Chapter 37
Jiang Aichen withdrew his gaze.
He handed the portrait to Gu Beizhi and said, "Please ask Captain Gu to look up this person's address."
"Hmm," Gu Beizhi took it and asked curiously, "Are you going to investigate some clues?"
"Well," Jiang Aichen explained, "Lin Anyu and I went to Su Pannan's house again. I always felt that Su Pannan seemed to know something."
"Okay, go ahead and don't worry. I'm here with the police force. If there's any information you need to investigate, just call me immediately." Gu Beizhi said.
"Um."
Jiang Aichen responded and was about to call Lin Anyu, but when he looked up, he saw Shen Shuhao pulling Lin Anyu's collar and swinging him back and forth.
Lin Anyu, who was being grabbed by the collar, smiled apologetically and opened his mouth to explain. From time to time, he would raise the coffee in his hand in front of Shen Shuhao, as if he was trying to please him or apologize.
Only Pei Jingji, who had nothing to do with the matter, crossed his arms across his chest, staring at the two of them with interest, occasionally adding fuel to the fire, and Shen Shuhao, who had originally calmed down, would become furious again.
Jiang Aichen frowned and spoke up first to stop the farce: "Lin Anyu."
"Captain Jiang." Lin Anyu's collar was pulled, making it difficult for her to move her head. She turned her head with difficulty to look at him.
"Come with me to Su Pannan's house." Jiang Aichen said.
Lin Anyu was puzzled: "Why are you going to Su Pannan's house?"
Gu Beizhi, who was standing by, smiled and said mischievously, "Let's go eat."
Lin Anyu answered honestly: "That's not good."
Pei Jingji put his arm on Lin Anyu's head and pressed: "You really want to eat."
Lin Anyu turned his head and looked at him.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Pei Jingji raised his eyebrows. "Do you want me to treat you to a meal?"
After saying that, he did not forget to ask himself: "It's not impossible. If you call me brother, I might really treat you to a good meal."
Lin Anyu naturally knew what Pei Jingji was planning.
He knew that she was Song Luo, and she called him brother, wasn't that equivalent to Song Luo calling him brother?
She's not that stupid.
It's just a waste of face.
"Haha," Lin Anyu curled his lips, "If you call me sister, I'll treat you to a meal."
"Okay, don't call me sister, I can even call you boss," Pei Jingji quickly agreed, "Sister, sister, boss, boss, when are you going to treat me to a meal?"
Lin Anyu: “…”
She is digging a hole for herself.
"You won't lie to me, will you, sister?" Pei Jingji said hesitantly.
Lin Anyu laughed dryly and suggested, "How about after this case is solved?"
"Okay, no problem, sis."
Lin Anyu: ...
It sounds so smooth.
"Let's go." Jiang Aichen suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two and said in a cold voice.
For some reason, Lin Anyu actually read a hint of gnashing of teeth in Jiang Aichen's emotionless voice.
It seems like he is angry, and also like he is unhappy.
Why is he angry?
Although she couldn't figure it out, Lin Anyu, who was most sensible to the current situation, immediately stopped while she was ahead. She immediately replied, "Okay."
Jiang Aichen drove Lin Anyu to Dongcheng District.
Along the way, Jiang Aichen didn't say a word.
Lin Anyu didn't even want to bring it up, so she looked at the file under the light from Jiang Aichen's car.
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Aichen suddenly asked, "Are you familiar with Pei Jingji?"
Lin Anyu raised his head from the file: "Ah?"
It took her a while to realize what question he was asking.
Lin Anyu thought for a while and said, "It's okay. We're not that familiar with each other, but we had a good chat."
After answering, Lin Anyu suddenly thought of something, and she asked, "By the way, Captain Jiang, what was the result of your interrogation of Li Cheng?"
Jiang Aichen looked ahead and said, "He said that he and Su Pannan kicked Su Cheng out because their son was in elementary school and they were afraid that having a fool at home would affect his studies."
"Other than that, the important information in his confession can basically be matched with the file."
After a long time, Lin Anyu did not answer immediately. Instead, he was in deep thought, as if he had thought of something.
Jiang Aichen glanced through the rearview mirror at Lin Anyu, who was clenching his chin in thought, and asked, "What do you think about this case?"
Lin Anyu answered honestly: "I always feel weird."
Jiang Aichen: "What's strange about that?"
Lin Anyu: "According to common sense, if Su Pannan didn't like Su Cheng, then why did she raise her for nine years? If she liked her, then why did Su Cheng's skeleton still remain the size of a minor after she reached adulthood?"
"And if it's true as the security guard said, that Li Cheng really often takes Su Cheng out to buy snacks, why is she still malnourished?"
Jiang Aichen seemed to see through her thoughts. He asked, "Are you suspecting someone is lying?"
Lin Anyu: "It's unlikely that they lied, but I feel like Su Pannan and Li Cheng are deliberately hiding something from us."
"Well," Jiang Aichen did not say it explicitly, but said, "Let's go ask Su Pannan and we'll know."
