Chapter 36 Poisoning Case


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Chapter 36 Poisoning Case

â—ŽEight years later, things have changedâ—Ž

Xu Juncai walked out of the house, and the night breeze made him feel much clearer.

He took out his cell phone and called his son Xu Qingxi: "Is there a classmate in your dormitory named Gu from Zhushi?"

When Xu Qingxi was called down by the dormitory manager to answer the phone, he was actually resisting in his heart. It was almost ten o'clock, the time for lights to be turned off in the dormitory. No one would look for him at this time. Only his father would go crazy and call him anytime and anywhere to satisfy his strong desire for control.

However, Xu Qingxi, who had been brought up by his mother to be sensible and polite, did not express his dissatisfaction and answered honestly: "Yes, Gu Zhixing, he is from Zhushi."

"I heard that his family is in the construction business?"

"Yes."

"What's his father's name?"

"I have no idea."

Xu Juncai was very dissatisfied with his son's answer and asked impatiently: "These will be your connections in the future, how can you not find out clearly? Is he in the dormitory?"

Xu Qingxi would never lie: "Yes."

"Let him answer the phone. I'll call you back in three minutes." After saying that, Xu Juncai hung up the phone without saying anything.

Xu Qingxi's heart was filled with an inexplicable emotion. He wanted to shout, make a fuss, and lose his temper.

His biological father never fulfilled his obligation to raise him before he was fifteen, but after his mother died, he took him in and raised him as his heir.

No one asked for his opinion; everything was arranged clearly.

Before his mother died, she held his hand reluctantly and told him with tears in her eyes: "Your father has no children. He is successful in his career now. He can support you to continue your studies and help you gain a foothold in this society. I know you hate him, but... he is your biological father after all. Don't worry, he promised me that he would make up for it and take good care of you in the future. Qingxi, listen to me and go with him."

After helping Mei Xinhui with her funeral, Xu Juncai brought him to Xing City and solemnly introduced him to everyone around him: This is my son. His tone was full of boasting, pride, and inexplicable relief. He and Zhou Jingrong had no children, but fortunately Mei Xinhui left him a descendant and raised him to be so outstanding.

For a long time, Xu Juncai took great care of Xu Qingxi. He provided him with the best food, clothes, and other things. His stepmother Zhou Jingrong also coaxed and indulged him in everything. Xu Qingxi tried hard to adapt to this new home.

However, Xu Juncai's inherent strength and Zhou Jingrong's unconcealed possessiveness made the sensitive Xu Qingxi feel bad. After he was admitted to the university, he rarely went home. Even during the winter and summer vacations, he preferred to stay at the construction site for internship.

Zhao Xiangwan's face flashed before my eyes.

She has an apple-shaped face and light pupils, but she has a determination that ordinary people don't have.

After finding her, Xu Qingxi suddenly felt more confident. If he was a lone boat drifting on the sea, then Zhao Xiangwan was the beacon that penetrated the fog.

After meeting at the Four Seasons Hotel that day, Xu Qingxi visited Zhao Xiangwan twice. Although the conversations were not long, they helped him find the motivation and direction for future progress.

Zhao Xiangwan said: "If you repay evil with kindness, how can you repay kindness?"

Zhao Xiangwan said: "You are an adult, can't you be independent?"

Zhao Xiangwan said: "Justice cannot be asked for or begged for. Do you understand?"

Every word is like a pearl, piercing the heart.

Looking back on the past, I can still vividly remember my mother's tears at night, the cancer caused by long-term depression, and her reluctance to leave me at my sickbed... My kind, hardworking, and tolerant mother died young, while my selfish, powerful, and unscrupulous father has everything going his way. Is this fair?

Shamelessness, if it is easily forgiven, who would still be willing to be a kind person?

After a struggle, Xu Qingxi felt that the shackles that had been oppressing him were loosened. He gently put down the phone and said to the dormitory manager, "If he calls later, tell him that the lights are off and we can talk tomorrow if you have anything to say."

After saying that, Xu Qingxi turned around and went upstairs, pulling up his roommate who was lying on the bed: "Gu Zhixing, didn't you invite me to work hard in Shenzhen? I agreed."

Gu Zhixing sat up with an excited look on his face: "Really? Didn't you say your dad wouldn't let you leave Xing City? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Xu Qingxi: "A good man has ambitions to go far and wide."

