Snail Senior Brother

Chapter 167 You Foresee My Foresight

When Lin Han went out, the door wasn't closed, and I strained my ears to listen…

I grasped the gist of it. A man had come to the door, claiming that Fatty had slept with his wife and demanding five thousand yuan to settle the matter privately. Fatty denied it, so the man started cursing, using extremely vulgar language.

Lin Han was gone for a while, and then there was silence. Soon after, Lin Han returned, her expression grim, clearly angered.

"He's gone?"

"Five thousand yuan is just like giving alms to a beggar. What was my third brother thinking? With how well his website is doing, what kind of woman couldn't he find, yet he had to get involved with someone who was already married and had children."

"Didn't Fatty say it wasn't like that?"

Lin Han's displeasure only deepened. "Isn't emotional infidelity a form of infidelity? It's all the woman's fault. If she were divorced and with my third brother, I'd wish them happiness. But she's not divorced and yet she's flaunting her affections."

"Can 5,000 yuan solve it?"

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"Definitely not. That man looks like a compulsive gambler, someone who's seen red."

"Then why give him the money?"

"Second Brother told him to. He said he'd hire a lawyer, get the woman to finalize her divorce first, and then let third brother pursue her openly. Third brother said that woman had wanted a divorce for a long time but couldn't get custody of the child. Second Brother is trying to find a good lawyer in Beijing through his connections, he's on the phone now. What a mess this is?"

Lin Han was in a bad mood and left after a while. In the afternoon, after my IV drip was finished, I went to Da Huang's room. He was worse off than me, both his arms bandaged, like a mummy. However, upon seeing me, Da Huang broke into a radiant smile. "Brother, I'm sorry. I really didn't realize you and sister were acting back then. You, you should have notified me beforehand. Just pretend you didn't hear what I said."

"In our little team, you and Brother Chang are basically the logistics. You're not as good at acting as Lin Han. It's better to be genuine."

"Yes, yes, as long as you don't blame me. My wife doesn't want to deal with people from the martial world, but she said that when I'm discharged from the hospital, our family of three will treat you to a meal."

"Are we being so formal? Second Brother, I came to see you about Fatty's matter."

"That fool, don't even mention him, it infuriates me. There are so many beautiful unmarried girls waiting for him, and he falls for someone with a child. Has his head gone waterlogged!"

"I heard you helped him find a lawyer."

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"What else could I do? Advise him to break up? You don't understand Fatty. Even though he can't say much, he's a stubborn mule, the kind who'll run headfirst into a wall and refuse to turn back. I can only help him. I found a lawyer, a friend of mine, who's quite reputable in this area of Beijing."

"Does Brother Chang know?"

"I didn't tell him. My niece got food poisoning and had a stomach hemorrhage, she's in the hospital. I didn't want to bother him with more problems. Old Chang would definitely think the same as me: find a lawyer. Trying to talk Fatty into a breakup is hopeless!"

After chatting with Da Huang, I returned to my VIP hospital room, feeling a faint sense of unease. I had contacted Yu Xiao Luo. She had investigated the video calls but couldn't trace the source. I felt that Zhu Guang was definitely in Beijing. A broken egg doesn't attract flies; Fatty's situation would surely be exploited by Zhu Guang.

How he would exploit it, I had no idea. In any contest, whether it's chess, Go, or checkers, to be the one who sees the future, you must at least know the rules of the game.

Without knowing the rules, to predict something out of thin air, saying 'I will win,' that's not prediction, that's assertion. Just like Zhang Si saying I'm dead, it's an assertion. It could involve mathematics, modern philosophy, logic, linguistics.

Therefore, the future is a very broad concept. Even Lao Gui can't definitively predict the future with certainty.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the bad news still arrived. Fatty called me: "Tang Nan, I've killed someone!"

"What are you talking about?"

"I beat someone to death. Can you come over?"

"Alright, I'm coming right now!"

I went to the address Fatty gave me. It wasn't far from Guijie, where the woman Fatty liked usually worked. It was an ordinary residential area. This was all because Da Huang had found a lawyer for the woman.

The gambling man was unhappy. He came to find the woman at night after drinking. As it happened, Fatty was also there, and they got into a fight. He ended up hitting his head on a table and died!

When I arrived, the man was lying there, a pool of blood on the ground. I saw Fatty's classmate for the first time. She was a woman in her thirties with children, but her figure was still well-maintained. She wasn't wearing makeup, and her skin was good; she was a natural beauty.

"Where's the child?"

"She usually works late, so the child attends after-school care and is picked up at nine in the evening. After the incident here, I arranged for my daughter to stay with a friend. I didn't dare let her come back. I killed him. It has nothing to do with Ding Tai (Fatty)."

"Didn't we agree? Tell the police I killed him."

"Fatty, you're too kind. Why didn't you confess your feelings to me back then? We just weren't fated. In the next life, I will marry you. I can't let you go to jail for me this life."

