After meeting Adam's first girlfriend, Kai almost pulled William and fled the scene quickly. There was no way, it was too embarrassing. It was Adam who was unforgettable with Pepper, not him. But the problem is that Kai

In the name of Adam.

First love is always unforgettable. Adam and Pepper are no exception. In their senior year of high school, Pepper's parents had to move back to Connecticut due to work reasons, and then the two young children almost staged an elopement drama.

.But he was stopped by Pepper's father. That time, Adam was almost shot to death by Pepper's father with a double-barreled shotgun.

Really, Pepper's father really fired at that time! Of course, looking back now, Pepper's father was obviously aiming at a target ten meters away from Adam.

But the problem is that Adam was still young at that time. According to the memory at the time, Adam almost peed with fright. Then, like all little boys, Adam was so frightened that when Pepper left that year, she did not see him for the last time.

What’s even more amazing is that Adam never fell in love again. To say that he was still in love with Pepper would not be considered. After all, in modern society, it doesn’t cost much to find Pepper. What’s more, Adam’s family is not in short supply.

money.

Kai guessed that Adam was frightened by Father Pepper's shot and had a psychological shadow.

But no matter what, looking at the way Pepper looked at him, Kai felt extremely uncomfortable. It seemed as if he had done something bad, and he felt very guilty. But it was obvious that he and Adam had a fair deal, and Adam was about to die at that time, so he thought

To avenge himself and his comrades, Kai helped him achieve his wish, at the cost of his body.

Both William and Mills were a little confused. Although they had not been in contact with Kai for a long time, they could both feel that Kai was a very reliable man who did not talk much, was calm and steady. Like now, it was like the first time

Junior high school students who are in love run away when they see the girl they like. They are very uncomfortable with it.

…

Seeing Kai Luo running away, Pepper was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something and laughed. The smile was very cheerful and gorgeous. But immediately, Pepper felt a strange gaze staring at him.

.

Turning his head, Tracy was looking at him with a gossipy face.

"Tell me the truth, what is your relationship with that Adam?"

"No way! We are just ordinary high school classmates!" Pepper always felt that although her first love was not perfect, it was pure enough and interesting enough. But then again, whose first love is not full of regrets? Like Tracy and

People like Mills are rare.

"Really?" Tracey didn't believe it. She raised her hands as if to tickle Pepper.

Pepper felt that it was too embarrassing for someone so old to do this in front of the hotel, so she immediately apologized and said, "Okay, okay, I'll just say that...he is my first boyfriend."

"Really?" Tracy's whole body was glowing. Everyone loves gossip, not to mention the gossip about her best friend. "Then how did you break up? He is quite handsome, what? Did he cheat on you?"

Pepper was reluctant to share that past incident. After all, her father scared her boyfriend to wet his pants with a shotgun, which was really not something to be proud of. So she immediately changed the subject.

"By the way, Trish, have you seen Mills work?"

"No... Mills is not willing to let me know those things." Sure enough, Tracey's attention was immediately diverted. In Tracey's life, Mills always comes first. Tracey rarely learns from it.

Mills learned the details of his work from his mouth, and he never discussed those cases with Trish when he went home.

"Then do you want to see Mills at work?" Pepper breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Tracey's attention being diverted. Unlike Tracey who focused on her family, although Pepper has been going smoothly in recent years, she can't.

Even so, intrigue in the workplace is inevitable. This kind of little trick is easy to come by. Of course, this is also related to Tracy's understanding. She can see that Pepper doesn't seem to want to say those things, so she just goes along with it.

In fact, just at that moment, Trish had deduced countless soap opera-style love affairs in her mind, such as the scumbag changing his heart, the girl meeting someone better, amnesia in a car accident, the heroine/heroine being mistakenly diagnosed with cancer, etc.

A series of bloody plots. There is no rush anyway, there is plenty of time to dig out slowly. Sometimes it is more interesting to take your time like this than to learn the truth all at once!

And Tracy was indeed interested in Pepper's proposal.

"Isn't it good? Will this disturb Mills?"

"No! Let's just take a look."

"Oh well!"

…

When William and Kai went to the scene, he wanted to ask Kai several times why he was so inconsistent, but in the end he held back. Because it was Kai's private matter, and he and Kai were not that familiar. It was not easy to do so casually.

Open your mouth.

Mills, on the other hand, was more impatient and asked.

"You know Pepper?"

Kai thought about it and felt that he couldn't hide it, so he simply admitted it.

"We are high school classmates."

As for falling in love, Kai was a bit unable to express it, because it was really not his fault, it was Adam's sin.