Gu Zhixing slapped his thigh and said, "It's great that you figured it out! I told you a long time ago that people like us who run a construction company should go to the south to see the world first. My dad always said that starting a business is hard, and keeping it is even harder. My brother and I, one studying structure and the other studying architecture, will have to work outside for five years before coming back."

Xu Qingxi nodded.

Gu Zhixing is from Zhushi. He has a warm and cheerful personality. He has a good relationship with Xu Qingxi, who is introverted, calm and has excellent grades. In his senior year, he strongly invited him to go to Shenzhen with him to find a job.

Originally, Xu Qingxi was still hesitant because Xu Juncai asked him to help him in the company right after graduation, Zhou Jingrong persuaded him that life outside was too hard and it would be better to get married and have children early to inherit the family business, and Zhao Chenyang was even more affectionate and reluctant to let him leave. But now, because of the appearance of Zhao Xiangwan, he decided to follow his heart and start his own business.

When his mother divorced him, she did not ask for a penny from Xu Juncai and raised him with her own ability. Could it be that as Mei Xinhui's son, at the age of 22 and about to graduate from college, he could not stand up for once?

Gu Zhixing now had a partner to explore the south, and excitedly pulled Xu Qingxi to start imagining their future life.

On the other side, Xu Juncai was so angry that he couldn't get through on the phone. His son, who had always been well-behaved and obedient, suddenly started to rebel. This feeling was really bad!

The next morning, Xu Juncai drove to Hunan University and stopped Xu Qingxi and Gu Zhixing who were about to have breakfast together. He yelled at them, "I raised you to this age, but you can't help at all when the company is in trouble. How can I expect you to inherit the company in the future?"

Xu Qingxi stopped and looked at him coldly: "I have no intention of inheriting the company."

"What?!" Xu Juncai was furious, and wanted to slap him, "You've grown wings, haven't you? Believe it or not, I won't give you anything in the future!"

Although he said so, Xu Juncai, who was traditional in his thinking, knew it very well in his heart. The company he founded, a huge industry, would definitely be handed over to his own flesh and blood, Xu Qingxi, in the future. It was just that the woman he found later was not very good. If she could have given birth to a few more sons, why would she need to lose her temper and teach Xu Qingxi a lesson here?

Xu Qingxi has now thought it through and is not afraid of him at all.

"More than ten years ago, when you abandoned my mother, you gave her nothing, but she and I lived well. Now, you can still give me nothing, and I can still live a decent life."

"You!" It was the first time that Xu Juncai was confronted by his son. He was dismayed. He raised his right hand tremblingly and pointed his finger directly at Xu Qingxi: "Boy, don't force me."

After saying this, even Xu Juncai himself felt unsure. If Xu Qingxi really didn't want anything, then what else could he have to control him? Xu Juncai only had this one son, so who could he give the huge family business to?

If you have no desires, you will be strong. What do I have to fear?

Xu Qingxi smiled lightly, walked past, and walked away with Gu Zhixing.

Xu Juncai stood in the dormitory corridor, looking at the son he had raised for six years. His back was so resolute that he couldn't breathe and almost died on the spot.

Gu Zhixing asked with some concern: "Is your dad okay?"

Xu Qingxi shook his head: "Don't worry, bad people live a thousand years."

Gu Zhixing laughed dumbly: "How can you say that about your own father?"

Xu Qingxi sighed softly: "I would rather not have such a father."

At this moment, Xu Qingxi didn't want to keep the painful past in his heart any longer, so he simply told her about the past when his father abandoned his wife and son. Perhaps, only by facing the past can we better face the future.

After listening to Xu Qingxi's words, Gu Zhixing opened his mouth wide and asked in disbelief: "So, your father is so shameless but he didn't get any punishment at all, and he picked up such a good son like you for nothing?"

Xu Qingxi pursed her lips and said nothing.

Gu Zhixing was straightforward and continued, "So, after your mother passed away, you accepted his arrangement to go to college and help out on the construction site, calling him dad without hesitation and calling that shameless woman aunt? And you also followed their request and obediently got engaged to your childhood sweetheart?"

Xu Qingxi's face turned pale and he opened his mouth. He wanted to explain his behavior, but he felt that everything he said was pale and powerless. He was weak and passive. His father and Zhou Jingrong provided too much material conditions. Zhao Chenyang was gentle and attentive to him, trying to please him everywhere, and he was gradually tamed like a frog in warm water.

