Killer Nights

Chapter 46: News of Xiaomei's Death

As soon as the words left Jiang Zhengkai’s mouth, the air in the room suddenly seemed to grow thick.  Lu Xiaoqiang stared blankly at Jiang Zhengkai, all the while still holding his pint glass.  His expression was one of doubt and disbelief, but the firmness of Jiang Zhengkai’s eyes did not allow for even an iota of doubt.  Finally, Lu Xiaoqiang chose to down what remained of his beer and set the empty glass down on the table.  He fixed his gaze at Jiang Zhengkai and asked, “When did it happen, Inspector Jiang?”

“About four months ago,” Jiang Zhengkai recalled, “Starting four months ago, a series of murders occurred at the address on that envelope.  Your sister was the first victim.”

“Hehe!  That’s… that’s impossible!” Lu Xiaoqiang said as he shook his head, “I just called my mom at noon today.  She said she just received my sister’s wire of 3,000 yuan.  She also entrusted me to find my sister and tell her not to wire us so much money from now...