[{"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-35":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},2315891,4529,"Chapter 35: The First Crime Scene","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>Cut off the beginning and end, finally reaching the core phase… Yu Dazhang raised an eyebrow and asked further:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you spoken with her parents about the situation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When they came to the police station to file the report, I asked them in detail,” the officer said slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That day, Zhang Yan got home from school unusually early, so they decided to cook her something special.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They went to the market at two in the afternoon and got back home around three.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After cooking, they waited but she never came home; when they called, her phone was turned off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It wasn’t until nine at night that they finally concluded something had happened to her and came to file the report.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang carefully weighed his words while his mind raced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could Zhang Yan really have been abducted right outside her home?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, how could her parents have seen nothing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yu Dazhang thought, he recalled the surveillance footage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The video showed Zhang Yan disappearing around the corner at 2:12 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She could have reached home in two minutes after that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she had truly returned home, even if she stayed less than an hour, she would have called her parents before leaving again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem lies between 2:12 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang’s brow tightened further; he felt something was just out of reach, flickering before his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Closer…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Right there, right there!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suppressed his excitement and turned to the officer beside him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t they say anything else?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s all they said at the time,” the officer replied, but his face showed deep thought—he was clearly struggling to recall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I remember now—they came back once more!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang, afraid of interrupting, said nothing, simply watching him silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was three days after Zhang Yan went missing,” the officer recalled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They came to tell me… that Zhang Yan had returned home that afternoon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him pause, Lu Zhongxin couldn’t help asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How could they be sure Zhang Yan had come back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang immediately slapped his master’s arm, signaling him not to interrupt the officer’s train of thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When listening to someone recount events, it’s best to let them finish before asking questions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Interrupting mid-flow often causes them to forget what comes next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes they even forget what they were saying altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’ve all heard this saying… Hey, where was I?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it happens all the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the officer was only in his twenties—still in the prime of focus and memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused only briefly, then spoke quickly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to Zhang Yan’s mother, on the morning Zhang Yan went missing, she had cleaned her daughter’s room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She regularly tidied her daughter’s room, so she knew exactly where every item was placed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After Zhang Yan disappeared, she was too anxious and fearful to clean for several days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But on the third day, overwhelmed by longing for her daughter, she entered the room to look at her photos.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She found that items in the room had been moved, and the neatly folded quilt on the bed bore indentations—as if someone had rested their head on it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So Zhang Yan’s mother concluded her daughter had definitely returned home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s it… Yu Dazhang immediately formed a new judgment after hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the officer described, Zhang Yan had indeed returned home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stayed briefly, then left again—for somewhere else…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang suddenly recalled a phrase from the officer’s account.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The folded quilt had pressure marks!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant Zhang Yan came home intending to rest—so she wouldn’t have left again so soon on her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if she had left, how did she evade all surveillance and exit the residential complex?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather… how did the killer move her?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know!” Yu Dazhang suddenly stood up, eyes gleaming at Lu Zhongxin:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, I know where the crime scene was!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three in the room froze at Yu Dazhang’s sudden action. Lu Zhongxin stared blankly at his disciple:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-where?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quick, let’s go—to Zhang Yan’s house,” Yu Dazhang urged as he headed for the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll explain on the way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the officer didn’t follow, Yu Dazhang waved him over:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know the address—could you come with us?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhongxin drove, glancing at Yu Dazhang beside him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you explain now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before getting an answer, he turned again—Yu Dazhang was staring blankly ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m talking to you!” Lu Zhongxin raised his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, wait,” Yu Dazhang snapped back to attention, turning to the backseat where Qian Cheng sat:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... collect 6...9...books....!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Qian Ge, contact the Technical Division—send them over to Zhang Yan’s house with forensic tools.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got it,” Qian Cheng replied, then frowned, puzzled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean Zhang Yan’s house is the primary crime scene?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That idea was too bold… Qian Cheng muttered inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was killed in her own home, then her body moved—could anyone seriously conceive that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did the killer get in during daylight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn’t Zhang Yan scream for help?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn’t her parents notice anything afterward?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It doesn’t add up!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What none of them expected was Yu Dazhang’s calm, definitive reply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Cheng jumped, quickly denying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t guess anything—it was you who said it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could be a trap—he wasn’t taking the blame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just call them,” Yu Dazhang said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone suggested real confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After contacting the Technical Division, Qian Cheng hung up and looked toward Yu Dazhang:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The chief and team are on their way—don’t you dare be wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was part of the special task force too—if this turned into a fiasco, he’d be humiliated along with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang ignored Qian Cheng’s complaint and spoke calmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Since we’ve confirmed Zhang Yan returned home, my deduction can’t be wrong.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The pressure marks on the quilt mean she lay on the bed—she had no intention of leaving soon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And she didn’t inform her parents before leaving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These two facts prove she left the house against her will.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three in the car listened silently to Yu Dazhang’s analysis, too stunned to interrupt—there was nothing they could add.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These details were overlooked by them, yet they were the most easily missed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Think about this…” Yu Dazhang paused, then asked:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why didn’t Zhang Yan’s parents realize she’d returned home until three days later?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The car fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, Lu Zhongxin spoke:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t we already hear? They were too distraught to clean for those three days, so they didn’t notice anything moved in her room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang said nothing, falling quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhongxin waited a while, feeling uncomfortable all over, and couldn't help shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just speak up!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang sighed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, we should step outside the existing framework and look at this matter objectively; we can’t let others’ thinking lead us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1128,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","569a9f25567a7ca7b1ca4133757aea32cb1265a2f044de816613cf22009e712a","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-36","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-34",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]