Guess

Hearing Du Wei's voice, Wang Tianyu stopped and turned back in confusion.

"I forgot to tell you—Zhang Wenchao was a wanted criminal of the Martial Management Bureau. There's a reward for capturing him. But the finance department has already gotten off work today. Tomorrow, I'll have them contact you directly."

"The bonus isn't much, but it's yours by right."

Hearing that there was still a bonus to collect, Wang Tianyu was not particularly excited or delighted.

Right now, Wang Tianyu's mind was filled with the thought that he had killed someone.

It was Wang Tianyu's first time killing someone, and he was not as calm as he appeared on the surface.

Wang Tianyu did not want to do anything right now. He only wanted to go home and get a good night's sleep.

So, the reward money Du Wei mentioned held little attraction for Wang Tianyu.

"Thank you, Captain Du."

Wang Tianyu thanked Du Wei once more.

"As you should. It's part of my duty."

Du Wei laughed heartily and saw Wang Tianyu out of his office.

After leaving the police station, Wang Tianyu did not head straight home.

He first bought a set of clothes, then found a hotel and rented a room.

After washing himself clean from head to toe at the hotel and changing into clean clothes, Wang Tianyu finally returned home.

It was almost midnight by the time Wang Tianyu got home.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back."

Father Wang and Mother Wang had not gone to bed yet. They were watching television in the living room.

Wang Tianyu knew his parents had been worried about him. Normally, they would have gone to bed long ago at this hour.

They had only stayed up because he had not returned yet.

"Mm. Wash up and get to bed early. You still have to get up early tomorrow."

Father Wang yawned. Seeing Wang Tianyu return put him at ease, and the moment he relaxed, exhaustion washed over him.

"Okay. Dad, Mom, you should get some rest first."

Wang Tianyu did not plan to tell his parents what had happened to him earlier.

The matter had already been resolved. Telling them now would serve no purpose other than making them worry more.

"I'll get up early tomorrow morning. Have breakfast before you leave."

Mother Wang glanced at Wang Tianyu and smiled.

"Okay, Mom."

"Go to bed early. Your training is hard enough already."

Wang Tianyu returned to the room lightly. Seeing that Wang Mengmeng had kicked off her blanket, he carefully covered his little sister with it again.

Looking at the sleeping Wang Mengmeng, Wang Tianyu suddenly remembered that it was because he had bought fruit for her that he had managed to block Zhang Wenchao's first attack.

It was also because of that brief buffer of time that Wang Tianyu had been able to summon the system and raise his strength.

"You really are my lucky star!"

Wang Tianyu smiled and kissed Wang Mengmeng's chubby little cheek.

After tucking his sister in, Wang Tianyu lay down on his own bed.

He began to recall everything that had happened today.

Zhang Wenchao had been sent by someone else. Zhang Wenchao had admitted that himself.

Just now, Wang Tianyu had also told Du Wei about it at the Martial Management Bureau.

Du Wei said he would continue investigating until he found the person who had hired a killer.

But Wang Tianyu knew that was merely an offhand verbal promise from Du Wei.

Zhang Wenchao was already dead, and the dead could not speak.

Moreover, anyone capable of hiring a desperado like Zhang Wenchao was certainly no ordinary person.

Such people possessed connections and resources that ordinary people could never access. Finding the person behind Zhang Wenchao would be no easy task.

Wang Tianyu was not some important figure. How could Du Wei and the others possibly spend too much time and effort investigating this matter?

"Anyone who can hire someone like Zhang Wenchao must be one of those rich and powerful people."

Wang Tianyu was someone who repaid grudges without fail. Now that someone had plotted against him from the shadows—

Naturally, Wang Tianyu wanted to drag that person out into the open.

Besides, if they could send one Zhang Wenchao after him, who knew whether Zhang Wenbin, Zhang Wenming, or others might follow?

Wang Tianyu had no intention of guarding against thieves for a thousand days. What he wanted was to deal with the thief directly.

"Gao Bin? Deng Rensheng? Huang Lei?..."

After carefully analyzing the situation, these three were the people Wang Tianyu suspected.

He had offended all three of them. Gao Bin and Huang Lei were because of the wager match.

