Chapter 176: The Deaf-Mute Father and His Daughter

So it had started raining outside, and many people's hearts began to twist with unease—when it rains, nothing good ever comes of it.

The girl's attitude was obvious: a small umbrella, small rain boots, and still wearing that ivory-yellow raincoat.

Everyone looked at Chen Fan.

Li Tian said, "Are you her illegitimate father?"

Chen Fan said, "Get lost, I don't even have a daughter."

Li Tian said, "She knows you, alright?"

At that moment, Old Liu coughed once, and the crowd stopped their joking. Li Tian came over and said, "Miss, what are you looking for Chen Fan for?"

"To solve a case."

What the heck?

Li Tian's first reaction was that something was off. He said, "Solve a case?"

"Someone died in my dad's shop, so I ran over to find you. My dad didn't kill anyone."

Didn't kill anyone?

Li Tian said, "Died? Did the police go?"

"They went. Lots of people are watching over there, a lot of them are cursing my dad."

Chen Fan took a bite of his food and said, "Let's go, what are we still dawdling for?"

Li Tian said, "Mm, let's go then. Try to be quick, and we can still come back and eat hot food."

A few people got in the car. The newcomer hadn't arrived, so Chen Fan just went with Li Tian, following the celebrity instead.

The few of them arrived at the destination.

Zhang Xinyu was asking the little girl for details. Once they found the location, the group headed over. At that moment, officers were over there calming emotions.

Chen Fan, meanwhile, looked at the scene before him and fell into deep thought.

Li Tian had the officers drive the onlookers back, saying, "Step aside, the police are handling the case."

The officer in charge said, "Hello."

Li Tian said, "What's the situation?"

"The old man was getting his feet treated, and then the pain was so bad he didn't even catch a breath, and just died."

Now this is interesting. Looking at the family members making a scene over here, and the man with his head lowered, not saying a word.

Chen Fan put on gloves and went inside.

"What are you doing? What are you doing?"

Chen Fan said, "Try and touch me, I dare you."

The man immediately backed down. Chen Fan looked straight into the man's eyes and said, "So you've been cuckolding your wife, huh? No wonder you're such a coward—turns out you're just trash."

"You're talking nonsense, you're making things up, I didn't—"

The woman beside him instantly snapped to, grabbed the man by the hair and started tearing at him. Chen Fan laughed coldly—*this* is what you're using to fight me?

"Oh right, your wife slept with your older brother."

????

The man froze, then looked at his older brother beside him. His older brother was also dumbfounded.

The few of them started brawling together.

Chen Fan looked at the woman tearing at him in the distance and said, "Oh right, your older brother's wife—you've slept with her too, haven't you?"

Once that line was out, everything completely fell apart. Perfect—a neat little closed loop of four corners.

Chen Fan put on his gloves and began examining the old man's body.

The little girl stood beside her own father, hugging his leg, staring fixedly at everyone. This angle was quite interesting.

The girl was protecting her father.

The father was also protecting his daughter.

Li Tian said, "For real?"

"Of course it's real, how could it be fake? When have I ever lied?"

"Then this whole family is pretty entertaining."

"Let me tell you something fun, Li Tian. Do you believe in karma?"

Karma?

Li Tian thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what you mean by that. What I want to say is, the karma you're talking about is the so-called cycle of cause and effect."

"Exactly." Chen Fan pointed at something in the old man's coat pocket.

Li Tian took it out. Inside was a signed agreement—the old man already had a serious heart condition, and had signed off on leaving.

But now he suddenly came over to get his feet treated—clearly he'd come on purpose to make trouble.

Li Tian thought it over carefully. Chen Fan began examining the chest area and said, "Just from the outside, it looks like death from a heart attack. But there's another possibility, depending on how you want to rule the case."

Li Tian looked at the few people and said, "I think I roughly know what's going on. Take him back, do an autopsy."

Chen Fan nodded and had the officers send him off in the car.

At that moment, the old man's child stopped fighting and said, "What are you doing touching my dad? The matter isn't settled yet—you're not allowed to touch my dad."

Li Tian said, "I now suspect your father was murdered."

"It must have been that foot-massage shop that killed him."

Li Tian said, "When did I say it was the foot-massage shop?"

The daughter-in-law who had spoken immediately looked a little cowed.

Li Tian continued, "How are you so sure he's dead?"

The few of them stayed silent again.

"One more thing — why did you arrive so quickly after the old man came? What were you doing?"

Someone said, "We were out shopping. We wanted to bring my dad out shopping too."

"Who suggested it?"

The four of them looked at each other, then all looked at the second son's daughter-in-law.

The second son's wife was completely dumbfounded.

Li Tian said, "Take her away."

A few police officers came over and directly slapped handcuffs on her.

The woman cried, "Someone come quick! The police are hitting people! The police are arresting people at random!"

The little girl said angrily, "I'm going to spend money to sue you — extorting our family's money, and you still have to compensate us for the losses to our shop."

The little girl's angry gaze was very firm.

The man didn't understand any of it; he simply shielded his own daughter.

The crowd was dumbfounded. Li Tian immediately stood in awe and said, "Take your father and come with me to the station. I need you to translate for me here."

"Okay."

The little girl was not afraid in the slightest.

Chen Fan said, "I'm going too, I'm going too, I'm going too."

"You're really sick in the head. Fine, you come along too."

They arrived at the police station. Li Tian conducted a brief inquiry, and the little girl translated for her father, so they roughly understood the situation.

The video surveillance was there too — everything was lawful and legitimate, so this shop had nothing to do with it.

It was obvious the old man had a serious health condition; he couldn't handle any major shock. But if someone deliberately led others to such a place to give him a shock, then this wouldn't be an accident — it would be premeditated murder.