Free Web NovelChapter 462: Chapter 436 Will_1
As Wang Kaitao spoke, he became somewhat agitated, searching hard for words that would make Xu Dayuan able to feel everything he had experienced then.
"I don’t know how to say it so that you’ll understand, but I was scared stupid at the time. These two seemed like madmen to me. Zhang Wannian was touching Liu Xiangrui’s face with his hand, and it was in that moment that I believed, these two really had feelings for each other, and deeply so.
Zhang Wannian said, ’Have a good sleep, get everything ready, and I’ll take you to your favorite Zhutoushi. We’ll rest there forever. Do you agree?’ Liu Xiangrui agreed. His consciousness was also fading, and he passed out like that."
Zhang Wannian made me carry Liu Xiangrui to the next room, and he had me insert a urinary catheter and also gave him an enema. I asked why, and he said he hoped he could leave this world clean and tidy.
That night, I changed my mind. I gave him the card and told him to deal with these things himself, as I couldn’t help him. Zhang Wannian said if I left that room, he would call the police and claim I murdered both of them. I punched him, but Zhang Wannian just laughed there.
He said, ’If you kill me, you’ll be free.’ He didn’t want to just quietly wait for death. Even if he had to die, he wanted to choose how and when he would die. He wanted to be with Liu Xiangrui. I called him a madman, but he was unmoved."
I didn’t dare leave, after all, such matters would be disbelieved if spoken of, and if I left and he called the police, I would truly be done for. Time passed like this for a few days. There was no eating or drinking; whenever he woke up, he would take chlorpromazine again, and in large doses, at that. Liu Xiangrui’s life signs were also slipping away."
On the night of November 29, I was woken up in the living room by a noise. I saw that Liu Xiangrui’s room was lit up, so I went inside. Zhang Wannian was holding Liu Xiangrui’s hand and moving between his own legs. Just as I was about to close the door and leave, Zhang Wannian called out to me.
He asked me for a favor, similar to giving Liu Xiangrui an enema, to insert the contents of the semen collector into Liu Xiangrui. He said Liu Xiangrui was no longer responsive and that we would be leaving tomorrow. It would all be over, and he assured me that he would not ask me to do anything disgusting again.
I didn’t refuse, but unfortunately, the gloves we bought were all used up. I helped insert it, and I also helped Liu Xiangrui clean his body and change clothes. Of course, he was dressed in all the clothes he had brought with him, and I also put warm patches on him. Zhang Wannian said Liu Xiangrui was afraid of the cold and needed to be well protected.
You haven’t seen the way those two interacted; it’s probably hard to understand, but having witnessed it myself, I think that was true love. Then dawn came, and Liu Xiangrui actually woke up. He said it was time to go. I guess this was a moment of lucidity before death.
I cleaned up the trash in the room and settled both of them into the car, trying my best to erase any traces I had left. I knew that euthanasia isn’t supported in our country, and I didn’t want to be implicated, even if that letter might help absolve me of any blame.
After that, I gave Zhang Wannian an injection to boost his spirits a bit. I helped Liu Xiangrui to half-lie in the back seat and lowered myself. Then I drove to Gaojia Village, switched to my car, and hurried to the General Tea Factory. Upon arrival, I placed Liu Xiangrui in a backpack with his head sticking out.
Then, supporting Zhang Wannian, we continued to move forward. Eventually, Zhang Wannian couldn’t go any further; he even started to drag his backpack on the ground, skidding along. Checking his position, he felt that facing Zhutoushi with the mountain on one side and the sea on the other, it was a decent place to be by the mountain and near the water.
I set Liu Xiangrui down; his pulse was faint, almost imperceptible. Zhang Wannian, on the other hand, wasn’t sad. He asked me to help him walk a bit farther, wanting to gather some dry branches on the north side. He wanted to start a fire. Unable to argue with him, I assisted him as he moved forward.
We didn’t go far before Zhang Wannian couldn’t walk any longer. He told me to go by myself. I didn’t think much of it at the time. Just as I turned around, I heard a sound like a heavy fall, and when I looked back, I saw Zhang Wannian kneeling on the ground, his back to me. I hurried over, complaining all the while, but when I saw the knife stuck in his neck, I was stunned.
I held him from behind, unsure of what to do for a moment, wanting to stop him from doing something foolish. But then, when the dagger came out, there would be no hope left for him. I could feel that the stab was particularly deep. Zhang Wannian couldn’t speak, but I understood his mouth shape.
He asked me to help him and even thanked me. I don’t know what I was thinking at the time. Holding his hand, I yanked the knife sideways, and blood spurted out. Have you ever seen arterial blood spray? It was over a meter away, all splattered with blood.
Holding the dagger, I felt somewhat stupefied. Looking at the blood on my hand, I quickly threw the dagger away and kicked Zhang Wannian’s shoulder. I was really angry, and I hated myself for being soft-hearted then and for being greedy for that million. Zhang Wannian just lay there on the ground, moving mechanically a couple of times before he died.
I smoked many cigarettes right there, watching Zhang Wannian’s actions. I knew he wanted to be closer to Liu Xiangrui, but I didn’t move him. To tell the truth, I couldn’t have moved him anyway.
Picking up a stone from the ground, I ran to the side of Liu Xiangrui’s body and smashed it into his head with all my might—left side, right side, top of the head. I didn’t know how many times I hit him, but after getting tired and venting enough, I finally dropped the stone. I checked over the area and didn’t find any traces I might have left behind, then I hurriedly drove away.
