Chapter 25 Confirming Identity

“Go outside,” Han An said as he stepped out from behind the cashier. “I need some fresh air.”

Seeing that Han An had already left, Xu Yina hurriedly followed behind.

As they reached the street, Xu Yina said, “Boss, wait for me a moment.”

Han An thought Xu Yina was going back to the inn, but Xu Yina went straight into the convenience store next door.

A moment later, Xu Yina walked out of the convenience store again.

“This bottle is for you.”

Upon seeing that it was Jiaduobao herbal tea, Han An smiled and took it.

After opening it, Han An gulped down two large mouthfuls and let out a long sigh.

Han An held a Jia Duo Bao herbal tea, while Xu Yina held coconut juice.

“Boss, I just watched the surveillance footage too, so let me share my thoughts,” Xu Yina said. “Through the footage, we can confirm that the boss’s wife and that fat guy definitely know each other. We can also confirm that the boss’s wife had already greeted that fat guy before coming to Lijiang. But what I find strange is why that fat guy didn’t pick up the boss’s wife from the airport, and instead the boss’s wife took a Didi taxi here herself.”

“She doesn’t like to bother others.”

“So she had that fatso wait here?”

“right.”

“Because the landlady went back to Huazhu with that fat guy on the afternoon of the 2nd, so you think that the two days the landlady didn’t go back to Huazhu were spent with that fat guy?”

“That’s usually the case.”

“Were those marks on your wrists also caused by that fatso?”

“Even scratches on the inner thigh could be a possibility.”

“If that’s the case, then the landlady’s underwear was also torn by that fatso.”

“Even the pubic hair and underwear might have been mailed to me by that fatso,” Han An continued after taking another sip of his Jia Duo Bao tea. “We’ve done some analysis before, and it seems my wife might have been playing a sexual masochistic game with some man, and now it looks pretty much true. It’s just that the game didn’t take place here, but somewhere else. I guess it was too exciting; my wife didn’t even want to go back to the inn and stayed there for two whole days. Once she got tired of it, she had that fatso take her back to the inn.”

“So as long as we find the fat guy in the surveillance footage, we can figure out the truth of the matter.”

“Yes.”

“Finally, there’s been progress!”

“It’s not progress, because we don’t even know who this fat guy is.”

“Let’s go to the courier station now and ask. Maybe that fat guy is the one who sent the package.”

“By the way, Ina, what were your original plans for this afternoon?”

“daze.”

“Don’t lie to me.”

“Actually, I wanted to take a walk in the ancient city.”

Have you ever been to Lijiang before?

“This is my first time,” Xu Yina said. “Before I came, I read a lot of travel guides. The guides said that you shouldn’t sign up with those cheap travel agencies on the roadside, and that you should look for pure tour groups. But I had no idea where to find pure tour groups.”

“Your flight is for the morning after tomorrow?”

“At noon.”

“Then you’ll have very few places to go,” Han An said. “You can go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, which can be done in a day. But places like Shangri-La, Lugu Lake, or Dali will take two or three days. I suggest you visit the old town today and go to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain tomorrow.”

“By the way, where is the landlady now?”

“It should be inside the ancient city.”

“Then forget it, I won’t go,” Xu Yina said. “I feel like it would be too awkward.”

“I’ll send a WeChat message first.”

“Okay, sure.”

After opening the WeChat chat window with Bai Qin, Han An sent Bai Qin the photos he had taken earlier.

Do you recognize this man?

After sending the WeChat message, Han An said, “We need to go to the courier service point.”

Where?

“I wrote down the tracking number. By searching the tracking number, I should be able to determine the receiving point.”

“Then let’s give it a try!”

Open UC Browser, Han An enters the tracking number and searches.

2017-10-01-11:34:27

SF Express has received the package.

2017-10-01-14:53:37

The package has been loaded onto a truck at the Jinjia Apartment branch in Lijiang Old Town and is ready to be sent to the Changshui Road branch in Lijiang Old Town.

Having read this far, Han An stopped reading, as he had already identified the receiving point.

Now, all you have to do is go to the Jinjia Apartment branch to confirm whether the person who sent the package is indeed that fat guy!

Just then, Han An’s phone rang.

Seeing that it was Bai Qin calling, Han An gestured for Xu Yina to be quiet before answering the call.

“Brother-in-law, how did you get Li Fulong’s photo?”

“Is this fat man Li Fulong?”

“Yes, it’s him, only he’s gotten fatter than before,” Bai Qin said on the other end of the phone. “The image quality looks a bit strange, like it was filmed directly at a screen. Where was this filmed?”

Han An didn’t want to reveal too much to his sister-in-law, so he said, “I saw this picture posted on your sister’s WeChat Moments, so I took a picture and showed it to you.”

“So it was posted by Li Fulong himself?”

“I guess so, that person’s online name has the character for dragon in it.”

“Brother-in-law, are you feeling uncertain?”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“The relationship between my sister and Li Fulong is ambiguous, and they are still WeChat friends. Aren’t you afraid that my sister and Li Fulong will get back together?”

“Don’t worry, I trust your sister’s character.”

“Then tell me, where did that 500,000 or so come from?”

“I asked her, and she said she earned it from gambling on jade.”

“Made from gambling on jade? You actually believe that?”

Has your sister ever led a tour group to Ruili before?

“Maybe, but I’m not sure.”

“There’s a jade gambling market in Ruili. She got incredibly lucky there.”

“I know there’s a jade gambling market in Ruili, but I don’t think my sister is that lucky.”

“Gambling on stones is like buying lottery tickets. Someone will always win. It’s not surprising that it’s your sister’s turn.”

“You’re really quite naive! Does loving someone mean you can accept the lies they tell?”

“That’s all for now, I’m shopping.”

“Whatever! You’re so stupid!”

Beep…beep…

Seeing that Bai Qin had hung up, Han An breathed a sigh of relief.

He naturally didn’t believe that his wife’s 500,000 yuan was earned from gambling on jade. The reason he said those things to his sister-in-law was simply to keep her out of it.

Since it has been confirmed that the fat man is Li Fulong, as long as Li Fulong is found, it might be possible to find out whether Li Fulong paid the 500,000 yuan.

If so, it means that his wife and Li Fulong had a physical relationship.

Furthermore, the fact that his wife came to Lijiang to see Li Fulong further suggests that this relationship may have continued indefinitely.

So from the moment he confessed his love to his wife, he was very likely already being cuckolded.

Because he had been unable to get his wife to conceive a second child, he was worried that he was infertile.

Does that mean that his beloved son was actually Li Fulong’s illegitimate child?

I hope this reasoning, which is more painful than death, is not the truth…