The Arrogant Remnant Army

Yu Jun slammed his cup down angrily, "Young man, are you here just to pick a fight? You wanted to know the situation, and I told you everything frankly and honestly, yet you say I'm lying. Then you tell me, what exactly is the truth?"

I said, "You know the truth better than us. Based on the clues we have so far, Huang Youcai died under bizarre circumstances, and then 500 million yuan from his account ended up under your name!"

Huang Xiaotao said, "You just said you and Huang Youcai made fake mobile phones together. Do you have any evidence?"

Yu Jun snorted, "Officer, for things like this, where's the evidence? We had a verbal agreement to avoid getting caught. "

"Where are the goods?"

"Sold off, of course. Maybe the phone you're using now is one we made," Yu Jun said jokingly.

Huang Xiaotao said solemnly, "According to you, there's no evidence. But ignoring everything else, huge unexplained assets alone are enough reason to invite you to the police station. "

Yu Jun sat back in his chair leisurely, "Go ahead then. Who's afraid of who? I have ways to launder the money clean anyway."

I thought to myself, this Yu Jun is quite arrogant, admitting money laundering right in front of the police. But he let slip one thing - the money is indeed illicit!

I guessed there was no real transaction between him and the victim. He just used the Money Carrying Spirit Cat to kill the victim's family, then transferred the assets to his own name. This is essentially no different from homicide for financial gain.

As a product manager, Yu Jun sounds successful, but he's still working for his boss. 500 million yuan is a huge sum for him too.

The first murder was just dipping his toes in. Killing his competitor. The second murder was purely for the illicit money. His Money Carrying Spirit Cat is getting more skillfully used. I think if left unchecked, there will be more victims.

I put my hand in my pocket, turned on my phone's recording, and signaled Huang Xiaotao. She said to Yu Jun, "Since you've opened up, why not honestly tell us where this money came from?"

Yu Jun smiled, "Huang Youcai gave it to me."

"He gave it to you after he died?" Huang Xiaotao sneered.

"Come on, you're a police officer, how can you not even understand this basic fact? He wrote me a 50 million yuan check. I went and withdrew the money. Of course it disappeared from his account!" Yu Jun helplessly spread his hands.

"Why did he give you money?" Huang Xiaotao pressed.

"He treated me like a brother!" Yu Jun replied.

Huang Xiaotao let out a cold laugh, "Some brother you are. Doesn't seem too sincere. You rented a room opposite the victim's home, but when something happened, you immediately moved out. As I understand, you also took something from his home!"

Yu Jun was slightly shocked, probably not expecting we had found out so much. But he quickly feigned calm again and smiled, "So what? No matter how sincere I am, the fact is Huang Youcai gave me money. Maybe he went insane afterwards and killed his whole family. What does that have to do with me?"

Huang Xiaotao was furious. She slammed the table and yelled, "Yu Jun, you killed for money. For a bit of filthy self-interest, you destroyed two families. Despicable!"

I didn't expect Huang Xiaotao to suddenly become so emotional. But her anger broke the stalemate.

Yu Jun's face suddenly changed, becoming extremely sinister. He bared his white teeth and said viciously, "I killed for money? Do you have evidence? Ask what you want, investigate what you want. But you'd better be quick, because I'm applying for immigration. In a few days the Chinese police can't touch me!"

Huang Xiaotao clenched her fists tightly. I worried she might punch Yu Jun in the face.

So I said, "You really think we don't know you have a Money Carrying Spirit Cat?"

From our interaction so far, I was fairly certain Yu Jun was the culprit, so I said this to test him. Yu Jun was stunned for a moment, then slowly clapped his hands. "Impressive, impressive. You're much more capable than the previous police who came. You even found out about that. But so what? I'll say it plainly now - even if you know I have it, what can you do?"

We were at a loss for words, not expecting him to admit it so readily.

Yu Jun added, "You've seen what I can do. I don't even have to lift a finger to kill someone thousands of miles away. Let me warn you - my patience is limited. If you push me too far, everyone will suffer. No one will get out of this unharmed!"

As he openly threatened us, I noticed his legs kept shaking. I couldn't help but chuckle coldly. Turns out this guy was just bluffing. The Money Carrying Spirit Cat isn't that powerful.

I don't believe such a cheat-like thing exists in the world. Using the Money Carrying Spirit Cat must require paying a price, and has considerable limitations.

After kicking us out, Yu Jun got up to leave the room. I said, "We've asked what we needed to. Let's go!"

"Go?" Wang Dali stared wide-eyed. "This bastard is so arrogant. Aren't we going to arrest him?"

"Come on, he hasn't committed a crime. And there are hundreds of people in this factory. If we forcefully arrest him, we won't be able to leave if things escalate." I explained.

We had no choice but to temporarily retreat. But as we left, I swiftly tore off a sheet of paper from his desk and wrapped up the plastic cup Yu Jun had thrown in the trash can, and tucked it into my pocket.

After leaving the factory, I was worried Huang Xiaotao was still angry, and wanted to comfort her. But when I looked over, her expression was calm, with no sign of anger at all. Seeing me look at her, Huang Xiaotao smiled, "Did I seem angry earlier?"

"Whoa, you were just pretending to be angry!" I exclaimed in surprise.

"You really frightened me earlier, Sister Xiaotao is a true actress!" Wang Dali gave her a thumbs up.

Huang Xiaotao flicked her hair and said, "Well, it wasn't all fake. Thinking about that girl losing her parents overnight, I did get a little angry. But I yelled at him earlier to provoke him into revealing the truth. Did you record everything, Song Yang?"

I took out my phone, "Got everything recorded."

Wang Dali said in surprise, "When did you two learn to communicate with your eyes? I was completely in the dark!"

Huang Xiaotao smiled slightly, "That's called chemistry!"

After we got in the car, I told Huang Xiaotao to wait before driving off, because I noticed Yu Jun's hands were covered in bandages. I guessed the Money Carrying Spirit Cat probably needed to be fed its master's blood every day. We would follow Yu Jun after he got off work.

Huang Xiaotao agreed. She turned on the stereo to play some soothing music, then leaned back in her seat and closed her eyes to rest.

Stakeouts are extremely dull and boring. Wang Dali suddenly spoke up, "Actually I think that person is best suited for this case."

"Who?" Huang Xiaotao and I asked in unison.

"Zhang Jiulin!" Wang Dali had a mysterious expression.

"Your classmate?"

"No, I'm reading a novel called Yinjiang Businessman, the main character is called Zhang Jiulin. I feel this Money Carrying Spirit Cat is the sinister object described in the book. So I figured, since sinister objects exist in the world, there are probably also sinister object businessmen. We should find a professional to handle this." Wang Dali earnestly analyzed.

"Pfft, you actually believe this made-up nonsense novel?" I scoffed disdainfully.