Reborn in 97, I solved a cold case at the Municipal Bureau

Chapter 445 Spring Rain (10,000 words per day, 24 days)
As the two men emerged from the interrogation room, Wu Yongcheng frowned and asked, "Zhou Yi, what are you up to? He was about to confess his relationship with Fan Tianyou."

"Captain Wu, it's no use. The old man has been putting on an act all along, only saying things that are in his own favor."

“We still have to ask,” Wu Yongcheng said, unwilling to give up.

“The old guy won’t confess honestly until he breaks down,” Zhou Yi said, walking quickly towards the stairwell.

Wu Yongcheng was taken aback, not understanding what he meant: "Broken defense? What the hell? Hey, where are you going?"

"Find Director Xie!" The words were barely out of his mouth before the figure vanished.

Zhou Yi ran to Xie Guoqiang's office door, calmed himself down, and then knocked on the door.

"Dong dong dong."

"Come in!"

Zhou Yi pushed open the door and went inside.

About ten minutes later, Wu Yongcheng, who was standing at the top of the stairs, saw Zhou Yi come out and walk towards him.

"Judging from your reaction, you answered the director's question correctly?"

Zhou Yi whispered a few words in Wu Yongcheng's ear.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yongcheng exclaimed in surprise, "So Director Xie had already thought of this move?"

Zhou Yi nodded.

“This old fox… oh no, I mean, old mage, as expected of Director Xie,” Wu Yongcheng corrected. “Then we don’t need to interrogate this old guy anymore for now.”

"Yeah, let it sit there. The longer it sits there, the more anxious he'll get."

"Shouldn't Director Xie handle the follow-up arrangements?"

Zhou Yi replied, "Judging from Director Xie's words, he should already be making arrangements."

"But he said he'd give you 24 hours. Why did he do this? Was he testing you?"

Zhou Yi shook his head; this bureau chief's thoughts were truly unfathomable.

However, regardless of the circumstances, a way to break Chen Gengyun's defenses has been found.

We need to use this time to increase the price for the final interrogation.

"What about Jianghai Mansion? Jiang Zhengdao hasn't given us a reply yet?" Wu Yongcheng asked.

"I don't know about that, and Director Xie didn't mention it either."

"Don't try anything funny."

“I don’t think it’s that bad… Jiang Zhengdao isn’t that stupid.” Zhou Yi didn’t know how the other party did it, but… Xu Nian’s father’s downfall in the previous life didn’t seem to affect this Boss Jiang. At least after that, he still did very well, and his business grew bigger and bigger.

So... there must be some kind of circumvention method involved; it's impossible for him to be implicated so easily.

……

Director Wang found relevant information about Chen Yimin's trip to Changfeng Forest Farm in the city archives, and the timeline perfectly matched Chen Gengyun's own account.

So the old man didn't lie about the big picture; he only lied about the details.

It was precisely these details that shaped Fan Tianyou and led to the massive case that followed.

Wu Yongcheng looked for the name Fan Chunyu on the list of educated youth, but couldn't find it. Director Wang said that the city archives only kept records of educated youth whose registered residence was Hongcheng. If they weren't local, they wouldn't have any records.

You can either ask the local archives or ask your place of household registration.

However, soon, colleagues from the provincial department who had gone to Fan Tianyou's hometown brought back some information from their investigation.

Actually, you can glean some information just from the name.

Fan Chunyu is a name that is generally considered feminine, meaning that Fan Tianyou took his mother's surname.

In those days, such a probability was almost nonexistent. Even Chen Gengyun's daughter, Chen Lin, whose father lived in a remote mountain area and whose parents had not yet registered their marriage, still took the surname Chen.

Therefore, there is only one possibility for Fan Tianyou to take his mother's surname: he has no father, and his father's identity has not been revealed.

This aligns well with previous speculations about Chen Gengyun's karmic debts.

The interrogation was interrupted by Zhou Yi. If it hadn't been interrupted and the questioning had continued, judging from Chen Gengyun's "suddenly remembered and then realized" demeanor, he would most likely have remembered who Fan Chunyu was and then described Fan Chunyu's situation from an outsider's perspective.

Finally, with a sigh of surprise and emotion, he said regretfully, "I never imagined that Fan Tianyou was Fan Chunyu's son, alas..."

