Chapter 258: Chapter 232: Case Closed, You’re Under Arrest (Part 2)

The team below began moving toward the river branch.

They had a small sonar device, which made scanning the area quite easy.

After a few minutes of sweeping the area, they saw someone waving from a distance, and a voice came over the walkie-talkie.

"There’s something underwater! It might be the car!"

Liu Jie excitedly slapped the concrete bridge guardrail, unable to hide the excitement in his eyes.

"Captain Wei, arrange for a crane. We need to get the car salvaged as soon as possible for an accident analysis. And the VIN—we have to trace this car’s origin immediately," Liu Jie said at once.

No matter how long the car soaked in the water, the VIN wouldn’t be washed away.

Once they had the VIN, they could follow the trail to find out who the owner was and who it was sold to. If they followed the chain and found Zhou Hui bought it, he wouldn’t be able to escape.

And since he sank the car to the bottom of the river, any traces from the collision would have been perfectly preserved, which would help with the accident analysis.

So, looking back on the investigation so far, Shen Xin thought, ’Liu Jie is truly amazing.’

’He clearly found a clue, but he held back and didn’t make a move.’

’He withstood the pressure and never relaxed his surveillance on Zhou Hui.’

’His psychological prediction of Zhou Hui was also completely correct. To put it bluntly, Zhou Hui exposed himself and led everyone to the many clues they now had.’

’When he came to Pingyu, Lv Youwei had told him to watch and learn as much as possible. This time, he really learned something.’

That evening, a crane was dispatched. With the help of the water rescue team, the van that had been sunk at the bottom of the river for four years finally saw the light of day.

The sky was once again filled with the colors of sunset.

Against the sunset, the van’s overall condition was still intact, like some deeply buried secret. No matter how well it’s hidden, it will one day be exposed.

...

「February 28th.」

The last day of February.

On the 24th, Zhou Hui had taken a stroll over to the concrete bridge.

The next day, the van was salvaged.

Three days had passed.

In the office, Shen Xin was spinning a marker while Royal City, Lai Yong, and the others stared blankly into space.

Just then, Liu Jie pushed the door open and walked in.

Lai Yong shot up from his seat and eagerly asked, "How did it go?"

"What do you think?" A relieved smile appeared on Liu Jie’s face as he said decisively, "Let’s go. Grab your men."

Everyone’s eyes lit up, and they all swarmed out the door.

「Century Court.」

It was Thursday. The housekeeper had already taken the kids to school early in the morning, so Li Jing woke up very late.

She only went to the beauty salon to manage the accounts; the store manager handled the daily operations.

It was already almost ten in the morning, and Zhou Hui was still in bed, lying there and looking at his phone.

In front of her vanity, Li Jing finished her makeup. Seeing her husband lying in bed like a corpse in the mirror, she grew annoyed and complained, "Zhou Hui, is something wrong at the factory?"

Without looking up from the bed, Zhou Hui shot back, "What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? I’ve noticed you barely go to the factory these days. You just hole up at home every day. What are you up to?" Li Jing demanded loudly.

Zhou Hui said impatiently, "Nothing’s wrong at the factory. Stop asking."

This only provoked Li Jing further. She got up, walked to the bed, and snatched his phone. "Ever since Mao Yanru made that scene last time, I feel like you’ve been a completely different person. Are you messing around with her again?"

"Are you out of your mind?!"

Zhou Hui scrambled up to snatch his phone back.

Li Jing dodged him and quickly glanced at the phone’s screen. After just a few seconds, her expression changed drastically.

She violently threw the phone down and yelled, "Zhou Hui, what the hell are you trying to do?!"

On the phone, Zhou Hui hadn’t been contacting Mao Yanru. He had the browser open and was searching for "how to kill an old person without breaking the law."

"Fuck you, Zhou Hui! If it weren’t for my dad, who knows where you’d be struggling right now! And now you want to kill my dad? I’ll fucking kill you!" Li Jing shrieked and lunged at him.

Zhou Hui shoved her away impatiently.

"Are you crazy? I was just searching for fun. Who said I wanted to kill your dad?"

As he spoke, he scrambled out of bed to get away.

Li Jing’s perfect makeup was now ruined. She screamed, "Then who do you want to kill? Me? You want to kill me so you can go live happily ever after with that little homewrecker, right? Zhou Hui, I’ll fight you to the death!"

She grabbed a pillow and threw it at him.

Zhou Hui retreated as he fended her off, not wanting to get entangled with her.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

"Who is it?!"

Zhou Hui impatiently flung the door open, then froze.

Outside the door stood a large group of people.

Liu Jie was the one at the very front.

"It’s... it’s you!" In an instant, Zhou Hui’s eyes went wide, and his voice trembled.

He remembered Liu Jie’s face.

Liu Jie looked at Zhou Hui quietly, his feelings hard to describe.

There was the joy of victory.

After all, it had been a six-year marathon.

But more than that, there was a sense of deep emotion.

As for what exactly he was feeling, Liu Jie couldn’t say for sure. In any case, his emotions were complicated.

So, Liu Jie didn’t dwell on it. He simply took an arrest warrant from his bag and showed it to Zhou Hui.

"Zhou Hui, you’re under arrest!"

Not a summons, but an arrest warrant.

Once that warrant was issued, it was basically a one-way ticket to prison.

Zhou Hui’s body began to tremble uncontrollably. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but as he stared at his name on the arrest warrant and the conspicuous red seal, his tongue and throat felt paralyzed, unable to make a sound.

Gone from his face was the wild arrogance he’d displayed at the police station, where he had boasted that with his righteousness, he had nothing to fear anywhere in the world.

All that remained was endless fear.

He knew exactly what he had done, and he knew what his fate would be.

No one can face their coming punishment without fear.

Li Jing also heard the commotion and came out to see what was happening.

"What are you doing?" she asked, her face blank and stunned.