After having breakfast, she arrived at the detachment at about seven-fifty. Xu Man said goodbye to Qin Shen in the corridor on the second floor, then went into a group office, sat down at her seat, rested for a while, turned on her computer, and started her day's work.
The popularity of #The Most Handsome Detective in the Country# and #Mingzhou Criminal Investigation Captain# has gradually declined on the Internet, and the case related to Jiu Miao Mountain has lost all its popularity. Looking at the drastically changed popular list, Xu Man couldn't help but wonder if Qin Shen had anticipated this, so he continued to follow the original pace even when ordered to speed up the investigation. He knew that the popularity of this case would only last for a while, and if the police officers were asked to rush the work just to get the job done, they would most likely miss some case information, which would be counterproductive.
Of course, although the public's attention has shifted, the case still needs to be investigated. The currently known information includes the identity of the deceased, the unknown woman who accompanied the deceased, the two wounds on the back of the deceased's head, and the unreasonable trace detection reactions at the scene. In response to these situations, Qin Shen assigned different investigation tasks to each group. One of them was assigned to interview eyewitnesses at the scene on the day of the incident, as well as further information investigation of the deceased Cheng Yao, including the follow-up investigation of the deceased's wife Yu Wei, all of which were within the scope of the tasks at this stage.
Xu Man is mainly responsible for the latter part of the content. Together with Zhao Jia, they investigate Yu Wei, the wife who received the deceased.
Yu Wei, 31 years old, is from Jiangzhou and her native place is Qingzhou. She met the deceased in college, got married and had children after graduation, and has been a full-time housewife ever since, with no working experience in society.
This was the information she saw in the investigation file. Plus, Team Two had previously learned over the phone that the couple had a good relationship, so she thought the deceased's wife would come to Minnesota soon. In fact, it was not until Monday afternoon on August 13, four days after learning of her husband's death, that Yu Wei finally arrived at the detachment to claim the deceased's body.
This is a bit strange. Logically speaking, since the couple has a good relationship and suddenly learns such bad news, the wife should come as soon as possible. Even if she finds it hard to believe for a moment and has an escapist mentality, it doesn't take four days, right?
Faced with Xu Man's confusion, the other party explained that it was because they needed to settle the children at home. Neither he nor his wife were native to Jiangzhou. They stayed in the local area after graduating from university. They had no relatives or friends, and their business partners were not suitable people to be entrusted with the care of the children. They had to send the children back to their hometown in Qingzhou to be taken care of by their grandparents. Naturally, they had to explain to the elderly, so they came so late. It was because they had too many things to do.
As she said these words, Yu Wei lowered her head and sat hunched on the sofa in the reception room, looking tired and depressed: "The elderly at home still don't know about his situation... I don't know how to tell them. I can only say that I have something on hand and he is on a business trip. There is no one to take care of the children after the summer camp, so I have to trouble them for a while... I really can't understand why it suddenly became like this..."
Xu Man sighed as she watched, and felt a bit of sympathy for the woman in front of her. Not only was she suffering from the pain of being widowed, but also because her husband went on a trip to Jiumiao Mountain, a sacred place for lovers, with another woman under the pretext of a business trip. She wondered how she would feel when she found out about this.
But sympathy aside, she still had to ask the right questions. She pulled out an A4 paper from the folder, put it on the coffee table and pushed it over: "Do you know the person on this?"
The A4 paper showed the figure of the woman who had accompanied the deceased up the mountain. It was captured from a surveillance video. After technical processing, the image was very clear, enough for ordinary people to identify her face. Yu Wei stared at the paper for a few seconds, shook her head, and said, "I don't know her."
But Xu Man noticed that her eyelids twitched slightly the moment she saw the A4 paper. Although she quickly lowered her eyes, this action made people feel that there was something wrong, because this action was too redundant and unnecessary.
"Are you sure?" She looked at her and said in a gentle and slightly formal tone, "Ms. Yu, please think carefully, do you know this person, or do you have any impression of her? She is closely related to your husband's death. If we can confirm her identity, it will be of great help to our case."
"Why is she so closely related to my husband's death?" Yu Wei raised her head and asked, "Didn't my husband come to Minnesota on a business trip? How could he be related to a woman?"
At this moment, Xu Man was certain that she must know the woman in the surveillance video, otherwise she would not have such an attitude, and the dissatisfaction and disgust in her words almost overflowed.
Just as she was about to speak, Zhao Jia on the side spoke for her: "Excuse me, did your husband tell you about coming to Mingzhou on a business trip? But according to our investigation, he has no business trip needs in the near future, nor does he have any business appointments. On the day of his accident, he went to Jiumiao Mountain Scenic Area with this woman. They had an argument on the way and were finally found collapsed on a mountain forest trail. The whereabouts of this woman are currently unknown, and she has become a key figure in this case. So I hope you can cooperate with us and tell us everything you know, otherwise it will be difficult for us to handle it."
These words not only took into account the emotions of the person involved, but also made him understand the seriousness of the situation. Xu Man admired her silently in her heart, and took note of her speaking skills, preparing to learn them in the future.
