Chapter 568: Chapter 568: They All Deserve to Die
by xennovelBook Chapter 568: They All Deserve to Die (Update 1)
A small underground storage room was filled with all sorts of tools. Lin
The tools were all miniature—melting furnaces, steel molds, presses, and gunpowder mixing devices…
“Someone once said that true genius isn’t measured by age.”
His gaze swept over the tools and finally settled on several half-finished bullets. Xiao Yu smiled at his two older pals and said, “Who would have thought that a nineteen-year-old security guard could craft his own bullets and mix gunpowder nearly as potent as that from an ordnance factory?”
Wang Dong and Zhao Long grimaced, but they had to admit that Xiao Yu was right.
Some things can’t be produced just by handing you a formula or blueprints.
It’s like when Mu Qingwu once tried cooking for her beloved younger brother.
Xiao Yu made a silent vow.
No matter what it was, he would eat every last bit.
Just as he reached for a crab with his chopsticks…
It snapped at the chopsticks!
In that baffling moment, Xiao Yu thought he heard the crab’s inner cry.
Crab: “You think you’re close? Getting all touchy… You know what? She slashed me 81 times, nearly scaring me to death!”
Do you really think Xiao Yu forbade his sister from cooking out of mere concern?
No, that reason only counts for half.
The other half was to save his own hide.
He wasn’t about to be the man who died from eating his wife’s cooking for the first time!
This just goes to show something.
Some people can’t produce a meal even with a recipe.
Not to mention complex gunpowder formulas to make bullets.
That’s what genius is… A nineteen-year-old genius?
Judging by when the bullets first showed up…
It must have taken around two and a half to three years.
The other party had already managed to make the bullets.
How old was he then?
“What a pity,” he murmured.
Zhao Long shook his head. “He took a wrong turn!”
Wang Dong nodded in agreement.
Some wrong turns leave no path back.
Take a wrong path, and nothing good will come of it!
……
At the hotel, inside a business suite.
“Gu Qixiao, 19, from F City, with a high school education… Four years ago, his parents divorced and, neglected by them, he was raised by his grandparents.”
“Gu Qixiao and the victim, Yue Han, were childhood friends—playmates who grew up together in the ordnance factory employees’ community.”
“Remember Du Hui’s eight lovers? One of them was Gu Qixiao’s father.”
“Four years ago, Gu Qixiao’s parents split—also because his mother discovered the affair between his father and Du Hui. For reasons that may include his young age and a desire not to hurt a child, they quietly separated and kept the matter under wraps.”
“But Gu Qixiao was likely aware of it, after all, he was fifteen at the time.”
“It seems that even then, Gu Qixiao already harbored deep hatred toward the Yue family—especially Du Hui.”
“If this theory holds, Gu Qixiao must have started plotting revenge against the three members of the Yue family four years ago.”
“The gunpowder formula was likely obtained from the Yue family… Investigations revealed that Yue Jianbai wasn’t just an ordnance factory inspector but also a formula modification technician. Sometimes, during his days off, he’d research improved gunpowder at home…”
“At that time, Gu Qixiao and Yue Han were classmates and playmates, often visiting the Yue home. It was likely during those visits that the formula was stolen.”
“If this theory holds, it likely means that’s how the bullet manufacturing process was acquired.”
“In short, Gu Qixiao truly is a genius—he managed to produce bullets in just one year.”
“He then began selling his bullets through a local military forum.”
“How did he get hold of Yue Jianbai’s ID and phone to register an account? First, Yue Jianbai always kept his ID at home; many people do the same to avoid losing it.”
“As for the phone… it’s likely that when Yue Jianbai went home, Gu Qixiao used it to secretly register on a courier app, turning off notifications, and each time paid in cash.”
“It’s clear that this was a deliberate act of revenge—almost a frame job, setting Yue Jianbai up for selling bullets…”
“Yue Jianbai was the pillar of the Yue family. If anything happened to him, the whole family would be ruined. That was probably the mindset behind the revenge.”
“But why did it escalate to murder…I just can’t figure it out.”
At this point, Xiao Yu shook his head and said, “We’ll know the outcome once we catch Gu Qixiao!”
Wang Dong and Zhao Long nodded, agreeing that their little brother’s analysis was spot on.
So why haven’t they gone after him yet?
A mere nineteen-year-old kid.
Just an ordinary guy.
How could he possibly escape?
Catching someone like him wouldn’t even require them to get their hands dirty.
Within three hours.
The suspect, Gu Qixiao, was apprehended in the mountainous outskirts of F City.
They found on him a bomb, a homemade pistol, and over a hundred thousand in cash.
No resistance?
Facing two elite commandos and a group of National Security agents.
How could he resist?
Not to mention an ordinary man—even a mercenary—
would be overpowered and pinned to the ground.
A case that almost shattered the limits, and yet it was solved with such minimal fuss?
Yes, just like that.
No one saw it coming.
Stealing a gunpowder formula, manufacturing bullets, selling them, and then wiping out an entire family…
A nineteen-year-old kid in the eyes of many…
Who managed to pull off such a monumental crime!
……
Interrogation Room.
The moment he saw suspect Gu Qixiao, Xiao Yu couldn’t help but think, “Why are you so impressive?”
The suspect’s face was youthful, pale, and framed by glasses.
(Li Ma Zhao) – tall and thin, not to mention his other deeds.
You’d think he was just a student.
Yet this very person was behind so many spine-chilling incidents.
Who would have ever guessed?
“You really have some nerve.”
Standing in front of suspect Gu Qixiao, Xiao Yu asked, “Do you know what fate awaits you?”
“I do.”
Surprisingly, Gu Qixiao calmly stared at Xiao Yu and said, “I’ll die, right?”
“Yes.”
Xiao Yu nodded. “Just stealing an ordnance factory’s gunpowder formula alone could earn you ten death sentences. Then, manufacturing and selling bullets illegally, followed by mass murder!”
“Ha ha!”
Gu Qixiao let out a few low laughs.
In an instant, his expression turned vicious and resentful as he gritted his teeth.
“They all deserve to die!”
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