Killer Nights

Chapter 55: A Special Lunch

“Ah, you wanted to ask about Sister Xiu, right?” A-Jiao said with a nod.  She pursed her lips and thought for a while.  “She left the alley two years ago.  I know that before she left, she was arrested and taken to the station.  After she came back, she spoke to a couple of the sisters in the alley and then left a few days later.  I haven’t seen her since, but I heard from others that she didn’t actually leave the city.  She simply relocated to another district.”

Jiang Zhengkai finished listening to A-Jiao speak, looked her in the eyes, and said in a low voice, “I see.  Do you know that she is now deceased?  It happened while you were in the hospital.  There was another murder in the alley like the one that killed A-Mei, except this time the victim was A-Xiu.”

“Sister Xiu is dead?”  A-Jiao’s voice grew noticeably louder as her panic-stricken eyes opened wide and stared at Jiang...