“What?” Xiaotao asked, full of doubt. “Why would Xu Gang hide the person he hated the most in his wife’s tomb?”

“To mislead us, perhaps!” I answered.

Xiaotao made a brief phone call, and when she hung up, she told me, “What a bizarre coincidence! His wife was buried here in this cemetery!”

She then asked the person in charge to lead us to Xu Gang’s wife’s tomb. There were a bunch of withered lilies placed on the tomb. The photo above it was of a gentle and beautiful long-haired woman. I sniffed at the flowers and stated, “Xu Gang was here shortly before his death.”

“Pry the tomb open!” ordered Xiaotao.

The officers did so with a crowbar. When it was opened, one of them shouted, “There’s something in there!”

It was a small box, placed right beside the remains of Xu Gang’s wife. He must’ve left it there. None of the officers dared to touch the box. They feared that it could be a bomb.

“You cowards!” snapped...