Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife

Chapter 514: Chapter 514: Tracing to the Source

The house was bustling with activity.

But the mood of Chen Xiao and Lin Xi was extremely turbulent.

Lin Xi knew Chen Xiao needed peace, yet at this moment, she still went into the room.

"Chen Xiao, are you suspecting him?"

Lin Xi didn’t even use the word "husband," which she often used, but directly said his name, showing Lin Xi’s current state of mind.

Chen Xiao lifted his head and looked at Lin Xi:

"How did you come to suspect him?"

"I was just being clever, seeing that something was off with you. And the only issue that could truly disturb you now is who Chen Yan is."

Chen Xiao sighed, "I really didn’t want to suspect him, but you remember that Killing Notes, right? I studied every word in it, even the strokes to the finest detail!"

"Do you mean Xiaoyu’s handwriting resembles that of the Killing Notes?"

"Can’t say it’s similar, because the characters themselves look completely different. However, when the person writing them captures the style and flow, those seemingly different characters feel extraordinarily familiar!"

"And this isn’t the first time I’ve been suspicious, just the first time my intuition told me it couldn’t be, so I’d never followed that line of thinking again."

Lin Xi understood why Chen Xiao’s intuition told him it couldn’t be true.

Even now, she still found it hard to believe.

Because the person they suspected to be Chen Yan was Zhao Hai!

The only and last family member Xiaoyu had in this moment!

Especially since Zhao Hai himself was a victim in Chen Yan’s Killing Notes.

So how could he possibly be Chen Yan?

Could it be that Zhao Hai wrote the Killing Notes himself, then let his wife see it and kill their son?

Absurd, absolutely absurd!

But the killer, namely Xiao Nian, initially killed by mistake!

The person she intended to kill was not Zhao Hai’s son but Gu Yue!

Someone Xiao Nian loathed deeply and whom Zhao Hai also found extremely troublesome!

Thinking this way, Zhao Hai being Chen Yan didn’t seem so absurd anymore.

It even started to seem possible!

Chen Xiao was now tracing the sequence of events.

Seeing Lin Xi also next to him, he said:

"Wife, the reason Zhao Xiaohong was killed was because a huge flaw appeared in Xiao Nian’s murder plan. So under unclear circumstances, she killed Zhao Xiaohong, who had a physique very similar to Gu Yue’s!"

"And the reason Xiao Nian had to kill Gu Yue was because Gu Yue humiliated Xiao Nian again and again by taking advantage of old ties, which aroused Xiao Nian’s murderous intent as she wanted a peaceful life!"

"In that case, what was most unacceptable was that Zhao Xiaohong was accidentally killed, leading Xiao Nian to despair. After successfully killing Gu Yue, she poisoned herself to death immediately afterward."

"In the case, Zhao Hai was a complete victim. His son, his wife, both died because of this, and in the end, he helplessly took his young daughter and left Dongzhou for Shencheng City."

"Only in the end did Xiao Nian produce that Killing Notes, letting us know about Chen Yan. And from beginning to end, Chen Yan didn’t bother us. Until Xiao Diandian’s disappearance case emerged, letting us know of a mason also named Chen Yan."

"So I used Lou Yang’s hand to draw Chen Yan out. When he was captured, I asked him about the notes, and he fluently replied they were left in Xiao Nian’s house."

"But his handwriting differed from that of the Killing Notes, which made us doubt his identity, as it seemed he had no resemblance aside from claiming to be Chen Yan."

"On the contrary, if we think carefully about Zhao Hai. The notebook itself was written by Zhao Hai, and the house Xiao Nian lived in initially was rented by Zhao Hai for her, followed by him buying it for her. So Zhao Hai had an inseparable connection with that house!"

"And by that time, Gu Yue was already tangling with the couple. If Zhao Hai was a clever criminal, the best way to eliminate his target without suspicion would be to use a scapegoat!"

"He staged a seemingly perfect murder plan for Xiao Nian. In fact, if we follow every step planned in the notes, even if we found the killer as Xiao Nian in the end, it would be very hard to find evidence proving Xiao Nian was the killer."

"Because the whole process reached a point of thoroughly eradicating traces, even the body disposal! However, Xiao Nian, having accidentally killed Zhao Xiaohong, lost her mind by that moment, leading her to make a wrong move step by step until we quickly captured her."

"And at the time of the incident, what was Zhao Hai’s image? In anger, he offered a fifty thousand reward, and after the case ended, donated all his hard-earned lifetime savings to impoverished areas!"

"Such an action, such behavior, left no room for anyone to suspect he had any problem!"

At this, Chen Xiao paused.

Lin Xi took a deep breath: "And you originally had no interaction with him, nor could he know you that well. Only later did you go to Shencheng City, once again meeting the father and daughter, thus both got entangled."

"Besides, there are so many places across the country for Zhao Hai to get away from the heart-breaking city of Dongzhou. Yet he went to Shencheng, where Zuo Shu is located!"

Chen Xiao sighed: "Yes, now linking all these together, many coincidences truly aren’t that simple, I even suspect he’s using Xiaoyu to make me totally neglect his existence!"

After saying this, the couple fell into silence.

After an unknown length of time, Lin Xi placed her hand on his shoulder and asked:

"So what are you going to do? If he truly is Chen Yan, what about Xiaoyu?"

This was Chen Xiao’s most troublesome issue.

He couldn’t help but look back at Xiaoyu playing in the hall, and said helplessly:

"All this time, our guard against Chen Yan was based solely on that notebook, but wife, you must have considered this case, right?"

"Yes, that man who came to our house wearing a crying clown mask. He gave us a feeling both familiar and strange!"

Chen Xiao frowned, then pulled out his phone, and said:

"So if he is just Chen Yan, we actually can’t do anything about him. But if Chen Yan is the crying clown, then we have to do something about him!"

Thinking this, Chen Xiao dialed a number.

The call was to Zhao Hai!

The call connected, Zhao Hai asked with a smile: "Hello, is this Chen Xiao?"

"It’s me, I’m fine. However, Xiaoji and the others are in Shencheng City, and want to go over to meet you and understand the situation, would that be convenient for you?"