Chapter 494

"But they divorced soon after, and afterward, the victim's romantic relationships were complicated—he had been kept by a benefactor and also genuinely been with someone else."

"But in the end, he remained single."

"Now comes the key point."

"One of the victim's friends we interviewed said that three days ago, on the first day the dating show was suspended."

"He received a text from the victim saying he was going abroad to attend a wedding."

Chen Fan asked: "Did he say whose wedding it was?"

"No, he didn't think much of it at the time, since his relationship with the victim wasn't that close."

"He only knew the victim's whereabouts because of work-related contact."

"After that, he never heard from the victim again, and a few days later, he saw the news of the victim's death."

"He volunteered this information to us."

The audience sighed.

"I feel like the victim lived a hard life—he looked like a celebrity, but was always juggling between men."

"Laughable—someone actually pities two million eight hundred thousand? First think about how to earn your three-thousand-yuan monthly salary!"

"I never pity celebrities. Don't tell me how hard their jobs are—everyone works hard in this world. They get far more than they give."

"If not for the killer's extreme brutality, I wouldn't care about cases like this at all."

……

Li Tian unfolded the autopsy report and read it from front to back.

Upon learning the victim had suffered so much abuse in life, his expression momentarily cracked.

As fellow humans, even after seeing countless corpses and murders, one still feels empathy for the dead.

It is a human instinct.

No profession can erase it.

Except the killer.

"This killer is likely a repeat offender—the crime scene left no trace of him, and all bloodstains were completely cleaned away."

Li Tian sighed.

For no reason.

He felt drained, probably because this case had yielded no leads yet.

"Not necessarily."

"Some criminals are naturally skilled at covering their tracks."

Chen Fan vetoed Li Tian's speculation.

Just then.

Li Tian's phone rang; after answering it.

Li Tian said: "A man came to the police station saying he saw the victim three days ago."

Chen Fan said: "Then let's go together."

Quickly.

Everyone arrived at the police outpost.

As soon as they entered the room, the man stood up immediately and walked toward Chen Fan: "You—you must be Chen Fan, right?"

Chen Fan had now become nationally famous; he was used to this sort of thing.

Chen Fan nodded: "Yes. Since you know I'm here, I hope you'll tell the truth."

"Of course, if you don't tell the truth, that's fine too—I can see your secrets."

The man nodded.

"It's like this—my relationship with Wang Qiuyu wasn't that close; we were just in a vague/flirtatious situation…."

"But I thought Wang Qiuyu wasn't a virtuous wife and mother, so I chose someone else."

"Three days ago, Wang Qiuyu suddenly met me for dinner; after the meal, she suggested I drive her to the bus station, saying she was taking a long-distance bus to visit her sister."

"I agreed, dropped her off at the station, and left."

The man finished speaking.

Chen Fan glanced at the man—he didn't seem to be lying.

But the audience condemned the man.

"This guy clearly isn't good—his ex-lover invited him to dinner and he went? No good intentions there."

"I think the killer might be this guy—there's a saying: 'The thief cries 'Thief!''—maybe he came to the station himself to eliminate suspicion."

"Upstairs, you're too subjective—there's currently no evidence pointing to this man."

……

Chen Fan said: "You and your wife didn't live happily, right?"

The man froze, but finally nodded honestly.

"So when the victim came to you, you wanted something to happen between you."

"And after the victim got into your car, you still had improper thoughts about her."

The man nodded again.

He had watched the show—he knew Chen Fan's abilities.

But since he'd come here already, he had no intention of hiding anything.

"I told you—men are all no good. Before marriage, they think women aren't virtuous wives and mothers; after marrying a virtuous wife, they complain she's not exciting enough. Hmph."

"Why is there always someone spouting feminist nonsense? Get out!"

……

Chen Fan said, "But what I just said, and what you said, is not the reason you came here, is it?"

The man kept nodding, and slowly took a file folder out of his pocket.

"It's true that I didn't come on my own. This file folder was found by my wife at our doorstep around noon today."

"She notified me right away. There was also a note on it saying that if I didn't come to the police station, I would be killed."

Li Tian, standing beside them, was about to take the file folder.

But Chen Fan stopped him.

"I'll do it."