During this period, Li Qiuxiang was handling a brutal murder case in this area. The case was quite serious, and it was the first major case that Li Qiuxiang had encountered in all her years of working. It was even reported in the People's Daily, and the whole country was paying close attention to it.

In a vegetable field on the outskirts of Beijing, a 13-year-old boy was found to have been brutally murdered and buried alive. After a pursuit that lasted for more than half a month, three other 13-year-old boys were caught!

Li Qiuxiang's mind was buzzing. The higher-ups had ordered the case closed and the child sent to a juvenile detention center. These days, the victim's family members have been kneeling in front of her workplace every day, crying and begging for a severe sentence for this beast!

Seeing the couple who looked twenty years older overnight, Li Qiuxiang's eyes reddened. She took off her police hat, put it aside, and went to the station chief's office. The station chief looked at Li Qiuxiang and asked, "What do you want? Why are you knocking on the door?"

Li Qiuxiang stared intently at the police chief. "I demand a thorough investigation into Case 1121!"

The director sighed. This matter has had a significant impact. Everyone is furious, but what can be done about the three thirteen-year-old children who committed the crime? Can they even be sentenced to death?

He frowned and said, "Comrade Li Qiuxiang, you are a law enforcement officer. You can't be as irrational as the masses..."

Li Qiuxiang slammed her hand on the table. "Grandma! This case is full of suspicious points. For example, a thirteen-year-old child, in the dead of winter, could dig a pit 1.8 meters deep to bury someone. I don't believe it! Even if you asked me to dig it, I couldn't do it!"

The police chief sighed and said, "Calm down. We rely on evidence in our investigations, and all the evidence points to the three children!"

Li Qiuxiang kicked the chair opposite the director, "This is not evidence at all. Why don't you arrest and interrogate the family members and give them time to collude?"

The director is not short of me to stand up for this matter, but I'm afraid that if I'm the only one who stands up, they might be able to recant their testimony!

Ever since I put on this uniform, I haven't been able to avenge my boss. That bastard Zhao still owes me 190 yuan and hasn't paid it back. I'm enduring it. For the sake of this uniform, I won't throw a tantrum or cause trouble because I have no evidence to send that bastard to be shot.

But this guy is a child who hasn't even grown up yet! There are so many illogical points, why are you all turning a blind eye!

"The victim was discovered half a month after the incident, and we worked day and night for almost half a month to catch the perpetrator. Your first priority wasn't to apprehend all the suspects, but to downplay the incident. I can't stand it! If wearing this uniform means being a coward, then I'm quitting! I'll go to a mental hospital, get a medical record, and then go around doing justice to these beasts in human skin." Li Qiuxiang, with a bandit-like air, spoke these words to the police chief.

"We have no evidence..."

"Bullshit! The fact that they could dig such a deep pit in the dead of winter is suspicious. Detain them for 24 hours first, then check the tools used in the crime. Even if he destroyed them, these three people all live in a tenement building. I don't believe no one saw it. Why won't you give the people a chance to speak?"

"Comrade Li Qiuxiang, we've thought of everything you can imagine. The pit might have been dug in advance..."

"Then this isn't a spur-of-the-moment case, it's fucking premeditated murder! He should be sentenced to death!..."

"Alright, go back now, calm yourself down, and believe that justice may be delayed, but it will not fail to come!" Seeing Li Qiuxiang still throwing a tantrum, he said sternly, "You better watch yourself. You are still a police officer! Wearing this uniform means you represent more than just yourself!"

Li Qiuxiang looked at the director with icy eyes. "Director, you also have children. Please put yourself in their shoes. If your children were in the same situation, would you be able to remain so calm? The verdict in this case is being watched by bullies and victims across the country! It will inevitably affect the future education of countless families. I hope you will consult with your superiors!"

After saying that, he strode away. When he left work, he deliberately said as he passed by them, "If justice is not served in the world, parents will become the devil with knives."

This frustrating case is giving me a headache, and it makes me feel like this line of work is pointless! The victims are clearly in so much pain, wishing they could kill those bastards, but because they believe in you, believe that the law will give them justice, they endure their heart-wrenching pain and wait desperately for a fair outcome. And you yourself know what a messed up outcome that will be; even a fool wouldn't believe it! How can you bear to tell them?

But who is Li Qiuxiang? She's been working day and night lately, studying the case files and recalling every detail! Given the time of the incident, there were no direct trains from Beijing to the suburbs, so how did they get there?

The children who were killed left home at 4 p.m. on the day of the incident. The last bus left at 4:05 p.m., so there were no buses running. Moreover, during the interviews, neighbors testified that they saw the three children eating breakfast at home the next day.

There's only one truth: at least one child's family member owned a car and was involved in the entire case. Judging from the marks on the bodies, it's impossible for these three victims to be completely uninvolved in the bloodshed. So, the families' ignorance is just a lie! Even if they weren't accomplices, they're guilty of harboring a criminal! They might not get the death penalty, but they'll get a few years in prison.

We can bribe the people inside to make him suffer, or even kill him! Why can't we kill these beasts!

Thinking about it more carefully, it's impossible for them to take four children with them and carry the tools for committing the crime. A bicycle is not realistic, and a metal turtle is also impossible, as they don't have the connections to get one. The simplest option would be a tricycle!

However, she had no authority to investigate the case. She simply wrote up the materials and submitted them to her superiors. Then she went to tell the victim's family about the situation. The family knelt down and kowtowed to her three times. She didn't know what they were doing. She just went home!

Sure enough, less than a week later, one of the children's parents was arrested, and Li Qiuxiang finally felt relieved. However, she had a premonition that this was not something one person could do alone. After all, digging such a deep pit at that time could not have been accomplished by just one adult and three children. But at least one person was implicated, and someone had to pay for the child's life, which was a result in itself.

But the final result was better than he expected. Two adults who were involved in the whole process were sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, and the rest were convicted of harboring criminals and sentenced to ten years.

That's right! Who says the righteous path in life is full of hardships!