Therefore, questioning or interrogating him now is pointless; most of the information obtained will come from those who are detached from the situation.

My colleague who went to Changfengling said that the place has now become a remote border town. According to the local leaders, when the Production and Construction Corps came to reclaim the land, there was only a small, isolated village here.

Although the Production and Construction Corps is gone and several forest farms are gone, many of the people who were involved in land reclamation and development back then have indeed stayed in the area and settled down.

After more than 30 years of development, the small village has become a small town. The educated youth who stayed behind have all started families and had children, which can be regarded as a mark left by the times.

However, the current Changfeng Town is not actually the original Changfeng Forest Farm, but rather a development of the former Changfeng Village. The former headquarters of the Production and Construction Corps was stationed next to the village. Later, the Corps camp and the village gradually merged, becoming the town we see today.

Locals say that the original three forest farms were all deep in the mountains, requiring a 10-20 kilometer hike to reach them, and the environment was harsh. So around the late 1970s, the people who originally worked at the forest farms gradually moved back to the town, and the forest farms were gradually abandoned.

Local officials checked Fan Tianyou's household registration file and confirmed that Fan Tianyou only had a mother, who was the same name Chen Gengyun had mentioned, Fan Chunyu.

The section for Fan Tianyou's father is empty.

This Fan Chunyu was also an educated youth sent to the countryside. His hometown was in the Jiangnan area, and he was five years younger than Chen Gengyun.

In other words, Fan Chunyu was only nineteen years old when she gave birth to Fan Tianyou.

Moreover, Fan Chunyu committed suicide by hanging himself on August 18, 1984.

This timing is very strange, because Fan Tianyou enrolled in Hongda University in September 1984.

In other words, two weeks before Fan Tianyou was about to leave his hometown after receiving his college admission letter, his mother, who was his only family, committed suicide by hanging.

This aroused suspicion among colleagues in the provincial department, who asked local officials if there were any unusual circumstances surrounding Fan Chunyu's death.

Local officials said there was nothing wrong, and the county even sent police to investigate. After confirming it was suicide, they let her son handle the funeral arrangements.

They also said that no one in the town was surprised that Fan Chunyu hanged herself, because she was in poor health and had been ill for many years. It was said that the illness was caused by the birth of Fan Tianyou. Moreover, she was lame in one leg, which was broken by a tree while she was working in the forest.

It was because of her limp that she was able to be transferred from the forest farm back to the corps camp in 1972. Fan Tianyou was eight years old that year and began to formally study at the camp's primary school.

Besides physical problems, Fan Chunyu also has mental issues. When she's in a good mood, she loves her son dearly and wants to be by his side every step of the way; when she's in a bad mood, she takes it out on her son, beating Fan Tianyou with wooden sticks until he's covered in bruises and splinters are embedded in his flesh.

With the help of local officials, they found two female educated youths who had worked at Changfeng Forest Farm back then, and now they are both grandmothers.

We learned some information about Fan Chunyu from these two people.

Fan Chunyu arrived at Changfeng Forest Farm in July 1963, not in the same batch as Chen Gengyun.

She was only eighteen when she arrived, just coming of age. She was a quiet and slender girl who didn't talk much and liked to write poetry secretly by herself.

The two female educated youths said that Fan Chunyu was not actually good-looking; she was thin and small, and because she didn't like to talk, she had a very low profile.

It wasn't until July of 1964 that the female educated youth living with Fan Chunyu noticed that she hadn't had her period for several months and that her lower abdomen was noticeably swollen. She immediately reported this to the women's cadre.

After examination, the doctor confirmed that Fan Chunyu was pregnant and already more than six months along.

This was a huge deal at the time. For such a situation to occur in a collectively owned forest farm was a major mistake in the work with educated youth.

Therefore, the cadres of the Production and Construction Corps held a meeting overnight to discuss the matter and arranged for the women's director to talk to Fan Chunyu, determined to find out the truth: whether she had been raped or had an affair with a man.

What's outrageous is that no matter how the women's director asked or tried to persuade her, Fan Chunyu just wouldn't open her mouth.

At the time, everyone was saying, what kind of spell this man had cast on her to make her so devoted to protecting him, because the consequences of such behavior would be extremely serious.

