Chapter 560

Lin Dongfan hung up the phone, his expression so complex it couldn't be described in words; simply put, he was laughing and crying, with an ominous feeling of being led into a ditch by his own Shabaotian.

"Fan ye? Fan ye?"

Peng Tianhua still had a few drops of soup that Lin Dongfan had just spat out on his face: "What's going on? Was it really your wife who transferred it? What's her relation to Liu Wen?"

What the hell relation!

Lin Dongfan snapped back to attention, glared angrily at Peng Tianhua, grabbed a tissue and roughly wiped his mouth, his heart racing like ten thousand horses.

During the New Year period he was in Haishan, busy every minute, either working on a case or on the way to work on a case; back then he didn't even know who Liu Wen was.

How could Shabaotian possibly transfer 500,000 to Liu Wen?

The only explanation is: his wife Shabaotian, who excels only in dance and whose mind is usually on standby, has been duped again!

"Damn…" Lin Dongfan muttered, feeling his head buzz: "This pit was dug…… truly damn foresightful!"

The opponent's move is nothing short of vicious.

Before the New Year, the Anti-Corruption Bureau had not yet begun investigating medical corruption in Baiyue Province, yet the other side had already dragged Shabaotian into the water, showing they had planned ahead.

Shabaotian is Lin Dongfan's legal wife.

Her transfer can, to some extent, be seen as an extension of Lin Dongfan's personal will, or at least as a family act.

That basin of dirty water was thrown with both accuracy and viciousness, splashing directly onto Lin Dongfan's pant leg.

"Fan ye, this… is getting a bit tricky." Peng Tianhua also dropped his grin, his chubby face full of worry: "If Vice Governor Lv and the others find out that we transferred such a huge sum to a key suspect, they'll definitely latch onto this, accusing you of trying to bribe a witness and interfere with the investigation."

Those words hit Lin Dongfan right in the heart.

If that big hat is placed on him, all his previous righteousness and relentless pursuit of Qiao Lianzhou and others will instantly lose ground and become a huge joke.

Lin Dongfan took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down.

He picked up his chopsticks and stabbed hard at the piece of already‑cool braised pork ribs, as if it were the mastermind's head.

"Even if it's tricky, we have to see it through—once you draw the bow, there's no turning back." Lin Dongfan calmly ordered Lao Peng: "Lao Peng, go do a few things right away."

"Yes, sir!" Peng Tianhua sat up straight at once.

"First, immediately freeze Liu Wen's bank account."

"Understood!"

"Second, notify Chen Shaokang of the Provincial Public Security Department to quickly uncover the truth behind Qiao Lianzhou's second suicide attempt! Who would normally take sleeping pills then turn on the gas? That's overkill! I suspect Jiang Lin secretly slipped medicine into Qiao Lianzhou's food, worried the dose wouldn't be lethal, so she also turned on the gas—a double kill!"

"That's exactly what I was thinking—Jiang Lin is a bitch, highly suspected of murdering her husband."

"Third…"

"Go on, I'm listening."

"You say, is it possible that Qiao Lianzhou has actually awakened but, to save his life, is pretending to be a vegetative state in the hospital?"

"Fan ye, your imagination is huge—are you questioning the hospital's diagnosis?"

"I'm thinking that if Qiao Lianzhou really became a vegetative state, he could no longer threaten anyone—so why would Jiang Lin and Lv Yizhi et al. go to the trouble of dragging him abroad?"

"Quite simple—they're afraid Qiao Lianzhou will wake up."

"We still need to guard against it—what if Qiao Lianzhou is really faking being vegetative? That guy is extremely cunning. If he truly wanted to die, he would have jumped off the rooftop the first time; he wouldn't stand there hesitating, listening to your hot air. He isn't truly seeking death; he's been pushed into a desperate situation with no way out."

"Fan ye, my admiration for you is like an endless river—continuous and unceasing. Whatever I think of, you've thought of; whatever I haven't thought of, you have too—you're truly an idol of our generation."

"Should I be enshrined as your ancestor?"

"Sure, what material would you like for the memorial tablet? Wood or marble? I suggest making it of granite—hard enough to withstand the corrosion of time."

"Get lost, you calf."

Lao Peng is getting more and more shameless, streaking naked every day on the avenue of shameless flattery; Lin Dongfan no longer even feels like giving him a white-eyed stare, and even if he did it would be wasted.

