Chapter 7: De Shun Big Brother

  I was too overwhelming, Sun Deshun's pleading eyes looked over, but unfortunately Wu Tao had a helpless look, and Jiang Yi even seemed to be looking forward to the development of the story.

  "I'm so fed up with marrying this kind of wife!" Sun Deshun let out a sigh of frustration: "Our family has the title of imperial descendant, but we don't have much culture. However, I know how to love and take care of my wife and family. But Meilian is different - whenever I treat her well, she becomes arrogant and thinks that I'm not good enough for her, that it's only natural for me to be good to her, and that I shouldn't expect anything in return. Living like this is really getting more and more exhausting!"

  Jiang Yu softly advised: "De Shun, women just like to be a little coquettish, you should let her have her way. Besides, love is selfless devotion, if two people are in love, what do they need to gain from each other?"

  "Ah... Ah..." Sun Deshun muttered, suddenly turning red in the face and said: "Don't laugh at me, Mei Lian was not a virgin when she married me, I didn't get her purity, we couldn't even talk together, and in the end, she still made me angry, played temper with me. If it were you guys, could you take it?"

  Wu Tao and I exchanged a glance, and it wasn't until then that we had a mutually understanding look - you know.

  "That's all," Jiang Yi said with a tired expression, getting up: "I'll go take a look at the baby, you guys chat."

  As she spoke, Jiang Yu leaned on the handrail and slowly went upstairs.

  But then I discovered a strange thing, Jiang Yu's face was rosy and radiant, but his body was surprisingly weak. Just going up to the second floor would leave him panting and out of breath?

  "After the woman went upstairs, Wu Tao was panting heavily and lit a cigarette: 'Comrade police officer, I remember you said earlier that everything is related to interests, right? I'm a bit curious, why are you working so hard just for that little monthly salary?'"

  He said that, and I became vigilant. This is the prelude to bribery. If you have a clear conscience, what do you bribe for? Is it that the case can't be investigated, or is it being blocked by power?

  "Yes, at my age I should be buying a house, buying a car, getting married, but the truth is that I don't earn much from working, and every month I still have to give some money back home. Life is tough, so I must work hard." What I said was half true, half false - it's true that my family isn't well off, but my parents are always reluctant to accept my help, and whenever I go back home they get anxious if I spend too much money on them.

  "Haha~" Wu Tao heard me say this, and immediately burst out laughing: "If you have any difficulties, just tell Brother Wu about it. What's a car or a house? Those are all just a matter of one word from me."

  I looked surprised and pleased: "Brother Wu is really generous, but this is our first meeting, and we didn't have much contact before, so I'm truly grateful."

  "There, we two brothers meet again, and from then on, we are brothers. In the central 'flower' garden of the provincial capital, I have several suites, and tomorrow I will give you one suite." Wu Tao said this with a face full of pleasure, as if everything was under his control.

  To be honest, at that moment, a small gap opened in my heart. After this incident, I may not be able to 'mix' in the major crimes unit anymore. If I don't investigate clearly and get dismissed, even if I have a good house and a rich life, at least I can reduce my hard work by ten or twenty years. A person's life has only so many years of youth, this is a matter of a lifetime.

  "Never mind, I'm afraid of living in such a good house, Liu Yi's vengeful ghost will haunt me every day." This is my realistic answer.

  "Hey! You!" The two people opposite me were both furious, clearly extremely unaccustomed to my change in expression. I reckon Sun Deshun is still secretly scolding me as a little fox.

  Wu Tao's eyes widened and he jumped up excitedly, shouting: "Little policeman, what do you mean by this?"

  "Hmm, I'd like to ask you what you mean by this. As the saying goes, 'no good deed goes unpunished.' Either you're a traitor or a thief. I'm investigating Liu Yi's murder case, and if you have nothing to hide, why are you offering me your house?" I picked up the handcuffs and stood up, staring at him fiercely. If he was guilty and tried to run, I'd catch him immediately!