After more than a month of fruitless interrogation, the person in charge of the interrogation gave up, coldly saying, "Since you don't know how to repent, then you'd better watch yourself," and then slammed the door and left.

What awaited Fan Chunyu was a series of storms.

She became an object of universal contempt, a heinous sinner.

She knelt there, heavily pregnant, like a walking corpse, enduring everyone's curses.

How long this process lasted is unknown. The two female educated youths said that Fan Chunyu later gave birth to a boy, who took her surname and was named Tianyou.

Fan Tianyou lived with Fan Chunyu in a thatched hut next to the outhouse. As Fan Tianyou grew up, he became the only child in the forest farm.

In the first few years, Fan Chunyu did have a very difficult time, which is why she developed health problems.

However, as time goes by, some kind-hearted people become indifferent to what happened back then. In addition, the sudden appearance of a lovely child in such a remote mountain area can evoke people's kind side.

So Fan Tianyou grew up in the mountains until he was eight years old, when Fan Chunyu broke his leg while working, and he left with his mother.

When they saw Fan Tianyou again, he was already in junior high school.

At that time, Fan Chunyu's mental state was already somewhat off, and he made a living by doing manual labor and collecting garbage.

Whether then or now, Changfengling only has a simple primary school. For middle school, students have to go to the neighboring big town. Fan Tianyou has to travel more than ten kilometers to and from school every day.

Surprisingly, Fan Tianyou displayed an amazing talent for studying from a young age, always ranking first in the entire school.

Later, he was admitted to the county's high school with the highest score in the county and began boarding school life, only returning home during winter and summer vacations.

What happened next was pretty much as the local officials had said: Fan Chunyu hanged herself the summer her son was admitted to Hongda University.

After arranging Fan Chunyu's funeral, Fan Tianyou left Changfengling and went to Hongcheng to attend university. He never returned after that.

Colleagues from the provincial department also visited Fan Tianyou's home, a small, dilapidated house of only a few square meters with a collapsed roof and overgrown weeds.

As for Chen Gengyun, who was originally Chen Yimin, not many people actually remember him.

Whether he was the man who got Fan Chunyu pregnant, neither the educated youth who went to the countryside with him back then nor the cadres of the Production and Construction Corps dared to be sure, because on the surface the two had no interaction.

Moreover, Chen Yimin was among those who criticized Fan Chunyu back then.

The only thing the educated youth who stayed in the area remembered was that Chen Yimin, who had stayed for less than two years, had a powerful background; otherwise, how could he have been transferred so quickly?

After all, they dedicated their youth and passion to this mountain forest.

After sharing information with the task force, colleagues in Changfengling went to confirm the phone call made on New Year's Eve of 1963, and it was confirmed.

This confirms Chen Gengyun's words.

This is consistent with Zhou Yi's speculation. Chen Gengyun is very shrewd. He either selectively tells the truth, hiding information that is unfavorable to himself and is relatively private, or he tells some lies that cannot be proven.

The information found at Changfengling is heartbreaking; the experiences of Fan Chunyu and Fan Tianyou truly evoke complex emotions.

Although there is currently no evidence to prove that Chen Gengyun is Fan Tianyou's father, the fact that Fan Tianyou traveled a long way to Hongcheng to attend university provides some insight.

If Fan Chunyu hadn't told him something, Fan Tianyou wouldn't have known where Hongcheng was in that remote place at all.

So, just like in the TV series "The Debt of Sin," he came to Hongcheng to find his relatives.

Therefore, Chen Gengyun's name change was not at all at his father-in-law's suggestion, but rather to sever all ties with Changfeng Ridge.

Chen is a common surname. As long as the name is changed, let alone Fan Tianyou, even if Fan Chunyu himself came, where would he find him in the vast sea of ​​people?

But fate brought the father and son together again at Hongcheng University.

However, how Fan Tianyou recognized Chen Gengyun after arriving at Hongda, and what happened afterward, will have to wait for Chen Gengyun or the awakened Fan Tianyou to explain.

But combining this information, Zhou Yi realized two possibilities.

First, it's highly unlikely that Fan Tianyou and Chen Lin are dating.

Putting aside the huge difference in their family backgrounds, just considering Fan Tianyou's background, after Chen Gengyun learned where his hometown was, could he not have imagined that he was his illegitimate son?
How could he possibly allow his own siblings to date?

