Diary of a Criminal Investigator

Chapter 700: Chapter 700: Extramarital Affair

Meanwhile, as Lu Chuan was inspecting the vehicle, Zhang Hui contacted the families of the two deceased.

Chen Gang, the husband of the female deceased Zhang Cuilian.

"What are you saying? My wife... is dead?"

Chen Gang’s voice was short and surprised, and the fear and disbelief in his voice could be clearly heard.

"Impossible!"

What followed was skepticism.

"Absolutely impossible! I just video called her last night."

"Then she said she was going to take a shower and sleep, what could possibly happen to her at home."

"My wife doesn’t even work, how could she have an accident!"

Chen Gang was currently on a business trip in Tianzhou City, for already a week.

"Mr. Chen, this morning we found Zhang Cuilian dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a car at the entrance of your residential complex."

"We found your number from her phone."

"It’s confirmed now that Zhang Cuilian is indeed deceased."

Zhang Hui couldn’t guess what expression Chen Gang had at that moment, but... it probably wasn’t good.

He had just finished a video call with his wife, who said she was going to shower and sleep.

But the next day, she was found dead in a car at the entrance to the residential complex by the police.

Who was the other person in the car?

Why did my wife deceive me?

As long as Chen Gang wasn’t a fool, he could quickly piece together all of this.

After a long silence, Chen Gang finally spoke: "Was she alone?"

"There was another deceased person."

"A man?"

"Yes."

"... I see, I’m heading back from Tianzhou City now..."

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Hui shook his head.

The investigation into the car by Lu Chuan’s side had basically ruled out the possibility of accidental death.

Of course, it was only basically ruled out.

Although the car’s fuel hadn’t been completely used up, no one could guarantee the car wouldn’t naturally turn off.

Anything could happen.

However, as it appeared now, the likelihood of non-accidental death was greater.

But in any case, the possibility of the female victim’s husband, Chen Gang, committing the crime was extremely low, given he wasn’t in Haizhou City.

Two hours later, Lu Chuan’s side completed a thorough inspection of the vehicle.

"Any developments from the surveillance?"

On the other side, Zhang Hui finished inspecting the surveillance, but unfortunately.

"There’s a camera at the residential entrance, but it faces the main gate, we can’t see anything on either side."

Zhang Hui and his team checked multiple cameras in the vicinity.

It was confirmed that the car had arrived at the City Public Security Bureau’s residential entrance at 9:18 last night from the direction of People Road.

Moreover, it was confirmed from the surveillance footage that the male victim, Wang Chuanzhi, was driving the car.

"We have contacted the families of both deceased individuals."

"Both families are local to Haizhou City, and the female victim’s husband, Chen Gang, has been on a business trip to Tianzhou City for the past week and is now on his way back."

"The male victim’s family is currently on their way to the Criminal Investigation Team."

"How about on your side?"

Lu Chuan pointed to the passenger side car door.

"The fuel condition inside the car has been checked, and there’s still half a tank, so the possibility of an accident is basically ruled out."

"We just collected fingerprints from the entire car, here..."

"The female victim, Zhang Cuilian, wasn’t wearing gloves, and we didn’t find any other gloves inside the car either."

"Which means she must have left fingerprints on the door handle when entering the passenger side last night."

"But when we wiped for fingerprints, there were none found on the passenger door handle, most likely they were wiped away."

"Also, there were no fingerprints on the electric window button of the passenger side either."

"Although it’s winter now, and the female victim might not have opened the window last night, the window must have been opened at some point, meaning there should be fingerprints from the last person who opened it."

"But there weren’t any either."

"And the trunk, no fingerprints on the trunk’s unlock button either."

"It’s very possible the murderer wiped the fingerprints during the crime."

"The other collected fingerprints and evidence will take until tonight for analysis."

After hearing this, Zhang Hui said, "Okay, you guys do the analysis first, I’ll start looking into the victim’s relationships and conduct an investigation with both families."

"We’ll discuss it in the meeting tonight."

Lu Chuan nodded: "Alright."

...

An hour later, at the Criminal Investigation Team.

The wife of the male victim, Xu Qianqian, was being questioned by Zhang Hui.

"Old Wang was very family-oriented, he was... very good to me... sob sob sob."

This was unexpected for Zhang Hui.

Xu Qianqian was profoundly saddened by Wang Chuanzhi’s death.

Upon learning of her husband’s demise, Xu Qianqian nearly fainted outright.

Once at the Criminal Investigation Team, her expression showed great sorrow as well.

When Zhang Hui asked about their emotional relationship, Xu Qianqian’s response was that they had a very loving relationship.

Wang Chuanzhi was a very family-oriented person.

He sold car parts.

Although his business wasn’t large, their financial situation was decent; they had just bought a spacious 170-square-meter house last year.

They had been planning to buy a new car this year.

But now, the car is settled, and the person is gone.

"Ms. Xu, did your husband have any close female friends?"

"Impossible!"

Xu Qianqian answered resolutely: "We grew up in the same village, from childhood to now, I know everyone he knows."

"Ms. Xu, the fact is, we found another deceased female in your husband’s car."

"The two met at the entrance of the City Public Security Bureau’s residential area last night, only to be found dead inside the car this morning."

"Our preliminary investigation has ruled out accidental death."

"Furthermore, we discovered some call and chat records on their phones..."

"Impossible... impossible... how could he? I didn’t notice anything at all..."

Xu Qianqian couldn’t provide any valuable information.

According to her, Wang Chuanzhi was very family-oriented, leaving early and returning late all for the sake of the business.

Last night, Wang Chuanzhi had called her in advance, saying he needed to have dinner with a client.

He mentioned that he might be back later than usual.

Previously, there were times when Wang Chuanzhi returned late, so Xu Qianqian didn’t call him.

When the police called this morning, Xu Qianqian initially thought it was a scam.

At around three in the afternoon.

The husband of the female victim, Chen Gang, also arrived at the Criminal Investigation Team.

"I didn’t notice anything."

During questioning, Chen Gang appeared gray-faced and dispirited.

Whether he was grieving the loss of his wife or furious about the discovery that she might have been unfaithful was unclear.

Or maybe it was both.

But now, she’s dead, and it wasn’t an accident...

Chen Gang is determined to find the murderer.

He demands justice!