Chapter 30

The coffee shop owner went insane, and the coffee shop is now closed for good.

When Sarah and Zhen Fan met at the bureau, their moods were still not good. Insanity can indeed help one evade legal punishment, but it was too suspicious. Moreover, after expert evaluation, the person was indeed insane, not faking it.

"I always felt there would be something wrong!"

Sarah sat in the office chair, incessantly recounting the details of the coffee shop owner's insanity.

Zhen Fan paced a few steps in the office. It was a large office where several agents worked, including Ray Hart. Zhen Fan walked over to Ray Hart, who immediately stood up with a grin, ready to shake hands with Zhen Fan. Due to the recent case, Ray had a lot of respect for Zhen Fan.

"Fan Zhen, the consultant, beautiful lady, I should at least get to know my colleagues, right!" Zhen Fan, however, extended his hand to a blonde woman at a desk across the corridor. This left Ray, who was about to shake hands, standing there like a fool.

The blonde woman was clearly surprised. She glanced sideways at Sarah, who looked displeased and shrugged helplessly.

"Lina Collins!" The blonde woman extended her hand and shook Zhen Fan's, smiling slightly.

"Nice to meet you!" Zhen Fan said, then turned around and walked to Ray's desk, leaning down to whisper in Ray's ear.

"To be honest, I don't think you have a chance. This blonde beauty doesn't like you, but if it were me, the result might be different!" Zhen Fan said with a grin, walked past him, and then casually sat at Sarah's desk, crossing his legs.

Zhen Fan's words left Ray feeling as if he had been struck by lightning. This was a secret in his heart. He had secretly liked this blonde colleague, Lina, for a long time, but he was always a bit shy. Despite his bold and domineering appearance, he was a complete idiot when it came to his own feelings!

"Did I tell you that?" Ray was shocked.

"What did you tell Ray? Look at him, you scared him to death!" Sarah glared at Zhen Fan, then complained, "I didn't ask you to stir up trouble. What should we do about this? You are the consultant here, after all!"

"No, if you consider me a consultant, why don't I even have a desk? Where is my desk?" Zhen Fan exaggeratedly spun in the swivel chair and spread his hands.

"Do you need one?"

Sarah glared at him, stood up in dissatisfaction, and looked down at the seated Zhen Fan.

"Oh, never mind then!" Zhen Fan looked up at Sarah, noticing how impressive her tightly bound bra looked. "But I suggest you apply for a search warrant from the judge. Of course, if it's not necessary to search the home of an insane person!"

"Are you going to search Felstone Gray's home?"

"No, you should go search his home. By the way, is Felstone... Felstone Gray the name of the coffee shop owner? It sounds so unfamiliar!"

"That's his name. Didn't I tell you?" Sarah's face was filled with a teasing smile, clearly pleased to have won a round.

"No, you never told me!" Zhen Fan muttered.

"Alright, you come with me!" Sarah didn't give Zhen Fan a chance to argue and called out to Ray, "Ray, you and Collins get ready, we're going to work!"

"Got it, boss!" Ray said, stood up, and put on his coat.

Soon, Sarah obtained a search warrant from the judge, which wasn't difficult. Felstone Gray was a suspect, and his insanity didn't change that fact.

"Hopefully, this will yield some results!" Ray complained as he got into the car.

Zhen Fan just laughed at him. Ray was puzzled and a bit uneasy, unable to resist asking, "What are you laughing at? What's so funny? Did I say something wrong?"

"No, not really. I'm just afraid I might blurt out those secret crushes, and I wonder what the blonde beauty would think!"

Ray's face immediately changed, and he raised his hand. "Alright, you win. No matter what, I'll keep quiet!"

"Good, I heard that Billy's Manor has a new restaurant. The veal steak there is excellent. Do you have time?"

Ray gritted his teeth. "Alright!"

"Very good! It's a deal!" Zhen Fan extended his hand, and the two shook hands in a friendly manner, despite Ray's clenched teeth.

Zhen Fan leaned in and whispered, "Don't worry, I promise this meal will be worth it. I've decided to help you!"

"Help me?"

Ray was stunned.

"Don't be silly, don't you like the blonde beauty? I'll help you win her over!" Zhen Fan said mysteriously.

"Really? Come on, why would she listen to you?" Ray clearly didn't believe it but still held out a bit of hope.

"She won't listen to me, but that doesn't mean I don't know what she's thinking. I understand women like her very well!"

"Have you dated a lot of women?" Ray didn't think Zhen Fan looked like a Casanova.

"Have you ever seen a genius need to accumulate experience?" Zhen Fan walked past him disdainfully. "I can tell you right now what she's thinking. Why don't you go ask her if she's looking for her car keys? I can tell you, her car keys are in the right drawer of her desk. She clearly forgot!"

Ray walked over, half-believing and half-doubting.

"Lina, what are you looking for?"

Lina indeed looked very anxious and helplessly spread her hands at Ray. "My car keys. I remember having them when I left, but..."

"Are they in your desk drawer?" Ray asked tentatively.

"Damn, let me check!" Lina hurried back.

A moment later, she came out with a displeased look, holding her car keys.

"I told you..." Ray grinned, wanting to show off his idea and contribution.

"You knew my car keys were in the drawer, why didn't you remind me when I left? Did you deliberately want me to make a mistake?" Lina was clearly angry, glared at Ray, and got into the car without looking at him.

"It's not my fault..." Ray wanted to tell her.

