The forensic doctor sealed the evidence collected by Su Xiaonuan in a bag and carefully examined the deceased's clothes and the state of decomposition. He concluded that the time of death was approximately 30 hours ago.
The police asked the village chief and Chen Hao to identify her, but they both said they didn't recognize her. The forensic doctor determined it was a rape and murder, and even believed that this was the scene of the rape and murder. There were no wounds on her body, but there was a deep strangulation mark on her neck, indicating that she should have died of asphyxiation. The girl appeared to be around twenty years old and was quite attractive.
Su Xiaonuan disagreed, pointing to two obvious pressure marks on the grass. "This is not the primary crime scene. One of these pressure marks is from when Tiezhu discovered the body and was so frightened that he rolled and crawled under it, while the other is from when the murderer dragged the body under his feet."
After hearing what Su Xiaonuan said, everyone focused on the two marks on the grass.
“That’s right, these are indeed the marks left by the murderer dragging the body.” The police officer in charge noticed something and squatted down to look at the patch of yellow soil. “Look at these patterns, it means the body was dragged up in a burlap sack.”
Following this clue, they searched downwards until they reached the roadside, where the trail ended, leaving no trace on the stone steps.
Then, all the men in the village were questioned individually, and they were also visited from house to house. They found that no relatives or friends had come to visit, and they did not even find that any strangers had come.
When the police arrived at the Xiao family's house, Su Xiaonuan offered her opinion. "I think the murderer isn't from our village. He must be quite familiar with our village. Otherwise, he wouldn't dare to carry the body to the hillside at night to bury it. Don't waste your time in our village. You can check the neighboring villages. Maybe you'll find some unexpected answers."
The police officer taking her statement wrote down everything she said in his notebook.
She continued, “Also, quickly find out the deceased’s identity. The deceased’s clothing and appearance are quite sophisticated, so she shouldn’t be a typical farmer. A pretty girl appearing nearby will definitely leave a deep impression. Focus on checking young men with vehicles, including tractors, tricycles, and trucks. In the middle of the night, without a vehicle, it’s impossible to transport the body here. Moreover, this person is quite familiar with our village. There are so many dogs in the village, and he was able to sneak away quietly. This is very important; otherwise, if any dog in the village barks, all the dogs will start barking.”
The police took note of everything Su Xiaonuan said.
The police visited the entire village, and Wang Xiaobao was taken away as a prime suspect.
The Wang family members stormed into the Xiao family's house with tools.
"You shameless woman, why did you harm my little baby?" Li Shufen raised her hoe and was about to dig at Su Xiaonuan.
Su Xiaonuan bent down, protecting the two children while perfectly avoiding danger, causing Li Shufen to miss her hoe and fall to the ground at Su Xiaonuan's feet.
"Your son has been arrested, what are you doing here at my house?" Xiao Moran stepped forward and kicked Li Shufen.
"Wang Xiaobao has been taken away?" Su Xiaonuan handed the child to Moxi and turned to run outside.
When they reached the village entrance, they saw that Wang Xiaobao was indeed handcuffed and was about to be pushed into a police car by the police.
"Wait!"
"It's you?" The police officer escorting Wang Xiaobao was deeply impressed by Su Xiaonuan. Not only was he impressed by Su Xiaonuan, but all the police officers were impressed by this woman. Every move she made exuded professionalism, even more so than those of them who had received professional training.
“You can’t take him away,” Su Xiaonuan said, pointing at Wang Xiaobao. “This man isn’t the murderer.”
“He’s the prime suspect,” the police officer in charge said. “Only he has the ability to avoid the dogs in your village.”
“He does have that ability, but he’s not the murderer. You’ve got it wrong,” Su Xiaonuan said. “I can vouch for him. He was injured by my husband before, so he couldn’t possibly have dragged the body to the mountainside.”
Xiao Moran, who arrived later, also confirmed to the police that this had happened.
Wang Xiaobao was released on the spot, but he was not grateful to Su Xiaonuan and her husband. Instead, he glared at them with an even fiercer look.
After watching the police car leave, Xiao Moran said worriedly, "Don't leave my sight again. I'm afraid Wang Xiaobao will do something to you. His eyes were so fierce when he left. I should have let the police take him away."
"Don't worry!" Su Xiaonuan pouted. "Dealing with him is a piece of cake. You should tell your mom and Moxi that. I'm really worried about them. It's impossible for them to want to harm me."
"Are you that confident?"
"Isn't self-confidence a good thing?"
"Don't move!" Xiao Moran reached out and plucked a caterpillar from her hair.
"ah!"
Su Xiaonuan, who is fearless, was actually startled and screamed by a tiny caterpillar.
"So you do have something you're afraid of, huh?" Xiao Moran stomped the caterpillar to death. "You're not afraid of bullies or dead people, but you're afraid of tiny bugs."
"That thing is terrifying."
"Nothing is scarier than a dead body. How come you know everything? People who don't know any better would think you're a police officer, pointing fingers at the scene. I really don't understand how those people could be controlled by you."
"So what?" Su Xiaonuan scoffed. "Although I'm not a real police officer, I've read a lot of books on the subject since I was a child, so solving cases and catching bad guys is a piece of cake for me."
"Heh, then why didn't you notice Lan Yin's trap back then?"
"Don't you know that women in love have zero IQ?"
Su Xiaonuan rolled her eyes at him and ran forward, preventing him from continuing the interrogation.
"Mother."
When Su Xiaonuan returned, Dou Dou and Guo Guo ran to her for a hug.
She held one in her left arm and one in her right arm.
"Sister-in-law, come sit down and rest for a while. I've made some herbal tea," Moxi said before running into the kitchen.
After Xiao Moran returned, he went straight over and sat down next to Su Xiaonuan. He reached out to hug Dou Dou, but Dou Dou broke free.
"You brat, you really don't need your dad anymore just because you have a mom?"
“Dad is a big idiot!” DouDou pointed at him.
"Dad is a big idiot!" Guoguo joined in the teasing with her brother.
"You two brats, do you want a beating?" Xiao Moran raised his hands, feigning anger.
"Hehe." The two children smiled at him, then buried their heads in Su Xiaonuan's arms.
"Look at you, you've been outdone by Xiao Nuan, haven't you?" Zhang Yulan said with a smile. "Dou Dou and Guo Guo both think you're stupid."
"Mom, the kids are just saying it for fun." Su Xiaonuan held down the two chubby little ones. "You're not allowed to call Dad a big idiot anymore, or you'll become little idiots too."
“We’re not stupid,” the two little ones said simultaneously, looking up at each other in their childish voices. “We’re just as smart as Mom. All the adults in the village say Mom is the smartest.”
"What else did they say?" Xiao Moran asked.
"They also said that Dad is a big idiot, not wanting such a smart and capable woman, but still thinking about that wicked woman with bad intentions." DouDou paused twice while saying these words.
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