Chapter Twelve: Scars of Burns

  We were a group of thirty or forty people who left the Ghost City in high spirits. I was the first to return to the car and change my clothes, this set stained with strange fish blood was simply not wanted anymore, lest it cause another skin allergy that would be quite frightening.

  After I got down from the off-road vehicle, hundreds of people surrounded Zhao Ye in the mountain villa, each and every one of them looking like they were about to go all out.

  "Zhao Ye, you can't deny it, our wise and powerful Brother Chuan has already seen through your plot and killed the monster fish. You'd better confess now, remember that leniency is for those who confess, severity is for those who resist." The crowd of people who had been intimidated by Zhao Ye in the past now collectively confronted him, their numbers giving them strength.

  "Hmph! I'm not the murderer, Li Mochen wasn't killed by me." Zhao Ye bit out a sentence, refusing to admit it. Who among you dares to take action?

  Yan Feng burst out laughing and said, "Until now you still don't admit it, the attacker is not a ghost or monster, but a ferocious fish. I looked it up online, it's called Six-clawed Devil Fish, which is a mutation of Giant Slime Tongue Fish and Man-eating Fish. Our Ghost City has always been peaceful, it was you who transported the fish here with your super-large cargo truck, what else can you argue about?"

  Six-clawed devil fish, what a despicable name. I crossed my arms and stood amidst the crowd, quietly observing the changes.

  "Zhao Ye, hurry up and confess already! No mistake, Kong Xiangdong is here too. You'd better hurry up and explain yourself, why did you kill his wife? That's too evil..."

  "Zhao Ye, is it really you? Why are you doing this?" Kong Xiangdong's eyes were venomous and extremely ruthless!

  "Shut up!" Zhao Ye's face twisted in a fierce scowl, as he loudly exclaimed: "At this point, I have nothing to hide. Yes, the big fish was raised by me, but Li Mianhuan wasn't killed by me, it was Wang Wenlu who did it!"

  "What...what...Captain, this is impossible?" The crowd naturally had disbelieving expressions, but when they looked at Wang Wenlu with smiles, everyone's expression suddenly froze, and they were all stunned!

  Because at this time, Wang Wenlu's eyelids drooped low, with a look of despair on his face!

  The scene was too chaotic, so I walked out of the crowd: "Alright, everyone calm down for a moment. Maybe things aren't as we imagined. Zhao Ye, from start to finish, you should give us an explanation."

  Zhao Ye gritted his teeth and said with a hateful tone, "This six-clawed demon fish was bought from abroad for 23 million yuan, which is my entire net worth. When it first arrived, it was just over one meter long. I bought it to make money, as this fish grows one centimeter, its value increases by 100,000 yuan. I raised it in a small river downstream of the mountain spring, and it's been well taken care of. Its value should be at least 70 or 80 million yuan. At first, I never thought of using it to harm anyone."

  "700 or 800 million, that's it?" Not to mention these young people, even I felt heartbroken, how can that stinky beast be so expensive?

  Zhao Ye continued: "Because of this six-clawed devil fish, Mu Han and I became good friends, and it's also a secret among our friends. Who would have thought that one day Wang Wenlu discovered it? He witnessed the horror of the six-clawed devil fish and was worried that it would damage his broken ship, so he plotted to kill my fish."

  Captain Wang Wenlu still didn't say a word.

  Zhao Ye became even angrier: "I have a special iron fence, as long as it's not opened, the six-clawed devil fish can't rush upstream no matter how powerful they are. I guard day and night, he can't play any tricks. But this old guy is too sinister, he actually went to tell Kong Xiangdong that I and Mo Hen have some illicit affair, you're so shameless!"

  "Hmm, so you really don't have anything?" Kong Xiangdong retorted immediately, his expression fierce.

  "No!" Zhao Ye's tone was firm to the extreme: "The two of us spent the whole day studying together, just thinking about how to raise the six-clawed devil fish. The technology we studied is unmatched even abroad. Later, the six-clawed devil fish became more and more robust and could eat too much, I couldn't afford it, so she wanted to release some fish fry in the river inside the Ghost Market. That's when she had a conflict with Xu Na and Xu Jie. It's a pity that she was killed by Wang Wenlu's ruthless hands just because of her kind heart for me!"

  "That can't be right! Even if that's the case, how did you know Captain Wang killed someone? It doesn't add up, you're being too rash!" Everyone still didn't want to believe this fact.

  "We also have to thank this little policeman." Zhao Ye said with a fierce face: "When he was investigating the case, he gathered me, Wang Wenlu, Yan Feng, and Kong Xiangdong together. Each of us provided evidence to prove our innocence, except for Wang Wenlu. I had already suspected it was him, but he mentioned something about Mo Heng's fish fry, which has nothing to do with him. He doesn't have any motive for the crime. Ha! This outsider little policeman doesn't know, but I do - he's afraid that if there are fish here, they'll attract the Six-Clawed Devil Fish and destroy his boat. Humph! But I'm going to release the fish and destroy his boat!"

  "What's the logic in this!" Xunna was furious at that moment: "Your previous grudges or revenge, whatever, but we are sisters! If it weren't for Police Brother saving us, we would have been dead!"

  "Uh-huh... and our submarine." Xujie thought of sad things again and cried.

  "Not bad!" Wang Wenlu said with a pale face: "I was the one who killed him, Comrade Policeman, take me away!"

  "What? No way, how is this possible? The captain was such a good person, how could he be the murderer...?" Everyone was on the verge of going crazy, no one believed it, but he actually admitted it!

