The complex and twisted case.

When finally revealed, everything appeared extraordinarily simple once again.

The whole Yang Lake Phantom Case.

It was essentially Li Jindao’s attempt to shake off the identity of an informant!

Of course, Li Jindao also took advantage of his informant status to continually amass wealth!

As Chen Xiao’s words fell, Li Jindao finished watching the recording.

His gaze remained fixed on the footage.

His expression seemed to say: Why does this even exist?

How was this thing filmed without him noticing it at the time?

Li Jindao sighed deeply: "I can’t figure it out. In the end, I can’t believe I still fell into the hands of those three!"

As he spoke, Li Jindao didn’t give Chen Xiao and Qin Fei a chance to speak, and continued:

"Chen Xiao, what kind of freak are you?"

"Freak? I don’t like that word. Actually, you’re quite lucky. By that time, Xie Yan was already old, and his mental state was sustained by medication. If his mind wasn’t in such bad shape, you wouldn’t have had the opportunity. He would have found the tape you saw."

Li Jindao frowned: "To be fair, wasn’t my plan intricate and beautiful?"

"You’re already a loser, and you still want me to praise you?"

Li Jindao paused, then burst into laughter: "You’re right. Why should I seek a moment of victory when I’m utterly defeated?"

"This wasn’t actually your design of a seamless plan. If I were to guess, you often delayed reporting the clues you discovered while following Xie Yan, didn’t you? Only by delaying could you have more time to think about the value those clues brought to you."

As Chen Xiao spoke, Li Jindao sneered:

"Impressive, I have to admit, you’re right! Since the day I became an informant for Xie Yan, I knew there was no need for me to merit."

Li Jindao paused here, then continued coldly:

"Because even if I did achieve merit, when Xie Yan needed me, if I didn’t comply, he would still use my secrets against me!"

"So from the day I married Gu Rong, I decided in my heart that damned cop had to die!"

Chen Xiao squinted his eyes instinctively.

Indeed, Li Jindao’s hatred for Xie Yan was rooted deep in his heart.

"But you got one thing wrong. Do you really think I couldn’t see there was something wrong with Xie Yan? He trusted me a lot, or perhaps he genuinely considered me a good friend."

"But from the moment we met, it meant there could never be real camaraderie between us. So all along, I was afraid of him. If he acted normally, I wouldn’t have dared to entertain the thought of killing him." 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"Until I noticed his growing mental stress, always resorting to self-harm to relieve his pain, that’s when I knew my opportunity had arrived!"

"I connected everything I knew, and that led to everything you see. When Xie Yan died, you have no idea the weight that lifted off me! After that, I no longer had to be anyone’s puppet.

"I was just Li Jindao, no longer the Golden Leopard or Silver Leopard, and I didn’t need to offend others to gain Xie Yan’s trust and the clues he wanted!"

"But I never anticipated that twelve years later, my son would fall in love with a hostess, and even more so, that hostess turned out to be Lian Da’s daughter!"

"At that time, something inside me felt like everything was destined..."

Li Jindao looked up at the sky and said, "It’s all because of that goddamn fate playing tricks on people! If it weren’t for its games, how would Li Xi have met Lian Yuhong? Even fallen in love? If it weren’t for that fate’s interference, how could Gu Rong have driven Lian Yuhong to death?"

"Especially since she used the same methods as me!"

"Without any agreement, she didn’t know what I did, and I didn’t know what she did, yet fate made it all so eerily similar without any differences. When she told me about Lian Yuhong’s death by her hands, I was utterly shocked!"

"But after the shock, I knew there were things that couldn’t be hidden anymore. In fact, even when you came to my house, I was extremely anxious and restless. I was afraid of being targeted by you, so I thought, why not just let you target me?"

"That way, I would just be guilty of harboring and obstructing justice. Once this storm passes, perhaps Lian Da and the deaths of the three with Xie Yan will just be left hanging."

"But who would have thought, you’d be this impressive... Haha!"

In the end, Li Jindao could only smile bitterly.

He didn’t resist at all, nor did he offer any excuses.

Because although the video wasn’t very clear, it unmistakably captured Li Jindao’s figure.

And the words on that tape were also crystal clear.

Those words were fatal to him!

Just planning to murder Lin Xiaoqi was enough to ensure he’d never rise again.

So there was no point in resisting!

At this moment, Chen Xiao stood up.

The Yang Lake Phantom Case was finally resolved.

The remaining matters could be handled by Qin Fei’s team.

Only, as Chen Xiao reached the door, Li Jindao suddenly said:

"Chen Xiao, was Xie Yan truly the good one, and I the truly evil one?"

Chen Xiao turned back to look at him but didn’t say anything.

There’s no need to evaluate good and evil at this time.

Anyone who kills for personal gain is an absolute evil, with no justifiable reason!

As for Li Jindao, Chen Xiao knew what he was thinking.

He simply wanted a little laughable understanding at his dead end.

Trying to make people believe everything he did was because of Xie Yan’s coercion making him powerless!

Chen Xiao left the interrogation room without responding to Li Jindao.

Upon coming out, Lin Xi approached with a smile: "Handsome, congratulations on solving another big case!"

Chen Xiao put his arm around Lin Xi’s shoulder with a bitter smile: "Solved, yes, but now I must take a trip to the hospital."

Lin Xi understood Chen Xiao’s predicament and sighed: "Let’s hope Captain Xie can regulate himself, if not, delay the surgery by a few days."

Chen Xiao nodded, said no more, and headed toward the hospital with Lin Xi.

Now that Li Jindao had confessed.

Cao Chan had to come to the criminal police squad to cooperate with the investigation.

At this time, Chen Xiao naturally couldn’t interfere any longer.

On the way, the couple didn’t converse much, and upon reaching the hospital, both Xie Wensheng and Cao Chan were surprised to see them.

Xie Wensheng: "Chen Xiao, why are you here again?"

Chen Xiao replied earnestly: "Captain Xie, as promised, the case is solved!"

Xie Wensheng’s eyes widened instantly!