Chapter 119 But at least it solved their doubts

Because of the speculation caused by this surveillance video, in order to verify it, everyone was so busy in the next few days that they almost forgot to eat and sleep.

Captain Yang and his team are still working hard on Wu Xiaozhen's case. Because there are so many dead bodies, they are exhausted just by dealing with the crime scene, physical evidence, and the subsequent process of handing over the fixed evidence to the procuratorate.

Fortunately, all the efforts were worth it. On the afternoon of July 20, when the sun was setting and gradually approaching the horizon, they finally found everything they were looking for.

"Come and see," Zhong Xiaoyu was the first to make the discovery, practically leaping with excitement. "An unexpected incident, and the deceased's kindness, coupled with Chen Yuanwei's presence and his constantly changing expression, gives me a hunch. I suspect this surveillance video is the motive we're looking for for his targeting of the deceased."

These words were like the sound of nature, and Guan Xia felt like she was being liberated. She forced herself to stay awake and floated past like a sleepwalker. After rubbing her eyes with a little force, Guan Xia looked at Zhong Xiaoyu's computer screen.

"Finally found him," Pang Le said weakly. "I've been watching the surveillance footage day and night for several days. I felt like I was going blind. Let me take a look. It looks like the first victim, the old man named Yu Boxue."

Guan Xia also recognized the old man sitting on a small stool at the intersection in the surveillance video. He was 75 years old and very thin. Although he was very old, he looked very energetic. He did not look tired after setting up the stall all day. Instead, he was flipping through a book in the light.

Wang Yu glanced at the surveillance time in the upper left corner and said, "April 12, 2017, which is nine days after the deceased's death."

Guan Xia recalled their results over the past few days. The second deceased was named Xiang Xinmiao. They discovered that there was a gap of 11 days between the first time Chen Yuanwei met the deceased and the time of his death. As for the fourth deceased, Tian Junming, there was a gap of 7 days between the first time Chen Yuanwei met him and the time he killed him. Adding the first deceased, there was a gap of 9 days. It can be seen that even though Chen Yuanwei was full of hatred, he was still very cautious. He followed each of the deceased for a considerable period of time and fully understood their daily habits before finally taking action.

Although the video had not started playing again, Guan Xia already had a hunch that this surveillance video most likely recorded Chen Yuanwei's real motive for killing Yu Boxue.

Zhong Xiaoyu waited for two minutes. Seeing that everyone had gathered, she quickly pulled back the progress bar and pressed the play button.

Like the previous surveillance videos, everything started out calm and peaceful.

From the sky in the surveillance video and the time in the upper left corner, it can be seen that it was already very late at this time. The surroundings were pitch black, with only the street lights providing a not-so-bright light. There were not many vehicles on the wide road, and pedestrians were even sparser.

Perhaps because Yu Boxue was too old, two young girls finally stopped in front of the stall, squatted down, looked at the artificial flowers and ornaments woven with wool on the stall, and asked something.

Yu Boxue put down the book. Although there was no sound in the surveillance video, it could be seen from his body movements that he was enthusiastically selling to the two young girls.

The three people communicated for a few words and quickly decided on a price that satisfied both parties. Then one of the girls paid the bill, happily picked up a fake flower ornament with pink flowers and green leaves, and stood up.

The two people were obviously good friends. They walked away arm in arm. But after taking a few steps, they stopped and looked at three middle-aged men who were obviously drunk a few meters away from them with some surprise and suspicion.

The two young girls subconsciously moved aside, staying as far away from them as possible.

Everything was normal at first, but as the two groups of people got closer, the three middle-aged men who were originally walking in an S-shaped route suddenly turned their feet and staggered towards the two young girls.

The two young girls were obviously frightened and were about to run away holding each other's hands, but were stopped by three middle-aged men. They had drunken looks on their faces and wore malicious and obscene smiles. They blocked the three girls' way and slowly approached while talking about something.

It was at this time that Guan Xia, who had been paying attention to other places, saw Chen Yuanwei appear.

Just like in the previous video, he stopped and stood by the roadside with an expression of gloating watching the fun.

