysterious and unfathomable. Although there were many legends about him in the military, according to Du Yanan’s reliable sources, Ghost Hand was already dead. Investigating, Du Yanan eventually found traces pointing to "Tianzhu", but the clues ended here. "Tianzhu" was Ghost Hand’s only apprentice, but he was dead too.

Perhaps others didn’t know, but Du Yanan knew very well that Tianzhu, or Li Tian, was indeed dead. She learned this through her grandfather, who is the Commander of the Southeast Army District, and she shared this information with her best friend, Wei Yingyue.

Upon learning about Li Tian’s death, Wei Yingyue did not show any extreme reactions. She continued her usual routine to and from work, remaining ice-cold and distant.

But being her close friend, Du Yanan knew that Wei Yingyue’s heart was conflicted and in pain.

In just a few days, Wei Yingyue’s behavior also underwent some changes. According to her employees, she became increasingly harsh at work, so much so that it reached an almost abnormal level, with invisible mood swings. Previously, she ignored and avoided suitors, but now she directly humiliated them in public, making them lose face and leave in anger.

Of course, as her bosom friend, Du Yanan could only offer some words of comfort; she wouldn’t do any superfluous actions since it was a heartache that needed time to gradually heal.

The clues were broken, and the police department hastily closed the case. Du Yanan could only investigate quietly in her spare time.

Currently, Du Yanan had two cases in hand; one was the murder case of the famous tycoon, Yu Zhiyuan, and the other was the alley maiming case.

One case being significant and the other smaller, plus different locations and times, seemed unrelated.

But with her innate instincts as a criminal police detective, Du Yanan sensed a certain unique scent in the air.

After careful evidence collection and investigation, Du Yanan found an eyewitness who claimed that shortly before the alley tragedy, he saw you arguing with the victim while escorting a girl, and witnessed you easily taking down the victim’s bodyguard. After that, the two left leisurely.

Hearing this, Du Yanan naturally thought of something that had puzzled her for a long time, that was, where had you been and what had you done in the past six years.

During that time, Du Yanan was mostly in the troops, seldom returning home and thus paid little attention. However, she occasionally met up with Wei Yingyue or Li Qiyi, since they had been close sisters from childhood, with strong relations.

Interestingly, Du Yanan and Wei Yingyue and Li Qiyi were close friends, but Wei Yingyue and Li Qiyi were not very familiar with each other, although they knew of each other’s existence, they rarely met. Even when they met, they only nodded in acknowledgment with no communication.

Due to family reasons, the Wei Family rarely interacted with your father’s family. Only Wei Tong would occasionally come to visit his old platoon leader and reminisce.