  "I...I..." Wu Tao stuttered: "Damn it, I was blind to think of you as a friend. Fine, go investigate, go ahead and dig deeper. If you don't get to the bottom of this, I'm not done with you yet. Let's see how things play out!"

  "Let's go and see, you said it well. I was thinking of going to your study to take a look. Let's go and see." I turned around and went upstairs, just like in my own home, opening each room one by one to take a look.

  Wu Tao and Sun Deshun closely followed behind me, shouting: "This is illegal 'private' entry into a civilian's home, you don't have an investigation warrant, this is unlawful, as a police officer who knows the law but breaks it, your crime will be upgraded..."

  Go to your second uncle, you guys love to say whatever you want, today I'm a little police officer and I'll investigate this province's 'female' son-in-law, can you hit me? Can you beat me?

  One by one, I pushed open the doors to find myself in a central living room. I thought that was it, but when I opened another door, I found a small dance studio inside. The walls were adorned with beautiful photos of Jiang Yi from her student days. Hmm... so youthful and shy, what a lovely 'girl'.

  "What are you arguing about again?" I only then noticed that on the left side of the dance room, there was a crib with Zhang's baby in it, and Jiang Yi and the nanny Liu were taking care of him.

  "The room is very nice, Wu Ge invited me to take a look." I didn't wait for the two people behind to refute, and walked forward to make small talk: "The kid is so cute, uh~~just a bit thin, okay, won't disturb you guys, we'll go check out other rooms."

  I walked while scanning around me with a piercing gaze, trying to find all the places of contradiction, and Wu Tao and Sun De-shun followed closely behind me.

  The middle living room upstairs is like this, and the right side is a gym. I opened the left side, hmm... it's here.

  I walked into the big study that Sun Deshun had mentioned, and the layout inside was indeed a bit like that of a nouveau riche. There was also a set of boss's desk and chair, and the books on the bookshelf were quite complete, including the Four Great Masterpieces and the Complete Works of Ancient and Modern Times. However, when it came to reading them, I couldn't see anyone doing so. Nowadays, these famous books and ancient classics are just decorations for the rich.

  After wandering around for a while, several photos on the wall caught my attention.

  "Wu Ge also graduated from Art College, I don't know what major he studied?" I had guessed it early, Wu Tao and Jiang Yi should be classmates.

  "Hmm... I'm not painting, piano, or acting, but advertising." Wu Tao had been harboring a grudge against me for digging a hole to harm him.

  "But isn't the trophy in this photo from the music department?" Now I'm a bit suspicious, if Wu Tao wanted to bribe someone, he's definitely not a good person.

  Wu Tao's eyes slanted: "You think being the 'daughter-in-law' of a provincial governor is that easy? During college, I excelled in all aspects - morals, intelligence, physical strength, and labor. I was even the captain of the basketball team. In the final match against Provincial Industrial University, I scored a three-pointer at the buzzer, igniting the entire stadium. I don't know how many female students wanted to have children with me."

  "My god, this guy's confidence is extremely inflated. However, after searching high and low, the trouble has been stirred up, but evidence hasn't been found, it's really frustrating."

  No choice, looks like I can only play the last card now.

  I walked up to Sun Deshun and patted him on the shoulder, laughing: "Deshun brother, look at your boss, surrounded by countless university beauties, and then look at you, still chasing after a migrant worker's wife, can you live up to the great name of your imperial ancestors? Ah~ how did you two get in touch?"

  Sun Deshun's eyes widened and narrowed: "Little policeman, I found that you speak too impolitely. With someone like you, I'm not even bothered to talk to you."

  "Cough!" Wu Tao said with a swagger: "De Shun, whatever the police ask you, just tell them. We're open and honest, we're not afraid of anything."

  Wow! This guy is really something, the difference between his words and actions is too big. Could it be that I really have a good brother's face, and he wants to give me a house just by seeing me?

  Sun Deshun's old face was embarrassed: "Liu Yi is a cultivated 'daughter', she is suitable for anyone, I happened to be going to the city to buy things for my master at that time, and she also wanted to enter the city, so we walked together along the way."

