CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 17: YOU ARE REALLY CLEVER (PLEASE BOOKMARK AND VOTE FOR MONTHLY TICKETS)

Luo Fei and Wang Lei returned to the Criminal Investigation Team, but Yang Su was not in the office. Luo Fei first went to the technical room and gave the hair secretly taken from Zeng Tianming’s razor to Yang Mei, asking her to help determine if this DNA matches the deceased’s DNA.

If Zeng Tianming is really the murderer, could he be so cruel as to kill his biological son? Luo Fei suspected that the deceased might not be Zeng Tianming’s biological child.

After leaving the technical room, Luo Fei found Zhao Donglai and shared his thoughts with him. Zhao Donglai was also quite shocked to learn that Luo Fei intended to investigate the child’s father, Zeng Tianming.

However, Zhao Donglai still had a lot of trust in Luo Fei. Although he felt it was somewhat hard to understand why Luo Fei was investigating Zeng Tianming, he still approved Luo Fei’s application to investigate Zeng Tianming’s financial status at the bank.

Indeed, Luo Fei planned to go to the bank to investigate Zeng Tianming’s financial status.

With Zhao Donglai’s approval, Luo Fei and Wang Lei headed straight to the bank.

"Luo Fei, assuming it was really Zeng Tianming who killed his son, don’t you think there’s a possibility that the child wasn’t actually Zeng Tianming’s son? Otherwise, I just can’t believe a father would harm his biological son," Wang Lei asked suspiciously.

Luo Fei nodded, "That is indeed a possibility, which is why I just gave Zeng Tianming’s beard to Yang Mei and her team for DNA testing."

"Oh, Luo Fei, when did you secretly get Zeng Tianming’s beard? Oh, I remember now, it was when you said you needed to use the restroom, you took it from the bathroom, right?" Wang Lei was initially stunned, then recalled and asked.

"Exactly."

The two quickly arrived at the bank, and with Zhao Donglai’s approval note, Luo Fei easily investigated Zeng Tianming’s financial status.

"Here, here, in March last year, Zeng Tianming bought a million-dollar accidental death insurance policy for Zeng Xiaoguang," Wang Lei pointed at the document and said to Luo Fei.

Luo Fei noticed it as well.

But then Wang Lei asked in confusion, "According to this accidental death insurance contract, if the child dies in an accident, the beneficiary, Zeng Tianming, can only get 500,000, but if the child suffers a disability above level three due to an accident, Zeng Tianming can get a million. So if Zeng Tianming really killed his son for money, then actually causing the child a disability would be more profitable."

Luo Fei replied calmly, "If it were you, would you prefer to get 500,000 right away and end it once and for all, or would you rather get a million and face a disabled son every day?"

"Ah ah, don’t use me as an example, I could never do something as heartless as this," Wang Lei spat at Luo Fei while glaring at him.

Then Wang Lei added, "However, Zeng Tianming bought a million-dollar accidental death insurance for his son, and now that something happened to the child, Zeng Tianming is indeed suspicious."

When Luo Fei and Wang Lei left the bank, it was already five in the afternoon.

"Are we heading back to the Criminal Investigation Team now?" Wang Lei asked.

Luo Fei shook his head, "Let’s not go back yet, we have another place to visit."

"Then should we grab a bite first? It’s been a whole day of investigation, and I’m starving. If I don’t eat something soon, I might just die," Wang Lei said, clutching his stomach.

Luo Fei glanced at Wang Lei and then looked around, seeing a convenience store not far away, "Let’s get some bread to fill the stomach first. I’ll treat you to spicy hotpot for dinner."

"That works too," Wang Lei nodded.

Then the two went to the convenience store to buy water and bread and took a cab out of Ningjiang County.

"Luo Fei, what are we doing now? You aren’t planning to go straight to the downtown area, are you?" Wang Lei asked while eating the bread.

Luo Fei shook his head, "If we’re lucky, we won’t have to."

"So, in other words, if we’re unlucky, we will have to, right?" Upon hearing this, Wang Lei, who was holding the bread, missed a beat.

After the car had been driving for about twenty minutes, Yunnv Street was up ahead.

"Driver, stop in front of that shop up ahead," Luo Fei indicated the shop on the roadside to the driver.

Once the car stopped, Luo Fei and Wang Lei got out.

Luo Fei glanced at the surveillance camera at the entrance of the shop, noting it could capture cars on the road.

"Hello, looking for anything in particular?" The shopkeeper, a woman in her forties, asked politely when she saw Luo Fei and Wang Lei.

"We’re with the Criminal Investigation Team. Is your surveillance camera working properly?" Luo Fei showed his credentials and asked.

"Yes, yes, it is," the woman, hearing they were from the Criminal Investigation Team, couldn’t help but show a hint of nervousness on her face.

Upon hearing this, Luo Fei felt a surge of excitement; this was undoubtedly good news.

"Then please bring out last Saturday’s surveillance video for us to take a look," Luo Fei said, and Wang Lei, who had been unsure of Luo Fei’s intentions, finally understood.

"Oh, oh, oh, Luo Fei, I understand now. Yes, indeed," Wang Lei suddenly realized.

Luo Fei glanced at Wang Lei, and said flatly, "Now you get it? You’re quite the genius."

Wang Lei was taken aback, then glared at Luo Fei in dissatisfaction, "You never told me, did you? It’s already impressive that I figured it out. If it were Xia Zheng and Zhong Jun, those two blockheads wouldn’t have realized a thing."

"Achoo!"

"Achoo!"

Xia Zheng and Zhong Jun, who had just returned to the office, sneezed simultaneously and looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

"Zhong Jun, do you also feel like someone’s bad-mouthing us behind our backs?" Xia Zheng asked Zhong Jun, who nodded.

"I suspect it’s Wang Lei trash-talking us behind our backs," Xia Zheng speculated.

Back to Luo Fei’s side, once the shopkeeper turned on last Saturday’s surveillance, Luo Fei immediately watched it at triple speed. Wang Lei, who had previously seen Luo Fei use triple speed for watching surveillance, was not too concerned at the time.

However, now watching surveillance in triple speed together with Luo Fei, Wang Lei was bewildered. At this speed, how could anyone see anything clearly? Watching cars zip by, Wang Lei was tempted to curse out loud.

Realizing that he couldn’t make out the cars at triple speed, Wang Lei decided not to disturb Luo Fei watching the surveillance and instead took out his phone, chatting with Xia Zheng and Zhong Jun in a group chat. Learning that Xia Zheng and Zhong Jun had already finished dinner and returned to the office, Wang Lei complained in the chat about how busy he’s been following Luo Fei and how abnormal Luo Fei is when solving cases, giving no time to rest and expressing his envy towards Xia Zheng and Zhong Jun.

Luo Fei was completely absorbed in watching the surveillance video.

At half-past nine in the morning, the surveillance showed Zeng Tianming’s car indeed passed by this area heading towards the downtown.

But at 3:20 in the afternoon on Saturday, Zeng Tianming’s car returned, appearing in the surveillance again.