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Xu Dayuan gave a wry smile and presented several documents for Zhong Xiaoyan to see.
"I didn’t want to bring these things out, but I’ll give you another chance to speak for yourself. I know the pain you endured back then, and we will do our utmost to fight for you, but you don’t want to talk.
Our Public Security Bureau also has a young man whose parents were murdered when he was a child. Due to the shock, he lost part of his memory, but he didn’t let hatred cloud his vision. With his own ability, he is now the deputy director of the technical department, and he is even a bit younger than you."
So what I’m saying is, you’re too obsessed. From your narrative just now, we can feel that you are clear about your father’s suicidal choice, and you even agree with this choice.
There could have been many solutions to the matter back then, but he chose the most radical and irresponsible one. It may seem like he committed suicide out of love, following your mother, but in reality, it was cowardice, an unwillingness to face others’ questions, and he even left you with unrelated people, ending it all—that’s not solving the problem; it’s evasion.
Death is significant, and I don’t want to judge any further, nor do I have the right to preach. This is the information we’ve investigated. I can show it to you. We found that in December of last year, you purchased a BMW 5 Series that’s the same model from Qindao Baoning Auto Sales Service Co., Ltd.
However, the buyer used the name Li Xiangqian from Quanshan Village. His grandfather was once a butler for the Yun Family, and although the land was turned over to the state after the founding of the country, the Yun Family has always treated them well and has continued to help the Li family. You didn’t mention it earlier, but when your parents were buried, it was they who helped arrange everything."
Liu Meiling returned to Qindao on August 31st. Taking advantage of this moment, you wore the same clothes as Liu Meiling, delivered a cake to Li Li, and then on the early morning of September 2nd, you waited in your car at the roadworks exit. You had a location-sharing function enabled on your phone with Xu Qingquan so you could control it at any time.
Afterward, seeing the truck approaching at high speed, you followed behind the police car and suddenly switched to high beams and changed lanes to overtake. Of course, the truck and the police car were speeding first. Following your overtaking maneuver, the truck swerved in an S pattern and hit the brakes hard. Although it didn’t collide with you, the driver didn’t notice the police car behind and couldn’t avoid it in time.
The car accident occurred behind, you didn’t rush to leave; instead, you stopped fifty meters to the east of the accident scene, got out, ran into the field, and came up to the police car to check on the injured. Xu Qingquan was not unconscious at that moment, and he saw the scar on your finger.
I thought you were careless before, but now I feel like you did it on purpose. When you realized Xu Qingquan was awake, you let him see the scar because you know that Zhang Fangfang has a similar scar on a different hand in the same spot, and maybe this scar is related to you, too.
About Liu Meiling’s death, we found Zhang Fangfang’s DNA at the location of the neck-strangulation marks on the deceased. But this wasn’t due to sweat or dandruff. We sprayed it with Luminol reagent and observed a fluorescent reflection. I think you’ve studied law and know enough to create such a perfect crime scene so you should be aware of what this means, right?
The bloodstains on the victim’s facial wounds were also Zhang Fangfang’s. We collected samples again last night and used a special method to analyze them. We found that not only is Zhang Fangfang’s DNA present, but there is also sodium citrate, an anticoagulant. Only when this substance is mixed with blood will it not allow the blood to clot.
As for the images of the vehicle left behind, and the backside of the work clothes, these were all meticulously planned by you. After all, traces that are too obvious can raise suspicions; only those discovered with great effort are believed. You’ve got the psychology of the police nailed down.
You might say, these are just our speculations. Yes, they are, until we hadn’t found your BMW. But after we found the car and extracted your DNA from the wheel wells, trunk, and glove box, we also found gravel.
Don’t underestimate these things. In the microscopic world, each specific location contains different substances. After comparison, we can confirm that your vehicle has been to the accident site. Oh, and there’s also the analysis of the brake marks; your car has also been to the Blue Sea Hotel in Qifeng and even Quanshan Cemetery."
At this point, Xu Dayuan paused and looked for the photo showing the pollen comparison.
"This is the pollen of the copper hammer grass. You visited your parents’ graves before August 20th. Maybe you mistook it for weeds, but let me tell you, this is a species unique to Qindao, and it has very strict requirements for its habitat. This pollen is adhesive.
It’s found in the cake box, the crevices of Xu Qingquan’s shoes, your BMW’s wheels, your trunk, Liu Meiling’s wounds, and the murder dagger. Although we didn’t find your DNA, we found many fingerprints mixed with this pollen in the plastic. And one more thing, Xu Qingquan wasn’t amnesiac from the start."
Zhong Xiaoyan laughed, raised her hands, and clapped for Xu Dayuan.
"Such a thorough investigation. I guess you’ve cleaned out the tire treads of that BMW, haven’t you? Indeed, I gave that car to Li Xiangqian. It was also me who drove it to Quanshan Village. It’s normal that I left my fingerprints and DNA on it, isn’t it?
As for what you’ve said, I don’t know about it. Approaching Xu Qingshu was only for investigation. Regarding the engagement to Xu Qingquan, we didn’t get too intimate. After all, as we’ve discussed, I’m just a suitable candidate for marriage for him. My only request of him is not to bring back diseases and not to touch me before marriage.
I went to call off the engagement while he was hospitalized because my investigation had already ended, and there was no need to pretend anymore. Using his promiscuity as an excuse, it was natural for me to want to break up with him. You don’t really think I liked such a disgusting person, do you?
So let’s end this interrogation. I refuse to recognize these baseless accusations."
Xu Dayuan nodded; he had to admit that Zhong Xiaoyan’s response was indeed quite brilliant.
