Chapter 20: Solving the Case, Arresting the Culprit!

"See this fishing rod? Brand new!"

"The fishing rod is remarkable, handmade, crafted from high-carbon fiber materials. Both its feel and its flexibility are top-notch."

Fang Hao was showing off his new fishing rod to his online followers, as if he were bragging about a new toy to his playmates.

The fishing rod was a prize that came out of the Silver Treasure Box awarded by the system.

"Wow, this fishing rod looks expensive."

The savvy viewers also noticed something exceptional about the rod.

For an angler, a good fishing rod is indeed very important, as it greatly enhances the catch during fishing.

"It must cost a few thousand?"

"A few thousand? I think this rod wouldn't cost less than twenty or thirty thousand."

"Damn, that expensive? Did the streamer strike it rich?"

Everyone was shocked.

"So this is all my belongings now."

"New rod, new atmosphere. Today, I will definitely show you all my true skills and will catch a big one for you to see."

Today, Fang Hao was stimulated by his fellow angler, Old Han.

He had intended to ask if the other party wanted to go fishing together, but instead, Old Han boasted about the forty-pound bighead carp he had caught today!

Damn.

Fang Hao couldn't swallow that.

Uncle could endure it, but aunty couldn't.

Today, he had to catch a forty-pound, no, a sixty-pound bighead carp to show them.

To overshadow their arrogant airs.

Look down on me, will you.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible."

"Streamer, give up already. Do you think a new rod will help? You won't catch any fish."

"The new rod can't save the streamer from his no-catch fate."

"I bet the streamer won't catch anything today either."

"+1."

"I'm just thinking... what if he fishes up another corpse?"

"If he fishes up another corpse again, that would really be something."

"Hahaha, but that's probably too unlucky."

"That would definitely confirm his nickname as the 'corpse-fishing streamer.' After that... he won't be able to shake off that title."

"Hahahaha..."

"I just want to know, about the two bodies the streamer fished up before, has the case been solved?"

When the conversation turned to corpses, everyone shifted their attention to the case.

"It won't be that fast. These kind of headless cases, with few leads, will probably be hard to solve."

"Probably need about ten or fifteen days, maybe then there will be some progress in the case."

It's not that the viewers underestimated them, but solving a case is not an easy thing.

In this case without leads, aside from the two bodies, there were no eyewitnesses.

Never mind identifying the corpses first, even if the identities were found, catching the killer would still be difficult.

As the conversation drifted, the viewers shifted from whether Fang Hao could catch a big fish, to the progress of the case.

Fang Hao also saw the topics that the viewers were discussing.

He was different from the viewers, as he knew more.

He had just handed over a crucial piece of evidence, the murder weapon, to the police, which would greatly aid the investigation.

"Maybe it won't even need ten or fifteen days."

"Perhaps it will be solved in a few days."

Fang Hao casually mentioned.

"Huh? Does the streamer know some details?"

"Streamer, do you have some insider information?"

Everyone's curiosity was piqued instantly.

"Not really, how would I know the inside story? Just a feeling," Fang Hao said.

He really didn't know, as he was not the investigator on the case.

Meanwhile, as they discussed the case.

Lin Wendong and his team were already analyzing the case.

After going over it again, they started analyzing from various aspects.

First off, the identities of the two bodies,

starting with the identity of the female body, known to be a resident of Xia Sha Village named Zhang Cuilan, while the male corpse was still unidentified.

Then, from the known identities, they started working.

Other officers reported what they'd found to Lin Wendong.

"We found a number that contacted Zhang Cuilan recently, it's a number from another region."

"Then we checked the identity of that number, and found a man named Li Dashan... We contacted our colleagues there, and found that this Li Dashan also disappeared suddenly about two to three months ago."

"Here is the information on Li Dashan. If our guess is correct, then this male corpse is Li Dashan."

This settled the man's identity.

With the identities of both bodies confirmed, it seemed there were more clues for the case.

The case seemed to become clearer.

"Captain Lin, we also have the last chat records between Zhang Cuilan and Li Dashan. It seems the two might have been in an online relationship, then after chatting for a long time, Li Dashan came here to meet Zhang Cuilan."

The relationship between the two victims was also laid out.

Both victims were likely in an online relationship, then met up here two or three months ago, and then... a murder occurred.

Both victims had blunt force trauma to the back of their heads.

And Zhang Cuilan had been violated before she died...

"Could the killer be a local?"

"I have a gut feeling that the killer might have known Zhang Cuilan. Maybe he saw Zhang Cuilan meeting with Li Dashan privately and got jealous, then followed them, striking when they were near the reservoir where there were few people around," someone speculated, emulating the crime process.

This viewpoint also gained Lin Wendong's approval.

"I think your speculation is very plausible."

"Crimes of passion are one direction. The killer could be someone who knew and loved Zhang Cuilan."

Because of the online relationship between Li Dashan and Zhang Cuilan, their judgment on the case became more definitive.

Additionally, they had already found the murder weapon.

This further convinced them that their speculation might be right.

The killer could likely be someone from Xia Sha Village.

Lin Wendong closed his eyes, thinking... recalling the people he'd encountered.

One by one, they flashed through his mind.

This was the advantage of previous visits; he had been in close contact with those villagers.

Finally, he had some clues in his mind.

"Let's go to Xia Sha Village!"

Lin Wendong and the others immediately stopped dallying and sprang into action.

Once they found the person, just verifying would be enough.

If the suspect really was the killer, he would definitely panic upon seeing them.

Moreover, they had the weapon and Zhang Cuilan's DNA evidence on their hands!