My vampire princess wants to repay a debt of gratitude.

"I'm not in the right frame of mind today."

Lin Mo sighed helplessly.

"are you hungry?"

Ye Zimo asked again.

Lin Mo rubbed his stomach and realized it was indeed time to eat. Usually, Xiao Ju would have already prepared the meal by this time.

Ye Zimo stood up, walked gracefully to the kitchen, tied on an apron, opened the refrigerator, and looked back at Lin Mo, her eyes seemingly asking what he wanted to eat.

"Either is fine."

Like most people, Lin Mo suffers from severe decision-making difficulties when faced with what to eat for dinner.

Ye Zimo nodded slightly, picked through the ingredients, and took out the steak.

Considering that Lin Mo must be hungry, she decided to make the quickest way to cook steak.

This is a grass-fed sirloin steak, packaged in a sealed bag.

Ye Zimo gently tore open the sealed bag, and red tissue fluid and myoglobin flowed out, resembling blood.

She took out a square steak, wiped the surface dry, and sprinkled it with salt and black pepper.

Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat until it smokes, then add the steak.

Soon, the aroma of steak wafted from the kitchen, whetting Lin Mo's appetite.

Watching Ye Zimo busy in the kitchen, Lin Mo couldn't help but smile.

Lin Mo stood up and walked to the kitchen: "Do you need my help?"

Ye Zimo shook her head and quickly served a delicious-looking steak on the table, along with exquisite cutlery.

Ye Zimo took out a blood bag from the refrigerator, poured it into a wine glass, picked up the glass, and walked over.

She fried one for herself too, but it was noticeably smaller than Lin Mo's.

"I'm starting!"

Lin Mo started eating the steak, mainly because the aroma was so strong that it whetted his appetite.

Ye Zimo nodded slightly, raised her wine glass, and took a sip.

"It's still very fresh."

She gave her evaluation and thought she could give the bag of blood a score of 70 out of 100.

After the two finished their dinner, they heard the sound of the younger sister from next door returning home.

Lin Xuan spent the afternoon volunteering, and when she came back, she collapsed on the sofa and fell asleep. Xueqiu closed the door for her.

Xiaoju also popped her head out of the room, lifting her black maid dress, and tiptoed to the kitchen.

Seeing that there was still a steak left for her in the frying pan, Xiaoju's eyes sparkled.

She took out an elegant plate, picked out the steak, and placed it on the plate.

Then they went to the restaurant, sat down next to Ye Zimo, and started eating.

After finishing her steak, she wiped her mouth and said.

"Miss, I've found out, but the results are not satisfactory."

"Chen Tie was a researcher at the Weicheng Environmental Protection Organization two years ago, in charge of a project to clean up the pollution of the moat. He was later diagnosed with a mental illness and was dismissed. While recuperating in a mental hospital, he developed this website. About a year ago, shortly after the website was developed, he committed suicide."

"Therefore, no one operates this website, and apart from the posts being deleted by the user, there are basically no administrators who will delete them."

Xiaoju said with a serious expression.

"He's already dead, no wonder he created this imaginary monster."

Ye Zimo seemed to have been mentally prepared, but Lin Mo was taken aback.

"It's already dead... Well, then why not report this website and have the relevant departments shut it down?"

Lin Mo suggested.

"This website has been shut down more than a dozen times in the past year, but it always reappears inexplicably, and in an encrypted form. That demon deliberately blocked the police system."

To prove her point, Xiaoju even showed Lin Mo the forum posts discussing the website's closure.

"So we can only wait for her to come looking for us?"

"That's all we can do, since we can't climb over the internet cable."

Xiaoju said with a helpless expression.

Ye Zimo finished her "red wine" and said calmly, "The pattern of murder."

Lin Mo instantly understood Ye Zimo's meaning. Although the other party was keeping an eye on him, she might not make a move against him immediately. After all, she had a large audience, and all of them could be her targets.

But was her choice of targets truly random? Or did they share some commonality?

By finding the logical chain within it, we can identify the next victim.

Chapter 156 Logical Chains

“There was a 3-month gap between the first victim and the second victim, a 2-month gap between the second and the third victim, a 1-month gap between the third and the fourth victim, a 15-day gap between the fourth and the fifth victim, and only a 5-day gap between the fifth and the sixth victim.”

"That is, the time intervals are getting shorter and shorter."

Lin Mo analyzed.

"This only proves that the demon is getting stronger and stronger, and as she gets stronger, the number of victims will continue to increase."

Do they have anything in common?

"Aside from being from Weicheng, we don't seem to have anything in common."

As the group discussed the matter, it had become completely dark.

