Chapter 11: The Young Uncle Returns (Part 1) Fei Ku Wang

  Entering the study, after Lin Ao Feng closed the door, at Lin Guo Dong's gesture, he sat down opposite Lin Guo Dong, who asked: "Feng Er, Qing Tian San Lang is dead, do you know?!"

  Lin Ao Feng nodded and said: "I heard it when I went out for a run today! Old bean, isn't his death a good thing?!"

  Lin Guodong stared at his son for a while, then tentatively said: "His death is indeed a good thing for our family. However, you shouldn't have taken matters into your own hands."

  "Old man, are you confused?!" Lin Ao Feng pretended to be silly and said: "I really want that bastard dead, but I'm a student with no power to tie a chicken, what can I use to kill him?!"

  "Then why did you leave the Bailingmen Dance Hall last night and come back halfway?! How do you explain this?!"

  "What am I supposed to be doing?! Lin Ao Feng explained with a smile: "Yesterday my wallet was left at the Bai Le Men Song and Dance Hall, I went back to retrieve it! If you don't believe me, you can call Xi Jun Mai and the others right now. They can all vouch for me!"

  "Really wasn't you who did it?!" Lin Guodong asked again, unwilling to give up.

  Lin Ao Feng shook his head helplessly and said, "Dad, when did you start being so suspicious?! It really wasn't me!"

  "Ah!" Lin Guodong sighed and said, "It's not that I'm suspicious of you, but we have to be careful! Our family has a grudge against Qingmu Sanlang, if the Japanese can't find the killer, they will definitely put the blame on our family."

  Lin Aofeng comforted him, "Dad, cheer up. Don't put those messy hats on your own head. Although the Japanese are unreasonable, Shanghai isn't a place where they get to call the shots!"

  "This is also true!" Lin Guodong muttered a sentence and continued to say: "Your grandparents are going to Shanghai today, if there's nothing wrong with your school, come back early!"

  When Lin Ao Feng heard that his grandparents were arriving today, his eyes lit up and he excitedly jumped up, asking: "When are they arriving?! I'll go pick them up!"

  Lin Guodong glared at his son and said, "I've already asked Anan to pick you up! You'd better go back to school honestly."

  "Ah!" Lin Ao Feng saw his father's murderous gaze and helplessly responded with a single word, then walked out of the study room with his head hung low in despair.

  "Consul General, the autopsy report is out!" At the same time, Akira's secretary walked into his office with the just-received autopsy report.

  Shigemitsu Aoi put down his pen and asked: "How did Shigeru Aoki die?!"

  The secretary opened the autopsy report and replied while reading: "Four ribs were broken in the chest, three ribs pierced the lungs, and another rib pierced the heart."

  "What?! Akira's eyebrows immediately furrowed into a川character, and he stood up, pacing back and forth in the office, asking: "Kobayakawa-kun, as the proud disciple of Kōhei Funato, the head of the Black Dragon Society, from your perspective, who in Shina can achieve the feat of breaking four of their opponent's ribs with a single palm strike?!"

  The secretary replied, "Consul, I'm sorry! This is something I cannot judge! Because there are too many masters like this among the Chinese people. However, one thing can be certain: the one who killed Qingmu Sanlang was his sworn enemy!"

  Shigemitsu Akane let out a wry smile and said, "That damned Qingmu Sanlang, he has more enemies in China than you can count, with at least ten households just in Shanghai alone."

  "He has many enemies, but there are few families who can invite such a master."

  "What was that?!" Akira Chōga's eyes lit up as he heard his secretary's muttering, and he asked, "What did you just say?!"

  The secretary said with a puzzled face: "I just said he has many enemies."

  "Not this sentence, the next one!" Chong Guangkui reminded.

  The secretary furrowed his brow thoughtfully and replied: "There are only a few families that can invite such an expert."

  "Let's go west!" Akira Sakaki swept away her gloomy eyebrows and smiled, saying: "Kobayakawa-kun, what to do next, don't need me to remind you, right?"

  "Hi! Consul General, don't worry, I'll go and handle it right away!"

  Not long after Secretary of Shigemitsu Mamoru left the office, Lieutenant Commander Akamatsu Sadaaki, head of the Japanese intelligence agency in Shanghai, walked into Shigemitsu's office.

  "Akagi-kun, you've arrived so quickly!" Shigemitsu Aoi greeted with a smile as Akagi Kojou sat down. "Akagi-kun, I suppose you already know what happened last night?"

  "Consul General, I already know! And I have also reviewed all the relevant information."

  "Now that you've seen the materials, I won't say anything else!" Akira Chikara picked up his teacup and took a sip of water before continuing: "You're an expert in intelligence, from your perspective, do you think Seitan Sanro was killed out of revenge or passion?!"

  Akagi Kōken frowned and said, "Consul General, you and I are both well aware of what Qing Tian did in China. If it were someone else, there might be a possibility that this was a crime of passion, but with Qing Tian, this is absolutely impossible. In my personal opinion, this was a premeditated assassination."

  Akane nodded and said: "Akaogi, your analysis is very reasonable. If you are in charge of investigating the murderer, how much time do you need to catch the culprit?"

