Chapter 43: Dismemberment Case

Baicheng is an ordinary prefecture-level city. Among the nearly 300 prefecture-level cities in the country, it can only be considered medium-sized. Its total population in 1997 was just over 2 million.

Therefore, relatively speaking, there are not many vicious murders in Baicheng, and the number of unsolved cases is relatively small in the whole province.

But there was such a case that shocked the whole country. Moreover, because the case was never solved, the small city of Baicheng will be remembered forever by the world because of this unsolved case.

For a native of Baicheng like Zhou Yi, this is undoubtedly a shame.

This unsolved case is called the Five-Six Dismemberment Case.

It is also called the Baida dismemberment case because the deceased was a freshman at the school.

The case was discovered on May 6, 1997, exactly fifty days before Zhou Yi solved the 316 case!

Zhou Yi decided that he would save the dead man.

Zhou Yi couldn't understand why a girl had to die in such a tragic way.

But it was impossible for Zhou Yi to just run to someone and tell them that someone was going to kill him and dismember his body.

In that case, people would just think he was a psychopath and call the police.

Therefore, he needs to get to know the other person naturally in a suitable opportunity and environment, then deliberately contact the other person to understand her interpersonal relationships and situation, and then catch the murderer before he commits the crime!

This is the most reasonable and only solution.

He planned to go to the Municipal Bureau next week and do his best to quickly solve a few cases. After gaining a certain degree of say, he would propose to Wu Yongcheng that he should give a safety knowledge lecture in the name of the Municipal Bureau, take the opportunity to get to know the other party, and then find a solution.

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The next day was Saturday. Zhou Yi had nothing to do, so he went to the hospital with his mother early.

After the mother and son arrived, they let the aunt who was taking care of them at night go back to rest.

My grandfather's condition is much better than expected. The doctor said that he can be discharged from the hospital after three more days of observation if there is no problem.

Zhou Yi was naturally very happy in his heart, because his grandfather's story proved that the past can be changed!

He has the chance to save more people!

Zhou Yi originally wanted his mother to go back first, since he was fine here anyway. However, his mother quickly found someone to talk to and ran to another ward, where she chatted enthusiastically about other people's affairs.

Zhou Yi lowered his head, slowly peeling an apple, and suddenly asked calmly, "Grandpa, do you remember how you fell?"

Zhou Ah Si's even breathing suddenly stopped on the hospital bed. After a long while, the old man spoke in a hoarse voice, "It's my own fault for not being careful."

This answer was not what Zhou Yi wanted.

"Grandpa, don't be afraid. I'm here. Tell me the truth."

"I really fell by myself. I tripped while going to the toilet."

"Oh, I see. Then when you're discharged from the hospital in two days, we'll send you back to your second uncle's house." Zhou Yi still spoke indifferently, just pretending to look up casually.

Sure enough, a trace of panic flashed in the old man's eyes.

"Ahem, Xiaoyi, how about grandpa stay at your house for a few days?"

"I had a dream last night. I dreamed of your grandmother. She scolded me for not favoring your father when we divided the family property, and for making your father suffer."

When the old man said this, there was a hint of caution and a hint of panic in his eyes, like a child who had made a mistake.

The so-called division of the family, of course, refers to the division of the family property when Zhou Yi's father and his family came of age.

Zhou Yi was still young at the time and didn't understand the situation, but he vaguely knew something from his mother's complaints about his father later on.

When the family was divided, except for my third uncle, the other three had all started their own families. My aunt was a married daughter, so of course she didn't get much.

It is said that Uncle San was at his most rebellious at the time, and he took 80 yuan and went south to make a living.

So it is equivalent to dividing it between the eldest and the second child, which really proves the old saying that the noisy child gets the milk.

Zhou Yi's honest and loyal father is no match for his cunning and treacherous second uncle. In the end, all the benefits go to his second uncle's family.

If my aunt hadn't been so tough since she was young and forced my second uncle's family to support the elderly, I'm afraid my grandfather would have been kicked out.

Zhou Yi recalled that when he was a child, he and his parents seemed to have squeezed into a rented house of only a dozen square meters for several years. Later, the steel plant gave priority to dual-income couples in allocating dormitories, and life became better.

Zhou Yi used a fruit knife to cut the peeled apple into small pieces, put them in a bowl, and handed it to the old man on the hospital bed.

Then he took a bite of the remaining apple core and said, "Grandpa, if grandma feels that my dad has been wronged, then why don't we just make a will? Let's divide the money properly so that no one will be wronged and my grandma won't be worried in the afterlife."

The old man was stunned: "Will?"

"Well, to be honest, with Second Aunt being such a shrew and Second Uncle being such a loser, I'm afraid you'd be suffocated to death living with them."

The old man's eyes turned red. He wanted to talk about the hardships he had suffered over the years, but he had no place to turn.

At the beginning, he gave the opportunity to inherit the job and the house to his second son because he felt sorry for his second son and his second daughter-in-law, and because his second daughter-in-law promised solemnly to take care of him in his old age and see him to the end of his life.

But I didn't expect that after a few years, I would have to look at my second daughter-in-law's mood even when picking up food with chopsticks.

It's clearly my own home, but I've become a dependent.

"I heard from my mom that the family was divided, but the house wasn't transferred, right?"

The old man shook his head. "This house was allocated to me when I retired from the army and came to the factory. I only had the right to use it, not the property rights. Your second uncle wanted to transfer the ownership to the factory, but when he asked, he was told that it would cost a sum of money to transfer the right to use it. He didn't have the money, so he didn't do it."

"Then he didn't trick you into paying?"

"Of course not, but I don't think it makes any difference whether there is property rights or not. It's still our Zhou family's house. Why spend that money?"

Hearing this, Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief. The conservative ideas of the older generation are sometimes helpful.

If the house is already under my second uncle's name, it will be really difficult to deal with.

"Grandpa, let's do this." Zhou Yi said, moving forward and whispering a few words into the old man's ear.

Zhou Ah Si asked doubtfully, "This...will your second uncle agree to this?"

"Then don't worry about it. Just tell me, do you agree with this?"

The old man looked at his grandson's serious expression and sighed softly: "Xiaoyi, Grandpa only asks one thing of you, leave your second uncle a way out. Even if he is not a good-for-nothing, he is still my son."

Zhou Yi knew that his grandfather was soft-hearted. He knew it when he said the first sentence.

This is indeed an extremely difficult multiple-choice question, but it does not mean that my second uncle and others will not have to pay the price for doing such a thing.

"Grandpa, don't forget, I'm a policeman."

"This is the only way I can find for my second uncle to survive."