Of course, when leaving, I mixed mineral water with mud, smearing it over the license plate and the body of the car. I didn’t want to leave any traces. Later, I found a nurse to take my shift and deliberately wrapped up my arm, saying I had fallen down the stairs the day before yesterday. I didn’t want to arouse any suspicion and even gave her an extra thousand yuan.
Having taken the money, she naturally wouldn’t speak up of her own accord. A few patients also knew that I occasionally had others cover my shifts. I told them I had taken on a new patient in the last few days and needed to arrange surgery. Anyway, I covered it up. And then, I didn’t even stay at my own home but hid at Zhang Liangyu’s place.
But looking back, thinking about it made me angry. Just as Zhang Wannian said, I pretended to be Liu Xiangrui on QQ, asking his company colleagues for several sums of money. They actually transferred the money to me without hesitation. Of course, I used the cards of patients and their family members to receive the money.
Afterward, I quickly transferred all the money I had on hand. When you contacted me to come to the Criminal Police Brigade, I was very panicked and even took some antihypertensive medication to control my heart rate. Seeing that you were only gathering information, I held on to a flicker of hope, telling you part of the truth.
Back home, I was preparing to leave Qindao, but handing over these patients wasn’t something I could do in a day or two. I didn’t care if their families couldn’t take over on short notice; if I just left, they would truly be left to die. Although I’m not a good person, I couldn’t just leave them.
What surprised me was on the sixth and seventh, you went in the direction of Heping Zhuang, my hometown, and when I saw the police cars, I instantly understood what you were implying. You must have found something and started suspecting me.
I thought about it for the entire night and knew that if I tried to drive away, I would just end up being caught. So I simply hid in Zhang Liangyu’s house and didn’t come out. After all, this matter was unclear and couldn’t be explained. Then, as you know, it was the policewoman behind you who wanted to arrest me, that’s why I jumped into the bay."
Having finished his statement, Wang Kaitao’s series of admissions were quite shocking, completely overturning previous judgments. Xu Dayuan remained expressionless, however, and raised two fingers towards Wang Kaitao.
"I have two questions. First, did you take away all of Zhang Wannian and Liu Xiangrui’s identification and communication devices?"
Wang Kaitao nodded.
"Yes, I just left the hiking backpack at the scene. I also took Zhang Wannian’s gloves. Everything else was left in the car."
"The second question, where is the letter that Zhang Wannian left behind? What exactly does it contain?"
Wang Kaitao pursed his lips and leaned back.
"In the CCB safe deposit box, the number is 1417, the password is 646323, and it can also be opened with a fingerprint. I need to go there with my ID for access. As for the second lock, the bank has to open it. The contents are several pages long, it’s like a combination of a will and a proof, I guess.
The gist of it is that he entrusted me to handle the process of his death, not funeral arrangements but his passage out of life, and that I would not bear legal responsibility. It was his voluntary decision. As for Liu Xiangrui’s assets, I could withdraw as much as I wanted without affecting the operations. It bears both of their signatures."
Xu Dayuan leaned back in his chair, not saying much. Liu Yufei moved closer and whispered.
"I’ll go and ask Director Zhou. If they’ve restored the phones, we’ll check the contents first, but we’ll also need to take him to the bank to retrieve the items afterward."
Xu Dayuan nodded slightly. Just as Liu Yufei stepped into the adjacent observation room, she saw everyone gathered around Mr. Qu’s computer. She hurried over immediately.
Indeed, the contents on Wang Kaitao’s phone were restored, and several images were displayed on the monitor. Only after reading the contents did they realize that Wang Kaitao hadn’t lied; it was even more detailed inside, even specifying that Wang Kaitao could withdraw cash from the agency company whenever needed.
The amount of funds must not affect the company’s operations. There was also a fixed deposit amount left for two children and the elderly. After Zhang Wannian’s death, his company’s shares were to be completely transferred to his ex-wife, with full discretion over the profits.
As for Liu Xiangrui’s company, he bequeathed the remaining 80% of shares to Sun Nan. As for the gift agreement and related property transfer issues, they had commissioned a lawyer to handle them on February 1st, 2013, with the lawyer’s information attached. freewebnoveℓ.com
The content was extremely complex; this could be said to be the wills of two men. However, the part about Wang Kaitao assisting in their deaths was something that a notary office indeed couldn’t notarize, as euthanasia is not recognized within the country.
Mr. Zhao rubbed his nose and said with a sigh,
"Is this truly the will left by Zhang Wannian and Liu Xiangrui? Do we need handwriting analysis to verify it?
Just now, Wang Kaitao also said that he knew assisting others in euthanasia was illegal, and that’s why he avoided our investigation. It’s not easy to determine this, is it?"
Liu Yufei was somewhat surprised; she hadn’t expected Zhao Xinli to actually accept Wang Kaitao’s statement. She looked at Zhou Ning, and seeing no objection from him, she said,
"So, you are saying that you accept Wang Kaitao’s description, especially the part where he helped Zhang Wannian commit suicide?"
Zhou Ning nodded.
"Wang Kaitao’s entire description matches the autopsy results. The current difficulty is, unless there is other evidence, it’s hard to make a determination based solely on his own testimony and this will."
Liu Yufei nodded.
"I’ll talk to Director Xu. Regardless, this document must be retrieved, and we need to check with the notary office to see if they had any phone consultations. I think there would be a record of that.
Also, Zhang Wannian’s car is downstairs; should we search it for evidence?"
