You Owe Me, My Love
Chapter 98

“Xia He has political conflict due to the previous incident. Her words cannot be taken as testimony.”Gu Mingchen explained to Bai Rong.

“Then who was the one who killed Tang Xiaojiu? Is this related to the gold bar incident? Or is itbecause someone didn’t want you to replace out the truth and prove your innocence?” Bai Rong had aheadache thinking over the situation. She had to lean on Gu Mingchen's shoulder to ease herheadache.

Gu Mingchen remained silent as he couldn“t wrap his head around the situation as well. The manturned to the girl lying on him and tightened his grip on her hands

“Chief, should we eat something? Both of you haven't eaten anything today.” Chen Zhi suggested."Alright, let's replace somewhere else for dinner. We cannot stay back in our previous room anymore. Isuspect someone followed us here. Be alert of any spies and hidden cameras. We need to replace a safeplace to stay the night.” Gu Mingchen instructed.

“Roger that.” Chen Zhi answered and stopped in front of a restaurant.

Bai Rong opened the door, only to hear a loud clunk. The girl instinctively turned to the source ofthe sound.

It was a dagger. Seemed like it belonged to Tang Xiaojiu.

The girl picked up the dagger in surprise. “How on earth did Tang Xiaojiu's dagger get into the car? Iremember he never rode with us and he had been holding it in his hands!”

Chen Zhi's face paled at the sharp blade. “Don't tell me his ghost placed it in our car?”

Gu Mingchen glanced at his subordinate. “Don't talk nonsense; there's no such thing as ghosts! Ifhis ghost had the ability to put the dagger in our car, then he should've used it to kill the man whomurdered him instead.”

“That's true. But how on earth did it get into our car?” Chen Zhi was confused by the sight. Thedagger's appearance really creeped him out.

Gu Mingchen turned to Bai Rong. The moment he glanced at her pocket, the alert man immediatelyunderstood how the dagger ended up in their car.

“Rong, Tang Xiaojiu was still alive when you rushed to him, right?” Gu Mingchen asked.

“Yes, I'm very sure. But not for long.” Bai Rong replied in an upset tone.

“He had used up all his strength just to put that dagger into your pocket. You were in an emotionalstate at that time, that's why you never felt it. The moment you entered the car, the dagger slippedout because your pocket was shallow and it fell out of the car once you opened the door.” GuMingchen analyzed.

Chen Zhi's confusion was cleared by his chief's deductions. “I think the deductions make sense. Butwhat's the reason for putting the dagger in Madam's pocket?”

Bai Rong blushed at the formal address and clarified, “I'm not your Madam.”

Chen Zhi glanced at his chief, trying to read his expression. “I thought it's just a matter of timebefore you're Madam?”

Gu Mingchen did not deny the statement. He took the dagger and had a good look at it. Then, hetwisted the handle and noticed it was hollow inside. The man inverted the handle and a USB drivedropped onto his hands.

Bai Rong looked at the USB drive in astonishment. “A USB drive! What do you think it contains?”“Let's get in the car.” Gu Mingchen replied alertly.

The trio immediately climbed back into the car. The military chief took out his laptop and insertedthe USB drive in the port. Inside the drive contained two video files.

He opened the file titled “My Village’ and went through the video.

“This one is the village head of Tanggian Village.” Tang Xiaojiu was recording himself before shiftingthe camera to a gravestone, his voice choking with sobs. “My family, my relatives, my friends, mywife and children, they're all buried here.”

Tang Xiaojiu sat beside the gravestones and continued recording himself with red eyes. “All thiswhile, I somehow know that I'll be killed as well, so I must leave some evidence to let everyone knowof our story. I don't want to die without knowing the reason like my fellow villagers. 5 years ago, wedug out a hole in our village; inside the hole contained 10 metal caskets. To our delight, the casketscontained gold bars. There were at least a thousand of them! Besides, we also discovered a treasuremap. My father suggested handing over the treasure to the country and central government but Idid not agree to that. What did our country ever do for us? For so many years, our governmentnever helped us to pave the roads nor provide much needed electricity. With so much gold tospend, we can sell them to get the money needed to pave the roads and connect the village withelectricity. Of course, my father did not listen to me. I was mad at him and ran away from home. Idon't know who my father looked for to hand over the treasure later on, but I was sure he cameback with a bunch of monsters. They killed all 107 villagers plus a relative of a villager from anothertown. Clearly, these monsters came for the gold and the treasure map. I believe that Heaven'svengeance is slow but it's definitely coming. Never have these monsters thought that I managed tosteal the treasure map and delineated an exact copy out of the original one. Unfortunately, I cannotunderstand the map. I wonder if these monsters can decipher it?”

Tang Xiaojiu wiped his tears and directed the camera to the gravestones once again.

He then took out the delineated copy and placed it on the floor, which he recorded in detail. Then,he burnt the map before the gravestone.

“I hope that one day, whoever discovers this video can trace the murderer through this map andavenge us.” The recording ended here.

Gu Mingchen copied the video and saved it in Google Cloud. For safety’s sake, he even savedanother copy in his email.

Then, he opened the other video file. The title of the file was Cheng Bin, the name of the Governor.“Today, I'm going to kill Cheng Bin, the damn corrupt governor who killed all 107 people of myvillage. This is my CCTV footage, pretty good right?” Tang Xiaojiu explained.

He turned the camera to the CCTV screen, and the interior of the prosecutor's office was clearlydisplayed on it.

“I've modified the gun to follow the CCTV movements and detect Cheng Bin's face. Once Cheng Binappears, he'll be dead in a bang! Oh, I also sent a remote-controllable smoke bomb in there.” TangXiaojiu smiles creepily as he explains his actions.

He had placed the video recorder at the side where both himself and the CCTV screen could beclearly recorded

The man in the video had made himself a cup of noodles while waiting. Halfway through his meal,Cheng Bin appeared on the CCTV.

He swiftly put down his noodles and detonated the smoke bomb with his remote control. However,Cheng Bin's face was still very clear on the screen.

The man adjusted the direction of the gun. With a click on his mouse, the gun let out a loud bangand killed the target on the spot. He even added another 3 shots to make sure the governor wastotally dead.

Once Cheng Bin was dead, Tang Xiaojiu picked up the video recorder and filmed himself. The mansmiled victoriously, “I've settled the first monster. For the next few people, just wait; I'll put down allof you, one by one.”

The recording ended here.

Gu Mingchen turned to Bai Rong. “Seems like even God wants me to marry you.”

“Are these recordings enough to prove your innocence?” Bai Rong was still worried, afraid that allwas just a dream.

“This murder footage alone should be enough. From the video ID, it seems like the location offilming was not around here. It should be somewhere near the prosecutor's office. I'll go and checkaround the police station and the prosecutor's office itself. From there we should be able to replace outthe house he rented, together with his filming devices and DNA. That should be enough to proveTang Xiaojiu's crime.” Gu Mingchen explained patiently.

Bai Rong let out a relieved sigh. At least they could finally prove his innocence. This journey was nota waste after all.

Gu Mingchen grabbed the girl's hands tightly as well, his tensed emotions finally relaxed after thehectic mission...