"Damn, good catch! I see this guy every day when I come for a walk. He doesn’t look like a good person, more like a murderer... By the way, officer, what did this old guy do? Why are you arresting him?"
The onlookers: "..."
You don’t even know what he did, yet you’re cheering like crazy?
And you’re saying it’s a good catch?!
Are you out of your mind?!
The officers carrying out the arrest were also at a loss for words, unsure how to respond.
Almost every time they perform an arrest in public, they encounter situations like this.
Some bystanders, completely unaware of what’s happening or why the police are arresting someone, still cheer anyway.
Don’t ask why—just cheer because it’s a good catch, cheer because the guy looks like trouble.
Amid the cheers of the onlookers, the officers escorted the newly arrested suspect back to the station.
...
Interrogation room.
Han Fei took out a photo taken at the crime scene when the report was filed. In the photo, a skeleton was embedded in the cement pillar of the Binjiang Bridge.
Pointing at the photo, Han Fei looked at the man in front of him and said, "You did this, right?"
"Yeah," the man replied calmly, not disputing Han Fei’s words. He grinned and nodded, "I did it."
Without waiting for Han Fei to continue questioning, the man began to explain everything in detail.
"My father died in a car accident when I was very young. A few years later, my mother remarried, and I was brought into this bastard’s home. He was my stepfather."
"From the day I moved in, he never treated me well. He was abusive, beating and scolding me and my mother whenever he felt like it."
"I didn’t even finish high school before he pulled me out and took me to work at a construction site with him. But he took all my wages, saying he was saving it for me to get married someday."
"When I was 23, I got a girlfriend. I brought her home and told the old bastard I wanted to get married. I asked him for the money he’d supposedly saved for me, but he said there was none. That’s when I found out he hadn’t saved a single penny—he’d gambled it all away."
"Without money for the bride price, my relationship fell apart. That was money I’d worked my ass off for years to save, and he gambled it all away, leaving us deep in debt."
"Later, debt collectors came every day, threatening and intimidating us. My mother, who already had a heart condition, had a heart attack from the stress and passed away because we couldn’t get her timely treatment."
"My whole life was ruined by him. I hated him so much... So one night, while I was on duty during a concrete pour, I strangled him and pushed his body into the wet cement."
"His first wife had already run off with their child long before my mother remarried him, so aside from the debt collectors, no one cared whether he lived or died. As long as I didn’t report it, no one would even know he was missing."
"To avoid suspicion, I told my coworkers at the site that he’d run off to another city to escape his debts."
"For over twenty years, I’ve come to this bridge every evening after dinner to walk on it, stomping on it to vent my hatred."
"I thought you’d never find me, but here I am..."
At this point, the man paused and looked at Xu Mo and Han Fei with curiosity.
"There’s one thing I’m really curious about. Can you tell me how you managed to track me down after all these years?"
The man’s account matched what Han Fei and the team had uncovered.
Back when the victim died, the police hadn’t received any reports, not even a missing person’s report.
The reason was simple: the victim’s first wife had run off with their child long ago, and the man’s mother had passed away from her heart condition. Essentially, no one cared about the victim—whether he was alive, dead, or missing, it didn’t matter to anyone except the debt collectors.
"Sorry, I can’t tell you," Han Fei shook his head, refusing to explain.
The case had been a stroke of luck.
Although no one had cared about the victim back then, and no one had reported him missing, his body, buried in the bridge pillar, was discovered over twenty years later.
The case was so old, and with no missing person report filed at the time, the police couldn’t even identify the victim.
Solving the case seemed impossible, and Han Fei had almost given up.
The only reason they managed to crack the case was because of Xu Mo. If it weren’t for Xu Mo’s insight, the case might have remained unsolved forever.
Seeing that Han Fei wasn’t going to explain, the man didn’t press further. He seemed to have expected this outcome.
He just gave a cold, dry-lipped smile.
"Fine, don’t tell me. It doesn’t matter. I’ve lived freely for over twenty years after killing that old bastard. I’ve had my fill..."
With that, he leaned back in the interrogation chair, completely indifferent.
Han Fei quickly organized the notes from the interrogation and handed them to the man.
"Take a look. This is what you’ve said. If there’s no issue, sign it."
The man didn’t even glance at the document. He took the pen and signed his name on the last page. He seemed resigned, as if nothing mattered anymore.
Han Fei didn’t comment on the man’s decision to sign without reading. After all, the transcript was accurate, so whether he read it or not, the result was the same.
Still, this was one of the most cooperative suspects Han Fei had encountered in his career.
Han Fei hadn’t even asked much before the man spilled everything.
...
After the interrogation, a familiar notification sound rang in Xu Mo’s mind.
"You’ve successfully apprehended a criminal. Reward obtained: 'Sheep a Sheep' complete walkthrough (100% success rate); Criminal Detection Radar range increased by one meter (current range: 125 meters)."
Xu Mo: "?"
He’d heard of 'Sheep a Sheep.' It was a popular mini-game lately, and apparently, the developer had already bought two apartments outright from the game’s earnings.
But what the hell was this walkthrough?
I don’t even play this game!
What use do I have for a walkthrough?
Besides, it’s just a mini-game. What value could its walkthrough possibly have? This reward is nowhere near as good as the ones the system has given me before!
This is it?
This is it?
Seriously?!
Just as Xu Mo started complaining, his phone began vibrating incessantly.
"Ding, 1 yuan received via WeChat!"
"Ding, 1 yuan received via WeChat!"
"Ding, 1 yuan received via WeChat!"
"Ding, 1 yuan received via WeChat!"
"..."
The system wasn’t just giving Xu Mo the walkthrough—it was also selling it online!
One of the reasons people played this game was to bring glory to their home province. At this point, whether the game was fun didn’t matter.
If you didn’t succeed, wouldn’t you be letting your province down?
Coincidentally, a 100% success rate walkthrough for the game had just appeared online.
As a result, hordes of players who couldn’t beat the game rushed to buy the walkthrough. After all, it was only 1 yuan—no harm, no foul!
Xu Mo’s WeChat balance began skyrocketing like he’d activated a money cheat, increasing by dozens of yuan every second. Just watching the numbers climb made him feel great!
"This... is actually amazing!"