Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Thirty minutes before the side adventure, Zhao Yu was dressed up and sitting in a police car. Officer Wang was driving, and Cui Lizhu was also there.
“Officer Zhao, I don’t understand. You have already caught Jiang Ke. Why do you want to go to the scene again?” As Officer Wang stepped on the accelerator as he raised this question.
Cui Lizhu bit her lip and asked, “Obviously, Jiang Ke’s case has nothing to do with the Devil Case, so why would you want to waste time on him?”
Officer Wang then said, with a look of deep concern on his face, “You should rest more. I can record a video for you if you want. You don’t need to go there in person.”
Zhao Yu pulled a long face and said, “A super detective is not trained in a day. I must learn from every case! When I was dealing with the Headless Female Corpses Case, I paid attention to every detail. That’s why I…”
“Ah, hero, please accompany me in pursuit of my dream…” Zhao Yu didn’t have time to finish his sentence before he was disturbed by his phone ringing.
His cell phone was badly damaged when Jiang Ke hit him with the stun gun, so local technicians had spent the entire night repairing it. Although many parts had been replaced, his ringtone was the same as before.
“Hello…” As soon as the call went through, Miao Ying’s voice suddenly was heard on the other end of the line. “Team leader, we found out that it’s Lang Xiangyang’s younger brother… No… Younger male cousin!”
“What?” Zhao Yu couldn’t understood what Miao Ying was trying to tell him.
“The one who invited Lang Xiangyang and his wife to sell teaching materials is named Lang Xiangqian. He was Lang Xiangyang’s younger male cousin!” Miao Ying explained.
“Oh…” Only then did Zhao Yu understand.
“Surprisingly, that small company did not disappear, but expanded its scale and became a limited company!” Miao Ying said. “Lang Xiangqian is now the chairman of the company, and they currently produce and sell teaching materials, teaching software, and so on. Their business now has locations throughout the whole country!”
“Oh… Then…” Zhao Yu pondered this for a moment, then asked, “Does Lang Xiangqian know something?”
Miao Ying replied, “Following your theory, I just talked to Lang Xiangqian. He said that Lang Xiangyang did die of acute encephalitis. Because the initial symptoms of encephalitis are similar to SARS, the hospital isolated Lang Xiangyang as a SARS patient, which delayed this necessary treatment for his actual illness! In the end, his family sued the hospital, and later, the hospital compensated them with a generous sum for this mishap!”
Miao Ying then said, “I just calculated the dates. When Lang Xiangyang was hospitalized, the last Devil Case victim had already died. So, he can’t be ruled out of as a suspect!”
Zhao Yu then asked, “Can you tell me about the days before his death? Were his activities consistent with the timeline and crime scene locations in the Devil Case?”
“Team Leader…” Miao Ying paused, then asked, “How about applying for a search warrant? Lang Xiangqian said that when Lang Xiangyang planned to retire, the couple went to Beiqian and bought a three-bedroom apartment. Ever since Lang Xiangyang died, his wife has been living alone in that apartment. So, Lang Xiangyang’s things should still be in the apartment!”
Miao Ying then said with a serious look, “Lang Xiangyang died suddenly, so if he is the murderer from the Devil Case, he should have left something behind. I think we’d better go to his apartment directly. That way, if we are suspecting the wrong person, we can correct ourselves in time. We can’t afford to waste any time!”
“Hmm…” Zhao Yu agreed with Miao Ying, so he immediately nodded and said, “Okay, I’ll call Mr. Chen and apply for a search warrant. But, he is just our suspect at this time, as we have not yet declared him to be the murderer. So, when you are searching his apartment, you’d better explain this to his wife.”
Miao Ying was surprised by this, so she asked, “Zhao Yu, did you just say that out of care for the old woman? When do you start to care about others?”
“Um… I’ve always been an honest and kind man!” Zhao Yu answered her without hesitation.
Miao Ying smiled, then said, “Okay! I know how to do it properly. I’ll wait for the warrant.”
After hanging up, Zhao Yu called Chen Zhuo and asked him to apply for a search warrant. After all, the Special Investigation Group had the privilege that the ordinary police forces didn’t have. So, in less than five minutes, Chen Zhuo got the warrant.
Miao Ying could now go and search Lang Xiangyang’s home. At this time, Officer Wang, who was still driving, seemed a little anxious. He sped up, heading for the place where Jiang Ke had stolen the cigarettes yesterday.
“Hmm…” Zhao Yu looked at the map on his phone, then told Officer Wang where to turn as he said, “You don’t need to drive so fast…”
Officer Wang did not know Zhao Yu’s real purpose, so he said anxiously, “If we don’t get to the scene soon, it will be dark! Leader Zhao, why didn’t you tell us about this earlier?”
Zhao Yu then ordered him in a louder voice now, “Slow down. To tell you the truth, I am waiting for it to get dark!”
Officer Wang slowed down and asked in surprise, “I… I don’t understand why we have to wait until it’s dark. Do you think we’ve missed something?”
Zhao Yu shook his head and said with a mysterious look, “Sorry, I can’t tell you. Keep your eyes on the road.”
“Oh…” Officer Wang misread Zhao Yu’s mysterious look, and he suddenly thought that Zhao Yu must have noticed something that he had missed earlier.
However, this mysterious feeling lasted for only five minutes before the police car drove through a commercial street and Zhao Yu suddenly covered his stomach and said, “Ouch! It’s almost six o’clock. Have you forgotten that I didn’t have lunch today?”
“Ah!” Officer Wang was surprised by his outburst and slowed down immediately.
“Boss, what’s wrong with you?” Cui Lizhu was also confused. “Don’t you want to go to the crime scene? It’s going to be dark soon. And… If you’re hungry, I’ll get you some takeout!”
Zhao Yu looked dissatisfied as he said, “Takeout again? I had takeout this whole week! How can you treat your leader like this?” Then, he patted Officer Wang on the shoulder and said, “Hurry up! Go find a restaurant. This meal is on me.”
Officer Wang didn’t know what to do, but since Zhao Yu was the boss, he decided that he must do as he said, so he immediately started looking for a restaurant.
“Hot pot!” Cui Lizhu pointed to the first restaurant that she saw and said excitedly, “I haven’t had hot pot mutton for a long time!”
Zhao Yu yelled, “Shut up! Didn’t you know? My doctor told me not to eat mutton!”
“Oh…” Cui Lizhu shrank back and stopped talking immediately.
As the car continued to drive forward, Zhao Yu checked their location on his phone, then pointed at a restaurant and shouted, “Okay… This one!”
The other two looked toward the direction that Zhao Yu had just pointed and saw the restaurant’s name, “Hot Pot Mutton.” Zhao Yu was embarrassed, as he had just said that he couldn’t have such cuisine!
“Boss…” Cui Lizhu was so angry that her nose wrinkled as she asked, “Boss, are you taking the wrong medicine? What exactly do you what? Didn’t you just say that you can’t eat mutton?”
Zhao Yu explained with a bitter smile, “Whatever! I can order beef as a replacement, it’s no big deal.”
“Um… Group Leader Zhao…” At this time, Officer Wang parked the car and said, “I’ve been here before. This restaurant only serves mutton, not beef…”
Zhao Yu was clearly embarrassed as he said, “Alright, I… I’ll just have vegetables then.”