"What a man who doesn't win women's favor!" Zhen Fan shook his head and sighed. "Look, I already gave you a chance. If you had seized it, she might have offered to have a drink to thank you, and then you would have an excuse to invite her back. Things usually start from there. You missed a good opportunity, buddy!"

Zhen Fan patted his shoulder, looked solemn, and then sat in the passenger seat of Sarah's car.

"Don't think I don't know what you did!" Sarah glared at Zhen Fan as soon as he got in the car. "You secretly took Lina's car keys and put them in her desk drawer when she was about to leave. Because she was in a hurry, she didn't notice if she had taken the keys. Then you used your words to provoke Ray, making it seem like you knew everything and understood Lina's thoughts. I must say, Ray is a fool!"

"Why not call me a genius?"

"What do you want Ray to do for you? Just to buy you a steak dinner?" Sarah was indeed very shrewd.

"Yosemite National Park. I want him to help me investigate a symbol and see if it has appeared elsewhere in the park!" Zhen Fan said, pulling out a piece of paper from his pocket. On it was a drawing of a strange cross, with wooden bars nailed to all four sides, like an unclosed "Jia" character. This was the symbol Zhen Fan had seen in the park forest.

"Why not ask him directly? I can give him an order. What's the significance of this symbol?" Sarah asked, puzzled.

"Without motivation, he won't investigate thoroughly. I can't ask you to do it. Running errands is perfect for him. While he's at it, he can ask if there have been any recent missing persons cases in the park!"

"Alright, let's go to Gray's house now." Sarah started the car.

The drive wasn't long. In a suburban area, there was a cluster of villas, and the Petersons' home was one of them. The four of them got out of the car, opened the door, and began their search.

Zhen Fan walked straight to Peterson's study and looked around. He had a feeling that there was something very familiar about this place, and perhaps there was a hidden secret in the study.

Upstairs, Ray walked and met Lina, who was also heading up.

"Any findings?"

"Nothing!" Lina shrugged. "Maybe the Chinese man is too suspicious. The local police have been here several times and found nothing!"

"I thought so too!" Ray nodded and cautiously approached Lina, who was looking around.

"Uh, Lina!"

"What do you want to say?" Lina was looking at the swimming pool behind the yard.

Ray thought for a moment and gave up. "Never mind!"

Lina收回目光，奇怪地看了看雷恩。什么也没说就往楼下走去。

“其实我想说的是……”

琳娜站住了，眼睛闪烁着看了看雷恩。

“好像头儿在叫我们！”

楼下传来了莎拉的声音，确实她在叫他们两个！

琳娜眨了眨眼睛，叹了口气，摇了摇头，径直就往楼下走去。

“有什么发现？”

“什么也没有，头儿！”琳娜汇报，扭头看了看，没有看到甄凡，“甄去哪里了？”

“这儿！”

就听到有声音从书房里传了出来，几个人赶紧的朝书房走去。一开门就顿时惊住了。书房里的书柜居然被挪开了，里面露出一个很大的栅格，格子里面挂着一件带着血迹的衣服，一看就是女人用。

“这里还有秘密的柜子？”

雷恩吃了一惊，连琳娜也好奇地在一旁打量。

“这就是你的发现？一件带血迹的衣服？”莎拉问。

甄凡点了点头。

“如果没有猜错的话，这件衣服一定是女主人的，而上面的血迹也应该是她的。”

“这个我们也知道！”雷恩耸了耸肩，表示这并不困难。

甄凡不以为然地笑了笑：“如果我们将这件衣服展开，就会有新的发现！”说着将衣服拿出来，然后放在书房的地毯上，慢慢地展开。

衣服是一件旧的裙子，随着衣服的展开，血迹显然形成了一定的方向和图案。

“这是什么鬼东西？”

雷恩忍不住叫了一声，那衣服上的血迹清晰地展现了一幅图案，这让他有点觉得瘆得慌。

一个奇怪的十字架的图案。

和甄凡那张纸上给莎拉展示的图案一模一样。

Lina looked back, curiously at Ray. She said nothing and walked downstairs.

"Actually, I wanted to say..."

Lina stopped, her eyes flickering as she looked at Ray.

"It seems the boss is calling us!"

Sarah's voice came from downstairs, indeed calling them.

Lina blinked, sighed, shook her head, and walked downstairs.

"Any findings?"

"Nothing, boss!" Lina reported, looking around and not seeing Zhen Fan. "Where is Zhen?"

"Here!"

A voice came from the study, and the group quickly headed there. As soon as they opened the door, they were stunned. The bookshelf in the study had been moved, revealing a large grille. Inside the grille hung a bloodstained dress, clearly a woman's.

"There's a secret cabinet here?"

Ray was shocked, and Lina also looked curiously.

"Is this your discovery? A bloodstained dress?" Sarah asked.

Zhen Fan nodded.

"If I'm not mistaken, this dress must belong to the female owner, and the bloodstains are also hers."

"We know that too!" Ray shrugged, indicating it wasn't difficult.

Zhen Fan smiled dismissively. "If we unfold this dress, we'll have a new discovery!" He took out the dress and placed it on the carpet in the study, slowly unfolding it.

The dress was an old skirt. As it was unfolded, the bloodstains clearly formed a pattern.

"What the hell is this?"

Ray couldn't help but exclaim. The bloodstains on the dress clearly formed a pattern, which made him feel uneasy.

A strange cross.

Identical to the symbol Zhen Fan had shown Sarah on the piece of paper.