Extraordinary Soldier King in the City
Chapter 247: The Dark Willows and Bright Flowers

Chapter 247: Chapter 247: The Dark Willows and Bright Flowers

"I will return, alive!"

Chen Feng squinted his eyes as he stared at the email sent by Canine on the computer screen, articulating each word deliberately.

As his speech ended, a strong fighting spirit burst forth from within Chen Feng.

It was only in facing Canine that Chen Feng experienced such an intense fighting spirit.

As despicable as Canine was, his strength was solid. Only he was a worthy opponent for Chen Feng, one that could make Chen Feng’s blood boil, his hair stand on end, and his entire body fill with a desire to fight.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Feng calmed his emotions, then closed the provocative email and scrolled to an email from "Monkey King."

This was the clue that Zhou Bohou had sent to Chen Feng.

Without hesitation, Chen Feng clicked the mouse, opened the email, and began to read.

About five minutes later.

Chen Feng frowned.

No wonder even Zhou Bohou couldn’t crack the case. If it all came down to these clues, even if Sherlock Holmes, Di Renjie, and Conan worked together, they would be at a loss with this case.

Because these clues were just too damn messy. Plus, some of them were contradictory, scattered all around without a hint of a lead.

Take one detail, for example, regarding a criminal’s appearance.

One clue described the theft gang leader, known in Jianghu as Liu Yishou, as having shoulder-length hair, no beard, and a slim figure.

Yet another clue claimed that this Liu Yishou was a big bald man with a thick mustache and a tall and sturdy build.

It was like they were talking about two completely different people. Could Liu Yishou possibly have seventy-two disguises, changing his appearance every day?

Beyond physical characteristics, there were even more absurd claims.

For instance, one clue stated that Liu Yishou was a lecherous man, supporting several mistresses.

Yet another clue suggested that Liu Yishou was gay, a frequent patron of male escorts, picking out five pretty boys at a time and then...

Seeing this, Chen Feng was covered in proverbial black lines.

As for other clues, they were all over the place without any logic, completely worthless.

But this was unavoidable. After all, these clues were collected from the public, from the mouths of different people, who mostly passed on hearsay with very few confirmed by direct evidence. So it was normal for them to be a mess.

Chen Feng only glanced through the email for a short while before he closed it and stopped looking.

Because if these were the only clues, reading them would be a waste of time.

Chen Feng sighed, then pulled out his phone, ready to call Zhou Bohou to tell him the clues were useless.

However, just as he was about to dial, his phone rang. It was Zhou Bohou calling.

Chen Feng pressed the answer button.

"Hello, Feng Brother!"

Zhou Bohou’s voice immediately came through the phone.

"Monkey King, I was just about to call you," Chen Feng said with a smile.

"Oh? Have you figured anything out from those clues?" Zhou Bohou asked curiously.

"Don’t even mention it, the clues you’ve sent me are unreadable. If that’s all you guys have, then this case might as well be abandoned!"

Chen Feng commented with a hint of frustration in his voice.

"Haha, Feng Brother, now you know the trouble I’m in, right? Imagine, dealing with clues like these every day, even a capable person would be driven mad!"

Zhou Bohou said with a laugh.

"Alright, enough talk, do you have any useful clues? If it’s more of the same, don’t bother sending them to me!" Chen Feng said helplessly.

"Feng Brother, you actually asked at the right time. My informant just sent me some new clues, I haven’t had the chance to look at them yet, but years of policing intuition tell me, this clue must be useful!"

Zhou Bohou said earnestly, dropping the humor in his tone.

"Oh? Is that so? Then send it over quickly!"

Chen Feng said eagerly.

At this point, the case was no longer simply about Jiang Shiqi’s stolen phone.

Involved in this case were also those poor children.

They were very young when they were kidnapped from their parents by traffickers and sold into the hands of the theft gang.

Then the gang forced these innocent, pure-hearted children to commit illegal, dirty acts.

Just think, how cruel that was!

And what kind of damage would it do to those children’s tender souls?

Chen Feng couldn’t even bear to imagine it.

Perhaps because he had never seen his own parents since he was a child, Chen Feng felt extreme sympathy for these kids.

Moreover, as a member of the Dragon Group Special Combat Team, his duty was to guard Huaxia and protect the Huaxian people!

Since such things had occurred around him, he would not just stand by and watch.

So his greatest wish now was to quickly find a lead, solve the case as soon as possible, altogether dismantle the theft gang, and rescue those poor children from the Demon’s hands.

"Feng Brother, don’t worry, I’m sending it right now!"

Zhou Bohou chuckled and then there was the sound of typing on the keyboard from the other end of the line.

After about three minutes, Zhou Bohou’s voice came through the phone again: "Feng Brother, I’ve sent you the new clue. Have a look first. I need to go to the station for a meeting, to discuss the new clues with everyone. If there’s any new discovery, I’ll contact you immediately!"

"Alright, you go ahead. I’ll have a look myself!"

Chen Feng nodded and said, then hung up the phone.

At the same time, his email inbox showed that he had received a new message, sent from Zhou Bohou.

Chen Feng immediately opened the email.

The first things to catch his eye were a few photos.

These were all street shots, taken at angles that suggested they were sneaky candid captures.

Presumably, they were taken by Zhou Bohou’s informants following the theft gang.

The first few photos showed unfamiliar men with sneaky, shifty eyes, but Chen Feng didn’t recognize any of them.

So, to him, these photos weren’t helpful, and he would leave them up to Zhou Botong and the others for analysis.

Chen Feng quickly scrolled to the last page, where, unlike the previous ones, the photo showed not a man, but a woman!

Though it was just a profile shot, Chen Feng could tell she was a middle-aged woman, somewhere between 35 to 40 years old.

There were women in the theft gang?

Chen Feng frowned and stared at the last photo for several moments longer.

For some reason, he felt that the middle-aged woman in the photo looked familiar, as if he had seen her somewhere before.

But where had he seen her...?