Reborn 73 years later, he takes his mother-in-law hunting in the mountains.

Chapter 700: The Evidence Is Still Insufficient

The next chapter is even more exciting: Chapter 700. The evidence is still insufficient. We look forward to your visit.

Ding Mei put on an apron and started cooking as soon as she entered the house.

Light the stove first to boil water.

Bring over the bowl of cornmeal that was given out on the kang (heated brick bed).

Look, the edge of the pan is hot. "Slap slap slap" and stick the big pancakes on, making them round and even.

Next, place a steamer rack on a fork in the middle, and put a small bowl on top of it containing potato chunks and dried chili peppers. This is called steamed potato sauce.

Lu Yao never expected that this little girl would actually know her mother's secret technique.

When asked who she learned it from, she revealed that she learned it from her mother when she wasn't home.

The steamed potato sauce has a unique flavor.

Since she had already cooked, Lu Yao wasn't in a hurry to leave.

I sat by the stove and chatted with her.

Ding Mei kept adding fuel to the fire on the large stove.

Lu Yao stared blankly at her face, which was flushed red by the firelight.

Ding Mei looked at him and chuckled: "Why are you looking at me like that? Want it again?"

Lu Yao quickly shook his head: "No...no, I was just recalling something."

"What is it?"

"It's nothing."

Lu Yao smiled and changed the subject.

At this moment, he was actually thinking about how in his previous life, he and Zheng Shuang would be all lovey-dovey in front of Ding Mei, and Ding Mei would get angry.

I wonder what she was thinking at that time.

Anyway, in my previous life I only noticed her bad temper, and I really didn't notice how beautiful she was.

Perhaps, Ding Mei also liked me in my previous life?

Otherwise, if he was drunk that night while she wasn't, why didn't she call out to him or try to wake him up?

It seems that Xiao Meizi really likes me!

People who love but cannot have each other often make things difficult for each other.

Never mind, only Ding Mei from her previous life knew this thought.

The current Ding Mei has not experienced her previous life. In her heart, there is only me. How wonderful and pure!

Lu Yao and Ding Mei enjoyed a meal of cornbread together before Lu Yao left.

After driving to the police station, the first thing to do was to find Mei Ping.

Mei Ping was getting impatient.

As soon as he arrived, I immediately closed the door.

"Didn't I tell Zhang Yuanchao to go to your house right away? Why are you only arriving now? I was so worried!"

Lu Yao took off his overcoat and then unbuttoned his cotton-padded jacket.

Mei Ping glared at him: "Why are you taking off your clothes?"

"I can see you're in a hurry to close the door, so I'll play along. I still have to take my pants off."

Mei Ping calmly rolled her eyes at him:

"Not funny at all, it's a low-class joke!"

Then I went to my seat and sat down.

Lu Yao had no choice but to button up his cotton-padded jacket again.

He sat obediently opposite Mei Ping.

"Alright, you have absolutely no sense of humor. Let's get serious, Director Mei!"

"Who are you calling frivolous?"

"You, with the surname Mei, and so serious, isn't your name Mei Zhengjing (meaning 'serious')?"

Mei Ping kicked it from under the table:

"Seriously. You've been here so long, and you still dare to talk nonsense."

Lu Yao stopped teasing her. Seeing that her face was red, he guessed that something serious had happened.

Mei Ping reached out and took a piece of paper:

"The lab results are in. The test results for the hair bun you gave me this time... match the results for the hair bun you got from Liu Dugong's house in Jiapigou last time—both are type A blood!"

Lu Yao slapped his thigh:

"See? I told you I wouldn't be wrong! Yuan Tianshu is the one who poked Xilian with a rolling pin that night and castrated the ferryman. He's looking for those little yellow croakers; they must be gold bars! Now you can catch him!"

Mei Ping wasn't as excited as he was.

Calmly observing the agitated Lu Yao:

"Are you sure the hair you gave me last time came from Liu Dugong's house, and not from Yuan Tianshu's?"

"What do you mean?"

Lu Yao was taken aback:

"Sister Mei, do you suspect that I framed Yuan Tianshu?"

