Chapter 74 Wu Chuanming was indeed killed by Song Yansheng.
"On the 19th, I went to the construction site for inspection. When I was talking on the phone in the toilet, Feng Yuxue overheard me. He found out that I was taking kickbacks and wanted to report me to the company. I panicked and promised him a lot of benefits to keep it secret. Afterwards, I gave him some cigarettes and alcohol to keep him quiet. But he was too stubborn and insisted on reporting. I was afraid that the boss would know about this, so I found Su Jinfu, gave him 10,000 yuan, and asked him to kill someone for me..."
Zhou Qiming knocked on the table: "Take kickbacks? How do you take kickbacks?"
Song Yansheng lowered his eyebrows and said, "I have negotiated with the building materials supplier. When purchasing building materials, I will quote the company a price higher than the actual price. The extra money will be shared between me and them."
Zhou Qiming asked: "How many times have you done this?"
Song Yansheng said: "Not many times, this is the second time..."
Zhou Qiming chuckled and asked, "What happened next? Why did you kill Su Jinfu?"
Song Yansheng took a deep breath and said, "At first I wanted to give him a reward of 20,000 yuan, of which 10,000 was a deposit and 10,000 was the balance. But after he killed someone and found me, he was greedy and not satisfied with 10,000 yuan. He asked for 100,000 yuan. Where did I get so much money? I couldn't talk him over, so I ended up fighting with him, and the result was..."
Zhou Qiming twirled his pen, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Did you fight with him?"
Song Yansheng nodded.
Zhou Qiming almost couldn't help laughing: "Just you?"
Song Yansheng said: "Just me."
Zhou Qiming nodded: "How did you beat him?"
"I... I, he grabbed my collar and threatened me, saying that if I couldn't come up with the 100,000 yuan, he would call the police. I was so angry that I hit him in the face..."
Song Yansheng licked his lips and said slowly: "Then before he could react, I kicked him again and pinned him to the ground, beating him again and again..."
"I was just a little angry at first, and I didn't want to kill him. I thought he had already killed Feng Yuxue, and if he dared to call the police, he wouldn't be able to escape. I just wanted to teach him a lesson, and I let go after a while..."
Zhou Qiming asked, "You mean, you were the first to attack, and Su Jinfu didn't react at all, allowing you to beat him?"
Song Yansheng said: "Yes."
Zhou Qiming looked at him leisurely for a long while before he slowly said, "Su Jinfu does manual labor every day and has well-developed muscles. You stay in the office every day and rarely exercise - how did you manage to pin Su Jinfu to the ground and beat him up?"
Song Yansheng pushed his glasses and said calmly, "We drank a little before that, and he drank more. So, it might be the influence of alcohol, or he was caught off guard at home, that's why I succeeded."
Zhou Qiming said: "Really?"
Song Yansheng said: "Yes."
Zhou Qiming leaned back in his chair, his eyes darkening slightly. "Song Yansheng, you have to think it through. You hired someone to kill you, and you intentionally beat someone to death. These two charges combined are enough to keep you in jail for twenty years."
"Are you sure that everything you said is true?"
Song Yansheng closed his eyes and said word by word: "I'm sure."
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"So, Song Yansheng has made up his mind to take on this crime alone."
Zhou Qiming leaned on the fence in the corridor outside the office and spoke while drinking tea.
Yue Lingchuan said: "From the moment Jiang Chengtao came, this outcome was already determined."
Shen Qingye said: "Jiang Chengtao used his wife and children to threaten Song Yansheng. If Song Yansheng decides to take the blame, even though he will lose his freedom, his family will definitely be treated well by Jiang Chengtao."
Luo Kaiyang said: "On the contrary, if he dares to confess Jiang Chengtao, it would be one thing if he himself could not escape, but if Jiang Chengtao also went to jail, his family would have no hope for the rest of their lives."
Wei Zhengyi said: "Sacrificing myself can exchange for the future prosperity of my wife and children. This is undoubtedly a very cost-effective deal."
Jiang Cheng also added: "And what he said about taking kickbacks may not be false. This kind of thing happens to a certain extent in major companies. Some bosses may know about it, but they may think it is insignificant and let it go."
Zhou Qiming pondered, "So it is very likely that Song Yansheng just said something insignificant, something that Jiang Chengtao might even know, to cover up the fact that their project quality was problematic?"
Yue Lingchuan said: "After all, if it is just taking kickbacks, then it only involves him and is of no importance to Hengtai; but if there is a problem with the quality of the project, then it will be a big problem."
Jiang Cheng said: "Whether it is a problem of engineering quality or not, we need to investigate further."
Everyone raised their eyes and looked towards where Wu Chuanming was being held.
At this time, Wu Chuanming came into play.
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"Comrade police," inside the dim interrogation room, there was silence both inside and outside. Wu Chuanming sat on the interrogation chair for an unknown amount of time. Looking at the two police officers in front of him who had stern faces but were reluctant to speak, he finally couldn't help but ask, "What's the matter?"
"What's going on? Don't you know it yourself?" Yue Lingchuan threw the document in his hand onto the table, his dark eyes as deep as the abyss: "Wu Chuanming, we will give you one last chance, and you can confess on your own initiative."
The room was eerily quiet. Wu Chuanming met their gazes that seemed to see through everything. His heart was beating very fast, and the "bang bang bang" sound lingered in his ears.
He swallowed and forced a smile: "Comrade police, I don't understand what you mean."
"I, I, I, what do I have to confess?"
