How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 157 - 159: Investigation_1

The next day, Li Qiao reported a fire at her home, the cause of which was unknown.

Her colleagues next door complained, "There’s always something happening with your place, it’s not rumors then it’s a fire."

Li Qiao was lost for words. Was this somehow her fault now? "Who’s free right now to come back home with me for an investigation? Come on."

The colleagues sent Liao Fan to go with her.

Since Xun Dong had gone to the provincial city, Li Qiao didn’t need to ask for leave; she simply informed a couple of colleagues and went to the courtyard house with Liao Fan.

"Isn’t your significant other at home?"

Li Qiao: "He went back to the countryside early in the morning to fish so he could make me a meal."

Liao Fan: "...." Showing off for nothing! With nothing to do all day, Loser Qin would be chasing dogs, chasing chickens, fishing. Going out of his way, has reading books made him dumb? Sigh! She’s so delighted to be charmed by a man twirling around her finger.

Why doesn’t some brainless beauty Top Scholar fall for him?

He shook off his wild thoughts and began to seriously inspect the scene. There were oil stains on the ground, and faint traces of diesel fumes that hadn’t completely dissipated.

Access to diesel required approval, and not many could come into contact with it, so this should be easy to investigate.

"Do you have enemies with anyone?" he asked.

Li Qiao: "The neighbor next door on the right side, Yan Xiaoyu, spread rumors before that my partner was lewd towards her, and then someone smashed our kitchen. She blamed it on my partner."

Liao Fan really wanted to say that it indeed seemed like something Loser would do. Even if he was not the one to act, he could have instigated someone else. But he didn’t have evidence and didn’t dare to say so. Moreover, Yan Xiaoyu herself admitted to having intentions for Loser and even framed him.

It seemed reasonable for Qin Jin to seek retaliation in anger.

Alas!

Why did every woman seem to throw herself at Loser?

He brought over some scaffolding and climbed up to check the wall, where there were signs of climbing.

The person who had come in to set the fire must have also used the scaffolding, as there were impressions left by the scaffolding in the alley outside the wall.

He said, "This needs further investigation; you’ll have to wait awhile."

Li Qiao: "Okay."

Liao Fan made a written record for Li Qiao, and the two prepared to return to their units.

As soon as they stepped out, Yan Xiaoyu came up to them: "Comrade, have you solved the case of our kitchen being smashed?"

"Have you received Li Qiao’s letter of understanding?"

With a single sentence, Liao Fan shut Yan Xiaoyu up.

Yan Xiaoyu’s kitchen being smashed was something the colleagues had already inquired about, without finding any leads.

After all, Loser Qin and his gang used to be frequently detained by them. Over time, they had developed some counter-surveillance skills. If they planned something like this, they would surely leave no evidence behind.

However, the fire incident at the Qin family could be traced through the diesel, along with the scaffolding and the marks on the outer wall. Once these were pieced together, the truth would be revealed.

...

After returning, Li Qiao and Liao Fan went back to their respective departments.

Ma Ling asked a few caring questions and then changed the subject: "Li Qiao, how about you join me for a blind date at lunch today?"

"Sure."

Xu Feng blurted out dismissively, "Why would you ask Li Qiao? How awkward would that be if the guy ended up liking her instead?"

"Mind your own business!" Ma Ling thought and then said, "Li Qiao, we won’t sit at the same table. Later, you can help me watch out."

Li Qiao smiled and agreed, "Okay. But if you don’t know each other, how will you identify him?"

"The matchmaker arranged it. I’ll wear a sun hat, and he’ll carry a newspaper."

Li Qiao thought to herself that indeed, there were more ways than difficulties.

During the lunch break, Li Qiao accompanied Ma Ling to the teahouse for the blind date, where they sat separately.

Soon after, a tall and thin man wearing glasses sat down across from Ma Ling with a newspaper in hand.

The two verified each other’s identity and began to chat, with the atmosphere being very harmonious.