  "Consul, please forgive my frankness. Unless the murderer himself comes forward, it is absolutely impossible for us to find him in a short period of time."

  Akira Kogane, who had been mentally prepared for this, let out a helpless sigh upon hearing Akamatsu's response. He exchanged a few pleasantries with him before giving the order to leave.

  At the same time, at St. John's University, Xi Junmai and others who were sitting together discussing last night's events saw Lin Aofeng humming a song as he walked through the school gate, and immediately surrounded him, blocking his way.

  Lin Aofeng asked suspiciously: "You're not going to class, what are you doing at the school gate?! You're not waiting for me here on purpose, are you?!"

  "Stop being so smug!" Hu Guofu glared at Lin Aofeng with annoyance and said, "You left early last night and missed a big show. A little Japanese guy was killed at the Bailemen Dance Hall. The killer's whereabouts are still unknown!"

  "What was I worried about?! I knew this would happen! My dad called me into the study early in the morning and questioned me for half a day." Lin Ao Feng sighed.

  Hu Guofu, Xi Junmai and Shen Lang looked at each other, Xi Junmai said: "If it wasn't for being classmates with you for so long, everyone would have been very suspicious of you leaving so early yesterday!"

  "That's right!" Hu Guofu chimed in: "Because you have this motive!"

  "What motive?!" Shen Lang and Xi Junmai's curiosity was instantly ignited by Hu Guofu. Hu Guofu asked Lin Aofeng with his eyes, saw Lin Aofeng nodding, and then told the story of how Lin Aofeng and his father were ambushed and how Qingtian Sanlang forcibly bought their warehouse.

  After listening to Hu Guofu's account, Shen Lang furrowed his brow and said: "Even if the madman had this motive, he is just like us, an ordinary student, and it's absolutely impossible for him to have killed Qingtian Sanlang in a place like Baili Men."

  "Hey, you three bastards, all you know is to bully Ah Feng!" Just then, Hu Guofu's sister Hu Yuyan's voice rang out from behind Hu Guofu.

  Since childhood, Hu Guofu was not afraid of heaven or earth, but only feared his younger sister. When he heard his younger sister's voice, he shivered with cold sweat and hastily turned around, smiling and saying: "Yuyan, we are sworn brothers with the madman! How could we mock him?! You must have misheard!"

  "Hmph!" Hu Yuyan pouted and pushed aside Hu Guofu, who was blocking her way, and walked to Lin Aofeng's side. Holding onto Lin Aofeng's arm, she said: "I've been standing behind you for a long time. I heard your entire conversation. Hu Guofu, let me tell you, if you don't apologize to Aofeng right now, just wait and see how I'll deal with you when we get back."

  "Ah Fu!" Shen Lang and Xi Junmai looked at Hu Guofu with a sympathetic gaze.

  Hu Guofu's facial muscles twitched involuntarily, and just as he was about to apologize to Lin Ao Feng, Lin Ao Feng suddenly spoke up: "Yan Er, your brother is just joking with me! But you've made things awkward for me, how can I still be friends with him in the future?!"

  Hu Yuyan looked at Lin Aofeng with a tilted head and asked, "Aofeng, are you telling the truth?! Are you guys just messing around?!"

  "Of course it's true, why would I lie to you?!" Lin Ao Feng said with a glance at Shen Lang and the others. Shen Lang and Xi Jun Mai hastily chimed in: "Yes! We were just joking around."

  "Never mind then!" Hu Yuyan muttered, and then asked: "A Feng, I know you don't have classes this afternoon. Can you accompany me to go shopping?!"

  Lin Ao Feng shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's not possible today! My grandparents are coming to Shanghai at noon. How about we reschedule for another day?"

  "You madman, your grandparents are coming to Shanghai, why didn't you tell me earlier?!" Hu Guofu complained.

  Lin Ao Feng chuckled and said, "Something happened at home two days ago, my dad forgot to tell me, I just found out this morning. Why don't you all come over for dinner tonight?"

  Hu Guofu, Hu Yuyan, Shen Lang and Xi Junmai exchanged a glance with each other, as if they had reached some kind of agreement, and unanimously declined Lin Aofeng's invitation.

  Before he knew it, it was noon when Lin Ao Feng returned home. Chong Guang Kui's secretary walked into Chong Guang Kui's office: "Consul General, the list has been compiled! Please review it!"

  Shigemitsu Aoi took over the folder and opened it to take a look. As he looked through it, Shigemitsu Aoi asked, "Kobayakawa-kun, why didn't you include Hayami Kotetsu in this?!"

  The secretary replied: "Just received reliable news that Lin Guodong's father-in-law, Cheng Jincheng, arrived in Shanghai today to deal with the matter of Lin Guodong being attacked."

  "Go west! Cheng Jincheng has arrived. Indeed, Lin Guotong can be ruled out!" Chong Guangkui looked at the list thoughtfully for a moment and said: "Immediately send this list to the Shanghai Intelligence Agency and let them find the murderer among these people immediately!"

  "Hey!" The secretary took over the file folder handed to him by Zhong Guangkui and turned around and walked out of the office.