Chapter 21: Adding Fuel to the Fire!

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  Yi Tian asked Liu Yinyin a few more things and then left the room with Heiniu.

  Although he knew the truth about Zhang Lao San's murder, there was no conclusive evidence, so Yi Tian wanted to use other means to deal with Zhang Lao San. As for this point, Yi Tian believed it wouldn't be difficult to accomplish.

  But it's a bit troublesome to prove that Ma Gan is the murderer, compared to Zhang Lao San, even the motive for Ma Gan's murder is unknown, there is no clue to follow, let alone solve the case and get the reward of 10,000 yuan.

  It's tough! It's really tough!

  Suddenly, just as Yi Tian was recalling Liu Yinyin's words, he seemed to have discovered some clues.

  "Zhang Lao San and Ma Gan got into an argument, with Zhang severely scolding Ma as a eunuch. Why did he curse Ma as a eunuch for no reason? Could it be..."

  After thinking for half a day, Yi Tian finally felt like he was clearing up some of the fog, and he nodded to himself in secret, as if he had thought of some kind of clever plan, his mouth curled up at the corner, looking very pleased with himself.

  "Yitian, what are you thinking? Are you going to tease someone again?" Heiniu asked with great interest.

  Hei Niu had been with Yi Tian for several years and was quite familiar with him. As soon as he made this expression, someone else would be in trouble again.

  He patted Hei Niu's shoulder and laughed: "Haha, good brother, you've figured it all out. I've thought of a way to take them down all at once. Whether it'll work or not can only be known after trying. How about it? Are you in?"

  "Hmph, what's more frightening than seeing a ghost? I've even seen ghosts before! You tell me, how do we play this?" After these two days of bizarre events, Hei Niu felt that he had become fearless and his words carried more momentum.

  "I'm not telling you everything yet, things have to be done step by step. Here's what I want you to do: get me Zhang Lao San and Ma Gou's pager numbers without letting them find out. And also, try to find a camera for me, can you do it?"

  "Don't worry, I've got it," said the black cow. "The room number should be in my aunt's notebook. If not, I'll just ask my uncle!"

  "Alright, go find a place to sleep then!" After saying that, Yi Tian turned around and headed back in the direction of Liu Yanyan's location.

  "Yitian, where are you going? Haven't we finished asking questions?" Heiniu asked.

  "Tonight I'm going to take Liu Yingying out for a trip!"

  Yi Tian then took Liu Yinyin's soul to Beishan, with the goal of finding her skull.

  When Liu Yingying first heard the news of being dismembered, she cried uncontrollably. Yi Tian comforted her all the way. He didn't want to tell her at first, but he couldn't find it either. When burying the body and returning the soul, Liu Yingying would know sooner or later, and her head was an indispensable part of the plan.

  Hard work pays off for those who are diligent. After Liu Yinyin's soul personally arrived, he soon discovered the location of the skull. Afterwards, it happened to coincide with the Zhang family driving back, and he followed them back as well.

  Until the second day when the sun was high in the sky, Yi Tian was still fast asleep, suddenly, a savory aroma wafted before his nose, he abruptly opened his eyes to find Hei Niu holding a plate of braised pork standing before him.

  "Hehe, I knew you'd wake up once you smelled the meat!" Black Cow laughed heartily.

  "You really guessed it!" Looking around, Yi Tian continued to ask: "Hey? Where did my old man go?"

  "Oh, he said he was going home first, I told him to stay and play with me for two days before going back, he agreed!"

  After nodding slightly, Yi Tian came to the dining table in the house and started eating mantou with braised pork. While eating, he asked, "How's the task I assigned to you going?"

  "Haha, don't worry about it, I've got all the numbers and nobody knows that they were copied from my aunt's phone book in her room! The camera was also borrowed from my aunt!"

  While eating, Yi Tian fell into deep thought, repeatedly rehearsing all the links in his mind several times. Feeling that there was no problem, he said: "Hei Niu, go take a look at the button in the fish tank now. If everything is ready, we can act!"

  "Okay, I'll be right back!" Before long, Black Cow ran back, "Found it! And there's really a yellow button with letters inside!"

  After dinner, Yi Tian and Hei Niu came to the mall. After some bargaining, they bought a sweater similar to Liu Yingying's. Then, they made a phone call to the message board, and the recipient was... Zhang Lao San!

  In the afternoon, on Jiang Bridge, a person wearing a mask and tattered clothes stood in the cold wind, gazing at the distant mountains as if appreciating the scenery.

  "Damn it, I'm freezing to death! Why hasn't that bastard Zhang Lao San arrived yet?"

  This man was actually Yi Tian. In order not to let Zhang Lao San discover his identity, he had asked Hei Niu to return to the Zhang family beforehand. Moreover, before coming, he didn't know where he got a tattered coat, tattered cotton boots, and a tattered cotton hat, which he wore, and on his face, he also wore a very cartoonish mask, completely unable to see his original appearance, from time to time, passersby looked at him as if looking at a monster.

  Just as he was cursing Zhang Lao San in his heart, a familiar figure walked closer and closer from afar, "Damn it, you've finally arrived!"

