"Okay. You can rejoin the team now." Lin Feng frowned slightly, increasingly feeling that this woman was not simple. She did things without leaving a trace, had meticulous thinking, quick reactions, and was ruthless. She did not back down or compromise in the slightest when dealing with Li Yang.
"Right? I told you they were plotting to frame me. Those two aren't exactly saints; they do all sorts of shady things. It's not surprising that they teamed up against me. After all, what they did was really low-class~" Xie Siya said with a disdainful laugh.
"Oh? What is it?" Lin Feng suddenly became very interested, his gossip-loving nature ignited. Especially since this gossip was about Li Yang and Cao Xin.
"Shut up! Do you want to ruin your reputation?" Li Yang shouted a warning.
Xie Siya immediately pouted and said, "Captain Lin, look at him, he's threatening me!"
"Li Yang, sit down. Don't interfere with her freedom of speech," Lin Feng said, frowning. Li Yang felt a headache coming on. Damn, this woman is completely insane. Don't blame me for being ruthless and publishing your photos.
"You wouldn't believe it, those two were touching and kissing each other right in front of me, it's utterly shameless!" Sure enough, she said exactly what Li Yang was worried about. Cao Xin was instantly overwhelmed with shame, wishing she could disappear into the ground, especially when those male police officers were looking at her with such lewd and greedy eyes.
Li Yang was instantly enraged, and a murderous intent suddenly arose in his heart towards Xie Siya. At first, she might have seemed like a radiant woman, as beautiful as a peony, with exceptional culinary skills. But now he no longer saw her that way; he believed those were merely superficial appearances. The real Xie Siya was a venomous woman, deserving to be torn to pieces.
"Very well, very well~ You've done the first thing, so don't blame me for doing the fifteenth! You just wait!" Li Yang said fiercely, pointing at Xie Siya.
"Captain Lin, did you see that? This is his true face! Now you believe what I said is true, right? Also, just now, in order to prevent me from revealing their shameless behavior, they even shamelessly took off my shirt and took indecent photos. The photos are all on her phone~" Xie Siya said resentfully, pointing at Cao Xin.
"Is that so? Let me see your phone~" Lin Feng looked at Cao Xin. Cao Xin held onto her phone tightly, and Guan Ling tried to help her take it. Wang Gang had already rushed forward before her, snatched the phone from Cao Xin's hand, and sneered, "Give it to me, stop pretending!"
He quickly and presumptuously opened the phone's photo storage and, sure enough, found several indecent photos. Wang Gang excitedly exclaimed, "Aha, so that's how it is! I never imagined someone who looks so innocent would do such a thing. What an eye-opener!"
Lin Feng glanced at Wang Gang with disgust and said, "Wang Gang, bring it here."
Wang Gang glanced at his phone with a sullen expression, handed it to Lin Feng, and muttered, "What big breasts!"
"Where?" Lin Feng took the phone and looked at it, only to find that it was empty. He frowned and looked at Wang Gang.
Wang Gang was stunned for a moment and said, "That's impossible. It was definitely there just now." He stepped forward, picked up the phone, and saw that it was indeed empty. The photos had disappeared. Little did he know, Cao Xin, sensing something was wrong, had already secretly started deleting the photos from the phone. By the time Wang Gang got the phone, the photos would be destroyed immediately; in the blink of an eye, they would be completely erased.
Cao Xin breathed a sigh of relief, ignoring her shyness, and gave Li Yang a reassuring look. Li Yang nodded slightly, also relieved. But he sneered, "Now can you listen to me for a bit? This bitch is a real master of framing. The truth is as I just said, but she insists on saying that my girlfriend and I did those shameful things. She even took indecent photos of her to blackmail her? And what happened? There are no photos at all! It's all her nonsense!"
"Nonsense! Li Yang, you...you guys deleted it, it must have been you who deleted it. Don't try to deny it! You're the real villains!" Xie Siya was quite unwilling, but there was nothing she could do. Things had already come to this, so she could only try to continue to cause trouble for Li Yang.
"What a joke. You say we molested you, but we didn't do that. You say you didn't poison us and that the gun is ours, but I'll say you not only poisoned us, but you also shot the gun at me, and your aim was off, so you missed me and hit the artificial hill over there instead." Li Yang sneered as he accused Xie Siya, his expression cold and serious.
"Tch—framing and nonsense—" Xie Siya scoffed. Lin Feng also looked quite troubled and helpless; the case was indeed becoming tricky. This was something he hadn't expected. Wang Gang glanced at Li Yang and said with a forced smile, "All you've said is empty talk. You say someone poisoned you, or masturbated in front of you—where's the evidence? You might as well say you masturbated!"
