Great, It's the Pervy Neighbor. We're Doomed

Chapter 358: The Sudden Cancellation of the Commission

After all, while she verbally claimed the American detective Mike was a complete fraud who couldn't be trusted, she actually understood deep down that Mike wasn't some ordinary amateur. Therefore, someone ranked in America's top ten investigators had been working on this case for so long without producing any concrete results. How long have you three been at it? Your efficiency is this high? You're even more impressive than America's top ten? Consequently, she seriously suspected these three might have simply found some stand-in actor to collaborate with them in a money scam."Yes, this is the murderer who killed your brother. A security guard at Alice Apartment—Xiao Xing," Big Tiger affirmed.

Zhou Yan asked, "Do you have other evidence proving this person is actually my brother's killer?"

Big Tiger gestured for Second Tiger to bring forward the most crucial piece of physical evidence. When Zhou Yan saw her own brother's severed head, even with the softest heart, she couldn't help but feel her eyes moisten and redden. She didn't take the head herself—her boyfriend Li Miguo accepted it instead, placing it before Zhou Yan for confirmation.

Jimmy also stepped closer at this point, asking, "Take a good look—is this really your brother's head?"

Zhou Yan wiped away her tears, carefully examined it for a moment, then nodded. "It's my brother's head, definitely. But..." she continued, "My brother has been dead for so long—why is his head preserved so perfectly? It almost feels like he's still alive?"

When Li Miguo saw this eerie, smiling head, his first reaction was sheer fright. He never expected the evidence presented would be something as shocking as a severed head. Secondly, he too noticed the head's strange quality. "It couldn't be fake, could it?" He inspected it carefully—it didn't resemble any counterfeit he'd ever encountered. Not even wax sculpture heads could achieve such realism.

"It's real—the skin texture, hair, eyeballs, even the teeth when you open the mouth, the tongue inside, all the fine details. But how can a head from someone dead for so long be preserved so flawlessly?" Li Miguo was highly educated, yet this phenomenon completely baffled him. So he looked curiously toward Big Tiger.

Big Tiger said calmly, "This is also my first time encountering a head preserved so perfectly. Initially, I almost thought it was fake too. If you're curious about the preservation methods, you can ask the murderer yourself." Big Tiger pointed toward Xiao Xing.

At that moment, everyone in the villa's first-floor living room focused their gaze on him. Facing this sudden barrage of stares, the panic Xiao Xing felt when first brought to the villa had long vanished. After Second Tiger removed the rag gagging him, Xiao Xing smiled and said to Big Tiger, "You three have quite the nerve—daring to impersonate police officers to enter Alice Apartment and conduct an open search. This is illegal activity!"

The three detectives didn't respond to this accusation. Meanwhile, Zhou Yan's group roughly deduced their methods from this exchange.

Li Miguo stepped forward and inquired, "Your name is Xiao Xing, right? How did you perform the preservation on this head to keep it so perfectly intact?"

Xiao Xing smiled faintly. "What's wrong? Are you interested in collecting human specimens too? If you're a fellow enthusiast, I could teach you, share the methods with you."

Zhou Yan stepped forward, shooting a reproachful look at Li Miguo. She seemed to be blaming him for asking first about how her brother's head was preserved rather than how Zhou Wu died. Seriously, does that interest you more than my brother's murder?

"Hey, Xiao Xing—I'm asking you, why did you kill my brother?" Zhou Yan's eyes were still red.

Xiao Xing smiled back, replying, "Because your brother had a bad temper, he yelled at me, a lowly security guard. And because his face lacked smiles, I killed him and imprinted a smile on him forever."

"Lunatic! That makes no sense!" Zhou Yan shouted angrily. She herself felt astonished—what kind of ridiculous reason was that? Over such a trivial reason, this damned security guard killed her brother?!

"I'm going to kill you too!!!" Enraged, Zhou Yan rushed forward, gripping Xiao Xing's neck with both hands, squeezing tightly.

Seeing this, Li Miguo hurriedly stepped in, wrapping his arms around his girlfriend's slender waist, pulling her backward. While dragging her away, he persuaded, "Xiao Yan! Calm down! You can't take the law into your own hands! If you kill him, you'll become a murderer too! Let's hand him over to the police!"

After repeated persuasion from Li Miguo, coupled with Zhou Yan never actually intending to kill the man herself—she'd only acted out of fury—she stopped.

"Fine, call the police right now and have them take him away!" Zhou Yan wiped the tears from her face.

Just as Li Miguo pulled out his phone to call the police, Big Tiger suddenly raised his hand. "Before calling the police, there's one more matter to clarify."

Zhou Yan turned her head. "What matter?"

Big Tiger said, "We've already helped you find your brother's killer. That leaves your father's murderer. Regarding catching your father's killer—we don't plan to continue. The commission ends here."

This abrupt termination of the commission left all three of Zhou Yan's group stunned on the spot. Especially Jimmy, since he was the one who found the Three Tigers Detective Group. They'd located Zhou Yan's brother Zhou Wu's killer in just a few hours, which had thrilled him. But why would you suddenly decide to quit now?

Jimmy said, "Do you want more money? Of course, since you completed this so quickly, we can discuss a bonus."

Zhou Yan stepped forward, shooting a reproachful look at Li Miguo. She seemed to be blaming him for asking first about how her brother's head was preserved rather than how Zhou Wu died. Seriously, does that interest you more than my brother's murder?

Zhou Yan said angrily, "Why?" She'd been thinking that since they found her brother's killer in just hours, perhaps her father's murderer would also be found soon. And now you're quitting?

Big Tiger said, "There are many reasons, but I can't tell you. So let's discuss payment. Originally we agreed on one million per person, three million total. But now we've helped you find one of the two targets. So for the three million, just give us 1.5 million. We've already given our bank account details to Jimmy." Big Tiger stared at Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan wanted to say more, but Li Miguo stepped in front of her, saying, "Fine, the 1.5 million will be transferred today."

Big Tiger nodded satisfactorily, then left the villa with Second Tiger and Third Tiger. They returned to their black Volkswagen sedan. The moment the black Volkswagen started, Second Tiger, sitting in the passenger seat, asked puzzledly, "Big Tiger, why aren't we continuing the investigation?" When Big Tiger announced the commission termination in the villa, not just Zhou Yan's group—even Second Tiger and Third Tiger were bewildered. Because Big Tiger had never discussed this with them beforehand. But since they usually followed Big Tiger's lead in such matters, they hadn't voiced their opinions then, waiting until now to ask.