Gu Zhixing said bluntly: "You, you are too honest! Your father has let your mother down, so he should be severely punished. Eat his food and smash his pot, this is what a real man does. You listen to me, this and that..."

After a while of mumbling, Xu Qingxi's eyes were broadened.

Xu Qingxi told the secret, and Gu Zhixing felt happy that his brother finally treated him as one of his own. He taught him how to seize power and take revenge. Later, Gu Zhixing suddenly remembered something: "Why did your father come to see you today? Why was he angry?"

Xu Qingxi said: "My dad asked me to find out who your dad is."

Gu Zhixing laughed: "My dad? My dad is the boss of Gu's Starlight Construction Company. Is your dad asking you about this because my dad stole your dad's business last week?"

Xu Qingxi was actually a bit dull, and because of his inner resistance, he rarely paid attention to the company's affairs. After hearing what Gu Zhixing said, he asked, "What business?"

Gu Zhixing was in a good mood and put his arm around Xu Qingxi's shoulder. "About this matter, I felt sorry for you when I first heard about it. But now that you tell me, I feel relieved. Let me tell you, your father has somehow offended Mr. Ji of the Four Seasons Hotel and has stopped all cooperation with Xu's Construction Company. As for why... I'm actually quite curious. Rumor has it that Mr. Ji found out about your father's past and is ashamed of his behavior."

Xu Qingxi was stunned for a moment. From 1973 to 1992, his father kept the past very secret. Even when he brought him out of Huangjia Township, he only said that he married and had children when he went to the countryside as an educated youth, and later divorced peacefully when he returned home. This was the first time Xu Qingxi told Gu Zhixing about his family affairs. How did outsiders know that his father abandoned his wife and children?

Zhao Xiangwan's face appeared in his mind again.

Oh, and Zhao Xiangwan also knew all of this.

Thinking of this, after Xu Juncai left, Xu Qingxi went to Zhao Xiangwan's dormitory and called the phone.

Zhao Xiangwan, who had just returned from training on the playground, was stopped by the dormitory manager. When he picked up the phone, he heard Xu Qingxi's voice: "Zhao Xiangwan, good morning."

The Public Security University attaches great importance to students' physical training. After running exercises, pull-ups, and military boxing, Zhao Xiangwan's forehead was slightly sweaty. She tried to catch her breath and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xu Qingxi knew that she didn't like beating around the bush, so she got straight to the point: "Is it because of you that Ji Jinmao stopped cooperating with Xu's Construction Company?"

Zhao Xiangwan did not deny: "Yes."

Xu Qingxi didn't know whether to be happy or sad. After a long while, he said, "He doesn't know it's you yet. He has been working in engineering for so many years and has a lot of connections. You have to be careful." Facing Zhao Xiangwan, Xu Qingxi didn't even dare to say "Dad" and used "he" instead.

Zhao Xiangwan said calmly: "Let him come over."

Xu Qingxi said worriedly, "After I graduate, I will work in Shenzhen, at Xu's Construction Company... I don't want it anyway, so I support you no matter what you do."

Zhao Xiangwan chuckled and said nothing.

This laughter was right beside his ears, like a slowly flowing stream, hitting the bluestone and making a naughty sound. Xu Qingxi felt as if half of his face was burning, and he didn't know where he was.

Until he hung up the phone, Xu Qingxi raised his hand and gently stroked his left chest. His pounding heart told him that this was the feeling of being moved.

Make those who do evil pay the price - if this is what Zhao Xiangwan wants, then Xu Qingxi is willing to lend her a hand.

On the other end of the phone, Zhao Xiangwan raised his hand and looked at his watch.

This is a Plum brand women's mechanical watch, which cost more than 100 yuan. Years ago, Zhao Chenyang lost 3,000 yuan to himself, and Zhao Qingyun gave him 10,000 yuan. After investing in his aunt to open a rice noodle shop in the county, there was more than 5,000 yuan left, so Zhao Xiangwan bought himself a watch.

It's 7:20 AM, Friday.

There is no class today, and Xu Songling will come to pick her up to go to the Municipal Bureau for internship later.

The driver's robbery case has been solved, and the criminal investigation team was relatively idle, but because of Zhao Xiangwan, everyone was busy trying to find Xu Juncai. Yesterday afternoon, the careful Xu Mingyu found a case file related to Xu Juncai in the file room, and it was just right to go there today to take a look and discuss what to do next.

