[{"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-52":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},2315908,4529,"Chapter 52: You Did This on Purpose","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-52",52,"\u003Cp>The interrogation records of Zhang Yan’s parents were indeed taken personally by Yu Dazhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to them, the Zhou Zizhe family only became wealthy later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Hongfu was originally a carpenter, but by a stroke of luck, he became a construction contractor—a foreman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhou Zizhe came to the Zhou household, they were still just an ordinary family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zhang Yan’s parents’ impression, the boy never spoke much and never greeted people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their own daughter loved to play with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that Zhou Zizhe was not Zhou Hongfu’s biological son was no secret among neighbors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, any family suddenly gaining a boy would draw attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since the Zhou family already had a girl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That girl had repeatedly, in public, told Zhou Zizhe, “This is my home, not yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neighbors who lived nearby for long enough could all see it—they just kept quiet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, when the Zhou family grew rich, they moved to a new neighborhood just across the street, and the two children naturally saw less of each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Zhou Zizhe kept finding excuses to visit Zhang Yan every few days, sometimes bringing small gifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zhang Yan’s parents’ eyes, they were simply siblings who had grown up together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when they learned of Zhang Yan’s murder, they never suspected Zhou Zizhe—not at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would Yu Dazhang show Zhou Zizhe these interrogation records?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Definitely not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would never let Zhou Zizhe find any logical connections in these records.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s a man who exploits every possible advantage and acts with extreme extremism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He alone dragged both his biological father and adoptive father into the case as accomplices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang would never give such a man even the slightest chance to turn things around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t even think about the records,” Yu Dazhang refused, then offered a hint:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You can deduce from my earlier story.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, he continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, by the way, you’ve already deduced it—you looked at the records to verify whether your deduction was correct.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Too bad—you’re destined never to see these records.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t that he wanted to toy with Zhou Zizhe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was using this method to tell the man: your petty schemes mean nothing to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang knew perfectly well that getting such a man to confess voluntarily was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only by shattering all his illusions and extinguishing his last shred of hope would he cooperate in the interrogation and admit his crimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Zizhe showed no anger; he remained calm, clearly having anticipated Yu Dazhang’s refusal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I won’t see the records. But can I ask you a question?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Go ahead,” Yu Dazhang replied bluntly, though his expression turned terrifyingly dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did I slip up?” This question was effectively Zhou Zizhe’s indirect confession.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang recognized it: if he answered this question, Zhou Zizhe would immediately confess all his crimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had to answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he had to give a convincing answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before I answer, let me guess first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang glanced at Qian Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Cheng immediately understood and began searching through the case files.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You never went to Kong Lingjie’s home—the fake crime scene.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Qian Cheng brought a report to Zhou Zizhe and held it out with both hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is the crime scene investigation report for Kong Lingjie’s rented apartment—only his footprints were found inside.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhou Zizhe finished reading, Yu Dazhang continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is your biggest flaw.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you had gone with Kong Lingjie to transport the body to the apartment, your expertise and perfectionist nature would have allowed you to fabricate a flawless scene.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you didn’t—because you looked down on your biological father; in your eyes, he wasn’t worthy to be your father.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you chose to take the risk rather than set foot in his home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kong Lingjie simply placed the cleaned corpse on the bed.” “Do I need to say more?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell silent. Zhou Zizhe frowned, as if deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, he said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There were no signs of violent struggle, and the footprints didn’t match.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even so, noticing these details proves you’re no ordinary detective.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Crime scene investigation is the technical unit’s job—they only collect existing traces.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nowadays, detectives rely entirely on completed investigation reports; few bother to deduce on their own.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You essentially did the work of two departments.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder you’ve outmaneuvered me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the last line, Yu Dazhang knew the case was settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Zhou Zizhe had begun to confess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him fall into thought again, Yu Dazhang stayed silent, watching quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... collect... 6...9...books...!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you confess, I’ll cooperate fully—I’ll cooperate completely… Even if Zhou Zizhe now asked for a cigarette, Yu Dazhang would give him one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confessing takes a lot of mental effort, you know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about a minute, Zhou Zizhe suddenly frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“With your abilities, once the technical unit finished investigating Zhang Yan’s home, you’d have found me quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—the timeline must be even earlier!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you reviewed the surveillance footage of Zhang Yan returning home, you already knew it was me she was talking to.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If so, you could have used her phone number to retrieve the call logs and found me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet you passed up both opportunities—and instead waited like a hunter, letting me come to you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you do this?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, the most annoying thing was a clever criminal… Yu Dazhang knew he’d eventually notice—but he hadn’t expected it so soon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The case is about to close—just confess quietly, why make it so complicated?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So stubborn, so irritating!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I made a mistake,” Yu Dazhang bluntly lied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one is perfect; forgetting once or twice isn’t a big deal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who doesn’t make small mistakes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impossible!” Zhou Zizhe shouted in protest:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Without meticulous thinking, you wouldn’t have pushed this case this far.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You couldn’t possibly have missed such a crucial detail—you must have had some purpose.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang said nothing, only watched him quietly, a faint, unreadable smile on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Zizhe suddenly felt as if he were being toyed with like a rat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No—this wasn’t an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I get it!” Zhou Zizhe suddenly widened his eyes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You did this on purpose—you’re dragging me out, letting me suffer in dread.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You believed I’d inevitably walk into your trap, so you dared to do this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We had no connection, no grudge—I can’t imagine why you’d torment me this way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For those two days, I nearly ended my life several times—but I couldn’t bear not seeing the scene for myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was unbearable…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must have planned this—you even calculated this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is solving a case really worth this? Isn’t catching the killer enough?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?!!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end, Zhou Zizhe nearly screamed—his inner collapse and despair were clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re overthinking,” Yu Dazhang said, feigning innocence, even shrugging:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really did make a mistake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1135,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c32469d8e6a2369e0afc0f6fbbeb7303de2d534abcd3233eaca31fc4e79be41c","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-53","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-51",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]