Chapter 46
Just as the two of them were speechless, a familiar phone ringtone rang.
Lin Jiafan lowered his head to confirm the caller ID, then pressed the answer button.
He walked to the side naturally. The person on the other end of the phone was talking incessantly, and he would respond from time to time.
A few minutes later, he ended the call and returned to Luo Jingyao.
"It's Pang Guang. They've already completed Zhou Hong's second interrogation at the police station. Zhou Hong admitted that Fatty Wang was indeed involved in the transfer of Cui Da's body."
"She gave me 5,000 yuan in cash, the pure gold necklace and bracelet Cui Da was wearing, and a watch worth over 100,000 yuan."
Luo Jingyao opened her mouth slightly in surprise: "So many?"
No wonder even someone like Fatty Wang, who only cares about profit, got involved. Money really is a motivating factor.
Perhaps the other party did hesitate, and the two cigarette butts found at the scene were strong evidence, but in the end it was too much to compare to what Zhou Hong gave him.
"According to Zhou Hong's confession, Cui Da's gold necklace and bracelet together are conservatively estimated to weigh nearly 100 grams. At the current price of gold, it is indeed worth a try." Lin Jiafan raised his eyes and looked in the direction where Fatty Wang was currently, his face full of meaning.
"But in their confessions, there is still no clue that you police would suspect a third person." Luo Jingyao curled her lips with some regret.
Lin Jiafan didn't seem to be in a hurry. He took the stone from her hand, held it in both hands, and made a downward motion to smash it.
"hiss……"
Retracting his waving arm, he frowned and looked at the palm of his left hand, where the disposable glove had been torn.
Suddenly, Luo Jingyao seemed to remember something, but she felt that this guess was too absurd. She opened and closed her mouth for a while, neither knowing whether to say it or not.
Lin Jiafan quickly noticed her abnormality and tilted his head suspiciously.
"When I was at the Cui family's house earlier, Cui Jiafu's wife shook my hand to thank me. There were cuts on the palm of her right hand," Luo Jingyao said, gesturing on her own hand. "Just a few thin cuts, scabs already formed. I didn't think much of it at the time."
So will the truth really be as she thinks?
Was Cui Da really killed by his own mother?
The person Zhou Hong has been protecting is actually Cui Jiafu’s wife?
His eyelids twitched, and Lin Jiafan waved to call a colleague from the laboratory and instructed him to treat the stone with the utmost care to see if a second set of DNA could be extracted from the surface in addition to the blood of the deceased Cui Da.
"The final result probably won't be out until tonight." He glanced at the time on his watch, a hint of anxiety between his brows.
Some things will change if you delay. The police's high-profile search in the mountain behind the ancestral hall could not be hidden from the prying eyes of those who were interested. Once the news reached the Cui family, Cui Jiafu's wife might react in some way.
It is possible that he will run away out of guilt, and the police will be in a passive position at that time.
After a little thought, Lin Jiafan made a decision.
That afternoon, in the police car returning to Jinshi Public Security Bureau.
Luo Jingyao sat in the passenger seat and looked at the back seat of the car through the rearview mirror. At that time, the three members of the Cui family were lined up in a row, each with a different expression.
I have to say that Lin Jiafan is quite capable. He was able to come up with such a brilliant idea in such a short time.
He first said that the case was about to be closed and that the Cui family needed to go to the Municipal Public Security Bureau to go through the body identification procedure. He then used the excuse that Cui Da's body was incomplete and difficult to identify, and used both coaxing and deceiving methods to arrest all three members of the Cui family.
By the time they reacted, the person was already sitting in the police car, and even if they felt regretful, it was too late.
The sun gradually set, and around four o'clock in the afternoon, the police car slowly drove back to the compound of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Guo Zhen had been waiting downstairs with his men. As soon as the Cui family got out of the car, he came forward and took them away.
"Do we have to wait for the report from the laboratory?" After making sure that the Cui family members were nowhere to be seen, Luo Jingyao walked to Lin Jiafan and asked casually.
"Well, I hope Brother Guo can hold on a little longer." The man responded and turned to look at Fatty Wang who had just gotten out of another police car. "I still have to continue interrogating him."
On the one hand, we need to make supplementary records, and on the other hand, the valuables lost by the deceased have not been found yet, so we have to find a way to dig them out.
"Since there's nothing else, why don't I go back first?" Luo Jingyao was very sensible and took the initiative to speak.
However, what she didn't expect was that Lin Jiafan would take her to the lounge at the end of the corridor on the sixth floor on the pretext that she needed to cooperate with the questioning later, and she sat there for more than three hours.
During this period, only Pan Chang took the time to come over and say hello to her. He then piled a pile of instant noodles, sausages, and cola in front of her and left in a hurry.
When Guo Zhen brought the three members of the Cui family to the lounge, Luo Jingyao was holding a bowl of instant noodles and slurping the soup.
Upon seeing her, Guo Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. He explained to the three members of the Cui family, "Look, Miss Luo hasn't left yet. Our police procedures are indeed a bit complicated, but they are necessary. Please wait a little longer."
Cui Tingting walked up to her with a sour face: "Miss Luo, why are you here?"
