Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter

Of course, Luo Fei himself had unwavering faith in science.

But in order to fish for useful information,

to see if he could find some clues for the investigation, he couldn’t be bothered to worry about that much.

What surprised him even more was that, after the manager pondered for a moment, he suddenly said solemnly,

"Boss, to be honest, we really do have that kind of house here."

When he heard the manager say that,

at first Luo Fei thought he was joking.

"No, Manager, I was just talking casually, just kidding."

"I didn’t expect you really have that kind of house here?!"

As Luo Fei spoke, he was a bit surprised.

Ji Bing and He Jiayun at the side were even more shocked, staring dumbfounded.

The manager, however, neither confirmed nor denied it.

"Sir, I absolutely won’t lie. There’s really no need."

"But what I heard is just rumors, not something I saw with my own eyes, so I hope you can judge for yourself. If you find there’s nothing wrong later, please don’t blame me for lying, or come looking for trouble with me."

The manager said this, cleared his throat, and first of all distanced himself from any responsibility.

Luo Fei just waved his hand.

"Manager, who cares if your info is true or not? What we want is hype. As long as it can be hyped, even if the story is fake, it can become real. We just need to play on the edge and make people believe it, that’s all."

His tone sounded just like a nouveau riche willing to do anything for money.

This performance made Ji Bing instantly feel extremely shocked.

Because he was acting way too convincingly.

And almost at the same time,

the manager chuckled.

"Sir, as long as you say that, we’re good."

As he spoke, he pointed not far away at a villa labeled 2B.

"Boss, you see that villa, right?"

"Yeah, 2B."

When Luo Fei said that, he couldn’t help feeling it sounded a bit awkward.

But on the surface he remained calm.

The manager then smiled and told him,

"Boss, to be honest, someone rented that villa before. It was a livestream influencer, and because she’d been doing product streams those few days, she simply stayed and slept in the villa."

"The result was, those days she ran into a lot of weird things. First she felt like someone broke into the room, but they didn’t hurt her. Then she found the light was broken, flickering on and off. But for the sake of work she gritted her teeth and finished shooting; later she really couldn’t stand it anymore, so she chose to tell us about it."

The manager said it in a very serious tone.

But after hearing it, Ji Bing actually wanted to laugh.

"Heh, I think this guy’s just talking nonsense."

"Either that or she thinks your rent is too expensive and wants to haggle the price down."

That was Ji Bing’s analysis, clearly slipping into her professional habits by accident.

Luo Fei, on the other hand, was much more laid-back, even a bit nonchalant.

"Whatever. We’re renting that place anyway."

Hearing Luo Fei agree so straightforwardly,

the manager instantly beamed with joy.

"Sir, are you sure you want to rent that villa?"

"After all, I did explain the situation to you in advance, so even if you later feel that villa has some problem, we won’t be giving you any compensation."

The manager deliberately put the unpleasant words out there first.

But Luo Fei didn’t care at all.

He simply took the contract from the manager and signed his name.

"Go do your thing. We’ll look around on our own."

His decisiveness made the manager grin from ear to ear.

"Sir, then take your time looking around. If anything happens, just call the security guard at the gate!"

With that, the manager all but bolted off with the money.

He’d probably gone so long without any business that now, finally renting out a house made him so happy he forgot himself.

So when he drove off, he almost ran into a tree by the road.

But one thing was worth mentioning.

Normally, villas would have keys,

to prevent people from entering at will.

But this time it was different.

Because these were all abandoned villas, Luo Fei and the others didn’t need keys at all; they could come and go as they pleased.

This scene actually made Ji Bing feel a bit uneasy.

"Hold up, there’s no security in this whole villa compound, every house is wide open. What if someone breaks in to steal, or just squats here and refuses to leave?"

Ji Bing spoke with some confusion.

But He Jiayun hesitated and said,

"Sister Ji Bing, what you’re saying sounds reasonable at first, but this place is out in the sticks, nobody around, these broken houses don’t even have water or electricity. Coming here alone in the middle of the night would freak people out. Who’d still want to break in or anything like that?"

As she spoke, He Jiayun glanced around.

Only then did Ji Bing awkwardly say,

"Yeah, that seems to make sense too."

Seeing that both of them were more or less scared,

Luo Fei shook his head.

"You two, if you’re scared just say it. No need to make up excuses to distract yourselves."

Looking at Luo Fei, it was kind of funny.

But Ji Bing immediately denied it.

"Who’s scared? Definitely not! Mr. Luo, you’re overthinking it."

"Yeah, we’re just being objective."

But after hearing that, Luo Fei simply smiled and shook his head.

"You say no one comes here, and basically no one would break in, right? I actually think this place gets quite a few visitors."

What he said made Ji Bing shudder all over.

"No way, Mr. Luo, are you kidding me? Don’t scare me!"

Seeing her so nervous and uneasy, she herself felt a bit embarrassed.

He Jiayun at the side also looked around, as if worried that there really was something off about this house.

Luo Fei quickly waved his hand.

"Don’t get me wrong, Ji Bing, I don’t mean anything else."

"I really do think people come here a lot. It’s also possible that influencer deliberately made things up, claiming she felt danger here or noticed something strange, all just so other people wouldn’t come near this house, which would make it easier for her to do something shady."

This line of reasoning made the two of them involuntarily feel impressed.

"Mr. Luo, you’re amazing. How did you reach that conclusion?"

At that moment,

Ji Bing truly felt some admiration for him,

her face full of respect.

Luo Fei just chuckled.

"Isn’t it obvious, Ji Bing? Most of the time people just ignore the little clues."

"For example, in a house with no one living in it, why are there traces of stray cats and dogs? And in the kitchen, if there’s no one, there shouldn’t be food. Yet around the fridge there are flies. That’s very abnormal."

Almost at the same time,

He Jiayun also noticed

that there were footprints on the floor here.

Some seemed to have been left recently.

Because some were muddy, some dried, all sorts of different states.

This made He Jiayun suddenly excited.

"Mr. Luo, looking at it this way, what you said is true!"

"But if that’s the case, why did that influencer lie on purpose? What exactly is she trying to hide?"

He Jiayun was genuinely surprised,

a hint of astonishment showing on her face.

Luo Fei just smiled.

"So you noticed too, He Jiayun."

"Also, this house has always had a kind of cosmetic smell, or maybe medicinal, and it seems to be coming from the basement."

As he spoke, Luo Fei pointed at the door at the end under the stairs.

Ji Bing had long heard that Luo Fei had an amazing sense of smell,

but she was still half skeptical.

Yet as Luo Fei walked alone to the end of the hallway,

and pushed open the storage room door,

and they saw the piles of medicine and cosmetics inside,

Ji Bing instantly felt tremendous respect.

"Mr. Luo, I have to say, you’re really something. If it were an ordinary person, they probably would never have your level of insight."

Seeing how worked up she was,

and that she still seemed like she wanted to say more,

Luo Fei merely smiled.

"It’s nothing. I just made a judgment based on what we have."

But precisely because he’d reached this reasoning,

Luo Fei was very sure

that these drugs stored here were anything but ordinary.

Otherwise that influencer wouldn’t have gone to all this trouble, even deliberately hiding their existence.