Looking at Zhong Xiaoyan, Xu Dayuan smiled and waved at Mr. Shan.
"Sign the record. I’ve asked everything that needs to be asked. Take a look; if there are no errors, you can sign."
Zhong Xiaoyan’s handcuffs were removed, and as she walked to the door, she paused, tilted her head slightly towards Xu Dayuan, and said,
"May I see that person you mentioned?"
Xu Dayuan was puzzled for a moment before he understood.
"Are you asking to see Zhou Ning, the deputy director of the technical department I mentioned?"
Zhong Xiaoyan nodded.
"Any time will do, I want to meet him alone and ask how he managed to get over the death of his parents."
Xu Dayuan raised an eyebrow.
"I’ll pass the message to him, and if he wishes, he can meet with you."
Zhong Xiaoyan was taken away, and at the moment she turned around for the last time, she looked at Xu Dayuan with a particular emotion in her eyes.
Zhou Ning remained silent for a long time, then patted Mr. Zhao on the shoulder and helped Liu Yongxin out, running into Xu Dayuan right as he was shaking his stiff neck.
"Zhou Xiaozhou, hurry up and organize all the reports and documents for me and send them over. We need to transfer this case to the prosecutorial authorities with the utmost speed."
Mr. Qu’s eyes widened in disbelief.
"I don’t quite understand, we’ve been running around like this, and there’s not a single piece of evidence proving Zhong Xiaoyan is connected to this case. Transferring it to the prosecutorial authorities like this, isn’t it just waiting to be rejected?"
Mr. Zhao smacked Mr. Qu on the back with a slap, his other hand already pinching a bit of flesh under Mr. Qu’s armpit, causing his face to contort.
"Don’t mind him, Mr. Qu has been working continuously for the last 48 hours without rest, his mind is a bit muddled. I’ll take him to rest for a bit. Don’t worry, we will soon organize all the autopsy reports and various documents, and we won’t delay things."
Xu Dayuan gave Mr. Zhao a meaningful look, and Mr. Zhao, smiling, dragged Mr. Qu away ahead of the others while Zhou Ning, supporting Liu Yongxin, nodded faintly towards Xu Dayuan.
"Let’s not talk more, we must hurry back to prepare the materials. We’ve been too tired these days, hardly getting a good night’s sleep. As for the investigations into Xu Qingshu, Kong Wanshan, and Zhang Fangfang, should they be transferred with the case files?" freewёbnoνel.com
Xu Dayuan sighed.
"The affair of Kong Wanshan and his spouse is already looked into, and the full and complete evidence was almost beyond imagination. Mr. Hu said that if every case could be like this, the Economic Investigation Brigade could disband.
As for Zhang Fangfang, we still need to check some cooperation from the Huining side. I’ll go with you, and we can discuss on the way. We need to contact Director Yu from the Huining Public Security Bureau’s Criminal Technology Center concerning the autopsy case files of Zhang Fangfang’s ex-husband; we need to transfer them over."
Zhou Ning nodded, and the three of them walked ahead, with Xu Dayuan not forgetting to wave goodbye to Liu Yufei and the others as he turned back.
"What does this mean, we’re all exhausted to the point of stupidity. Hurry up and finalize the case files, prepare the reimbursement forms as well, and I’ll sign them when I come back. Transfer what should be transferred, reimburse what should be reimbursed, and then you all go rest. Shouldn’t you go take a look at those in the hospital?"
With that said, Liu Yufei smiled awkwardly and gave Peng Da a slight nod.
"Peng Da, I’m off to get busy too, thanks for all your help this time."
"Don’t mention it, just do the same when I ask you for a favor next time. Everyone’s busy, I’ll be leaving too."
As they walked to the stairwell, the voices of their pleasantries faded away. Zhou Ning said nothing, but Liu Yongxin squeezed his hand. Zhou Ning, puzzled, reached the pavilion, where Liu Yongxin sat down, removed his shoes, and poured out the nonexistent sand and dust.
"I’m not young anymore, can’t handle this sort of strenuous activity. I’ll head home first. You prepare all the materials. There’s a high probability this case will be sent back after being transferred, but we can reorganize and transfer it again. After all, it can’t be rejected twice, right? I’m off."
Having said that, he turned and headed for the north gate, singing an unknown Beijing opera piece, humming and shaking his head, clearly in good spirits.
Watching Liu Yongxin’s retreating figure, Zhou Ning felt the urge to cry at that moment.
The master is indeed a master. Although he hadn’t been deeply involved in the investigation, he completely understood the case, and even made sense of Xu Dayuan’s recent inquiries after thinking it through.
There’s someone here whose parents were murdered when he was young. When Zhou Ning first heard this topic mentioned, he was a bit confused, but after the identification case was closed, he understood.
Xu Dayuan had made his stance clear at this moment.
As for the four people involved in the case years ago, they had investigated everything possible, even collecting the tiniest particles of pollen, gravel, and DNA for comparisons, yet there was no direct evidence proving that Zhong Xiaoyan was the murderer, much less the mastermind.
Zhou Ning sniffed, holding back a belly full of words that seemed inappropriate to say at the moment, squeezing out a sentence after a long silence. ƒreewebɳovel.com
"Boss, how about I treat you to a meal? Two hundred yuan is the limit, I can’t go any higher!"
Xu Dayuan glanced sideways at Zhou Ning, pulled a cigarette out of Zhou Ning’s pocket to light up, then threw the pack and lighter back to Zhou Ning.
"Damn, learning all the bad things but none of the good, you really inherited Liu Yongxin’s stinginess. Two hundred won’t do, I want a feast, the kind with sea cucumber, abalone, and lobster all included."
