138: Chapter 14 Doubts (Seeking Monthly Subscription Tickets)_1 138: Chapter 14 Doubts (Seeking Monthly Subscription Tickets)_1 Looking at Lin Xiumei’s mocking smile, Yan Fei wasn’t bothered at all.

He said, “So what if she’s my fiancée?

We agreed that I would pay for her college education and she would be my wife.

What’s funny or strange about that?”

“Wow…” Lin Xiumei acted surprised.

“My son can afford to fund a college student now?”

“Sure am!” Yan Fei chuckled.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about this.

I feel like my head is going to explode, and I still haven’t figured it all out yet.

Let’s discuss this once I have it sorted out.” Lin Xiumei, utterly frustrated, picked up the fish and went into the kitchen.

She considered herself quite unlucky to have such a peculiar son.

Everyone used to say he was a fool when he was little, but now, he seemed normal.

Then, out of the blue, her 13-year-old boy announced he was going to fund his fiancée’s college education.

It felt like a train was chugging through her head, turning her thoughts into mush.

Anyone would need time to wrap their head around such a thing, surely!

“Brother, brother!

They asked me earlier, but I didn’t say anything.

I didn’t tell them you were bleeding.

Can I have more fish later?” As soon as their mother left, Yan Chao immediately started pleading for a reward.

“Hush!

Lower your voice, good job!

You can definitely have more later.” Yan Fei let out a sigh of relief after hearing what Yan Chao just said and nodded eagerly.

He quickly glanced at the kitchen, ensuring everything was quiet before finally relaxing.

“Okay, they asked me where the watermelon came from.

I told them we bought it from a big supermarket.

They asked me where I’d been, and I said I went to see ‘Niu Niu’.

Also, I went to the school and played with my sisters, and you made a lot of delicious food for me.” Yan Chao, with the air of someone who thinks he’s completely unnoticed, muttered all this under his breath, his eyes darting around mischievously.

Even Yan Fei couldn’t help but laugh.

“Great!

I’ll take you to play at the school later.

I’ll buy you new clothes tomorrow, and treat you to all the good food you want.

How does that sound?” Yan Fei raised the stakes, his good mood apparent.

“Mmm!” Yan Chao nodded vigorously, his head bobbing like a foraging chicken.

However, those two policemen outside didn’t seem to think they were in the clear like Yan Fei did.

As soon as they stepped out, the young policeman asked, mounting his bicycle, “Uncle Wang, where are we going to investigate next?”

The policeman addressed as ‘Uncle Wang’ pondered for a while, then pedaled a few times before saying, “We won’t investigate elsewhere now.

Instead, let’s go back and look up some information on this Yan Fei.

I suspect he’s our guy.”

“Really?” The young policeman looked astonished.

“Didn’t we ask his younger brother when he wasn’t home?

And he also said just now that he hadn’t seen anything.”

“You, oh you, Xiao Li, you still have a lot to learn,” Uncle Wang chuckled.

“Didn’t you notice that he didn’t even seem surprised when he walked in and saw the two of us in uniform?”

“So what?

Isn’t he just treating us like guests?” Xiao Li still wasn’t convinced.

“Besides, his hands are clean.

Didn’t we question the people in the stores along the road?

Didn’t one of them say he saw them running away and saw a few drops of blood?”

“The blood might have come from somewhere else.

There might not be a wound because it could be covered by their clothes, or even the kid’s nosebleed?” Uncle Wang dismissed Xiao Li’s doubts.

“Don’t you think he was…

too calm?

It was like he already had all his answers prepared.

Haven’t we interrogated criminals with this level of calmness before?

Those overly calm ones usually turn out to be suspects.”

Uncle Wang paused for a moment, then continued, “Have you forgotten?

Didn’t we find fragments from a glass toy at the site?

When we first came and asked the kid, he said that his older brother bought him a glass toy.”

“Anyway, I don’t think it’s him.

And now you can find these toys everywhere; it’s not necessarily good evidence.

Why didn’t you question him just now?” Xiao Li retorted.

“His answers were flawless, asking about the glass toy won’t do anything.

He would probably just say he bought it and that it broke somewhere else.

The kid doesn’t remember where it broke, and it will be based on his older brother’s say so, wouldn’t it?

Do you think I would get any answers?” Uncle Wang replied, exasperated.

“I guess so.” Xiao Li nodded, still somewhat confused.

“Haven’t we already verified this?

The cause of death was a heavy blow to the chest, shattering a large part of the chest bone, throwing the victim over ten meters.

Only a really strong, skilled person could do this.

Is he, just a child, so powerful and well-trained?”

“That’s why we need to go back and investigate further.

Do you really think the coroner’s report is always accurate?

When Old Liu first saw the body, didn’t he ask whether a motorcycle had hit the victim?

It’s easy to mistake the broken sternum and mangled interior for the result of a vehicle accident.” Uncle Wang replied while pedalling his bike.

“True.” Xiao Li laughed at this explanation.

“If we hadn’t asked people along the street, I wouldn’t have believed it was a person who did it.

This would have to be the work of a very skilled martial artist, like something in a movie.”

“Learning martial arts isn’t about appearance.

If a butcher was standing with an average person, you wouldn’t think anything of it, but if they were next to a scholar, the differences would be apparent.

You should observe more to understand.

Spend some time with criminals, with murderers, and you’ll see that they’re different.

Did you notice anything strange when the child came in?” Uncle Wang explained patiently to Xiao Li.

“Didn’t notice anything!

For me, I just felt that this kid was a bit…

well, I can’t describe it.

He seemed different from normal kids.

Anyway, I just can’t put it into words.” Xiao Li stammered, but gave no coherent explanation.

“But if it were him, how could a child cover up his tracks so well immediately after committing a crime?”

“From the day kids start school, wanting to improve in their studies becomes an uphill battle.

But deceiving their parents and teachers, cheating on exams, secretly altering exam scores, acting innocently after getting into fights and causing trouble; they learn all that quickly, without anyone teaching them.

It’s much easier to learn to be bad than good.” Uncle Wang sighed profoundly, perhaps reflecting on his own home life.

After his musing, Uncle Wang returned to giving the young policeman advice: “However, where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

As long as something happened, there will always be traces left behind.

Pay more attention, and you’ll learn.

Kung fu experts who can kill someone with one kick aren’t too common.

As long as we make an effort to investigate, we should be able to track him down.”

“Yeah.

I’ve never seen such a martial artist before.

I guess even the coaches at my old school couldn’t do it.” Xiao Li nodded in agreement.

“There are plenty of things you’ve never seen!” Uncle Wang started.

“Actually, I haven’t seen it either.

Let’s stop talking about it and hurry up.

While everyone’s still at work, we can look through old cases.

Let’s look into what Yan Fei has been up to in the past, and we should have our answer.” Urging Xiao Li, both men began to pedal faster, heading for the station.