[{"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-73":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},2315929,4529,"Chapter 73: You","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-73",73,"\u003Cp>Half an hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why didn’t we stay overnight at that Nongjia Academy just now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen had already parked the car on a vacant patch beside the road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The time since they went missing is too recent,” Yu Dazhang lowered his seat and lay back:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From now on, no matter who we meet or what their status is, don’t fully trust them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen also adjusted his seat and lay beside Yu Dazhang:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I get that—I’ve got enough vigilance. I just don’t understand why you stopped here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his mind, they should’ve either stayed at the Nongjia Academy or kept driving southeast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Yu Dazhang had chosen this exact spot—nowhere near either option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was bad for rest and a waste of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No reason.” Yu Dazhang closed his eyes, clearly not wanting to discuss it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing he didn’t want to talk, Zhang Sen didn’t press further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early the next morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Zhang Sen was still asleep, he suddenly felt someone beside him sit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the sound of a door opening and footsteps stepping out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He instantly woke up, glancing first at the passenger seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw Yu Dazhang was no longer there, he looked out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, the Fatty was struggling to climb onto the hood of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s climbing again… Zhang Sen’s anger flared at the sight of his clumsy antics:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey! Why do you keep climbing on the car? Got some kind of obsession?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang acted as if he hadn’t heard, continuing his motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time Zhang Sen opened the door and stepped out, Yu Dazhang was already standing on the hood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Zhang Sen’s gaze, he stared at the direction they’d come from for about a minute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he did the same motion he’d made at the industrial park—cupping his thumbs and index fingers into a triangle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He aimed it toward the direction they’d come from, peering through the gap into the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, unlike last time, Yu Dazhang didn’t move in one direction—he held the pose and turned slowly in a full circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncertain, he paused, thought, then turned back the opposite way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen watched below, grimacing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hood’s dented. Fuck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This car belongs to our Second Squad, and I drove it out—how the hell am I going to explain this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Say the Fatty climbed up and did it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen couldn’t even open his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’d be like snitching—something he simply couldn’t bring himself to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looks like getting reprimanded is inevitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whatever. Every time I’m with this kid, something bad happens anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhang Sen brooded, a hand landed on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, don’t—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could react, Yu Dazhang used his shoulder as a pivot, leapt up, and landed smoothly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen lurched sideways, barely avoiding a fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slapped away the hand on his shoulder and glared angrily at Yu Dazhang:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I warn you—never touch my body. Not a single part!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be so stingy,” Yu Dazhang, knowing he was in the wrong, chuckled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Get in the car. Let’s analyze the case—I’ve figured out where those two officers went.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing it was about the case, Zhang Sen immediately took it seriously, opened the door, and slid into the driver’s seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After getting in, Yu Dazhang pulled a file from his bag and handed it to him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This contains the clues provided by Zhou Zizhe. Take another close look.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen had already read this file before departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But only once—he hadn’t analyzed it. He didn’t think anything useful could be drawn from it. After all, it was the memory of a five-year-old, sixteen years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view, it had no reference value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, since Yu Dazhang mentioned it, he took the file and examined it carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, from start to finish, he found nothing noteworthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at this line,” Yu Dazhang said, reading his expression and prompting him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After Zhou Zizhe sneaked out, he descended the mountain overnight, walked another full day and night, then collapsed at the entrance of a construction site.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen nodded and replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know. The construction site mentioned here is the industrial park we visited before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang spoke in a low tone:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s just the outcome. The key is what came before.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At his prompting, Zhang Sen focused on the phrase: “descended the mountain overnight, walked another full day and night.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if a lamp had lit before his eyes, he suddenly felt a profound clarity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clue he’d dismissed as worthless now became crystal clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... collect... 6...9...books....!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like clouds parting to reveal the sun, he felt a door opening before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Sen lost in thought, Yu Dazhang stayed silent, quietly opened the car door, and stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside, he pulled out his phone and called Lu Zhongxin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the call connected, he asked directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, how’s it going on your end?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s going smoothly—we found that the two officers visited the industrial park,” Lu Zhongxin’s voice sounded weary:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And they asked around in the park about what mountains were nearby.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anything else?” Yu Dazhang pressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Lu Zhongxin said quickly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We gathered information along the route where the officers went missing and confirmed they took a remote back road.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, as if thinking, then continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s all for now. Where are you now? What have you found?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang then told his master what he’d discovered and his current location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You found the Nongjia Academy where they stayed the day before going missing?” Lu Zhongxin’s tone betrayed unmistakable delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though phrased as a question, it was clear he had absolute faith in his disciple’s accuracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, the information you found is truly valuable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang wasn’t flattering—he meant it sincerely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only he and Zhang Sen were investigating, he could never have bypassed the industrial park and the officers’ disappearance site to head straight to that village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That would’ve missed too many valuable clues, caused information asymmetry, and prevented cross-verification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After ending the call, he returned to the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen had come back to himself, staring at him with wide, fixed eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I get it,” he exclaimed excitedly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know why you stopped here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re looking for a mountain!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are two key points in that phrase.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, ‘descended the mountain overnight’—it means Zhou Zizhe escaped from a mountain, or rather, from a mountain village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second, ‘a full day and night’—on the surface it’s time, but it’s actually distance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A five-year-old child walking for a full day and night—that distance can be estimated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No wonder you climbed onto the hood and kept gesturing with your hands—you were trying to find which nearby mountain matches that distance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wow, you really…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got too many sneaky tricks!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>See? Once you tell someone there’s a clue somewhere, they’ll quickly analyze it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, not everyone can spot the key points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The same sentence—some glance over it, others see something entirely different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sen-ge, I need to correct you,” Yu Dazhang said seriously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t subjectively decide to do anything. I’ve been simulating the investigative mindset of those two missing officers.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1183,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1cfdd038cbcc4ac14eaae97ad00974ae6c641a39daeea41b320f89c5e7f6b8b6","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-74","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-72",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]