5: Chapter 5: This life is my way of repaying her!

They all wanted to know how Yang Tian would react.

However, Yang Tian didn't say a word; after putting on protective gear for his hands and feet, he walked into the room.

Lu Chengze was just about to follow.

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Bang!

The room door was instantly slammed shut by Yang Tian, nearly hitting Lu Chengze in the face.

“You lit—”

Just as he was about to burst into curses, in the next second, Lu Chengze felt the intimidating aura from Zhu Zhipeng's gaze. He could only say with a face full of grievance, “Be careful!”

Yang Tian ignored him.

After closing the door, he went straight to the deceased's side and crouched down...

People often say that if you want to grasp the most powerful evidence in a homicide case, you have to let the dead speak.

Yang Tian just happened to possess this skill now.

He really wanted to give it a try.

“System, I want to use the [The Dead Can Speak] skill!”

“Activating... Would you like to consume 10 salted fish points to trigger the skill?”

“What the—!!”

Yang Tian said speechlessly, “Using this skill costs salted fish points too?”

“Yes, Host. Each use consumes 10 points.”

“Fine, fine, use it!”

“10 salted fish points deducted. Skill triggering!”

The next second.

Yang Tian's expression was startled, and he couldn't help but take half a step back.

A wisp of a transparent soul suddenly drifted out from the corpse...

The soul's appearance was exactly the same as the deceased's face.

“Hello, Police Brother.”

It was a youthful face with a clean and pure smile.

“Hello, Student.”

Yang Tian regained his composure and stood up from the ground.

“I only have one hour. I'll ask you questions, and you answer them, okay?”

“Okay.”

—

One hour later.

Yang Tian walked out of the room with a heavy expression.

The final earnest plea of the deceased's soul still lingered in his ears.

“She is my mother, and she gave birth to me. This life counts as me paying her back. Please don't arrest her!”

When Zhu Zhipeng and the others saw him, they immediately walked over from the living room.

“How is it? Did you find any clues?”

Yang Tian remained silent.

Zhu Zhipeng and Luo Dichang looked at each other and didn't speak.

After a long while...

Yang Tian finally responded.

“I found them.”

“Holy crap! The scene was destroyed like this and you still found clues?” Luo Dichang couldn't help but praise.

Yang Tian took off his gloves and shoe covers, looked at the woman crying in a corner of the living room sofa, and said, “I suggest bringing her back to the station immediately!”

“What!!”

Zhu Zhipeng's group involuntarily looked at the woman behind them.

“Arrest the deceased's mother??”

“Yes!”

Luo Dichang said in shock, “Are you saying his mother is a major suspect in the crime?”

“Yes!”

Lu Chengze said, “How is that possible? What kind of mother would personally kill her own son?”

Yang Tian glanced at Lu Chengze and didn't argue with him. With a heavy expression, he said to Zhu Zhipeng, “Director Zhu, I've said my piece. The rest is for you to decide. After all, I'm just an Assistant Police Officer.”

Lu Chengze wanted to say more...

The next second.

“Fine, arrest her!”

Zhu Zhipeng decided immediately.

To him, this wasn't the first time Yang Tian had left people surprised and shocked.

But every time, what he said turned out to be correct.

So Zhu Zhipeng no longer doubted him now.

“What are you standing there for? Take her away!”

Zhu Zhipeng shouted at Lu Chengze and Luo Dichang.

The two immediately walked toward the woman.

“Hello, Ms. Chen Feng. We are Police Officers from the Yu City Police Station. Because you are suspected of intentional homicide, you are now being orally summoned to the Police Station for investigation!”

When the woman, Chen Feng, heard Luo Dichang's words, her eyes flashed with panic, but she immediately became violent in the next second.

“What did you say??”

“I'm suspected of killing my son??”

“You people are crazy!!”

“...”

Seeing the other party gradually lose control, Zhu Zhipeng shouted again, “Handcuff her and take her away!”

After throwing Chen Feng into the station's interrogation room.

Yang Tian took the other party's phone, unlocked it, and found a man named Huang Shicai on WeChat. Then he said to Zhu Zhipeng, “We must find him as soon as possible!”