As soon as Zhao Xiangwan entered the office, Xu Mingyu came up to him and said, "Xiangwan, come and take a look. This case is quite strange."

After opening the case file, it was found that this was an unsolved poisoning case. Because the girl who was poisoned was once Xu Juncai's mistress, both Xu Juncai and Zhou Jingrong were investigated.

In 1983, Qin Yueying was a junior at Hunan Provincial Urban Construction College. She met Xu Juncai during her summer internship, and the two quickly fell in love.

In the spring of 1984, Qin Yueying, who was busy with her graduation design in the drawing studio, suddenly felt dizzy and her limbs stiff. Thinking that her menstruation had not come, she thought she was pregnant. She was ecstatic and couldn't wait to tell Xu Juncai the good news.

Xu Juncai and Zhou Jingrong have been married for ten years, but they have never had a child, which makes him very anxious. He and Mei Xinhui got pregnant with a son only two months after they got married, which proves that there is nothing wrong with his body. So he comforted Zhou Jingrong while looking for lovers outside. He found four or five lovers, but none of them got him pregnant, which made him very depressed. Now he heard that Qin Yueying's period had stopped for two months, so he took her to the hospital for a check-up.

When the HCG test results came out, Qin Yueying anxiously asked the doctor: "Are you pregnant?"

The doctor took a look at the test results and shook his head: "According to this test result, you are not pregnant."

Qin Yueying was stunned: "Impossible, I haven't had my period for two months."

Doctor: "There are many reasons for missing your period, it's not necessarily pregnancy."

She looked up and took a serious look at Qin Yueying. She saw that her face was pale and her brows were slightly wrinkled. "How about you draw blood and check other items?"

Qin Yueying was depressed when she heard that she was not pregnant. She was in no mood to do further examinations. She refused the doctor and ran out with her face covered. Xu Juncai chased her out and kept comforting her, but Qin Yueying still cried.

In the afternoon, Qin Yueying suddenly fainted and was sent to the hospital.

Qin Yueying's parents rushed over and were terrified to see their daughter with a pale face, vomiting, and twitching limbs. When the test results came out, it turned out to be thallium poisoning!

The thallium metal level was seriously above the standard. Even though Prussian blue, sodium thiosulfate and other drugs were taken in the later stage to promote the excretion of thallium ions, muscle atrophy and permanent damage to the liver and kidneys still occurred because the best period was missed. A healthy young woman became a nearly disabled patient lying in bed every day.

Qin Yueying's parents reported the case to the police, and the school also took it seriously, checking her dormitory and personal belongings. They highly suspected that someone had poisoned her water cup, but her water cup could not be found in the drawing classroom or dormitory.

It was an exquisite water cup that Xu Juncai asked someone to bring back from abroad. It was pink in color and full of girlishness.

Was it an accidental dose, or was it poisoned?

Qin Yueying's parents were teachers at a middle school in Xing City. They were kind and had only one daughter. They took good care of her and thought that she would be able to get a job, get married and have children after graduating from college, and live happily ever after. But they didn't expect such a good girl to fall down from poisoning. If Qin Yueying was not still breathing and needed someone to take care of her, they probably wouldn't even have the courage to live.

Seeing this, He Mingyu sighed: "This Qin Yueying is really pitiful. She studied architecture in school, had excellent grades, was good at singing and dancing, and had a beautiful appearance, but... she was ruined like this."

Liu Liangju is the oldest member of the serious crime squad, mature and experienced. He shook his head and said, "Such an excellent girl, why would she want to be someone's mistress? She has no self-respect!"

Zhu Feipeng's right wrist had been cast off, but still in a bandage. He asked back, "Do you think she was poisoned because she was Xu Juncai's mistress? The case file clearly states that the biggest suspect is her roommate Feng Lili."

Zhao Xiangwan took the file, read it carefully from beginning to end, and fell into deep thought.

According to the time of poisoning, it should have happened before Qin Yueying went to the hospital for examination. Xu Juncai had neither motive nor opportunity to poison; Zhou Jingrong, who had been staying at home, had motive but no time to do so. The police suspected that it was roommate Feng Lili, but due to lack of evidence, the case was eventually dropped.