Guan Xia noticed this scene and had a premonition of what would happen next.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, Yu Boxue, who had picked up the book he had been reading, noticed what he had discovered before. He put down the book nervously and turned around to look around, as if he was looking for someone. He soon noticed Chen Yuanwei and said something excitedly, but Chen Yuanwei seemed not to have heard it and did not move. He still stared at the front with an expression of watching a show.

Yu Boxue said a few more words, and seeing that Chen Yuanwei still didn't move, he lowered his head and looked for a while, and finally picked up the small stool he was sitting on and hurried over.

At this time, three drunk middle-aged men had walked in front of the two young girls. No matter which direction the two girls walked, they moved left and right to block them. The two girls tried to run back, but were also grabbed by the arms. Seeing that things were about to develop in a bad direction, Yu Boxue finally arrived and waved the small stool in his hand to force the three men to step back and block the two young girls behind him.

Yu Boxue looked thin, with wrinkles on his face and a kind look, but at this moment he was very aggressive. He had a stern face, and was holding a small stool in his right hand, waving it while saying something sternly.

Guan Xia originally thought that the conflict would escalate further as one group consisted of three middle-aged men in their prime, and the other group consisted of an old man and two young girls. However, a few minutes later, no one knew what Yu Boxue said, but it actually made the three drunkards want to retreat. They looked at each other, communicated a few words, and then left.

Guan Xia was a little surprised. She had been paying attention to the expression of Chen Yuanwei who was watching the fun. He was obviously surprised as well. His expression quickly became bored. After looking at Yu Boxue and the two young girls for a while out of boredom, he walked away.

He was walking in the direction the three drunks had left. At first he seemed normal, except for a look of frustration as if he had failed to watch the fun, there was no other special expression. But as he got closer to Yu Boxue and the two young girls, he heard something and his expression gradually became gloomy.

After passing by Yu Boxue and the others, he walked a few meters and simply stood in the shade of the green belt on the side of the road. Since Chen Yuanwei was standing a little far away and the surrounding environment was very dark, Guan Xia could not see the expression on his face clearly, but from the fact that he stood there for a long time and did not leave, she could observe that his emotions must have fluctuated greatly, and perhaps it was at this time that he had the intention to kill.

Nothing special happened in the surveillance video afterwards. Judging from the body language of Yu Boxue and the two young girls, they probably discussed what had just happened. Then Yu Boxue sent the two young girls to the roadside, watched them take a taxi and leave, and then returned to his stall and sat down again.

Chen Yuanwei was still watching from afar in the corner. After several minutes, he finally walked away.

Zhong Xiaoyu paused the video with a click of the keyboard, then said excitedly, "How is it? Was my judgment correct? This should reveal Chen Yuanwei's motive for murder."

Pang Le touched his chin and said, "The accident, the kindness shown by the deceased, and Chen Yuanwei's abnormal mood swings are indeed similar to the three surveillance videos we found before. However, this surveillance video is obviously different. There are not so many onlookers. Anyway, I don't quite understand what Chen Yuanwei is hating this time."

Wang Yu said, "I suspect it's related to what the two young women said. Although there weren't any onlookers, the surveillance video shows Yu Boxue chatting with the two young women for quite a while. Chen Yuanwei also walked by. Judging from his expression, it's probably those words he heard as he passed by that triggered the hatred in him."

As Wang Yu spoke, his eyes fell on Guan Xia, and the others also looked over there in tacit understanding.

After the system was triggered several times before, Guan Xia was now used to it. He nodded with an unchanged expression, and without asking Zhong Xiaoyu to do anything, he dragged the progress bar himself to make the surveillance video play again.

Sure enough, after reading it again, with Xu Nian's inquiry, the system interface was successfully triggered again.

Apart from the time, the lines of text were exactly the same as the three previous ones. Guan Xia waited for two minutes, and finally the video with subtitles appeared, and began another off-site dubbing.

This video is not long, only a few dozen seconds, and it is the scene when Chen Yuanwei slowly walks past the three people.

