Chapter 1496 - 1495
I knew Lin Fan was impressive, but I didn’t expect Lin Fan to be this capable!
The two officers looked at Lin Fan, unable to hide their admiration. They truly couldn’t understand why Mr. Lin was this powerful.
Lin Fan, however, didn’t notice them. He was still immersed in his deductions.
"Previously, the Hidden Sect hunting Ye Tianyu was the Yun Sect, but now it’s unlikely to be the Yun Sect..."
The Yun Sect had already been subdued by Lin Fan, and it had decided to give up the ten billion and no longer pursue Ye Tianyu, unless the Yun Sect suddenly went mad. Otherwise, they wouldn’t pursue Ye Tianyu again.
To the Yun Sect, Ye Tianyu no longer had any value, so there was no reason to come and kill Ye Tianyu.
If it wasn’t the Yun Sect, could it be the Tang Sect?
Indeed, the Tang Sect was expert in poisons, and it was known for its hidden weapons and poisons.
Then what would be the Tang Sect’s motive?
Previously, Ye Tianyu, in order to survive, promised to give the Tang Sect a reward of ten billion just to let the Tang Sect protect his life.
Confronted with the huge amount of ten billion, the Tang Sect agreed and dispatched their capable disciples to Yun City to rescue Ye Tianyu, even willing to clash with the Yun Sect. If developed further, it could evolve into a war between two Hidden Sects.
There was no alternative; what Ye Tianyu offered was indeed too much.
Due to Lin Fan’s intervention, the Tang Sect ultimately failed to rescue Ye Tianyu and didn’t receive the ten billion fortune, leaving the Tang Sect’s three disciples dejected and departing.
If the murderer was truly from the Tang Sect, it wouldn’t make sense for the Tang Sect to kill Ye Tianyu, as it wasn’t Ye Tianyu going back on his word. Ye Tianyu was also passive, so it makes no sense if the Tang Sect sought revenge on Ye Tianyu.
Therefore, if it truly was the Tang Sect that killed Ye Tianyu, the Tang Sect’s goal must not have been revenge on Ye Tianyu, but something else.
What could it be?
Essentially, two things need to be done: first, confirm the murderer’s identity; second, find out the murderer’s motive.
"Officer Wang, I need to review all the trajectories of Ye Tianyu between six and seven PM tonight, including who he interacted with and what he ate," Lin Fan said to Officer Wang.
Officer Wang replied, "Okay, I’ll now go to liaise with the prison authorities."
Lin Fan glanced at Ye Tianyu, feeling somewhat pitiful. Ye Tianyu died too tragically. From Ye Tianyu’s expression and signs of struggle, Lin Fan ruled out the possibility of Ye Tianyu’s suicide.
If Ye Tianyu had taken poison himself, when the poison took effect, struggling due to pain would be a normal phenomenon. But based on the signs left by Ye Tianyu, this wasn’t an instinctive struggle but a kind of desperate will to survive filled with strong unwillingness.
Based on the signs, Lin Fan, with top-level insight, could reconstruct the entire process of Ye Tianyu’s death.
At around 10 PM tonight, Ye Tianyu, who was already asleep, suddenly awoke from a nightmare. The toxins in his body suddenly went off.
He experienced severe abdominal pain like being twisted; cold sweats as big as beans appeared on his forehead and then his whole body started spasming. This pain was indescribable.
He wanted to shout loudly, but he found his throat seemed to be burned by fire, unable to make any sound.
Strong will to survive made him endure the great pain, attempting to get up and call for help. Ye Tianyu, being a martial artist, unlike an ordinary person who could only struggle and die on the bed, managed to get up. The first thing he did was dart towards the door. He wanted to knock on it to attract the attention of the prison guards.
Unfortunately, just when he reached the door and touched it, a strong spasm in his body made him involuntarily fall backward. He couldn’t get close to the door again, collapsing onto the ground, caught in painful struggles.
He once tried to get up. His ten fingertips were all worn out from desperately scratching the floor, leaving ten shocking blood marks. The rough floor was forcibly scratched open by Ye Tianyu.
In the end, he couldn’t struggle any longer and choked to death in immense pain.
Even up to his death, his eyes were wide open, filled with unwillingness and reluctance. Maybe what he was unwilling to accept was dying like this, but what was it that he couldn’t let go of?
Loli walked in at this moment, coming to Lin Fan’s side.
"I talked with Li Zixia; she came to see Ye Tianyu today. They talked about what Ye Tianyu had done in the past year, about that ten billion. Li Zixia was somewhat dissatisfied that Ye Tianyu had used that ten billion without notifying her. Later, Ye Tianyu asked her if he could still be Li Zixia’s bodyguard after he was released from prison. Li Zixia directly said no." Loli said, "Could it be that because of this, Ye Tianyu committed suicide?"
Lin Fan shook his head and shared his observations with Loli: "It’s unlikely he committed suicide. Also, from what I know of Ye Tianyu, he wouldn’t kill himself over such reasons. He previously avoided the Yun Sect’s assassination attempt by hiding in prison and even spent a hefty ten billion to buy his safety. If he were suicidal, he would have done so much earlier."
Loli said, "Maybe he’s heartbroken this time. A person, when heartbroken and desperate, is very likely to do something foolish. When I chatted with Ye Tianyu before, I could feel he cared a lot about Miss Li Zixia..."
Lin Fan said, "You’re right; we shouldn’t overlook the psychological aspect. Indeed, the state of one’s mind often leads to abnormal actions. But judging by the signs of struggle before his death, the likelihood of suicide is low."
What Loli said didn’t have much impact on the case-solving, but Lin Fan finally knew what Ye Tianyu’s reluctance was about.
It was his reluctance for Miss Li Zixia.
Lin Fan couldn’t help but recall the way Ye Tianyu knelt before him, desperately pleading for him to go to the United Kingdom to find Li Zixia.
This is the story of a bodyguard who fell in love with a rich and beautiful woman. Unfortunately, the flower wanted to be nurtured, but the waters were merciless. The possibility of Li Zixia taking a fancy to Ye Tianyu was very slim.
A common man’s fantasy about a rich and beautiful woman is just like Cinderella’s fantasy about Prince Charming. Most of the time, it only exists in fairy tales, while reality is often harsh.
A common man finds it hard to attract the favor of a rich and beautiful woman. Often, there’s an invisible chasm between them, so big that it’s almost unimaginable, like a barrier between two separate worlds. Unless that common man is exceptionally attractive in some aspect, making the rich and beautiful woman admire him.
For instance, if this common man is exceptionally talented, talented enough to be breathtaking and make the rich and beautiful woman swoon over him.
Back in college, although Lin Fan was a poor man, he could still date the wealthy Su Jinjin because, in the campus environment, relationships were relatively simple and often overlooked family background.
After Lin Fan entered society, despite still being exceptionally handsome, he could no longer win over rich and beautiful women. Campus was a dream world, but society is a realistic world.
Until a system was bound to Lin Fan and he transformed into an almighty billionaire overnight — he became a billionaire, and beauty swarmed to him. When he became the richest man in Yun City, who knew how many rich and beautiful women dreamed of marrying him.
Ye Tianyu, having neither billions in wealth nor Lin Fan’s charming looks, was at most capable of fight better than the average person. He had nothing that could make Miss Li Zixia swoon over him.
So, what if you can fight better than the average person? In Li Zixia’s eyes, you’re just a bodyguard. That’s your worth. If you weren’t good at fighting, you wouldn’t even have been a bodyguard.
This was destined to be a tragedy.