Chapter 23 Chapter 23

Sang Baiyu nodded. "There was only a water cup on the living room table. They might have poisoned the water, killing the two men first. That's why they didn't escape. The remaining two are two elderly women, so they might not be a threat."

Wu Yuanqing said, "But Xu Hui is of normal build. Dara's mother is actually quite strong."

The two looked at each other and said in unison: "It wasn't Xu Hui who poisoned me."

Before Xu Hui set the fire, someone had already entered Ricardo's house.

Ricardo and his youngest son entertained him. This was not surprising because in Longxinggang, when guests came to the house, it was the men who came out to entertain them.

"Regardless of the cause of my youngest son's death, it's certain that, in addition to the arsonist, there was also someone who entered the Ricardo family home and poisoned them," Wu Yuanqing said. "I'll have Ruan Feng search the area for witnesses."

Sang Baiyu reminded him, "You can ask Xu Hui again. She might have seen something, but she was so focused on lighting the fire at the time that she might not have paid much attention."

Wu Yuanqing went to see Xu Hui, and Ruan Feng went to the scene to look for witnesses.

The forensic doctor grumbled, "This kind of case is most likely an accident. The family had no grudges against anyone, so why would they have to be killed?"

Fang Xiaoman hates forensic doctors.

He is not serious about his work, unfaithful in his marriage, and is also stupid.

Fang Xiaoman said: "The people who set the fire are out, why don't you say the fire was an accident?"

Forensic doctor: “…”

These kids are really unpleasant.

Fang Xiaoman whispered to Sang Baiyu, "Are you really not going to tell his wife? If we keep it a secret, his wife will be so miserable."

Sang Baiyu said righteously, "I have already promised him, and I cannot break my promise."

Fang Xiaoman was very disappointed.

Sang Baiyu: "But you didn't agree."

Fang Xiaoman: "Yes!"

Chi Xi: "..."

For a moment, I didn't know whether Sang Baiyu was trustworthy or not.

The medical examiner muttered, "I feel bad for you. You should be in bed by now, but you're still running around outside. Look at this man. I don't know what he ate before he died. He reeks of garlic."

Sang Baiyu walked towards the forensic doctor, "Smell of garlic?"

"Smell it yourself."

The smell of the bodies found in the fire was complex.

Sang Baiyu also smelled a faint scent, but couldn't describe it accurately.

Only after the forensic doctor mentioned this did she realize that there was a smell of garlic.

Sang Baiyu asked, "Have you checked their stomach contents? What did they eat for the last meal?"

"You even know about stomach contents?" the medical examiner said. "You're more professional than me. You should be the medical examiner."

Sang Baiyu no longer had any hope for him.

She said: "The garlic smell may be an organophosphate pesticide. If it is mixed with strong liquor, the victim may not immediately notice it and may have already consumed a lethal dose."

Chi Xi: "You know all this?"

Fang Xiaoman asked, "Were they poisoned? And they were drinking? They were drinking with the guests, so they must be on good terms, right?"

Sang Baiyu said, "At least Ricardo didn't expect the other party to poison him. But then again, Dara should have been locked up at the time. There were guests at home, and they locked him up... were they afraid that he would suddenly have a seizure?"

"It's possible!" Fang Xiaoman said excitedly, "Xiaoyu is so smart! This must be the case! The two men were killed first, and when the fire started, the older ones didn't have time to escape. Dara's mother wanted to go back and free Dara, but she was also burned to death! This is right! Otherwise, there is no way to explain why the whole family didn't run away when the fire started!"

Sang Baiyu still felt something was not right, but she already had a new direction.

Sang Baiyu pulled Fang Xiaoman out and said, "Let's go find some pesticides."

There are no restrictions on the sale of pesticides in Ninglan Country. They can be found everywhere and are all shipped from Changxia City.

Sang Baiyu picked up the pesticides and smelled them one by one. The shop owner said terrifiedly, "This stuff is not tasty. You can't drink it."

Sang Baiyu asked, "Are there many people selling pesticides in Longxinggang?"

"A lot, of course it's not a lot, all my business has been taken away."

"Are these pesticides made in China?"

"There aren't many people selling Chinese pesticides. The regulations there are strict, so what qualifications are needed? They're just mechas."

Sang Baiyu found organophosphorus pesticides.

Fang Xiaoman asked: "Is this it?"

Sang Baiyu nodded.

The shop owner said, "This one is quite common. Do you want to buy it?"

Sang Baiyu took out some money and handed it to the shopkeeper, "Give me a bottle."