Wiping her mouth with a tissue, Luo Jingyao successfully received the signal sent by Guo Zhen's wink and replied calmly, "Officer Lin said I need to take a statement too. It just ended. They said there's a notice that needs to be signed. They asked me to wait."
Good guy, at this moment she finally understood Lin Jiafan's intention. He calculated that the three members of the Cui family would be in a hurry to leave, so he wanted her to help Guo Zhen delay them.
The Special Case Investigation Team treated her like a brick of socialism, moving her wherever she was needed.
After hearing what she said, Cui Tingting's expression immediately brightened up a lot. Cui Jiafu, who was not far away, rubbed his big hands together and whispered, "Just wait a while. Since you're here, it will save you trouble later if you finish the formalities."
"That's right. The Jinshi Public Security Bureau is quite far away. It takes nearly two hours to drive there one way. Let's go back together later, and we can just split the fare." Luo Jingyao said a few words when she had the chance.
"I left in such a hurry that I didn't even lock the door!" Cui Tingting probably felt that her attitude just now was a little bit wrong, so she mumbled an explanation.
"Our Bo'an Village is famous for its simple folk customs, don't worry." Luo Jingyao complimented him.
In this case, Cui Tingting couldn't say anything more and could only pick a seat at random in the lounge.
Seeing this, Cui Jiafu helped his wife sit next to the table near the door.
Maybe it was because she personally identified Cui Da's body, but Cui Jiafu's wife looked even more mentally challenged than during the day. She leaned listlessly against the back of the chair, not even having the strength to lift her head.
As time slowly passed, the impatience on Cui Tingting's face became more and more obvious.
Finally, she couldn't help herself and stood up, walked over to her mother and pulled her up: "Let's go home now!"
Guo Zhen, who was standing outside the door, shuddered at her sudden action and quickly stepped forward with a smile: "Don't worry, the documents that need your signatures will be delivered soon. A few minutes won't be a big deal, right?"
"Minutes here, minutes there, I think you're just trying to torment me!" Cui Tingting put one hand on her waist, her chin raised high, looking a little aggressive. "We have to cooperate with the police voluntarily. You don't have the right to restrict our personal freedom, do you?"
"It's all a misunderstanding..." Guo Zhen tried his best to deny it.
Suddenly, a door at the other end of the corridor was pushed open, and Lin Jiafan and Pang Guang walked out.
The figure that followed closely behind them successfully made Cui Tingting shut up her chattering mouth.
With a wave of his hand, Lin Jiafan signaled his two colleagues behind him to escort the man away. He then walked all the way to the door of the lounge and nodded slightly as a greeting to the three members of the Cui family. "I'm really sorry. As you can see, we're short on manpower, so when we get busy, it's inevitable that there will be delays."
"Brother Guo, please call and urge the people downstairs to complete the relevant procedures as soon as possible."
After he started this, Cui Tingting was embarrassed to say anything more. She just looked curiously in the direction they had come from. "Officer Lin, was that Fatty Wang from our village?"
The Cui family and Fatty Wang did not come in the same police car, nor did they arrive at the same time, so it was normal that the woman didn't know.
"Yes, I went to him to find out some information." While Lin Jiafan responded, his eyes kept moving back and forth between the family opposite.
Cui Jiafu's wife still had her head down, and there was no sign of any change in her emotions. Cui Jiafu himself just felt a little strange. As for Cui Tingting, her eyes were wandering, and no one knew what she was thinking.
Understand the situation? I've never seen anyone understand the situation and need to be handcuffed.
However, compared with Fatty Wang's situation, Cui Tingting was unexpectedly calm. In her opinion, the people the police really suspected should be like Fatty Wang. His family had been treated very politely from the beginning, so there should be no problem.
Soon, Guo Zhen hung up the phone and walked back over: "Ms. Cui, the procedures have been prepared. I'll have to trouble you to come with me."
Seeing Cui Tingting still hesitated, he continued: "We may need to go to two more offices to handle the procedures. I see your parents are a little tired, why not let them rest here for a while."
This reason successfully convinced the woman. Cui Tingting agreed happily this time and followed Guo Zhen into the elevator not far away.
When the elevator door closed, Lin Jiafan suddenly took two steps forward, staring intently at the woman who hadn't looked up the entire time. "There's evidence now that you, Ms. He, are involved in Cui Da's murder. I wonder if you have time to cooperate with the investigation?"
The unexpected words stunned everyone, including Luo Jingyao.
"Officer Lin, is there any misunderstanding here?" Cui Jiafu hurriedly took a big step forward and asked anxiously.
Lin Jiafan did not respond, but just made a "please come this way" gesture to Cui Jiafu's wife.
The woman took a deep breath, and when she passed by her husband, she reached out and patted his shoulder soothingly, then walked silently towards the interrogation room where Fatty Wang had been before.
Looking at their backs gradually disappearing into the distance, and then turning her head to look at Cui Jiafu who seemed a little at a loss, Luo Jingyao understood instantly.
It is estimated that the results from the laboratory department have come out long ago. Lin Jiafan deliberately used a trick to separate the three members of the family. He is playing the game of defeating them one by one!
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