Xu Songling saw the old case being brought up again and said, "I remember this case. The cup was not found and there was no witness. Although Feng Lili's boyfriend was studying at the Chemical Engineering College next door and had the opportunity to come into contact with the thallium salt in the laboratory, the management of the laboratory was chaotic at the time and there was no evidence that her boyfriend took the thallium salt out of the laboratory. Later, the police released Feng Lili, and Feng Lili went abroad to study in the second half of the year. From then on, this case was closed."

He Mingyu and Zhu Feipeng had only been in the police station for a short time. When they heard that the murderer had not been found for the first time, they were both a little angry: "The case was closed just like that? Qin Yueying was in her prime, she couldn't have taken poison, right? After investigating for so long, the murderer is still at large?"

Xu Songling was also helpless: "I was not in the Criminal Investigation Brigade at that time, so I was not in charge of this case. However, I remember that Gao Guangqiang from the office next door was the person in charge of this case at that time. I called him over, and you can ask him if you have any questions."

Gao Guangqiang is now in the Serious Crime Unit 3, and is also under the charge of Xu Songling, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, and he will be there whenever he is called.

Gao Guangqiang, who is fifty years old this year, is not as energetic as he was when he was young, but after years of working as a criminal policeman, he stands straight and has a dignified and upright look between his brows.

Seeing that Zhao Xiangwan and others were interested in Qin Yueying's thallium poisoning case, Gao Guangqiang dragged over a chair and sat down, trying hard to recall the past.

"It's really a pity. Qin Yueying is a young girl in her prime. She was deceived into being Xu Juncai's mistress. Xu Juncai said that he had divorced Zhou Jingrong, but he didn't announce it for the sake of face. He asked someone to make a false certificate for Qin Yueying and promised to marry her as soon as she graduated, which made her trust him wholeheartedly."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Liu Liangju who had just questioned Qin Yueying's lack of self-respect.

Liu Liangju raised his hands awkwardly, as if surrendering: "I was wrong, I was wrong."

"We investigated Feng Lili. She was born in a poor rural family and had an ordinary appearance. She was not used to Qin Yueying, who was beautiful, fashionable, and from a wealthy family. They had a fierce quarrel in the dormitory."

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "Why are you arguing?"

"Feng Lili has a boyfriend, a young college student who has nothing. Qin Yueying also has a boyfriend, but he is a successful middle-aged man. Feng Lili scolded Qin Yueying for being shameless, saying that she must be a mistress for dating someone so old. Qin Yueying usually gave in to her, but when she insulted Xu Juncai, she responded with a few words."

"So, all of Qin Yueying's roommates have met Xu Juncai?"

"Not really. Xu Juncai advised Qin Yueying to consider Zhou Jingrong's feelings. After all, Zhou Jingrong had been married to him for ten years and only left because they had no children. So it was best not to make their relationship public to protect Zhou Jingrong's fragile self-esteem. Qin Yueying believed his lies and never brought Xu Juncai to her classmates, nor did she announce her relationship to the public. Feng Lili also accidentally ran into them outside once, and only then did she know that Qin Yueying had an older boyfriend."

The young people in the serious crime squad sighed collectively.

Liu Liangju asked: "Just because of jealousy and quarrels, you poisoned and killed people?"

Gao Guangqiang spread his hands: "After our inquiries and according to the doctor's speculation, the poisoning time should be on the morning of the day Qin Yueying went to the hospital for examination. The poisoning location may be in the dormitory or in the drawing classroom. The people who had the opportunity to poison were, first, the dormitory roommates, and second, the classmates and teachers who had access to the drawing classroom."

Everyone's eyes were on Gao Guangqiang, which made him feel heavy pressure. Because the case involved poisoning on campus, it attracted great attention from the society. The school and the family put great pressure on the city police. The criminal police worked around the clock, questioning and searching the school one by one.

Qin Yueying had three roommates in the dormitory. Feng Lili had a bad relationship with her, Fan Wei had an average relationship with her, and Qiao Xiaohong had a better relationship with her. The three girls only remembered that Qin Yueying brought a water cup when she went to the drawing classroom, but no one knew where the water cup went afterwards.

The drawing classroom is located on the sixth floor of the school's teaching building. There are eleven drawing classrooms on the same floor, equipped with drawing tables, drawing boards, T-squares and other drawing tools. The front and back doors of the classrooms are open, and anyone can come and go, making it even more difficult to find the poisoner.

