Chapter 78 Red Spider Lily 17

In the afternoon, Donglan City Bureau.

Zheng Wanshan arrived at the city police station's criminal investigation interrogation room as instructed. He registered and his phone and belongings were confiscated. However, unlike previous visits, the police seemed particularly busy today.

Zheng Wanshan sat on the interrogation chair, and no police came in to start the interrogation.

This was his fourth time sitting in this position. Zheng Wanshan was already familiar with the place, and his initial nervousness and awkwardness had vanished, replaced by a sense of ease.

Seeing that no police officers came in, he even stretched himself and tapped the table with his fingers out of boredom.

However, this calmness is eroding over time.

After waiting for ten minutes, Zheng Wanshan began to get impatient. After waiting for twenty minutes, he began to look at the clock on the wall frequently.

After sitting there for half an hour, Zheng Wanshan stood up and tried to open the door on the side of the interrogation room. The door was locked, so he sat back down.

Zheng Wanshan felt bored, but in fact his every move was recorded by the police officers in the observation room.

This is a process of training the eagle, which is to wear out his patience.

Forty minutes later, the door was opened.

Zheng Wanshan glanced sideways.

The policewoman who walked in was a young woman in her twenties. She was tall and pretty, holding a thick stack of documents in her arms. Following behind her was a female recorder who looked even younger.

He was usually interrogated by two male detectives: a tall, young man and a slightly overweight, middle-aged man. Zheng Wanshan was already familiar with the two officers in charge of the case and was well versed in their questioning patterns.

He didn't know what was going on, why the police changed their strategy and replaced the interrogator, but Zheng Wanshan didn't take the two young female police officers seriously.

They were just two little girls who had eaten less rice than he had eaten salt. What could they possibly ask?

Zheng Wanshan looked back and forth between the two men for a moment, then settled into a more comfortable position, leaning back in the chair. He felt a little unhappy about the wait, and said in a harsh tone, "Officer, please hurry up. I have a dinner date tonight."

The presiding female officer looked up and said, "Unfortunately, today's interrogation may be delayed a little longer. Let me know who you have an appointment with, and I'll call and cancel it for you. Maybe we can still make it in time."

After hearing this, Zheng Wanshan's mouth twitched and he sat up straight.

It seems that the other party has come with bad intentions.

At the same time, the door of the observation room was pushed open from the outside. Guo Zhengyao and Huo Cunsheng had just started adjusting the equipment and recording the video. They turned around and saw Chi Li walking in from outside.

Huo Cunsheng hurriedly greeted: "Captain Chi."

"I happened to be free, so I came to take a look." Chi Li did not sit down, but stood in front of the observation window. He looked calmly into the interrogation room, and then added, "You don't have to tell Captain Luo."

All preparations are in place and the interrogation in the interrogation room officially begins.

Guo Zhengyao knew this interrogation was going to be a serious matter, so he nodded and began to work. He pressed the speaker button, and Luo Siwei's voice came out from the interrogation room...

Luo Siwei will personally preside over the trial of Zheng Wanshan today.

The police have done sufficient preparation and homework for today's interrogation.

Luo Siwei and Ni Xiang sat across from each other, and Luo Siwei began asking questions. The interrogation began with verifying Zheng Wanshan's personal information, which she meticulously reviewed again without getting tired of it.

Ni Xiang was beside her, taking notes with her head down, remaining silent and not asking any questions.

After Zheng Wanshan finished answering, he took the initiative to ask Luo Siwei: "Officer, why did you call me here today? Have you found out the results of the investigation into my wife's case?"

"The police have found some new clues, so I hope you can cooperate with their work." Luo Siwei gave him an official reply. Her tone was calm and sounded very polite.

Then she began to ask Zheng Wanshan a variety of detailed questions: "The police have investigated your family and company situation, and we need to verify some issues."

Zheng Wanshan nodded.

"There are six major departments in your company."

"yes."

"You have established a strict attendance system for your employees."

Zheng Wanshan frowned slightly, but still answered: "Yes."

