Chapter 26: It Said The Murderer Wasn’t Him
Jiang Yuan suddenly felt a prickling sensation in her nose.
She didn’t know Zou Yueming, and hearing that he was an orphan with only a cat for company touched her tear ducts.
To Zou Yueming, Xixi was his family.
So, when he went out to meet friends, he would still bring Xixi with him.
Then, from Xixi’s perspective, he was also its only family.
When he was buried in the ground, Xixi would try hard to dig him out and worry about him being bored.
It would secretly return to dig, even after being driven away countless times.
Because it worried about its master.
Now Zou Yueming is dead, and only Xixi remains.
Xixi has no family anymore.
“Miss Jiang,” Si Heng softly called out, seeing her deep in thought.
Jiang Yuan snapped back to attention, composed her emotions, and said lightly, “Captain Si, please continue.”
Si Heng: “We checked Zou Yueming’s communication records and WeChat chat history, and also interviewed his colleagues and friends. We haven’t found any suspicious individuals.”
“The park has a large flow of people. Investigating who the murderer is might be as tricky as finding a needle in a haystack.”
Si Heng paused, looking into Jiang Yuan’s clear and bright eyes, his expression solemn. “So, we would like to ask for Miss Jiang’s help. The fee will be according to the standard for a criminal investigation consultant.”
Although the crime scene being in the park increases the difficulty of the investigation, there will inevitably be a day when the truth is uncovered by gradually ruling out various clues.
However, this will consume a significant amount of time and police resources, which is hard to estimate.
Last night, the police station held a meeting overnight and decided to ask Jiang Yuan for help. This is also an opportunity to understand if she truly possesses this special ability.
Jiang Yuan looked into Si Heng’s deep eyes and calmly asked, “What do you want me to do?”
Si Heng said softly, “Yesterday, that cat followed Zou Yueming out. Since it knows where Zou Yueming was buried, it should have witnessed the entire incident.”
Jiang Yuan lowered her eyes and took a sip of her coffee.
A few seconds later, she looked up and met Si Heng’s focused gaze. “Xixi’s owner was chatting with the murderer, saying they won the lottery and wanted to buy a house.”
Si Heng’s dark brows furrowed.
Jiang Yuan added, “Xixi only saw what the murderer looked like, but didn’t know him.”
“I understand,” Si Heng said, his expression showing a hint of gratitude. “Miss Jiang, I’ll take you back.”
“No need.” Jiang Yuan got up and walked to the door, paused, and turned around. “Oh, by the way…”
Before she could finish, her head suddenly bumped into the man’s jaw, and a faint citrus scent entered her nostrils.
Jiang Yuan cried out in pain and raised her hand to cover her forehead.
Si Heng’s jaw also felt a slight pain, but it was nothing to him.
At this moment, his attention was entirely on the girl in front of him.
Seeing her frown in pain, Si Heng felt an inexplicable surge of worry and heartache. “I’m sorry, Miss Jiang, does it hurt a lot? Do you need me to take you to the hospital?”
Jiang Yuan, who had been in pain, was amused by his words. “Is it that exaggerated? Do you think I’m a porcelain doll? I’ll shatter with one bump.”
Unexpectedly, Si Heng commented earnestly, “You do look like a porcelain doll.”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
“It’s swollen,” Si Heng said, seeing a red bump on her smooth, fair forehead. He frowned. “I’ll get you an ice pack to apply.”
“No, it’s fine…” Jiang Yuan hadn’t finished speaking before the man had already opened the conference room door and walked out.
Si Heng quickly returned with an ice pack wrapped in a white towel. “Miss Jiang, please apply this.”
“Thank you.” Jiang Yuan no longer refused his kindness.
A slight coolness spread across her forehead. She asked, “How long should I apply it?”
Si Heng: “Apply it for fifteen minutes first.”
Jiang Yuan nodded, remembering what she had been about to say. “Captain Si, yesterday I saw someone suspicious in the park.”
Si Heng immediately became serious. “Who?”
“Yesterday I saw an uncle, about fifty or sixty years old,” Jiang Yuan said. “I asked Xixi, and it said the murderer wasn’t him, but he often came out to chase it away when Xixi was digging.”
This was very important information.
After Si Heng asked Jiang Yuan to describe the person’s features, he immediately ordered his subordinates to retrieve surveillance footage.
Before long, the team members marked individuals who matched the description and had Jiang Yuan confirm.
An old residential building.
A damp, moldy smell emanated from a room on the third floor.
Sparrows perched on the windowsill, finding the smell inside unpleasant.
“This house is so dirty, messy, and smelly!”
“Don’t humans say they are the cleanest beings?”
“This family isn’t clean, and this man even committed murder!”
“Harm their own kind? That’s truly terrifying. Even we sparrows wouldn’t do something so cruel!”
“…”
A man in his early thirties lay restlessly on a bed so dirty it was almost glossy.
After a while, the man opened the closet door, grabbed something from inside, and rushed out of the room.
“Where do you think you’re going?” A scolding voice suddenly rang out.
The man stopped, his voice suppressed as he growled, “I don’t want to live in this crappy house anymore, I want to live in a big house, do you understand?”
“Ali, just hold on a little longer. The time isn’t right yet!”
“Dad! I can’t hold on anymore! I finally got a chance to get rich!”
“If you go out now, you’re walking into your death!”
Xu Li irritably kicked over the shoe rack. “Damn it!”
Xu Decai looked at his son, frowning tightly. “Ali, stay home and don’t go out. I’ll go buy some vegetables and be right back.”
As he reached the door, he turned back and snatched the lottery ticket from his son’s hand. “I’ll keep this for you for now.”
Xu Decai put the lottery ticket in his pocket and hurried out.
He didn’t go directly to the market but walked towards Blue Bay Park.
After walking for a while, he turned back.
The park was already cordoned off, so he didn’t need to go there anymore.
Xu Decai bought vegetables at the market. As he approached his home, he saw a police car in the distance.
His heart sank, and he immediately bolted down another road.
Xu Decai ran until he was panting, unaware that his every move was being monitored.
He returned to his building and looked around, confirming there were no police cars before he breathed a sigh of relief.
But when he reached the third floor, he saw three men standing at his door, wearing sacred uniforms that represented justice.
Xu Decai’s expression changed drastically. The vegetables in his hand dropped to the ground, and his whole body trembled uncontrollably.
“You’re Xu Decai, right?” Si Heng said calmly. “Your son, Xu Li, is suspected of murder. Please open the door, we need to take him to the station for questioning.”
Xu Decai’s eyes were filled with fear, but he said, “My son’s name isn’t Xu Li, you’ve got the wrong place!”
Inside the house, Xu Li, upon learning of the police’s arrival, hid in his room in terror, pushing a cabinet to block the door.
“Is that so?” Si Heng’s tone was indifferent. “Harboring a murderer is a prison offense. Do you want to go to jail with your son?”
Xu Decai cried out with a ferocious expression, “My son didn’t kill anyone…”
Si Heng: “He didn’t kill anyone, so where did the lottery ticket in your pocket come from?”
Knowing that the police had figured everything out, Xu Decai’s face turned ashen, and intense hatred surged within him.
It was all that woman’s fault!
It was all because she reported it to the police!
Thank you to the little treasures for the recommendation tickets, sending hugs~
