Chapter 168: Chapter 81: Leaf-tailed Gecko Camouflage Gene (Subscription and Monthly Ticket Requested) _2
Because afterwards, Tang Cuifang began a series of comments about how great and wonderful marriage is, successfully making the two of them flee in panic.
Once they were out of her shop, Luo Fei looked at Yang Mei, "Where do you want to go next?"
"Forget it, let’s just go home directly."
Yang Mei seemed to have lost interest and shook her head as she walked towards the car.
After getting in the car, Luo Fei started the engine and drove off, but Yang Mei didn’t say a word in the passenger seat.
Seeing her looking gloomy, he asked proactively, "What’s wrong? Got something on your mind?"
"No, I just thought about my master’s case and got a bit sad."
The earlier remark from Aunt Tang, "I’m just afraid he died without clarity," made Yang Mei realize that if her master’s case remained unsolved, Aunt Tang would never have peace of mind for her entire life.
But solving this case is truly difficult. Back then, the city brought in so many skilled detectives and still couldn’t crack it, and so much time has passed since.
The most crucial thing is that after the murderer killed Zheng Bei, they disappeared completely, like they vanished into thin air, leaving the provincial detective team at a loss. The investigation into the case was stopped months ago.
Earlier, she didn’t tell Aunt Tang the truth. If she had shared that the province had already archived the case, Tang Cuifang would certainly be even more disappointed. It was better to say she didn’t know; at least Aunt Tang could hold onto some hope.
Nevertheless, Yang Mei still hopes to identify the murderer and bring them to justice.
Thinking of this, Yang Mei suddenly looked at Luo Fei. Luo Fei is so skilled at solving cases; could he crack this one?
"Luo Fei, you’re so good at solving cases, do you have any thoughts on my master’s case? If you were to investigate, do you think you could find the murderer?"
"Well... I didn’t participate in the investigation, so it’s hard to say. But at the time, the case gathered so many of the city’s best detectives, and nothing was discovered. It shows the murderer’s anti-detection awareness is extremely high; the difficulty must be very high."
"Even you think it’s difficult? Then it seems this case might really remain unsolved..."
"Not necessarily. There’s no absolutely perfect crime in this world; any crime leaves traces. It’s just possible the police overlooked those details at the time. It’s a shame I wasn’t there then..."
Although this case is difficult, Luo Fei doesn’t think it’s completely unsolvable.
If he had been there at the time, he could have used dark energy and the traces left by the murderer to track them. Unfortunately, so much time has passed since the incident, and all the traces are gone, making it truly challenging.
He continued, "Besides, discussing this now is useless. The case has already been handed over to the provincial office, and we have no authority to intervene."
"That’s true..."
Yang Mei knew she was overthinking things, sighed, and talked about something else.
Later, at Luo Fei’s building, after saying goodbye, Yang Mei left.
At seven o’clock, Luo Fei returned home.
Today, Wu Yan was rarely not wearing her beads, sitting on the sofa watching soap operas with Luo Xiaoxiao.
Seeing Luo Fei enter the room, Luo Xiaoxiao excitedly said, "Brother, you’re back!"
Wu Yan also looked at him, "Have you eaten? I left some food for you in the pot, want me to get it for you?"
"No need, Mom. I just had something with Yang Mei outside."
Upon hearing this, Wu Yan sat back down.
Luo Fei changed his shoes at the door, walked into the living room, and quickly scanned the room, noticing no sign of Luo Hao.
"Mom, where’s Luo Hao? Went out to play again?"
"He left after just eating, said he’s going to play basketball with classmates."
"Remind him to come back early next time. It’s unsafe to be out so late, and he’s a high school freshman now. If he doesn’t focus on studying, what will he do in the future?"
Just as he was saying this, Luo Hao came through the door.
Seeing Luo Fei at home, he immediately felt like a mouse seeing a cat, "Brother, you’re back? Oh, I need to do homework, back to my room!"
He tried to run away, but there was no way he could outrun Luo Fei. Inevitably, he got a stern talking-to.
