[{"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-710":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},2316566,4529,"Chapter 710","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-710",710,"\u003Cp>Nothing scares me more than sudden silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Yu Dazhang finished speaking, the room fell into dead silence; Zhang Jiangke’s face gradually turned ashen, he stared across at him, several times opening his mouth but holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he took a deep breath and calmed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before meeting Zhou Jiacheng, Yu Dazhang had anticipated someone might be watching secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Zhang Jiangke’s usual trick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone hadn’t tipped off Zhang Jiangke in advance, Li Dui’s team would have caught him long ago in that black internet cafe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you thought about it carefully, you’d know how he did it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jiangke must have paid off the hostel owner to notify him immediately whenever police came for inspections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For those hostel owners, it was just a single phone call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As always, as long as the money was right, plenty of people were willing to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why Yu Dazhang chose to arrive at Zhou Jiacheng’s dormitory during class hours, confirmed no one was there, then called him over for questioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Got nothing to say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang looked at him, then glanced at the white capsule on the coffee table, and said coldly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Precisely because no one at the school tipped you off, you chose to flee to Jinling.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As long as you confirmed the police hadn’t gone to Zhou Jiacheng, this rental apartment was safe; before coming here, you checked your second layer of security again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His tone was full of confidence, as if he knew every move Zhang Jiangke had made:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When you saw Zhou Jiacheng hadn’t sent you any emails, you finally relaxed—but even then, you disguised yourself and hired four people from the labor market to act as decoys.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Yu Dazhang suddenly raised his voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you tired yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His question dripped with sarcasm and contempt:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The more guilty you feel, the more actions you take—seeming cunning and devious, but really just scaring yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang's voice returned to calmness; he spoke softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look, I did nothing—I didn’t have Zhou Jiacheng contact you, nor did I ambush you inside the room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yet I still drew you here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he never took his eyes off Zhang Jiangke across from him, wary of any sudden move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Zhang Jiangke merely sat quietly listening; aside from his face growing increasingly grim, he showed no other reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took another drag, then tossed the burnt-out cigarette butt to the floor and crushed it under his foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now I can confirm—the one who found me is you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jiangke smiled with relief:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiacheng is clever too, but he’s nowhere near your level.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“At your age, leading such a major case—I can’t imagine how you managed it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze settled on Yu Dazhang, eyes filled with curiosity:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Being smart isn’t enough—you need rich experience too. I underestimated you; you’ve got both.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No resistance? Yu Dazhang still wasn’t fully at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked again at the white capsule on the coffee table, then raised his head and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I actually intended to use Zhou Jiacheng to hold you back, but I never expected you’d truly abandon suicide for his sake.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang’s tone carried a hint of surprise:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think you’re a deeply contradictory man—you’re selfish to the core, yet you still care for family, willing to change your decision for Zhou Jiacheng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was putting words in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was forcibly slapping a label of “doting father” onto Zhang Jiangke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a new tactic—every era had people using it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Used to be called “slapping on a label”; now it’s called “building a persona.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang was trying to construct a positive persona for Zhang Jiangke—only then could he bring him back alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True to form, upon hearing the phrase “caring for family,” Zhang Jiangke’s expression instantly improved, his gaze softening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I admit I used Jiacheng, but I never intended to harm him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Jiangke explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if you found him, it wouldn’t affect him—he’d only be questioned about my situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I already told him beforehand: don’t hide anything from you; say whatever you know.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was true… Yu Dazhang nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>",684,"2026-06-20T14:22:48.157Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","44afe41a67f30fb859df665df972a760722f45726ce7fcd25988aa68fff0e54e","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-711","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-709",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]