The mont the pair of parents entered the scene, chaos imdiately erupted.
"You murderer! Give back my child! My Ah Shui was so young, and you killed him with your car. Wuuu... Give back my child!" The woman wailed mournfully.
anwhile, the man strode forward without hesitation and swung his fist toward Xu Rui. "Give my son his life back!"
The man was incredibly burly, and if this punch landed, it would undoubtedly cause serious harm to Xu Rui.
Just as his fist was about to hit Xu Rui, Ding Fan reached out abruptly, grabbing the man's arm with an iron grip.
"You... What are you trying to do?"
The man felt as if his arm had been clamped by a vice; no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't free his wrist.
"Co and see! The murderer brought this thug to beat people up! Quick, everyone, co and see!" The woman let out another scream and started yelling at the bystanders.
As soon as her cries rang out, every pair of eyes, including the caras at the scene, all turned toward Ding Fan.
Ding Fan frowned slightly.
Although Ding Fan felt an intense urge to kill the couple, this was, after all, a society governed by law. Besides, if he did kill them, while he might face no consequences himself, Xu Rui would fall into a world of irreparable trouble.
Without hesitation, Ding Fan loosened his grip, releasing the man.
The man winced in pain from his wrist, though he tried to appear defiant. However, in the face of Ding Fan, he no longer dared to act disrespectfully toward Xu Rui.
"The police are here, everyone move aside..." At this mont, soone shouted.
The crowd automatically parted to create a path, and two police officers walked directly toward Ding Fan, Xu Rui, and Qin Manshu.
"Officer, finally you're here! She killed my son! You must not let her go; you must arrest her!" The woman rushed toward the police, sobbing and pleading.
Without hesitation, one officer imdiately pulled out handcuffs.
"Co with us." He made to slap the cuffs onto Xu Rui's wrist as he spoke.
Xu Rui furrowed her delicate brows slightly. With dia present at the scene, if she were handcuffed and the footage spread, the consequences would be disastrous.
But refusing to be handcuffed seed equally hopeless. Was she supposed to fight the police?
If she did that, it would make matters worse once caught on cara.
At that mont, Ding Fan stepped forward again. "A traffic accident? Are you telling this is under the jurisdiction of the police?"
Zhou Ruoran had crafted Yongfan Island's legal code based on Huaxia Country's law. Ding Fan had browsed through it back then and recalled so details.
The incident before them could be classified as a traffic accident, not a murder or criminal case. Traffic accidents were handled by traffic police, not the police departnt.
The officers' actions suggested an intention to sar Xu Rui's reputation.
"She fled the scene after committing the hit-and-run! She's clearly a murderer!" One of the police officers, evidently unprepared for Ding Fan's confrontation, was taken aback and blurted out.
"Fleeing the scene? A hit-and-run?" Ding Fan sneered. "If she fled, do you honestly think she'd be standing here now?" His tone was calm.
Despite its composure, Ding Fan's argunt was logically sound.
If Xu Rui had indeed fled, how could she still be standing there? For a mont, the surrounding crowd murmured among themselves.
The two officers exchanged uneasy glances as so mbers of the crowd seed to agree with Ding Fan's point. One of the officers jabbed a finger at Ding Fan's nose and said, "Don't ddle with how we enforce the law! If you don't step aside, I'll arrest you too. Understand?"
Ding Fan calmly shook his head. "I don't."
"Arrest him first..." The other officer swung the handcuffs and strode toward Ding Fan.
"Don't think that Young Master Tian's backing makes you above the law. If you still plan to wear your uniforms, get out of my sight!" Ding Fan's aura surged at this mont.
Being of Middle Stage Golden Core cultivation, Ding Fan's aura was overpowering—ordinary people could not withstand it.
Under Ding Fan's command, the two officers instinctively retreated two steps.
Realizing how formidable Ding Fan's presence was, the officers hesitated. Furthermore, Ding Fan had invoked Young Master Tian's na, making them further reluctant to act recklessly.
In this society, there were countless influential figures. The officers were re lackeys—harmless compared to true powerful players.
What the officers didn't know was that Ding Fan had only gleaned the na "Young Master Tian" using his Divine Sense. He had no idea who Young Master Tian actually was.
Still, the na alone was enough to intimidate the officers. Ding Fan then turned to the couple.
"Where is the child's body?" Ding Fan asked.
The couple, awed by Ding Fan's aura, dared not resist. If even the police wouldn't confront him, how could two re civilians?
