CHAPTER 1148: CHAPTER 1148: THE SAME TRICK AGAIN 13

"From the preserved records, everything looks perfectly normal." Xing Ye raised an eyebrow, but judging by Chen Yun’s smug expression, it was clear that the investigation had uncovered something.

"The records are indeed perfectly normal! But!" Chen Yun grinned mischievously. "There’s one thing that’s not normal." He pointed to the photo in the records and said, "We took this photo to Luo Ying’s hometown to investigate, and as it turns out, everyone said that the person in this picture isn’t Luo Ying! Following the address on the records, we found Luo Ying’s house, and after verification, the information in the records and the person in the photograph are entirely inconsistent! In short, someone switched identities!"

"Stop dragging it out and just get to the point." He Teng, who had been sitting silently on the side, urged him impatiently. It was the first time He Teng had shown such restlessness.

It made sense—Gu En had been on the run for so long, and they still hadn’t managed to capture him. When it came to matters relating to Gu En, it seemed no one had patience anymore.

"After investigating, we discovered that the person in the photo is not Luo Ying but Luo Ying’s fellow villager, Luo Jinsheng, nicknamed ’Luo Bastard.’ From the real Luo Ying, we learned that years ago, although Luo Ying passed the military inspection, he never received follow-up notifications. He assumed he hadn’t been selected, and since he didn’t get into university either, he decided to leave and work elsewhere. Now, Luo Ying has already married and started a family. If it weren’t for our investigation, he himself wouldn’t have known that his right to serve in the army was stolen by Luo Jinsheng!"

Chen Yun’s fingers tapped lightly on the table, his mood matching that of Xing Ye and He Teng—tinged with darkness. "Luo Jinsheng? No one in the village knows where he’s been during the last five years. The villagers say he must have left to make a fortune, as he’s earned a lot of money in recent years. The house Luo Jinsheng currently lives in back in the countryside is modeled after urban architecture—a three-story villa that has made the villagers jealous for quite some time. According to our investigation, half a year ago, Luo Jinsheng sent home a large sum of money. The exact date coincides perfectly with two days before Lan Song was shot dead."

"It seems clear that Luo Jinsheng impersonated Luo Ying to infiltrate the military—someone must have helped him pull it off. The timing of that money transfer also confirms that Luo Jinsheng acted under someone’s orders to kill Lan Song in order to silence him." He Teng’s gaze remained fixed on the photo of Luo Jinsheng. His mind was flooded with images of Luo Jinsheng during his time in S Province. Back then, Luo Jinsheng showed no fear after pulling the trigger. He even stubbornly argued his case, claiming he had done nothing wrong, behaving entirely like a rash hothead who believed he was doing the right thing by saving the hostage.

At that time, He Teng had thought this young soldier had a straightforward personality. But he never expected it to all be a façade.

The more Luo Jinsheng argued his case back then, the more stubborn and unapologetic he became, the less anyone suspected that his actions might have a hidden agenda.

Everyone, likely including He Teng, had assumed he was simply an arrogant youth unfamiliar with subtlety.

"Is that all you’ve got to say?" Chen Yun sneered. "I haven’t even finished yet~"

"Go on." Xing Ye uttered a single word, calmly waiting for Chen Yun to continue.

"Him, Luo Jinsheng." Chen Yun jabbed his finger at the photo of Luo Jinsheng with such force it seemed like he might puncture the image. "He has a criminal record. He dropped out of middle school and fell in with a gang of troublemakers from the county, causing trouble everywhere—rape, robbery, theft, all recorded on file. But because he was young and extremely ruthless, the victims eventually withdrew their reports, earning him the nickname ’Plague of Luo Village.’"