Chapter 4056 - 4044: The Hidden Secrets of the Case

Chapter 4056: Chapter 4044: The Hidden Secrets of the Case

"They volunteered to line up. It’s got nothing to do with me, don’t talk nonsense."

The middle-aged man was stubborn and didn’t take Lin Yi seriously, continuing to say:

"If you want to play the good guy, go play somewhere else and stop being an eyesore here, hindering my business."

"Then I have to apologize." Lin Yi took out his credentials and said:

"I saw everything you just did. As a journalist, I’d like to interview you about your thoughts."

Upon learning of Lin Yi’s identity, the middle-aged man was startled.

He wasn’t afraid of ordinary people, but a journalist was a different matter. If he got exposed, his business would be over.

"Oh, you’re a journalist, my apologies, it was my mistake earlier, I apologize to her."

The middle-aged man looked at the deaf-mute girl, "Young lady, I’m really sorry, big brother apologizes to you."

The apology wasn’t particularly sincere, and Lin Yi didn’t want to pursue it further. Instead, he turned his gaze to the deaf-mute girl.

He was surprised to find her staring at him intently, continuously gesturing with sign language.

"Are you really journalists?"

Lin Yi was a bit surprised; he didn’t expect her to be interested in his journalist identity.

He waved the credentials in front of the girl.

"Genuine journalist, what’s up?"

"Can you help me?" the girl signed.

"Help with what? How can I help? Are you selling anything else?"

"No, no."

The girl gestured quickly, packing her things, and Yue Sijing went up to help, putting everything onto the electric tricycle not far away.

Lin Yi didn’t say much, just silently followed along until she finished packing everything away.

"My brother has been arrested, can you help him?"

Hearing this news, Lin Yi was somewhat surprised; he didn’t expect to encounter such a thing while out at the night market.

"Why was he arrested?"

"Someone said he committed robbery, but he didn’t do it, yet he was still arrested. I hope you can help him."

The girl’s emotions were very intense, even to the point where tears were visible in her eyes.

But this incident left Lin Yi puzzled; this wasn’t ancient times, why would something like this happen?

"What’s your brother’s name?"

"Chen Xiudong."

Lin Yi took his phone, typed the three characters of Chen Xiudong’s name, and confirmed with the girl to check for any mistakes.

After confirming there were no errors, Lin Yi asked for the girl’s contact information for future communication.

In the following ten minutes or so, Lin Yi had a basic understanding of their situation.

Her name is Chen Xiumei, her brother’s name is Chen Xiudong, she is 23 years old, and her brother is 19 years old.

Neither of them had much schooling, but they encountered a kindhearted employer who took them in to work at his small workshop.

Their wages were not high, but sufficient to maintain bare essentials. Whenever they had free time, they’d set up a stall to supplement their family’s income.

But half a month ago, the police suddenly came knocking, saying her brother had stolen someone else’s phone.

Eventually, they did find a phone in his pocket. Despite her brother insisting he didn’t know what was going on, the evidence was irrefutable, and he was taken away.

"We’ll help you, go back and work well." 𝑓𝑟ℯℴ𝓂

"Thank you, thank you." The girl signed, eagerly bowing to the two.

Before leaving, Lin Yi reminded her once more, and then let the girl go.

The two didn’t leave immediately; instead, they continued shopping at the night market, buying and chatting along the way.

"Do you think this is all too coincidental?" Yue Sijing said:

"We’re here to investigate Liu Jintao, who works as a sign language translator and interacts with such groups. We’ve just arrived and encountered someone asking for help."

Lin Yi nodded, "This is a very good breakthrough, and we can follow this lead to investigate."

In Lin Yi’s view, even if this incident isn’t related to Liu Jintao, it has significant suspicious points, and if time permits, there is indeed a need to investigate further.

The two talked while looking around, but Lin Yi kept glancing towards the middle of the road.

Parked there was a black Nissan sedan.

Earlier, when he was talking to Chen Xiumei, he vaguely felt that the people in that car were watching him.

But because there were many cars parked along the road, and he was accompanied by a long-legged beauty like Yue Sijing, there were indeed many people looking his way.

They might be looking at Yue Sijing’s legs and not at him, which affected the judgement.

But now, the car had moved forward quite a bit, showing signs that it was indeed watching him.

But the specifics were unclear, only a wait-and-see approach could tell.

After a brief shopping, the two returned with plenty of items, and Lin Yi bought some beers as well; the four of them enjoyed a drink in the room until past 10 p.m.

Early next morning, after washing up, the group headed to the police station.

As soon as he drove in, Lin Yi saw the same Nissan from yesterday parked on the roadside.

This gave Lin Yi a slight sense of hesitation.

Was it a coincidence, or was it intentional?

Could these people be related to this case?

But one thing was certain, these Nissan cars were not ordinary!

Seeing someone carrying a camera and microphone approaching, the officers guessed at once that it was likely the journalists coming, and immediately went to inquire.

"What brings you here?"

"Hello, we are journalists from Zhonghai TV station, looking to understand the case of Chen Xiudong."

"Chen Xiudong..."

The officer muttered to himself, "Please wait a moment, I’ll go consult with my colleague."

"Sure, thank you."

Lin Yi’s group was led to the seats as the officer turned away.

About ten minutes later, a tall officer emerged along with another, heading toward Lin Yi.

"Hello, journalists. I’m Sun Peng, the officer responsible for the Chen Xiudong case. I heard you want to know about it."

"Yes, could you tell us more?" Feng Xinrui asked politely.

"Certainly, please follow me."

"Alright."

Lin Yi’s group was taken to a meeting room where Sun Peng handed a case file to Lin Yi.

"This is the case file for Chen Xiudong. You can take a look."

Lin Yi nodded and opened the file to read.

Skimming through the irrelevant content, he went straight to the point.

The report stated that Chen Xiudong had robbed a girl of her phone and was arrested at home. During the interrogation, he confessed to the crime.

The content was straightforward without any bizarre process.

At first glance, it was just an ordinary robbery case.

But upon careful examination, some discrepancies emerged.