[{"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-759":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},2316615,4529,"Chapter 759: A Chance Encounter","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-759",759,"\u003Cp>Is it an illusion?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the person has a generic face, which is why I feel I’ve seen them before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang stared intently at Xia Bin’s sketchpad, his mind racing as he strained to recall every person he knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s not an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the figure on the sketchpad grew clearer, Yu Dazhang found himself recognizing it more and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve definitely seen this person before… he concluded internally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this person isn’t someone he’s close to—yet they must have had some interaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yu Dazhang’s current memory, anyone he’s ever come into contact with, he could generally recall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he couldn’t recall this person, it meant their connection was shallow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Probably someone he met only once, exchanged a few words with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is, there are too many such people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, shopping at a supermarket and having a brief exchange with the cashier—that counts as an interaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such things happen everywhere in life; no matter how good your memory, you can’t remember everyone you’ve ever met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One thing Yu Dazhang could be certain of: he didn’t know this person’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he had known the name, he would have remembered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who could it be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He muttered to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This feeling was unbearable—like seeing an actor on TV and instantly knowing you’ve seen their performances, yet unable to recall which role they played.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a hand landed on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you muttering about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Dui stood beside him, asking softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Think you’ve found a new lead?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Xu Dui, Yu Dazhang now seemed completely absorbed in the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much so that when speaking to him, Xu Dui had to lower his voice deliberately, afraid of disrupting his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where would I get so many new leads?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang looked up at him:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just think the person Xia Bin drew looks familiar.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Xu Dui also turned to the computer screen and frowned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even though it’s detailed now, it’s still just an outline—how can you tell it’s familiar already?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone’s ability to recognize images differs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people are like they’ve got a live GPS in their brain—they never get lost, while others are naturally directionless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Differences in neural cell activity cause variations in image recognition ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at it in three dimensions, and you’ll see the difference.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Like an engineer studying blueprints—add elevation, and you naturally get a 3D sense.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Dui blinked twice, clearly not understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d never encountered such knowledge before, so he had no concept of “three-dimensionality.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could you just be mistaken?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xu Dui still thought his claim was dubious—how could he recognize someone from an unfinished sketch? It made no sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, the figure on Xia Bin’s sketchpad was just an ordinary drawing, with no discernible features.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang thought for a moment, then asked a bizarre question:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Have you bought cigarettes recently?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Xu Dui replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I bought a pack the day before yesterday at noon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a heavy smoking habit—normally he smoked two packs a day, and during major cases under pressure, three packs a day wasn’t unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where did you buy them?” Yu Dazhang asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>",529,"2026-06-20T14:22:48.157Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","4173eb0f967e4d5fb0af8424e074a8285d790fbe07a3e2733e0905143a76ceea","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-760","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-758",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]