Chapter 114 114 But he really overestimated his own strength...
After temporarily transferring Wu Xiaozhen to the detention center, Captain Yang only had time to say hello to Guan Xia and the others before he went out again, leading a group of people down the stairs with rumbling footsteps. Soon the parking lot that was full of parked cars was empty again.
After standing all morning, her feet ached. As Guan Xia stuffed the snacks Pang Le had given her, she asked, "The case is solved, but the entrails of the last person killed by the second murderer, Chen Yuanwei, haven't been found yet. Should we go to his residence next?"
Xu Nian glanced at the time. "It's almost four in the afternoon. Let's go eat first. Anyway, we'll be caught dead soon, so there's no rush."
Everyone naturally agreed, so after a brief discussion, they split into two cars and headed to a nearby home-style restaurant.
It was past dinner time and there was almost no one in the restaurant. We were sitting in a private room, so we didn't have to be too secretive when talking.
After the dishes were ordered and the waiter closed the door and left, Pang Le couldn't wait to ask, "By the way, what about the middle-aged man we arrested this morning? Did he confess?"
If Pang Le hadn't mentioned it, Guan Xia would have almost forgotten about this person. Upon hearing this, she put down her phone and looked at Xu Nian curiously.
Xu Nian poured tea for everyone while saying, "They locked him up for the whole morning without asking any questions. As soon as Brother Jiang and I went in, he had a mental breakdown and told us everything without waiting for us to ask."
Jiang Yingyao casually moved the cups in front of the others and continued, "Our suspicions are correct. The middle-aged man had indeed just committed murder and was fleeing. He first attacked his wife, then drove to her parents' house and attacked her father, who was home alone. The incident occurred in Changyang District. We haven't had time to contact them yet, but we estimate we'll be able to hand the suspect over soon."
"Ah, it's another wife-murder case," Pang Le sighed. "This kind of man is really incompetent at everything he does. He's the ultimate bully at home. I don't know how his wife, who was injured by him, is doing. I hope she's okay."
Guan Xia recalled the time when he met the middle-aged man in the morning. It was not yet 6 o'clock. So, subtracting the time it took for the middle-aged man to escape and drive to his wife's parents' home, he estimated that he stabbed his wife around two or three in the morning.
Although it was late at night and there was no one around at that time, it was impossible that no one had heard such a loud noise given the dense population of Jianyang City. As long as he didn't die immediately and was discovered in time, he might still be saved.
Guan Xia was thinking this and was about to speak when she saw Xu Nian suddenly stand up and walk out of the box to make a phone call.
Guan Xia understood after a moment of thought. She probably contacted her colleagues to inquire about the situation because they were so concerned about the case.
Sure enough, about ten minutes later, Xu Nian pushed the door open again and said, "I've asked around. The suspect's wife has completed emergency treatment. Although she's not out of danger yet, her life is probably not in danger. However, the suspect's wife's father has been pronounced dead. He died at 7:18 this morning from severe injuries."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and then sighed.
Although one person died and one was injured, at least one person survived. Now the middle-aged man has been successfully captured. If one person died and one was seriously injured, he would most likely be sentenced to death.
After hurriedly finishing a meal, everyone rushed to the current address of the second murderer Chen Yuanwei provided by the clerk of Tong'an Branch, which is located in the urban-rural fringe area in the suburbs of Jianyang City.
When Guan Xia was sitting in the car, he always felt that the road he had driven on looked familiar. It was not until he opened the map and took a look that he realized that if he went southeast, he would reach the unfinished villa area where the fourth deceased was found.
After parking the car on the side of the road, everyone followed the police from the local police station and took a few turns before reaching their destination.
It was a six-story self-built building. The landlord was already waiting with the keys in hand. Seeing so many people, he didn't dare to ask too many questions. He just handed the keys to the police from the police station and walked away, looking back every few steps.
Everyone climbed the stairs while listening to the police.
The two police officers from the police station who came were a middle-aged and a young man. The older officer said, "I remember Chen Yuanwei. If I remember correctly, he lived here before, but moved away for over a year before moving back. I remember him as a very particular person. Although he lived in a bad area, he was very particular about not only his clothes but also his home. You'll see when you go in and take a look."
Guan Xia was not surprised. After all, he was a rich second-generation whose family once ran a company. Moreover, Chen Yuanwei was 24 years old when the company went bankrupt. The spending habit he had developed since childhood, and it was during his adulthood when his personality had already been formed, was difficult to change even in hardship.
After climbing all the way to the 6th floor and the police from the police station opened the door to Chen Yuanwei's rented house, Guan Xia finally understood what he meant by "particular".
Chen Yuanwei rented a suite with a living room and dining room on the outside and a bedroom and a bathroom on the inside. Judging from the exterior layout alone, it was indeed very exquisite.
The white floor tiles of a small self-built house are so clean that they almost reflect light. The wallpaper is obviously self-painted, fresh and not heavy. The simple two-person sofa is covered with a light gray sofa cloth, and there is a wooden coffee table and TV cabinet. There are also bookshelves and computer desks in the corners. Anyone who sees it will think that this is a person who loves life.
Guan Xia stood at the door and took a look. She was completely unable to connect such a thoughtfully designed house with a cruel serial killer.
After putting on the shoe covers handed to her by Ji An, Guan Xia glanced at Jiang Yingyao and Wang Yu who had already started searching for evidence, and went straight to the bedroom with the door closed.
Surprisingly, the bedroom was locked. Xu Nian bent down to take a look and said, "There are sawdust. Chen Yuanwei must have asked someone to install the lock himself after he moved in."
