Zhang Hai said with a grim expression, "Yes, yes, I know. I'll definitely be able to pay you back in time."
After hanging up the phone, he quickly dialed the number of a man named Sun Peng. When he heard "Brother Zhang" on the other end, he said, "Sun Peng, have you put my suitcase away properly?"
“It’s all set up…” Sun Peng asked, a hint of confusion in his voice, “But Brother Zhang, why did you lock this box so securely, and why did you make me take it out of the house right after my sister-in-law’s accident? What exactly is inside?”
"Don't worry about that. Just put the box away properly, and don't give it to anyone but me!"
After saying this, Zhang Hai hung up the phone, his fingers tightening around the phone, revealing his nervousness and barely concealed excitement.
If they can secure these insurance policies, they can then prevent the police from conducting an autopsy.
Once Li Cuilan is cremated and we obtain the cremation certificate and death certificate, we can provide the insurance company with proof of their marital relationship and receive tens of millions of yuan in less than a week!
He will not only be able to pay off all the debts he owes to the bank, but also use the remaining money to make a comeback and win back his ex-wife and son!
While he was thinking this, he didn't notice that there were two people standing next to his bed.
One in black, one in white, an angel and a demon, were watching his every move.
“It seems the box is the key,” Yu Tang said. “We must make sure that the police and Li Cuilan’s mother, Zhao Xiaohong, both see the insurance policy in this box.”
"How do we do it?"
"Have you heard of the butterfly effect?" Yu Tang pulled Lu Qingyuan out of the hospital, flew into the air, and caught up with the taxi Zhao Xiaohong was in. Then they landed steadily on the roof of the car.
He pointed to the train car with his finger.
The radio that the taxi driver was listening to suddenly stopped playing music.
Then, Yu Tang made a fist and placed it under his mouth, making a microphone shape, and said in a pure broadcasting voice: "International news, yesterday a shocking case of murdering one's wife for insurance money occurred in Country D. The husband drugged his wife, put her in the passenger seat, and drove in the rain. Due to the wheels slipping, she fell into the water."
The husband was eventually rescued, but the wife drowned. Police investigated and found that the man had a large number of insurance policies in his home, all with himself listed as the first beneficiary.
For tens of millions in compensation, he didn't hesitate to kill his wife, and was eventually arrested by the police, where he confessed without hesitation..."
"This kind of news is really scary." The driver was puzzled as to why the radio station had changed on its own, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
He continued, "If I hear any more stories like this, I won't dare to marry my daughter off."
"After all, it's good if you meet a good man, but if you meet a bad one, you're in trouble!"
As Zhao Xiaohong listened to the driver's ramblings, her face gradually turned pale.
Clutching the bag tightly, her mind kept replaying the car accident her daughter and son-in-law had been in, and the events of the past few days.
Zhang Hai repeatedly suggested that she refuse the police's request for an autopsy...
The more I think about it, the more frightened I become, and the more chilled I feel.
Finally, Zhao Xiaohong took out her phone, made a call, and after the call connected, said, "Officer Wu, I'd like to ask you about something."
Chapter 5
The villain is resurrected for the fifth time (05)
"Tangtang, the way you're reporting this news is practically giving Zhang Hai's ID number." The night wind howled on the car roof.
Lu Qingyuan and Yu Tang, however, stood very steadily.
Yu Tang turned to look at him and said with a smile, "Only by doing this can we achieve the most significant results."
He then pointed to Zhao Xiaohong, who was talking to Officer Wu on the phone: "Now we'll see what Officer Wu does."
It was 8 p.m., past the police officers' off-duty time.
However, Wu Qiang still arrived at Zhao Xiaohong's house as promised.
The old lady opened the door for him and poured him tea. When the little Pomeranian in the house saw him come in, it stared wide-eyed in fright and cried out.
"Little White, don't bark!" Zhao Xiaohong scolded the little Pomeranian.
But the little Pomeranian kept backing away while barking.
