Chapter 102: Father-Son Rift

"Captain Liu, no, I won't stay in that place," Qi Fei refused immediately.

Liu Tong, however, had already anticipated his attitude and said: "This is for the needs of the case. I will coordinate with the Yun Shen Secret Realm; you don't need to pay out of your own pocket. Oh, although you don't need to pay anyway, how is this different from going home?"

Qi Fei got angry as soon as he heard this: "Captain Liu, I have always respected you. Others don't know the reason, but don't you know? And you're still saying these sarcastic remarks..."

But Qi Fei's temper was like a bullet hitting a sandbank in front of Liu Tong; it had no effect at all.

"We must enforce the law impartially and exclude personal feelings when handling cases. This was taught when we were in the police academy. Have you forgotten?" Liu Tong's attitude remained very good.

Qi Fei was helpless when he heard this: "Captain Liu, why do I feel like that's not how this is used?"

Qi Fei eventually couldn't resist Liu Tong and left first with Zhong Kui.

As soon as he left, Wu Shanqiu couldn't wait to lean over and ask Liu Tong: "Captain Liu, there's one thing I've always wanted to know. Qi Dongjun is so rich, and Brother Fei is his son. He could completely be a carefree rich second generation. Why does he have to come to our police station to be a criminal police officer?"

"What, do you think our glorious profession is inferior to an idle rich second generation?" Liu Tong pretended to be angry to tease Wu Shanqiu.

Wu Shanqiu stuck out her tongue: "Oh, then let me change the way I ask. I mean, what exactly happened between Brother Fei and Qi Dongjun? Their relationship seems very stiff. I'm just purely curious. If my dad were this rich, I wouldn't have any objections no matter how fierce he was to me."

"Qi Dongjun isn't fierce to your Brother Fei at all. It's just that when Qi Fei was fourteen, his mother was brutally murdered at home. For so many years, the real culprit has never been found. Qi Dongjun has always been the biggest suspect. At the time, both the prosecution and the defense went through very intense debates. In the end, Qi Dongjun's lawyer won, and Qi Dongjun was acquitted in court. Qi Fei was at the scene at the time. Of course, I was there too, but I was accompanying our leader. Qi Dongjun is an important entrepreneur in Nancheng, and the case was highly watched by the higher-ups at the time, with the leader personally supervising. I had a deep impression of Qi Fei back then. When Qi Dongjun was declared innocent in court, Qi Fei almost shouted at the same time that Qi Dongjun killed his mother."

"Ah, so Qi Dongjun hired a lawyer at a high price to get himself acquitted?"

"That's not necessarily the case. I was there for the entire trial process. Let me tell you honestly, judging from the trial, the chain of evidence for Qi Dongjun killing his wife was indeed incomplete. His lawyer just clearly pointed this out."

"In other words, it's still unknown whether Qi Dongjun killed his wife. Then why does Brother Fei hate his dad so much?"

"Because when Qi Fei got home, he saw Qi Dongjun standing in front of his mother's corpse with a knife, and the first thing he said when he saw him was that Qi Fei killed his mother. Qi Fei concluded that Qi Dongjun was trying to frame him, a minor, in order to get himself acquitted at the time."

"But Qi Dongjun's testimony was that he returned home to find his wife already lying in a pool of blood, and he just subconsciously picked up the knife on the side, an action taken when he was at a loss. As for why he said Qi Fei killed someone, it was just because he was too shocked to see his wife murdered and lost his mind, talking nonsense. In fact, besides Qi Dongjun's fingerprints on the murder weapon, there was another fingerprint, but this fingerprint didn't belong to anyone in the Qi family, including Qi Fei. This fingerprint was also important evidence for Qi Dongjun's acquittal."

"I think this incident is the key reason why Qi Fei later applied to the police academy."

"That Lu Man, I seem to always see her following Qi Dongjun. Is she his secretary or something? Their relationship looks unusual. I see Brother Fei's attitude toward her is very bad."

"That's also understandable. One of the reasons the police suspected Qi Dongjun at the time was that before his wife was murdered, he already had an extramarital affair with Lu Man. Generally, in this situation, if the wife is murdered, the husband is definitely the number one suspect. Unfortunately, the forensic examination of his wife's time of death was confirmed by Lu Man, who said she was with Qi Dongjun at that time, giving Qi Dongjun an alibi."

Wu Shanqiu was thoughtful after hearing this: "Ah, so Lu Man is Qi Dongjun's mistress? She doesn't look old. Brother Fei is ten?"

"You gossip queen, is that the point? Qi Fei hates her because she helped Qi Dongjun get acquitted. But there was indeed other corroborating evidence at the time, confirming that Qi Dongjun appeared near the apartment where Lu Man lived during the time his wife died, so..."

"No wonder Brother Fei reacted so strongly that day..." Wu Shanqiu rested her chin on her hand, recalling the awkward scene that day.

"However, Qi Dongjun is quite good to Qi Fei..." Liu Tong took a sip of tea and said leisurely.

"How do you say that?"

"When Qi Fei was in the police academy, I was the director of the academic affairs office. You don't know how stubborn Qi Fei was back then. He refused to use Qi Dongjun's money no matter what, preferring to work outside during holidays to earn tuition fees. With his family background, the school couldn't give him student loans. A rich kid lived very frugally..."

"Brother Fei is really something. Doesn't this belong to 'suffering for no reason'?"

"We as outsiders can't judge that. However, he probably still doesn't know that the year he won a scholarship for his excellent grades, suddenly everyone's scholarship was doubled compared to previous years because someone sponsored it. Only a few people know the identity of this sponsor, and that is Qi Dongjun."

"Huh? Qi Dongjun sponsored the entire school's scholarship to subsidize Brother Fei?"

"Yes, Qi Fei probably still doesn't know."

In the dead of night, the snow on the mountain showed no signs of melting. It seems it will have to wait until spring.

The Yun Shen Secret Realm, just like its name, had a magnificent Chinese-style gate in the night. Two yellow lamps on the left and right reflected the copper ring handles, ancient and simple, yet hinting at the luxury inside.

Zhong Kui and Qi Fei didn't need to keep it secret and drove up themselves.

Along the way, Qi Fei's air pressure was very low. When they were about to reach the villa, he finally couldn't help but complain: "We can come during the day to investigate the case. Do we have to stay in this place?"

Zhong Kui, however, played with her hair to herself, as if she hadn't heard.

The parking lot was outside the villa. When they parked and walked to the entrance, the gate was already open. Zhong Kui walked in swaggeringly, and Bao Chuchu ran out to welcome her, her attitude completely different from when she faced Qi Fei.

"Great Immortal, you're finally here!" Bao Chuchu said. "When I heard the police station call and say that your name was among the two people who wanted to stay here, I was shocked."

"It was me who suggested it to the police station. Hong Mei's death is not something they can solve, so I decided to come out of the mountains," Zhong Kui said seriously. ===== CHAPTER 103 =====