Afterwards, Luo Fei took a shower and entered the system.
The system reward sounded, "Ding, congratulations to the Host for solving the Xu Mingqing murder case and subsequently uncovering the elder abuse case, earning five hundred Gold Coins!"
Luo Fei’s face showed a timely trace of excitement.
With the previous sixteen hundred Gold Coins, he now had twenty-one hundred Gold Coins and could exchange for another gene!
He immediately couldn’t wait to open the Gene Store.
Gene Store: African Hyena Patience Gene (2000 Gold Coins), Leaf-tailed Gecko Camouflage Gene (2000 Gold Coins), Turtle Defense Gene (2000 Gold Coins), Water Buffalo Swimming Gene (2000 Gold Coins), Ant Strength Gene (5000 Gold Coins), Elephant Memory Gene (5000 Gold Coins)...
This time, Luo Fei didn’t hesitate and chose to exchange for the Leaf-tailed Gecko Camouflage Gene because he had been craving this gene for a long time.
With this gene, it would be more convenient for him when tracking and staking out suspects.
"Leaf-tailed Gecko Camouflage Gene exchange successful, Host advised to fuse immediately!"
"Fusion"
A few seconds later, the fusion ended.
Luo Fei immediately wanted to test the effect of the fusion, but this gene was different from the previous ones, not easily observable...
After thinking for a while, he finally came up with an idea.
He exited the system, quickly finished his shower, changed clothes, and went out.
He didn’t return directly to his room but went outside Luo Hao’s door, quietly opening it to peek inside.
At this moment, Luo Hao was sitting at his desk, facing away from the door, talking on the phone, completely unaware that Luo Fei was standing outside.
Luo Fei tiptoed inside without greeting Luo Hao and quietly sat down by his bed.
Luo Fei wanted to use Luo Hao to test his newly fused gene.
"No way, my brother doesn’t let me play that late... Can’t help it, my brother’s super strict, always stern with me, and he’s a detective; I’m scared whenever I see him..."
Luo Hao was earnestly complaining to his classmate, oblivious to the fact that the subject was sitting next to him.
Luo Fei listened and almost laughed in anger; this little rascal dared to call him strict—see how he’ll deal with him later!
Luo Hao complained about Luo Fei for a while to his classmate.
"I need to go shower."
He hung up quickly, grabbed his sleepwear from the chair, and walked out, barely pausing when he walked past Luo Fei, not even seeming to notice him.
This defied common logic, but Luo Fei was extremely pleased because he knew, for certain, that the Leaf-tailed Gecko Camouflage Gene was working, perfectly blending him into the environment!
Having validated the effect, he no longer needed to hide and spoke up.
"Well done, Luo Hao; I didn’t know you like to bad-mouth me secretly!"
Luo Hao was almost at the door when his brother’s sudden voice startled him to the point of almost jumping.
Turning around, seeing Luo Fei sitting on his bed, Luo Hao patted his chest rapidly, "Oh my God, bro, when did you come in? And how come you’re silent, scared the hell out of me, don’t you know you can frighten people to death?"
At the same moment, a thought flashed in his mind, this room isn’t large, easy to overlook, so why did he somehow miss his brother’s presence here?
This was really bizarre!
"If I’d made noise, would I have heard your true thoughts?"
Facing his brother’s knowing smile, Luo Hao panicked, forgetting about Luo Fei’s scare.
"Bro, you heard everything? I-I was just joking with my classmates, don’t misunderstand..."
"Joking? Then fine, I’ll joke with you!"
"No, bro, I was wrong... Mom, help me..."
From the living room, listening to Luo Hao’s plea for help, Wu Yan didn’t move from the sofa.
She trusted Luo Fei to have control; if Luo Hao hadn’t done something wrong, he wouldn’t act without reason, so Luo Hao had probably brought this on himself.
"Haha, second brother’s gonna have it rough!"
Luo Xiaoxiao gleefully ran over to watch, only to get a glare from Wu Yan, "It’s late; hurry and wash up for bed."
"Okay then..."