[{"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-49":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},2315905,4529,"Chapter 49: The Net of Heaven Is Wide","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-49",49,"\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang also wanted the case resolved quickly, but some things cannot be rushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Zizhe’s current state has left him incapable of communicating with others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just now during interrogation, Yu Dazhang forcibly tore open the deepest wound in Zhou Zizhe’s heart and then poured salt onto it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he continued, it would cross a line, so he had to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back in the adjacent room, the team members looked at Yu Dazhang with a hint of awe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Didn’t you already figure out the origin of this case?” one team member asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Yu Dazhang denied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That story was made up on the spot.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Made up on the spot? Several team members eyed him skeptically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you think we believe you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could we ever come up with something like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you being modest or showing off?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Yu Dazhang didn’t want to talk, everyone wisely dropped the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story was indeed made up on the spot, but it was built by connecting known clues into a coherent whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main inspiration came from Zhang Yan’s line in the surveillance video: I never thought that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In modern terms, it’s like… I treated you like an older brother, and you tried to sleep with me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More accurately, it wasn’t a story—it was Yu Dazhang’s deduction of the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He deliberately told it as a story to Zhou Zizhe to divert attention from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were two flaws in the interrogation just now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One: lip reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two: call records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So far, no one has noticed that he can read lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he spoke to Zhou Zizhe just now, he only mentioned it in passing, saying he could read what was said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang wanted to create the illusion that he was bluffing Zhou Zizhe—that his ability to read Zhang Yan’s words from the video was just a trick to deceive the suspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he needed to conceal a bigger flaw… Zhang Yan’s call records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although when Zhang Yan’s body was found, her phone was already gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as long as the phone number was known, the records could still be retrieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone found out he could read lips, they would surely ask Yu Dazhang: Why didn’t you pull Zhang Yan’s call records?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You already concluded the victim and killer were communicating in the video—why not just check the call records to pinpoint the suspect directly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you did that, how could you wear them down?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was also a point Yu Dazhang himself knew was against protocol, tinged with personal grudges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let himself be reckless just once… so no one can ever say a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang knew clearly that what truly made the suspect feel each day as long as a year, life worse than death, were the two days before his capture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don’t ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ask and I’ll say it was made up on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it resembles anything else, it’s purely coincidental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Lu Zhongxin returned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dazhang, that situation was so rare—you should’ve seized the moment when the suspect’s psychological defenses collapsed and finished him off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You make it sound easy—you fell for this exact trap in your past life… Yu Dazhang didn’t want to embarrass his Master, so he replied evasively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But it still has to follow procedure. You can’t rush investigations—that’s what you taught me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did I ever say that?” Lu Zhongxin rubbed his nose, thinking for a moment but not recalling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In two years you’ll say it… Yu Dazhang changed the subject:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s not the only suspect—we’ve got two others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He meant Zhou Hongfu and Kong Lingjie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were solid accomplices, both directly connected to the mastermind Zhou Zizhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Which one do you want to interrogate?” Lu Zhongxin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kong Lingjie,” Yu Dazhang answered sharply:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His act is over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang walked into the interrogation room with Lu Zhongxin, holding a file folder, one behind the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time in two lifetimes, Yu Dazhang faced Kong Lingjie face-to-face. Compared to the footage from a few days ago, Kong Lingjie now looked dull, pale, and suffused with a deathly stillness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if he had lost the most important thing in his life, leaving him broken and worn out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve been overworking your brain these past few days,” Yu Dazhang joked as he sat down:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop overthinking. Since you’re exposed, just confess honestly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhongxin, hearing his apprentice’s flippant tone, couldn’t help but slap his thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re telling me to tone it down… Yu Dazhang understood his Master’s intent, but kept his tone unchanged:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before we begin, let me tell you something—you’re all dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the words “you’re all dead,” Kong Lingjie finally reacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze at Yu Dazhang was thick with distrust, as if he thought he’d misheard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Lu Zhongxin frowned—this wasn’t interrogation at all; there was no solemn atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t believe me?” Yu Dazhang gave his Master a sidelong glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please… collect… 6…9… books… now…!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhongxin: ???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What does that mean?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He doesn’t believe you—why are you looking at me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Where’s the bond between master and apprentice… Yu Dazhang wanted to cover his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pointed at the case file Lu Zhongxin had brought in and gave another glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Show the suspect the case file?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhongxin was even more confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Can he even read it? And besides, is he even allowed to see the case file?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing his Master still didn’t get it, Yu Dazhang opened the file and tapped twice on it, then gave another glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhongxin’s brain nearly fried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You want me to go over and explain the case file to the suspect?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Do you have to be this thoughtful?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Will the suspect appreciate you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eventually, the master and apprentice lost themselves in all the subtle cues and glances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Lingjie, sitting across, was equally baffled—they seemed like they wanted to show him something, but couldn’t decide what to bring over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang nearly forgot what he’d intended to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All that eye-signaling had made his eyeballs ache; clearly his Master still didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generation gap~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I should’ve brought Qian Cheng along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helpless, he pulled out the two photos tucked inside the folder and gestured twice toward Kong Lingjie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The force of his motion made it look like he was about to slap the photos onto Kong Lingjie’s face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you still don’t get it, I’m changing masters… Yu Dazhang silently decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Zhongxin awkwardly took the photos, stood up, walked to Kong Lingjie, and placed the two pictures side by side on the interrogation chair’s panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The photos showed Zhou Hongfu and Zhou Zizhe, father and son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both wore orange vests, with a string of numbers on the left chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant Kong Lingjie saw the photos, his eyes widened in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when he saw Zhou Zizhe’s photo, his emotions surged visibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stared intently at the photo, his hand involuntarily clenching into a fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You—you found them how?” Kong Lingjie asked, voice trembling:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I never said anything—how did you find them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The net of heaven is wide…” Yu Dazhang drew out the phrase, then glanced at his Master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after two full seconds, Lu Zhongxin remained silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No chemistry at all—master-apprentice bond broken~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to continue:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But nothing escapes it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was full of resignation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just say it—this atmosphere, these words—did they not stir any resonance in you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What a failure I am as a disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I'm tired of playing along.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang looked bored, pulling a small bottle, as thick as a thumb, from the folder he had brought in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked over to Kong Lingjie himself and waved the bottle in front of him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, his real name should be Kong Zhe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1287,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","653d2b20249afb4829ba7da9ebb108cb56c832514eaa77cdcbf96d9adb1ee9da","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-50","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-48",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]