"Why don't we try investigating the victim's social relationships to see if he had offended anyone? The killer and the victim must have had some previous grievance. The killer's purpose was too clear, and the murder was obviously planned in advance. It's very likely to be a revenge killing," Xu Mo suggested.
After hearing Xu Mo's words, Han Fei nodded.
"I thought the same, so I already arranged for Xiao Zhang to look into the victim's social relationships."
Of course, Han Fei could think of anything this newcomer Xu Mo could come up with. That's why he had already sent someone to investigate.
After a pause, Han Fei continued.
"But we still need to check the surveillance footage. Let's pursue both avenues - investigate the victim's social relationships while also examining the surveillance. This way, we'll save the most time."
After speaking, Han Fei called over the technical team.
He instructed them to retrieve all surveillance footage within a one-kilometer radius of the TV station building.
As Xu Mo had mentioned, there was a square in front of the TV station's main entrance with no surveillance cameras, so the killer temporarily disappeared from view after leaving through the main door.
But the police weren't entirely without options.
While there were no cameras in the square, other areas had surveillance!
Was it possible that there wasn't a single camera within a one-kilometer radius of the TV station? With so many cameras, how could they not capture the killer?
By examining all the surveillance footage within a one-kilometer range of the building, they were bound to discover the killer's trail.
Once found, they could dispatch officers to make an arrest.
Of course, this needle-in-a-haystack search was troublesome and would require some time and police resources.
But there was no other choice.
The killer had never shown his face on camera, so the police had no idea who he was and couldn't use Skynet.
They could only rely on human eyes to search manually.
...
The technical team quickly retrieved all the surveillance footage within a one-kilometer radius of the TV station building.
Han Fei immediately assigned all available officers to screen through all the surveillance footage in this range.
Xu Mo also joined in.
Unlike the other officers who could watch at most four surveillance feeds simultaneously, Xu Mo, with his extraordinary vision and superior mental capacity, could handle forty at once without any problem!
A one-kilometer radius around the building wasn't actually that large.
But the number of surveillance cameras within this range was enormous.
As a result, all the officers in the police station had been staring at computer screens for over half an hour without finding the killer in the janitor's uniform.
Just then, Xiao Zhang, who had been sent by Han Fei to investigate the victim's social relationships, returned.
"Captain Han."
Seeing Xiao Zhang back, Han Fei paused his work and rubbed his temples.
"Did you find anything?"
Xiao Zhang nodded and briefly reported.
"The deceased, Zhang Guodong, was a minor leader in their unit. I briefly interviewed his colleagues, family, friends, neighbors... This Zhang Guodong hadn't made enemies with anyone, but his reputation wasn't very good. He was lecherous and often harassed or molested his subordinates. It's said that he frequently seduced his subordinates into having relations with him."
"But the killer is a man," Xu Mo suddenly interjected. "Wait, Zhang Guodong liked men?"
Xiao Zhang was taken aback.
"I don't think so. All the subordinates he harassed were women. I didn't hear about any men being harassed by him."
"If he didn't like men, then it's likely this scoundrel slept with someone's wife... When it was discovered, the husband, unable to control his anger, took his life," Xu Mo continued to analyze. "No wonder we couldn't find anyone he had made enemies with. Being cuckolded is too embarrassing - no man would want such a thing to be known publicly."
Han Fei: "..."
The other officers: "..."
Although his train of thought was peculiar, Han Fei had to admit that Xu Mo's analysis made a lot of sense!
The victim, Zhang Guodong, had no enemies, so revenge killing seemed out of the question.
But the killer's method was swift and decisive, and it was clearly premeditated, strongly suggesting a revenge killing.
This was contradictory.
Unless there was some hidden story!
For instance, if Zhang Guodong had slept with someone else's wife...
Then upon learning this, the husband, overcome with rage, decided to kill him.
Sleeping with another man's wife - that's a blood feud!
This way, the revenge killing theory holds up.
As for why Xiao Zhang couldn't find any evidence of Zhang Guodong having enemies, that could be easily explained.
The killer and the victim didn't know each other at all. The connection between them was a woman, so they had no direct relationship. It's normal that a short investigation wouldn't uncover this.
Moreover, being cuckolded... what man would openly talk about such a thing?
The person involved might know about it, but outsiders would certainly be unaware of the circumstances!
Thinking this through, Han Fei glanced at Xiao Zhang.
"Did you find out about the subordinates who had relations with Zhang Guodong?"
Xiao Zhang quickly nodded and produced a list.
"Yes, I found seven in total... five of them are single, and two are married."
"We can ignore the five single ones. Which two are married?"
"These two."
"..."
After some discussion, Han Fei focused the investigation on these two married individuals.
The husbands of these two women were the prime suspects!
They both had a potential motive for murder.
Han Fei decided to summon these two men to the police station for questioning.
"Xiao Zhang, go now and summon the husbands of these two women to the station. The rest of you, continue checking the surveillance footage with me."
"Yes, sir!"
...
After another half hour of examining the surveillance footage, they still had no leads.
There were simply too many cameras in the area, and they were clearly short-staffed.
Even with Xu Mo's help, they couldn't go through all the footage in such a short time.
Just then, Xiao Zhang returned with the two suspects.
Han Fei immediately stood up, temporarily setting aside the surveillance footage review, and prepared to question these two men.
Before the interrogation, he called for Xu Mo.
"Xu Mo, take a break from the footage for now. Let the other officers continue with that. Come with me to the interrogation room."
Xu Mo got up and followed Han Fei to the interrogation room.
Chen Ke, Li Chen, Wang Dachuan, and the others suddenly felt as if they had "fallen out of favor."
They knew that before Xu Mo arrived, Han Fei always had them accompany him when questioning suspects!
Everything had changed since Xu Mo came...
The reason Han Fei called for Xu Mo was that he felt Xu Mo had a real talent for interrogation, perhaps even surpassing his own skills.
Having Xu Mo present might prove helpful during the questioning.
Interrogation Room One.
"Where were you today at around 5:40 PM?" Han Fei asked.
"At 5:40, I was still at work, in the office."
"Is there anyone who can vouch for you?"
"Yes, my colleagues were all there."
"..."
After a series of questions and verifications, this person's suspicion was cleared.
At the time of the incident, he was at work and didn't leave until 6 PM. His colleagues could vouch for him, and there was also surveillance footage at his workplace, all of which provided a solid alibi.
"You can go now. Thank you for your cooperation," Han Fei said, dismissing him as the suspicion had been cleared.
Next, Han Fei took Xu Mo to the adjacent Interrogation Room Two.
Here sat the other suspect.
"Where were you today at around 5:40 PM?"
Unlike the previous suspect, this one answered questions with obvious discomfort, stuttering and unable to look Han Fei in the eye, his gaze shifting nervously.
"At 5:40... I was... I was at home..."
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
end. Thus one must continue to cultivate, and become a saint or great emperor, in order to prolong one's life. Chen Xia, however, completely reversed this. Since his transmigration, he has gained immortality, and also a system that awards him with attribute points for every year he lives. Thus between the myriad worlds, the legend of an unparalleled senior appeared. "A gentleman takes revenge; it is never too late even after ten thousand years." "When you were at your peak I yielded, now in your old age I shall trample on you." - Chen Xia
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
