Novice Forensic Doctor

Chapter 177: Chapter 176 Killing Intent_1

Xu Dayuan arrived at the observation room and snatched the report from Zhou Ning’s hands.

After flipping through two pages and finding it all Greek to him, since the comparison was extremely complex and the report loaded with jargon, Xu Dayuan threw the report aside without trying to understand what it said.

"My head’s a mess, I can’t digest any of this right now, just tell me straight up what the results are."

Zhou Ning repeated the findings from the report, especially mentioning the brick, yoga outfit, and shoe sole DNA comparison results. Hearing the end, Xu Dayuan’s eyes sparkled as he glanced at the last report’s results, where Zhou Ning had already circled the key section with a pen.

"Damn exciting, I didn’t expect this. All these items bearing results, especially the brick and shoe sole, they’re like undeniable evidence. Glass, gasoline, ash—all here. Just stay put and keep watching, and don’t tell me you need to go to tech to sort out the reports or something. Play mascot for half an hour."

Zhou Ning almost laughed. He didn’t know why Xu Dayuan had become so superstitious, but there was no need to hurry now since the case was essentially solved.

Mr. Zhao nudged Zhou Ning, looking utterly confused.

"I mean, Zhou Xiaozhou, why do you think Yi Xiaou did all this?"

Zhou Ning looked towards the interrogation room where Yi Xiaou was nearing a breakdown. Now her eyes were filled with panic; maybe she was clever and had previously been sufficiently ruthless, even capable of strategizing, but once in the police station and no longer the center of attention or cared for her performance, she was the most panicked.

The words He Ruxing just said were thought-provoking. Yi Xiaou’s mother, after being adopted, had changed her social status and didn’t have to worry about basic necessities. But this upbringing wouldn’t drive Yi Xiaou to the extent of committing a crime just for money.

After all, as the most trusted assistant of Dong Chengwen, she must have known numerous core secrets and wouldn’t have been short of money. This was evident from her clothing, the various properties, and items she owned.

Moreover, being the only daughter at home, she had no competition for the inheritance. Could Dong Chengwen be that charismatic?

Probably not.

Or maybe, was it the process of conquering Dong Chengwen that got to her head?

"What for, only Yi Xiaou knows. Initially, when she framed Fang Hua and caught evidence of his affair, those tactics were clearly Yi Xiaou’s. Perhaps Dong Chengwen really wanted to do so at the time, but he must regret it because once that happened, his relationship with Fang Hua could never return to what it was.

Just like on June 29, when Dong Chengwen sought a divorce from Fang Hua, I believe Yi Xiaou played a significant role in that. As for Luo Qian, looking back now, the reason our attention was drawn to Luo Qian was due to Yi Xiaou’s deliberate guidance."

Mr. Zhao kept nodding.

"Talking about Luo Qian, Yi Xiaou claimed she didn’t know who her husband was or in which law firm he worked. She emphasized she had only visited the Ningyuan Law Firm a few times with the doors always closed. If they were indeed that indifferent to each other, why would she care so much about Dong Chengwen’s affairs? It’s all too suggestive."

"Okay, let’s stop guessing and see how Xu Da goes about questioning."

The two stopped talking and turned their attention back to the interrogation room, where Xu Dayuan showed Yi Xiaou every examination report and patiently explained the technical details.

After explaining, Xu Dayuan looked at his watch.

"It’s past five, I’ll give you ten minutes to speak up if there’s anything you want to say. Honestly, your testimony doesn’t matter much at this point. If you refuse to admit to the crime, it’ll just be seen as obstinate resistance, and they’ll be harsher when sentencing. But for two lives taken, you know what charges you face, there’s no need for me to spell it out, after all, you’re a bright graduate from Southwest University of Political Science and Law, right?"

As time ticked by, Yi Xiaou, who had been leaning forward on a small desk with her elbows propped up, let out a slight sigh and leaned back into her chair.

"Seven years ago, I came to Ningyuan Law Firm. At that time, Dong Chengwen was a nobody, despite having a few successful cases, but he had offended more people. Tires slashed, law firm vandalized with paint—such incidents were frequent, and the firm struggled to retain staff.

Despite that, he drew me in. You haven’t seen him in court, the way he gave no quarter to the opposition completely won me over.

He was already married though, with a marriage that seemed happy to outsiders but was really only a constraint. I had to suppress my feelings and slowly gained his trust, eventually building up the firm’s team.

Everything changed on New Year’s Day of 2010. He gave me a photo and asked me to find someone, that someone was Luo Qian, and then I learned his story, which completely overturned my understanding of him. Any hopes I had harbored were dashed.

It turned out that in his childhood, he fell in love with his cousin Luo Qian because he always knew Luo Qian was adopted. But neither of their families approved, and they forced Luo Qian to study abroad."

No one knew where Luo Qian had gone. It was only then that he left Hubei to try his luck in Qindao. Even when his father introduced Fang Hua to him through an old friend, he had no objections.

As Dong Chengwen put it, if the person he was marrying wasn’t Luo Qian, it didn’t really matter who it was. Over the following years, he gradually became a leader in the industry. He also heard that Luo Qian had returned and had come to Qindao.

I couldn’t refuse. After a little inquiry, I found Luo Qian, and after becoming friends with her, it took half a year to arrange a meeting with them. At that time, I found a hacker overseas and found an excuse to give them all cell phones with installed surveillance software. I was obsessed with finding out what Dong Chengwen intended to do.

However, to my surprise, Luo Qian didn’t want to destroy his family. She said everything was in the past, and there was no need to cling to obsessions. Dong Chengwen was devastated, but I knew that men, especially a successful one like Dong Chengwen, found refusal to be all the more enticing.