Therefore, the claim that Fan Tianyou was his "prospective son-in-law" was most likely a lie to cover up the alibi he provided on the night of the 28th. Given Chen Gengyun's cunning, he had to find a perfectly reasonable reason for Fan Tianyou to go to Xishan Cemetery.

Therefore, once it is confirmed by the two roommates that there was no romantic relationship, the fact that the alibi at the cemetery was fabricated can be definitively established.

Moreover, Zhou Yi suspected that not only were Chen Lin and Fan Tianyou not in a romantic relationship, but Chen Lin should also be very hostile and disgusted with Fan Tianyou.

This caused Fan Tianyou's sensitive and fragile self-esteem to be hurt, which in turn led to some evil thoughts.

The deaths of Li Aiping and Chen Lin were probably not simply accidents.

Because this relates to the second point, which is the death of Fan Chunyu.

From any logical standpoint, Zhou Yi could not comprehend the logic behind Fan Chunyu's suicide by hanging.

After enduring so many years, she finally saw her son get into a university in Hongcheng, so she could go find the heartless man who abandoned her and her son. But at this moment, she chose to end her own life.

That's almost impossible.

Moreover, the locals only described her as having mental health issues, without directly calling her crazy, which suggests that she was able to control her behavior and emotions.

Therefore, Zhou Yi couldn't help but suspect that Fan Chunyu might have died at the hands of her own son. Perhaps Fan Tianyou, after suffering so many years of abuse, had an emotional outburst, accidentally killed his mother, and then faked it as Fan Chunyu's suicide by hanging.

Zhou Yi hoped he was wrong, because the truth was too terrifying.

But whatever the truth may be, the culprit behind all this is this hypocrite, Chen Gengyun!
He is the root of all tragedy!
Soon, the two pieces of information were confirmed by the subsequent investigation.

Qiao Jiali contacted Fan Tianyou and Chen Lin's college roommates and obtained some very clear information.

Fan Tianyou's roommate confirmed that when Fan Tianyou first entered university, he was extremely poor. He had to be very careful with every penny. He ate only white flour steamed buns for three meals a day, with some pickled vegetables for lunch. Sometimes he would skip dinner and just drink cold water to fill his stomach.

Later, his counselor saw how pitiful he was and applied for poverty relief for him. He also found him a part-time job cleaning up swill in the cafeteria so that he could finally have food.

But in the first semester of his sophomore year, Fan Tianyou suddenly had money. He bought new clothes, was no longer short of money for food, and even quit his part-time job in the cafeteria.

This surprised his roommates, since Fan Tianyou had been so poor that his roommates were afraid he would starve to death one day.

So someone asked him what he had done now that he had become rich, and his answer was that he had reunited with his wealthy relatives.

Later, Fan Tianyou's life got better and better, and his whole demeanor gradually changed. When he first entered university, he was extremely thin, like a bamboo pole that would fall over if blown by the wind.

So it's quite obvious that his so-called wealthy relative is his father, Chen Gengyun.

The classmate also said that Fan Tianyou's personality even changed later on. For a while, he became very arrogant and looked down on others, so people didn't really like him. As for what happened after graduation, he didn't know much about it. It wasn't until two years later that he heard from other places that Fan Tianyou had gone abroad to study.

My classmate said that back then, everyone was secretly speculating whether he was the illegitimate son of some big boss, otherwise why would there be such a big difference between his past and present behavior?

However, there was no evidence, so the matter was left unresolved.

Then there was Chen Lin's classmate. Fortunately, the person Qiao Jiali found was not only Chen Lin's college roommate, but also her good friend.

Chen Lin's close friend deeply regretted her death, because with her family's circumstances, she could have had a bright future, but she passed away unexpectedly. From this friend, Qiao Jiali learned two pieces of information.

First, Chen Lin had never dated a boyfriend before she passed away because her parents were very strict.

Second, in the period before her unexpected death, Chen Lin was depressed. Later, she confided in her that a relative from the countryside had come to visit. She and her mother disliked this person very much, but her father always brought this relative home.

This basically confirms that Fan Tianyou and Chen Lin never dated. Chen Gengyun previously claimed that he only met Fan Tianyou after Chen Lin brought him home because they were dating.