Yu Wei was frightened by Zhao Jia's words. She glanced at the two of them with a flickering gaze, lowered her head again, and said hesitantly, "I really don't know her...but I know there is such a person."
Know? What does this mean?
Xu Man and Zhao Jia looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
But knowing this is enough. As long as the identity of this woman can be confirmed, the case can take a big step forward, so Xu Man immediately asked her: "Who is she? How do you know her?"
Unexpectedly, Yu Wei said: "I don't know who she is. I only know that she exists. She is the object of my husband's cheating. She is considered a mistress. Someone took a photo of the two of them checking into a hotel and showed it to me. It was this woman. But I don't know who this woman is."
What?
Xu Man was a little stunned, "You know that your husband cheated on you and kept another woman?"
Yu Wei curled her lips: "I know."
"But the specific identity of this woman...you don't know?"
"I don't know. Who wants to find out those things? As long as she comes to my house pregnant and asks my husband to kick me out, I don't care who she is."
Xu Man was stunned when she heard this. Did she misunderstand, or was it really as she thought, that the deceased had a mistress outside and his wife knew about it but turned a blind eye to it?
Is this what they call a good relationship between husband and wife? Although it is indeed quite harmonious to some extent, but... but this is too...
She frowned, not understanding, but it was not easy to ask. Instead, Yu Wei, who was sitting opposite her, saw her state and smiled knowingly. She said with a bit of self-mockery and ease, "You don't understand? Actually, it's easy to understand if you think about it. I married him right after graduation. For several years, I have been at home taking care of the children and living the life of a rich wife. If I divorce him and live alone, not only will my quality of life decline, but I may not be able to find a job. It's better for us to stay like this, with him looking for someone outside and me spending money at home. As long as he doesn't think about divorce, he can do whatever he wants and we'll just make do with it."
Xu Man didn't expect her to say such a thing. She couldn't help but look at her a few more times and found that she was actually very good-looking, with a moist and white face. It could be seen that she took good care of herself. Her figure was also slim and graceful, with a mature and charming demeanor like a rich lady. She didn't understand why the deceased would go out and look for another woman when he had such a wife.
In her opinion, although the woman in the surveillance video was good-looking and had the innocence of a student, she felt uncomfortable when she thought that she was a mistress kept by a man and was probably pretending to be so to please her financial sponsor.
And when she recalled the ID photo in the deceased's file, she was even more confused as to why such a woman would choose such a man as her husband. Not to mention his character, just from the appearance and height, the two were not a good match.
"For money." After finishing the questioning and returning to the office, when Xu Man confided her inner doubts to Zhao Jia, the other party replied nonchalantly, "I used to feel a little unfair for her, but now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. She lives a much better life than me. She doesn't have to worry about food and drink every day like me. I don't have to work hard all day long. Why should I feel unfair for her? I might as well worry about my own future life."
"Is that so?" Xu Man felt a little disappointed, not wanting to believe that it was such a marriage. "They were dating in college, and the deceased started his own business after graduating from college. He should not have been a rich man when he was in school, right?"
"He's really rich," Zhao Jia flipped through the files, "but it's not that he's rich, it's that his family is rich. The three physical retail stores he opened in his hometown were all opened when he was in high school, but the management rights were transferred to him after he graduated."
"How is it? Are you sure that woman is a mistress?" Li Shijie came in with a can of Coke from downstairs. Seeing the two of them discussing the case, he leaned over to listen in. After listening, he shook his head and sighed, "Alas, there are not many good men like me in the world."
Zhao Jia sneered, "It's rare to find a man as poor as you. What's wrong with her being a scumbag? She's rich, and there are still a lot of people rushing to marry her. You have no money and no face, so be careful to be single for the rest of your life."
"A man becomes bad if he has money. It is better to be like me, poor from beginning to end, and he doesn't have the conditions to become bad." Li Shijie opened a coke can, took a sip and said happily, "Of course, besides my brother Qin, my brother Qin is not only rich and handsome, but also has a deep affection for my junior sister. He is angry at the beauty and beat the suspect up, and he doesn't panic when he was suspended. Such a man is a superb!"
Zhao Jia sighed, touched her arm, and said with a cold face, "Can you not praise Captain Qin for one day? Even his official girlfriend doesn't praise him like you do. And your junior sister is no longer your junior sister, she is your sister-in-law, why are you still calling her junior sister, do you have any common sense? Come on, call her sister-in-law a few times and let me hear it."
Li Shijie said with disdain: "Tsk, do you think my junior sister is you? You are always thinking about how to squeeze me and take advantage of me. Besides, I am shouting to my junior sister, not to you. Why are you so active over there?"
Zhao Jia: "Your junior sister is standing next to you, why don't you call her sister-in-law?"
Li Shijie said seriously, "No, except on their wedding day, no one can ask me to call my junior sister sister-in-law. This is what I insist on as a person."
After saying this, he immediately put on a smiling face and turned to look at Xu Man: "By the way, Junior Sister, when are you going to marry my brother Qin?"
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