Yu Tang and Lu Qingyuan, who were following behind Officer Wu, shrugged: "It seems this little dog can see us."
Yu Tang took two steps forward, stretched out his hand, and slowly squatted down, saying, "Good dog, don't be afraid..."
The puppy twitched its nose and indeed quieted down considerably. Lu Qingyuan squinted and stood behind Yu Tang. Just as the puppy was about to reach Yu Tang, he deliberately said, "This guy is a devil, you know. In his hands, he can eat you to pieces in no time!"
The puppy immediately took two steps back in fright and barked fiercely again.
Yu Tang twitched her lips and turned to look at Lu Qingyuan: "Aren't you childish? Why are you scaring the dog?"
However, Lu Qingyuan didn't feel ashamed at all. He pointed a finger at the puppy, and the barking stopped immediately.
He knelt on one knee next to Yu Tang, sticking his head in front of him.
Touch me, I wish you would eat me up.
Yu Tang slapped him, speechless: "You brat, get lost."
At the tea table, Zhao Xiaohong said, "Officer Wu, I haven't had a proper chat with you yet."
Do you really think my daughter's car accident was an accident?
Wu Qiang truthfully stated, "That car accident did indeed resemble an accident. However, my colleagues and I felt there were some suspicious points that needed to be confirmed."
Without concrete evidence, the police could not easily determine the whole story, and could only try to tell the family the suspicious points they knew.
"First, in heavy rain, most people wouldn't drive out at night, and they certainly wouldn't drive that fast when turning, which could even lead to crashing into the guardrail and overturning into the river."
"Secondly: When the car fell into the water, there was definitely a process of water flooding into the car. During this time, the driver and passengers were conscious, and most people would call the police for help."
However, it's also possible that they panicked and forgot to make the call.
During this time, we did not receive any calls from Mr. Zhang or Mrs. Li; instead, we received a call from a witness who happened to be passing by.
"Third: When the firefighters arrived at the scene of the accident, they found that Mr. Zhang had opened the car door and escaped by himself. At that time, he was desperately calling out to us, asking us to save Mrs. Li."
At that time, the firefighters didn't think much; they just wanted to save people as quickly as possible.
But after we salvaged the car, we realized that we could open the doors from the inside.
There's only one way: wait until the water pressure inside and outside the vehicle is equal before opening it. This shows that Mr. Zhang was very calm and understood this principle.
"And..." Wu Qiang looked at Zhao Xiaohong's pale face and asked, "Aunt Zhao, you must have ridden in Mr. Zhang's car before, right?"
Seeing Zhao Xiaohong nod, he asked again, "Did you see a dashcam in the side mirror of that car?"
“Yes…” Zhao Xiaohong said, “They bought that thing after they bought the car, and they’ve had it installed ever since. It’s quite advanced; you can see it both inside and outside the car.”
At this point, her eyes lit up slightly, and she said, "If we get that thing, will we be able to find out what happened in the car that day?"
Wu Qiang's face darkened, and he said, "That's what I wanted to say. On the day of the accident, their car didn't have a dashcam."
Half an hour later, Yu Tang and Lu Qingyuan followed Wu Qiang out the door, and Lu Qingyuan took the opportunity to lift the dog's silencing.
After the puppy regained its voice, it didn't bark wildly. Instead, sensing the heavy atmosphere in the room, it took small steps to run to the old lady's side, rubbed against Zhao Xiaohong's trouser leg, and whimpered softly, as if it were trying to comfort her.
"Are you feeling down?" Lu Qingyuan put his arm around Yu Tang, whose face also looked rather pale, and said, "This kind of thing is very common in the human world. I've seen too many of them."
"It's alright..." Yu Tang patted Lu Qingyuan's hand twice: "Everyone has their own destiny. Good people who are murdered will not be resurrected because of our sympathy and sorrow."
But at least we can bring the bad guys who killed her to justice. We can't turn a blind eye and go with the flow; we must at least do our best to give the deceased some closure.