Luo Siwei continued to ask: "Every Monday, you hold a meeting with your employees in person."

"yes."

"You set detailed KPIs for your employees, emphasizing that they must achieve sales targets."

"Of course. As the company's leader, I have to ensure the company's progress and be responsible for the sales figures." Zheng Wanshan grew impatient and protested, "But what does this have to do with the case?"

Luo Siwei didn't answer him, but continued to ask: "The employee turnover in the company is very high, and you are very strict with your employees."

Zheng Wanshan snorted somewhat unhappily, admitting it as follows: "The current economic situation is not good, I can't always support idle people."

“Some specific measures are…”

Although he was not very cooperative, Luo Siwei still asked him one by one. Most of them were to verify some situations in the company with Zheng Wanshan, and some were related to specific events.

For example, three months ago, there was a labor dispute in his company, and the parties involved almost got into a fight with the security guards of Zheng Wanshan’s company.

Two months ago, there were some delays at the construction site that Zheng Wanshan was in charge of, so he got furious with his subordinates that his secretary was injured by a teacup he threw.

These are the conclusions drawn by Luo Siwei from various investigations.

Gradually, Zheng Wanshan also realized that something was wrong. When these problems were connected together, many of them pointed to a side of him that he usually hid.

He protested again: "What does this have to do with my wife's murder? You're wasting your time!"

Luo Siwei had almost finished asking questions, looked up at him and said, "This is all the information we obtained during our investigation, and we're here to verify it with you. This is normal procedure."

When you first meet Zheng Wanshan, he looks like an ordinary businessman, but in fact, he has a very strong and stubborn personality. He is chauvinistic and arbitrary. He has a strong self-esteem and possessiveness. He usually seems to be good at communication, but when he really gets angry, he doesn't care about anything and doesn't listen to other people's suggestions at all. Some people even describe him as terrifying when he loses his temper.

The most important thing is that once Zheng Wanshan has made up his mind about something, he will never allow the other party to go against his wishes.

His company has strict discipline, but employees complain about it.

These questions may seem irrelevant to the case, but they are actually very important.

As Luo Siwei had previously deduced at the meeting, this was precisely why Xie Chenyu couldn't move out of the villa. She had discussed the matter with Zheng Wanshan several times, but he had always firmly refused. Even though Xie Chenyu had assets under her name, she still depended on Zheng Wanshan's money to survive. Without a divorce, she didn't dare move out without permission.

Luo Siwei asked these questions not only to understand the truth and pave the way for subsequent interrogation, but also to prove what kind of person Zheng Wanshan was. These questions also served to establish Zheng Wanshan's "personality" again.

Sure enough, after waiting for forty minutes and being asked a bunch of irrelevant questions, Zheng Wanshan became annoyed.

It was obvious that he was suppressing his anger.

Next, Luo Siwei played the first card in her hand: "Mr. Zheng, you once asked an investigation company to investigate your wife's life. And you suspected that she had cheated on you."

For a man like Zheng Wanshan, he can have a life of luxury, but he will never allow his wife to be unfaithful to him. Zheng Wanshan is impulsive and irritable. If he knew that his wife had done something behind his back, it would undoubtedly lay the fuse for everything that happened later.

Zheng Wanshan hesitated for a moment and admitted, "But I didn't find any substantial evidence."

"You threatened her that you would take extreme action if she cheated on you."

"Everyone gets angry and loses their temper sometimes. Those were just words said in anger." Zheng Wanshan admitted it. When he said this, he clasped his hands together, touched his fingers together, looked down, and cleared his throat.

Luo Siwei paid attention to his movements, these manifestations of guilty conscience.

"When was the last time you saw your wife?" Luo Siwei continued to ask.

"A month ago." Zheng Wanshan emphasized his alibi. "When my wife got into trouble, I was out of town."

"Mr. Zheng, were you really out of town that night?" Luo Siwei calmly produced a few photos. "That night, a car drove from Lucheng, where you are, to Donglan. Then, in the early hours of the morning, it drove back from Donglan to Lucheng. Without an alibi, you could have made the round trip in plenty of time."

