Chapter 159 Chapter 159 I know what the riddle is...
Having finally found a new clue, they naturally rushed to the deceased's home without stopping.
However, after arriving at the deceased's home, no one opened the door no matter how hard they knocked.
Just at this moment, the sound of someone walking was heard at the bottom of the stairs. The person was an aunt in her fifties or sixties. She was holding a basket of vegetables and stopped below them to look at them.
"Are you looking for Xiao Cao?"
Qiu Jiang remembered that the name of the deceased's husband that Captain Ji had just mentioned was Cao Qiwen.
Then the person she was talking about must be him.
She immediately agreed and continued, "Aunt, we're his distant relatives. We've been away for the past two years and haven't been back. Now that we're finally back, we want to meet him and his wife. Otherwise, if we leave again, we don't know when we'll be able to see him again. Excuse me, do you know where he is?"
As soon as she finished saying this, the aunt showed a look of regret and sighed.
"How can there be a couple like that? His wife disappeared two years ago, and she still hasn't been found."
"Missing?" Qiu Jiang was very "surprised".
This immediately aroused my aunt's desire to talk.
"That's right. It's been two years. They say she's missing, but I don't think the situation is good. We didn't dare say anything in front of him. We could only persuade him to move on. But the couple had such a good relationship, and no matter what we said, he couldn't get over it. Every day, after work, he would go look for his wife. Many times, he would go when he got some news, but he never found her. But he just wouldn't give up. He's been looking for her for over two years."
My aunt was also really sighing.
"You see, this good family has become like this family without a family. We neighbors can't bear to see it. It's really pitiful."
"He should still be in the store. I'll take you to find him, but don't mention his wife in front of him, or the child will probably start crying again. We neighbors are really distressed."
The aunt was very kind and immediately took them out of the community.
Along the way, they also got more clues.
For example, the couple had a really good relationship and had never had any quarrels in the five years since they got married. They had a very cute daughter a year before the deceased disappeared, and the child was not even one year old when the accident happened. They were a very happy family, but after she disappeared on the eve of a business trip two years ago, the child became motherless. Cao Qiwen was busy with the store and looking for a wife, and now the child is mostly taken care of by her grandmother.
"The child is three years old now and will be able to go to kindergarten soon. Xiaomei loves her child very much. If she were still alive, how could she bear to miss her child for so long? I guess she might be gone, but I'm just guessing. Don't mention this to Xiao Cao, don't mention it."
The aunt repeatedly reminded him, and her sympathy and consideration for Cao Qiwen was clearly visible.
Maybe it's just like what she said.
"It's really not been easy for Xiao Cao these past two years."
As to whether it is really not easy or not, no one can easily make a conclusion for the time being.
"That's the shop. I have to go back to cook so I won't go there."
Qiu Jiang and the others looked in the direction she pointed and saw a delicatessen that had been decorated for a long time. When they walked over, they saw that the dimly lit interior was full of customers who came to buy delicatessen. The strange thing was that everyone was either sitting or standing chatting, and there was no one to serve them.
After asking, I found out that the boss was not here.
But they were not surprised at all. They were all old customers and naturally knew the situation of the store. They were all very sympathetic and no one had any objections to it.
And if you don’t meet anyone here, you can chat with others and kill time.
Therefore, there are a few old men and women chatting here. They are not here to buy food, but because the boss here does not chase people away, they are welcome to stay even if they do not buy food. They just ask them to help watch the store when he is out.
In the past two years, I have almost regarded this as a check-in spot.
When it comes to the boss, everyone praises him.
First, his craftsmanship is really good. I heard that the ability to make braised food was passed down from his ancestors. His father died early, so the craft was passed on to him early on.
Very famous in this area.
Whenever Cao’s cooked food is mentioned, everyone knows it. It can be said to be a local specialty.
Secondly, it is hard not to be moved by his persistence in searching for his missing wife for two years.
So even if he is not in the store now, they know that he must have heard some news about his wife or posted a missing person notice again, so everyone is able to wait patiently.
Because Qiu Jiang was inside asking people for information, Deng Xingwang leaned over to Wang Li and the others and whispered, "This sounds even more suspicious."
That’s right, I wasn’t touched, but I felt suspicious.
After all, past cases told him that when something goes wrong with a spouse, it is usually the other half's fault.
This is especially true in criminal cases where women are murdered.
Not to mention that he has a reputation for being "affectionate". It's really rare to see a man who can do this.
In general, it is hard to believe that there is such an infatuated man in this world.
Wang Li was also listening carefully to what those people said. Even though he heard what he said, he didn't want to reply to him. Instead, he suddenly looked at Ji Mingcheng who was making a phone call outside the door.
So being a leader is really not easy, there are calls coming at any time requiring reports.
He felt a little sympathetic for just a second before he caught a glimpse of a very strange person.
A man was walking on the street, staggering and distraught.
“Ding ding ding—”
A truck on the road kept honking its horn, but the driver seemed not to see it.
Wang Li jumped out in a flash.
