Chapter 1390: Chapter 1299: Violent Queen 22

Seeing Shuangshuang about to leave, Tang Feng looked up and asked, "Where are you going?"

"I’m going to look around Hao Guoying and Li Shushen’s house and investigate to see if any clues were missed." Li Shushen is the name of the female victim who appeared later.

"I’ll go with you." Tang Feng watched Shuangshuang leave, then got up to follow. Unable to find clues in the information, it might be better to go out and look for them.

The two first went to the area around Hao Guoying’s home for their investigation, mainly interviewing the elderly who were outside chatting in groups.

These retired elderly gathered together not only to dance and chat but also to indulge in gossiping about others.

Shuangshuang and Tang Feng made a round, asking several people who were familiar with Hao Guoying, but the information they got was the same as what’s in the records.

However, Shuangshuang felt that due to her and Tang Feng’s identities, people tended to speak in general terms and occasionally praise Hao Guoying, but nothing truly useful.

Thinking for a moment, Shuangshuang pulled Tang Feng to a mahjong stall, paid, sat down, and started playing mahjong, chatting casually, without mentioning Hao Guoying at first.

At the beginning, Shuangshuang and Tang Feng just played mahjong and utilized Tang Feng’s skills in dealing with people, quickly becoming acquainted with the others playing mahjong.

Once everyone was familiar, Shuangshuang and Tang Feng smoothly steered the conversation towards Hao Guoying.

Shuangshuang didn’t randomly choose people; she picked those who previously, while helping with statements, spoke more but then held back.

Such people naturally love gossip, and making them keep quiet was impossible, so Shuangshuang found a way to relax them and get them talking.

One middle-aged woman lowered her voice to gossip with Shuangshuang, "Speaking of Hao Guoying, he’s all good but too reclusive, likes being alone, doesn’t respond when others talk to him.

You know, relationships are built mutually. He’s so solitary that even if someone wants to befriend him, they don’t know how to start. That’s why he has no friends, his own doing.

But it’s true that he’s kind-hearted; I heard he even adopted several stray cats, though none stayed, being naturally wild and unwilling to stay long.

Still, Hao Guoying seems to enjoy it; even if they don’t stay, he would take stray cats home for a few days, and when they leave, he’d adopt new ones.

Though Hao Guoying looks reclusive, he’s enthusiastic about dating. Throughout the year, almost every day he’s on a date and has been with quite a few women.

Despite having many girlfriends, few relationships last long, and it’s always the women leaving him, not him breaking up with them; I guess they can’t handle his reclusive nature.

Once he had a girlfriend he particularly liked, during that time, his personality was less reclusive, always smiling, talking more.

He dated that girl for quite a while, a full three months, but eventually, she too broke up with him.

After breaking up, Hao Guoying countless times sought her out, but she wouldn’t bother with him, and during that period, he was utterly dejected, drinking daily, until he ended up in the hospital."

The middle-aged woman clicked her tongue several times, greatly lamenting how even a straightforward person becomes devoted once feelings are involved.

Shuangshuang and Tang Feng exchanged a glance; this was news they hadn’t heard before.

Tang Feng looked at the woman speaking and asked, "Do you know the girl’s name? Someone he’d never forget should be quite beautiful, right?"

The gossiping middle-aged woman shook her head, "I don’t know that, I’m not close to Hao Guoying; the things I know are from hearsay."

"I know who the girl is; her name’s Lu Ying, she works as the lobby manager at Xinghui Hotel," an old man playing mahjong nearby interjected.

After playing a few more rounds of mahjong with the now familiar group to gather all the needed information, Shuangshuang and Tang Feng directly headed to Xinghui Hotel.

In the hotel lobby’s lounge area, after checking Shuangshuang and Tang Feng’s IDs, Lu Ying sat nervously across from them.

The Special Handling Office No.1 is so mysterious; being found by them is scarier than being approached by the police. Lu Ying was a bit tense, afraid she’d be entangled in some bizarre case.

"May I know the reason you’ve come to see me?" Lu Ying opened with an unpleasant face.

Shuangshuang kept a cold demeanor, nudged Tang Feng beside her, signaling for him to proceed, as she wasn’t one with comforting skills.

Tang Feng held back the urge to roll his eyes, smiled at Lu Ying calming her, "Ms. Lu, don’t worry and don’t be scared. We just have some questions for you; aren’t you Hao Guoying’s girlfriend?"

Lu Ying nodded, "That’s correct, I’m his girlfriend, but I’ve already broken up with him. Did Hao Guoying do something? It really has nothing to do with me; we’ve been separated for a while now."

Lu Ying feared being implicated by anything Hao Guoying might have done, urgently wanting to clarify their separation.

Tang Feng coughed, "Ms. Lu, did you not know Hao Guoying is dead?"

"What? He’s dead!" Lu Ying showed great shock, "How come, he was just pestering me, so lively and clingy, how could he suddenly be dead?"

"It’s true; he’s dead, and we’ve come here to ask you to tell us everything you know about Hao Guoying, to assist us in the investigation," Shuangshuang added.

Lu Ying picked up the water cup from the table, held it in both hands against her chest, thought for a moment, then said, "I don’t really understand Hao Guoying; we met through a blind date, then got together."

"You met through a blind date and then got together. Excuse my bluntness, but you two don’t match in appearance or capability. Ms. Lu, why did you choose the quite ordinary Hao Guoying?" Tang Feng interrupted Lu Ying’s narration. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Lu Ying’s expression froze momentarily; indeed, Lu Ying was delicately sweet-looking, with dimples when she smiled, good physique and appearance. As a lobby manager at a star-rated hotel, her monthly salary was considerable, at least for her, two months’ earning exceeded what Hao Guoying could earn in a year.

Hao Guoying was just an ordinary and reclusive person, plain-looking and not wealthy, making it curious how such a man could become Lu Ying’s boyfriend in the first place.