This is Luo Siwei’s second card - evidence that Zheng Wanshan had been to Donglan that night.

Zheng Wanshan looked down.

It was a set of surveillance photos taken at a highway intersection. In the center of the photo was a black car with black windows. The driver was wearing a mask and a hat, so his face could not be seen clearly.

When Zheng Wanshan saw the photo of the car, his first reaction was not to refute like an ordinary person, nor was he to get angry at the accusations.

He looked carefully at what was captured in the photo, and then his expression changed slightly.

The subtle change in his expression caught Luo Siwei's attention.

She became increasingly certain that the person in the photo was Zheng Wanshan, who had secretly come to Donglan that day. However, photos and speculations alone were not enough; she had to find convincing, actual evidence.

Zheng Wanshan reacted in a split second. He pushed the photo forward and said, "Officer, this car has nothing to do with me. I can't see anything clearly in this photo. Besides, there are a lot of people going back and forth from Donglan to Lucheng every day, right?"

Luo Siwei looked at him quietly, as if she had expected him to say that.

Every interrogation is like a psychological warfare.

At present, the information the police have is very limited, and the evidence on hand is not particularly solid. Faced with those slippery lawyers, they may be forced to change their confessions in court, making it impossible for the police to punish the real culprit.

Therefore, she had to be very cautious during the interrogation. Luo Siwei hoped to make Zheng Wanshan confess his crimes, and also had to pay attention to new evidence that emerged during the interrogation.

She wanted to crush Zheng Wanshan bit by bit. Only in this way could the outcome of this case be set in stone, with no possibility of changing his confession.

Luo Siwei played the third card.

She pulled out a few more photos. "The police found a suspect named Xu Chile. However, he drowned in a river. Coincidentally, the same car was seen near the crime scene on the night Xu Chile died. Mr. Zheng, where were you that night?"

This was the result that Guo Zhengyao and a team of people had found out before. The same car appeared near two crime scenes. Luo Siwei reasonably suspected that the actual user of this car was Zheng Wanshan.

On the night Xu Chile was murdered, the surveillance camera captured the trace of the car, and the driver was still wearing a mask, covering himself tightly.

After looking at the surveillance photos, Zheng Wanshan said, "I was at home that night."

Luo Si tilted his head slightly and asked, "Mr. Zheng, the police haven't issued a police notice yet regarding this drowning case. Do you know which night Xu Chile died?"

At that moment, Zheng Wanshan's face darkened and he realized that he had been careless.

Although this female police officer is young, she is more difficult to deal with than the previous male police officer. He actually walked into the trap she set without knowing it.

Zheng Wanshan quickly reacted, calming himself and laughing. "Well, ever since Zi Tu passed away, I've been very sad and busy with work. I always go home early every night, so no matter what day the crime happened, I should have been home."

He spoke a long string of words, finally letting out a sigh of relief. Luckily, he'd reacted quickly, and his words seemed flawless. Even if he went to court, he wouldn't be able to prove anything.

But Zheng Wanshan didn't know that his little thoughts could not escape Luo Siwei's eyes at all.

This is not enough, Luo Siwei must continue to put pressure on him.

"In other words, you don't know this Xu Chile?"

Zheng Wanshan nodded: "Of course, who is that?"

"Then who is this?" Luo Siwei asked, placing a few photos on the table.

These photos were found in another surveillance video after the police tracked the car's route and reversed the process.

The person with his back to the camera in the photo is clearly Xu Chile, while the person facing the camera is wearing a mask and is somewhat blurry. Two people were walking towards the car when they flashed by the surveillance camera.

This is the clearest picture the police could find, and it has been restored through technology.

If Luo Siwei had taken out this photo at the beginning, Zheng Wanshan would undoubtedly have quickly denied it. However, when Luo Siwei exposed his lies one after another and produced one piece of evidence after another, Zheng Wanshan was already worried. He didn't know what other information the police had.