Who is it that poisons classmates so viciously?

The girl in the same dormitory is the most suspicious because she could easily throw thallium salt into Qin Yueying's water cup. After getting up early, Qin Yueying would wash, go to the cafeteria to eat breakfast, go to the toilet... There would always be a time when her eyes were away from the water cup. It would be very easy to poison when no one was in the dormitory.

A classmate in the drawing classroom on the same floor was also a suspect, because Qin Yueying arrived at the classroom at 7:40 that day and felt unwell and went to see a doctor at 9 o'clock. There were very few students in the classroom between 7:40 and 9:00, and everyone was busy drawing. They did not pay attention to whether other people came into the classroom, nor did they pay attention to whether anyone approached Qin Yueying, let alone whether Qin Yueying's water cup was touched.

Qin Yueying was poisoned too deeply, her brain nerves were damaged, her intelligence regressed to that of a six-year-old, all her memories of that period disappeared, and she was unable to provide any useful information.

Therefore, the case investigation entered a sticky state.

After investigating all the students who had the opportunity to touch Qin Yueying's water cup, Gao Guangqiang locked his eyes on Feng Lili. First, according to the other two students in the same dormitory, they were not up when Qin Yueying washed up in the morning, but they heard the sound of Feng Lili getting up and flipping through the drawers; second, when Qin Yueying left the dormitory with the water cup, she found that there was no water in the kettle, and Feng Lili took the initiative to pour water for her; third, Feng Lili's boyfriend was a senior in the School of Chemical Engineering and had the opportunity to get thallium salt.

However, Gao Guangqiang felt that the interrogation of Feng Lili was very difficult.

I thought she was just an innocent girl, and that I could break through her psychological defenses by scaring her or tricking her into telling the truth. But I didn't expect Feng Lili to be unusually calm and composed. She answered honestly, but every word she said was an excuse for herself.

"Yes, I was the second one to get up that day, but I always get up early. The face cream I use for my face is in the drawer. Is it normal to open the drawer?"

"Uncle police, is it wrong to help others? We live in the same dormitory. Although I don't like Qin Yueying, I saw that there was no water in her kettle, so I poured some water for her. Is this not okay?"

"Alas, my boyfriend Song Zhiqing and I are from the same village. He studies very hard. We applied for a scholarship to a university in Country M together. One of us will be an architect and the other an engineer. Our futures are bright. Why would we do something illegal and ruin our futures? Besides, if anyone who can get thallium salt is a suspect, then are all the students in the Chemical Engineering College next door likely to have poisoned her? Will someone pursue Qin Yueying and get rejected, and then kill her in anger?"

Because medical testing technology was relatively backward in the 1980s, it took five days from the time Qin Yueying fell into a coma and was sent to the hospital to the time she was diagnosed with thallium poisoning and the police were called. These five days were enough time for the criminals to destroy all evidence.

Even though all the evidence chains pointed to Feng Lili, the police had no choice but to let her go due to insufficient evidence.

He Mingyu nodded: "Unless we find the cup and the fingerprints on it, it will be a hammer."

Zhu Feipeng added: "Even if there are fingerprints, it can only prove that Feng Lili has touched the cup. As long as she denies it, she still cannot be hammered to death."

"Thallium salt is colorless, odorless, and easily soluble, but there must be a container before poisoning, right? Have you searched Feng Lili's drawers? Are there any paper bags or other boxes with thallium salt residue?"

Gao Guangqiang shook his head: "We have thought of everything you can think of now."

Zhu Feipeng said bitterly: "If Zhao Xiangwan had been involved at the time, she would have interrogated Feng Lili and would have definitely been able to find out who she really was."

Xu Songling reminded: "In the absence of solid evidence, the police cannot arbitrarily identify Feng Lili as the murderer. As criminal police, we must avoid preconceived ideas."

Zhu Feipeng snorted in dissatisfaction, muttering in his heart: It was obviously Feng Lili who did it, who else could it be besides her? She was jealous of her beauty, good family background, and a rich boyfriend. People like her who worked hard to get into college probably couldn't stand Qin Yueying, who relied on her parents and men to save decades of hard work.

Zhao Xiangwan asked: "What Feng Lili said at the end, is it possible? Is there any boy in the School of Chemical Engineering pursuing or secretly in love with Qin Yueying?"

