Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Chapter 626: Chapter 626: The Truth Cannot Be Buried

"I really don’t know who he is!"

In the interrogation room, Zhao Xiaoguo confessed to killing Song Jinfu without any hesitation.

On the day of the incident, it was he who arranged to meet Song Jinfu and then took him to the Bolida Hotel at West Mountain.

Ultimately, he killed him.

However, his motive for killing Song Jinfu was not what people had initially speculated; it wasn’t a murder due to a business conflict.

According to Zhao Xiaoguo, Song Jinfu was very obedient, giving Zhao Xiaoguo 80% of all JF Catering Company’s profits.

No matter what Zhao Xiaoguo needed, Song Jinfu would satisfy him immediately.

Women, money, houses, cars...

As long as Zhao Xiaoguo made a request, Song Jinfu never refused.

With such an obedient servant, why would Zhao Xiaoguo kill him?

The real reason Zhao Xiaoguo killed Song Jinfu was that someone was coercing him.

Zhang Hui was personally interrogating Zhao Xiaoguo.

"Zhao Xiaoguo, you keep saying that killing Song Jinfu wasn’t your own wish, but because you were coerced by someone else."

Bam!

Zhang Hui slammed the table hard, the loud noise startling Zhao Xiaoguo.

"But you don’t know who that person is, and you won’t say how they coerced you."

"Is this your cooperative attitude? Is this how you seek leniency?"

"Zhao Xiaoguo, do you know the process of you killing Song Jinfu was recorded on video by someone?"

"Hmm? What? Recorded?"

Zhang Hui sneered, "Seems like you didn’t know."

In truth, if it weren’t for the video someone else recorded, Zhang Hui wouldn’t have believed Zhao Xiaoguo’s explanation.

Someone’s orders?

That’s a special kind of brutal murder, not slaughtering a chicken!

But if no one had ordered him to kill, how could a video of the murder scene have been recorded?

So, what Zhang Hui needed to know most now was who coerced Zhao Xiaoguo to commit the murder.

"Okay, play the video for Young Master Zhao."

Five minutes later.

Ugh...

After watching just a few seconds, Zhao Xiaoguo vomited.

Yes, the guy made himself vomit watching the video of his own killing.

"Boohoo... I really didn’t mean to..."

"Boohoo, he forced me... he forced me..."

Emotionally broken, Zhao Xiaoguo finally confessed to all the crimes.

"Seven days ago..."

The incident began seven days ago.

That day, while drinking with Song Jinfu, Zhao Xiaoguo suddenly received a video.

"What video?"

"It was... it was a video from three years ago..."

Zhao Xiaoguo seemed very reluctant to reveal the video’s content, but under Zhang Hui’s persistent questioning, he finally revealed the truth.

"Three years ago, I met a girl. I really liked her and kept pursuing her, but she wasn’t interested."

"Later..."

Zhang Hui, observing Zhao Xiaoguo’s evasive eyes, could guess what must have happened next.

"Later, I drugged her, and after that... she went crazy, hitting me and threatening to call the police..."

"I was so scared, and then... I accidentally... accidentally strangled her..."

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Zhang Hui’s eyes opened wide with anger.

He thought the guy had just assaulted the girl, not killed her.

Zhao Xiaoguo was frightened and quickly explained, "No, no, no!"

"I didn’t mean to!"

"I really didn’t mean to, she... was hitting and biting me, scratching my face. I just wanted her to calm down."

"Really, I was terrified at the time, she must have gone mad! Really, yes! She went mad!"

"It was an accident..."

Zhang Hui took a deep breath, restraining the urge to beat the bastard, and continued the interrogation, "And then?"

"And then..."

"Speak up!"

"Oh, oh, oh."

Frightened, Zhao Xiaoguo hurriedly continued the story.

"Then I found she wasn’t breathing. I didn’t even know if she was dead; anyway, I put her in the car, drove to the North River Bridge, and threw her into the North River."

"What does this have to do with you killing Song Jinfu?"

"Of course, it has. Seven days ago, the unknown video was of me killing that girl."

"I was scared stiff at the time, and the person called me, saying if I didn’t obey, they’d give the video to the police."

"At first, I thought they wanted money, but I didn’t expect they’d want me to kill Song Jinfu."

"I was left with no choice; if I didn’t agree, they’d give that video to the police, and my life would be over."

What happened next was relatively straightforward.

The entire process of Zhao Xiaoguo killing Song Jinfu was guided by that person.

They even taught him not to contact Song Jinfu using his own phone but to use the telephone of a small shop owner.

"What was the name of the girl you killed back then?"

"Zhang Yunxi."

Zhang Yunxi?

Zhang Hui was momentarily stunned!

That name...

It felt oddly familiar as if he’d heard it somewhere before.

"You said... where did you deal with the body?"

"North River, and later I told some of my buddies that the girl accidentally fell into the North River."

"The police even asked us back then, but we all insisted she fell in herself, and then she disappeared."

Damn!

Zhang Hui remembered.

Isn’t Zhang Manyu’s daughter the one who went missing at North River three years ago?

"Keep an eye on things here, I need to head out!"

After instructing his colleagues, Zhang Hui immediately left the interrogation room.

He ran back to the office, opened the file on Zhang Manyu’s disappearance case, and turned to the page listing her relatives...

Only daughter, Zhang Yunxi!

Seeing that Zhang Manyu’s daughter was named Zhang Yunxi, it was as if a flash of lightning struck Zhang Hui’s mind.

Fifteen years ago, Zhang Manyu was murdered, leaving behind her daughter, Zhang Yunxi.

But then, Zhang Yunxi was violated by Zhao Xiaoguo three years ago, strangled, and thrown into the North River.

Now what?

Someone used the video of Zhao Xiaoguo killing Zhang Yunxi to coerce him into killing Song Jinfu.

And then that same person recorded the video of Zhao Xiaoguo killing Song Jinfu...

Called Qin Yong twice, providing leads...

Why?

What’s the situation?

Who is the person behind the scenes?

Why do they have the video of Zhang Yunxi’s murder?

Zhang Hui’s mind felt like a tangled mess, yet every clue seemed important.

It felt like if just one clue was unraveled, the whole truth would be revealed.

But something seemed just slightly out of reach!

Zhang Hui, feeling like his brain was about to explode, grabbed his hair in frustration.

At that very moment.

Over at the Crime Scene Investigation office, Lu Chuan hadn’t been idle.

Despite the lack of clues left at Song Jinfu’s murder scene,

From the current perspective, some minor traces could be of great value.

It’s now certain that Zhao Xiaoguo killed Song Jinfu.

So, was the person hiding behind the scenes also present at the scene?

And neither Song Jinfu nor Zhao Xiaoguo showed any signs of going to the seaside during the relevant time frame.

So, where did the sea sand at the scene come from?

Lu Chuan had been researching for three days!

Now, finally, he had some leads!