Under Shuang'er's careful styling, Xiao Xiao looked like an elven princess, dazzling in the crowd.
It wasn't until it was getting late that the group took a taxi back to the hotel.
After spending a week sightseeing in Yingtan City, the group set off for other cities.
Xiao Xiao was taken back to X City by Xia Bingyan midway through the journey.
One issue is that there are too many things piling up at the group, and Xia Bingyan needs to go back and deal with them.
Another thing is that Xiaoxiao has reached school age and needs to receive modern education. Although the little one was very unhappy, as soon as she heard that she would have friends to play with at kindergarten, she happily went to X City with Xia Bingyan.
Feeling that he was being treated like a third wheel, Zhang Chengyang returned to X City shortly afterward.
Only Shen Lang, Yu Xian'er, Shuang'er, Dongxue, and Qiuye remained.
Shen Lang arranged for Chunyu and Xiayang to return to X City to protect Xia Bingyan and Xiaoxiao.
In City X, a young man appeared at the entrance of the Lianhu Branch of the Public Security Bureau. He was carrying a briefcase and walked straight into the gate.
"Hello, comrade, who are you looking for?" A uniformed police officer noticed the young man's strange behavior and immediately stopped him, asking the question.
The young man said, "I'm looking for Lin Dantong."
The officer pressed further, "What do you need Captain Lin for?"
Lin Dantong is now not only the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team One, but also the leader of the special task force in charge of the Zhao family massacre case. When a complete stranger suddenly appears to approach her, the police officers naturally have to question her.
The young man said, "I need to speak a few words with Officer Lin. Could you please pass on my message?"
Seeing that the young man was handsome and looked like a college student, the police officer assumed he was Lin Dantong's boyfriend and, without giving it much thought, led him into an office. He instructed him, "Comrade, please wait here for a moment. I'll go and inform Captain Lin."
"Thank you." The young man nodded.
"It's nothing, don't mention it."
Lin Dantong was currently arguing with Deputy Team Leader Wang Xudong within the task force about summoning Xia Bingyan, who had just returned to X City.
"Team Leader Lin, what is your relationship with Xia Bingyan? I just wanted to summon her normally, why are you reacting so strongly?" Wang Xudong asked Lin Dantong from the conference room.
“Deputy Team Leader Wang, please don’t bring personal relationships into this; this is work. I’m not letting you summon Xia Bingyan because she has already assisted us with the investigation and fulfilled her obligations,” Lin Dantong said with an unfriendly expression.
Wang Xudong persisted, saying, "Assisting the police in handling cases is the duty of every citizen. As long as the case remains unsolved, all relevant personnel have an obligation to assist in the investigation."
Lin Dantong sneered, "Wang Xudong, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. You just want to force Shen Lang back to X City through Xia Bingyan, right? I'd like to know what Shen Lang did to offend you that you've repeatedly caused him trouble despite Director Sun's strict orders against it?"
"Team Leader Lin, you're overthinking it. I have no problem with Shen Lang. This is just one of my investigative methods," Wang Xudong said calmly.
"Knock knock knock!" There was a knock on the conference room door.
"Please come in," Lin Dantong said.
"Team Leader Lin, a college student is looking for you and wants to say a few words. Would you like to meet him?" the officer who received the young man reported.
"College student? What does he look like?" Lin Dantong asked. She didn't remember knowing any college students.
"She's fair-skinned and clean-cut, and quite pretty," the police officer said with a smile, raising an eyebrow at Lin Dantong.
Lin Dantong didn't want to continue arguing with Wang Xudong at this point, so she left him with the words: "Remember what Director Sun said, you can't summon anyone without my permission."
After saying that, he walked out with the police officer.
Upon arriving at the office, Lin Dantong saw the young man and stepped forward, saying, "Hello, I'm Lin Dantong. May I ask what brings you here?"
The young man glanced at Lin Dantong, stood up, and said, "Officer Lin, may I have a word with you in private?"
Lin Dantong shook her head and said, "I'm very busy. If you have something to say, just say it here."
“Okay.” The young man then put the box he was carrying on the ground, stretched out his hands and said, “Officer Lin, I’m here to turn myself in.”
"Turn yourself in?" This question left Lin Dantong completely bewildered.
The young man nodded and said, "My name is Lin Chen. I killed the entire Zhao family. I've come to turn myself in today."
Upon hearing this, the police officers present became tense, and the officer who was receiving Lin Chen tackled him to the ground.
In the interrogation room of the special task force, Lin Dantong sat opposite Zhao Wuji and asked, "Confess yourself."
Zhao Wuji said, "My name is Lin Chen, I am 21 years old, and I am a student in the Department of Physics at the University of Science and Technology of China."
"On the night of June 13th, I had a conflict with Zhao Zesheng from the Zhao family while I was at the Royal Dynasty Bar. He had someone beat me up, so I held a grudge. I secretly followed him for two days. Two days later, when the Zhao family members were all there, I killed all the Zhao family members at my bar."
At this moment, Zhao Wuji seemed to be narrating an ordinary matter, without any emotional fluctuation.
"Zhao Zesheng offended you, so why did you kill the entire Zhao family?" Lin Dantong asked.
“I like to nip things in the bud, so I killed them all,” Zhao Wuji said.
Lin Dantong's right hand trembled slightly.
Despite Zao Wou-Ki's personal admission, she still found it difficult to understand and accept.
Why would a perfectly normal college student choose to kill someone? Moreover, the lives of nearly a hundred members of the Zhao family seem like ants to him, and he shows no sign of stress in his expression and demeanor.
Was it a special experience that turned this college student into this, or was he originally a bloodthirsty person?
What she didn't know was that the seemingly harmless college student in front of her possessed the soul of an otherworldly emperor whose hands were stained with the blood of countless cultivators. In his eyes, the lives of mortals were no different from those of ants.
Lin Dantong then asked, "Then why did you turn yourself in?"
Zhao Wuji spread his hands and said, "There's no reason, I just don't want to live anymore."
After leaving the interrogation room, Lin Dantong was completely baffled. She felt that something was off about Lin Chen, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Then Lin Dantong personally led the team to the Royal Dynasty Bar, and with the cooperation of the bar, retrieved the surveillance footage from the night of June 13.
The surveillance video shows that at 2:23 a.m. on June 13, Lin Chen, who was half drunk, accidentally spilled his wine on Zhao Zesheng's expensive designer clothes.
The surveillance footage only shows that Lin Chen first apologized to Zhao Zesheng, but Zhao Zesheng refused to let it go and started arguing with Lin Chen. Then the two sides started fighting. Lin Chen was surrounded and beaten by four people brought by Zhao Zesheng.
After watching the surveillance footage, Lin Dantong still had one question. Given Lin Chen's ability to single-handedly wipe out the entire Zhao family, it was unlikely that he couldn't even defeat four people.
After copying the surveillance footage, Lin Dantong returned to the task force with her questions.
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