This ear definitely belonged to the man from the day before. Judging by the incision, the cut was clean and fast. From the degree of blood solidification, I surmised that the ear was cut off about five or six hours ago.

I couldn’t think of anyone so skillful who would help me like this. What puzzled me most was how this person found out about this dispute I had and how did he find the man? The only people I talked to about this were Xiaotao and Sun Tiger. They refused to do anything last night, but did they secretly and quietly attack the man after all?

That didn’t sound likely, though. Xiaotao’s fighting technique was Sanda, the martial arts taught in the police force. They generally did not train with knives or swords at all. As for Sun Tiger, I’d never once seen him fight before, but I couldn’t imagine a man like him cutting someone’s ear so cleanly, then putting it into an ice box and delivering it to me.

I closed the box...