"But Mr. Luo, if the first paternity test back then had already confird the child was his, then why did Jiang Wanzhen do another one after all these years? That seems kind of illogical, hard to figure out."
"Isn’t it pretty obvious? I’m guessing that back then Jiang Wanzhen had her eye on Liu Yunfeng. She thought he was young, about the sa age as her, only three years between them. So she figured, Zhao Ligang was already over fifty at the ti, in a few years he’d be too old to function. She might as well take Zhao Ligang’s money and then turn around and live with Liu Yunfeng."
"So even if the kid wasn’t Liu Yunfeng’s, he had to be. The child had to be his."
Luo Fei’s analysis like this
made Li Yu’s whole body almost jolt.
"Wait, Mr. Luo, you an this whole thing from start to finish was soone deliberately faking it?"
Li Yu said this with a bit of seriousness.
Luo Fei neither confird nor denied.
"Back then paternity testing technology wasn’t so advanced. I’m afraid there were people who, in order to achieve their goal and get a result favorable to themselves, would stop at nothing."
"After all, even these days with current technology, you still can’t be sure all those test samples are genuine."
These words made Li Yu’s skin crawl all over.
"Mr. Luo, the way you put it, that really does make sense."
"Yeah. So many won say how hard it was for them to have a baby—ten months of pregnancy, one day of delivery. But how many fathers actually know whether the child is theirs? A lot of them might have beco suckers taking over soone else’s ss without ever knowing it."
This line of analysis
made Li Yu hesitate a bit.
"Mr. Luo, if you keep talking like this I’m going to lose all faith in marriage. You’re giving the creeps here."
But seeing Li Yu looking a bit hesitant,
and at this point also a bit at a loss,
Luo Fei just smiled and shook his head.
"Li Yu, it’d be fine if you never get married."
That line from Luo Fei made Li Yu’s pretty face instantly flush red.
Even Su Jianfan and Old Han in the back seat exchanged a silent look.
They even started to wonder whether they were supposed to be in the car at all.
"Mr. Luo, what do you an by that?"
But as soon as Li Yu voiced what she was thinking,
Luo Fei also smiled and shook his head.
"Li Yu, don’t get the wrong idea, I didn’t an anything else."
"I just think that if you get married, you might have to take leave soday. But if you can keep working all the way through, that’s a different story, right?"
The way Luo Fei said it almost made Li Yu laugh out of anger.
"So Mr. Luo, after all that, you just want to stay in the Major Cris Unit working for you forever?"
"What’s wrong with that? You’re one of my most capable subordinates now. We work really well together. The whole team is very in sync. Don’t you think so?"
That’s what Luo Fei said,
his tone carrying a bit of expectation.
The reason he added that last sentence was because he could clearly see
Old Han and Su Jianfan in the back seat were giving him a very puzzled look.
Their expressions were also a bit aningful.
But Luo Fei couldn’t very well call them out.
"...Li Yu, we’re here."
After a while,
when Luo Fei called out softly,
Li Yu suddenly looked up.
"Oh, I know, Mr. Luo."
Luo Fei couldn’t help being surprised.
"Li Yu, what I said just now was only a joke. I wasn’t forcing you to make so imdiate decision. You didn’t actually take it seriously, did you?"
Seeing Luo Fei looking slightly surprised,
even a bit taken aback,
his tone full of disbelief,
Li Yu answered earnestly,
"Mr. Luo, no, I didn’t. I was thinking about the paternity test thing."
"Co on, let’s go upstairs. Once we find this person, we might get so answers."
Seeing how utterly composed Luo Fei was, speaking so calmly at this point,
Li Yu finally let out a small sigh of relief.
...
"Excuse , is anyone ho?"
After a while,
as the group walked up to the door of a single-family villa,
a middle-aged man’s voice ca from inside.
"Who is it?"
"Hello, sir, we’re with the Changli City police. We’ve co by today specifically to investigate the Zhao Ligang case."
But as soon as he heard that na,
the man inside the house only cracked the door open a sliver,
and said faintly,
"Officer, we don’t know this man you’re talking about."
"So you’ve probably got the wrong person."
But seeing the suspicion on his face,
his expression very serious,
Luo Fei hardened his expression and said,
"Sir, I know you probably have a grudge against this Mr. Zhao Ligang. And now that he’s really no longer alive, I hope you’ll actively cooperate with the police investigation."
"Otherwise, we’ll have reason to suspect that you may be involved in this homicide case!"
But after hearing what Luo Fei said,
the man in front of them froze for a second,
then laughed and shook his head.
"I get it. Zhao Ligang sent you to harass and my wife, didn’t he? Damn it, that old bastard had people tornting and my wife for years. It’s only because we’ve been doing business overseas all this ti that he didn’t manage to bring us down. Now he’s co up with a new trick to tornt us again."
"He’s completely out of control!"
Seeing that the middle-aged man was getting emotional,
Luo Fei finally spoke in a low voice,
"Sir, if I’m not mistaken,"
"you must be Jiang Wanzhen’s husband, Liu Yunfeng?"
As soon as he heard Luo Fei’s question,
Liu Yunfeng’s expression turned rather subtle.
"So what if I am? Are you here to cause trouble for ?"
"Mr. Liu, please don’t get worked up. We’re not here to cause trouble. We really are police officers, and we have IDs. If you don’t believe , take a look."
Following the direction of Luo Fei’s finger,
Liu Yunfeng did indeed see the ID he was showing.
This left Liu Yunfeng utterly astonished,
a bit shaken inside as well.
"So you really are cops?"
You have to understand, a second ago Liu Yunfeng was about to call the police to throw them out,
to make Luo Fei and the others leave at once and stop pestering him.
But in the next second,
once Luo Fei produced his badge,
Liu Yunfeng was practically dumbfounded.
And seeing the shock all over his face,
Luo Fei remained noncommittal.
"Mr. Liu, you heard right. I am indeed with the Major Cris Unit."
Once Luo Fei showed his ID,
the other man was instantly abashed.
"So you’re the head of the Major Cris Unit. I’m really sorry—just now I didn’t recognize who I was dealing with. Please don’t hold it against ."
Seeing him looking a bit embarrassed,
and at this point sowhat at a loss,
Luo Fei just smiled and shook his head.
"Sir, you’re overthinking it. I never ant to bla you."
"I know that given all the nasty things Zhao Ligang did back then, he must have left a lot of people with bad mories."
Luo Fei’s understanding and empathy
made Liu Yunfeng breathe a little easier.
"Sorry, officer, I was impulsive just now."
"It’s fine. It’s just that from the way you talk, you seem to really hate Zhao Ligang."
"So it sounds like you already know about Jiang Wanzhen and him?"
Luo Fei went straight to the point.
Liu Yunfeng sighed.
"Officer, to tell you the truth, I’ve known about it for a long ti. But I don’t really care, because it doesn’t matter to ."
Seeing how serious Liu Yunfeng was as he said this,
he suddenly looked up,
his face full of unwavering resolve,
and Luo Fei was sowhat surprised.
"Mr. Liu, what do you an by that?"
"Mr. Luo, I’ve actually known about my wife and Zhao Ligang for a long ti. But she really had it hard when she was young. Back then, if she wanted to keep studying, this was the only way she could change her fate—otherwise she couldn’t even afford the tuition. So I can really understand it. I can completely forgive her."
But as Liu Yunfeng spoke, his shoulders trembled,
and there was clearly so hesitation in his expression.
This imdiately piqued Luo Fei’s curiosity.
"Mr. Liu, do you really not care?"
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