"Oh..." Mills said meaningfully, and the information contained in it was comparable to Tracy's imagination. There is always something about men and women.

Kai didn't want to talk about that, but grabbed the topic and said, "The one next to Pepper is..."

The two women basically looked exactly the same. Kai was so busy at first that he didn't care about Pepper. Now he changed the subject and used this as an excuse.

"That's my wife."

"Pepper has sisters?" This was Kai's first reaction. Because except for twin sisters, it is difficult to look so similar. But according to Adam's memory, Pepper is an only child.

Now Mills and William both laughed, and Mills also understood why Tracey and Pepper laughed so much when they heard William say the same thing.

…

Soon Kai and the others arrived at the scene.

In the office of a law firm, a man was wearing only a pair of underwear, and he was kneeling on the ground covered in blood, with his head resting on a pile of books. He was tied, but his right hand was released, holding a butcher knife.

, there was a scale beside him. On one side of the scale was a one-pound weight, and on the other side was a piece of meat. From the scene, it was not difficult to see that this piece of meat belonged to the deceased.

At the same time, a piece of paper was placed next to the scale, with a paragraph on it.

"A pound of human flesh, no more, no less, no gristle, no hard bones, just fresh meat."

Holding this piece of paper, William read softly.

"From The Merchant of Venice."

Kai frowned. Although he didn't know this sentence, he knew about The Merchant of Venice. He seemed to have learned this when he was in school.

William continued to read: "As long as the flesh is cut off, he can be free."

At this time, Mills came over and said: "The technician found a lot of sweat on that chair over there."

"Of course, anyone who is forced to cut off a piece of flesh on his body at gunpoint will be covered in sweat." Kai squinted his eyes and observed the crime scene. "The murderer wanted him to take his time and decide which piece of flesh to cut off.

Meat."

As he spoke, Kai pointed to a photo on the wall and said, "Who is the woman in this photo?"

It was a photo of a woman, and in the photo, the woman's eyes were circled with blood.

"That's Gould's wife." Mills flipped through the site inspection records and said.

Gould is the name of the deceased. He is one of the most famous defense attorneys in Chicago. He specializes in defending wealthy criminals and has made a lot of money. His name is very famous in the entire Chicago law enforcement system. He is the most famous among all police officers.

One of the most annoying people.

"Why do you think the murderer did this?"

This murderer was extremely cunning and did not leave any traces at the scene. He would only do what he thought was necessary, and he would not do anything else. So Kai did not think that he just left this behind to disgust the police officers who were handling the case.

Just like before, after Kay left, Mills and William found a note left by the murderer in the first victim's house, which already predicted the next target.

"Is it because this woman saw something?"

Mills speculated.

"Impossible!" But William decisively rejected this guess. "If this woman really saw something, it would not be a corpse now. This murderer is very cautious!"

Kai heard Mills's guess, but did not overturn it in a hurry. Instead, he said thoughtfully: "What did she see..."

After thinking about it, Kai saw a painting hanging on the wall opposite the photo.

An abstract painting. From his previous life to this life, Kai had no artistic talent. Anyway, he couldn't understand what was good about those abstract paintings. For example, this one was full of chaotic color blocks and vertical and horizontal lines. It was so gaudy that it looked like

So, let’s talk about what’s better... Anyway, if Kai is asked to spend tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands to buy such a painting, Kai will definitely not agree to it.

Thinking about all this, Kai came to the picture.

Kai did not study the content of the painting, nor could he study it clearly. He just stared at the frame. He found that there were traces of movement behind the frame. It seemed that the painting had been hanging here for a long time, and the frame covered it.

The walls are a little different in color from the surrounding walls because no one will be bored enough to clean behind the picture frame.

"This painting has been moved!"

After hearing what Kay said, Mills immediately called for technicians to inspect the frame, canvas, and back of the frame. But still found nothing.

"He's playing tricks on us!" Mills couldn't help it. The murderer kept setting up mysterious puzzles. He was playing tricks on them!

Kai looked at Mills a little unhappy because he didn't behave like a qualified police officer.

"Mr. Mills, as a police officer, the most basic quality is to keep a cool head. Getting angry will have no effect on your work!"

Faced with Kai's obvious reprimand, Mills wanted to refute, but when he saw Kai's stern and oppressive eyes, he was intimidated for some reason. Mills was not a timid person.

The medal is the best explanation, but facing Kai, he found that he really didn't dare to choke.

After teaching Mills a lesson, Kay continued to observe the frame. Then he discovered that there was something wrong with the frame.
To be continued...