Mei Ping waved her hand: "I didn't ask that. If we went to court, the judge would ask you that. Do you think you can bring down a highly respected old chairman with just your own strength and one side of the story?"

"..."

Lu Yao then realized what was happening.

By the way, I'm not a police officer. Taking evidence at the scene only means that I know the truth, not that I can convict someone.

The fact that Liu Dugong was castrated, which constitutes assault, has not received much attention.

There are so many cases of overt harm these days that it's impossible to manage them all, let alone covert harm.

Unless it involves counter-revolution or human life, it is difficult to receive attention.

As for Xilian being insulted, she suffered no injuries, which was a trivial matter.

Lu Yao asked Mei Ping, "Then do you believe me?"

Mei Ping nodded: "I believe you, but because you saved my life, everyone knows we are friends, so my belief in you is not convincing."

Lu Yao then asked, "So what do you suggest we do now? And how do you explain that Yuan Tianchu used to have type O blood, but now he has type A blood?"

Mei Ping was also puzzled: "I've already reviewed the files again, and it's true that Mr. Yuan donated blood to his superiors in the early days of the People's Republic of China; he was definitely blood type O. I called you here to ask if you took the wrong hair. Even though it was taken from Mr. Yuan's pillow, it doesn't necessarily mean it's his own!"

Lu Yao laughed:

"Could someone else have slept on his pillow? I've checked his hair texture, and it's very similar to his."

"Similarity doesn't equate to being. This cannot be used as evidence. Even if we were to inquire with Elder Yuan about this, it would be disrespectful to the older generation and would not be approved!"

"By the way, you mean it has to be hair from Yuan Tianshu's head, right? We'll have to go through a little trouble. You find out where Yuan Tianshu got his hair cut, and then have someone go and retrieve it. That shouldn't be a mistake, right?"

Mei Ping nodded: "That's not necessarily a bad thing. And he won't notice. It's just that it might take a while."

"Not necessarily. I noticed that Yuan Tianshu's hair has grown quite long. Tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it's customary to get a haircut after the New Year. I'm reminding him today."

"Why are you going to see him today?"

Lu Yao then relayed Zhang Yuanchao's message to him.

After receiving a call from Mei Ping, Lu Yao received another mysterious call. He guessed that it was Yuan Tianshu who couldn't wait any longer and called him.

He was the only one who knew about the tape, and the person who delivered the tape and threatened Yuan Tianshu couldn't have called the militia company.

Seeing Lu Yao's unwavering conviction that Yuan Tianchu was guilty, Mei Ping also began to have some doubts:

"Okay, I'll send investigators to track Yuan Tianshu right away. But there's one more thing I need you to do."

"What?"

"Using your relationship with Shi Mengyi, get close to her. I suspect that Liang Chunlin's death is related to her. But you can't investigate a cadre with a background without evidence."

To be honest, Lu Yao really didn't want to help with this.

He disliked Shi Shouyin and was unwilling to get close to Shi Mengyi.

I always felt that Shi Mengyi was more difficult to deal with than Shi Shouyin.

Although Shi Shouyin held a high position and commanded troops, Lu Yao was not afraid of him.

This Shi Mengyi, despite being a woman, is like a soft knife, always trying to expand her relationship with Lu Yao, which Lu Yao finds a bit unbearable.

She seems strange; her personality is rather unpredictable.

Even when it comes to picking up girls, I don't like dating her type.

Someone like Anita Mui might be worth considering.

Most importantly, Ding Mei has been feeding me so well lately that I'm not thirsty at all.

However, Mei Ping said that Yuan Tianshu, who had no suspicious points at all, had been made suspicious of by her. Mei Ping had already agreed to help investigate him, so if Shi Mengyi asked her not to help, it would be a bit unreasonable.

So he nodded: "Okay, if I have the chance, I'll get close to her. Whatever you want to know about her, I'll find out for you."

So the two reached an agreement.

Lu Yao came out and drove to Yuan Tianshu's house.

The car hadn't gone far when a bicycle came towards it, with a short-haired woman riding it coming straight at the front of the car.

"Lu Yao, stop right there!"

If I could only read one urban novel in my lifetime, it would probably be "Reborn in 73, Taking My Mother-in-Law Hunting in the Mountains".