“Just like Officer Wu.” Yu Tang watched Wu Qiang drive away in a slightly worn Volkswagen and said, “If they hadn’t been so meticulous in their work, even if we had reminded Zhao Xiaohong, he probably wouldn’t have been able to persuade her to agree to the police conducting an autopsy on Li Cuilan based on these minor details.”
Hearing this, Lu Qingyuan looked at Wu Qiang walking away and chuckled, "You're right. If only there were policemen like that in the era I was born in."
Yu Tang was stunned for a moment. Hearing Lu Qingyuan's relaxed tone, she couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
Lu Qingyuan had only mentioned it casually, but when he turned his head and saw that Yu Tang's expression had worsened, he quickly said, "Can you stop overthinking things? I'm fine now, I'm not that fragile, I'm very strong."
Yu Tang leaned closer suspiciously: "Really?"
Looking at the man's face so close to his own, Lu Qingyuan's Adam's apple bobbed twice. The "real" he was about to say instantly turned into a single word, telling Yu Tang, "Fake..."
He reached out and pressed a hand against the back of Yu Tang's neck, drawing closer to himself: "I'm heartbroken, helpless, and scared right now. I feel absolutely terrible and desperately need your help. Would you be willing to help me?"
When Yu Tang saw his demeanor, he knew that Lu Qingyuan was really alright and was just deliberately keeping him in suspense.
However, he didn't want to expose him. He simply went along with Lu Qingyuan's actions, pretending to straighten Lu Qingyuan's collar with one hand, gently gliding it over the man's smooth skin, and asked him, "How do you want me to help you?"
The ambiguous atmosphere intensified. The two stood against the side wall of the floor, shadows falling and darkness enveloping them.
Lu Qingyuan held Yu Tang in his arms and made a request that Yu Tang did not expect.
"Let me grab your tail one more time."
Chapter 6
The villain is resurrected for the fifth time (06)
This was a request that Yu Tang himself hadn't expected.
However, he still agreed, saying, "Okay, but you can only grab me for a moment, then let me go."
Lu Qingyuan nodded obediently.
But the moment Yu Tang's tail was released, it immediately grabbed it and wouldn't let go.
With a smug smile still playing on her lips, she called out cheekily, "Hey, Lu Tang, do you like the name your husband gave you?"
Yu Tang covered her face.
He thought to himself: Damn it, this kid can't be any older than three.
However, this thought only lasted a moment. The next instant, because of his sensitive tail, he could only lie on top of Lu Qingyuan and curse him.
Late at night, in a luxurious hotel suite, an angel in a holy robe subdued a tanned demon, lowered her head to kiss his ear, and whispered hoarsely in his ear, "Mr. Lu Tangtang, you'll soon find out whether I'm an archangel or a little angel."
The next day, Zhao Xiaohong went to the police station and agreed to let the police investigate the car accident. She also gave the police all of Li Cuilan's identification documents and allowed the police to search her daughter and son-in-law's house.
During the search, Yu Tang and Lu Qingyuan "happened" to pass by, and instead of concealing themselves, they told Wu Qiang that they remembered a while ago a strange man had used a key to open Li Cuilan's door.
Wu Qiang immediately became alert and checked the surveillance footage, discovering that Sun Peng came here and moved a box the day after the car accident.
Zhao Xiaohong said she met Sun Peng during the Chinese New Year; he was Zhang Hai's friend.
Moreover, only four people in this house have a key. One is Li Cuilan's son, who is currently living at his aunt Li Cuilan's house; another is Zhao Xiaohong; and then there are Zhang Hai and Li Cuilan.
Therefore, this key could only have been given by Zhang Hai.
Wu Qiang went to Sun Peng's house, inquired about the matter, and stopped Sun Peng from calling Zhang Hai. Zhao Xiaohong took the box directly, unlocked it, and found that it contained a whole box of insurance policies and debt slips, as well as letters that Zhang Hai had written to his ex-wife and son that he had not sent.