Guan Xia subconsciously asked, "Do you want to pry it open?"
Xu Nian glanced at Guan Xia with a smile and said, "No need. Before coming here, I asked Wang Yu to go to the Tong'an Branch's office and get some of Chen Yuanwei's personal belongings that might be useful."
As he spoke, Xu Nian took out an evidence bag from his pocket, put on gloves, and tried to open the doors one by one with the keys in the evidence bag.
It was clearly a small suite with only two doors. I don't know where Chen Yuanwei got so many keys, a whole bunch of them. Xu Nian tried several times before he successfully opened the bedroom door.
As soon as she opened the door, Guan Xia couldn't help but gasp when she saw the bedroom clearly. She had never expected to see a wall full of photos of Wu Xiaozhen in Chen Yuanwei's bedroom.
Everyone was surprised, and Pang Le even exclaimed, "Oh my goodness, it turns out that the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Wu Xiaozhen was following Chen Yuanwei, and Chen Yuanwei was actually fishing too, but he really overestimated his own strength, and ended up being killed by Wu Xiaozhen."
Guan Xia looked at the photos covering the wall. Judging from the clothes and backgrounds in the photos, they were from different seasons and were obviously taken secretly. There were very few frontal photos of Wu Xiaozhen. Most of them were of her back and side profile, and many times she was just a small figure from a long distance.
Although Chen Yuanwei is dead and it is impossible to know what happened during this period, it can be inferred from these photos that Chen Yuanwei was aware of Wu Xiaozhen's tracking of Chen Yuanwei before he was imprisoned, and he carefully counter-tracked her. He may have sensed the difference in strength between the two, so he carefully hid himself.
It is very likely that he did not know that Wu Xiaozhen was in prison, otherwise he would not have hidden for five years. That means that although he followed Wu Xiaozhen, he was afraid of being discovered and did not dare to follow her home. It was not until five years later that he thought he had the ability to kill Wu Xiaozhen, so he came out again?
Guan Xia made random guesses and felt that the case was becoming more and more complicated the more he investigated.
If it was really as she guessed, then Chen Yuanwei really brought trouble upon himself, and he was also a bit weak. He was clearly fishing, but ended up losing his life.
Several people stared at the photo wall for several minutes before they began to search the bedroom separately.
Just like the layout of the living room, Chen Yuanwei also decorated his bedroom very carefully. He has a dark gray four-piece suit and a carpet of the same color on the floor in front of the bed. In addition to the wardrobe, there is also a snack cabinet and a refrigerator in the bedroom.
Guan Xia walked straight to the bedside table where there was no obvious dust, then put on gloves, opened it and checked, and made a discovery.
Even though the blood-stained utility knife had been cleaned, Guan Xia still saw bloodstains in the gap inside the shell where the blade popped out.
Guan Xia looked carefully at the sunlight several times before calling Xu Nian.
Unexpectedly, there was no response. Guan Xia turned around and saw several people bending over the refrigerator, looking at something.
Out of curiosity, Guan Xia put away the utility knife and walked over. Xu Nian noticed the sound of his footsteps and moved to the side to make some space.
Only then did Guan Xia see what Xu Nian and the others were looking at. It was the internal organs of the fourth victim that had never been found, neatly packed in a plastic bag and placed in the refrigerator.
Several days have passed since the fourth victim died. The internal organs have been frozen and have lost their original color. They are now dark brown, making it impossible to imagine that they were still in a body a few days ago, beating or wriggling to maintain a person's life.
Perhaps because they were thinking of that young life, everyone's expressions were very heavy. It was several minutes later that everyone started moving again.
Ji An skillfully opened the plastic bag to check, then took out the refrigerator and walked out of the bedroom.
Guan Xia then remembered what she had just discovered and held up the utility knife to show Xu Nian, "There's blood in the cracks of the blade. I suspect it might be the murder weapon used by Chen Yuanwei."
Xu Nian took it and examined it carefully for a few seconds. After a moment of recollection, he said, "It doesn't seem to match the cut on the victim's throat. According to the medical examiner's report, the fatal wound was likely caused by a knife like a dagger."
After Xu Nian said this, Guan Xia also recalled the photo of Zhong Xiaoyu's uncle's body that he had seen the night before. It was indeed different from the wound on the throat that was cut by a utility knife that he had seen before.
Guan Xia couldn't help but wonder, "If it wasn't a murder weapon, then why is there blood in the cracks of the knife? Could it be that Chen Yuanwei was using it for practice? What would he use for practice? Animals?"
Guan Xia easily thought of common animals like cats and dogs.
Xu Nian also thought of it. The two looked at each other and walked out together.
After seeing the elderly police officer from the local police station, Xu Nian asked directly, "Do you know if there have been any incidents of cat or dog abuse in this area?"
The older police officer said, "We're all colleagues, so forget about yours and just call me by my name. This area is densely populated, and many of them are migrant workers, so all kinds of things happen all the time. Ever since I was transferred to the police station here, there have been incidents of cat and dog abuse. During peak periods, we'd find a dead stray cat or dog in the trash almost every two or three days. We've filed a case and investigated, but the surveillance coverage in this area is really not high. We've arrested a few people, but it only stopped for a while. Later, it happened again intermittently, and because people were arrested before, the newcomers became more secretive. Anyway, we've been investigating continuously over the years, but we've never gained anything like before."
Guan Xia thought of the big bunch of keys.
After opening the bathroom and taking a few glances to confirm that the space was small and clean without any conditions for abusing cats or dogs, Guan Xia was 100% certain that Chen Yuanwei must have another hidden residence in this mixed place.
There must be something unknown hidden inside.
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