"Yes. Why can't you produce any evidence?" Xie Siya glanced at Li Yang smugly, her expression disdainful.
"Want evidence? It's simple. Just bring a dog." Li Yang sneered and said to Lin Feng's subordinate officers.
"Go find a stray dog!" Lin Feng ordered. Immediately, an officer went to prepare.
"Why are you looking for a stray dog? We need evidence!" Wang Gang said with a laugh.
"Go ahead and get a stray dog to bite you," Li Yang said dismissively.
"Trying to use this to test my cooking? You've got a clever plan, aren't you?" Xie Siya scoffed. If there really was poison, it would have sent you two, you two scoundrels, to heaven long ago. There wouldn't be any of this happening now. Damn it!
Chapter 922: Who Played Whom?
Those two acting so strangely back then, they must have seen through my ruse, which is why they pretended to be poisoned—just to bluff me. I never imagined that my meticulously planned scheme, the countless hours of effort and sleepless nights I spent devising, would be so easily seen through by those two scoundrels, who then pretended to be poisoned to fool me. Hmph! This time, you two will suffer the consequences. Just you wait. If that mongrel is alright, all your accusations will be considered defamation. Let's see how you explain yourselves to the police then. You'll likely face prosecution and a terrifying prison sentence, won't you?
Xie Siya had already started smiling, a smug smile spreading across her face, a triumphant grin on her lips. The situation was urgent; finding a stray dog immediately, especially one without an owner and readily available for sacrifice, wasn't easy. The police couldn't very well pay for one themselves, could they? Would they even be able to get reimbursed for that? So, after much effort, Guan Ling ultimately had to pay out of his own pocket to buy a mixed-breed dog, thus completing the mission.
"Captain, you have to reimburse me for the cost of buying the mongrel!" Guan Ling said to Lin Feng as he walked over with a mongrel on a leash.
Lin Feng glanced at the stray dog, nodded, and said, "No problem. Give me the invoice when we get back, and I'll reimburse you."
"Huh? Boss, are you doing this on purpose? I even showed them my work ID and said I'd sell it to them because I wanted this mongrel to help solve the case. How could there be an invoice for such a temporary transaction? You're serious, aren't you?" Guan Ling immediately argued with dissatisfaction.
Lin Feng glanced at Guan Ling, whose little mouth was pouting, her watery eyes and dark pupils seemed to be soaking in water.
Feeling a little guilty, I realized I'd only been teasing her. So, I pretended to be hesitant and said, "Okay, I'll try when I get back. I'll reimburse you even without a receipt."
"That's more like it~" Guan Ling snorted and walked over with the stray dog, frowning as he looked at Xie Siya and said, "Put your bowls on the ground. You know which one is poisoned, right?" Guan Ling's words were clearly biased. It was obvious that if the bowl was poisoned, Xie Siya was lying, and Li Yang was innocent.
Xie Siya glanced at her, then looked at Li Yang, and said slowly and meaningfully, "What a pity, what a pity. I offered my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the gutter. You gave your heart to someone, but they were having a good time and have long forgotten about you~" As she said this, she still put the yam soup she had eaten that night on the ground. When had that mongrel ever eaten anything like this? Holy crap, that was Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, made with shark fin, bird's nest, abalone and other high-class ingredients. Even people who are used to delicacies can't resist it, let alone a mongrel that is so hungry that it can't even eat its own excrement. Then, its wet nose trembled slightly, it let out a happy whimper, and plunged its head into the bowl, licking it frantically.
"How are you? Are you alright? Let me tell you, this soup of mine went through a lot of complicated processes and was carefully simmered. Only those who appreciate it will truly appreciate it; a bowl of it is quite valuable. Today, to repay me for a public notice, it was actually fed to the dog. Alas, what a pity~" Xie Siya said with feigned resentment and pitifulness. Although everyone knew she was acting, her charming, melancholic expression was completely natural, without the slightest hint of affectation or falsehood. Especially her misty eyes, which seemed to reveal genuine emotion. This made Li Yang's body tremble. Damn, a woman with such skill is truly amazing. Ordinary men really can't escape her clutches, easily becoming infatuated with her. No wonder Cai Qingni was willing to make such a great sacrifice for her, willing to give up a whole forest to hang herself on her tree~
"Really? Maybe not?" Li Yang remained unmoved. Although he was shocked inside, he kept a calm expression on his face and stared at the stray dog without saying a word.
The dog devoured the soup in one gulp, licking it clean in just a few seconds. It even licked its lips, its big, dark eyes filled with expectant gratitude as it stared at Xie Siya, whimpering and yearning for another bowl. Just as Xie Siya was feeling quite smug, Wang Gang chuckled and said, "Now it's clear who's real and who's fake. Can we arrest them now?"