Everyone in the room looked a little strange. Some curious people looked over and were frightened when they saw what was outside.
"Isn't that Xiao Cao?"
"It's going to hit, it's going to hit—"
Someone shouted in panic, and Qiu Jiang and the others ran out without taking a closer look.
When they ran over there, they found that the bloody mess they had imagined did not happen, but that someone rescued them and pulled them to the side of the road.
Looking at the person who saved the man, it was clearly Team Ji, whom they had just been talking on the phone outside.
Ji Mingcheng was sure that he was not hit, but his crying made him wonder if it was a scam.
And he was still muttering someone's name.
"Meimei, Meimei, where on earth are you..."
The dark and thin man in front of me was crying like rain, silently and desperately, like an abandoned child. Anyone who saw him would feel sad.
"Are you Cao Qiwen?"
Ji Mingcheng said firmly.
Cao Qiwen was still crying and didn't answer, but she raised her head and obviously heard what he said.
"Hello, I'm a police officer."
Ji Mingcheng took out his ID.
Upon seeing the ID, Cao Qiwen immediately knelt on the ground, approached him, and tightly grasped his hand. His voice trembled and choked with sobs as he asked, "Is there any news about my wife? That person at the market wasn't my wife, right? My wife is still alive and well, she's just missing, right?"
He repeatedly hoped to find a definite answer so that he could believe that his wife was still alive in this world, just in a corner he didn't know.
Instead, he suddenly heard today that a body was found in the sewer near the vegetable market, which made him suspect that it was his lover.
"Right...right? That's right, right? Meimei is still alive, right?"
He repeatedly asked him for confirmation.
Ji Mingcheng was slightly startled by his pull, then said awkwardly, "I'm sorry, we're here to investigate the murder of your wife Mao Wenmei."
As soon as Qiu Jiang and the others arrived, they saw Cao Qiwen looking at Ji Mingcheng stiffly, as if wondering why he was so "vicious" and actually cursed his wife like that.
It was not until he was taken away and saw the deceased's suitcase and the few remaining pieces of clothing that he could no longer deceive himself.
For a moment, they could see with their own eyes that the man's spiritual support had collapsed. He felt weak all over and could not even stand. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to cry, but no sound came out, only tears streaming down his face.
Then there was a burst of wailing, which was unbearable for anyone to watch.
Even Deng Xingwang's eyes turned red, thinking that he might have guessed wrong.
Qiu Jiang naturally knew that the murderer was not him, but a woman. She initially went to him to ask if it was possible to find such a woman, but given his current state of collapse, she probably couldn't get anything out of him for the time being.
At present, we can only hope that Team Guo will gain something.
Cao Qiwen's emotions had not yet calmed down, and there was obviously no good news from the deceased's company.
"The people there said they were going on a business trip to another province before the deceased disappeared. There were five of them, two men and three women. The deceased was the key person in charge of the project, and they had a lot of information with them. But because she suddenly disappeared, all that data disappeared. If someone hadn't remembered some of the data, they would have almost lost the bid."
"We asked them separately, and everyone's answers were consistent. Furthermore, they all had alibis from that night to the next morning. I think we should focus on Cao Qiwen."
However, after hearing what Cao Qiwen said, Captain Guo scratched his head.
"According to what you said, Cao Qiwen may not be the murderer."
Qiu Jiang couldn't help but completely reduce the possibility of this suspicion to zero. She only heard her say, "We estimate that Cao Qiwen is about 1.8 meters tall. Even if he is very thin now, he was of normal weight two years ago. This does not match our previous inference that the murderer is a woman or a thin man."
"Yeah, if someone of that size went down into the sewer, he probably wouldn't even be able to stretch his legs and would have to crawl. If he could even pull the suitcase containing the corpse into that sloping hole, I guess the Lizardman would be no more than that."
Guo Jing sighed.
There is no progress on either side now, which is really worrying.
However, when Qiu Jiang heard what he said, something suddenly flashed through her mind.
What is it exactly?
Qiu Jiang gritted her teeth, but no matter how hard she racked her brains, she couldn't come up with an answer.
At this moment, Ji Mingcheng suddenly turned his chair and looked in the direction of Guo Jing and asked a question.
"Where is the confession of the man who saw the deceased hurrying out with the suitcase?"
Guo Jing was holding it when he came over, and he immediately pushed it to him when he heard that he wanted to see it.
He took it and began to read it. Less than a minute later, he asked again, "She saw it when it was almost dark. How could she be sure that the person was Mao Wenmei?"
When Qiu Jiang heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up.
Yes, how can we be sure that that is the deceased?
"Team Ji, I understand—"
Qiu Jiang is in high spirits.
Ji Mingcheng also curled his lips and gave the order directly, "Then go."
"yes--"
She saluted and accepted the order, then called her friends, who were confused and felt that they were playing a guessing game, to leave.
But I didn’t expect that the remaining people in Anyuan were also confused.
W-What’s going on?
What on earth did you know!!!
Can you please stop playing dumb with them!!!
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