Free Web NovelChapter 513: Chapter 484 Police Can’t Do It Either_1
Zhou Ning’s six words sent Zhu Xiaoming into a panic.
"What? Just like that it’s me? Is it some kind of issue with you all, take one look at me with my pants down, and you decide I’m the one who did something? Did my brother write something on me?"
Mr. Zhao disdainfully used two fingers to pull up his pants and waved towards the two detectives.
"Liu Da, there’s no need for idle talk, right? Take him to the interrogation room. Later, once the test results are out, there’s no point in resisting; we’ll let the evidence do the talking, right!"
Liu Yufei nodded, but she wasn’t hurried to speak as Zhu Xiaoming struggled continuously.
"Stop it, what do you want me to say? I’d need to know what the matter is first, wouldn’t I?"
Liu Yufei turned around, staring into Zhu Xiaoming’s eyes. The once struggling Zhu Xiaoming froze, not daring to move wildly anymore. After all, Liu Yufei wasn’t one to play by the rules, pulling down pants right off the bat—what this meant, he hadn’t figured out yet.
"Don’t understand? Then let me ask you, do you know that He Jiahong is dead?"
Zhu Xiaoming stared at Liu Yufei, his face appearing quite indifferent, even with a hint of disdain. Yet, his flaring nostrils and his agitatedly heaving chest betrayed his nervousness. Mr. Qu nudged Zhou Ning.
At this moment, Mr. Qu had already set up a laptop to enter interrogation mode. The snapshot frame on the screen showed that his breathing and heart rate had accelerated, and his eyes had glanced at the upper right corner of the room.
Zhou Ning coughed, and Mr. Zhao, understanding the hint, made an OK gesture and went straight upstairs to find Mr. Yang; after all, the direction Zhu Xiaoming glanced at was the attic staircase—it seemed there might be something hidden upstairs.
"I know, it’s all over the fifth middle school, how could I not know? The key point is, she was close friends with Zhu Xiaoxia. Zhu Xiaoxia has cried over it several times."
Liu Yufei sighed and gestured to the two detectives.
"Call over the room next door, take the person down, detain him in two separate cars. Once the investigation here is concluded, head directly to Xinghua Municipal Bureau. Over there, I’ve already had someone clear the area to spare us a few offices, find two interrogation rooms so they can’t collude in their testimony."
After finishing, Liu Yufei didn’t want to waste any more words on Zhu Xiaoming and the two men took Zhu Xiaoming and opened the door. ƒreewebɳovel.com
The moment the door swung open, Zhu Yongping and a woman barged in. The woman’s bulky frame was even wider than Zhu Yongping’s. Seeing the door open, she reached out to grab Zhu Xiaoming’s arm.
Kicking towards the two detectives who were holding Zhu Xiaoming, such an unexpected turn of events caught everyone off guard.
But the two detectives were well-trained; they sidestepped the woman’s attack, one grabbed Zhu Xiaoming’s arm, the other grabbed the woman’s arm, blocked her leg with his own and pushed her neck, bringing her down with a fluid motion.
The woman fell to the ground, still trying to get up, when one of the detectives immediately slapped handcuffs on her. Liu Yufei walked over, and Zhu Yongping was a bit stunned as he hopped anxiously.
"Let go, what are you arresting my son for, release my wife!"
Liu Yufei approached, glancing at the woman wriggling on the ground like a maggot.
"Zhang Xiangfang?"
Though still on the ground, the woman kept up her tirade.
"You know who I am, so why waste your breath? Are you tired of living?"
Liu Yufei laughed, folded her arms, and squatted to look Zhang Xiangfang in the eye.
"Tell me, how exactly am I tired of living? Your sister Zhang Xiangfen is the vice principal of the fifth middle school, your brother-in-law is the coach for students with sports specialties, considered a star figure there. Your second brother is the chief of Xinghua City Public Security Bureau, and your eldest brother is the deputy mayor of Xinghua City in charge of culture, education, and health. Should I really fear you and the people behind you?"