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The two drove to Aunt Su Cheng's home in Dongcheng District.
Jiang Aichen knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" A calm female voice came from the room.
"Police." Jiang Aichen replied coldly.
Su Pannan opened the door and looked up at Jiang Aichen. As if she had expected it, she said, "Oh, you guys."
Seeing Su Pannan's calmness, Lin Anyu asked curiously, "Li Cheng didn't come back tonight, don't you care about it?"
"Why do you care?" Su Pannan said nonchalantly, "If he died outside, I would burn two incense sticks to celebrate."
Jiang Aichen: "Did you have a fight?"
Su Pannan: "We never reconciled."
Lin Anyu was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "He is in our police force."
For a moment, Su Pannan was stunned, with a stunned expression on his face for a long time before he came to his senses and seemed to comfort himself: "Well, I should be interrogated, I should be interrogated."
Jiang Aichen: "Which room did Su Cheng live in when he was alive?"
"That room," Su Pannan said, his sharp aura completely gone, "I'll take you there."
Having said that, he turned around and led the way in front.
Lin Anyu and Jiang Aichen behind looked at each other and then followed.
Su Pannan lives in a bungalow in the village with a large yard and many houses.
The room where Su Cheng lived before was a small side room.
There is not even a window except for a stainless steel door.
Lin Anyu walked in, brushed off the dust in the air, and planned to turn on the light to see the furnishings in the room clearly.
Su Pannan stopped him and said, "The light...is broken."
Lin Anyu, who was about to turn on the light, withdrew his hand instantly.
Jiang Aichen took out the flashlight in his hand and shone it, and handed one to Lin Anyu.
Only then were they able to see clearly what was going on inside the house.
There is not much space in this room, and it can barely accommodate a single bed.
There was no bedding on the bed, it was empty. When the light shone through it, one could clearly see a light layer of gray dust on the wooden bed.
Lin Anyu shone the light along the wall, and on the gray wall, deep and shallow claw marks were clearly visible.
Lin Anyu gestured to Jiang Aichen beside him.
Jiang Aichen frowned: "What's going on?"
Su Pannan answered without any hesitation: "That was caught by Xiao Chengzi when he was sick."
Lin Anyu didn't pay much attention to the conversation between the two. She put the flashlight in her mouth and used her free hands to hold a brush and a collection bag to collect biological information on the wall.
Jiang Aichen: "What are the symptoms when Su Cheng has an attack?"
Su Pannan: "These are the symptoms that all madmen would have, such as scratching walls, scratching people, biting ears, etc."
Jiang Aichen: "Did Su Cheng's parents have any enemies during their lifetime?"
Su Pannan: "No, my brother and his wife both have very good tempers. Everyone in our village knows it."
Jiang Aichen: "Why did you kick Su Cheng out of the house two years ago?"
"My son is in primary school. Having a fool at home will not only affect his grades, but also make him get bullied at school." Su Pannan said, "Anyway, I have no obligation to adopt a fool, right?"
"So, you drove Su Cheng out for your son?" Jiang Aichen concluded.
Su Pannan: “Yes.”
Jiang Aichen: "Why did I hear that the reason you kicked Su Cheng out was because she stole your gold-plated bracelet?"
Su Pannan sighed: "How can that be possible? It's just a gold-plated bracelet."
Jiang Aichen frowned: "But when we examined Su Cheng's body, we found the gold-plated bracelet next to the body."
Su Pannan was silent.
Jiang Aichen continued: "So you relied on this bracelet to identify the deceased?"
Su Pannan was going to deny it: "I don't understand what you are talking about."
Jiang Aichen did not immediately explain his reasoning to her. Instead, he asked, "Why did you appear at the crime scene on the day the body was found? Or what was your purpose in going to the crime scene?"
Jiang Aichen and Su Pannan were confronting each other. Lin Anyu, who was in the same room with them, didn't notice the tense atmosphere between the two at all.
She carefully moved to a position close to the wall and was about to continue collecting some biological information, but as soon as she lifted her foot, a slight "bang" sound was heard at her feet.
She looked down and saw a rusty iron box.
It was located in the gap between the bed and the wall. She had previously thought it was an iron block that fixed the wooden bed.
Who would have thought that it was empty.
She squatted down and pulled out the iron box.
It was covered with rust. Lin Anyu blew away the dust with his mouth, then pried open the iron box with both hands.
There are a lot of small toys inside, mostly children's toys, including wood sculptures, dice, and various wooden blocks and photos.
Lin Anyu was curious and casually flipped through a photo.
It was a family photo, with a man, a woman, and a little girl in it.
The little girl had two pigtails and was held in her father's arms, with her index and middle fingers stretched out, making a "yeah" expression.
Lin Anyu carefully observed the little girl in the photo.
Looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar face, Lin Anyu can be sure that she is Su Cheng.
But... why did she feel that the look of Su Cheng in the two-inch photo on the physical examination report was even more stupid than that in this family portrait?
She couldn't help but frown.
Could it be that... Su Cheng's stupidity is not innate?
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