Zhu Zhipeng took the phone and looked at Huang Shicai's WeChat.

“Leave it to me, I'll arrange it right away!”

“Alright, let's go eat!”

Zhu Zhipeng quickly called out to him, “The cafeteria is this way, why are you walking toward the main gate?”

“I missed the meal time! I'm going out to eat!”

Zhu Zhipeng smiled. Currently, the station's funds were tight, and only Yang Tian could enjoy the missed-meal compensation. So he immediately called over Luo Dichang and Lu Chengze.

Walking quickly to Yang Tian's side, Zhu Zhipeng smiled and said, “It's a deal then, after we finish eating, you go find the Director for reimbursement.”

“No problem, but you have to pay the money first.”

“No problem.”

Lu Chengze: “...”

16:00 PM.

Huang Shicai was brought in.

“Why did you arrest me?”

“Chen Feng's son hung himself, what does that have to do with me??”

Wu Bowei threw Huang Shicai into the interrogation room, left two on-duty Assistant Police Officers to watch him, and was immediately called to the meeting room by Zhu Zhipeng.

In the meeting room, Fang Yihong sat at the front, with Zhu Zhipeng and Luo Dichang to his left and right, followed by Lu Chengze...

“Where's God Tian?” Wu Bowei shouted.

Fang Yihong: “He went fishing!”

Wu Bowei couldn't help but laugh.

“This kid really has a big heart!”

Fang Yihong: “I like his personality of balancing work and leisure. He gets the job done and takes care of his health.”

After saying that, his expression paused.

“But, you guys are not allowed to copy him!”

“Hahaha!”

“As if we could copy him even if we wanted to.”

Everyone laughed.

They wanted to learn, but they didn't have Yang Tian's skills!

“Enough chatter! Before Yang Tian went fishing, he already explained all the breakthrough points of the case to me.”

“Dichang, you'll be responsible for interrogating Chen Feng later. Bowei, you'll interrogate Huang Shicai.”

“Okay!”

Luo Dichang and Wu Bowei responded in unison.

Fang Yihong then continued.

“According to Yang Tian's line of thought, we have four breakthrough points.”

“First, clarify the relationship between Huang Shicai and Chen Feng.”

“Second, clarify why Huang Shicai appeared at Chen Feng's house the night before last!”

“Third, clarify why there are struggle and resistance marks on the deceased's hands and feet!”

“Fourth, based on the estimated time of death, clarify what Chen Feng and Huang Shicai were doing when the deceased was hanging!”

After Fang Yihong finished, he looked at everyone. “Did you all get that down?”

“Yes.”

“Go then! Strive for a breakthrough within twenty-four hours!”

“Yes, Director!”

—

By the Yu Cheng River.

After Yang Tian found that the fish weren't biting today, he simply put two kernels of corn on the hook and started bottom fishing for big fish.

Then he took out his phone, opened Douyin videos, and started scrolling.

A nearby fisherman saw this and complained, “Brother! Real fishermen don't play with their phones; you're not being professional!”

Yang Tian smiled at the man.

“I fish just for entertainment and to pass the time. Whether I catch a fish or not isn't important.”

“Well, you're quite Zen about it!”

Just as the fisherman finished speaking, the system suddenly emitted a sound.

“Ding! Congratulations to the Host for triggering the hidden mechanism [Fishing Slacker]. The system rewards you with 50 salted fish points.”

“Current progress: 105/1000”

Holy crap!

A hidden mechanism?

Yang Tian was delighted.

Being a slacker while lying flat could even trigger a hidden mechanism...

This salted fish system really wants me to lie flat to the end!

Not bad, not bad!

Waiting until dark to pack up his rod, Yang Tian gained another 50 salted fish points.

“Current progress: 155/1000”

If he could trigger the hidden mechanism multiple times, the progress toward unlocking the next skill would be much faster.

Returning to the station.

Director Fang Yihong was sitting in the main office hall, smoking with a worried face.

Yang Tian commented, “Still haven't gotten a confession?”