Gao Guangqiang: "Yes, there is. Qin Yueying is beautiful and one of the top ten singers on campus. She is quite famous. Many boys from the Chemical Engineering College next door admire her. But we have investigated and found that she did not leave the school on the day of the accident."

This clue is broken again.

Zhao Xiangwan asked again: "Is it possible that he hired someone to kill someone?"

Gao Guangqiang was obviously stunned for a moment.

Poisoning cases on campus are mostly disputes between classmates, caused by jealousy, anger and other psychological factors. How can it escalate to the level of buying, killing and murdering people?

Zhu Feipeng was a professional after all, so he understood everything immediately, his eyes lit up: "If it was a case of buying. murder. then all the alibis don't exist, we need to start with the motive."

"Yes!" Zhao Xiangwan encouraged Zhu Feipeng with his eyes to continue performing.

Zhao Xiangwan remembered that when he met Xu Qingxi at the Four Seasons Hotel, he had said in his heart: Zhou Jingrong is a smiling tiger who likes to stab people from behind, be careful! The thin, gloomy woman left a very bad impression on Zhao Xiangwan.

Zhao Xiangwan highly suspected that the poisoning case was related to Zhou Jingrong. Although Zhou Jingrong could not poison herself, she could instruct Feng Lili to do it.

Zhu Feipeng was so excited to get Zhao Xiangwan's approval that he picked up a piece of chalk and wrote the word "motive" on the blackboard beside him. He said loudly, "The one with the strongest motive for murder should be Zhou Jingrong. Her husband cheated on her and found a young and beautiful college student. Her position is precarious. It is very likely that she hired someone to kill someone at this time."

Zhu Feipeng had a bandage on his left hand and used a piece of chalk in his right hand to draw a circle on the word "motivation", draw a line, and write the three words "Zhou Jingrong" on the other end of the line; then he drew another line starting from "Zhou Jingrong" and wrote the three words "Feng Lili" on the other end of the line.

"Is it possible that Zhou Jingrong contacted Feng Lili privately and funded her to go abroad on the condition that she poisoned Qin Yueying's water cup?"

Gao Guangqiang's face changed.

If this is true, then there was something wrong with the police's initial direction of investigation!

Zhou Jingrong's suspicion still exists and she will not be proven innocent just because she has an alibi.

Whether Feng Lili knew Zhou Jingrong, and whether Zhou Jingrong helped her and her boyfriend to receive scholarships to foreign schools at the same time, are all issues that need to be investigated in depth.

Gao Guangqiang felt a growing sense of heaviness in his heart. He was in his fifties, with wrinkles on his forehead and a look of aging. He was about to retire, and today he suddenly discovered that there was a problem with an old case that had been sealed. He was on pins and needles.

Zhao Xiangwan raised his head and spoke softly, "Officer Gao, your investigation was very detailed back then, and I benefited a lot from reading the case files. Now we want to restart the investigation, but I don't know what the process should be?"

The praise and sincerity from the younger generation made Gao Guangqiang feel much better. He looked at Xu Songling. Xu Songling patted his chest and said, "I will apply for a reinvestigation of this case. How about the Serious Case Unit 1 taking over?"

Everyone responded in unison: "Yes!"

The Serious Case Team was composed entirely of young people. Their high spirits inspired Gao Guangqiang, who stood up and said, "Let me join the investigation of this case. I have the contact information of Qin Yueying's parents and am more familiar with the situation back then."

Xu Songling extended his hand to him and smiled brightly: "Lao Gao, welcome to join us!"

After shaking hands, Gao Guangqiang hesitated for a long time before saying, "In fact, we encountered a lot of resistance when we investigated. The reporter from Xingshi Legal Weekly had been following the investigation process, but was warned not to pay attention to the case. Captain Yuan, who was in charge of the case, was transferred to the provincial department halfway through, which was part of the reason why the case was hastily closed later."

A gloomy look flashed across Xu Songling's dark face: "I will be in charge of reopening this old case this time, and I will definitely not give up halfway."

The older you are, the less courageous you become. Gao Guangqiang glanced at the high-spirited young man in the office and reminded him again: "It has been eight years since the incident. Things have changed and it is difficult to find evidence. It will be very difficult to solve this case."

Zhu Feipeng chuckled: "It's not difficult, there's no need for our Serious Case Team!"

The Serious Crime Unit officially reopened the campus poisoning case.

The first person Zhao Xiangwan visited was the person involved, Qin Yueying.

