Chapter 379: Everyone Has Their Friends

Chapter 379: Everyone Has Friends

But… both Xing Chuyang and Gan Yuzhen have been murdered.

Xiao Yu’s mind was in a whirl.

Then, whatever purpose they had, everyone was already dead.

How could anyone ever discern what their true intent was?

Even if all the suspects were dead…

One can still deduce the truth!

“Damn it! Even after reincarnation, I still get beaten by a case!”

Xiao Yu muttered his discontent.

The burning desire to crack the case swiftly cleared his head.

If he didn’t solve the case, he wouldn’t be able to go home.

For the sake of his sister and baby, Xiao Yu gave it his all…

He stepped out of the interrogation room and into the detention center.

In an instant.

Xiao Yu’s eyes turned cold, devoid of any spark…

“If I were the murderer… Jiang Huiying!”

“Why would I use a wolf to kill and avenge my sister?”

“Wait—my reasoning is off…”

“First, am I even a woman? Secondly, I’ve never learned beast-taming. And why would I wait twenty years to seek vengeance… It just makes no sense!”

“Even if I discovered my enemy twenty years later—the truth that my sister was killed by them—what should be my very first move? Revenge?”

“No, I must recover the remains of my loved ones. Without retrieving them, how can I even talk about revenge?”

“Even if you know who your enemy is, how can you be sure you’ve found the exact place where your loved one’s remains were dumped?”

“Alright, even if I don’t want to alert them, I’d plan to kill first and then retrieve the remains.”

“But in just two years, as a woman who doesn’t even know how to tame beasts, how could I possibly train a wolf to, from 200 meters away, command a pack to hit the precise target?”

“Unless… the murderer isn’t Jiang Huiying. Rethink it!”

“If I were really the murderer, why would I kill fellow Brotherhood members from back then? And besides, I wasn’t even related to the victim… Wait, not related?”

Suddenly, Xiao Yu lifted his head sharply as if he had recalled something.

“Wasn’t the victim from 23 years ago, Jiang Huiting, a close friend of Gan Yuzhen in the Brotherhood?”

“Since Gan Yuzhen had a close friend, perhaps other members did too. So what about the victim Jiang Huiting from 23 years ago… didn’t she have any friends?”

“Is it possible that someone close to Jiang Huiting discovered she might be linked to the Brotherhood and took it upon themselves to avenge her?”

“Would the one out for revenge be anyone other than a close relative?”

“Could it be… her boyfriend?”

……

Interrogation Room.

“23 years ago, all five of you from the Brotherhood gathered for drinks, and Gan Yuzhen even invited her dear friend—the victim Jiang Huiting—to join.”

Xiao Yu glared coldly at suspect Fang Jie and asked, “Did you know Jiang Huiting well?”

“Of course we did.”

Fang Jie nodded. “She was our classmate and the class belle!”

The class belle—eighteen and bound to have admirers… Xiao Yu’s icy eyes flickered as he asked, “At the time, did she have a boyfriend?”

“Uh…”

Fang Jie strained to remember, “I can’t recall clearly. I do remember someone pursuing her, though he wasn’t from our class. I just know she seemed particularly close to someone back then.”

More than twenty years had passed.

A person’s memory is limited.

But Fang Jie’s words were enough… Xiao Yu continued, “The person who was very close to Jiang Huiting—was he also close to those Brotherhood members from back then? Like Xing Chuyang and Gan Yuzhen?”

Why ask that?

Because the couple, Xing Chuyang and Gan Yuzhen, are suspicious.

Why would they seek out three Brotherhood members they hadn’t contacted for twenty years?

And… even harm them?

Would a normal person, for no reason, use Du Pen to murder someone?

Xing Chuyang and Gan Yuzhen infected their three old comrades with Du Pen—surely that amounts to murder.

Originally, the five of them were like five grasshoppers tied together by a rope because of a case.

Staying apart would have been best.

If you harm others like that, don’t you fear their wrath?

Would you dare to expose what happened back then?

“Huh?”

Fang Jie looked troubled as he tried to recall. Suddenly his eyes lit up. “I remember now—there really was such a person. That’s right, he was very close to Jiang Huiting and also well acquainted with Xing Chuyang. Back then, our Brotherhood even imitated others. That man ruled both school and society—he was a real bully. Oh yes, Jiang Huiting followed him! We even joked that all the cabbages got trampled—how did he ruin everything?”

“What’s his name?”

Xiao Yu fixed his gaze on Fang Jie.

“Uh…”

Fang Jie was momentarily stunned, shaking his head, “I forgot his name, but his nickname was… Old Ding!”

Is it possible to track someone down by a nickname alone?

Yes.

A student’s records stick with them for life.

Check his high school records from 23 years ago.

Or ask the students of that generation.

Everything is there…

Four hours later, at the Criminal Investigation Team.

“Fang Hongding, male, 41, from Bincheng. He has a criminal record and a history of convictions. Once imprisoned for twelve years for drug trafficking, he earned an early release for good behavior. After his release, he worked in City Z, learned beast-taming, and even obtained a senior beast tamer certification. He also worked at the zoo in City Z, and he is… the younger brother of the owner of House of Fierce Dogs!” Guo Qiang reported the investigation findings.

House of Fierce Dogs… Xiao Yu smirked coldly.

Isn’t that the breeding farm that once sold two wolf cubs?

The boyfriend of the victim from 23 years ago, Jiang Huiting?

He was also close to Brotherhood member Xing Chuyang?

He himself served a twelve-year sentence for drug trafficking?

He learned beast-taming and earned a senior beast tamer certification?

He once worked at the zoo contracted by his girlfriend’s sister, Jiang Huiying?

And the most intriguing part is that he is the younger brother of the House of Fierce Dogs’ owner!

House of Fierce Dogs is the very place that once sold two prairie wolves.

One thread of clues wove itself into a chain of evidence.

The jumble in Xiao Yu’s mind unraveled, every thread laid out clearly.

“Is it you?”

Xiao Yu murmured, his neurons firing rapidly.

He meticulously reexamined every detail, replaying events over and over.

His mind raced like a high-speed CPU.

All the pieces of information started coming together, and his thoughts grew clearer.

Finally, one tangled thread transformed into a single line…

“Go find Fang Hongding.”

Xiao Yu ordered, “Not only find him, but also locate his address, his frequent haunts, and even his secret hideouts!”

“Yes!”

The entire Criminal Investigation Team sprang into action…