Strange Case (10)
The two men walked away. Xiang Jing stared at their backs, slowly straightening his back with a gloomy look in his eyes. She looked back at the door, where a policeman was guarding it. She turned back to look at Gu Fang, with waves in her eyes.
Suddenly a policeman came back, walked up to Gu Fang and whispered something to him. Gu Fang suddenly looked over. Xiang Jing was stunned for a moment, then he covered his abdomen and bent over.
A pair of feet appeared in front of me, wearing white sneakers. The shoes were spotless, even the shoelaces were clean.
Xiang Jing raised his head and saw a smiling face.
Shen Xingyan was holding a disposable water cup with gloves on her hands. "You have a stomachache. Do you want to drink some water? It will make you feel better."
Xiang Jing took it, "Thank you, you're not going with Captain Gu?"
"I visited a few people and I became impatient. I'm just a forensic doctor, not a criminal police officer." Shen Xingyan was quite impatient and frowned.
"I thought you were like Captain Gu."
Shen Xingyan waved his hand, "No, I was just temporarily drafted in to serve as a soldier."
Xiang Jing curled his lips, took a sip of water, and his stomach suddenly started to growl.
Shen Xingyan was surprised, "You didn't eat?"
"I was planning to eat there."
Shen Xingyan took out a pack of soda crackers from his pocket as if by magic, "I think it will take a while before the end, you should eat something to fill your stomach first."
Xiang Jing stared at the biscuits without saying anything.
Shen Xingyan stuffed it into her hand and said, "Eat it, it's not poisonous."
Xiang Jing thanked him, tore open the package, and took out a piece. It was salty and crispy, and tasted better than what she usually ate. "Do you get paid well as a forensic doctor?"
"Enough with life."
"It's definitely better than us. We work so hard all day but don't make much money. My stomach is not in good condition and I have to take medicine all the time."
"Have you been to the hospital for a checkup? Don't take stomach problems lightly. They can easily turn into cancer."
Xiang Jing was stunned. "No way. I've only been to a small clinic. The doctor said it was gastritis and told me to take medicine. Every time I took it, I felt better for a few days, and the pain returned a few days later."
"Why don't you change doctors?"
"I'm already familiar with it. He also knows my symptoms and I'm too lazy to change."
"Where do you live? Is it far from the factory? Several people said that they live quite far from home and have to get up very early."
"I'm fine, just five or six minutes of riding."
"Living with your parents?"
"My father died very early."
"I'm sorry. I don't know."
"It doesn't matter. He died many years ago. I don't mind it anymore."
After she finished eating the biscuits, Shen Xingyan took the packaging bag from her hand and stuffed it into his pocket. Seeing her stunned for a moment, he explained, "Don't litter."
Xiang Jing smiled and straightened his back. It seemed that the stomachache symptoms had eased a lot.
…
Jiang Shengyu had finished his visit and reported the situation to Gu Fang.
Jiang Ying and Fu Pingping went to the spice factory at the same time. They were neighbors, grew up together, and were as close as sisters. Starting from August last year, the two suddenly stopped getting along, and Jiang Ying deliberately went against Fu Pingping. He also complained to the factory director about Fu Pingping, saying that she arranged the work unreasonably, assigning light work to others and heavy work to herself.
For this reason, Fu Pingping was called to the factory director's office for a talk.
"What did the factory manager say?"
"The factory manager said that this was indeed the case, but he thought it was just a quarrel between two girls and didn't take it seriously at all." "What about Fu Pingping's request to transfer Jiang Ying?"
"Same, he didn't take it to heart."
Gu Fang glanced at the factory director, who was still squatting next to Fu Zhong, talking with saliva flying, as if he was trying to give him advice.
Jiang Shengyu said: "This factory director is really careless. If he had transferred one person away, this wouldn't have happened."
Gu Fang didn't say anything. He frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Did anything special happen last August?"
Jiang Shengyu shook his head, "Nothing special."
"Xiang Jing arrived at the packaging workshop in August last year." Shen Xingyan suddenly interrupted.
"Xiang Jing?" Gu Fang glanced at Xiang Jing inconspicuously. The latter was staring at something in a daze.
Shen Xingyan said: "What happened is just Xiang Jing's one-sided account. We don't know whether it is exactly as she said."
"You suspect..." Jiang Shengyu said halfway, swallowed the rest of his words, and looked down at the transcript. "After Fu Pingping and Jiang Ying broke up, she gradually became closer to Xiang Jing. Sometimes, Fu Pingping even brought food from home to Xiang Jing. She took pity on Xiang Jing's poor family background and stomach problems, so she took good care of her."
Jiang Shengyu slapped his forehead, looking ashamed, "I didn't think of the connection."
"What if Xiang Jing sows discord between Fu Pingping and Jiang Ying, and then takes the opportunity to get closer to Fu Pingping?"
Jiang Shengyu slapped his thigh and said, "I thought of a possibility. It's a bit too unbelievable, isn't it?"
“Having eliminated the impossible, what remains is the truth, no matter how incredible it may be.”
Qi Jiabao was full of questions, "What are you talking about? What's impossible? What's incredible?"
Jiang Shengyu patted his shoulder and said, "You'll know soon."
Gu Fang asked: "Where's Dawei? Has he come back?"
"Not yet. Jiang Ying lives far away. I think it will take a while."
The yard was noisy and some people were already complaining that since they knew who the murderer was, they could just arrest him. Why were they being detained and not allowed to leave? Several policemen had to comfort them.
More police officers came back and went to look for the people who had escaped. Their statements were roughly the same. They all ran away because they were scared after seeing someone die in the factory. After on-site investigation, they all had alibis.
