Chapter 274: Love Killing Melon 1 This woman is not a good person and she is not married yet...

The deceased was Ye Yun, who was killed by being hit on the back of the head with a blunt object. The murderer has fled and there are no witnesses.

But according to the neighbors, it must have been a murder of passion, because they heard the sound of a man and a woman arguing. The man should not be from this area, and they had never heard that sound.

After Tang Fengyuan and his team investigated the scene, they found many suspicious points.

First of all, the crime scene was not where Ye Jun lived, and the entire householder's family had gone to the countryside to visit a sick elder, so no one was at home.

So the question is, how did Ye Jun get in? Since there were no signs of the door being locked, we can only suspect that Ye Zheng has the key.

Or maybe the head of the household lied. At least not all of them went to the countryside. One of them stayed to help Ye Jun open the door, and then went somewhere else.

Of course, it is also possible that Ye Jun happened to come over when the head of the household and his family left. The head of the household and his family had indeed gone to the countryside, and the man they were arguing with was someone else.

Then the question arises again, why did Ye Jun come to this family's house when he had no relationship with them?

Why did he die here after coming here? Who was the murderer? What was the motive for the murder?

Tang Fengyuan's face darkened as she stared silently at the bulging belly and sighed silently. Her daughter-in-law had mentioned this to her before. The child should be Director Ma's. Director Ma had no son and was not self-disciplined even in his old age. He had to force an unmarried woman to help him realize his dream. It was really a sin.

Standing up, she instructed, "Xiao Jin, protect the scene. I'll go to the Public Security Bureau to request support."

Xiao Jin understood, and stayed to find more details with Lao He.

Soon, Yang Shuming and his men arrived and took over the case. They took photos to collect evidence and conducted on-site inspections. After completing the inspections, they conducted further investigations and then sent the body to the funeral home.

Because of this busyness, they missed dinner time. As there were many people gathered in the alley, Tang Fengyuan and others had to stay to help maintain order, so they didn't go back until after eight o'clock in the evening.

Yao Zhizhi was worried that she would get a stomachache from hunger, so she quickly took some hot food and went to San Tiao Hutong with Qi Changxiao.

The alley was full of people, and the gossipy crowd was talking about what was going on after dinner.

"I heard that this woman is a bad student. She got pregnant before she even got married."

"Do you know whose child it is?"

"Anyway, it can't be from the Lao Luan family. Both of Lao Luan's sons are married, and their daughters-in-law are not easy to mess with. They wouldn't dare to do that."

"That can't be Lao Luan, right?"

"No, Lao Luan may have lost his wife, but he has always been honest and dutiful. He raised his two sons and three daughters all by himself. How could he have the time to spare?"

"Who could it be?"

"I don't know."

"It can't be their son-in-law's, right?"

"Pah, pah, pah, it's impossible. This family has three sons-in-law. One is in the army, one is in the government, and the other went to the countryside with the girl. No one can do that."

"It can't be someone from my daughter-in-law's family, right?"

"The eldest daughter-in-law is from Old Ma's family, right? There are six sisters in the family and no brothers. Could she be from the second daughter-in-law's family?"

"Stop talking, you didn't see it, why are you slandering his brother with empty words? If I were to say, it might be some other relative of the Luan family. Otherwise, why would a pregnant woman run to his house?"

"I don't know about that. Poor child, he died with his mother before he was even born. What a sin."

"That's right! The kid's father will be struck by lightning. Tell me, why don't men who can't control their horny people die?"

Amidst the discussion, Yao Zhizhi and Qi Changxiao both got out of the car and pushed it inside.

She had a vegetable basket slung over her arm. Some people who had seen her at other disputes recognized her and quickly greeted her, "Editor-in-Chief Yao, here to bring food to Director Tang."

"Yes, auntie, it's almost nine o'clock. If you don't eat now, you'll get a stomachache from hunger." Yao Zhizhi greeted politely. This family's residence was across an alley from the yard Yao Zhizhi bought. Yao Zhizhi's neighbor was Aunt Hai's family from the garment factory. This family's residence was diagonally opposite Aunt Hai's house, so it was quite close.

As for the Luan family at the crime scene, they lived behind the yard she bought, with seven or eight families between them.

Zhao Maimiao and Ding Can both came back before the Chinese New Year. Now that spring has just begun, the two have not gone out to promote the magazine, and it is not known whether they have seen anything.

Anyway, let's wait until she sees the victim.

After asking, he found out that Ye Jun's body had been sent to the funeral home. Yao Zhizhi originally planned to rely on the melon-eating system to see if it could help find some clues, but now it seems that he can only wait until tomorrow after get off work to go to the funeral home.

She was walking in front and soon found that Qi Changxiao was missing. When she turned around and looked around, she found that Qi Changxiao was far behind and was being stopped and questioned.

She didn't think much about it. After all, as the director's son, maybe he would know something? This was the most simple thought of ordinary people.

She came to the gate, brought dinner to Tang Fengyuan, and asked, "Mom, is my brother-in-law in there? My sister said he hasn't gone home either."

"He's here, don't go in. He doesn't eat when he's investigating a case, so just ignore him." Tang Fengyuan wasn't being cruel, but the group of young police officers inside hadn't eaten yet. It would look awkward if Yang Shuming ate alone.

As for her, she is a police officer and the case is not under her jurisdiction, so it's okay.

Yao Zhizhi thought about it and it made sense, so she just called out "brother-in-law" at the door and turned around to chat with her mother-in-law: "I heard that the eldest daughter-in-law of this family is surnamed Ma. Is she the daughter of Director Ma?"

"Yes, that's right." After all, Tang Fengyuan was the direct person in charge of this area. He knew better than Yao Zhizhi which family had married off their daughter and which family had married their daughter-in-law.

