Roses in Flames

"It's Liu Qianqian's boyfriend, Sun Hao. Sun Hao used to work as a bird trainer at the zoo."

Xiao Lin's eyes were sharp and cold. "Have you found Sun Hao?"

"not yet……"

Before Cheng Lei could finish speaking, Xiao Lin's phone rang.

It was a call from a leader in the bureau.

After finishing the call, Xiao Lin said with a cold expression, "Fu Shili is missing."

After saying that, he glanced at Ye Yuntang.

Ye Yuntang's face remained expressionless. "The Fu family called the leaders to put pressure on you to find Fu Shili as soon as possible, right?"

Xiao Lin nodded.

Fu Shili's disappearance is very likely related to Sun Hao.

"The Fu family said that Fu Shili was in a bad mood and went to a bar to drink. He got drunk and his driver went to pick him up, but the driver was knocked unconscious and thrown out of the car halfway there. When the driver woke up, he found that the car had been driven away and Fu Shili had also disappeared."

Xiao Lin looked at Cheng Lei, "Lei, go check the surveillance footage outside the bar. Forensic Doctor Ye and I will go to the place where the driver was knocked unconscious."

The driver was knocked unconscious in a small alley.

The driver's injured head was bandaged. When he saw Xiao Lin and Ye Yuntang coming over, he quickly said, "I was driving normally when suddenly a person with a cane who was bent over rushed out and hit the car. I hurriedly got out of the car to check. While I wasn't paying attention, the person hit my head hard with the cane and covered my mouth and nose with a handkerchief soaked in sedative."

"Where exactly did the person crash into the car?"

The driver stepped forward and pointed, "This is it."

Xiao Lin walked to the spot the driver pointed to, squatted down, and examined it closely.

Ye Yuntang stood behind Xiao Lin, watching his focused expression, her beautiful eyes unconsciously revealing an expression of appreciation.

It's often said that men who work hard are the most attractive, and that's certainly true.

The driver didn't understand what Xiao Lin was looking at, and he didn't find anything suspicious.

"Officer, is something wrong?"

Xiao Lin didn't speak. He glanced at the driver's feet, then looked at the ground.

He put on gloves and picked up a small amount of fine soil with his fingers.

He held it under his nose and smelled it, then examined it closely.

"Captain Xiao, what did you find?" Ye Yuntang asked as she walked over.

Xiao Lin said with a cold and stern expression, "Look at this soil."

Ye Yuntang glanced at it and said, "It's red clay."

Xiao Lin nodded, "This area is all yellow sand. Only the mountains and forests near the Bat Cave in the west of the city have this kind of sticky red soil. In the past two days, there has been heavy rain in the west of the city. If this kind of red mud gets on your feet, it is very difficult to remove unless you wash it off."

"Furthermore, I could smell bat guano mixed in with the soil."

Ye Yuntang gave Xiao Lin a thumbs up, "You criminal investigators really have eyes sharper than microscopes and noses more sensitive than police dogs."

Faced with Ye Yuntang's praise, a barely perceptible blush appeared on Xiao Lin's ears.

After putting the soil into the evidence bag, he said to Ye Yuntang, "We're heading to the Bat Cave in the west of the city now."

Before the car drove away, he called Cheng Lei and the others.

……

In front of the Bat Cave in the west of the city, there is a towering tree.

Fu Shili was hung from a big tree.

His wrists ached from the thick rope, and he sobered up considerably. He glared at the masked man standing under the tree, his face flushed with shame and anger.

"Do you know who I am? How dare you kidnap me? If anything happens to me, you won't live either!"

The man looked up at Fu Shili, then suddenly pulled off his mask and blew the whistle in his hand.

Immediately, a swarm of dark bats flew out of the cave, surrounding Fu Shili like a giant net.

Fu Shili's trypophobia kicked in, and his face turned deathly pale.

"Who are you, and what do you want? If you want money, I can give it to you..."

The man angrily interrupted Fu Shili before he could finish speaking, "You heartless capitalists, all you ever think about is money, money, money! My girlfriend has been led astray by you!"

Fu Shili frowned. "I don't know who your girlfriend is!"

"Dare you say you don't know my girlfriend, Liu Qianqian?" The man glared at Fu Shili with a dark expression. "You hired her into the company, made her accompany clients for drinks, and wanted to introduce her to rich men. You and that mistress, Bai Chuwei, both deserve to die!"

Fu Shili's pupils contracted. "Bai Chuwei miscarried and almost died. You were the one who did it, weren't you?"

"So what if it's me? Bai Chuwei told my girlfriend that I wasn't good enough for her, and that she wanted my girlfriend to marry into a wealthy family like her. She made my girlfriend vain and materialistic. She deserves to die the most!"

Fu Shili frowned.

Liu Qianqian is the company's public relations officer. She is Bai Chuwei's best friend. Indeed, on several occasions, he took Liu Qianqian with him when he went out to meet clients.

He was giving Liu Qianqian a chance out of respect for Bai Chuwei, so that she could gain more experience and become a capable leader in the public relations department in the future.

How did it come to be that Liu Qianqian's boyfriend was going to introduce her to a rich man?

Seeing that Fu Shili remained silent, Sun Hao assumed he was feeling guilty, which made him even angrier. "You rich people, do you think you're superior because you're born that way?"

He waved his whistle, "If I whistle again, the bats swarming around you will peck your face to shreds and tear your precious flesh apart. I may be broke, but I can make you experience a fate worse than death!"

Fu Shili's pupils contracted sharply, and his heart nearly leaped into his throat.

"Calm down, what you're doing is illegal—"

The man threw his head back and burst into laughter, declaring, "Here, I am the law!"

Just as the man raised his whistle, about to blow it, a small pebble suddenly flew through the air and hit his wrist with perfect accuracy.

My wrist hurt, and the whistle fell to the ground.

"Police officer, don't move!"

Xiao Lin led his team and quickly emerged from the woods.

Xiao Lin pulled out his pistol, the dark muzzle pointed at Sun Hao's forehead, his voice cold and sharp, "Hands on your head and squat down!"

Without the whistle, Sun Hao could no longer control the bats and could only squat down in resentment and shame.

Xiao Lin strode forward, took out handcuffs, and cuffed Sun Hao's wrists.

Cheng Lei and Song Che quickly worked together to lower Fu Shili down from the tree.

After being freed, Fu Shili saw Ye Yuntang and, as if grasping at a lifeline, ran towards her with tears in his eyes, calling out, "Wife..."

He reached out his hands, wanting to hug her.

Ye Yuntang seemed to have seen something ominous. Before he could get close, she raised her foot and kicked him squarely in the chest.

Fu Shili was kicked to the ground.

He wasn't angry. His eyes, flushed with tears, gazed tenderly at Ye Yuntang. "Wife, I know I was wrong. I'll never cheat on you again, and I won't look down on your forensic work anymore. Let's remarry, okay?"