Gene Fusion System: Crime Hunter

"The fact that we haven’t cracked it yet doesn’t mean we won’t get a chance later."

Buzz—

Almost at the same time.

Luo Fei’s phone rang.

He picked it up.

Old Han’s voice came through immediately from the other end.

"Mr. Luo, we’ve got something. The investigation has results."

He could hear that the other man sounded rather excited.

Luo Fei couldn’t help being surprised.

"Hold on, Old Han, what investigation are you talking about?"

Han Tiesheng, his face glowing with excitement, hurried to report.

"Mr. Luo, just now, I was over at the factory looking into things, and I went with a colleague to the corner shop to buy some mineral water."

"Turns out the shop owner said he’d long felt something was off. Because on the night when Fu Kangwen had his accident, a man came to buy lottery tickets. But he just sat there watching TV from a little after six in the afternoon, all the way until eight in the evening. Only after the draw did he leave."

At first, the owner thought the guy just wanted to see if he had unusually good luck and could win.

But later he realized the man was only pretending to watch the lottery; in reality, he was watching the time.

Maybe he was waiting for the moment to make his move and kill someone.

Hearing this.

Luo Fei was taken aback.

"Wait, if the owner knew it was like that, why didn’t he tell us right away?"

Right then, Luo Fei really felt a bit lost.

Catching the edge in his tone.

Old Han could only explain, a bit embarrassed.

"Mr. Luo, I asked the owner just now too. But he said he didn’t connect it that way at the time, because the guy was wearing a suit and tie. He had a briefcase with him and a toolbox."

"But now that he thinks it over carefully, it’s very likely the guy hid the murder weapon in the toolbox..."

On hearing this.

Luo Fei frowned.

"Got it. Looked at this way, this man really is very suspicious."

"Right, Mr. Luo, the shop owner also sent me a photo of the guy. Do you want to take a look?"

"Sure."

With that, Luo Fei immediately checked the photo and forwarded it to Manager Wu.

But as soon as he saw the man in the photo, Manager Wu almost instantly called.

"No way... Mr. Luo, this shouldn’t be possible, right?"

"Manager Wu, you know him?"

Hearing Luo Fei’s curiosity being piqued.

Manager Wu could only hedge.

"Officer, I do know him. He’s one of our company’s shareholders. He’s very kind and amiable, always polite to every employee. Someone like him, why would he go after a poor kid like Kangwen and kill him?"

"And do it himself no less, this—this doesn’t make sense at all."

Of course Luo Fei understood.

From Manager Wu’s perspective, this was highly unreasonable.

More importantly, the company only had three shareholders in total, and now two of them were in trouble.

One dead, one treated as a murder suspect.

Obviously, the company’s future didn’t look promising; it might even be facing bankruptcy and liquidation.

So from an employee’s standpoint, of course he didn’t want to lose his job.

"Manager Wu, I know you care about your job and don’t want to go through something like this. But from where I stand, we in the police have to handle everything strictly by the book. I hope you can understand."

At that moment.

As Luo Fei spoke.

Manager Wu could only sigh.

"Mr. Luo, this man is our other shareholder, named Song Changming. It’s just that he hasn’t been in town these last few days. He went overseas on a business trip. As for what kind of grudge he might have had with the deceased, I truly have no idea."

Manager Wu spoke with a very sincere tone.

That made Luo Fei nod.

"Manager Wu, thank you for providing us with this lead."

"But if he comes back to the country, I hope you can give us enough information. We’ll be conducting an in-depth investigation and questioning him."

Luo Fei understood perfectly that the man had hurriedly left; it might not necessarily be to commit murder.

But it could well be to leave the country to avoid the fallout.

Or maybe he’d run into some trouble of his own—something Luo Fei and the others didn’t yet know about.

"Rest assured, Mr. Luo, we’ll definitely cooperate actively with the police investigation."

"But speaking of which, our Boss Song actually gets along quite well with another Boss Shen—that Shen Liufeng you were investigating earlier... I don’t know if there’s some sort of connection between the two."

He heard the implication.

The tone clearly hinted that there might be a link between the two men.

But he had no evidence, so he couldn’t come right out and conclude anything.

Luo Fei readily agreed.

"Sir, whatever the case, we still have to thank you for providing leads to the police."

"We’ll also make sure you’re safe. And since this case isn’t related to you, you don’t need to worry too much. We’re not going to wrong an innocent man."

Once the call ended.

Luo Fei saw that Su Jianfan was just about to hand things over to Lan Mengzhou.

He really had taken Luo Fei’s advice and was planning to go home and get some rest.

And at almost the same time.

Lan Mengzhou also told Luo Fei an important piece of news.

"Mr. Luo, after more than three hours of live-streaming just now, we’ve basically finished screening the locations of the scammers. We’ve learned that those radios and summer fans with little ads and scam QR codes mostly came from Jiangyin District and Lingui District."

"If our inference is correct, then presumably those shipping addresses are where the fraud rings and black market chains are based, which is why there are scam dens there—it’s just that we don’t know the details yet."

Lan Mengzhou’s analysis made Luo Fei nod.

"Miss Lan, what you’re saying makes sense."

"This time we really have to thank you for being willing to live-stream, to call on ordinary people—especially the elderly and children—to beware of being tricked."

Lan Mengzhou nodded as well.

"Mr. Luo, speaking of which, just now the verdict for those kids has basically been handed down."

At that.

Luo Fei couldn’t help being surprised.

"What’s the final result?"

He could hear what Luo Fei meant.

He wanted those people to get the punishment they deserved.

Lan Mengzhou said.

"Because this case is special and public opinion online is in an uproar, their case wasn’t handled under the usual juvenile standards."

"But considering the oldest of those children is only fifteen, the two main culprits were sentenced to ten years, and the other five got between one and three years. Since they were accomplices, they don’t bear primary responsibility."

"Although this is still hard for the victim’s family to accept, it’s the best outcome we were able to fight for."

Lan Mengzhou’s words filled Luo Fei with relief.

"I believe what we’ve done is right."

"It’s not just an education for those few kids; it’s also a warning to everyone else. The point is to nip things in the bud and prevent similar tragedies from happening again."

Lan Mengzhou nodded.

"Exactly, Mr. Luo. And just now, our station received a report."

"But this report is a bit special..."

That made Luo Fei curious.

"Oh? What kind of case is it?"

"Mr. Luo, the person who reported it is a primary school student. He’s in fourth grade. It started when he was eating in the cafeteria and discovered there was actually a piece of rat meat in his food."

What she said caught Luo Fei somewhat off guard.

"If that’s the case, couldn’t he just talk to the school leadership and teachers? And if that didn’t work, he could go directly to the food safety and hygiene authorities, right?"

Luo Fei was puzzled.

But Lan Mengzhou said.

"Mr. Luo, that was my initial thought too. But the kid told me their teachers and principal specifically called him in to talk, saying this was just an isolated incident and forbidding him to spread it. Otherwise, they’d expel him."

This news left even Luo Fei stunned.

"They really said that?"

"Yes, and that’s why he called to ask if our station would help."