The shopkeeper took the money and said cheerfully, "I don't think you kids are good at farm work, nor do you look like you're buying for your family. Do you have any other questions?"

Sang Baiyu nodded. "Do you remember who has bought this kind of pesticide recently?"

The shop owner chattered on, "The foreign woman from the front street just came in to buy something. There were also two Chinese people. The locals in Longxinggang don't buy much..."

He listed at least thirty people.

Fang Xiaoman was overwhelmed by what she heard. "The people in Longxinggang are so hardworking?"

Why hadn't she felt it before?

Checking only pesticides is too broad a scope.

Fang Xiaoman took the two of them to eat barbecue at the barbecue stall opposite the police station.

Chi Xi generously ordered hundreds of skewers.

Sang Baiyu ate one after another, thinking in his mind about the possible guests that the Ricardo family might entertain.

It must not be Ricardo’s neighbor. Wu Yuanqing has checked all the neighbors and there is no suspicion.

Is he a friend Ricardo met at work?

That's not quite right. Although Sang Baiyu followed Wu Yuanqing to the mental hospital, he had not yet determined that the fire was related to Dara. Ruan Feng also checked the interpersonal relationships of other people in Ricardo's family. If there was a suspicious person, Ruan Feng could find him.

Who went to Ricardo's house?

And Dara, he was locked up. Was it really because Ricardo was worried that he would disturb the guests?

He Li said that Dara has been very quiet recently, and he was able to go home because his behavior was under control...

Sang Baiyu suddenly stood up, stayed silent for a moment, and walked towards the police station.

Fang Xiaoman shouted, "Don't want to eat skewers anymore?"

Sang Baiyu: "Leave some for me!"

Fang Xiaoman decisively moved all the skewers in front of herself.

Chi Xi: "..."

He asked, "Sister Xiaoman, didn't your jade shop make a little money? Why are you so poor?"

Fang Xiaoman stuffed the skewers into her mouth and asked cautiously, "How do you know that jade shops can make money?"

Chi Xi said: "Listen to what my family said."

This time Fang Xiaoman had to be really vigilant.

She put down the skewers and said, "Your family is so powerful, why are you paying attention to my family?"

"Well, my dad is watching me," Chi Xi complained, "He always has people following me and doesn't allow me to run around. I want to go see my mom, but he doesn't agree."

"Your mother?"

"She went to my grandmother's house and hasn't come back for two years. I don't know why she didn't come back. It seems like she had a fight with my dad. I wanted my dad to take her back, but he disagreed."

Chi Xi's father is Chi Mingyuan, the person Hui Haiming repeatedly warned Fang Xiaoman and Sang Baiyu to be careful of.

Fang Xiaoman pretended to be casual and asked, "Is your father very strict with you?"

Chi Xi said with a bitter face: "He always has a stern face, but he is very polite to my brother. By the way, it was my brother who mentioned the jade shop."

He confessed so readily that Fang Xiaoman even suspected that he was deliberately leaking false information.

"My brother said that your store is not simple and asked me to stay away from you."

Fang Xiaoman's heart sank, "He's investigating us?"

"Don't be nervous. My brother knows all the shops in Longxinggang very well. His focus in the past two years has been on Longxinggang. It's normal for him to know you."

Fang Xiaoman looked solemn.

She didn't know that someone had investigated Fang Xiaoman. If her eldest sister and second brother didn't know either, then the situation would not be good.

Chi Xi said: "But why aren't you simple? Did you make a lot of money by gambling on stones?"

Fang Xiaoman raised an eyebrow. "Of course our business is good. We are very rich."

"How much did you earn?" Chi Xi asked curiously, "One hundred million?"

Fang Xiaoman: “…”

Does this damn kid know how much one hundred million is worth?!

Chi Xi: "Ah, not even 100 million...it's a small shop."

Fang Xiaoman: “…”

She wants to eat another two hundred skewers and bankrupt him! !

*

Sang Baiyu returned to the police station and Wu Yuanqing was still working hard.

After Sang Baiyu reminded him, Wu Yuanqing went to ask Xu Hui again, and Xu Hui said that he didn't see any suspicious people.

She said that at that time her eyes were filled with a burning desire for the fire and she paid no attention to her surroundings.

Sang Baiyu said, "I'll go ask her again."

"You ask a few more times, she didn't notice it means she didn't notice it, how could someone else suddenly appear?"

Sang Baiyu did not argue. She walked into the room where Xu Hui was imprisoned. There was a cup of water in front of Xu Hui, and she was looking at her reflection in the water.

Xu Hui touched her cheek gently, with disbelief in his eyes, as if he couldn't accept that she was a girl.