Wu Yongcheng said, "In other words, Fan Tianyou and Chen Gengyun recognized each other for some reason when they were sophomores in college. Then Chen Gengyun accepted him and brought him home, hoping that his wife and daughter would accept Fan Tianyou."

Qiao Jiali nodded: "Yes, I think the 'poor relatives in the countryside' thing is just an excuse Chen Lin used when he talked to his friends about this. After all, this is a family scandal. It's impossible for some poor relatives to suddenly appear out of nowhere."

“Yes, definitely. Then the deaths of Chen Lin and Li Aiping are also suspicious.” Wu Yongcheng gasped. “It must be that Li Aiping didn’t accept Fan Tianyou and forced Chen Gengyun to break off his relationship with his illegitimate child. Then Fan Tianyou killed the two of them for his own future.”

"Does Chen Gengyun know about this?" Qiao Jiali asked.

“Then the old man will have to speak up himself.” Wu Yongcheng turned his head and found Zhou Yi looking serious and silent. “What’s wrong? Is something else on your mind?”

Zhou Yi began, "I'm thinking about Fan Chunyu's death."

"Didn't we analyze this before? It's possible that Fan Tianyou killed his mother in revenge."

Zhou Yi slowly shook his head: "Yes, that was what I thought at first too. But Captain Wu, do you remember what Fan Tianyou cursed at us when we pinned him down?"

Wu Yongcheng recalled for a moment and said, "They called us all inferior people, trash?"

"Yes, but the fact is, before he recognized Chen Gengyun, he was the lowly trash he described himself. Considering the impression the educated youth of Changfengling had of Chen Yimin, that he had a powerful family background and could be transferred back, is it possible that Chen Gengyun also cultivated this image in front of Fan Chunyu? Look at his current behavior and his identity as a political broker, and you'll know that he's someone who cares a lot about his reputation and image. This kind of behavior of cultivating his persona isn't new."

Wu Yongcheng was taken aback: "Personal persona? What's a persona?"

"It's about his image."

"Oh, you always come up with strange new words. Are they popular among young people these days? And what's this 'breaking defense' thing you mentioned earlier?"

Although Zhou Yi was sidelined in his previous life, it didn't prevent him from understanding internet information, given how convenient and rapid information dissemination has become since then.

"It's about breaking down his psychological defenses; in the words of the novel, it's about shattering his Dao heart."

Wu Yongcheng asked, "Is he like Murong Fu, who went mad after losing all hope of restoring his kingdom?"

Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Yeah, more or less, but not crazy."

Wu Yongcheng smiled smugly at Qiao Jiali and said, "I have read all of Jin Yong's books."

"In short, Chen Gengyun must have had some way of making Fan Chunyu protect him so wholeheartedly, even if he himself was criticized, he still wouldn't expose him," Zhou Yi said.

"Yeah, that old bastard really knows his stuff. He was criticizing Fan Chunyu along with everyone else in the audience, and the other party didn't even expose him. It's unbelievable."

"So Fan Chunyu must have told Fan Tianyou from a young age that his father was a superior person and that as long as he got into a university in Hongcheng, he could go to his father. However, Fan Chunyu was also unable to bear the bitterness of reality and could not accept the fact that she had been abandoned by Chen Gengyun, which is why she was so emotionally volatile, loving when she loved and hating when she hated."

"Actually, the real target of her venting was not Fan Tianyou, but Chen Gengyun. Fan Tianyou was just a substitute for Chen Gengyun."

The two nodded in agreement. Qiao Jiali said, "Yes, given Fan Chunyu's situation, she must be struggling internally, constantly wavering between hope and despair. In that kind of environment and with those emotions, it wouldn't be surprising if she went insane, let alone mentally unstable."

"So you're saying that Fan Tianyou subconsciously considers himself a superior person?" Wu Yongcheng asked.

"No, what I mean is that Fan Tianyou's killing of his mother may not be just a simple act of revenge."

"What else could it be?"

Zhou Yi said a few words that sent chills down their spines.

"A pledge of allegiance to Chen Gengyun."

Wu Yongcheng asked, "Are you saying that Fan Tianyou killed his own mother in order to be recognized as his father and return to his clan?"

This is too perverted, extremely perverted, especially since at that time Fan Tianyou had no idea who his father was; all he knew was the name "Chen Yimin".