Lin Feng and Guan Ling were both stunned. They looked up at Li Yang, now in a difficult position, forced to arrest him since he was indeed guilty and Xie Siya was innocent. Just as Wang Gang pulled out handcuffs and swaggered towards Li Yang like a hungry wolf, a strange thing happened. The stray dog, which had been wagging its tail begging for another bowl of food, let out a pitiful howl, then collapsed to the ground with a thud, its eyes rolling back, foaming at the mouth, and convulsing. It was clearly dying!
Everyone was stunned. Xie Siya and Wang Gang, who was about to rush forward and whose hands were almost on Li Yang, froze. They stared in disbelief at the scene before them; the stray dog had actually been poisoned. It looked like it was about to kick the bucket and die.
"If there weren't blind people, the result would be obvious, wouldn't it? Everyone should now believe who is honest and who has been wronged, right?" Li Yang stroked his chin, looking at the crowd with a leisurely air. He wasn't nervous at all, because he knew the soup was definitely poisoned. Cao Xin had truly been poisoned just now. If he hadn't activated his second primordial spirit to channel the Samadhi True Fire into her body to detoxify her, she would already be a beautiful, fragrant corpse. This outcome was entirely within his expectations.
"No, no, absolutely impossible! Impossible! I clearly saw you drink it just now, and you didn't die from the poison. How could this dog be dead? Impossible, that's the venom of a five-step viper. You were perfectly fine, so the poison must be fake. This dog shouldn't be in any danger!" Xie Siya's face was deathly pale, her hair disheveled, her eyes darting around in panic, and she was completely out of her mind and reason.
"I'm sorry, but actually, as soon as I got here, I sensed something strange in your eyes. Most people might not notice that faint hint of murderous intent. But I'm different. I've been through countless battles and won every time; my martial arts have reached a state of perfection. I'm extremely sensitive to any slight movement, especially any hostile intent or murderous intent towards me. So, I sensed your murderous intent the moment you showed it. Therefore, we didn't actually drink the yam soup; we just deceived your eyes. During that time, I deliberately touched your butt to distract you, and then we spat the mouthful of poisoned yam soup onto a tissue. Sorry, I saw through your plan!" Li Yang explained to Xie Siya with a smile, but the more he explained, the more lifeless Xie Siya's eyes became, and the paler and more gloomy her face grew.
Chapter 923: That Bastard, That Bitch
"I never imagined I'd be the clown. I wanted to avenge my husband, but I've dragged myself into this mess. How ridiculous!" Xie Siya shook her head with a bitter smile, tears streaming down her face.
Wang Gang, caught in a bind, his eyes gleaming with ruthlessness. Before Lin Feng could give any orders, he roared, "I knew you were beautiful on the outside but a heart of stone. Now it seems I was right. Come with us!" With a snap, he handcuffed Xie Siya's fair arms and began to pull them roughly, causing her to stumble and her ample bosom to tremble.
Wang Gang,
"Don't be so reckless." Lin Feng frowned. He and Wang Gang were not on the same side. This man was a lackey, a crony of Director Zheng Guo. Back when Zheng Guo was the director of the No. 1 Middle School branch of the Public Security Bureau, this man was the captain of the criminal investigation team and was extremely loyal to Zheng Guo. After Zheng Guo was promoted by Cai Lan, Zheng Guo also used his influence to get Wang Gang promoted, still a confidant, and placed him in the position of deputy captain to check Lin Feng and prevent Zhao Yunlong, as the secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, from remotely controlling the Public Security Bureau. After all, Lin Feng was Zhao Yunlong's man, and if he couldn't resist, then his position as director would be just an empty shell.
Seeing Wang Gang's excessive behavior, Lin Feng realized that Wang Gang had clearly tried to curry favor with the Cai family, given that this woman had repeatedly claimed to be Cai Qingni's lover. However, his attempt to flatter her had backfired, and fearing Lin Feng would use this as an opportunity to suppress him, Wang Gang immediately turned around and retaliated against Xie Siya. Lin Feng understood that Xie Siya's premeditated murder, though unsuccessful, was still a very serious crime. Even powerful figures like Cai Qingni and Cai Lan couldn't save her, given that the other party was Li Yang, a man of considerable strength capable of rivaling the Cai family, and backed by Mayor Ye Qing of Jiangdong City. The Cai family would likely be even less able to intervene. Xie Siya was almost certain to be sentenced to ten or twenty years, but execution was out of the question. How could she then continue her intimate relationship with Cai Qingni, acting as a prostitute and using her looks to attract him?