After a few encounters, I realized that Luo Qian was not doing well. Then I advised Dong Chengwen not to rush and to express his feelings for Luo Qian. He had to show sincerity and at least settle his family affairs properly. An ordinary divorce which would split the ownership of the law firm would be very unfavorable for him. freewebnσvel.cøm

Such reasoning naturally won Dong Chengwen’s approval. He trusted me even more. Although I was just an assistant, I had more authority than the vice president. But that was not what I needed. Before Teachers’ Day 2010, I discovered Fang Hua’s unusual activities.

To my surprise, she was actually interacting with He Ruxing. I went to find He Ruxing. Of course, you all know what happened next. I then staged a scene and made sure it was recorded by the Wenquan Police Station. But Dong Chengwen felt he was being unfair to Fang Hua and Dong Xiaomi. This deepened the barrier between him and Luo Qian even more.

On April 1st of this year, I took advantage of Dong Chengwen being drunk and went to bed with him. Dong Chengwen felt guilty and wanted to give me money to lessen his guilt. He told me, "You know who I have in my heart. There’s no room for anyone else." I was devastated and disappeared for a few days.

When I came back, I found out that Dong Chengwen had gone on a trip with Luo Qian. Their relationship had progressed rapidly, something I had not expected. While listening in, I found out that Luo Qian was already pregnant, but she hadn’t told Dong Chengwen.

Meanwhile, Dong Chengwen kept thinking about the divorce. His divorce agreement was revised over and over again for more than a month. I knew I didn’t have much time left. If I couldn’t have it, then no one could. It would be better if everyone was destroyed together.

I had He Ruxing rent a room in the Shanhai Building. Then I adjusted my home surveillance system and started searching online for cases about explosions and accidental fires, calculating the quantity of fuel needed to start a burn and prepared gasoline, medicine, and other items well in advance.

On June 29th, while Dong Chengwen was out picking up a cake, I snuck a peek at his briefcase and found the draft divorce agreement. I knew it was time to act.

I contacted He Ruxing, told him to stand by, and dressed him in the clothes I prepared. In the pantry, I injected diazepam into the cake and to be safe, I also sprayed some on the surface. I knew Dong Chengwen didn’t like sweets and hardly ever touched cake. After Dong Chengwen left the law firm, I drove straight home.

Then I got into He Ruxing’s car. I had him lie in the back seat while I listened to his phone conversation with Luo Qian. After he got home, I listened to his interaction with Dong Xiaomi and to him telling Fang Hua, "After we finish the cake and put Dong Xiaomi to bed, I have something to talk to you about."

I took advantage of a car passing in front of me and a barrier that hadn’t dropped to speed through. Only if I was fast enough would the surveillance footage be blurry. Then I drove to the underground garage and saw a pickup truck 1500 blocking the security door next to Dong Chengwen’s home. I was even more delighted.

I got out, told He Ruxing to go to the rented apartment, and warned him not to casually look up at the surveillance camera. If there was any problem, we would all die together. I then carried a yoga bag, cushioned with a small towel, entered the password, and went into Dong Chengwen’s home. The sounds of their argument reached my ears, and I was overjoyed.

I called Luo Qian, asking her to persuade Dong Chengwen to not rush the divorce. If a scandal like domestic violence were to leak, it would be the end of his career in this industry. With that said, Luo Qian was surely panicked.

Suddenly, Dong Chengwen’s phone wouldn’t stop ringing, but he never answered. He tore up the divorce agreement and stormed out. I waited a minute and, hearing no more crying upstairs, assumed the drug had taken effect. I went to the storage room for the keys, always cushioning them with that small towel.

Exiting through the back door of the kitchen, I hid by the shrubbery at the perimeter wall and smashed the window of the cloakroom with a brick from my backpack. Not hearing Fang Hua’s voice, I lit the cloth on the bottleneck and threw the bottle through the window. After that, I quickly re-entered through the kitchen’s back door and returned the keys to the storage room.

I left through the garage on the negative first floor, winding my way behind the heavy-duty pickup truck, sticking close to the edges until I reached the western high-rise area. I took the elevator upstairs to the rented apartment and didn’t have He Ruxing take me away until past seven in the morning.

That is what happened. But what I don’t understand is where did I slip up? Why didn’t you suspect Luo Qian, after all, she also lived in the Shanhai Building, and if something happened to Dong Chengwen, she would be the biggest beneficiary. Moreover, she had more motive to kill him!"

Yi Xiaou spoke rapidly, and the stenographer’s fingers almost sparked from the rapid typing.

Xu Dayuan listened to this question and kept shaking his head. He glanced at the stenographer, and Liu Yufei quickly stood up and brought the printed transcript over to Yi Xiaou.

"There are too many flaws, especially the injury on your leg. When you left, you scraped the metal strip on the edge of the security door. You probably didn’t feel the pain due to the agitation; the bloodstain is different from Luo Qian’s. We naturally looked for other targets. Besides, you should know that fake will always be fake.

As soon as we took over the case, we found anomalies because among the evidence transferred to the scene, Dong Chengwen’s cell phone was missing. Did you think you could cover everything up just by restoring it to factory settings through connections? You underestimate our police force and current forensic methods. Sign here. Before the trial, you’ll have a long time to go over the details of the case. Of course, you can also think about who you will hire as your defense lawyer. I guess Dong Chengwen won’t be defending you."

Such a heart-piercing statement made Yi Xiaou close her eyes, and a tear slipped from the corner.