“Proof.”
The household opened the door halfway, looking very suspicious, and demanded Huang Yi provide identification.
He was prepared and flashed a fake ID, a sheriff’s badge, easily getting by.
There was no way he would show his real credentials—those were from the Countermeasure Center.
In equivalent terms, that would be like a staff officer from a military district showing their work ID, which would seem strange.
A staff officer wouldn’t be handling this kind of matter.
A fake sheriff’s badge was actually more suitable for this task.
The door was opened.
The woman of the house tightened her coat and stood in the doorway, blocking the entrance.
“What are you here for again? You’ve already searched the house, taken our statements—how much longer are you going to keep bothering us?”
The woman’s tone turned harsh, venting her displeasure.
“Not going to invite us in?”
Huang Yi’s tone remained flat.
She stroked the head of the child beside her, comforting him.
“You’re not welcome here,” the woman shouted.
“Fine. Then we’ll talk right here at the door.”
Huang Yi spoke in a flat tone, delivering the most shocking news.
“The suspect is dead. That is, your husband.”
At these words, the woman suddenly collapsed to the floor.
Even Yin Lin felt Huang Yi was being too blunt.
Could a normal person say something like that so casually?
Didn’t it need to be softened?
“How did he die?!”
The woman forced the words through gritted teeth.
She pushed the child beside her, trying to send him inside.
“No, I’m not leaving. I want Dad.”
The child didn’t budge.
She shoved him forcefully and shouted, “I told you to go to your room! Did you hear me?!”
Seeing his mother’s reddened eyes, the child grew a bit scared and retreated slightly, but still lingered in the living room, listening.
Huang Yi answered her question.
“The cause of death isn’t certain yet. We came to ask for permission to perform an autopsy. Preliminary suspicion is that he may have been poisoned.”
“You killed him, and now you want to cut him open?”
The woman demanded in a trembling voice.
“And you want my consent? You killed him!”
She glared at Huang Yi, her anger undisguised.
Huang Yi said, “With just a simple investigation, we might not uncover the truth. Yes, we need your permission. Otherwise, we’ll have to proceed based on the existing conclusions.”
“Truth?”
the woman snapped.
“Isn’t the truth that you arrested him and framed him? You killed him!”
Huang Yi’s voice turned cold.
“His connection to Demonic Creatures and the Evil Cult is already an established fact. The only question now is how he actually died.”
“You’re lying! He couldn’t have done any of that! He was just an ordinary person—how could he be involved with Demonic Creatures? You’re murderers!”
She tried to stand but couldn’t, so she grabbed Huang Yi’s pant leg, shaking and pounding on it.
Huang Yi kicked her away.
Even a man would hurt from being beaten on the leg like that.
“You have no right,” he said coldly.
“Almost every citizen of Yiri City has the right to be angry, but not you. You colluded with Demonic Creatures and the Evil Cult, suspected of helping them—you should feel guilty toward all of humanity. He’s dead, so he got off easy. No one can hold him accountable anymore. People like him are traitors to humanity. You should be ashamed. Don’t expect to live with a clear conscience from now on.”
Huang Yi’s tone was no longer calm; it carried a touch of ferocity.
The woman collapsed against the doorframe, sobbing.
Inside, the child clutched the sofa tightly, his fingers pressing deep indentations into the cushion.
Yin Lin’s heart was complicated.
She just listened quietly, neither intervening nor speaking.
She was beginning to understand why Huang Yi had brought her along.
Next, the woman kept venting, cursing nonstop, even trying to attack him.
Huang Yi didn’t indulge her.
He fought back a few times, grabbing her by the hair and throwing her into the house.
The child rushed to attack him, trying to protect his mother, but Huang Yi slapped him too.
Once things quieted down, Huang Yi began to relay the confession the man had given, as well as the findings of the Public Security Bureau and Countermeasure Center.
The suspect had joined the Ocean Trade Company early on.
At first, he didn’t know what was going on—he thought it was just regular trade.
Later, he noticed problems: the company operated in a sneaky manner, and strange people came and went frequently, people who clearly didn’t look like businesspeople.
The company’s shipments were also abnormal, as if they didn’t care whether they made a profit or not.
A company that doesn’t care about making money?
Then what was it for?
Charity?
As his doubts grew, the man began to investigate.
That was when he was discovered.
He learned that the real person in charge of the company was a formally dressed woman, but she only managed this company.
Behind her was an organization called the Star Summoning Society.
After that, they gave him two choices: take a hush payment and leave, or stay and formally join the Star Summoning Society.
The man initially thought he’d be silenced, so he didn’t dare leave and pretended to join instead.
After that, he got promoted and a raise, coming into contact with more and more secrets.
Eventually, he went from pretending to truly joining the Star Summoning Society.
Based on his confession, the Countermeasure Center found the assets he had hidden.
In just one year, an ordinary employee had accumulated tens of millions in property.
There were also plenty of contraband items: some firearms aimed at humans, various fake IDs for easy escape, and a type of drug popular within the Star Summoning Society.
“Impossible… he wasn’t like that… he was… a good husband, a good father.”
After hearing all this, the woman clearly couldn’t accept it.
“I’m not here to convince you. I’m just relaying the results.”
With that, Huang Yi prepared to leave.
“Oh, and if you don’t consent to the autopsy, the case will be closed based on the current investigation.”
“Dad wouldn’t do that! Dad is a good person!”
the child shouted hoarsely.
Watching Huang Yi’s retreating figure, the devastated woman finally relented.
“I agree, I agree! Perform the autopsy! Please do it, to prove his innocence!”
“Fine. You’ll need to come in tomorrow to identify the body and sign the papers.”
Huang Yi left with Yin Lin.
She looked back and saw the mother and son hugging each other at the door, crying.
They got in the car and drove off.
On the way back, Yin Lin stared out the window at the receding scenery and her own reflection in the glass.
The face seemed a little unfamiliar.
She casually asked, “Why didn’t you lie to them? Tell the child that his father was killed by the Star Summoning Society, that he died fighting Demonic Creatures. That way, they might feel a little better, right?”
Huang Yi replied coldly, “They don’t deserve that kind of kindness. They are the family of a suspect, and that suspect was a villain who helped Demonic Creatures and the Star Summoning Society. If his family still gets kindness, then it would be unfair to those who died fighting Demonic Creatures.”
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