Chapter 66: Speak Quickly, I Can't Keep Up the Act

From the moment he saw him, Yu Dazhang had been wondering how to bring up the question.

Wei Chuang must have secretly observed him after his return from the disappearance.

He must also have learned about Yu Dazhang's amnesia.

The only way to make him speak the truth without reservation was to make him believe his former student had recovered his memory.

After observing along the way, combined with the attitude of his wife toward him, Yu Dazhang finally spoke those words just now.

Since he didn't know, he would first take all the blame upon himself and apologize sincerely.

This would create a false impression in Wei Chuang: he has recovered his memory; otherwise, he wouldn't be saying sorry to me.

Yu Dazhang's gamble actually paid off; this tactic worked very well.

Seeing Wei Chuang ask him with a shocked expression, Yu Dazhang had long thought of how to respond.

"Yes, it's a pity I only just remembered; otherwise, I would have come over to apologize to you long ago." As Yu Dazhang spoke, he gently lowered his head and placed his hand on Wei Chuang's:

"Brother Chuang, you've suffered a grievance because of me."

"No, it's not your fault." Wei Chuang panicked, seemingly not expecting Yu Dazhang to say this; a pained expression appeared on his face, and he shook his head hurriedly:

"Please don't say that; if I hadn't gone with you back then, nothing that followed would have happened. It was too rash of me as a teacher."

Wei Chuang sighed again and clicked his teeth, looking as if he deeply regretted his past actions, which made Yu Dazhang frown directly.

Why don't you just keep talking... He noticed Brother Chuang's expressions were quite rich; in such a short while, he had already switched through several expressions, yet still wouldn't speak to the main point.

But it wasn't entirely without gain.

From Wei Chuang's words just now, Yu Dazhang heard that the incident was something he had gone to with him.

"I shouldn't have asked you to go with me." Now he could only continue following Wei Chuang's words:

"Ultimately, it is still my fault."

Just as Wei Chuang was about to reply, his wife walked out of the kitchen; she first glared at Wei Chuang, then said:

"Why bring up the past? You've gone to manage the household registration; what use is saying these things now?"

When a woman runs the house, the roof collapses... Yu Dazhang was so angry his teeth itched; the hand under the table slowly clenched into a fist.

We two were happily testing each other, and you, the wife, should just go wash your dishes properly.

Can you even manage this matter?

If you were as fat as me, you'd have to commit suicide; you really talk without feeling the pain.

He noticed Wei Chuang was somewhat afraid of his wife.

It was no wonder; who wouldn't be confused if they had such a wife, especially after being transferred to the Household Registration Section with the least development prospects.

Yu Dazhang estimated that Wei Chuang had already lost his voice in the home.

Unexpectedly, this time Wei Chuang actually became tough.

"What are you doing butting into a conversation between men!" He saw him glare with wide eyes, stand up, and point at his wife, looking as if he were about to fight:

"In your eyes, besides money, is there anything else? You damn..."

"No, no, no!" Yu Dazhang hurriedly went up and held Wei Chuang down, then turned back and signaled with his eyes for his wife to go hide first.

Perhaps having never seen Wei Chuang fly into such a rage, his wife paused for a moment, then truly dared not say anything and went into the inner bedroom.

Now finally no one would disturb us again... Yu Dazhang secretly rejoiced, but on the surface he still had to pretend to feel guilty.

"Brother Chuang, look at this, how can this be said? Because of my matter, you two as a couple are arguing; it's all my fault."

"It has nothing to do with you." Wei Chuang sat down again and sighed:

"You don't know; in the past year I've been bullied both inside and outside the home; I've long wanted to scold her."

Yu Dazhang comforted him a few more times, then immediately shifted the topic:

"Did you investigate again after that incident?"

This was purely drawing out information.

He simply didn't know what had happened, but he still had to steer the conversation toward that incident.

The more they chatted, the more clues they would discover; currently, he could only pretend to know everything.

"Dazhang." Wei Chuang suddenly changed his expression; he looked at Yu Dazhang with a worried face:

"Your return is the best result; work hard and don't dwell on that incident anymore." Which incident exactly... Yu Dazhang was already burning with anxiety from the conversation.

Truly worthy of having been an instructor at the Jingxiao Sect; he answered questions without giving anything away, completely watertight.

What talent!

I just don't believe it... Yu Dazhang deliberately glanced toward the bedroom, then lowered his voice and said mysteriously:

"Don't you want to know what I experienced during those nine-plus months of my disappearance?"

This tactic indeed worked.

He noticed that after hearing this sentence, Wei Chuang's lips opened slightly, and his eyebrows raised a bit.

Although the movement was very small, Yu Dazhang had captured it.

The appearance of these two micro-expressions indicated that Wei Chuang was extremely curious.

"Can, can you tell me?" His speech even stuttered; just by looking, one could tell it was caused by nervousness.

"Of course I can, but..." Yu Dazhang deliberately drew out a long tone, while in reality he was quickly thinking about what to say next.

He definitely couldn't say what he had experienced, but he could use this topic to draw out information.

Please... you... collect... 6... 9... Book... Ba...!

"You must first tell me where we two went back then." Yu Dazhang also revealed a curious expression:

"My memory hasn't fully recovered; I only remembered what happened later, but I haven't remembered the beginning of the matter."

Coming up with this reason almost used up all of Yu Dazhang's brain cells.

Thinking of a completely flawless reason in the gaps of a conversation between two people was simply a hell-level difficulty.

Fortunately, Wei Chuang didn't suspect anything.

"You don't know where you went?" he thought for a moment, then said:

"So for these nine months you were locked in a sealed room the whole time?"

"Yes." Yu Dazhang nodded.

Just spit it out—I can't keep making this up… He felt Wei Chuang was probing him.

The interrogation techniques he learned at police academy were used by Wei Chuang with masterful ease; Yu Dazhang even suspected he'd turned them into a habit.

"Incoherent memories are certainly problematic, and they hinder your brain's recovery."

Wei Chuang said this with an expression of understanding, then recalled and continued:

"On April 28th last year, you suddenly came to me and said you wanted me to accompany you somewhere."

"Mmm~" Yu Dazhang's eyes widened, staring at him with eager anticipation.

"I refused at first, but you kept pressing me for two days straight."

Wei Chuang paused here, as if regretting he hadn't held firm to his principles back then.

Yu Dazhang dared not interrupt, just stared blankly at him.

After a brief silence, Wei Chuang continued:

"You said there would be danger, but also that you'd save many lives."

"I urged you to report it to the police, but you said only by finding evidence there would they open a case."

"So on April 30th, I went with you to Xiao Feng Mountain on the city's outskirts—and then…"

When he heard the words "Xiao Feng Mountain," Yu Dazhang jolted to his feet as if shocked.

His face twisted with shock, panic, and disbelief.

He fixed his gaze on Wei Chuang's eyes:

"We went to the abandoned radar station on the mountain?!!"

(End of Chapter)