My Contract Wife Is a Criminal Investigation Consultant

She was the most perfect wife he'd ever known.

Gentle, quiet, and obedient. She brought him hangover soup when he returned from business dinners, smiled gracefully at family gatherings, and never asked where he'd been.

Lu Chenzhou thought he'd made an incredible investment: three million a year for an “invisible wife” who could handle the marriage pressure without any fuss or effort.

He couldn't even remember what she looked like. He only knew her name was Shen Li, and that she spent her days gardening and reading at home, waiting for him to return.

Until the day the criminal police came knocking.

His “decorative wife” was watering the plants on the balcony. Then, right in front of Lu Chenzhou, she answered an encrypted call, and her voice changed completely:

Calm, incisive, and impossible to argue with.

In three minutes, she overturned the task force's conclusions from the previous seventy-two hours. In five, she sketched the killer's behavioral profile. In ten, she narrowed the suspect pool from three thousand people to three.

Lu Chenzhou stood there, unaware that the coffee in his hand had gone cold.

Later, he learned the truth:

The business negotiation skills he took pride in were, in her eyes, nothing but “emotional tells.”

He thought he was “supporting” her, but the whole city police bureau was lining up to call her “Consultant Shen.”

And the serial killer known as “The Sculptor,” whom she had personally sent to prison years ago, had just been released.

That madman sent out a threat:

“First, I'll kill the person she loves most.”

Lu Chenzhou stared at the tracker secretly stuck to his neck and fell into deep thought:

So... does she love me or not?

Asking for a friend. It's kind of urgent.

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