If it was truly Fan Chunyu who instilled in him the idea that his father was a superior person, then this outcome is truly tragic and lamentable.

Zhou Yi nodded heavily: "Of course, there must have been an element of suppressed anger erupting, but the fact that he was able to calmly arrange a fake suicide shows that it wasn't just a loss of emotional control."

"Imagine if Fan Tianyou found Chen Gengyun and immediately told him that his mother was still waiting for him in the mountains, waiting for him her whole life, what would Chen Gengyun's first reaction be?"

Wu Yongcheng replied, "He would be afraid, afraid that the shameful things he did back then would be exposed."

"Yes, but if Fan Tianyou told him that his mother was dead, he wouldn't have such concerns. With his status and shrewdness, he would have countless reasons to portray himself as a lovelorn man who had no choice in the matter."

"But in reality, Fan Tianyou probably doesn't care. All he cares about is recognizing Chen Gengyun to change his fate. So Fan Chunyu is his biggest obstacle, followed by Li Aiping and Chen Lin."

Upon hearing this, Wu Yongcheng was startled and immediately said, "Could Xu Liu be pregnant?"

These words startled Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali.

It is now almost certain that Xu Liu's financial backer is Chen Gengyun.

In order to inherit everything from Chen Gengyun, Fan Tianyou even killed his own mother as a pledge of loyalty, and may have also caused the deaths of Chen Gengyun's wife and daughter. If Xu Liu were to become pregnant and threaten him, it is possible that he would kill and dismember her to eliminate the obstacle.

After all, Chen Gengyun is only fifty-four years old.

If Xu Liu is indeed pregnant, given her current cunning, she will definitely make exorbitant demands, causing Chen Gengyun to feel threatened and potentially leading him to commit the crime.

But Qiao Jiali immediately said, "But Xu Liu's autopsy report didn't mention that she was pregnant."

"Could it be that the period was not long enough, and the body was dismembered and then fried in oil..." Wu Yongcheng said, then suddenly thought of something.

Zhou Yi suddenly realized something.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Jiali asked, noticing their expressions.

Wu Yongcheng said, "The reason the murderer sliced ​​up Xu Liu's body and fried it was not to destroy Xu Liu's DNA, but because he was afraid of finding another DNA in Xu Liu's body."

"Is...that possible?" Qiao Jiali asked.

Zhou Yi shook his head: "I don't know. After all, the provincial DNA lab has only just been established, and I'm not sure if the current technology can do it. But as long as the body hasn't been destroyed, the risk exists. Fan Tianyou studied economics, and Chen Gengyun studied sociology. Neither of them are in the medical field, so they probably only have a superficial understanding of this cutting-edge technology and therefore dare not take the risk."

"Forget it, let's not analyze it anymore. That old bastard's mind is too dirty. Anyway, Director Xie has made arrangements. We'll see if he confesses when the time comes," Wu Yongcheng said. "I'll go ask Captain Liang when we can search Jianghai Haoting."

Wu Yongcheng had barely finished speaking when his phone rang.

"Oh, it's Director Xie calling." He quickly answered the phone, "Hello, Director Xie, it's me."

"Okay, okay, I'll be right there."

After hanging up the phone, he excitedly said, "Director Xie is personally leading a team to Jianghai Haoting. Zhou Yi, you come with me. Xiao Qiao, you continue to find Fan Tianyou and Chen Lin's classmates and double-check their identities."

"Ok."

"There's one more thing: investigate the family background of Chen Gengyun's wife, Li Aiping."

"it is good."

Zhou Yi followed Wu Yongcheng outside and asked, "Captain Wu, do you suspect that Chen Gengyun was transferred back because of his father-in-law's connections?"

"Well, if his family had that kind of ability, he wouldn't have had the chance to become an educated youth."

The two walked out of the office building and saw that a lot of people had already gathered at the entrance of the police station.

With the technical and forensic experts in place, Liang Wei stood next to a police car and waved to the two men. Wu Yongcheng and Zhou Yi immediately went over to greet them.

Then Xie Guoqiang, dressed in a police uniform, walked out of the office building, looked at the group of people who were all ready to go, straightened his hat, and shouted: "Let's go!"

Liang Wei opened the car door and said, "Captain Wu, let's ride in one car."