The long-haired girl who bought ornaments: Thank you so much, uncle. If you weren’t here, we two really don’t know what to do. How about this, uncle, it’s so late and you don’t have to set up the stall. Please calculate the total price of those items on your stall. I like to buy this kind of things anyway, so I will just buy them all, display them at home, and give some to friends.

Yu Boxue: You don't have to be so polite. You really don't have to be polite. I'm not setting up a stall to make money. It's just that my wife likes to knit these things. My family has a son and daughter-in-law, and our house is full. We really can't put any more space, so I discussed with my wife to set up a stall to sell them. Originally, it was just to kill time and make some money with my wife's hobby. She has knitted too much recently, and it took a lot of effort to calm down. If you buy them all, she will be very excited and have to stay up all night. You can't buy them all.

The long-haired girl who bought ornaments: So that's how it is. No wonder you were reading a book while setting up a stall. You are such a nice person, and your wife is also very good. How do you say it? Oh, yes, you two deserve to be in love for the rest of your lives and enjoy endless happiness.

The video ended here. Everyone was silent for a while before Pang Le sighed, "This murderer's brain circuit is different from that of normal people. Just a few words can make him jealous and kill people."

Guan Xia didn't say anything, but couldn't help sighing in her heart. Yes, just a few simple words made Chen Yuanwei break down his defense and want to kill a strange old man, and he used such a cruel method to commit the crime.

Guan Xia didn't even have to think to figure out that the motive for murder was related to those two sentences: one was "You are such a good person," and the other was "You will have endless blessings."

Judging from the change in Chen Yuanwei's expression, he must have been thinking about himself through these two sentences. Yu Boxue enjoyed endless blessings because he was a good person, but what about him? He suffered endless hardships because he was a bad person.

Maybe it wasn't necessarily hatred, maybe it was jealousy. He was jealous that Yu Boxue could set up a stall so leisurely, not for money, but just to pass the time. He thought of his own situation, and a desire for destruction arose in his heart, so he chose such a cruel method of committing the crime.

Guan Xia guessed that he chose Wu Xiaozhen's murder method to frame her only partly because it was painful enough, and another part of the reason was that this death method gave him enough time to appreciate the deceased's desperate expression, satisfying his growing desire for destruction.

Guan Xia couldn't help but think of the surveillance video they had discovered about Xiang Xinmiao and Tian Junming.

The situation was very similar to that of Zhong Chenghong and Yu Boxue. Xiang Xinmiao met a lost old man while eating at a night market. The old man seemed to have Alzheimer's disease and no one knew how long he had been walking outside. He was dirty and had messy hair. He stood on the side of the road, looking at the food on several nearby tables with longing eyes.

Many people felt sympathetic, but Xiang Xinmiao was the one who reacted the fastest. Without hesitation, she helped the old woman to sit down next to her, and ordered some food without spicy sauce. She watched the old woman eat patiently while asking about the situation. She then called the police and waited until the police came to take the old woman away before paying the bill and driving away.

Xiang Xinmiao's conditions were also very good. Although they could not be compared with Zhong Chenghong's, it was still a luxury car, which caused discussions among the people around him, and they said things similar to what happened to Zhong Chenghong.

Tian Junming's case was even simpler. He just saw a disabled young man selling flowers on the roadside on his way home after playing billiards. Out of sympathy, he bought all the flowers. The people around him couldn't help but talk about it when they saw a child being so generous. This aroused the jealousy of Chen Yuanwei who was passing by.

Of course, Tian Junming's situation was somewhat special. Guan Xia guessed that jealousy might be part of the reason, and another part was that Chen Yuanwei was afraid of Wu Xiaozhen and had been hiding for five years, and he had not vented his anger for five years. In addition, he thought he had some ability to kill Wu Xiaozhen, so he didn't think much about it and simply listed Tian Junming, whom he disliked, as a new target.

However, speculation is just speculation after all. Chen Yuanwei is dead, and Guan Xia and the others cannot confirm it. But at least it has resolved their doubts and has completely put an end to the Chen Yuanwei case.