Sang Baiyu walked in and took out a small mirror from his pocket, "This is more convenient."

Xu Hui said without hesitation, "Thank you."

Sang Baiyu said: "Actually, you are very pretty."

Xu Hui said: "If a girl is pretty, I usually just say she is beautiful. If she is average, I will say she is pretty. If she is neither average nor average, I will say she is cute."

Sang Baiyu: "..."

She sat down opposite Xu Hui. "I'm not saying nice things to cheer you up. Look, although you have single eyelids, your eyes are big and well-proportioned. This look may not be popular in Longxinggang, but I can guarantee that it will definitely be a high-end look in the future."

Xu Hui didn't know that there were low-level and high-level looks, but she was very happy to hear what Sang Baiyu said.

Sang Baiyu said: "In fact, my parents were not very kind to me either. They only had eyes for my younger brother. To get back at them, I often made trouble. I even deliberately failed the exams so that they would be criticized by the teacher."

Xu Hui was startled. She looked at Sang Baiyu and said, "You will also be ignored?"

"I used to think these actions would make them unhappy, and as long as they were unhappy, I'd be satisfied. But recently I've realized that they don't care about me. Even if the teacher criticizes them, they won't take it to heart. On the other hand, I will lose many opportunities because of poor grades. I'm hurting the enemy by a hundred and hurting myself by a thousand. The loss is not worth it."

Sang Baiyu was sincere when he said these words.

Xu Hui muttered to himself, "We should let ourselves go, but I will always resent them and want revenge."

Sang Baiyu changed the subject, "If you want revenge, you should choose the right way to do it. The means of revenge must not be sacrificing yourself. You think of yourself as your brother, but you still sacrifice yourself, don't you?"

She lowered her voice and said seriously, "We'll talk in detail about ways to retaliate some other day and learn from each other."

Xu Hui's eyes were full of admiration for Sang Baiyu, and the two reached a mysterious agreement.

Wu Yuanqing at the door of the room: "..."

Should I tell Sang Baiyu that he heard everything...

Sang Baiyu finally said, "Uncle Wu now suspects that someone else went to Dara's house before you and poisoned Ricardo. Think again, is there anyone suspicious nearby?"

Xu Hui shook his head, "I remember very clearly, no."

Sang Baiyu paused for a moment and said, "In your mind, what is a suspicious person?"

Xu Hui smiled and said, "Of course..."

*

At night, two police cars with lights on rushed to the mental hospital.

The police lights were particularly eye-catching on the street.

The police lights at Longxinggang have not been on for several years. This is the biggest difference between Longxinggang and Changxia.

Although they are neighbors, the public security situation is very different.

Someone once said that the border between Changxia and Longxinggang is like a place where one foot is in heaven and the other is in hell.

Wu Yuanqing, Sang Baiyu and others were in the car.

Also on board were…

Fang Xiaoman asked: "Really?"

Chi Xi: "It's very good, uncle you will definitely like it."

Wu Yuanqing: “…”

Sang Baiyu silently took two skewers of barbecue and started eating them in the corner.

Fang Xiaoman lamented, "The kebabs here taste really good, very similar to the ones I had in Changxia City. Although I grew up in Longxinggang, I still have a Chinese stomach."

Chi Xi was also trying hard to eat the skewers, "Uncle actually doesn't eat it, what a pity."

Wu Yuanqing: “…”

Didn’t you see he was driving?!

These little bastards, why do they have to eat while he is driving!

Wu Yuanqing stared at Chi Xi in the rearview mirror and said quietly, "Last year, there was a case at this barbecue stall."

Chi Xi: "?"

Wu Yuanqing: "I found a human head among the raw meat skewers prepared by the stall owner."

Chi Xi: "..."

Wu Yuanqing: "Ask Sang Baiyu, she is there."

Chi Xi looked at Sang Baiyu tremblingly, and the latter nodded heavily.

Chi Xi: "Ugh——"

Wu Yuanqing was satisfied.

It would be nice if someone could share his greed with him!

At the mental hospital, two police cars pulled up and a handcuffed girl was taken to the intensive care unit.

Before He Li left, Wu Yuanqing told him, "It's now clear that although Xu Hui set the fire, Ricardo's family didn't die in the fire. Given Xu Hui's mental illness, she will be under the temporary care of the mental hospital. Of course, I'll also send someone to keep an eye on her."

As He Li watched Seo Hwi's hospital room door locked, he smiled and asked, "Is Inspector Oh staying?"

"I won't stay," Wu Yuanqing said with a smile. "I have other things to do at the police station, so I'll leave first."