Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife

Chapter 406 406: Not Giving Him a Single Chance!

Right now, the person Chen Xiao suspects is Huang Zhaozhong!

The night before last, which was the same evening Chen Xiao and Chen Xu met in Hai City!

Time-wise, it's sufficient!

And as long as Huang Zhaozhong makes a call to the Provincial City and contacts the relatives of the deceased at the same time to cause trouble.

Then the case will certainly be taken seriously!

But on the other hand, if Huang Zhaozhong exposed this matter for profit, what gain is he after?

As a reincarnator, Chen Xiao knows clearly that among the six criminals captured back then, none had the surname Huang.

Of course, there's another possibility, which is Huang Zhaozhong might not actually be surnamed Huang.

Because Chen Xianzu had investigated him, but Huang Zhaozhong's background remained unclear.

Nevertheless, Chen Xiao feels Huang Zhaozhong should not be one of the six, otherwise he'd be putting himself in trouble for no reason by wearing silver handcuffs, wouldn't he?

So, the purpose of Huang Zhaozhong doing this must still be for profit!

On the other end of the phone, after the initial shock, Lin Xi quickly calmed down.

"Honey, why do you think Huang Zhaozhong is doing this? I've thought about it for a while, and it doesn't seem likely for a big boss who owns two to three hundred stores nationwide to willingly put himself in the line of fire."

"Moreover, he should have been in business all these years, so could it be that his career hit a bottleneck, and he happened to suspect something? But, unable to determine it himself, after meeting you, the detective, he decided to reveal everything to deliver a fatal blow to his competitor?"

Lin Xi basically verbalized Chen Xiao's doubt clearly.

Chen Xiao responded with a realization: "Quite likely! Regardless of whether his competitor has actually committed a crime, spreading rumors is easy while disproving them is difficult, especially with such a serious case filled with questions, once exposed, his competitor will be in deep trouble!"

"That's right, business warfare uses every imaginable means, and it's all about killing with a hidden dagger!" Lin Xi's voice was low, then she continued even more displeased:

"Indeed, he has the suspicion of using you too, this person needs to be checked!"

Chen Xiao laughed: "No rush to confront him; he wants me to go right at it, but I won't give him that chance!"

"But am I not already on the task force?" Lin Xi felt frustrated.

"It's okay, he's targeting me, so he definitely hopes I'll go to the Provincial City to investigate. But by tonight, he should receive word that I did not go along. In the meantime, I need to figure out who Huang Zhaozhong's competitors are."

Speaking of which, Chen Xiao paused: "Actually, I'm feeling more inclined to do something else right now, which is to fly down to Hai City with Dali and the others and give him a good beating!"

Lin Xi was amused by Chen Xiao's words: "Yeah, that's right, give him a beating, even daring to use you, he must have the guts of a bear and the heart of a leopard!"

These words were merely a couple's playful banter.

After the call, Chen Xiao fell into thought again.

Huang Zhaozhong is in Hai City, working in the phone store business.

The so-called phone store is basically a mobile phone shop.

The store sells various brand phones, making profits from them.

Before the advent of smartphones, such phone shops sprouted up like mushrooms after rain, appearing across the country.

These comprehensive phone stores started to disappear only after smartphones and brand-exclusive stores appeared.

Considering this, Chen Xiao continued making phone calls and dialed Pan Huiping.

"Surprised you're contacting me!" Pan Huiping said immediately.

Chen Xiao replied: "Why, am I not allowed to contact Captain Pan?"

"No, no, it's just after the case finished, I thought we... um, never mind, you know that people in criminal investigations aren't good at talking, so just tell me, what's the matter?" Pan Huiping asked directly.

"Could you help me investigate someone, the owner of Zhaolitong Company in Hai City, Huang Zhaozhong, preferably without letting him notice anything. Is this convenient?"

Having explained the reason, Chen Xiao still asked Pan Huiping if it was troublesome or not.

Without any hesitation, Pan Huiping replied: "Convenient, when do you need the information?"

"As soon as possible, especially about Huang Zhaozhong's competitors. Ideally, they should have connections to Jiang Province or even be from Jiang Province. If such a person is found, complete information on them is needed!"

"Understood, anything else?" Pan Huiping asked again.

Chen Xiao had no other matters but inadvertently asked: "Has Dayou contacted you after coming back?"

At this moment, a dead silence fell on the other end!

Maintaining the silence for a few seconds, Pan Huiping replied: "Why should I tell you?"

After saying this, she hung up the phone.

This left Chen Xiao momentarily taken aback.

Pan Huiping didn't answer his question directly, nor did she express doubt towards his question, rather she somewhat embarrassingly asked why she should tell him?

"Ah!"

Chen Xiao took a deep breath and thought to himself: "Dayou, you truly have become quite the achiever!"

After reflecting, Chen Xiao finally set down the phone and continued to relax in the courtyard of the Luo family.

Once Luo Dali and Ye Xiu were done with their work, either out of boredom or worried Chen Xiao was bored, Luo Dali fetched a deck of cards for the trio to play a round of Run Fast.

The entire afternoon, Chen Xiao spent at the Luo family's place.

Come evening, Luo Sifu wanted to keep Chen Xiao for dinner, but Chen Xiao had already committed to going to Zhang Xian's house.

Driving away with Luo Dali and the two others, he also notified Dayou and Xiaoji Knife Man cousins, altogether seven people headed to Zhang Xian's house.

After a knock, the door didn't open, yet a childish voice inside queried:

"Who are you?"

Chen Xiao chuckled: "We're your dad's friends."

"Dad's friends? Are you police officers or bad guys!" the voice inside suddenly grew wary.

Knowing Zhang Xian has a son in kindergarten, Chen Xiao couldn't help but laugh:

"Does your dad even have any friends who are bad guys?"

"Well... even bad guys claim to be dad's friends! You're fibbing. I won't open the door, I have a gun... pew pew pew!"

Inside, there were toy gun sound effects, amusing everyone outside into laughter.

Then the door finally swung open.

The person opening the door was Zhang Xian.

"You made it." Zhang Xian greeted with a smile, Chen Xiao and the others nodded, then noticed the little boy at Zhang Xian's feet.

A police hat, far too big for him, was askew on his head.

The boy showed no signs of shyness, while Zhang Xian tousled his hair: "Have some manners, call them uncles and aunties, these are dad's good friends, not bad people."

"Hello, Uncles!"

"Hello, Aunties!"

"Are all of you police officers?"

A sparkle of excitement passed Zhang Xian's eyes, smiling as he replied: "This uncle isn't a bad guy, but when it comes to catching bad guys, he's even tougher than the police! He has Three Heads and Six Arms, and he can... perform Seventy-Two Transformations! Yes, he can perform Seventy-Two Transformations!"

Watching Zhang Xian's animated speech, Chen Xiao suddenly felt a rush of tension.

Even the little guy's eyes sparkled as he stared at Chen Xiao!

But just as he was about to dart towards Chen Xiao, a tall figure behind him swiftly reached out and pulled him back:

"You don't understand how troublesome he can be, do you? Chen Xiao and the others are visiting for the first time; don't make any mischief!"

The woman scolded Zhang Xian, who chuckled and grabbed hold of the little one as well.

Chen Xiao glanced over at the apron-clad woman, it was his first time meeting Zhang Xian's wife—Mi Qin.