  "What are you talking about on the road? You're actually discussing going to watch a movie?" Hmm, I was originally thinking of asking this question, but unexpectedly Wu Tao asked it for me.

  Sun De Shun from my good 'touch' 'touch' white 'color' old western-style clothes: "Liu Yi asked me why I dressed like this, I told her, I love Little Tiger Team the most, forever young and youthful, how great."

  I'm a bit 'at a loss': "Wu Qilong has also changed from the Thunderbolt Tiger of those years to the Fourth Master of today, who doesn't get old?"

  "Alas~~~" Sun Deshun let out a sorrowful sigh, his emotions genuine: "It's not scary to grow old, what's scary is the emptiness of one's youth. When I was young, I was beaten by my parents for being lazy, I worked hard to earn money to repair our ancestral home, and I couldn't bear to spend a single penny, let alone have a passionate romance. From 18 to 28, it was all a blank slate, and then I married that kind of wife... it's all fate!"

  So I understand: "So your mind has always been stuck at the age of 20, wanting to find back that lost youth, so does Liu Yi agree with you?"

  "No, she didn't." Sun Deshun hastily shook his head and said: "She said that she would rather go to Ning in the past to clear up everything, she even wanted to get amnesia!"

  I couldn't help but laugh: "This is strange, since you have completely different ideas, how can you still go to the movies together?"

  Sun Deshun said solemnly, "I'm telling you, I was feeling empty and uncomfortable in my heart, but I didn't have the nerve to take the initiative to get close to her. It was Liu Yi who asked me to accompany her to watch a movie, this was her own initiative."

  "Is that so?" Wu Tao chuckled: "After watching the movie, she didn't take the initiative to ask you to do something else, such as opening a room in a hotel?"

  "No, absolutely not!" Sun Deshun was surrounded by the two of us and became thoroughly anxious: "I just watched two movies when I entered the city, that's all I did."

  "Stop messing around, when we were three years old kids, nowadays, after watching a movie, it's time to get down to business, haha!" Wu Tao kept teasing Le Zi, with a bit of a mischievous attitude.

  They were having a great time, but I was fed up. Now I'm both sleepy and hungry, exhausted, when I saw the master bedroom, Wu Tao and Jiang Yi's comfortable big bed, my two legs unconsciously walked over, I really wanted to lie down and sleep, who cares about the end of the world or whatever.

  "Wow, the window of this master bedroom is really a panoramic view of all the mountains and small villages!" I stood by the bed in the master bedroom and looked out the window, with half of the ancient town unfolding before my eyes.

  In an instant, I saw the old wooden house across from me, Wang Cheng was sitting on the edge of the 'bed', carefully putting clothes into his suitcase.

  This guy is indeed at home now, picking up clothes and paying respects, does he want to escape in fear of punishment?

  No, I'm seriously sleep-deprived now, a bit 'out of it' at times, and everyone suspects.

  "Police comrade, what are you looking at?" Wu Tao noticed my expression change slightly, and now he was constantly sizing up the look on my face, afraid of falling into another trap.

  "You and Jiang Yu are high-educated and high-quality people, is the layout of this bedroom waiting to be changed? You're sitting on the 'bed', and you can see the whole Wang Cheng's house downstairs. This might not be good." I thought of Lu Mei Lian in my heart, with a disgusted tone, could it be that Wu Tao is a voyeur, also likes to peek at huge contrasts between ** and Lolita?

  "It's hot outside, so this is refreshing, haha~" Wu Tao chuckled and covered up his embarrassment.

  "Never mind, I'm not needed here anyway. Since there's no evidence, I'll just leave first. If you guys remember any valuable clues, feel free to come find me, I'll be at Wang Cheng's house across the street, don't worry about bothering me." I bid farewell to Jiang Yi with a symbolic gesture and left Wu Tao's house.

  Before going to find Wang Cheng, I must first call my colleague to ask about Liu Yi's body.

  As expected, Liu Yi's body was indeed detained by someone, and it is said that the person is Lin Ruoyin...