They compiled all the data again, including the victims' information, and conducted an in-depth analysis.

In chronological order, the first victim, Ke, was a worker at a chemical plant who was fond of alcoholism and had a tendency towards domestic violence. When he was unhappy at work, he would drink and beat his wife. A year ago, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and depression, and the cause of death was suicide due to depression.

The second victim, Wang, was a college student at Weicheng University. He also had connections with delinquents in society and frequently committed campus violence against freshmen. He was expelled after being reported. The school suggested that his parents take him to see a psychologist, believing that he had a serious violent tendency. His cause of death was suicide. He left behind a letter of repentance, which listed the names of the classmates he had bullied. Because the list was too long, the incident once attracted widespread attention from the public.

The third victim, Guo, was a housewife who originally lived with her parents-in-law, husband, and son. However, she often quarreled with her parents-in-law. After her father-in-law died, she kicked her mother-in-law out of the house. Later, she developed depression due to her husband's infidelity and tried to commit suicide with her child. She was rescued, but her child survived while she drowned. Later, the police found a diary in her home, which was full of curses against her parents-in-law.

The fourth victim, Zhou, was a company owner who ran a small company with more than ten employees. Although the company was small, it was profitable. However, he was in arrears with his employees' wages for a long time and never paid bonuses to them. He also had the finance department falsify accounts to make the company appear to be losing money in an attempt to evade taxes. Later, he was cheated by his business partner, which led to a break in the capital chain, bankruptcy of the company, and suicide due to depression.

The fifth person is Wang Xuanxuan, an unemployed bum who stayed at home as a freeloader after graduating from vocational school. She liked to play games online, flirt with netizens, and scam money online. She ran away from home after arguing with her family and was later found dead in the river.

The sixth person is Wei Tongxin, an employee of a foreign trade company. Because he made a choice at the amusement park and gave up his son, he suffered some kind of shock on his way home, which led to his mental breakdown and suicide by jumping into the river.

Lin Mo quickly discovered their common ground: they both had personality flaws.

Whether they are chemical plant workers or housewives, or even Wei Tongxin, who usually acts like an honest and good father, they all have inherent personality flaws.

But there are many flawed people in this world. In Weicheng, with a population of 600 million, there are countless people like this.

Lin Mo needs to find a clearer logical chain.

The key lies with Chen Tie. By figuring out why he created this imaginary monster and what his purpose was, we can follow the clues and further narrow down the scope.

Xiaoju found very little information about Chen Tie online. The best way would be to ask Jiang Chatu for a time-reversal talisman to set the time back to one hour before Chen Tie's suicide and see what exactly happened.

So Lin Mo dialed Jiang Chatu's number again.

The phone rang for a long time before someone answered.

Jiang Chatu's lazy voice came through: "Hello?"

Lin Mo listened to her slightly hoarse voice and realized that it was already 1 a.m. He hadn't expected that they had spent so much time analyzing and thinking.

Xiaoju started yawning too, while Ye Zimo seemed to enjoy chatting with her all the time.

She looked at him with bright, energetic eyes, a stark contrast to her usual aloof demeanor.

"I'm sorry to disturb your sleep so late. I actually wanted to ask for another time-reversal talisman. I was wondering if it would be convenient for you."

Lin Mo asked apologetically.

"...That's it? Let's talk about it tomorrow morning."

Jiang Chatu hung up the phone impatiently. Lin Mo shook his head. Asking for help was always so passive. He wished he had learned the spell himself.

"I need to go back and rest. Let's continue tomorrow."

Lin Mo said to Ye Zimo.

Ye Zimo nodded slightly: "Okay."

"See you tomorrow."

Lin Mo said to her and Xiao Ju.

"Ah."

Ye Zimo responded with a faint sound.

Xiaoju yawned and waved her hand: "Go to sleep, go to sleep."

When Lin Mo returned home, he saw Snowball and Three-Tailed Cats preparing cat food for themselves.

"Only this much? Do you think I'm a cat?"

Three-tailed beast complained.

"For someone your size, this is enough for you."

Snowball said in a serious tone, pouring almost a small mountain of cat food into his own bowl and giving a few pieces to Three-Tail.

The Three-Tails was very angry, but it couldn't beat them, so it could only silently eat those few pills.

Looking at the two cats getting along harmoniously at home, Lin Mo was very satisfied. He went into his room and fell asleep.

The next morning, the first thing Lin Mo did after getting up was to call Jiang Chatu.

"You want my Jiang family's Reversal Talisman again? Last time a friend helped, but this time you'll have to offer something in exchange."

Jiang Chatu said.

"sure."