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"Is there any misunderstanding?"

Pei Yun looked back and forth between the two. He saw that Miss Xiao's eyes were full of hostility, while Jiang Shaorong's eyes only showed a faint smile.

"There was indeed a misunderstanding, and I apologize to Miss Xiao. If Miss Xiao still holds a grudge and refuses to forgive me, I will definitely visit your residence with proper etiquette to apologize another day."

Jiang Shaorong performed a deep bow with humility.

Installed.

It's one thing to pretend to be humble and polite in front of others, but in front of her—

Doesn't Xiao Ran know what kind of person her ex-husband is?

Xiao Ran simply turned her head away, refusing to look at him.

Jiang Shaorong chuckled slightly; in his eyes, this was nothing more than a young girl's charming demeanor.

"Did you bring the things?" Pei Yun asked, seeing that the atmosphere between the two had eased somewhat.

"Is this the item you're referring to, Shaoqing?"

Jiang Shaorong reached into his robes, rummaged around for a moment, and pulled out an exquisite box. With a gentle tap, the box opened instantly.

"It's remarkable that you've managed to preserve it so well..." Pei Yun couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

After all, this is a case in a dirty neighborhood, and most people wouldn't usually pay too much attention to it.

"This is my duty," Jiang Shaorong said calmly.

"Hmm. I remember you told me that the unusual thing about this case was this forehead ribbon?" Pei Yun asked.

"Yes, Shaoqing, please look here." Jiang Shaorong carefully took out the headband from the box, then gently tugged at it and took out a hair.

Pei Yun was startled. It turned out that the hair and headband were both dark and extremely fine, so no one had noticed.

Are his subordinates really so careless in their work?

Pei Yunqiang suppressed his anger and asked, "It's just a single strand of hair, what can you possibly understand about it?"

"Young Master, look." Jiang Shaorong slowly unfolded the part he was holding, and the silvery-white color gradually became visible.

It's another piece of dyed hair.

However, this one was different from the one Pei Yun had found before. It seemed that because of the passage of time, the dye on it had faded.

Pei Yun picked up the white hair and examined it carefully in the light cast by the candlelight.

Xiao Ran frowned slightly.

Although she was extremely reluctant to listen to Jiang Shaorong, this matter did indeed concern Master Qi.

So the strand of hair that the woman lost on July 13th had already faded, but the strand of hair they saw during the day had not faded...

Therefore, there seems to be only one possibility.

The woman came to this house again after she took the child.

But why did she come to this house?

“She’s been to this house.” Xiao Ran voiced her suspicions.

Pei Yun looked up at the sound, nodded slowly, and said, "Even so, we don't know when she arrived... There are people from Dali Temple on duty here during the day, and didn't Miss Chen say that she hadn't seen anyone come here at night for the past few days?"

"No, no, I didn't go out on the fifteenth of July..." Chen Zijing paused, then turned to Xiao Ran, saying with a hint of embarrassment, "That day was the Ghost Festival, and I... I went to burn paper money for Sister Xiao in the middle of the night..."

Xiao Ran couldn't help but chuckle after hearing this.

Pei Yun was silent for a moment, then said, "In that case, it must be the fifteenth. On the Ghost Festival, no one wants to go out at night, which just happens to fulfill that woman's wish."

Xiao Ran stood up and walked to Duan Li, who had been keeping a close eye on Jiang Shaorong, and smiled, saying:

"But where should we begin the investigation?"