Bang, bang, bang!Early in the morning, someone was banging furiously on Liam’s door.Liam was still chasing other people in his dream. Suddenly disturbed by the banging sound, he merely licked his lips and rolled over. Although he mumbled, “Who’s that? Annoying!” he did not fully wake up.“Liam! You baddie! I know you’re inside, open the door quick!” along with the banging sound, a young girl’s howl came from outside the door.“Chloe!? Why is she here?” he thought. Liam frantically looked at his watch. “Only five thirty, so early? What does she want? Oh no!” Liam recalled the parents conference from the day before. Although he had managed to find some clues by coincidence, he had stirred up trouble for Chloe! He had ruined the parents conference that had been painstakingly prepared by the school, and Dan’s mother had almost called 120!Yesterday, he had wanted to explain what had happened to Chloe, but he was so engrossed in his investigation that he forgot! After that, Chloe had cal
When the two saw each other, Liam’s was incredibly confused.“Huh?” The sound of water from the bathroom had clearly been from the toilet, but why was this female in front of him wrapped in a bath towel, her hair still dripping wet? Was she using the bathroom, or showering?The woman stood still, thunder struck as this creepy man appeared in front of her wearing only boxers. She screamed in shock, and unexpectedly, she failed to hold her towel tightly, letting it fall to the ground and baring her entire body!Taking a glance, Liam’s confusion was quickly replaced with another thought. “Woah?!” Her body was perfection. Even the young Miss Natasha could not compare. “This woman is not Miss Natasha… Crap!” If it were Miss Natasha, Liam could have tried to explain, but it was not, and now Liam was done for. Breaking in, seeing things he should not have, he was already at death’s door!Misunderstanding! Too much misunderstanding! But as the woman continuously screamed, Liam simply stood st
“Don’t joke!” After a brief moment of shock, Liam regained his rationality and said to Yang Hong, “You can’t lie to a police officer! The largest piano competition for high school students in Aetheron City, the tenth year? Are you kidding me?”“Why?” Amelia was puzzled, “This is the only thing that I’m proud of in my entire life. How could I get it wrong? It was indeed the tenth year!”“Let me ask you, where was the competition held?” Liam still did not believe her.“Hmmm…” Yang Hong gave it a thought and quickly got the right answer, “Second Middle School! Yes! It was Second Middle School!”“Oh?” Liam was surprised but he still did not believe her. Immediately, he blurted out, “The Tenth Grand Piano Competition was eighteen years ago. The participants were all eighteen and nineteen-year-old high school students, how old are you now? Thirty-six? Thirty-seven?”“Well…” Amelia frowned, “I really can’t tell if you are complimenting me or insulting me.” Amelia pushed Liam away and took ou
“What is it?” Hearing Amelia mention strange things, Liam was obviously very curious, and chased the topic.“Um…” Amelia started to recall, “I remember, during that year’s preliminary competition, our Denning County had an amazing student. I can’t remember the name well, but she was a girl for sure, and even before the competition, she was famous in our county. Apparently, she passed the tenth level when she was only twelve, and learned from the best instructor in the capital. Basically, she was super amazing.” She continued, “If I recall, during the rematch, I actually saw her once. Her clothing was very old, and even had patches on it. I imagine her household wasn’t very well-off, but her piano skills were crazy. Even though we were all at the tenth level, we were clearly a level below her.”“Right…” As if remembering something, Amelia said in a hurry, “The weird thing happened here in Aetheron City! She crushed the competition with her insane scores, but for some reason, her name w
Bribery!” on the car ride to Xavier Village, Sharon blurted out to Liam, followed by her own reasoning, “someone might have bribed the girl prodigy, gave her a huge sum of money, and got her to withdraw from the competition! Without her as a strong competitor, the whoever paid her would be able to place!”“Interesting!” Liam said while driving, “Or it could be that someone did not get into the finals and only got eleventh place, so he bribed Emily, got her to withdraw so that he himself could get into the finals by filling in the position! So, the pregnant woman was tenth place, could she be…”“No!” Sharon said, “The sequence of getting into the finals does not determine one’s final placement. The tenth competitor who got into the finals could theoretically be the champion too!”“Oh, that means we have to check who was the lucky one who got into the finals from eleventh place by exception?” Liam wondered.“No, Senior, we could be wrong!” Sharon quickly negated her own speculation, “It
The Key Case Investigation Unit had a certain rule: every investigator was required to have a tracking system on their phone so the leaders could know their position at any time. This way, if there was any danger while investigating cases, the leaders could respond in a timely manner.Jasper was obviously not an exception. Sharon quickly found his location, but unexpectedly, Jasper was not at home, but at a local pool bar. That sneaky, dishonest rat, who, despite agreeing to help with the investigation, was casually playing pool!“It’s fine, leave this to me!” Liam told Sharon. “You can go first. Investigate Ruth’s new evidence, and let me know if something comes up!”“Senior, what are you going to do to Jasper?” Sharon was a little worried, “He is an official investigator, you can’t touch him! Please reconsider whatever you’re thinking of doing!”“Your senior isn’t that stupid, don’t worry!” Liam laughed. “Don’t worry, he’ll definitely help me investigate! Whether he can find the inf
Liam!” Jasper got up and patted the dust off his body. He scolded Liam, “You…you’re a madman!”“Damn you…” Liam held the broken cue and took a big step toward Jasper. He looked like he was going to stab Jasper to death with the cue.“I’ll check! I’ll check alright?” Jasper waved his hands frantically, “It’s just checking on a person, do you have to do this?”“I should be the one asking you this! It’s just checking on a person, do you have to do this?” Liam rebutted.“Okay, okay…I’m scared of you…let’s go!” Jasper admitted defeat. As shameless as he could be, he was also afraid of Liam’s dramatic attitude.“Wait!” Although Liam had achieved his goal, he had no intention of letting the matter rest. He pointed to the broken cues and said, “I’ve hit so many cues but you have not paid me!”What!?” Jasper was speechless.“Let me calculate!” Liam took his time to count, “Fifty for a cue, I hit four so that would be two hundred exactly. Oh…for the balls, twenty for one ball, I hit seven, so o
Fearing Elyon would solve the case before him, as Liam worked on finding the girl, he never stopped listening in on Elyon’s conversations. The invisible eavesdropper had an effective period of forty-seven hours. There were still a lot of time before it wore off.According to the information from the eavesdropper, Elyon had already realized her investigation direction could be wrong, and was currently looking for a new direction. Team B had also already guessed the possibility of revenge for the motive. There were even some who mentioned the word “piano.” If the continued like that, they would surely catch up to Liam.“Holy sh*t!” Hearing the information from Team B and seeing the address on the map, Liam could not help but be a little nervous. He was not sure if his new evidence would actually help him find the culprit.Apparently, the address Jasper helped Liam find was Aetheron City HY District, Golden Temple Number 53. This address did not seem like much, but to Liam who was famili