  At this time, I smiled and waved my hand: "Don't worry, Zhao Ye, you'd better tell me in detail about the matter between Li Mihan and Kong Xiangdong, as well as that medical record."

  "Ugh... Before going to prison, I really couldn't hold it in. Kong Xiangdong, you're just too petty! You calculate everything with Mo Hen, don't you know that she doesn't even want to live? Every day she enters the Ghost Market is like entering hell. Only when we're together outside of the Ghost Market does she have a hint of a smile!"

  Kong Xiangdong immediately fired back: "What do you mean by saying that being with you is laughter, but being with me is hell? What kind of nonsense is this? And you little brat, dare to say that there's nothing between you two, not even a bit?"

  "There's nothing, just nothing!" Zhao Ye was furious and wanted to beat him up: "There's nothing between us, originally I wanted to tell you about the fish farming thing, but look at your broken mouth, every day in the ghost market, talking nonsense, explaining your dogshit theories to everyone, what can be said to you?"

  "What's going on?" Kong Xiangdong also burst into anger: "What I want to do is related to the happiness of all humanity. Now, those who have money are getting richer and those who don't have money are getting poorer. I want to create a world where people have choices in life. Poor people can work hard, get married, have children, live a life with medical care and education, and be surrounded by people without pressure. Rich people can create high-tech products, build tall buildings, that's the choice of human beings. But now we don't have a choice, do you understand? We are all slaves bound by fate, unable to break free!"

  Is that so? I smiled and asked: "If it is, then Comrade Lao Kong, you and your lover have created a small world, why not share it with others?"

  Kong Xiangdong turned around and said: "This is the love between us, there's a place that only we know about, only the two of us can go, absolutely no third party is allowed to intervene."

  "My god!" Zhao Ye was furious: "Can't everyone see? He's the one who's mentally ill, and Mohan is almost driven mad by him. We've been listening to his nonsense for six or seven years, but in fact, it's all empty words!"

  Regarding this point, the people of Ghost City smiled and didn't quite agree. We are all tired of the world, so we came to Ghost City to relax our mood. What Kong Xiangdong said is not unreasonable, it's just that he doesn't have absolute wealth and power, no strength to change this world.

  "I have nothing to say to you, a commoner who raises strange fish." Kong Xiangdong and Zhao Ye went their separate ways, each coldly snorting in disdain, refusing to acknowledge the other.

  At this time, everyone's eyes are on me, perhaps in the movie, at the end of the ending, I, as a police officer, have to catch someone.

  "But I didn't say: 'Zhao Ye, don't you think your judgment is too immature?'"

  "Ah ~ Little policeman, what do you mean?" Zhao Ye was taken aback.

  "Hehe, I've been busy all day, I'm a bit hungry."

  Bang! Bang!

  Suddenly, under the astonished gaze of the crowd, I made a swift move like lightning, and handcuffs were separately locked onto Zhao Ye and Kong Xiangdong!

  That's right, it was Li Mohan's husband Kong Xiangdong!

  "Officer, what do you mean? You've got it wrong! The captain is the real killer. Have you gone mad from hunger?" The people of Ghost City were stunned and dizzy. Our invincible hero, Chuan Jie Ge, how could he make such a low-level mistake?

  Facing everyone's doubts, I completely ignored them and leisurely waved my hand: "Where is Liu Yafang? Who's in charge here? Get some food ready, we're all starving. Hurry up and bring a few tables of wine and dishes!"

  A woman in a suit hastily walked out: "Liu Jie drove to take Hero Ge to the hospital, Officer, please sit inside the restaurant, I'll call the chef to make food for you."

  "Wait a minute." I thought for a moment and said, "Arrange a quieter room on the second floor in an independent suite. Zhang Meng, Wang Wenlu, Kong Xiangdong, Zhao Ye, you all come in. If Wu Shu and Zhao Hongsen are free, they can come over together. Downstairs, arrange a few tables of good food for my brothers, add a few beers, and put it on my bill."

  "Great great great great great~~~~" With that, a group of young people all burst out laughing.

  Before long, the wine and dishes were ready. I held a glass of boiled water in the first floor hall, facing five tables of brothers, and made an opening speech: "Everyone has worked hard today, I should have a cup of wine, but now I am on official business, handling a case, it's not proper to drink, please understand."

  "Chuan Jie is being too polite, but anyway, there's always time in the future. Let's wait until you've finished your case and then we'll all have a good drink together, how about that? Roasted whole lamb..."

  "Alright, I'll definitely accompany you when the time comes. Now, for the unity of our brothers today, let's have a drink, come on, cheers!"

  "Haha ~ Thanks to Chuan Jie's lead, at that time, Chuan Jie was flying dragon in the sky, too domineering. I saw him rush up and instantly boiled with blood and fought with him..."

  "Alright, brothers are all hungry, no more talk, eat well and drink well!"

  After settling things below, I strolled leisurely upstairs and took a look around, meanwhile using instruments to check if there were any eavesdropping devices in the room downstairs.

  "Hey, hey! What are you doing? There's good food here that you're not eating, there are prisoners to be interrogated but you're not doing it, and you won't even let me bring Xiao Bai. What are you messing around with those broken machines for?"

  I settled into the main seat in a private room, looking at Kong Xiangdong who was fidgeting, Zhao Ye who looked exhausted, Zhao Hongshen and Wu Xing who had come together with an expression of watching a show, and Wang Wenlu who looked surprised and uncertain.

  Finally, I set my eyes on the small pistol handed over by Bai Yang.

  "Hey~" Zhang Meng immediately exploded: "I've told you before, don't doubt Xiaobai again. If you still do this, I won't talk to you anymore."