After finishing the meal, everyone went their separate ways.

Lao Peng went to carry out the two tasks just assigned; Lin Dongfan returned to the guesthouse for a nap. At 2:30 p. m. he went out and, in the hotel hallway, received a video call from home from Shabaotian.

Shabaotian sat cross-legged on the bed, wearing only a thin camisole.

"Honey, do you miss me? Let me give you some eyecandy."

While joking, Chu Lingxi, like a silly girl, pulled down the strap, frightening Lin Dongfan into instinctively covering the phone screen, looking around in alarm.

"Phew!"

Fortunately, there were no other creatures lurking in the hallway, otherwise it would have been someone else's lucky break.

Lin Dongfan replied glumly: "I'm out here—could you at least check your surroundings before doing that?"

"I did look—there's no one behind you."

Shabaotian smiled, revealing two charming dimples; the left strap was still not pulled up, and half of her Everest loomed faintly in the camera.

Lin Dongfan assumed a serious posture: "Hurry up and pull it up—what kind of decorum is this?"

"Oh."

Shabaotian obediently pulled the strap back into place.

She then reached into the plate beside her, picked up an apple, and while chewing said: "Honey, when I was napping earlier, you did call me, right? What did you want to say? I forgot."

"Before the New Year, did you transfer 500,000 to a nurse named Liu Wen?"

"I think… there was such a thing."

"Who told you to transfer it?"

"Wasn't it you who told me to? If it's not enough, I have more. When I gave birth, my grandfather gave me a reward—I haven't spent a cent of it; it's all saved, and I still have some private money."

Shabaotian sat cross-legged on the bed, hugging the apple and nibbling it with relish.

Lin Dongfan could hear through the screen the kids shouting outside in the lobby: "Mom, hurry up—sister's tearing up the toilet paper again!" She seemed not to hear it at all, her eyes fixed only on her husband.

She raises the kids like mischievous little animals, letting them run free.

Lin Dongfan was also speechless; the nanny still hadn't returned to her post, and the fact that the two kids could survive this New Year shows how tough they are.

Lin Dongfan set aside his helpless frustration and returned to the topic: "I never told you to transfer money—think back, who originally told you to do it?"

The Yu Haisheng from your unit.

Yu Haisheng? Our unit doesn't have anyone by that name. Did you remember wrong? Think carefully.

No one by that name?

Sha Bai Tian stared in shock, forgetting to eat the apple at her lips. After a moment's thought, she belatedly widened her eyes: 'Honey, could I have been scammed?'

!!!

Speechless, she asked the heavens, isn't this obvious?

Lin Dongfan collected himself and replied, 'It's fine, just fifty thousand—consider it charity. Look through the call logs and send me that scammer's phone number.'

'Honey, I remember now.' Sha Bai Tian looked furious: 'That day, the scammer said the hospital had someone called… called what was it? Right, Liu Wen. He said a person named Liu Wen had a serious illness and couldn't afford surgery. He said you told him to call me, in your name, to earn fifty thousand for the patient. That scammer is despicable; at the time I was focused on saving a life, didn't think much, and just transferred the money.'

I understand, it's fine, don't be angry.

Lin Dongfan recalled when he first married Chu Lingxi, her mother took out all of Chu Lingxi's savings and handed them over to him for safekeeping.

Have to say, the mother-in-law is truly clever; she already knew that Saxixi couldn't handle money.

After Lin Dongfan received the phone number Chu Lingxi sent, he immediately forwarded it to Jian Sining, asking her to look up the number's location and user information.

Finally.

Lin Dongfan again comforted the low-spirited Sha Bai Tian, who couldn't even bite into her apple: 'Wife, about you being scammed out of fifty thousand, don't dwell on it—we're not short of money.'

'Honey, am I really that stupid?' Chu Lingxi gazed hopefully at the camera, having only nibbled half the apple in her hand; the other half she probably couldn't bring herself to finish.

Lin Dongfan made a little heart gesture at the camera and smiled: 'It's not stupidity, it's kindness; in my heart you'll always be the most beautiful wife, I love you.'

'I was terrified, I thought I really was that stupid.' Chu Lingxi giggled and started nibbling the apple again: 'Honey, after a few days, once the nanny returns, I'll go to Baiyue Province to keep you company—wait for me.'