"I really don't know. I really don't know what you are talking about..."
With a "bang", Zhou Qiming slammed the table and shouted, "At this point, Wu Chuanming, you are still talking nonsense!"
Wu Chuanming's heartbeat suddenly jumped, his neck shrank subconsciously, and he became more and more flustered, but he still said stubbornly:
"Comrade Police Officer, I, I really don't know, I really don't know..."
Yue Lingchuan snorted coldly, picked up the document on the table and waved it at Wu Chuanming, slammed the table heavily a few times, and said in a deep voice: "You don't know? Song Yansheng has already confessed, don't you know?!"
Wu Chuanming raised his eyes suddenly, looking surprised and doubtful.
Zhou Qiming said, "Song Yansheng has already explained how he and Feng Yuxue came into conflict, how he wanted to kill, and how he hired someone to kill! You're still here saying you don't know?"
Wu Chuanming was stunned for a moment and said subconsciously: "Impossible!"
Yue Lingchuan snorted coldly, picked up the document, turned to the last page and pointed at it heavily: "Song Yansheng has signed and sealed it, it's right here! Wu Chuanming, what else do you have to quibble about?!"
Wu Chuanming's face turned pale and blue, his breathing became rapid, and his hands hanging on the table tightened and tightened, and he was obviously panicking.
Yue Lingchuan slowly leaned back in his chair, watching him blinking non-stop, and his tone slowly calmed down: "Wu Chuanming, you assisted Song Yansheng in hiring a killer, and then concealed the truth from the police. This has constituted a crime."
He raised his chin slightly, his posture was calm, as if he was sure of victory. At this moment, he just said calmly: "We have enough evidence. If you insist on resisting stubbornly, you will only be sentenced more severely. But if you cooperate honestly and take the initiative to explain the crime, there may be room for a lighter sentence."
There was silence in the room for a moment. After Yue Lingchuan finished speaking, he naturally picked up the teacup beside him and took a sip. Seeing this, Wu Chuanming couldn't help but licking his lips.
He watched Yue Lingchuan take a sip of tea. His heart beat faster and faster as he watched him walk leisurely and at ease, without any sense of urgency.
Wu Chuanming's mind was racing, but it was in a state of confusion and he had no idea what to say.
He raised his eyes cautiously and met his gaze, and saw that the other person was calm and composed, with a teasing smile in his eyes that seemed like an illusion to him.
Wu Chuanming's breathing was slightly choked.
Both sides were suffering and at ease at the same time. Two completely different atmospheres were formed in the house with limited space.
The weather in April was not particularly hot, but Wu Chuanming was sweating coldly. He didn't know how long it had been until he heard a slight "thump". His heart suddenly jumped and he closed his eyes, as if he couldn't bear it any longer. He suddenly shouted:
"I say, I say!"
Yue Lingchuan put the cup in his hand on the table, raised his eyelashes casually, and said lightly: "Speak."
Wu Chuanming closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After a long while, he collapsed weakly and said, "I said..."
"That person...was indeed killed by Song Yansheng."
After he said this, there was no movement. Zhou Qiming knocked on the table and asked impatiently: "Then what? We know this, do we need to hear you say it again?"
Wu Chuanming's neck shrank, and he quickly said: "But I am innocent, I am really innocent!"
He looked at them and said anxiously, "Comrade police, I don't know, I really don't know! I just followed Song Yansheng's arrangements and helped him investigate a person. I just asked about the people who were not on good terms with Feng Yuxue. I really didn't want to help him kill someone!"
He slapped his thigh in regret: "I didn't do anything..."
Zhou Qiming said dimly, "Then why did he ask you to help investigate Feng Yuxue? Aren't you curious? Didn't you ask in advance?"
Wu Chuanming's eyes flickered slightly: "He, he only said it was the boss's order, I don't know anything else..."
"Don't look at me as a manager. My words are only effective on this construction site. In fact, I am nothing in the company..."
"Well, how dare I ask more about the boss's affairs? I just do what he tells me to do..."
Yue Lingchuan looked at him for a long while, then suddenly chuckled: "Even now, you are still not honest."
Wu Chuanming blinked uncomfortably: "Comrade police, I am not dishonest, I have told you everything I know——"
"Then why did you remain silent when Feng Yuxue discovered that there were problems with the quality of your construction work?"
Wu Chuanming's expression suddenly changed.
Yue Lingchuan said calmly: "What? I didn't expect Song Yansheng would even say this?"
He tapped the table with his fingers, dong dong dong, as if he was tapping on Wu Chuanming's heart.
He pursed his lips tightly, feeling his throat dry, and swallowed his saliva involuntarily. His mind was racing, and he felt that it was impossible, yet he was a little panicked.
Yue Lingchuan looked at his rapidly moving gaze, snorted and laughed, and said: "Wu Chuanming, we gave you a chance."
He looked up in a daze, and saw the two police officers opposite him standing up from their seats, with their hands on the table, looking down at him, and saying:
"But obviously, you are not willing to cherish this opportunity."
Wu Chuanming's heart was beating like a drum, and he began to panic uncontrollably. He heard him say:
"It's okay. You can think about it here slowly. When you come up with a perfect excuse, you can tell me then."
"We can afford to wait."
After Yue Lingchuan finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the door of the interrogation room, followed closely by Zhou Qiming.
Wu Chuanming saw that they were not reluctant to leave. The panic and fear in his heart covered all his thoughts. He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and shouted:
"I say, I say!"
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