The woman showed no sign of holding back, lifting her plump short legs, as if only by kicking out could she vent her anger. Seeing her like this, Liu Yufei stood up.
Holding onto the detective’s arm, one could now see three deep scratches on it from Zhang Xiangfang, the skin torn open, bleeding.
"No worries, we’ve got plenty of cars. Take Zhang Xiangfang down too. Later on, our people will do a unified statement and interrogation. You can’t avoid being charged with assaulting a police officer today. Employees of the vehicle management station are considered public servants; you should know what assaulting a police officer entails, right?
"Using violence or threats to deliberately obstruct the legal execution of state security tasks by state security organs or public security organs shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or a fine.
"Once convicted, public officials shall be dismissed from public service. Don’t just stand there, take her away. What about it, Zhu Yongping, do you also want to resist the law with violence? Or else, why don’t you join in too, your whole family, all together, wouldn’t that be nice?"
Zhu Yongping shook his head and took a step back, wanting to run downstairs. Liu Yufei cheerfully called out from behind:
"Want to tip someone off? Then hurry up and call your two uncles. See if they’ll immediately aid you, or instantly denounce you and distinguish themselves from your affairs?"
The mocking expression, nonchalant tone, it quickened Zhu Yongping’s steps. Zhang Xiangfang, who had been squirming like a maggot just moments before, had also ceased her wails as if she had just then realized she may have caused a disaster.
But before she could ponder further, Liu Yufei had already waved her hand, and several police officers came forward, dragging people down the stairs one by one.
Liu Yufei pulled out her phone and headed towards the kitchen, dialing Director Hu’s number directly. Zhou Ning didn’t listen in but instead climbed up to the attic.
There, he saw Mr. Yang and Mr. Zhao flipping through two storage boxes, finding a stack of Polaroid photos with various pictures of himself with girls – some showing faces, some not. At first glance, there were about a hundred or eighty photos.
Mr. Yang, looking utterly curious, held up something shaped like a pink microphone, studied it for a long time, and Mr. Zhao laughed so hard he could barely catch his breath. Zhou Ning gave him an annoyed look.
"I’m saying, have you found it or not? Stop messing with Mr. Yang."
Yang Xuetong was totally perplexed, looking at the object in his hands and at Mr. Zhao’s sinister grin. He seemed to realize it wasn’t anything decent, probably something used for sex, and he felt sick in waves. He hurriedly tossed the object aside.
"You’re just bad news. Don’t worry, boss, we found two Polaroids in the box, one old and one brand-new, and fingerprints were lifted from it. Now where do we go?"
"Let’s go downstairs. Liu Da is in touch with the Municipal Bureau. This situation isn’t just about dealing with the case; Xinghua City has many issues, and Mr. Hu probably needs to report the situation to the city officials as well."
Mr. Zhao smacked his lips and snorted coldly as he picked up the box.
"The Zhang Family in Xinghua City is definitely well-established, but they certainly have many enemies too. With such an incident, it seems difficult to investigate since it looks watertight, but actually, tearing off the fig leaf is easy. The key is to see the attitude of Qindao City, let’s move, this isn’t our concern."
They all went downstairs, and Mr. Qu was still fiddling with the computer. As they descended, Zhou Ning walked over to Mr. Qu.
"Have you discovered anything over here?"
"Liu Da asked me to check on Liu Kai’s son, and I just did. Liu Nian is in the same class as Zhu Xiaoxia, but there’s nothing else. However, I looked at some photos from their school – boss, take a look at this photo they took together. This person doesn’t seem very tall, does he? Could he really be one of the three killers?"
Zhou Ning glanced at the photo. It was a group picture of the track and field team members. Boys standing at the back were all tall and strong. Following Mr. Qu’s pointing finger, Zhou Ning found Liu Nian, who indeed seemed inconspicuous in the track team, of average height, and quite different from the tall figure in the video.
