After hearing Jin Baoshan’s explanation, I asked him, “But my eyes can see through lies! How did you manage to deceive me? You didn’t have special training for it, did you?”

"Well, Mr. Detective," he chuckled, "That's where your oversight saved me. Truthfully, I was extremely unnerved by your piercing eyes when you questioned me that day. If you had asked me if I was the murderer, I would’ve blown my cover!”

So it was my own carelessness that led to my almost fatal mistake, though I wasn’t the only one who was deceived in this case. Even Xiaotao and Wang Yuanchao never expected the murderer to be the person who sold the mansion.

Cases related to real estate like this one were usually driven by interest and greed. No one had any suspicion that the real motive behind this case was a vendetta. 

“Is Ren Facai your accomplice?” asked Xiaotao.

Jin Baoshan blew out a puff...