Just at that mont, the sound of fire truck sirens echoed through the neighborhood.
Luo Fei finally abandoned the idea of extinguishing the fire, "Captain Zhao, you’re right in reprimanding . I’ll go notify the residents upstairs to evacuate quickly."
"That’s more like it. Go quickly, and be careful."
Then Luo Fei, along with Yang Fan and others who caught up, went door to door informing everyone to evacuate.
anwhile, the firefighters who arrived began putting out the flas with professional equipnt.
Half an hour later, the fire was finally extinguished.
Fortunately, the fire brigade arrived in ti, so apart from the one bedroom being completely destroyed, no further damage was done.
At three in the morning, Luo Fei, Yang Fan, and the others returned to the police station, dragging their weary bodies.
They didn’t even take a break and rushed to Zhao Donglai’s office for a brief report about the fire situation.
Hearing that the fire didn’t cause any damage, Zhao Donglai excitedly patted Luo Fei on the shoulder, "Luo Fei, you did an excellent job this ti."
"Not only did you identify the kidnapper and successfully rescue Sun Ling in a very short ti, but you also managed to suppress a fire in ti, protecting the public’s property. I’ve already reported this to Director Wu, and he promised to recomnd you for a comndation with the city!"
His voice was full of excitent and relief.
Unlike the previous murder cases, although there were no casualties this ti, the situation was far more severe than those cases.
Apart from Sun Ling’s special identity involving the honor of the entire Ningjiang County, there was also Xu Dake’s fire.
It was already late at night, and everyone was asleep.
If they hadn’t arrived in ti, once the fire spread, the dozens of households up and down the building would have been in danger.
By that ti, let alone their criminal investigation team, the whole county would have been affected.
This shows just how significant Luo Fei’s achievent was this ti!
"Thank you, Captain Zhao." After expressing his usual gratitude, Luo Fei imdiately asked, "By the way, how is Sun Ling doing now, and did you interrogate Xu Dake?"
"Sun Ling only inhaled so smoke and isn’t seriously hurt. She’s been sent to the hospital. As for Xu Dake, we were urged by above, so Yang Su and I have already interrogated him."
"But don’t worry, the credit is definitely yours."
"Captain Zhao, what are you thinking? I just wanted to know if Xu Dake confessed."
"He did. Perhaps he realized his plans had failed, so we barely had to question him before he confessed everything."
"It aligns with your deduction. His wife, Chen Yu, despised him for being incompetent, and even before marriage, she was involved with other n. Not only could Xu Dake not stop it, but he was also ridiculed by friends, which led to a long-term suppression and a psychological aberration, hence the kidnapping sche to die with Sun Ling."
Just when Wang Lei was taking Xu Dake away, Xu kept shouting about wanting to die with Sun Ling.
He couldn’t help but sneer, "Because his wife cheated on him, he decided to kidnap Sun Ling and die with her? What logic is that? Isn’t that perverse?"
"Aren’t you stating the obvious? If he weren’t perverse, would he do sothing like that?" Xia Zheng rolled his eyes at him.
Luo Fei, however, sensed sothing odd, "Captain Zhao, if these are the only reasons, he wouldn’t be this extre. There must be sothing more involved, right?"
People like Xu Dake, who are generally honest, typically have one characteristic—they endure.
Unless pushed to the brink, they wouldn’t choose such extre asures.
But if he knew about his wife’s infidelity before marriage and endured until the child was so big, he should be accustod by now, indicating there must have been another trigger.
Zhao Donglai couldn’t help but nod in approval, "Indeed, nothing gets past you. Yes, if it were rely about his wife’s infidelity, he wouldn’t have gone this far."
"According to his confession, the reason for his extre thoughts was discovering half a year ago that his daughter was not biologically his."
"What, his daughter isn’t his own?"
"Yes..."
Zhao Donglai then briefly recounted Xu Dake’s confession.
Due to his looks, Xu Dake had always been very insecure from a young age and was hesitant to mix with people. By so stroke of luck, he found Chen Yu to be his wife.
Although Chen Yu was already flirtatious before marriage, Xu Dake always believed things would settle after they got married; that she’d calm down after they were wed. However, she continued her ways even after marriage.
Xu Dake considered divorce, but he knew he couldn’t compete with others in various aspects, and his only redeeming quality was having a relatively attractive wife. For the sake of his pride, he endured those humiliations. Even when everyone knew he had been cuckolded, he still pretended he knew nothing.
But what he never expected was that the daughter he loved so much wasn’t even his child but was instead born of his wife and another man.
The mont he found out the truth, Xu Dake felt his world collapse.
For half a year, he was filled with anger and resentnt, impulsively wanting to kill his wife in revenge, yet lacked the courage. But this only made him hate his cowardice and incompetence more.
He stopped working seriously, began to abandon himself, and even entertained thoughts of ending his life.
But then, he suddenly heard the news of Sun Ling coming to the county for a concert.
While friends and family only brought Xu Dake pain, Sun Ling was the only light in his life.
As he described, only Sun Ling’s songs brought him warmth. They accompanied his every day and night, as if Sun Ling were by his side.
Although such words would seem like wishful thinking to normal people, Xu Dake didn’t see it that way.
In his eyes, in this tainted world, only Sun Ling could understand him, sparking his desire to die with her.
He then secretly devised a plan, easily tracking Sun Ling’s movents using his hotel staff position, and successfully kidnapped Sun Ling during her concert outside a park.
Everyone sighed at hearing this, and Wang Lei added, "In a way, he’s quite pitiful."
After all, for any man, discovering not only that his wife cheated but that the child is not his is a hit that few could bear.
"Indeed, but he shouldn’t have contemplated kidnapping and arson."
"Hence, there’s always sothing detestable in soone deed pitiable."
"By the way, Captain Zhao, the mother and daughter you rescued with the team leader, were they Chen Yu and her daughter?" Luo Fei asked again.
"Yes, it was them. At the ti, Yang Su and I found the mother and daughter in the closet of the adjacent bedroom. Allegedly, Xu Dake had tied them up and left them there days before. If we’d been any later, they might not have survived. They were severely dehydrated when the ambulance took them."
"No wonder they both looked so weak then."
"So, it’s fortunate you discovered it in ti; otherwise, this would’ve been much harder to resolve."
After chatting for a while, Zhao Donglai glanced at his watch, "Alright, it’s getting late. Everyone should go get so rest; we have to be up early for work tomorrow."
His words reminded them, and Wang Lei checked his phone. Seeing it was already half-past three, he grimaced, "Captain Zhao, is it necessary at this hour? By the ti I get ho and clean up, it will be morning."
"Then you can wait here until dawn. I’m worn out, so I’m heading back first."
Zhao Donglai said as he yawned and walked out.
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