Fu Hange was startled, and Tang Yehuai also looked up at the old lady.
She said, "You don't know, his father is an alcoholic and a gambler. He complains about his life and often takes it out on his woman. That night, when we arrived at their house, the man was already stiff. Xiao Tao was terrified and hid in the closet, too scared to come out."
“I still remember how he looked. He was covered in cold sweat, his eyes were glazed over, and he was completely still. I went up to try to carry him out, but he was terrified of strangers and quickly pushed me away. At the time, I just assumed he was frightened and didn’t force him. I thought I would come back later, but when I went there the next day, he was gone.”
Tang Yehuai became alert and pressed, "Gone?"
"Yes, he disappeared. We don't know where he went, he just never came back. At the time, I thought it was good that he left. This place was not suitable for him to grow up. Maybe a change of environment would be better for him. But not long after he left, his father was beaten to death by people who came to collect debts. I guess he brought this on himself."
By the end, Fu Hange was really worried about Tao Yiqiu's childhood. With such a dark environment, it was hard to say what kind of person he would become.
These clues are far more helpful than what they found at the crime scene before. Tang Yehua smiled and stood up to show his respect: "Thank you, but I'd like to ask you one last question."
"you say."
Tang Yehuai looked at the statement he had just made, then looked up and asked, "When did Tao Yiqiu's father start beating his mother, to the point that he eventually killed her in a fit of rage?"
"I don't remember the exact time, but it was fine at first. But after his father met a rich woman outside, his personality changed drastically. He was often dissatisfied with his mother, which probably led to this consequence."
Tang Yehua closed his notebook and shook hands with the woman: "Thank you."
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"Arrest Tao Yiqiu."
A voice yelled from the other end of the phone, "Forensic Doctor Xue, have you gone mad!"
Fu Hange stood awkwardly to the side, holding a pregnancy test report, and stammered, "I'm pregnant..."
Tang Yehuai was speechless. When did she ever have time for a prenatal checkup?
With too many things to handle at once, Tang Yehuai had no choice but to ask Fu Hange to wait for him while he went back to the police station, but she insisted on going with him.
When the two rushed back, Tao Yiqiu was already at the police station and hadn't left, and no one dared to arrest him.
He frowned and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
"Sorry, Captain Tao is a veteran detective in our task force. Even if you can't catch the person, you shouldn't make an example of Captain Tao, right?"
Tang Yehua sneered. He admitted that Tao Yiqiu was indeed cunning and he couldn't find any evidence to bring him to justice. However, he already had a complete plan of how Tao committed the crime and could confirm that he was the murderer.
Tang Yehuai tossed his notebook onto the table, then spun his chair around before calmly sitting down.
He said, “I know you won’t believe what I’m about to say, but I will prove it to you. Tao Yiqiu grew up in a remote mountain village. His mother was too weak and his father was too domineering. Do you think he would grow up to be a healthy person in such an unbalanced family? His father killed his mother with his own hands. He saw it with his own eyes. How twisted would a seven or eight-year-old child’s mind be if he saw that?”
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