Even though he felt extremely guilty, Zheng Wanshan still said stubbornly, "Officer, I don't understand what you are saying, and I don't recognize the person in the photo."

"Don't know him? Then Mr. Zheng, let me help you recall him." Luo Siwei opened the file bag of the company he had investigated before, took out a photo from it, and placed it on the table.

This is a photo from the information provided by Liu Yan’s investigation company at the time.

While reviewing various clues, Luo Siwei looked through the file bag again, and she discovered that there was another secret behind this photo.

The photo was clear enough. It was taken in a high-end restaurant. There were two men sitting on both sides of the table. One of them was Zheng Wanshan, and the other one, who was smiling and eating with his head down, was Xu Chile.

This photo proves that the two people have known each other for a long time.

From the beginning to the end, everything they did was directed at Xie Chenyu.

After seeing this photo, Zheng Wanshan's lips trembled, and then he pursed his lips.

His panic and lies had put him at a disadvantage and he had completely fallen into the trap set by Luo Siwei.

"The night before Xu Chile was killed, someone shot him with a gun, helping him escape from police. Mr. Zheng, do you have a gun at home?"

Zheng Wanshan's expression changed slightly, but he still shook his head: "No..."

"We've applied for a search warrant and will be searching the residence registered under your name," Luo Siwei said, pressing his hands against the table as he stood up, putting pressure on him. "The police suspect you conspired with Xu Chile to murder your wife and daughter, and then, after the murder, you killed your accomplice, Xu Chile, to silence him."

Under Luo Siwei's accusations, Zheng Wanshan retreated step by step. He began to argue, "I really don't know this person. He said his last name was Zhang and he was here to buy air conditioners. I meet so many people every day, how can I remember them all? Besides, I'm about to get a divorce, why would I kill my wife? And why would I kill my own daughter?"

"Initially, the police didn't understand why you killed your wife until we found this under her bed."

Luo Siwei took out the evidence bag, which contained a hair.

"The police once suspected that a murderer was lying in wait under the bed, preparing to kill Zhou Zitu at home. However, the test results were somewhat unexpected." Luo Siwei slowed down his speech. "Zheng Wanshan, guess whose hair this is?"

After this question, Zheng Wanshan's face turned extremely pale.

"It's yours." Luo Siwei answered for him. She pressed the evidence bag heavily on the table, making a bang.

Zheng Wanshan's lips moved: "No...it can't be mine. Even if it is mine, it might be accidentally taken away at some other time..."

Luo Siwei interrupted him: "Zheng Wanshan, you don't have to deny it anymore. You were lying under the bed at that time because you wanted to catch someone cheating."

Zheng Wanshan looked up at her, and Luo Siwei continued speaking.

"This is a play you and Xu Chile co-starred in. Because you heard that Xu Chile looks very similar to Zhou Zitu's previous cheating partner, so you gave him the key and arranged for him to break into the house, while you hid under the bed, waiting to see your wife's reaction..."

As Luo Siwei spoke, she kept an eye on Zheng Wanshan's expression. If the man in front of her was nervous, it meant that she was telling the truth. If Zheng Wanshan lost his composure, it meant that there was an illusion in her inference, and she would have to adjust her interrogation strategy.

Fortunately, Zheng Wanshan held on to his breath.

"At night, facing the man who suddenly broke in, your wife was very afraid of him. In fear, she revealed another secret..."

Luo Siwei took the man in front of her back to the crime scene that night.

Zheng Wanshan stared at her intently.

Luo Siwei could sense that Zheng Wanshan was filled with not only fear but also anger. He was like a spring compressed to the limit. Under his extreme stress, that kind of anger only needed a spark to cause an explosion.

"That night you found out. That woman, your wife of over a decade, wasn't actually Zhou Zitu. She was a woman named Xie Chenyu." Luo Siwei revealed Zheng Wanshan's murderous intent. "She had a boyfriend and never went to college. You were deceived by that woman for over a decade and had her fooled around."