"Actually, when I suspected the Zhu brothers, I also thought about Liu Nian, who is related to them, but I didn’t suspect him much because in the DNA test, only two male DNAs had a similarity of 47%.
The third person had no blood relation at all. If that person were Liu Nian, given that their mothers are sisters, they would certainly be related, and the DNA would show some kinship. If there were a close match, Mrs. Cui would have mentioned it."
"Shall we still investigate Liu Nian?"
Zhou Ning straightened his clothes and then spoke:
"We’ve got to wait for the results anyway, so let’s take a trip to High School No. 5 and meet this Liu Nian. Not to mention, we still have some partial fingerprints to compare."
As everyone headed downstairs, Liu Yufei had clearly contacted the Municipal Bureau and wasn’t in a hurry to leave. She pulled Zhou Ning aside.
"I didn’t get a chance to tell you earlier, but when I was questioning all the staff, someone mentioned that Liu Kai’s son, Liu Nian, is very close to those two brothers. I think a direct visit to High School No. 5 is in order. Since Liu Kai and the Zhu family have such marital ties, it’s not out of the question that there is a connection between them, so let’s take a look."
Zhou Ning nodded.
"We can gather all the track team members together for fingerprinting and blood samples. It won’t raise Liu Kai’s suspicions."
Liu Yufei smiled.
"No wonder Director Xu likes working with you. Such streamlined thinking—where I start an idea, and you complete the following steps—really makes one comfortable. Okay, let’s set out.
I’ll have Fang Mu take those three to the Xinghua City Bureau first. Mr. Hu has already gone to report to the city leaders. How vigorously we tackle the issues in Xinghua City is not our concern, but it does relate to the progress of this case."
Without further ado, everyone got into the Iveco. Other cars were used to transport the suspects; the Iveco was now fully occupied. The vehicle made a U-turn and took a small road in the auto city area, directly heading towards High School No. 5.
Zhou Ning checked the time—11:20. Passing the training field, he saw many people training and of course noticed Liu Kai, who looked up as he saw the police car and kept watching the vehicle enter the school gates while seeming to reach for his phone.
"Liu Da, it seems like Liu Kai is signaling someone." ƒгeewёbnovel.com
Liu Yufei waved off Mr. Zhao’s comment, appearing unconcerned.
"It doesn’t matter. If he didn’t tip anyone off, I wouldn’t have the chance to deal with the vice principal’s issues. Their brazenness gives us the opportunity to catch them all at once, doesn’t it?"
The security guard didn’t dare to stop them, as the police lights of the Iveco were flashing and the driver, Mr. Wang, honked twice at the lift gate without even rolling down the windows. Then the lift gate was raised, and the vehicle turned towards the training field.
Once the Iveco parked, everyone got out. Liu Kai had already approached, without his usual modest demeanor, showing a mix of confusion and faint anger, and directly confronted Liu Yufei.
"You are being a bit too much. I cooperated by going with you to make a statement. He Jiahong was my student, my best one, and her death pains me deeply. I’m eager to help you catch the killer to comfort He Jiahong.
But these kids, some are preparing for the sports exam next January, others are competing for provincial rankings; they need my support. I’m willing to go with you now, but don’t disturb their mental state by coming to the school. I’m asking you to leave."
Liu Kai spoke eloquently, even his voice thickening with a heavy nasal sound toward the end, his protective nature towards the students moving. Zhou Ning’s gaze fell on the faces behind him, sweeping over each young face without finding the one Mr. Qu had shown him earlier.
Just as Zhou Ning felt confused, a familiar voice rang out, a tall figure making a scene and rushing behind Liu Kai with the other boys.
"Even the police can’t bully our coach!"
Zhou Ning looked at the person and a smile crossed his face.
Having previously harbored doubts, now seeing his nearly 190 cm stature and hearing that familiar voice, the truth was just begging to be unveiled.
