Chapter 71: Scandal of the Wealthy Family? Bloodline?

  "Shut up and stop singing!" I shouted, "You don't even like me, why are you teasing me and having fun at my expense!!!!!!"

  My brother stopped singing, returned to silence, after venting I felt a bit better, took a deep breath, and kept telling myself in my heart that I'm fine, I'm fine, I definitely won't be in trouble...

  "Lao Zheng has lost control," said Lao Chen with extreme worry, "At first I didn't know, but when Wang Yong was protecting you in close proximity, it was still acceptable to use you as bait. Now without close protection, and yet you've triggered three alarms in a row... Ah... Lao Zheng has really lost control..."

  I'm worried about Wang Yong, and Old Chen is even more anxious about Director Zheng. I've fallen into a romantic entanglement with him. Old Chen's problem is even bigger; he and Director Zheng have been comrades in life and death for decades. According to the rules, we should both be transferred out of this case, but now we're too deeply embroiled in personal feelings and can't think clearly.

  I covered my face with my hands and rubbed it up and down, making a temporary decision. "The amount of information is too large, the CPU can't handle it. Let's stop here for today, I need to calm down. If not, I'll go to a safe house, life is important."

  Mr. Chen agreed and asked Chang to send me back, Chang's luggage had already been moved to Lan Gongguan, and he would live in Wang Yong's room from now on. I hurriedly said it was not necessary to trouble him, and Chang said it didn't matter, as a lonely person, it was all the same where he lived.

  "Actually I want to say, Brother Chang, do you have any fighting power? We mustn't make a loss-making deal that's just scraping by."

  The elder brother has no words, open the door.

  As soon as the study door opened, the aroma of food wafted in, and I couldn't help but take two deep breaths of the fragrance. With a shameless expression, I said that if I wasn't given any food, I wouldn't leave.

  Mr. Chen didn't plan to keep us for dinner, but Mrs. Chen was kind and specially added dishes, warmly inviting us to stay for dinner. I didn't consider myself an outsider, so the next day I took out Mr. Chen's treasured wine and had a cup. After dinner, there were also fruits. I originally wanted to help wash the dishes, but Mrs. Chen wouldn't let me, "Let him (Mr. Chen) move around, his blood sugar has been high these past few days."

  The last household chore was assigned to Old Chen and Brother Chang to wash dishes, while I sat on the sofa with Mrs. Chen looking at photo albums.

  The old photo album looks like it's been decades, all black and white photos, with some blurry prints. The Chen Lao on them is still very young, taking pictures with two other young people, the three of them standing straight with their hands by their sides, looking a bit stiff. "Wow, this must be when Chen Lao was young?"

  "Old Chen asked me to dig it out," said Mrs. Chen, stroking the young face of Old Chen in the photo with a smile.

  Mr. Chen stood in the middle, and on his left was a young man who looked like a girl, super delicate, I felt quite familiar with him, so I asked: "Who is this person, looking so delicate?"

  Madam Chen smiled: "Can't recognize it anymore, this is your Zheng Bureau."

  "Really?!" I exclaimed, "Brother Chang, Brother Chang, come quick and take a look! Do you know how beautiful Zheng Ju was when she was young?! Wow~~ what a babe! What has happened to make this babe turn into the current state?! What a pity for this babe..."

  Zheng's beard is now messy and his face has gotten fatter, his chin has also gotten bigger, and he even has a beer belly, completely different from the photos.

  Mrs. Chen slapped me lightly, "Nonsense."

  "Serves him right, who told him to provoke! Oh wow, it turns out he's only up to Chen Lao's nose, so short! Must be wearing insoles now... But hehe, if he dressed up as a girl, he'd definitely be cute, oh haha I'm dying of laughter. Let me take a look, his forehead is medium width, nasal bone isn't high, cheekbones and jawline are relatively flat, typical oriental beauty! Speaking of which, his skull structure actually looks quite similar to mine..."