Xiang Jie was in charge of driving, so Zhou Yi naturally got into the passenger seat, leaving the two leaders in the back.

Then the convoy drove out of the city police station, sirens blaring, like an arrow shot towards the city police station.

Zhou Yi thought to himself, "With this kind of show of force, could it be that they're about to draw their swords against Jiang Zhengdao so soon?"
“Captain Wu, Liu Baoguo has admitted that he did indeed engage in favoritism and malpractice in the incident at the Hongda Graduate Dormitory Building eight years ago.”

Liang Wei's words made Zhou Yi immediately turn around and listen carefully.

Liang Wei said that the Provincial Examination Authority's Admissions Office found Fan Tianyou's postgraduate application and admission records. He was studying sociology at Hongda University, and his enrollment time was the same as Dong Lu's, both belonging to the School of Sociology.

However, the two had different majors. Dong Lu studied psychology, while Fan Tianyou studied sociology, and their advisor was Chen Gengyun.

In other words, Chen Gengyun arranged Fan Tianyou's major changes from undergraduate to graduate studies entirely so that Fan Tianyou could inherit his mantle.

When the investigation record was placed in front of Liu Baoguo, he was immediately dumbfounded, knowing that he had no way to defend himself, so he told the story of what happened back then.

In the early morning of November 16, 1989, Liu Baoguo was awakened by a phone call. When he rushed to the school, Dong Lu had already been taken to the nearby Pinghe Road Hospital, and her life was in danger.

Since the nature of the incident was unclear and it did not cause a fire, he did not call the police or notify the fire department, but instead let the school's security department investigate on its own.

But despite this, he actually suppressed the matter in order to get promoted.

He said he didn't think of arson, but assumed it was an accident. So when arranging the conversation with the students, he used the excuse of self-immolation to shift the blame without considering the facts.

This is why the information obtained through Song Shasha, from the school's account of a student's self-immolation, differs from the statement in the confirmation form signed by Dong Lu regarding careless use of electricity.

The security department found that Dong Lu was the only one in the dormitory that night. The graduate student who shared a room with Dong Lu was a local and often went home to stay.

However, after the fire broke out, when the dormitory supervisor was awakened and went upstairs, he encountered a boy running hurriedly down from the third floor, and he noticed that the iron door leading from the third floor to the fourth floor was open.

The dormitory supervisor didn't think much of it at the time, assuming the boy was just frightened, since the students on the third and fourth floors had been woken up by the fright.

He only remembered this incident later when the security department investigated.

Liu Baoguo said he realized at the time that this might be an arson case, so he wanted to call the police.

However, Chen Gengyun stopped them because Dong Lu was a graduate student in the School of Sociology, so the school assigned the two of them to be in charge of the investigation.

Chen Gengyun pulled him to a secluded spot and told him that the boy was Fan Tianyou, a graduate student he had personally supervised. Chen Gengyun begged him not to call the police, because if he did, Fan Tianyou's life would be ruined.

Liu Baoguo said he felt sorry for Fan Tianyou and asked Chen Gengyun to bring him to his office to explain the truth, otherwise he would call the police.

So that afternoon, Chen Gengyun brought Fan Tianyou to his office, and Fan Tianyou, with tears streaming down his face, told him the truth.

However, Liu Baoguo's words were clearly not the truth, because they did not match Dong Lu's later reaction. It is just impossible to determine whether Liu Baoguo, Fan Tianyou, or Chen Gengyun were lying.

In short, Fan Tianyou said that he and Dong Lu were secretly dating, but Dong Lu was two-timing him and had another boyfriend, so she wanted to break up with him.

On the night of the 16th, he drowned his sorrows in alcohol. After getting drunk, he became increasingly angry and took half a bottle of liquor to Dong Lu to demand an explanation. He said he didn't notice whether the door on the stairs was closed or not, but he knocked on Dong Lu's dormitory door and went in.

The two became increasingly agitated as they talked, and Fan Tianyou pulled out a lighter, threatening to set himself on fire to force Dong Lu to reconcile with him.

As a result, Dong Lu also lost control of her emotions, snatched the liquor from his hand and poured it on herself, saying, "If you keep pushing me, I'll kill myself first."

During the argument, Fan Tianyou accidentally ignited the lighter in his hand, and Dong Lu was engulfed in flames.

