I sent the address to Meng Ran and arranged to meet her at the restaurant downstairs from the company.

"Did you remember something?" I couldn't wait to ask as soon as we met.

Meng Ran was the only person who had seen the murderer and survived. She was my hope to catch the killer and avenge Ning Ning. However, after being rescued, she forgot what the killer looked like due to psychological trauma.

Meng Ran lowered her head, guilt shining in her eyes as tears welled up. "Senior, I'm sorry. It's all my fault."

I was taken aback and said disappointedly, "It's not your fault."

But in the next moment, she lifted her head, her teary eyes filled with determination.

"Senior, actually, the reason I asked you out today is to tell you that I like you."

In that instant, her expression really resembled Ning Ning's...

But so what if it did?

She wasn't Ning Ning. There was no Ning Ning left in this world.

I was about to refuse when I heard her voice.

【System, this male lead is too stubborn. After all this time, he still sees his NPC girlfriend in his mind. Fortunately, I used points in advance to arrange for his girlfriend to go offline. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to pursue him.】

I was stunned. What does this mean?

Before I could ask, an electronic voice replied to Meng Ran.

【Indeed, he is the most difficult male lead I have ever encountered. Fortunately, you kept a backup plan and didn't directly erase Xie Ning with points. Instead, you led the killer to her house. Otherwise, we would still have to figure out how to get close to him.】

【That's right.】 Meng Ran proudly said, 【I chose this method to eliminate Xie Ning in order to utilize my identity as the sole survivor of the serial murder case.】

【By doing so, even if I didn't come to find the male lead, he would definitely have come to find me on his own.】

...

Meng Ran and this so-called system shamelessly boasted about the evil deeds they had done to Ning Ning in front of me.

And I, after reaching the pinnacle of anger, fell into an extreme calmness.

I heard my heart emit a bitter laugh in its lament.

Ning Ning, I finally found you, the true culprit who killed you.

I can finally avenge you!