"Brother Chen, I didn't, I've been sleeping in my room the whole time." Xia Wanying shook her head desperately, tears glistening in her eyes.
"The time from the power outage to the restoration of power was no more than two minutes. You were the person closest to Lu Zhiwei's grandmother's hospital room. Only you had the time to commit the crime." Shen Jingmo closed her eyes, unwilling to think about it or ask.
But this was a living, breathing human life.
Even if she is Xia Wanying.
He cannot cover it up, and will not tolerate it.
This is his principle in life.
"Speak!" Shen Jinmo roared, slamming his fist on the wooden chair next to him, a trickle of blood seeping from the back of his hand.
Xia Wanying was terrified.
Brother Shen's current appearance is like the devil in the night, ruthless and heartless, and the surrounding air is suffocating.
She lowered her head, bit her lip, and burst into tears.
"Brother Shen, you've never been so mean to me before." Xia Wanying burst into tears, tears streaming down her face.
In the past, he would have rushed over immediately and stroked her back to comfort her.
But this time, it was completely different from before.
His rage was devastating.
"How can I save you if you don't tell me? Even if I'm going to appeal for you, I need to know the whole story." Shen Jinmo strongly restrained his emotions and lowered his voice.
Sitting on the sofa, he exuded an air of superiority and arrogance.
Xia Wanying sobbed for a while, her shoulders shaking: "I...I went to Grandma's room next door. I was wearing a mascot costume and wanted to play hide-and-seek with Grandma. I had just gone in when the power went out. I just wanted to scare Grandma. But Grandma suddenly fainted, and I was so scared that I ran back to my room."
"Is that really all there is to it?" Shen Jingmo stood up, looking down at her.
Xia Wanying nodded frantically: "Really, really, Brother Chen, I would never lie to you."
Since the child was mentally challenged, Shen Jinmo dared not push him too hard.
"Where did you hide the mascot costume after you took it off?"
"Under the bed." Xia Wanying liked to play strange cosplay games.
To satisfy her hobby, he did indeed give her quite a few cosplay outfits.
Her favorite is this bear costume.
Shen Jinmo personally called the police station to report Xia Wanying's actions and handed over the mascot costume to the police.
Overnight.
Liu Changqing interrogated Xia Wanying, and Lu Zhiwei also arrived at the interrogation site.
No matter how many times he asked, Xia Wanying's answer was exactly the same as what Shen Jinmo knew.
Because she is mentally unstable, Xia Wanying was only temporarily detained as a key suspect, and the case could not be concluded.
I walked out of the police station.
A gentle breeze enveloped Lu Zhiwei, who was wearing a thin, cool white sweatshirt that looked as if it would shatter at the slightest touch.
Shen Jinmo stood beside her on her left, hesitated for a long time, and then spoke: "Please accept my condolences."
Lu Zhiwei's eyes were slightly moist as she looked up at his sharply defined face.
"Why don't you help Xia Wanying cover up the truth? You love her so much."
Shen Jinmo's behavior and actions today truly surprised and puzzled her.
"Lu Zhiwei, in your eyes am I so despicable? Do I not even have a basic moral compass?" Shen Jinmo's anger surged, and he felt a suffocating sense of being misunderstood.
"If she really did it, I will hire the best legal team to make her receive the harshest punishment," Lu Zhiwei said firmly.
If he came with the intention of being lenient with the truth, I hope she can let Xia Wanting off the hook.
That's absolutely impossible.
Grandma is gone, and she has no right to forgive any of the murderers on Grandma's behalf.
"I didn't plead with you, and I believe that Yingying didn't do it." Shen Jingmo turned around firmly, leaving her with a cold and aloof back view.
The forensic examination results came out on the third day.
Based on the wound, it was suspected that it was caused by some kind of sharp weapon. Lu Zhiwei accompanied Captain Liu to the forensic identification center. With the description of the forensic doctor, the shape of this weapon was drawn. It was like a claw with a sharp barb at the end. If it pierced the flesh, it would cause excruciating pain.
When the forensic report was handed to Liu Changqing, he looked at it with a worried expression: "This should be a murder case imitating an animal, using the claws of a black bear to confuse the truth. Moreover, the old lady was having an asthma attack at the time. Even though she was a rural woman with great strength, she had no power to resist."
If Xia Wanying wasn't the real murderer, and she entered the old lady's room while wearing a mascot costume during the power outage, then when did the murderer break into the ward and commit the murder in such a short time? What was the murderer's motive?
“Either Xia Wanying is lying, and no third person ever entered Grandma’s ward. She killed Grandma with a sharp weapon after seeing her faint, so there are no fingerprints on the weapon. Or, the murderer was lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity, and then finished off Xia Wanying after she left, without ever leaving the ward.” Lu Zhiwei stroked her chin, deep in thought.
"The nurse who first broke into the ward and found the deceased said there was no one else in the ward. We also searched the crime scene and found no suspicious persons," Liu Changqing analyzed.
The case analysis has become increasingly perplexing, with no progress made.
Lu Zhiwei did not retrieve her grandmother's body until the murderer was caught. Even if she did retrieve it, cremate it, and bury it, her grandmother would not rest in peace.
Xia Wanying was released by the police station because she had mental health issues and there was insufficient evidence to convict her.
Shen Jinmo personally went to the police station to pick up the person.
Startled, Xia Wanying became unusually clingy, clinging to Shen Jinmo's arm while crying and fussing: "Brother Shen, I don't want to stay in the sanatorium anymore. Yingying is scared. Yingying wants to live with Brother Shen."
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