Resumo do episódio 24 de Born With Luck (final)
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During the interrogation of Lu Yibo, Zhou Qi brought forward a critical lead. Before his arrest, Lu Yibo had attempted to seek help from Lang Bowen, claiming he would never reveal what happened on the night Ye Jian died if Lang Bowen assisted him. This revelation linked Ye Jian’s death directly to Lang Bowen, prompting Zhang Yi’ang to bring him in for questioning once more.
During the interrogation, Lang Bowen attempted to deflect, claiming he had been heavily intoxicated on the night in question. He admitted to receiving a call from Ye Jian, who was using Lu Yibo's phone to ask about a specific watch and the circumstances surrounding Lu Zheng’s death. As Zhang Yi’ang pressed further, pointing out the inconsistencies in his story, Lang Bowen abruptly confessed to the murder.
He was subsequently sent to a detention center, where he appeared strangely relaxed, repeatedly asking the guards about the following day's weather. While Lang Bowen was in custody, the police searched his home and found blood on his SUV. Forensic testing confirmed the blood belonged to Ye Jian. However, Zhang Yi’ang remained skeptical.
He couldn't reconcile why Lang Bowen, who was willing to pay five million out of his own pocket to avoid conflict with petty thieves, would suddenly resort to murdering a police officer. The logic was flawed. The breakthrough came when Zhang Yi’ang inquired about the name "Yangyang" mentioned in the case files. Li Qian explained it was Lang Botu’s nickname.
Zhang Yi'ang then realized that the pinyin of his own name, "Yi-ang," which Ye Jian had scrawled on a stone before dying, was a phonetic clue pointing to "Yang"—Yangyang. Lang Bowen was merely a distraction to protect his younger brother. The police soon discovered that Lang Botu was scheduled to fly to Mankesid that afternoon. Zhang Yi’ang needed to stop him, but Lang Bowen had already initiated a plan to stall the investigation.
Using an old trick from his time in prison, Lang Bowen faked an acute intestinal obstruction by choking on food, forcing the police to move him to a hospital. He knew the IV drip would take four hours to complete, which would align perfectly with the departure time of his brother's flight. His constant questions about the weather were actually concerns that the flight might be delayed. Zhang Yi’ang saw through the ruse.
He instructed the nurse to speed up the IV drip and moved the hospital room's clock forward by nearly an hour. When Lang Bowen looked at the clock and saw it was 2:40 PM, he believed his brother had been in the air for forty minutes. Thinking Lang Botu was safely out of the country, Lang Bowen requested to see the police and immediately retracted his previous confession.
He argued that it was impossible for him to have killed Ye Jian because the city was crawling with drunk driving checkpoints that night, and he had been far too drunk to drive through them without being caught. Zhang Yi’ang revealed the deception, informing Lang Bowen that it was actually only 1:40 PM.
Realizing he had accidentally cleared his own name while there was still time for the police to intercept his brother, Lang Bowen broke down, desperately screaming that he was the real killer. It was too late. Lang Botu was intercepted by airport police just as he was about to board. At the station, Lang Botu confessed to everything. He admitted to killing Ye Jian because he believed the detective had discovered Lang Bowen was responsible for Lu Zheng’s death.
Driven by a desperate need to protect his only remaining family, he had modified his SUV with a sharpened blade he had built for a robot combat competition. He hit Ye Jian twice with the vehicle, ensuring the detective was dead before fleeing the scene. The brothers had been inseparable since losing their parents in a car accident at age nine, but their distorted sense of loyalty had finally led to their downfall.
Two months later, the case was fully closed. Zhang Yi’ang prepared to leave Sanjiangkou to return to his original post in the provincial capital. Despite the local police chief personally asking him to stay, Zhang decided to return to his "home base," feeling that his success in Sanjiangkou was largely due to luck and that it was best to leave on a high note.
His colleagues, many of whom had been skeptical of him when he first arrived, gathered to give him a warm and emotional send-off. Another two months passed. Zhang Yi’ang was now working in the logistics department of the Provincial Department. When Li Qian arrived to pick up printer toner, she found him in the office, content with his new, quieter life. Though he was no longer a high-profile deputy chief on the front lines, Zhang remained dedicated. He likened his role to a water dispenser—seemingly ordinary and standing quietly in the corner, but always ready to heat up and provide value the moment the organization required it.
