[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-chasing-the-criminal-case":3,"chapter-chasing-the-criminal-case-chasing-the-criminal-case-chapter-45":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Chasing the Criminal Case",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2328813,4554,"Chapter 45: Fated Bond","chasing-the-criminal-case-chapter-45",45,"\u003Cp>After speaking, Chen Shuanger stood up, bowed slightly, and left the reception room without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the three reached the first-floor entrance, they heard a “clack” from upstairs, followed by a faint, muffled sob echoing through the air…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changzheng, captain of the Dongcheng District Criminal Investigation Team in Zizhen City, arrived in Daosheng City with Luo Fei and Gao Ye without stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car rental company owner noticed the GPS had not moved inside the Zhaoshang Bureau compound and grew suspicious; he drove over to investigate and immediately realized he’d been scammed—the GPS he’d installed on the BMW was now on a Honda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The BMW’s disappearance was taken seriously by the arrest team (they had already anticipated theft and highway fraud using private vehicles); after reviewing the rental company’s surveillance footage, they concluded the man was Tan Yang in disguise, and through checkpoints’ surveillance, they finally spotted the BMW, now fitted with a fake license plate, heading north.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>North? Naturally, Daosheng City! Upon learning Tan Yang’s exact escape direction, Gu Changzheng personally drove Luo Fei and Gao Ye to Daosheng City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, it had been six hours since Tan Yang fled Zizhen City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Gu Changzheng and his team raced forward, they reported to the municipal bureau, which coordinated with the Daosheng City bureau…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Gu Changzheng, accompanied by Luo Fei and Gao Ye, met Tan Yang under the leadership of Mu Yiting, captain of the Nancheng District Criminal Investigation Team in Daosheng City, the latter was already a cold corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Tan Yang committed the crime in Daosheng City, and both parties were dead, the Nancheng Branch had already opened a case—it was still under investigation, and Gu Changzheng’s team could not interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no other option, Gu Changzheng asked if Tan Yang had left any personal effects. Seeing how far the man had traveled, Mu Yiting kindly retrieved Tan Yang’s belongings from the evidence room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changzheng saw Tan Yang’s remaining items: a half-used mobile phone, a jade tablet, and a large bag seized from the BMW, containing forged identity documents, over 400,000 yuan in cash, and wigs and beards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei flipped through the identity documents and felt the man with the crew cut on the ID didn’t resemble Tan Yang—but he looked familiar. He ran through the people he knew, then suddenly exclaimed: “Captain Gu, this person on the ID is Ren Jiahé!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Changzheng took the document, studied it closely, and said: “It seems Liu Baoshan left all of Ren Jiahé’s belongings to Tan Yang—we must reclaim them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought of Ge Manli’s parents and felt a sharp pang in his chest. The poor couple, upon learning their only daughter had been murdered, had collapsed on the spot; after regaining consciousness, the mother, overwhelmed by shock, became mentally sluggish and vacant, and was later diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The murderer was killed by Ren Jiahé, who hired him; Ren Jiahé then became entangled in Liu Baoshan’s case and was killed. Now, Gu Changzheng could only help the two elderly parents file a civil suit for compensation. Ren Jiahé’s company was deeply in debt; the Fenglin Garden house he shared with Ge Manli had been bought solely by her before marriage; his only relative, his 70-something mother, could barely support herself—let alone pay compensation to the Ge family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet here, they had discovered over 400,000 yuan in cash and a jade tablet of apparent high value—Gu Changzheng would not let it slip away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through municipal bureau negotiations, the money and items left by Liu Baoshan to Tan Yang were transferred as illicit assets from the Nancheng Branch in Daosheng City to the Zizhen City bureau; Gu Changzheng, as representative, received the items after completing procedures and departed Daosheng with the Nancheng Branch’s case closure report, accompanied by Luo Fei and Gao Ye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the return drive, Luo Fei stared at the emerald-green jade tablet and thought of the murdered Ge Manli; fearing the jade might break if left loose in the evidence bag, he searched the bag for something to wrap it in, and from a hidden compartment found a delicate small box—apparently a jewelry box. Luo Fei immediately thought: this must be where the jade tablet was kept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened the box, intending to place the jade inside, but noticed a corner of white peeking out beneath the red silk lining; curiously, he lifted it and saw the white corner appeared to be paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was strange—why would a jewelry box contain paper? It must conceal something else!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei told Gu Changzheng, who was dozing in the back seat; Gu Changzheng looked surprised and gestured for him to open it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei carefully peeled back the red silk, revealing a white sheet folded into a square block; the creases suggested the paper was covered in writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei unfolded and smoothed the paper, handing it to Gu Changzheng. Gu Changzheng squinted at the thin sheet—it was only a few hundred characters, yet he studied it for five full minutes. He sighed deeply and passed it to Luo Fei: “Take a look. Ah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Fei took it and saw a plain white sheet covered neatly in elegant, small script:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My dearest Jiahé:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I hope this is a surprise for you! Before deciding to do this, I hesitated for a long time—I feared hurting you. But now I know everything, and I cannot let you bear it alone. We are husband and wife, lovers—and family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiahé, I know you are a talented, outstanding man, and someone with great pride and a strong sense of dignity. But a temporary business setback doesn’t mean your ability has failed! I want to face this crisis with you, and overcome it together!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This box contains the Imperial Green jadeite passed down to me by my mother. She said it was given to her by her own mother on her wedding day—rumored to be extremely valuable. I want you to take it—sell it, pawn it, whatever you need. If it helps you through your company’s crisis, I’ll do anything!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiahé, please don’t mind my choosing this way. I know you are a man with ambition and ideals—I cannot bear the thought of you feeling even a trace of shame. So, when you return home from Yiling, you’ll find this letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, I wish my beloved never again to know worry, that all goes smoothly, and that you earn so much money you’ll take me traveling the world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your loving Lili\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>June 20, 2010\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Heh! What a pity! Such a wonderful girl, yet she poured her true feelings into the wrong man! If Ren Jiahé hadn’t been dragged into Liu Baoshan’s kidnapping case, would he have regretted it upon reading this letter?” Luo Fei murmured—but in this world, there are no “what ifs.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What’s wrong can never be undone. 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