"Stop talking!" Zheng Wanshan couldn't help but roared.

Luo Siwei insisted on continuing. She raised her head and looked directly into Zheng Wanshan's eyes: "As for the daughter...is she really your daughter?"

These words were like a sword piercing Zheng Wanshan's heart.

His body was trembling, and then he raised his hands and hugged his head, a gesture of self-abandonment and surrender during the interrogation. The man before him was furious to the point of losing his mind, just like the night he killed Xie Chenyu.

He gritted his teeth and said, "It's her. She asked for it..."

Luo Siwei knew that once her psychological defenses were breached, it would be like a river bursting its banks. The other party would reveal their true colors, and she would soon be able to get to the bottom of the case...

The atmosphere in the interrogation room was extremely tense, as if the bowstring had been stretched to its limit and the arrow would be shot out as soon as the hand was loosened.

"Do you admit that you killed your wife and daughter?" Luo Siwei asked this key question.

The word "yes" was almost on the verge of Zheng Wanshan's lips. His eyes were bloodshot. He raised his head and looked at the policewoman in front of him. Then he suddenly saw the light in the interrogation room.

The word got stuck in his throat and Zheng Wanshan woke up suddenly.

He found himself standing on the edge of a cliff, with a bottomless abyss in front of him, and one of his feet had already stepped into the void.

Zheng Wanshan was immediately frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

Just before coming here, and in the days since the murder, he had woken up from nightmares in the middle of the night, and he had imagined what would happen if the police discovered something.

He didn't want to go to jail, nor did he want to be sentenced to death, so he subconsciously gave himself a hint that he would never admit his crime unless he was desperate.

At the critical moment, this hint worked.

Zheng Wanshan's expression ferocious for a moment, his lips moved, and he denied it with difficulty and in a low voice: "No."

Luo Siwei faced him. After hearing this answer, her expression remained calm, as if she was waiting for his explanation.

"It's not me." Zheng Wanshan raised his head, his voice still trembling with excitement, his heart beating like a drum, and he awakened his reason.

He and Xu Chile were the only ones in the villa that night; no one else would know what happened. The policewoman was bluffing, hoping to anger him and make him confess everything. He wouldn't fall for her trick; she had already revealed all the information the police had. They had no evidence that could actually threaten him, so all he had to do was deny it.

As long as he denies it, no one will be able to know what he did!

The crushed sanity is rebuilt layer by layer.

He once again built an iron wall in his heart.

Zheng Wanshan forced himself to calm down and regain his confidence.

Luo Siwei asked: "Then who did all this?"

Zheng Wanshan continued to think that if he wanted to clear himself, he had to create a real murderer, and Xu Chile was the perfect candidate.

He said, "Xu Chile killed my wife and my daughter. I don't know what happened to him afterwards, but I didn't kill him."

At this moment, Guo Zhengyao, who was watching the interrogation in the interrogation room, burst out with a curse: "Fuck, this idiot actually swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth."

Just now, he almost thought that victory was in sight and the interrogation was about to end, but he didn't expect the situation to take a turn for the better. Zheng Wanshan actually pushed everything onto Xu Chile.

Now that Xu Chile is dead, there is no evidence to prove his wrongdoing.

Huo Cunsheng tried to remain calm: "Calm down, calm down. Look, Captain Luo is not in a hurry yet."

They panicked, but Chi Li, who was standing behind them, suddenly said, "Zheng Wanshan is about to confess."

At this time, only Chi Li was calm.

Guo Zhengyao didn't react and asked, "Why?"

Chi Li explained: "Now it seems that Zheng Wanshan can escape the disaster by saying that he is an accomplice and that Xu Chile did everything, but in fact, he fell into a trap."

Guo Zhengyao was even more confused: "Captain Chi, are you saying this is also Captain Luo's strategy?"

"Zheng Wanshan is being too clever." Chi Li looked at the man in the interrogation room in front of him with a steady gaze. "His answer is a much more foolish approach than simply admitting it or remaining silent."

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