"In... In that ambulance." The woman pointed hesitantly toward a nearby ambulance.
Ding Fan nodded but made no move toward the ambulance yet. Instead, he calmly asked Xu Rui, "Where exactly did the accident happen yesterday?"
Ding Fan's composure instilled a profound sense of trust in Xu Rui.
"Right here." Xu Rui promptly led Ding Fan toward the parking lot.
Xu Rui's car was still parked there, though the child's body was missing.
Inspecting the scene, Ding Fan noted there was only faint blood under the tires. ticulously examining the area, he turned to Xu Rui and said, "Do you rember which part of the child's body was under the wheels?"
Xu Rui nodded. "I rember—it was the child's head."
As she spoke, Xu Rui gestured to the exact location.
After inspecting the scene further, Ding Fan grew increasingly certain that the whole incident was a setup. "The child's head lay directly under the wheel, while his feet faced the other tire. For the body to be positioned this way during an accident, the child would have had to lie flat under the tires intentionally."
Turning to the couple, Ding Fan spoke sharply. "Don't tell your child was sleeping here in the middle of the night."
The couple, flustered, found themselves at a loss for words.
No normal child would lie flat under a car's tires at midnight; even a ntally sound child wouldn't do so.
The crowd, hearing Ding Fan's analysis, began to murmur.
"This doesn't add up. What kind of kid crawls under a car in the dead of night?"
"Exactly. The accident seems more likely to be deliberate!"
...
As whispers filled the air, the caras recorded every single word Ding Fan uttered.
"Excuse , sir, what do you think actually happened in this accident?" A reporter stepped forward, addressing Ding Fan.
"It's too early to conclude. I need to inspect the body first," Ding Fan replied flatly.
The reporter nodded and followed Ding Fan, caraman in tow.
The woman reporter hadn't been keen on covering the accident initially. Dancheng Town was hosting the grand opening of a major real estate project today, attended by city and even provincial leaders—an ideal opportunity for interviews.
Covering a pedestrian traffic accident held no appeal; it seed banal. Plus, with the accident involving the deputy mayor's daughter, it could easily backfire politically.
Now, with Ding Fan's insights and analysis, the story had taken on new life.
The reporter realized the affair had extraordinary implications. If Ding Fan's deductions were correct, exposing the setup could make the coverage go viral—and potentially earn her professional advancent.
Thus, she ensured the caraman stayed glued to Ding Fan's side.
Ding Fan walked ahead, accompanied by Xu Rui and Qin Manshu, while the television crew and curious onlookers followed. Without realizing it, Ding Fan had taken control of the entire scene.
Reaching the ambulance, Ding Fan spoke firmly. "I need to examine the child's body."
Knocking on the ambulance door, a masked male forensic doctor stepped out.
"You want to inspect the body? Do you have the proper docuntation?" The forensic doctor eyed Ding Fan skeptically.
Without wasting ti, Ding Fan casually tossed over his military officer credentials from Unit 3567.
Once the forensic doctor had examined the credentials, he respectfully returned them with both hands.
"Please..." After handing back the credentials, the doctor gestured invitingly to Ding Fan.
Bystanders who witnessed the exchange imdiately speculated about Ding Fan's identity, wondering who he truly was to demand inspection with such authority and receive deference from the forensic expert.
Ding Fan climbed into the ambulance, where the body bag lay neatly packaged. Without hesitation, Ding Fan unzipped the bag.
The caraman remained glued to Ding Fan's side, capturing his every move.
Ding Fan carefully examined the child's body.
Although Ding Fan could have used his Divine Sense for investigation, a physical examination added credibility, strengthening the argunt.
Through his inspection, Ding Fan noted that the child's skull showed deformation, indicating it had indeed been run over by the vehicle. That aligned with Xu Rui's account.
But sothing stood out to Ding Fan—the fatal injury wasn't the skull.
Using his Divine Sense, Ding Fan detected that the actual cause of death was cardiac arrest.
One of the most common ways to induce cardiac arrest was injecting air into the bloodstream.
When air traveled through blood vessels to the heart, it caused the heart to abruptly stop, resulting in death.
Upon further probing with his Divine Sense, Ding Fan discovered a puncture wound on the child's arm near a blood vessel.
Turning to the forensic doctor, Ding Fan demanded, "How did you prepare the autopsy report?"
"The child died from being run over by a car," the forensic doctor replied honestly.
Ding Fan shook his head slowly. "That's not the cause of death..."
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