Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife

Chapter 485: Chapter 485: It’s All Too Simple!

The summons period is exactly twelve hours!

Exceeding twelve hours, the police will release the summoned person.

To extend this period, the police must present more favorable evidence.

Lin Xi is Chen Xiao’s wife and also a police officer.

She knows the rules well and also understands what Chen Xiao is thinking.

Since Chen Xiao confirms the deceased is Zuo Shu.

Then she can confirm what’s on Chen Xiao’s mind.

Both Chen Xiao and she feel that in the murder of Zuo Shu, Chen Xiao plays a special role in the eyes of the murderer.

But this specialty is not limited to one possibility.

Firstly, the murderer’s goal was aimed at Zuo Shu, and Chen Xiao only became involved when the murderer learned some things, using Chen Xiao to escape blame and frame him.

Secondly, the murderer’s intention was aimed at Chen Xiao!

As for Zuo Shu’s death, it was merely a means to put Chen Xiao in danger!

Of course, there’s another possibility, which is that the murderer’s goal was aimed at both Chen Xiao and Zuo Shu!

This possibility exists, but the premise is that Chen Xiao and Zuo Shu might have offended the same person simultaneously.

But this person, Lin Xi does not know for now.

And since Chen Xiao hasn’t said anything, it means that in Chen Xiao’s thinking, this possibility is currently not as likely.

While Lin Xi waits for Old Chen and the others to bring the brewed tea, Zhang Xian doesn’t sit idly but asks:

"So according to Chen Xiao’s opinion, the murderer’s motive might be revealed within twelve hours or at the twelve-hour mark?"

Lin Xi nods: "Very likely."

"What could that be?" Zhang Xian muttered.

Lin Xi isn’t sure, but after some thought, she recalls Chen Xiao’s words.

"Before going to the county bureau, Chen Xiao called me and said he saw the coroner extract a hair from the deceased Zuo Shu. He suspects it’s his after observation."

Zhang Xian frowned immediately: "Chen Xiao had physical contact with the deceased before?"

"Yes, Chen Xiao detests Zuo Shu’s behavior of arriving uninvited. The main point is, there’s also conflict between him and Zuo Shu."

As Lin Xi speaks, she involuntarily looks at Xie Wensheng.

But Xie Wensheng is back facing them.

Lin Xi knows Xie Wensheng is not feeling well inside.

Chen Xiao and Xie Wensheng are intimate friends, but Zuo Shu is his uncle, a fellow disciple with his father.

After Zuo Shu entered business, the interaction between the two families lessened, otherwise, Xie Wensheng would be the one feeling worst at this moment.

Even so, Xie Wensheng desperately wants to understand this matter.

But his mind suffered significant trauma during previous surgery, contemplating deeply on any matter results in severe headaches.

He turns his back on the others to avoid showing his pain to them.

"Brother Wensheng, do you still have no confidence in Chen Xiao?" Lin Xi interrupts Xie Wensheng’s thoughts at this point.

He turns his head, his face somewhat pale:

"No, I have full confidence in him!"

"I’m telling you about Chen Xiao’s situation just to avoid hiding from you, fearing that it might cause more serious emotional impact later. Now that it’s happened, just continue taking care of Dong’an’s affairs as usual."

Xie Wensheng shakes his head: "I’m considering whether I should go to Shencheng City with Xiaoji and them? After all, compared to them, I’m a Shencheng City native, I’ve also worked there for ten to twenty years!"

"Sending Xiaoji and them is most appropriate."

"But this case, in my opinion, clearly needs to uncover what really happened to Zuo Shu to figure out everything!"

Though Xie Wensheng cannot delve deeply into a matter, it doesn’t mean he can’t think.

He is also an experienced detective.

Upon encountering the case, he thought of key issues as well.

Yet Lin Xi smiled slightly: "Rest assured, Chen Xiao has everything in mind."

Zhang Xian nods at this point as well: "Yes, despite our positions getting higher and our investigative experiences richer, we all know that compared to solving cases, no one matches him in ability."

"While that’s so, isn’t Chen Xiao currently indisposed?"

Lin Xi laughs: "That’s because he doesn’t want to come out himself. If he wants out, who can hold him back?"

Listening to Lin Xi’s confident voice, Xie Wensheng pats his forehead, saying:

"True, compared to ability I’m inferior to him, even in understanding Zuo Shu, I might be less knowledgeable than him now."

"I’m keeping you here just to discuss what we should do when the twelve-hour mark comes to establish Chen Xiao’s murder case?"

Lin Xi certainly doesn’t believe Chen Xiao is the murderer.

Her sentiment suggests she perceives the murderer aimed primarily at Chen Xiao!

Zhang Xian and Xie Wensheng understand, and after some thought, Zhang Xian replies:

"Establishing Chen Xiao as the murderer is not easy, even though the hair is his, and the witness can prove Chen Xiao and Zuo Shu had an argument."

"Because Zuo Shu didn’t die during the argument, but three hours after leaving Chen Xiao’s house!"

"Right, the hair under these circumstances can hardly serve as direct evidence proving Zuo Shu was killed by Chen Xiao. Unless, someone can prove that Chen Xiao left three hours later, and even sat in Zuo Shu’s car."

Lin Xi offered a possibility.

But Xie Wensheng shakes his head: "This is the most straightforward possibility, also the easiest to speculate. But, the mastermind planning this case should know precisely who they’re dealing with."

"One is a former police officer, the other is now an ace detective solving major cases repeatedly. Facing two such individuals, it’s unlikely to frame maliciously so simply, as Chen Xiao can just provide an alibi to refute the claims."

Lin Xi paused briefly, then said:

"Director Zhang, Brother Wensheng, we came too hastily without going to the scene, but we know plenty about Zuo Shu’s death, so what was missing after Zuo Shu’s murder?"

Upon this question, Zhang Xian and Xie Wensheng immediately react, and in unison, say:

"The head!"

"Yes, Chen Xiao told me earlier that Zuo Shu’s head went missing after the murder. When I heard this, my instinct was to believe Zuo Shu might not be dead and the deceased was someone else."

"But Chen Xiao said it’s highly likely Zuo Shu, and if the murderer severed his head and placed it somewhere implicating Chen Xiao directly, doesn’t it establish Chen Xiao’s guilt significantly?"

Zhang Xian and Xie Wensheng nod simultaneously: "In such a case, Chen Xiao truly would have a hard time explaining away, just that..."

Zhang Xian hesitated to continue, Lin Xi asked: "Just what?"

"I feel that if it’s just the head, maybe isn’t it also too simple?"

Hearing this, Lin Xi frowns, muttering:

"Indeed, it seems too simple as well!"