Genius Detective - Chapter 152

Chapter 152

Chapter 152: Old Man Lu’s Arrest

Chen Shi had discussed the situation with Peng Sijue earlier . The murderer seemed to possess deep hatred for the victim and the probability that the murderer was a man was higher than that of women .

Chen Shi recorded this list of suspects and continued to ask, "When was the last time you saw your son?"

"The evening of February 2nd . "

"What did you do? What did you two talk about?"

Lu Qixing’s eyes glanced at his sleeves unconsciously . “We talked about some things in the company . He started a stupid film company . He didn’t earn a dime . It was purely to play with . I hoped that he would close that company down to take over my company… After all, I don’t have too many years left in me . ”

"In this room?"

"Yes, in this room . " Lu Qixing looked at his sleeve again .

"What time did he leave?"

"Eight . "

Chen Shi thought to himself, this is very close to the time of death . It is very likely that Lu Qixing is the last person to see Lu Zhendong .

"I need to ask some other questions . Do you have illegitimate children?"

The answer was unexpected . Lu Qixing replied, "There's quite a lot . "

"Do you have any around you?"

Lu Qixing laughed . "Ever since my company went public when I was forty, a woman would hold a child and come to me telling me it was my illegitimate child almost every year . They just want money . Nine times out of ten, it’s fake . ”

“What about the one out of ten then?”

"You can check them out then . I’m not too sure . I’ll get my secretary to give you a list of the company’s top management later . ”

A lovely smell wafted in from outside and a worker said from the outside, “Sir, breakfast is ready . ”

Lu Qixing responded, "Wait a second . " Then, he took a card from the drawer and handed it over to Chen Shi . "There’s 200,000 in it and no pin number as a small gift for solving the case . I’ll give you a reward after everything is over as well . ”

"Thank you . " Chen Shi accepted .

"I have a favor to ask . This case needs to be investigated by itself . We’re a big company, so some amounts of under-the-table transactions are normal . I hope that Officer Song can turn a blind eye to it . ”

"Rest assured, I won't take you to the detention center . "

"I’m relieved!" Lu Qixing patted Chen Shi’s hand . "Now that I have Officer Song leading the case, my son’s case will definitely be solved . . . Come and eat!"

The two went out and a table of food was ready . Jia Xingyun was still there waiting for Lin Dongxue’s return when Lu Qixing greeted him . "Nephew[1], come and take a bite . "

"No, I still have some stuff to take care of . "

"Come on, don’t be polite!"

So Jia Xingyun went over and sat down . When he was eating, there was a maid standing next to him to attend to his needs . Lu Qixing picked up some of the food with his chopsticks and handed it over to Chen Shi, "Try this, it’s some wild meat that’s just arrived . "

"What is it?"

"Wild chicken?" Lu Qixing looked at the maid .

The maid responded, "Sir, it’s a golden pheasant . "

"Right . You haven’t tried it before, right Officer Song?"

"Hold on . What is it??"

"Golden pheasant . " Lu Qixing was confused .

Chen Shi picked up a lid and covered the dish . He called Lin Qiupu . "Send a few people to come over . Someone is eating our nation’s second-class protected animal-"

"Who?"

"Lu Qixing . "

"Don't make trouble! Go and investigate your case!"

"If you don't cooperate with me, I can quit immediately . . . Hurry please!"

Lu Qixing pleaded, "Officer Song, you’re not giving me face? I said the case needed to be investigated in an isolated manner . If you bring me in, how bad would that look?”

"Less nonsense! Are there other game meats? Let me check your kitchen . "

"Only this one . " Lu Qixing looked miserable and Jia Xingyun was extremely scared because he wasn’t sure what the situation was .

Half an hour later, a depressed Lu Qixing was cuffed amidst sirens and the gaze of onlookers . Lin Dongxue stood next to Chen Shi and suppressed her laughter . "You only spoke a few words with him, but you arrested the person who reported the case? Is this you investigating in an out-of-the-box manner again?”

"He was too much of an inconvenience to the case . I didn’t frame him either . ”

Lu Qixing, who was crammed into the police car, glanced at Chen Shi with a sad expression . Xu Xiaodong came back from verifying the information and saw the scene in front of him . He asked in surprise, “What’s the situation?”

"I’ll tell you later . Have you verified the information?” Chen Shi asked .