Chengnan No. 3 Middle School has built several new dormitory buildings in the past two years, and everyone is happily moving into new homes, but Qin Yueying's family still lives in one of the earliest old dormitory buildings built in the 1960s.

The base of the wall was already dilapidated, and ivy had climbed up the gable, completely covering the wall of a six-story brick-concrete house, leaving only the wooden windows with peeling paint visible.

There is a yard on the first floor where some vegetables are planted. The ground is paved with red bricks, and lush weeds are growing in the gaps.

Standing in front of the iron gate of the yard, Gao Guangqiang shouted: "Teacher Qin, Teacher Qin, are you home?"

The balcony door opened, and a white-haired man walked out. He was hunched over, and when he saw Gao Guangqiang, he responded happily, "Hey, it's Officer Gao. Here you are."

With a series of clangs, the iron gate opened. Zhao Xiangwan saw the man's face clearly, and for some reason, he felt a surge of sadness in his heart.

Qin Yueying's father, Qin Yizhong, had white hair from his temples to his head, like white snow, without a single black hair. He had a pair of wise and gentle eyes, with wrinkles running through the corners of his eyes. When he smiled, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the wrinkles became deeper.

He is only fifty-five, but looks to be over sixty.

Gao Guangqiang brought Zhao Xiangwan, He Mingyu, and Liu Liangju with him. Qin Yizhong saw the unfamiliar faces beside him and asked with a smile, "Officer Gao, why did you bring so many young people here today? Is it your mission to bring in new people?"

"Go inside and talk. Go inside and talk."

Gao Guangqiang handed the fruit in his hand to Qin Yizhong, walked with him across the small courtyard, and entered the bedroom through the balcony door.

The lighting on the first floor was poor, and there was a strange sour smell in the air. Zhao Xiangwan squinted his eyes after entering the room, and after adjusting to the change in light for a while, he looked at the interior furnishings.

The old school building has a door on the first floor directly facing the yard, so the door from the living room to the stairwell was sealed. The balcony was converted into a living room. There were old wooden sofas and tea tables, and a small domestically-made Panda TV on the TV cabinet, which was playing cartoons.

Eight years have passed, and things and people have changed, but Qin Yueying's family seems to have remained in the past.

Sitting on the sofa was a fat woman in pajamas, with her hair shaved short, a blanket on her knees, watching TV with relish, and was not interrupted even by the guests coming over.

Is this woman Qin Yueying?

In the photo on the case file, Qin Yueying had a slim figure, a long swan neck, a beautiful oval face, and a pair of lively big eyes. She was as beautiful as a star on a movie poster.

But... now, she is completely devastated.

The sofa was occupied by Qin Yueying. Qin Yizhong brought a few old chairs from the next room and asked everyone to sit down. He then stood up to serve tea and water, fearing that he would neglect the guests.

His knees seemed unable to bend, and his movements were somewhat clumsy. Gao Guangqiang asked with concern: "Teacher Qin, your arthritis hasn't healed yet? Do you have any patch? The first floor is too damp and cold. You should also consider moving when the school allocates new dormitories this time."

Qin Yizhong shook his head: "We can't move. Yafen and I are too old to climb the stairs. Yueying is in this condition, so there's no way we can move."

Zhao Xiangwan followed Gao Guangqiang's line of sight and looked at Qin Yueying's legs under the blanket. Judging from the bulge, her legs were as thin as bamboo poles. Thallium poisoning caused muscle atrophy and paralysis of her lower limbs.

He Mingyu also noticed it and turned away, unable to bear to look any further.

This case was Gao Guangqiang's heart knot. During the investigation, he became good friends with Qin Yizhong and would come to visit him every once in a while. This time, he brought Zhao Xiangwan and the other two with him, so he was familiar with the place.

Gao Guangqiang briefly introduced Zhao Xiangwan and the others, and explained his purpose: "Teacher Qin, the Municipal Bureau intends to reopen the old case, so I came here to understand the situation and see if there are any omissions, and try to bring the real culprit to justice."

After so many years, I thought the injustice was buried in the sea, but I didn't expect that the poisoning case could be re-investigated. Qin Yizhong stood up excitedly, tears in his eyes, his lips trembling, and held Gao Guangqiang's hand: "Thank you, thank you! Thank you for remembering this case and thinking about redressing our Yueying."

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