Wang Tianyu had caused Gao Bin and Huang Lei to lose both face and energy stones.

The two might not have dared trouble Su Pengfei, so they had instead started blaming Wang Tianyu.

The more Wang Tianyu thought about it, the more he felt that his suspicion made perfect sense.

Those two had both the motive and the means.

The other suspect was Deng Rensheng. Wang Tianyu had stolen Deng Rensheng's thunder.

And that was not all. In order to secure a spot in the match, Wang Tianyu had sent Deng Rensheng to the hospital with one punch, leaving him bedridden for several days.

Under such circumstances, Deng Rensheng was also a major suspect.

The more important reason Wang Tianyu suspected these three was that all of them were rich and powerful. They had the means to hire someone like Zhang Wenchao.

Motive combined with capability—that was what made them the most likely masterminds.

Wang Tianyu lay in bed, tossing and turning as he thought about many things.

The mastermind behind Zhang Wenchao!

The unease after killing someone!

All of it kept Wang Tianyu's mind highly agitated.

Only after a long while did Wang Tianyu drift into sleep in a daze.

Martial Arts Building.

After finishing his routine training, Wang Tianyu moved over to Deng Rensheng.

Deng Rensheng was one of Wang Tianyu's suspects, and he also happened to be the closest one to him.

So, Wang Tianyu planned to test Deng Rensheng first.

Wang Tianyu walked up to Deng Rensheng with a stern expression.

"Deng Rensheng, you're ruthless. Zhang Wenchao already told me everything. Just you wait. This won't end here."

Wang Tianyu was not certain that Deng Rensheng was the mastermind. He was merely trying to bluff him.

After hearing Wang Tianyu's words, Deng Rensheng looked at him strangely.

"What Zhang Wenchao? Wang Tianyu, what are you talking about? Why don't I understand a single word?"

Deng Rensheng frowned and looked at Wang Tianyu in bewilderment.

"Heh, you don't know? One of my hands isn't something you can take so easily."

Wang Tianyu did not give up. He continued probing Deng Rensheng with his words.

"What do you mean? What exactly are you talking about? You're being weird."

The confusion on Deng Rensheng's face deepened, as though he were looking at a sick person.

"I say, Wang Tianyu, what's wrong with you? Did you eat too much today and start spouting nonsense?"

Wang Tianyu had been observing Deng Rensheng all along, but he saw nothing.

Deng Rensheng's expression was completely normal. When he answered Wang Tianyu, neither his expression nor his tone changed in the slightest.

Could it be that it wasn't him?

Wang Tianyu thought to himself. Deng Rensheng's behavior was normal, without the tiniest trace of anything amiss.

"It's nothing. I was just messing with you."

Seeing that he could not get any result from his probing, Wang Tianyu casually prepared to end the conversation with Deng Rensheng.

"You..."

Night, inside Deng Rensheng's villa.

"Trash, trash! Tell me, what the hell did you do? Why? Why can't you even handle such a tiny little matter?"

The furious tone, together with the shards scattered across the floor, made it easy to imagine Deng Rensheng's state of mind at that moment.

Deng Rensheng was nearly hysterical. With bloodshot eyes and a twisted expression, he resembled a wounded beast.

"Yes, yes. I'm trash. I'll deal with it immediately, immediately."

A man with a center-parted hairstyle stood beneath Deng Rensheng. The man looked far older than Deng Rensheng.

Yet faced with Deng Rensheng's roar, the center-parted man only dared nod submissively. He did not dare show even the slightest hint of defiance.

"He suspects me, do you know that? He started testing me today. This must be dealt with. Once a problem is solved, it is no longer a problem. If it isn't solved, it will always be a problem."

After venting, Deng Rensheng regained his calm. He looked at the center-parted man, his tone icy.

"I'll handle it. This time, I definitely won't fail again."

The center-parted man lowered his head deeply as he answered. He did not dare face Deng Rensheng while speaking.

Deng Rensheng was not satisfied with the man's answer. Pointing at him, he said,

"What can you handle? The things you did before weren't even done as well as a dog could have done them. Listen, you'll do this..."