"Jia Xingyun and Lu Zhendong did eat together that day . " Xu Xiaodong to the side of Chen Shi .

Jia Xingyun, who had just come out and stood next to Chen Shi, remarked, "See? I didn't lie!"

"What did you guys eat?" Chen Shi asked .

“Scrambled eggs with chives, seaweed and egg soup, green pepper and potato strips, and marinated pork strips . ”

Lin Dongxue looked at Jia Xingyun in shock . Jia Xingyun smiled faintly and shrugged . "What? You can't eat cheap meals when you have money? You can look at Zhendong's Weibo . He has the ‘delicious food' we ate that day posted there . ”

"I’m also very surprised . I verified it twice with the restaurant . That’s indeed what they ate . " Xu Xiaodong said .

Chen Shi said to Jia Xingyun, "It seems that your friendship isn’t shallow . "

"Haha, yes . We can be full just from drinking water in our friendship[2] . My relationship with Zhendong is indescribably good . Can I go, officer?”

"I’ll find you if we need anything . "

"No problem!" Jia Xingyun raised his eyebrows at Lin Dongxue and left .

Tao Yueyue queried, "Uncle Chen, there are a lot of delicious food in that room . Can I go eat it?"

Chen Shi smiled, "Let’s go together . "

Lin Dongxue reprimanded, "Hey, hey! We need to investigate the case . We can’t be so leisurely!”

"It's a waste to leave it there . Let's eat together . "

"I don't want it!"

The four returned to the room from before . Chen Shi and Tao Yueyue impolitely ate the food on the table . Of course, the golden pheasant dish was just taken away as a physical evidence . Chen Shi asked while eating, "Not gonna eat? I can’t even tell what this was made from . "

Lin Dongxue smiled bitterly . "Forget it . I’ll just eat fast food later on . ”

Lin Dongxue took out her mobile phone and looked at the victim’s Weibo . What Jia Xingyun said was true . On February 2nd, Lu Zhendong really posted the "delicious food" of that day . He even posted individual photos .

"Oriental herbs with egg pieces, allowing people to taste the concept of Tao Yuanming[3] . " This caption was used to describe the scrambled eggs with chives .

“Rich pickled seaweed with egg soup is like bathing within the salty sea breeze . ” This was for the seaweed egg soup .

“Potato with green pepper[4] is like a passionate and unrestrained luxurious sensory feast . ” This was the green pepper and potato strips .

“Specially prepared mildly spicy, sweet and sour sauce baked pork with long spring onions . It’s a cocoa-style[5] date of tastes . ” This was the fish-flavored, marinated pork .

Lin Dongxue giggled . "This guy is quite funny . . . Unfortunately, this is his last Weibo post . "

"What does Jia Xingyun do?" Chen Shi asked .

Lin Dongxue searched his background up . "He’s the second generation of a government official . His father is the department chief . He was just transferred to the city and is running a media company . "

"One engages in film and television, and the other engages in media . Indeed, they have a similar scent[6]…” Chen Shi muttered to himself . "Xu Xiaodong, take a moment to look at what Lu Zhendong's film and television company is doing and what works he’s produced . "

Someone knocked at the door and Chen Shi shouted, "Come in . " A lobby manager came in with a group of employees and cleaners . Lin Dongxue showed a confused look . Chen Shi explained, "I called them in for questioning . "

Chen Shi went up to them and interrogated, "On February 2nd, Lu Zhendong was here . Lu Qixing himself has confirmed that . Please raise your hand if you were present that day . ”

Several people raised their hands .

Chen Shi told the other people to step out first, leaving only one person behind . He asked them what happened that day . The employee said that the father and son were playing a game of chess with each other and chatted for about half an hour before Lu Zhendong went back to his residence .

Chen Shi cycled through the employees and asked them the same questions .

When he got to the fourth person, he stopped asking and said, "Even the adjectives they used are the same . This group has been ‘taken care of’ beforehand . ”

1 . Not actually blood related . It’s just because they have known each other for a long time/ are close .  

2 . They are full just from their friendship .  

3 . A Chinese poet who lived during Eastern Jin and Song dynasties .  

4 . Written in English .  

5 . I assume the author is trying to say the tastes meeting together is like a sweet date, because “rou coco” usually describes a sweet, chocolate taste .  

6 . Birds of the same feather flock together .