Yao Zhizhi suddenly realized something and whispered, "Then... the Ma family is a suspect, right?"

"I think so too." Tang Fengyuan pondered for a moment and whispered, "Don't make it public yet. Their relationship should be kept secret. If you make a fuss, your sister will definitely be exposed, which is not good. Let's see if anyone else in the station has reported it."

Fortunately, although no one would report Ye Jun’s improper relationship with Director Ma, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Luan family is Director Ma’s daughter after all, so the police still have reason to go to the Ma family to investigate.

The most important thing now is to find the murder weapon. Once we have the murder weapon, it will be much easier to narrow down the murderer.

After all, these days even buying a knife requires a ticket. If the blunt weapon used to kill someone is made of iron, perhaps the blacksmith shop will recognize it.

Yao Zhizhi understood what her mother-in-law meant. There were so many people in the radio station, there was no need for her sister to take the lead. Someone might report her tomorrow. This was easy to understand. No one would be happy if a station director had a corrupt style and supported a college student from the countryside with little qualifications to step on others.

Someone is bound to take advantage of the opportunity to take a bite.

As they were talking, Qi Changxiao came. He called out "Mom" without saying anything. His eyes met Yao Zhizhi's, giving her a meaningful hint.

Yao Zhizhi understood immediately; he must have discovered something. However, with so many people watching, she quickly took her mother-in-law's empty bowl and left.

When they were outside on the street, she asked, "Do you know who the murderer is?"

"I'm not sure yet. I'll ask Zhang Wang to come over and ask about someone. We'll talk about it later." Qi Changxiao rode directly to Zhang Wang's house.

Ever since Zhang Wang took in the female cat and delivered her baby, he is no longer alone.

There are eight cats living in his house, one is the mother cat, and the remaining seven are all kittens.

He doesn't need to worry about these cat kids, they will go out to catch mice on their own and eat them till they are greasy.

However, the kittens' skills are not yet very mature, and the mother cat often needs to catch a few more to feed her cubs.

In short, he doesn't have to worry about anything. He even knows to go outside the yard to poop and urinate. He either fertilizes the roots of the trees or runs to other nearby trees to fertilize.

I never do anything fancy at home, so I don't have to worry about anything.

At this moment, he was holding one of the black and white kittens and combing the hair of this restless guy.

Hearing a knock on the door, he quickly put down the comb in his hand, stood up and opened the door: "Hey, it's so late, what's going on?"

"Help me find someone." Qi Changxiao quickly made way and asked Yao Zhizhi to come in. After all, it was just the beginning of spring, and it was still very cold at night, and the wind was strong in the alley.

Zhang Wang quickly agreed and asked, "What does he look like? Where do you live?"

"I'll draw it for you. Do you have paper and pen?" Qi Changxiao didn't want to show up in person. After all, he was the director's son and it would be easy for him to arouse other people's suspicion.

It would be best to let Zhang Wang go. After all, he is an old bachelor and no one will be on guard against him.

Zhang Wang quickly brought him paper and pen, and with just a few strokes he had sketched out the outline of a woman's face, added the facial features, and matched the hairstyle, and it was done.

Even the mole at the corner of his mouth didn't go away.

Zhang Wang picked it up and took a look. Okay, no need to make this trip. He smiled and said, "Isn't this the eldest daughter-in-law of the old Luan family? She is Director Ma's third daughter. I even fought with her when I was a child."

"What's your name?" Qi Changxiao was not a classmate of Zhang Wang every year. Their classmates had some overlap, but naturally there were also some parts that they didn't know each other.

Zhang Wang wrote three words on the paper: Ma Sijie.

After writing the introduction, he said, "The six sisters in their family are easy to recognize. The first five are arranged according to the radicals of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, while the sixth one is named directly with the single radical."

"The sixth one is the one who is still unmarried, right?" Yao Zhizhi had heard her sister mention him.

Zhang Wang nodded. "Yes, her name is Ma Sili, the Li as in husband and wife. By the way, you're looking for me to introduce you to Ma Sijie. Is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"There's been a murder. Ye Jun is dead. She's Ye Zheng's sister." Yao Zhizhi looked at Qi Changxiao. "Can you tell me now? Is this Ma Sijie the murderer?"

"Yeah." Qi Changxiao couldn't say it in front of Zhang Wang, so he could only smile and say, "Thank you, old classmate. I'll tell you when the case is clear. We'll go back first."

"Okay, it's so late, be careful on the road." Zhang Wang stood at the door and waited until they were far away before going home and closing the door.

All eight cats came into his room. After he finished combing the cow cat's hair and turned off the lights, there were fur balls lying around him on his quilt, like bodyguards, making him feel very safe.

Late at night, Qi Changxiao returned home, took off his scarf, and went to the stove to warm his hands before speaking. "That Ma Sijie, both her merit and luck are negative, especially her merit. She's so negative. It might be more than just killing one person. Maybe she got the child too, or there might be other reasons. Anyway, this woman didn't go to the countryside; she was at the scene."

What? Yao Zhizhi was stunned: "But, if she was there, why didn't anyone recognize her?"

Qi Changxiao checked the time and prepared to go to the front to look for Yang Shuming later. He explained, "She was standing at the very outside, wearing an ill-fitting, oversized Lei Feng hat. I was being dragged for questioning at the time, and I happened to turn around and noticed her. After a few words, I saw the north wind flip her hat over, revealing her face. But she reacted quickly, covered her hat, and left. No one noticed her."

"So that's how it is. But didn't the neighbor say that he heard Ye Jun arguing with a man? The man's voice didn't sound like that of any of the neighbors nearby." Yao Zhizhi was confused. Could it be that there were actually three people present at the time?

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The author has something to say: I have been having nightmares these past two days and have been feeling listless, so I am even later. Sorry.