Fan Tianyou was terrified and immediately fled through the door.

That is, the boy the dormitory supervisor saw.

Liu Baoguo told Liang Wei that, at Chen Gengyun's request and out of respect for Fan Tianyou's talent, he made a foolish decision not to call the police, but to suppress the matter.

"What utter bullshit!" Wu Yongcheng cursed angrily!
Just as Zhou Yi was about to curse, Wu Yongcheng beat him to it.

These bastards are utterly despicable. They're still lying even now that things have come to this point, and they're even trying to pin the blame on Dong Lu for having an affair.

Zhou Yi was trembling with anger. Dong Lu and Xiao Bing were each other's light, yet they still had to bear their slander.

"That bastard Liu Baoguo is obviously lying and shirking responsibility. Is he a pig-brain? How can he believe such a thing?" Wu Yongcheng angrily pulled out his cigarette case.

Liang Wei nodded: "Yes, this is the same reason Chen Gengyun said he gave false testimony for Fan Tianyou because Fan Tianyou went to see a prostitute. It's all to shirk responsibility as much as possible."

Wu Yongcheng rolled down the car window halfway, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and then asked, "Captain Liang, how does he explain the matter of studying abroad and academic records?"

Liang Wei sneered: "He said he knew nothing about studying abroad, only that Chen Gengyun processed Fan Tianyou's withdrawal from school in the second month. As for the student records, his reason was that after the withdrawal was processed, Chen Gengyun borrowed the original records under some pretext and never returned them."

Wu Yongcheng clapped his hands angrily, a cigarette dangling from his lips: "Good, good, good! He has no guilt whatsoever. He is more innocent than the White-Haired Girl!"

Liang Wei patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said, "Calm down, this kind of person isn't worth it. I've already asked the disciplinary committee to get involved. Since he likes to lie so much, let the disciplinary committee deal with him. They have more experience dealing with this kind of person than we do."

Zhou Yi strongly agreed with Liang Wei's statement that Liu Baoguo's criminal responsibility in the Hongda case was actually not that great; his bigger problem lay elsewhere.

He couldn't possibly be unaware that Fan Tianyou was Chen Gengyun's illegitimate son, nor could he believe the nonsense about accidentally drinking half a bottle of liquor. There was only one reason why he protected Fan Tianyou and concealed the truth for Chen Gengyun: he and Chen Gengyun had a business relationship.

Sima Qian told the world the truth more than two thousand years ago.

The prosperity of the world is for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

Looking out the window, Zhou Yi noticed that the buildings along the road were gradually becoming emptier, and he knew that they had entered Kaiping District.

Soon, they arrived at a villa area called Jianghai Haoting.

After the lead police car stopped, they also stopped their cars.

Zhou Yi peeked out from the passenger seat and saw that Xie Guoqiang had already gotten out of the car. After telling Liang Wei and Wu Yongcheng, the group got out of the car as well.

Not far away, at the entrance of the villa area, two black cars were parked.

There was an Audi in front, and the car behind it startled Zhou Yi.

He remembered that a Mercedes-Benz S600 cost around three million yuan when it was first purchased in 1997.

Jiang Zhengdao came in person? No wonder Director Xie had to come personally.

Two men in sharp suits stood next to the Mercedes. When Xie Guoqiang led a large group of police officers toward them, one of them bent down and spoke a few words through the slightly ajar rear window of the Mercedes.

Then the car door opened, and a tall, upright man in his fifties got out of the car.

The man was dressed in a dark blue silk Tang suit, with a refined and scholarly air. He held a string of dark sandalwood prayer beads in his left hand.

Upon seeing Xie Guoqiang, he immediately greeted him with a beaming smile.

"Oh, Director Xie, it's been so many years!"

"Boss Jiang, how have you been?"

The two shook hands, both with smiles on their faces, but Zhou Yi sensed a hint of tension.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xie Guoqiang was about to speak when Jiang Zhengdao's gaze passed over him and landed on Zhou Yi behind him.

"Is it Zhou Yi?" Jiang Zhengdao suddenly asked.

Zhou Yi was stunned. She had never met him in either of her two lives. Why did he suddenly recognize her?

Jiang Zhengdao's words made everyone stare at Zhou Yi.

(End of this chapter)