As the night was getting later and the workers were becoming more and more dissatisfied, the factory manager finally walked over from Fu Zhong and said, "Captain Gu, when can the workers leave? It's getting dark soon."
"I have a question for the factory manager. Do you know anyone with the word yu in their name?"
"Which yu? Man or woman?"
Gu Fang suddenly laughed, "It doesn't matter which Yu, man or woman."
"There are several in the factory, both men and women."
"Call them all over. Except Xiang Jing, everyone else can go."
"Okay, is there anything wrong with Xiang Jing?"
"There are some things that need to be asked to her again. After all, she is an eyewitness."
"Well, thank you for your hard work."
All the people with the name containing "yu" have arrived, there are six of them, three men and three women. The three women were directly excluded. Of the three men, two were married, one was in his forties and the other was in his thirties and had some eye defects.
Gu Fang asked them to go back, leaving only a young man. The young man just ran over from the infirmary, his face covered in sweat and his eyes as red as a rabbit. He was slightly shorter than Gu Fang, with broad shoulders and narrow hips, and his work clothes made him look like a uniform.
Gu Fang looked him up and down and asked, "What's your name?"
"Hou Yu."
"Which yu?"
“Yu of universe.”
"Do you know Fu Pingping?"
Hou Yu hesitated a little. "She is the director of the packaging workshop. Everyone in the factory knows her."
"Do you like her?"
Hou Yu was stunned for a moment, and whispered: "Many people like her."
"I'm asking you."
Hou Yu lowered his head and said, "I like it."
"Have you ever written her a love letter?"
Hou Yu didn't answer, Gu Fang said: "If you have written it, just admit it openly, like a man! It's already this time, what else is there to hide."
Hou Yu gritted his teeth and said, "She wouldn't let me say it. She even asked me to write the "Yu" in my name. She said Xiang Jing would be sad if he knew about it.
Xiang Jing is her good friend, and she has done a lot for Xiang Jing. I know how important Xiang Jing is in her heart. She was killed, and I couldn't even go to see her, just to take care of Xiang Jing's feelings. "Hou Yu wiped his eyes and sobbed.
Shen Xingyan handed him a tissue, feeling a little sorry for them.
Gu Fang said: "I know you are very sad, but what we have to do now is to catch the murderer as soon as possible and comfort the deceased. Please cooperate with us. Let me ask you, what does your love letter to Fu Pingping have to do with Xiang Jing? Does Xiang Jing like you?"
"Pingping said Xiang Jing had a miserable life, that she was his only friend and that he treated her as his only friend. If Xiang Jing knew that she had a boyfriend, he would think he was abandoned and would be sad."
Shen Xingyan: "Are you sure Fu Pingping and Xiang Jing have a good relationship?"
Hou Yu nodded, "Yes, sometimes Pingping would even cancel a date with me in order to accompany Xiang Jing."
But Xiang Jing didn't say that. She concealed her relationship with Fu Pingping. If she and Fu Pingping were really as good as Hou Yu said, when Fu Pingping was killed, she should have rushed out to save Fu Pingping immediately instead of hiding.
Maybe they had misunderstood the relationship with Xiang Jing and that it was Fu Pingping's one-sided effort. She thought she had a good relationship with Xiang Jing, but Xiang Jing didn't consider Fu Pingping a good friend at all.
Gu Fang also thought of this and exchanged glances with Shen Xingyan. They both saw helplessness in each other's eyes.
Shen Xingyan sighed secretly, "Where's Jiang Ying?"
"Jiang Ying and Ping Ping are neighbors. They grew up together and entered the spice factory together. Ping Ping is capable and soon became the workshop director, while Jiang Ying is still a packer.
But Jiang Ying was not jealous of Pingping because of this. She was happy for her and cooperated with her work. But suddenly one day, for some reason, Jiang Ying ignored Pingping and even went against her. Pingping was very sad and hid away crying. I saw her and I comforted her for a long time. Later, we became closer and closer and finally got together. ”
Talking about the past, Hou Yu smiled bitterly, "I was planning to take her to meet my parents this week to finalize the marriage. She was also planning to tell Xiang Jing about our relationship, but who would have thought that she would be killed by Jiang Ying.
I don't understand. Jiang Ying and Pingping grew up together, and they were like real sisters. How could Jiang Ying have the heart to stab Pingping five times? Officer, I beg you to catch Jiang Ying. I want to ask her in person why! ”
Gu Fang did not respond to his question. After his emotions calmed down, he asked again, "When did Xiang Jing and Fu Pingping become close?"
"It was also at that time that Pingping was in a bad mood because of Jiang Ying's matter. Xiang Jing was a sensitive person. After she noticed it, she would accompany Pingping whenever she was free and counsel her. Pingping slowly came out of it. Pingping treated Xiang Jing as her own sister and even said that she wanted to ask her to be the bridesmaid. If they had a child in the future, she would be the child's godmother..."
Gu Fang couldn't bear to listen any more and interrupted him, "Do Fu Pingping's parents know that you two are together?"
"I know. Pingping took me to meet them. They said that as long as I treat Pingping well, they have no objection. I also promised them that I would treat Pingping well in the future, but they didn't give me the chance." Hou Yu cried again, "Pingping is gone. Uncle and aunt have no one to rely on. I will be filial to Pingping in the future."
At that time, Shen Xingyan thought Hou Yu was just talking, but she didn't expect him to really do it. Of course, that's a story for later.
Gu Fang patted Hou Yu on the shoulder and said, "He was a good guy, what a pity." He walked towards Xiang Jing, who was still bent over, holding his abdomen, with Jiang Shengyu and Qi Jiabao standing beside him.
Some things, once done, have to be paid for.
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