You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

Li Mingyu's rebuke was sharp and urgent, echoing in the back row of the auditorium.

He was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, his fur standing on end, staring intently at Lin Chen as if every word Lin Chen uttered was an insult to his intelligence.

However, Lin Chen didn't even bother to spare him a glance.

That casual "It's too noisy" wasn't meant for Li Mingyu.

Lin Chen's calm profile was reflected in Su Qingge's phoenix eyes, but her heart was in turmoil.

Bloody smell?

It's noisy?

Others hear art, heavenly music.

What he heard was blood and noise?

The mystery surrounding this man is growing ever thicker.

Seeing that he was being ignored, Li Mingyu's face turned a deep purplish-red, and he was about to lash out again.

Lin Chen suddenly turned around and stopped looking at the "artist" on the stage who was still smiling and waving.

His gaze fell on Su Ke'er, who had completely become a fangirl beside him.

"Teacher Su."

"Let's go, take me to that ghostly violin room you mentioned."

Su Ke'er was stunned for a moment, then nodded frantically like a chick pecking at rice, her eyes filled with admiration.

"Okay! Okay!"

Li Mingyu watched this scene, his eyes almost overflowing with jealousy and contempt.

In his opinion, Lin Chen was just feeling guilty and afraid of showing weakness in front of professionals, so he made up an excuse and ran away with the pretty girl!

"Hmph! Utterly ignorant and incompetent!"

He snorted coldly, turned to the police officers beside him, and waved his hand, exuding the air of a leader.

"What are you all standing there for? Real police officers speak based on evidence!"

"Come with me to the monitoring room! I refuse to believe the killer can just vanish into thin air!"

After saying that, he puffed out his chest and led his men rushing toward the administration building, his back view filled with an eagerness to make a name for himself.

Su Qingge watched as the two groups of people walked in completely opposite directions, her brows furrowing into a knot.

She instinctively wanted to follow Lin Chen, wanting to see what he was really up to.

But reason told her that as the person in charge on site, she couldn't leave.

A nameless irritation began to grow in her heart.

……

Half an hour later.

At the temporary command post of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, Li Mingyu, full of vigor, gathered everyone together.

His face was filled with barely suppressed smugness, as if he had already secured victory.

He slammed a blurry photo taken from a surveillance video onto the table.

"look!"

He pointed to the hunched figure in the photo, who was loitering near the art building.

"There was only one suspicious person who appeared near the art building within an hour before and after the incident!"

"Wang Defa, the old security guard at the school!"

Li Mingyu's voice rose with excitement as he looked around at everyone, enjoying the thrill of being in control.

"I've already checked his file! He's 62 years old, lives alone, and was sentenced to one year in prison twenty years ago for burglary!"

"He has a criminal record! His motive is clear!"

He slammed his hand on the table and gave his conclusion.

"This is a typical case of a crime committed by someone known to the victim!"

"The elderly security guard, overcome by lust, lured the female student to a secluded spot, accidentally killed her, and then disposed of the body!"

The logic is "perfect," and the evidence is "conclusive."

Several young police officers had already shown expressions of sudden realization.

"Arrest Wang Defa immediately! Bring him back for interrogation!"

Li Mingyu issued the order with a resolute tone.

"Deputy Captain Li!"

Su Qingge's cold voice interrupted his performance.

She pointed to two points on the map: one was a school, and the other was a dumping ground for bodies on the outskirts of the city.

"How did a frail, elderly man in his sixties manage to transport a corpse from a school to an abandoned factory dozens of kilometers away without alerting anyone?"

This question was like a bucket of cold water poured over Li Mingyu's burning head.

His face stiffened, and he then forced a defense.

"He might have a car! Or he might have accomplices! A simple interrogation would reveal all that, wouldn't it?"

"Captain Su, are you questioning my judgment?"

"The top priority now is to apprehend the suspect and prevent him from committing another crime!"

Li Mingyu immediately slapped a huge label on him.

Su Qingge stopped speaking, but a fleeting look of disappointment crossed her clear eyes.

She subconsciously looked out the window towards the old art building.

Lin Chen...

What exactly did you discover?

……

at the same time.

Jiangcheng No.1 Middle School, the old art building.

This place feels like a corner forgotten by time, with the air filled with dust and the smell of decaying old wood.

Sunlight streamed through the grime-covered glass window, splitting into dappled beams of light, within which countless tiny dust particles danced wildly.

"Lin...Lin Chen, this is...this is the place."

Su Ke'er's voice trembled slightly, and her small hands gripped Lin Chen's clothes tightly.

At the end of the third-floor corridor, the door to the legendary "Ghost Harp Room" was ajar.

The door panel was covered with a thick layer of dust, as if no one had touched it for a long time.

Lin Chen pushed open the door, and an even stronger musty smell hit him.

In the center of the room, a piano covered with a white sheet looked like a corpse covered with a white sheet in the dim light.

In the corner, various broken musical instruments were piled up, like dismembered remains.

Gloomy and deathly silent.

Su Ke'er was so frightened that her face turned pale, and she almost pressed herself against Lin Chen's back.

Lin Chen, however, seemed oblivious.

He released Su Ke'er's hand, walked alone to the center of the music room, and slowly closed his eyes amidst the swirling dust.

"Don't make a sound."

He said softly.

Su Ke'er immediately covered her mouth and even slowed her breathing.

next second.

[God-level Hearing Ability], now activated!

In Lin Chen's perception, the entire world was instantly muted.

Su Ke'er's nervous heartbeat, the rustling of leaves in the wind outside the window, the noise from the playground in the distance...

Everything vanished in an instant.

Absolute silence.

Immediately afterwards, a completely new and incredibly detailed world of sound unfolded in his ears!

He heard it.

The wind blew through the cracks in the window, making a mournful sound like a ghost.

In the corner, a rat scurried across an abandoned pipe, its claws scraping against the metal with a faint sound.

The dust beneath his feet, compacted underfoot, was groaning faintly under its own weight.

These are all normal sounds.

Lin Chen's brows furrowed slightly.

His hearing was like an invisible net, enveloping the entire room, frantically filtering and analyzing every vibration of sound waves.

suddenly.

His ears caught a very discordant noise.

It comes from... the east side!

Lin Chen's ears, like the most sophisticated radar, instantly locked onto the direction.

His auditory world began to undergo a deep scan and three-dimensional construction.

In the silent background noise, he "saw" everything.

Besides the low echoes created by wind entering the cavities in the wall...

There are other voices too!

A resonance of extremely low frequency, almost imperceptible.

One sound after another... a viscous liquid dripped from a height, hitting a soft medium with muffled "plop, plop" sounds.

as well as……

The taut metal wires emitted a mournful hum as they were disturbed by the airflow.

That's... the sound of guitar strings!