[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world":3,"chapter-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1741":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Super Detective in the Fictional World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1483859,1930,"Chapter 1741 - Absence and Investigation","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1741",1741,"\u003Cp>Three days later, Luke took Elena to Margaret’s high-end apartment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret, who had just come out of the elevator, was already waiting for them with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Who would meet guests at the elevator?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Margaret clearly didn’t care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elena didn’t care either. She hugged Margaret with a smile and showed her two bottles of red wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret usually didn’t drink, nor did she care about the quality or price of alcohol.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that there was red wine, she looked at the food box that Luke was carrying. “Is it yogurt cake?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke nodded. “It’s chocolate and strawberry. How does that sound?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret nodded quickly, as if she was afraid that if she said she didn’t like it, Luke would never bring his cake again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Elsa had arrived early, Luke greeted her with a smile and teased, “You have a lot of friends, huh? Plus, she’s a rich lady. You came running for the party?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa simply asked, “Where’s Selina?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke said, “She’s busy with some work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa narrowed her eyes at him. “Should I call her and ask her what she’s doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke shrugged. “Sure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprised, Elsa really did call Selina. “Hey, when are you going to have your party? Oh, no, I’m not in a hurry… What are you doing? Work? Okay, bye.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, she looked at Luke, who was leisurely sipping his coffee. She couldn’t help but give him a thumbs up. “You’re really capable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke chuckled. “You’re the one who gave me this commission. Do you think Selina doesn’t know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa chuckled and looked at Elena, who was examining the cake in the food box with Margaret. “Does your companion know why you’re here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke nodded calmly. “Of course.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa clenched her fist and tapped her forehead. “Fine, Dustin’s advice was right. I was wrong. I shouldn’t worry about your personal life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke looked at her sympathetically. “The boss is already married.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa’s hand froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke made things worse. “He’s no longer a lonely middle-aged man, so he won’t rebel against society like you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shut up.” Elsa grabbed the apple that was on the table and threw it at him. Wasn’t he implying that she didn’t have a boyfriend?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke caught the apple and tossed it back at her. “I’m just being polite. Isn’t it normal to show care and concern for each other?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa snorted and decisively dropped the unfriendly topic. “Are you confident about this job?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke took another sip of his coffee and replied casually, “Let’s talk after I meet Haley. I’m not a relationship consultant. I don’t care about the relationship between the sisters; I’m just checking to see that they’re not in danger.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa was relieved to hear that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Detective agencies always destroyed relationships. The chances of a fallout happening increased rapidly when most family matters were taken to a detective agency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the main factor was the problem between the two parties involved, the agency was definitely an expert at adding fuel to the fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Elsa wasn’t worried about Margaret at all. She just wanted her friend to realize one thing: Sisters couldn’t be together forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haley was five years older than Margaret, and was already 29.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In society, it was normal for a 39- or even 49-year-old not to get married, but there weren’t many 29-year-olds who weren’t obsessed with work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strong commitment to work could lead to a promotion and higher pay, and some people enjoyed it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haley was clearly an ambitious woman. If she didn’t work hard now, would she wait until she was 40 or 50 years old?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was some truth to the saying, “If you’re lazy in your prime, you’ll regret it in your old age.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be pointed out that most bigshots in specialized fields were under 30.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were geniuses in Go or math who were even younger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haley had helped Margaret avoid being tracked down by the L.A. gangs for the last two years before going back to a normal life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not everyone could be like Margaret, who had a billion in assets and blithely became an artist who didn’t have to make money for the rest of her life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Margaret’s sister, Haley had already done a lot for her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t be blamed for wanting to focus on her career.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa had only asked Luke to come to confirm that the sisters weren’t in any danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Luke, however, checking out the situation and explicitly promising to keep them safe were two different things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Margaret, who had finished examining the “gifts,” came over with Elena. The four of them chatted and laughed as they waited for Haley to come home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after the feast which Haley ordered was delivered between 6 and 7pm, Haley herself had yet to show up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They waited from 7 to 8pm, but Haley still didn’t return home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere in the room turned heavy. Margaret paced anxiously and called Haley every now and then, but nobody picked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elsa gave him a meaningful look, and Luke nodded, then shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that he was already investigating, and was telling her not to be hasty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke quickly sent a message to Little Snail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he hadn’t thought much of Margaret’s request two days ago, he had still collected information on Haley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t need to look at previous info, and just looked at Haley’s records from the past year or so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little Snail began to put together information on Haley’s recent movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Haley hadn’t switched jobs. She had still been working as a psychiatrist at King’s Park Sanatorium for the past two years, but Luke discovered that the place had been renovated last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Margaret, Haley had been working overtime a lot since last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the Clinton renovation company hadn’t gotten the main engineering project for the hospital, it had still received a few related small projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the engineering quotes, it was clear that the renovations cost a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the renovation company only did the smaller jobs, but they were very lucrative.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wouldn’t make sense for the sanatorium to spend money on minor things and save on the big project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke checked the bank account and saw that the renovation project cost 12 million dollars, and that was for three months of work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luke raised an eyebrow. Wasn’t this too expensive? How long and how many patients would it take to recoup the cost?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The money would definitely be earned back. After all, doctors in America made a lot of money, and psychiatrists were like lawyers: they were money-making tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to invest so much money in a short period of time, and not for a complete rebuild of the sanatorium, wasn’t a very smart move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few capitalists were stupid. Even if they didn’t understand anything, the professionals who worked for them would offer suitable suggestions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, exactly what did the sanatorium “renovate” in those three months?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that, Luke had his Level 2 clone head to King’s Park Sanatorium on the west side of Brooklyn.\u003C\u002Fp>",1188,"2026-06-06T03:36:36.830Z",1,"novelbin.me","ff3602c43b195106d426ebde2c66a643cbad3d82e872add1959ef4e2998e61e0","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1742","super-detective-in-the-fictional-world-chapter-1740",2233,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsuper-detective-in-the-fictional-world-cover.jpg"]