"Went to your house to get you to sign the contract?"

Li Xiang was a bit puzzled, isn't the real estate market in a slump right now?

And there are clients bringing money to the seller's house to chase after a contract?

Even during the peak of the real estate boom, I've never heard of clients chasing sellers home to close a deal.

The thought seemed unbelievable.

"Which house were you selling that could make a client chase you to your home to close the deal?"

Wang Yunmei seemed to also find this reason rather far-fetched, so she said nothing, but the few times she stopped just short of speaking made Li Xiang and the others feel there must be more to this story.

"What's really going on? Cui Mao is already dead, there's been a murder, and the police will certainly get to the bottom of it. I advise you to confess voluntarily and seek leniency."

"Can I really get leniency?"

"You have to trust the police."

Wang Yunmei seemed to have made a great decision, biting her lip she said, "Okay, I'll tell."

Li Xiang and Mao Ji were immediately delighted, feeling they were one step closer to the truth.

"Cui Mao was my client, he claimed to be the big boss of a listed company, very wealthy, and asked me to find a villa for him. Hearing he wanted to buy a villa, I was naturally very happy, after all selling a villa would earn me a big commission."

After a pause, Wang Yunmei continued, "But in my interactions with him, I found him to be very lecherous, always taking verbal advantage of me. He'd say buying a house is tough now, and that he could support me, and sometimes he'd even try to touch me at my workplace. I endured all of this for the sake of performance."

"Last night, he brought a bottle of red wine, and some groceries to my house. He said if he enjoyed the wine tonight, he'd sign the contract immediately."

"Hearing he'd finally sign, I hesitated. On one hand, I really needed that commission, and on the other, I was worried about his ulterior motives. Seeing my hesitation, he immediately assured me he just wanted someone to drink with, that it was only about the wine and nothing else."

"Only then did I agree. At first, he didn't do anything, behaving much better than before. We simply drank wine and chatted about his company, slowly but surely, I let my guard down. The red wine tasted very good at first, like a soft drink, with no apparent effect, but gradually, its strength hit me, and everything started spinning. That's when Cui Mao came to my side to hold me, and after that, I remember nothing."

Hearing this, Li Xiang and Mao Ji were immediately disgusted with Cui Mao's character. Perhaps due to preconceived notions, as they had previously handled the case of Yue Zheng, another older man with a younger woman, and similarly lustful. They had already anticipated what Wang Yunmei would say next.

Cui Mao bringing wine to sign a deal, his intentions were clear. As long as Wang Yunmei wasn't a fool, she should have known what it meant, whether she was being overly optimistic or had psychologically prepared, they could not tell.

Indeed, Wang Yunmei continued, "When I woke up this morning, I found myself completely naked, and Cui Mao was asleep beside me. He violated me last night, and just then, my boyfriend, who was on night shift, came home, instantly seeing both of us naked in bed."

As Wang Yunmei recounted, Li Xiang began to wonder if what happened next was her boyfriend seeing the scene, becoming furious, and accidentally killing Cui Mao?

No, no.

If that were true, then how did Cui Mao's wife Zhang Xiuting end up at the crime scene?

And even intentionally lie to the police?

The thought gave him a headache, better let her continue.

"My boyfriend thought I had cheated on him with an old pervert and lost his mind. I quickly explained that I was also a victim. So we decided to report him for rape. Hearing that we wanted to call the police, he got scared and proposed a private settlement, offering a million to keep it quiet since being involved in a criminal case would damage his company's reputation."

To spend a million on a settlement? This old man has money.

Or perhaps it was a trap, give the million, escape, then report them for extortion, making it difficult for them to accuse him of rape due to insufficient evidence, thus avoiding legal punishment.

A million,

How many houses does Wang Yunmei have to sell to make such an amount back?

How many night shifts would her boyfriend need to work to earn that?

"We considered it and agreed to his idea of a private settlement. To prevent him from backing out, my boyfriend even made him write a confession letter."

"Where's the confession letter?"

"I have it with me." She said and took out a folded paper from her pocket, handing it to Li Xiang.

Li Xiang unfolded it and saw the events Wang Yunmei described written in black ink on white paper, and it included an admission of violating Wang Yunmei. Even the signature and other key positions had red fingerprints.

Previously thinking Cui Mao might settle with a million then report them for extortion, now with Wang Yunmei's evidence, if Cui Mao went back on his word and reported it, he would likely get charged with rape.

Her boyfriend was no pushover either.

"So if that's the case, how did he die? And why was his wife there lying to the police?"

Li Xiang voiced his doubts, unclear why Wang Yunmei didn't report for a million or why Cui Mao chose to pay that amount to get away, but none of those reasons would lead to the victim's death. The biggest mystery in this case is why the victim's wife was at the scene and why she lied to the police.

"He said he couldn't come up with a million himself and needed to ask his wife, so we made him call her over. When she arrived and saw the situation, she couldn't handle it, kicking and hitting him, demanding a divorce on the spot, and refusing to pay from her share. Right there, they started fighting in front of us."

The scenario sounded like a battlefield. Li Xiang could imagine the reaction of a wife catching her double-crossing husband in the act.

This explained the other injuries on the victim.

And if Zhang Xiuting lied to the police because she accidentally killed her husband?

"You mean, Cui Mao was beaten to death by his wife Zhang Xiuting?"

"Yes, that's exactly what happened. She didn't mean to kill him; otherwise, she wouldn't have called for an ambulance."

With this, Li Xiang and the others felt they had solved the mystery in this case.

Another old letch, ignoring his own to pursue others, ending up beaten to death, but it wasn't easy to accidentally kill someone.

With the confession, Li Xiang and his team went to find Cao Gang, who was trying to get Zhang Xiuting to talk, signaling they had new leads.

Seeing this, Cao Gang left the room briefly.

"Captain Cao, how's it going over there?"

"Not good, she's tight-lipped, what about your side?"

"Wang Yunmei confessed, there's definitely a problem."

Li Xiang and Mao Ji then reported their findings to Cao Gang.

"So that's the deal? No wonder she was hiding the truth."

Finally understanding the situation, Cao Gang wanted to go back in and question Zhang Xiuting, just then, the staff member Zhou Man walked in with a report:

"Captain Cao, the coroner's report is out, the victim didn't die from the fall."

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