The two were engrossed in their affections. I squatted down to examine the man's wound. It was merely a head injury, profusely bleeding. The location was on the skull. I'd heard the skull is the hardest bone in the human body; even an axe might not easily crack it. To die from a bump on the head? This death was somewhat suspicious.

I stood up. The two were still arguing about who had killed the man. I stopped them. "It doesn't matter who killed him. Can I find a professional to come?"

The woman's face turned pale. "Don't bother. Let's just call the police." Fatty grabbed the woman's hand. "Liu Lifang, let's listen to Tang Nan."

I called Luo Bo. Luo Bo, wearing gloves, examined the deceased's eyes and said seriously, "The cause of death cannot be determined. An autopsy is required. Why haven't you called the police?"

Luo Bo somehow managed to win Yu Xiao Luo over. It was probably because they had worked together for so long, proximity breeds affection. Recently, Luo Bo had been busy with wedding preparations. However, Zhu Guang had reappeared in Beijing under the name 'Fairy Forest.' Wang Ze Yi, knowing that 'Fairy Forest' was the precursor to 'Logical Paradox,' immediately convened an emergency meeting.

The 'Black Gold' special task force was slated for reorganization. However, this time, Wang Ze Yi would no longer be the leader; it would be Luo Bo. I had always been unclear about Wang Ze Yi's identity, thinking he was just a team leader, but he was actually of a very high rank, considering the task force had to liaunt with various provincial public security departments. Assigning this important responsibility to Luo Bo this time was also a way to promote him.

When I spoke with Yu Xiao Luo, I learned about this, which is why I sought Luo Bo's help. He asked why I hadn't called the police. I offered an awkward smile. "Brother Luo, I didn't intend to call the police."

"What are you saying?"

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With Fatty and Liu Lifang looking at me strangely, I pulled Luo Bo aside. "This person's cause of death is strange. I suspect it was a setup for me."

"So, that's why we need an autopsy to clear your name."

"I don't want to do that. The other party doesn't want me to do that either."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"Last year, a Japanese novel called 'The Devotion of Suspect X' told the story of a mathematician's battle of wits with the police to conceal the truth. This time, I want to be Suspect X and hide the body. This way, we can lure the enemy out."

Luo Bo frowned. "Tang Nan, you're about to do something illegal. Your sister Yu Xiao Luo wouldn't agree."

"You're speaking from my sister's perspective now. Of course, I won't do anything illegal, Brother Luo. You are now the leader of the 'Black Gold' special task force."

"It's not a done deal yet."

"I'll be your informant. We'll employ a 'lure the snake out of its hole' strategy."

Luo Bo was a smart man. He thought for a moment and nodded.

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In the morning, before I could even open my eyes, Lin Han's cold hand slipped into my neck, and I jolted awake.

"Lazybones, still sleeping?"

I sat up, grabbed Lin Han's hands to warm them, and saw the breakfast she had brought today: Jianbing Guozi. The bag had an address and a franchise number, indicating it was bought from a nearby vendor. There were two portions, looking like one was for Da Huang as well.

"Fatty didn't come to deliver breakfast today?"

"Liu Lifang, the woman Fatty likes, had an incident in her residential area. This morning, some elderly people exercising in the green space found money in the grass. When they went to pick it up, they saw a body. It was Liu Lifang's husband."

"Fatty hired a lawyer yesterday, and the man didn't agree, so Fatty and Liu Lifang conspired and killed the man. That's how it happens in movies."

Lin Han was so angry she wanted to hit me, but her hands were caught by me. She could only open her mouth to bite, and as I dodged, a nurse came in. "Still being mushy? Time for your injection." Lin Han's face flushed as she stood up and said to me, "I'll go to Second Brother's place."

"Your sister-in-law is there, don't go interfering."

My comment made the nurse laugh, but she coincidentally gave me an injection, hitting the mark perfectly. I smiled and said, "I know a nurse whose hand is a bit heavy, you're not bad. Do we know each other?" As I spoke, I casually glanced at the nurse.

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The nurse took off her mask. "Do we know each other?"

"I was just saying. You don't need to prove yourself."

The nurse glared at me. "Scumbag, your girlfriend is next door, and you're already flirting."

I smiled helplessly. After the nurse left, I quietly looked at the Jianbing Guozi, my hands occupied. Before Lin Han returned, Fatty rushed in.

"Fatty, I'm hungry."

I meant for Fatty to feed me the Jianbing, but he was in a hurry to show me a video file on his phone. This video showed Fatty and me disposing of the body. We had thrown the bag containing the corpse into the green belt late at night. Then, I took out a stack of money and hid it in the grass like a treasure hunt. At that time, my intention was for people in the community to find the money. While searching for it, they would disturb the footprints at the scene, making it impossible for the police to determine it was us.

"This is a trap!" Fatty was a bit anxious, unaware of my discussion with Luo Bo.

"What did the other party say?"

"They didn't say anything. They left an address, and I know the place. It's our high school."

A fixed scene, exploring the depravity of human nature, using a gamble to tell others that man is selfish and will be punished by heaven and earth. This is another of Zhu Guang's schemes, based on picking up women to control them, a behavioral art study.

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