Rebirth: At the beginning, the cool school beauty was caught stealing in the supermarket

Chapter 829 Fate Has Its Own Arrangements

Bai Qingxia frowned in thought: "But what he said only confirmed our judgment, and it shouldn't be considered as evidence."

Lu Yuanqiu nodded: "However, we can still extract quite a lot of information. He is not an orphan, he has family. He mentioned his mother so many times in the video, so he must really want to see her."

Thinking of this, Lu Yuanqiu pondered for a moment, then said to Bai Qingxia, "Do you think... if we find his mother and have her come and persuade him in person, would that be successful?"

Bai Qingxia wondered, "But if he really wants to see his mother, why doesn't he say so? If he did, the police would definitely find a way to notify his family."

"It's probably a very complicated emotion. Deep down, he wants to see him, but he's too ashamed to." Lu Yuanqiu's face showed a hint of speculation, and then he added helplessly, "We're not death row inmates, so we can't put ourselves in his shoes."

After listening, Bai Qingxia sat on the edge of the bed and fell into thought.

After a moment of silence in the room, Lu Yuanqiu got up again and clicked the mouse: "I'll send the video to Captain Li."

"I'll call him and ask about the situation there, and then we'll talk about it."

Bai Qingxia nodded: "Mm."

While Lu Yuanqiu was on the phone, Bai Qingxia pressed play again on the fifteen-minute interview video. She hugged her pillow to her chest, probably because looking at Lin Ping'an's face made her feel a little uncomfortable. So, Bai Qingxia's expression was a little serious while watching, but she chose to endure it.

As Lu Yuanqiu stepped out of the room, he heard Lu Douqing and the nanny, Sister Liu, talking downstairs.

He walked towards the stairs and saw Lu Douqing and Sister Liu busy preparing dinner in the kitchen. Lu Douqing was the one cooking, and she had a smile on her face, looking very happy while cooking.

Third sister has grown up... but this pot of food is definitely ruined now.

"Hello? Is this Xiao Qiu? I was just looking for you. Lin Ping'an has given his consent, but something's not quite right."

Captain Li's voice came from the other end of the phone. Lu Yuanqiu turned around and answered with a puzzled expression: "Yes, Captain Li, please go ahead."

……

Before the second video had finished playing, Bai Qingxia saw Lu Yuanqiu walk into the room with a phone in his hand.

Lu Yuanqiu: "Captain Li said that Lin Ping'an admitted that he hit Bai Ruo'an ten years ago, but Lin Ping'an's statement is that no one instructed him and it was just a common hit-and-run."

Bai Qingxia frowned: "He's lying."

Lu Yuanqiu: "He's just going through the motions."

“It’s alright. The video has already been sent to Captain Li. Let’s see what he says next. Captain Li also mentioned the incident where Lin Ping’an injured someone in prison. The reason Lin Ping’an had a verbal dispute with his fellow inmate was because the inmate insulted his mother. Now I think that his mother’s path might actually be viable.”

Bai Qingxia was still puzzled: "But why did he lie? Wouldn't it be better to tell the truth and get a reduced sentence? At least he would have more opportunities to see his mother."

Lu Yuanqiu sat down on the edge of the bed, remained silent for a moment, and analyzed: "Then there is only one possibility. Telling the truth will not do him any good. He is certainly not afraid of death, but he is worried that his mother will be harmed. Moreover, he does not trust the police, or rather, he thinks that the real culprit behind the scenes is not afraid of the police."

Bai Qingxia looked at Lu Yuanqiu blankly.

She hadn't expected her brother's case to be so complicated, far exceeding the boundaries that an ordinary person like her could possibly understand.

But in fact, her family background was not ordinary.

However, she has not yet psychologically adapted to this transition to her new identity.

Lu Yuanqiu murmured, "Heartless businessman, heartless businessman... Strictly speaking, people with abundant wealth usually have connections and can easily crush someone like Lin Ping'an who has no status or background."

A few minutes later, Captain Li called Lu Yuanqiu back, this time in front of Bai Qingxia.

"We've seen the video. We'll be taking a statement from Zhang Zhisheng soon. He has a strong motive for the crime. As for Lin Ping'an's mother, we'll find her as soon as possible. It's just a matter of time."

Hearing this, Lu Yuanqiu suddenly noticed that Bai Qingxia beside him looked hesitant to speak. Lu Yuanqiu: "What's wrong?"

Bai Qingxia leaned closer and whispered, "...Could that place with lots of crabs be his hometown?"

After listening, Lu Yuanqiu and Captain Li on the phone almost simultaneously said, "Is it the place the reporter asked him about wanting to go?"

Bai Qingxia nodded.

On the phone, Captain Li asked curiously, "I did notice the place he mentioned, but the video is so long, and he mentioned more than one place. Why do you specifically think this is his hometown?"

Lu Yuanqiu blinked, not finding anything special about this part. The entire video was 15 minutes long, and Lin Ping'an talked a lot, so this part was easy to overlook. The reason Lu Yuanqiu remembered it so well was because Bai Qingxia had deliberately paused the video at that point.

Bai Qingxia shrank back: "I just heard about this place from someone else, nothing more. Just pretend I didn't say anything, don't mislead your judgment..."

Captain Li: "Who?"

Bai Qingxia: "I have an aunt."

Lu Yuanqiu looked at her with a puzzled expression.

Bai Qingxia explained to Lu Yuanqiu, "It's Aunt Zhang. She mentioned it two years ago when my father collapsed and was hospitalized. It's the same in her hometown."

Lu Yuanqiu was completely bewildered. These were all things that had been mentioned only briefly in a conversation two years ago, right? How could she remember them all? Even if Bai Qingxia brought them up now, he still had no recollection of Aunt Zhang ever mentioning them.

Captain Li: "Uh, it's a coincidence. After all, there are quite a few such cases in coastal cities. But we can tell that it's a place where Lin Ping'an stayed. We will find out how many such places there are in the country and investigate them."

Lu Yuanqiu: "Thank you for your hard work, Captain Li."

Captain Li: "Of course."

The phone hangs up.

Lu Yuanqiu knew that if it weren't for his special background, Captain Li wouldn't have talked to him about these things. In this world, you really do need some connections to get by.

"Are you sure Aunt Zhang mentioned it?" Lu Yuanqiu asked Bai Qingxia.

The girl nodded vigorously.

Lu Yuanqiu did not doubt her memory.

After thinking for a moment, Lu Yuanqiu suddenly laughed: "You know what, I really think that Aunt Zhang and his hometown are in the same place."

Bai Qingxia hesitated, looking conflicted: "Why? Could it be such a coincidence..."

"Aren't the things that have happened around us so far enough coincidences?" Lu Yuanqiu stared into her eyes and recounted, "The death row inmate that Senior Qin Luo interviewed just happened to be Lin Ping'an."

"Your dad's good friend Lao Zheng happens to be Zheng Yifeng's dad. Of course, they are business partners, so it's not surprising that they know each other. But it's quite a coincidence that we became friends with Zheng Yifeng when we were in the same class."

"Besides these, there seem to be many other coincidences."

Perhaps it was all preordained.

Having been reborn, Lu Yuanqiu himself is a variable in time, and most of these coincidences occur one after another because of his existence.

Thinking about it, it doesn't seem so strange anymore.

(End of this chapter)