As a soldier, without orders from superiors, one is not permitted to participate in any actions. As a person from the National Security Strategy Bureau, Luo Zheng has the responsibility to protect national security. However, without permission from superiors, he cannot involve himself in local affairs. That's discipline. If soone else asked, Luo Zheng would refuse without hesitation, but Shi Feng is different. The two share a friendship forged in battles, and Luo Zheng knows Shi Feng to be a righteous and proud person who would not seek help unless absolutely necessary.
Luo Zheng thought for a mont and whispered, "I can go take a look, but it doesn't an I'll take action."
"I understand discipline. Just going to take a look is purely personal help and doesn't involve official duties. Just give so ideas and inspiration," Shi Feng said happily, standing up swiftly.
"Then let's go." Luo Zheng knew Shi Feng's character, stood up, and gave Ghost Hand a look. Ghost Hand understood and nodded. Luo Zheng said to his younger sister, "You head back first, call if anything cos up, and let mom know I might not be ho for dinner tonight."
His younger sister understood the situation, agreed, took her small bag, and left by herself, taking a taxi. Luo Zheng and Shi Feng walked out, with Ghost Hand following behind. Shi Feng, seeing Ghost Hand tagging along, imdiately understood Luo Zheng's intention and felt delighted. With Ghost Hand there, there were more ideas, and everyone got into the car and left.
On the way, Shi Feng had the relevant departnt prepare a conference room and related arrangents. Ten minutes later, they arrived at the municipal bureau and headed straight to the conference room, which was already prepared. Everyone sat down. Shi Feng introduced a few people waiting in the conference room, including the new chief of the major cris unit, all of whom had been trained by Shi Feng before. Everyone was familiar with each other.
"We're all acquaintances, let's skip the formalities," Shi Feng said, looking at Luo Zheng, who nodded to indicate getting straight to the point. Shi Feng gave a look to the new head of the major cris unit, who imdiately opened a slide presentation. Shi Feng pointed to the projection screen with a laser pointer and said, "North suburb, high-end villa area, hoowner Qian Yong, CEO of a tech company, worth over hundreds of millions, died in his own bed."
These were simple facts. Luo Zheng knew it wouldn't be that simple. Over dinner, it was ntioned as a bizarre major case, and the real action was sure to follow. He patiently listened.
Shi Feng organized his thoughts and said, "The deceased died a week ago, known in the company as kind, with no business enemies. We've confird this through investigation. That night, the deceased was spending the weekend with his wife, and their relationship was always good, ruling out a cri of passion. The next morning, the wife woke up to find her husband dead and called the police imdiately. Strangely, the forensics determined that the deceased died in his sleep, without pain, without struggle, and no clues before death. We've looked into the deceased's dical records, and there were no health issues."
Luo Zheng looked at the screen, where the deceased appeared peacefully asleep, never to awaken again. Shi Feng spoke seriously, "According to the forensic and expert group's conclusion, it's neither homicide nor suicide, nor natural death, yet he died. A very bizarre incident, the likes of which we've never encountered before. It's confusing, and, sorry to admit, there's been no progress to date. That's the general situation."
"Not homicide? Not suicide?" Luo Zheng was startled, frowning in thought. If it's none of these, how did the deceased die? It can't be natural death. How could soone without health issues die naturally?
"Could it have been accidental death from food poisoning?" Ghost Hand asked from the side.
"Both husband and wife ate the sa food. The wife is fine, and the food samples tested showed no problems, ruling out accidental death. The body was also examined and wasn't poisoned, and no third-party traces were found at the scene. We've checked everything and haven't found any clues." Shi Feng replied with a wry smile, looking expectantly at Luo Zheng.
With no cause of death, yet a person is dead. It's indeed quite bizarre. Luo Zheng frowned deeply, thinking seriously. The conference room was silent, everyone refraining from speaking for fear of disturbing Luo Zheng's thoughts. A tense atmosphere pervaded the room. After a while, Luo Zheng still couldn't pinpoint anything and, with a heavy expression, asked, "Is the body still intact?"
"The autopsy has been done, and the body has been cremated," was the serious reply.
"Can we see the family of the deceased?" Luo Zheng continued to ask.
"Sure, I'll arrange it right away. But let say this, the departnt already sent the best psychologists to investigate and found no clues from the wife, eliminating her as a suspect. I'll take you to the deceased's ho now," Shi Feng said earnestly.
Luo Zheng thought for a mont and said, "Alright."
Everyone stood up and headed to the cri scene. On the way, Luo Zheng sat quietly in the car, deep in thought. The deceased couldn't have died without reason; there must be a cause. The police couldn't find the cause, indicating it was not simple and couldn't be inferred with common sense. There are many thods in the world that kill invisibly, and such people are not rare. Yet the deceased was just an ordinary businessman, so how could he have provoked such an expert?
What exactly is going on? Luo Zheng pondered seriously. The convoy unknowingly reached the villa area and stopped in front of a villa. Shi Feng gestured for his subordinates to wait outside, as too many people going in wouldn't be appropriate. He personally knocked on the door. After a short while, a simply dressed lady opened the door, seeing Shi Feng, she said with a wry smile, "You're here again? Still need my assistance in the investigation? It's been a week, and you still have no progress?"
Shi Feng gave an awkward smile and said, "This ti it's not for investigation but to take another look at the scene. Please give a hand."
"Go ahead. As long as you can find the truth, I'll cooperate. Just don't let down," the lady said calmly, with a trace of disappointnt and helplessness.
It's been a week without results, not even determining the cause of death. As a policeman, Shi Feng really didn't know how to explain this to the lady. He gave an awkward smile and looked at Luo Zheng and Ghost Hand behind him, signaling the lady to lead the way inside, while Luo Zheng and Ghost Hand followed, carefully observing their surroundings.
Luo Zheng glanced at the living room. The room was clean and tidy, suggesting the lady understood living well. Luo Zheng took a mont to observe her: tall, in good shape, and of above-average appearance but with a slightly frail look, making the possibility of her being the perpetrator very low.
They arrived at the master bedroom upstairs. The room was sowhat ssy. The lady apologized, saying she had just woken up and hadn't had ti to tidy up. Luo Zheng noticed that she still slept in this room, on this bed, indicating she was a nostalgic person with a clear conscience. If she were indeed the perpetrator, she wouldn't dare sleep on that bed.
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