  Seeing this, Yitian also walked over.

  When the two men locked eyes, neither of them spoke up. Zhang Lao San's sharp gaze pierced through as he asked, "What do you want from me?"

  The information Yitian sent to Zhang Lao San earlier was: January 3rd, Liu Yingying, Beishan. Afternoon 2 o'clock, Jiangqiao see!

  If ordinary people saw such information, they would not think much of it, but when Zhang Lao San saw the message, he immediately panicked. This was the time and place where he killed Liu Yingying, and he believed that apart from him and one other person, no one else knew about it. But someone had spoken so clearly about it, making him worry that something had changed. After thinking carefully, he finally decided to meet the person who sent the message.

  Yi Tian controlled his throat, making his voice a bit hoarse. "Hmph, what do I want to do? Alright, then I won't waste words either. A flat price, one million as hush money!"

  Upon hearing this, Zhang Lao San furrowed his brow and immediately laughed: "Haha, what's with you? You're asking for a 1 million yuan hush fee just because I opened my mouth? I don't even know you, why should I give it to you?"

  Yi Tian snorted coldly in his heart and said loudly, "Don't think I don't know that you killed Liu Yanyan. I personally saw you kill her and bury her on North Mountain!"

  His loud shout thoroughly frightened Zhang Lao San, because there were still many pedestrians on the river bridge. If someone else heard it, that would be a disaster. He now found that the masked man in front of him seemed to have a somewhat stunned expression.

  "Shh, shh, keep your voice down, brother. Let's have a good talk. Don't you think there's been some misunderstanding between us before? Have you mistaken me for someone else?" Zhang Lao San said kindly.

  "Hmph, don't drag that out with me. I'm telling you, it's useless. I want one million, and I want it fast. Someone in my family is seriously ill and needs expensive treatment. If I don't have the money, you're essentially taking my life. I dare to fight to the death with you!"

  One million, what a joke?

  Even if Zhang Lao San were beaten to death, he wouldn't have this much money!

  From those few brief words just now, Zhang Lao San knew that the masked man really did know the truth. But it wasn't just a matter of one million, even the thirty million from Ma Gun he couldn't take out.

  Zhang Lao San furrowed his brow and thought for a moment, then said with a smile: "Hmph, you're framing me. Even if you really call the police, without evidence, they can't do anything to me!"

  Yi Tian chuckled lightly, "Hehe, evidence? Simple!" As he spoke, he took out a partially burnt sweater from his coat pocket and waved it in front of Zhang Lao San's eyes. "Does this piece of clothing look familiar to you? Didn't expect that, did you? The day you set the fire, you didn't burn all the evidence clean, and I managed to pick it up from the ashes. There are still several long strands of hair on it, guess whose they might be?"

  Zhang Lao San stared at the sweater, his eyes wide with shock, his heart racing to his throat. Now, with both human and material evidence present, it was impossible to deny or make excuses. If this masked person reported to the police, he would be finished.

  At this point, Zhang Lao San gritted his teeth and quickly stepped forward, intending to snatch the sweater.

  Yi Tian saw his actions and didn't think much of it, when Zhang Lao San approached him, he didn't hesitate to kick with great force, directly kicking Zhang Lao San's abdomen.

  "Uh..." A low grunt, and Zhang Lao San clutched his stomach and fell to the ground.

  This kick was quite powerful, but he also grasped a certain degree of restraint. He didn't want to let this guy end up in bed today and ruin his plans.

  Yi Tian grabbed Zhang Lao San's hair, tilted his head back and scolded: "You have no shame, you dare to play tough with me? You're still a bit short! My time is limited, tomorrow afternoon at this time, in this place, bring me one million. My family member has surgery tomorrow, if it's delayed, you'll be waiting for a bullet!" Then he forcefully flung Zhang Lao San's hair away.

  "By the way, I'll tell you one more thing, consider it as compensation for you. Your brother was killed by Ma Gun because of your big mouth, you cursed him to be a dead eunuch, that's why your brother died!"

  "What? Is it him?" Zhang Lao San said in surprise and pain, and immediately asked in a hurry: "You... how did you know?"

  "Hum, he originally wanted to get rid of you, but after seeing that you killed Liu Yinyin, he tried every means to extort and intimidate you, making your life miserable!"

  Yi Tian saw the anger in Zhang Lao San's eyes had reached its peak, feeling that his goal had been achieved, he turned and left. As he walked away, he casually raised a finger at Zhang Lao San, "Tomorrow afternoon, one million, I'm waiting for you!"

  Feeling no one was following behind, Yi Tian changed his clothes and returned to the Zhang's home.

  As soon as he entered the door, Hei Niu came up and said, "Brother, how's it going?"

  "The first step of the plan has been successfully completed, now proceeding with the second step, still sending messages!" Yi Tian smiled complacently.

  "This time is for whom? Is it for Ma Gao?" Hei Niu asked excitedly.

  "Haha, no, it's still Zhang Lao San! I want to add fuel to the fire, and keep adding fuel until he can't control his anger!"

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