  At this time, Old Chen came out with the bowl still dripping with water and interrupted me, saying: "What nonsense are you talking about? No respect for your elders, clean up and go home." Turning his head, he said, "You too, what's the point of showing her these things? Put them away."

  "Ugh..." I sighed.

  I don't want to go back, I want to find something else - happy things - that won't make me think of another pervert trying to kill me. When people know something bad is going on, the first instinct is always to escape.

  When I was a kid, wherever I fell down, I would lie there and cry loudly. Usually, an adult would come to comfort me soon. If I cried pitifully enough, I could even get some candy. If no one picked me up yet, I would lift my head with tears in my eyes to look for someone.

  Unfortunately, now that I've grown up, no one will coax me with candy even if I'm dying. I can only hope this is resolved before I get back on my feet, so I won't have to worry about it anymore. Hehe, definitely not possible, right?

  But I'm still lying down, lying on the bed to sort out my thoughts first.

  I hadn't been at the provincial office for long when Wang Yong arrived, which means this thing started very early on, it started not long after I came to the provincial office, no matter who that person is, that person has wanted to kill me for a long time.

  Wang Yong came for my sake, not for the case of the mass grave. Old Chen's analysis is correct. Wang Yong happened to encounter the case after he arrived and just coincidentally knew the inside story of the mass grave case.

  But Zheng Ju, I'm very sure he's been plotting against me from the moment he first saw me. Now that I think about it, when he first met me, he stared at my face for three or four seconds before his gaze drifted away from my head. He must have remembered something. His eyes are still etched in my memory, they were the kind of eyes that had seen a face they didn't want to see. From the moment he saw me, it must be related to my appearance.

  What does it have to do with my appearance?

  I've combed through it, and now I have three questions in front of me:

  Who exactly is going to kill me?

  2. Why kill me?

  Three, what did Old Chen and Brother Chang conceal?

  ……

  It's still raining outside, I ran back to Old Chen's house in the rain and knocked on their door.

  "What relationship do I have with Director Zheng? Please tell me." I asked, standing outside Old Man Chen's house.

  Chen Lao had changed into his pajamas and was soaking his wife's feet, a pleasant medicinal aroma wafted through the room. He wiped the water from his hands with a towel, expressionless. "What do you mean?"

  "Don't pretend to be stupid, based on genetic and skeletal analysis, I have a similar skeleton with Zheng Ju, Zheng Ju must have a relationship with me, otherwise he wouldn't target me!"

  Zheng Ju indeed has a bit of "male chauvinism", but his attitude towards female subordinates hasn't reached the level of gender discrimination. He is more inclined to take care of women. If there weren't some ugly inside story, he wouldn't possibly target me, a small forensic doctor, and think of suppressing me! It seems that Old Chen's advice for me to change careers last time was also his idea!

  "Moreover, Chen Lao, you punched Zheng Ju once today, and if I'm not mistaken, when we entered the house, Mrs. Chen touched my hair, she must have pulled out a strand of hair, the chopsticks were cleaned up by you, I think the chopstick I used is now in the evidence bag, you two should discuss this beforehand, DNA sampling was repeated, don't tell me all these are coincidences, or let me ask it this way: do you suspect that I have some kind of relationship with Zheng Ju?"

  My elder brother hastily pulled me back, "Stop it Xiao Qin, it's too late, come back with me..."

  Mr. Chen was calm, "What kind of relationship do you want? Father and daughter? From now on, you can rise to prominence? It's all your own idea, it's what you subconsciously hope for that leads to such reasoning, I don't want to say more, think about it yourself, and watch fewer Korean dramas in the future."

  I was stunned, and Old Chen closed the door.

  My reasoning doesn't hold water, so what if the skeletons are similar? The probability of two people without a blood relationship having identical DNA is still one in ten billion. Chen Lao beat up Zheng Ju today because he lost control. Every time I come to see Madame Chen, she praises me, either my face or my hair, and I often come over for meals...

  I'm confused, maybe I'm confused about "emotional intrusion", but they must be hiding something from me, that's for sure.