After a while, the blind date man took the initiative to inquire about Ma Ling’s work, salary, and how many grain tickets she had. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Ma Ling handed the man a piece of pastry and said that she was a clerk in the criminal police team.

Thirty yuan a month, twenty kilograms of grain tickets, five kilograms of meat tickets, with the end of year treatment doubling.

The man said he was a manager at the newspaper, earning over sixty yuan, able to get thirty-five kilograms of commercial grain and ten kilograms of meat tickets each month, his expression quite proud, his words carrying a hint of disdain for Ma Ling.

At that moment, Xu Feng ran over: "Ma Ling, there’s a case, a body has been found in a pond at Peony Commune, Director Xun is out, we need you to do the autopsy."

Upon hearing about the autopsy, the blind date man fell off his chair and vomited.

Ma Ling’s face turned green, and she looked at Xu Feng as if she could eat him alive; it had been hard to find a good match, and now it was ruined!

Li Qiao was equally shocked, how could a grown man be so faint-hearted? Useless, not worth bothering with!

The three of them had urgent matters and left in a hurry, leaving the blind date man alone, in disarray on the spot.

...

On the other side, Liao Fan looked through the diesel fuel approval list and checked the people from nearby factories who had access to diesel.

Among them was Yan Xiaoyu’s partner Zhu Changsheng, and considering the beef Yan Xiaoyu had with Li Qiao, he applied for a search warrant, came to Yan Xiaoyu’s house with a colleague, and found diesel and scaffolding left by the alley from before.

Sure enough, they matched.

Ever since the uniformed officers started asking questions all over her house, Yan Xiaoyu was anxious, and now she collapsed on the spot.

Last time, she was just invited to drink tea, but this time, caught with the goods, she was put in handcuffs.

.....

When Li Qiao received the news, she was writing the summary report for the previous well ossuary case.

She exclaimed, "You guys work really fast!" In just one day, they had found evidence and arrested Yan Xiaoyu. "How long will someone who sets fires on purpose have to sit in jail?"

"Hard to say, if you demand she fix up the kitchen, she won’t have to sit in jail."

Li Qiao: "I don’t demand she repairs it, let her sit there and undergo re-education. Once out, she can turn over a new leaf and start afresh."

Ma Ling said, "I bet her family will come to you seeking reconciliation."

"I firmly refuse to reconcile," Li Qiao said. If it weren’t for pests in the tree, by the time the movie ended, only the shell of the house would have been left.

Qin Jin said, they spent twelve hundred on the courtyard house, then added two wardrobes, bought a new bed, and redid the study and bathroom.

After repainting the courtyard and factoring in labor costs, they spent around a hundred and some, nearly all his possessions.

Their hard-earned possessions nearly went up in flames.

Without giving Yan Xiaoyu a severe lesson, his resentment wouldn’t be quelled.

At five o’clock, everyone finished work on time. Li Qiao waited for Qin Jin to tell him about what had happened.

Qin Jin was not surprised: "I said it was that woman! Let her fix our kitchen and the electrical wiring!"

Li Qiao: "That would be considered reconciliation, she wouldn’t have to go to jail."

Qin Jin immediately recanted: "Let her sit in jail then."

When the two got home, they tacitly didn’t mention to Old Mrs. Qin that their city house had been set on fire. When Old Mrs. Qin suggested moving to the city to take care of Li Qiao when Qin Jin was away, Li Qiao declined, citing the inconvenience of buying vegetables in the city.

"Didn’t they plant vegetables at the doorstep?"

Li Qiao: "You can’t just eat one kind, can you? It’s better to live in the countryside, where you have pumpkins, loofahs, bell peppers to eat freely. You can even catch fish yourself, which is almost twice as expensive in the city."

Old Mrs. Qin, upon hearing this, dropped the idea of moving to the city: "That’s also true, vegetables in the city are too expensive. A pumpkin that costs three cents per kilogram would cost more than ten cents to buy."

Now that they’re allowed to cultivate their own land, they lack nothing at home.