[{"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-723":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},2316579,4529,"Chapter 723: That Family Is All Dead","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-723",723,"\u003Cp>Two years of unemployment were enough to shatter a man’s entire pride.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before reality, all past honors, titles, and status became meaningless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Dingwen was also at an age where he had elderly parents to support and young children to raise; daily household expenses and living costs weighed heavily on him, leaving him gasping for air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, someone offered him a lifeline…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Put yourself in his shoes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang felt he had no reason to refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, it wasn’t just an olive branch—it was Gu Dingwen’s last straw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he could only be a doctor, and his path in China had been completely cut off; if another chance to practice medicine arose, he would never let it slip away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang always felt something was still missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even giving Gu Dingwen a stable job wouldn’t be enough to push him to take such a desperate risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other side must have done something that left him with no way back, making him so reckless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What could be done to make Gu Dingwen both grateful to them and sever his escape route?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were me, how would I do it…? Unconsciously, Yu Dazhang slipped into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, he snapped back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combine kindness with authority!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The family that falsely accused Gu Dingwen was the key entry point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Investigate the family that falsely accused Gu Dingwen.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang turned to Xu Dui and ordered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Find out their current situation and whereabouts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he suddenly realized something and added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get concrete facts—find the people. I don’t want rumors or speculation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he spoke, the conference room fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, Xu Dui also understood, and he hesitated before asking:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you suspecting that the family who falsely accused Gu Dingwen has already been retaliated against?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They hadn’t investigated the family because they had no direct connection to this case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, Gu Dingwen’s records were only just cleared today—there wasn’t enough time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet from his records, it was clear he had no criminal history in China, so there was no basis for him to have retaliated against anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just a possibility.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the other side is someone skilled at manipulating human nature, targeting someone as inherently greedy as Gu Dingwen would be easy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t directly say Gu Dingwen had retaliated against the family; instead, he cleverly used the word “the other side,” clearly implying something deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Dui naturally caught his subtext.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Dingwen’s abilities alone were insufficient to retaliate against the family—even if he wanted to, he would leave traces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he had no criminal record, which alone spoke volumes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood,” Xu Dui replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After the meeting, I’ll start the investigation immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The case had progressed at astonishing speed so far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang had only been in Province S for a few days, yet he had already apprehended three main suspects: Xie Wei, Zhang Qian, and Zhang Jiangke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using them as leads, he dismantled the suspect’s nationwide network and rescued dozens of trafficked women.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pace of solving the case left the task force members no time to carefully ponder the reasons behind it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, even Xu Dui and the rest had fallen behind Yu Dazhang’s investigative rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these circumstances, obeying orders was their only option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, they couldn’t understand how he had even thought of surrogacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no help for it—this was the cognitive gap caused by the time difference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Yu Dazhang had been reborn from 2024, the span of nine years might seem short, but the events that occurred in those years were enough to reshape a person’s entire worldview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After using an iPhone 16, could you possibly feel the same using an iPhone 6?\u003C\u002Fp>",627,"2026-06-20T14:22:48.157Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8ffe4c70823efb690654892fa388b6b1b5881b70acccea9e079fc005ca0737bc","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-724","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-722",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]