Ji Wei, his face betraying nothing, felt a slight twitch at the corner of his eye before he spoke, "I don't understand what you're talking about. Please step aside; I don't have time to listen to your nonsense."

Shen Qiang smiled, stepped forward, and blocked his path, saying, "I think we should sit down and talk because you should know, I recently set a Blood Clan demon ablaze with the Heavenly Lantern. Afterwards, someone imitated that Blood Clan demon and pushed you to the forefront of my attention."

Looking at the icy gaze of Ji Wei, Shen Qiang calmly said, "So although I didn't quite understand why he did that before, after seeing you, I realized that person's goal was to use someone else to do his dirty work."

"Because he might have thought, once I discovered your identity, I would treat you like I did the previous Blood Clan demon, tie you up and set you ablaze with the Heavenly Lantern. But I am a very rational person, my Heshenghe welcomes any demon that hasn't committed unforgivable sins to join."

Hearing this, Ji Wei was silent for a full three seconds, then calmly walked past Shen Qiang, saying, "Excuse me, I need to buy groceries."

Seeing that he had no intention of engaging in conversation, Shen Qiang smiled and placed a business card in front of him, saying, "Alright, if you ever want to talk, or if you need help, remember to call me. Because unlike you, I prefer to have influence, so here, I'm able to do many things ordinary people can't."

Looking at Shen Qiang.

Ji Wei hesitated slightly, didn't take Shen Qiang's business card, and simply left, saying, "If I need to, I can find you."

Watching Shen Qiang's somewhat awkward situation, and Ji Wei's retreating figure, Xiu Ju raised an eyebrow and said, "He knows who you are."

Shen Qiang smiled and got back into the car.

When Xiu Ju also got in, Shen Qiang said, "Don't bother him again; Ji Wei is an outstanding demon who just wants a peaceful life. Don't provoke him; it would turn the world upside down."

"He scared me," Aili spoke on the phone, "His presence is terrifying."

"So he's a dangerous person who should be kept under close surveillance," Qian Shanxue said.

Shen Qiang drove the car, its bright headlights turning the dusky atmosphere, mixed with snowflakes, a whitish grey.

"Doing so would only enrage Ji Wei and would play right into the hands of the person who designed this case and replicated it from the shadows because it's now clear that person wants his designed crime to attract the attention of the Dragon Group," he said.

"After that, he intends to leave clues leading us to Ji Wei."

"So next, logically speaking, we're supposed to endlessly investigate and harass Ji Wei, turning his life into a mess."

"And once we find out that Ji Wei is a demon or if Ji Wei retaliates in anger, then a war will break out between the Dragon Group and Ji Wei."

"By then, the person behind it all would have achieved his goal of using someone else to murder his target," he concluded.

"Because even a Great Demon, no matter how strong, doesn't stand a chance against the Cultivation World's largest force, the Dragon Group, so take it easy. I'll take you to have something tasty."

Hearing the word "tasty," Qian Shanxue's spirits visibly lifted, "Datong River?"

Shen Qiang laughed, "Of course not. What could be more delicious than hot, steaming hotpot in this kind of weather?"

That night, in the hotpot restaurant, Shen Qiang succinctly shared his view on the whole case.

The conclusion was simple. A cultivator, bearing some grudge or hatred against Ji Wei, lacked the ability to kill him. Learning about the Blood Clan demon, Su Tong's case, he decided to replicate it, drawing attention from the Dragon Group and Heshenghe.

After leaving clues pointing to Ji Wei, he hoped to use the hands of the Dragon Group and Heshenghe to kill Ji Wei.

After Shen Qiang confirmed that Ji Wei was a powerful Great Demon.

This should be the most reasonable deduction and the guess closest to the truth.

Of course, we can't simply use this to rule out the possibility that the person's goal was not just to create trouble for the Dragon Group or Heshenghe through Ji Wei.

However, it can now be confirmed that the woman was definitely not killed by Ji Wei.

Because Ji Wei is a clean freak, the beauties in his eyes could never be streetwalkers.

And if he had the mentality of a scavenger, aiming to eliminate the filth in the city, then he would have disposed of the streetwalker like trash, not displayed her like a piece of art. Therefore, there's no need to consider this any further, from both behavioral and psychological perspectives.

This completely rules out Ji Wei's suspicion.

But at the same time, what becomes even more certain is that the suspect who did these things certainly knows Ji Wei and is probably a cultivator.

So, if we want to find that criminal, the obvious starting point is still Ji Wei.

However, Shen Qiang disagreed with Qianshan Xue and Ye Xiaolei taking risks by investigating Ji Wei on their own and instead hoped that Qianshan Xue would explain the whole situation directly and have a calm talk with Ji Wei, as Ji Wei is a Great Demon with high intelligence.

As long as we explain the interests and the incidents involved, Shen Qiang believes Ji Wei will make a wise choice.

Qianshan Xue and Ye Xiaolei both clearly supported Shen Qiang's view.

But Ali still opposed it.

Shen Qiang simply ignored her.

Order lots and lots of delicious food.

After eating the hotpot, Qianshan Xue expressed her wish to talk with Ji Wei.

Shen Qiang smiled, took Xiu Ju, and left the hotpot restaurant to return directly to Jinyu Huacheng.

After all, as the team doctor, Shen Qiang had done everything that needed to be done and things that should not be done. And for this matter, he had already wasted a whole day.

Even though he knew that Ji Wei was a powerful Great Demon and that subduing him could make Shen Qiang's Heshenghe even stronger,

Reason told him that now was not the time to focus on Ji Wei.

Because the weather had turned cold, moving home from Jinyu Huacheng to the Mountain Villa had become an inevitable task. On one hand, many cultivators both inside and outside the province wanted to engage with Heshenghe, and the business dealings on the Heshenghe Company side which involved the mundane world were clearly not suitable.

In fact, without Heshenghe, Shen Qiang would be too lazy to interact with those cultivators.

But now it wasn't possible. The company was so large that, for its development and to consolidate Heshenghe's influence in Provincial City, it was essential to make appropriate contact with the Cultivation World.

The formal occupation and use of the Mountain Villa would undoubtedly be the best opportunity.

Because it would be a chance for other cultivator powers within and outside the province to convey their goodwill to Shen Qiang and Heshenghe, especially now, before the Bai Family publicly disclosed the matter between Shen Qiang and Bai Jiao, observing the true attitude of the Cultivation World towards Heshenghe was undoubtedly the best.

However, not long after Shen Qiang had pondered all this and had gone to sleep satisfied, a midnight phone call jolted him awake.

"Shen Qiang, come quickly, we might have found the criminal."

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