[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi":3,"chapter-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-34":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 2014: I Am the King of Criminal Investigation",{"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},2315890,4529,"Chapter 34: The Clue Ends Here","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-34",34,"\u003Cp>In this video, from when Zhang Yan appears until she exits the surveillance frame, only fifteen seconds pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is even though she was walking while talking on the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had maintained a normal walking pace, she could have covered this distance in under ten seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the surveillance range in front of a shop is relatively small—about ten meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang watched the video over and over, his eyes fixed on Zhang Yan’s lips on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already viewed it four times, yet still found it extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s straining his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the first video’s facial expressions, the difficulty here doubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to interpret what Zhang Yan was saying by carefully observing her lip movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a real-life setting, Yu Dazhang could rely on his extraordinary vision to easily catch her lip changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with surveillance footage, that wasn’t possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pixel resolution determines clarity—no matter how sharp your eyesight, it makes no difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the surveillance video could be replayed, and in this clip, Zhang Yan spoke only two sentences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even those two sentences took Yu Dazhang four viewings to confirm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First sentence: “I won’t listen, I won’t listen, I don’t want to hear this. If you keep this up, I’ll never speak to you again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, the video shows Zhang Yan pausing for about seven seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That means the person on the other end of the call was speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second sentence: “I’ve said it before—I never thought that. You’ve misunderstood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something’s off~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang had a hunch that the person Zhang Yan was talking to was likely the same one who sent the earlier messages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the content of this conversation…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of situation would make Zhang Yan say these things?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Romantic relationship?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlikely—couples arguing never talk like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first sentence clearly indicates the other person said something Zhang Yan didn’t want to hear, forcing her to threaten a breakup to stop them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second sentence refutes the other person’s misunderstanding of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These two have an unusual relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they weren’t close, the idea of breaking up wouldn’t even come up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among acquaintances, misunderstandings are countless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The video’s too short—if only she’d said a few more words… Yu Dazhang had no further leads for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Play the next segment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dazhang, wait a moment,” Lu Zhongxin couldn’t help asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you notice something in that last video?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No.” Yu Dazhang shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too lazy to explain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was here to find new clues, not to run a remedial class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if Master and Qian Cheng made him teach them lip reading?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’d just be inviting trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, can anyone learn lip reading? It requires talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, you need a nosy heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you didn’t notice anything, why watch it so many times?” Lu Zhongxin’s tone carried irritation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d clearly seen Yu Dazhang leaning forward, eyes wide, staring at the computer screen, his head almost touching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked like he was trying to see right through Zhang Yan in the footage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If nothing deeply intrigued him, why would he act like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely because I didn’t notice anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang wore an expression of obvious logic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If I had noticed something, would I need to watch it so many times?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This retort left Lu Zhongxin speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm… it didn’t seem wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two fall silent, the police officer opened the next surveillance video. Yu Dazhang had planned to continue his lip-reading work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this next clip, Zhang Yan wasn’t on the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She walked at a normal pace and quickly vanished from the frame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire sequence lasted only eight seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang glanced at the timestamp in the upper-right corner of the screen—the two videos were about three minutes apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Were there no other surveillance cameras capturing the victim between these two sections?” Yu Dazhang asked, unwilling to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” the officer replied firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The road near the shop is isolated; all nearby storefronts are vacant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only two shops on the street have cameras—the other one’s across the road and can’t capture Zhang Yan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I traced her route home step by step; this is the closest camera to the previous segment.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no chance we missed anything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, this officer had investigated thoroughly—otherwise he wouldn’t have rattled off these details so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please… collect… 6…9…books…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed his lip-reading work could only pause… In this video, Yu Dazhang noticed only Zhang Yan’s clearly unhappy expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be directly tied to the previous phone call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found no other anomalies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep going.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were three more videos of Zhang Yan’s journey home; Yu Dazhang examined each carefully but found nothing unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final surveillance video was at the entrance of Zhang Yan’s residential compound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this footage, it was clear Zhang Yan entered the compound and disappeared around the corner of a residential building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Yu Dazhang could ask, the officer beside him volunteered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I visited the scene. The building she turned into is next to the one where she lives.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang nodded slightly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So she probably went straight home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surveillance videos ended here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These clips fully recorded Zhang Yan’s entire journey from leaving school to returning home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the first two clips showed unusual behavior,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>overall, her journey home revealed no suspicious individuals or events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Additionally, Yu Dazhang noted that Zhang Yan’s residential compound was an open one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typically, such old compounds lack effective management and maintenance, making the absence of surveillance common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the compound’s supermarket installs cameras at its entrance for security.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, such compounds have no access control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both residents and outsiders can enter or leave freely, without restriction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No footage of her leaving?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s the key point!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yan’s final footage showed her heading home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though she vanished around the corner, Yu Dazhang was certain she entered her home safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was afternoon, daylight—any sudden incident would have drawn attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if no one dared intervene, someone would’ve called 110.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The trail ends here,” the officer said, sounding defeated:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I checked all exits, even the supermarket’s camera—no sign of her after that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Zhang Yan’s body turned up five days later in Kong Lingjie’s rented apartment… Yu Dazhang added silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the task force had been focused on the ending,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>today’s visit to the police station meant they now knew the beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened in between?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1073,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","190b00c06437174b1c450e6e0b1a560f80dd2471f777e9b693df24bec20ff0a6","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-35","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-33",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]