Chapter 93 So he decided to kill this obstacle
He returned to the office and hadn't even sat down when a Daqu County detective rushed in. Upon seeing Xu Nian, he excitedly said, "Captain Xu, we've made a discovery."
Although they were outsiders, Captain Tan treated them completely like one of his own. So Xu Nian had already become accustomed to walking over. Before the Daqu County detective could speak, he took the file from him, flipped through it, and casually asked, "What did you find? Did you tell Captain Tan?"
The Daqu County detective said, "I've already reported this to Captain Tan. He said he couldn't leave and asked me to tell you."
Xu Nian hummed and said, "You go ahead."
The Daqu County detective then said, "This was discovered by the technical team. Last night, after Team Tan and Team Xu apprehended Wu Zhiming, the technical team conducted a routine inspection of Wu Zhiming's personal electronic devices and discovered something in his WeChat chat history. He knew the deceased's mother and they chatted frequently."
Guan Xia's eyes widened in surprise, and she couldn't help but walk to Xu Nian curiously, and peeked in with Pang Le, Wang Yu and the others.
Xu Nian simply put the thick stack of information in his hand in the middle so that everyone could see it clearly.
I saw the WeChat chat records printed on the first page, and the initial date was September 27, 2022.
This line of small words obviously surprised everyone. Pang Le said, "The two have known each other for 22 years. But judging by the deceased's mother's behavior, if she's not lying, then Wu Zhiming must have been keeping it a secret. They've known each other for so long, and yet he hasn't revealed a single detail about himself."
Everyone looked at the pictures one by one, and it was indeed as the criminal police of Daqu County said, the two chatted very frequently. In the beginning, they just talked about games almost every day, but after a few months, perhaps because Wu Zhiming was very good at gaming, or perhaps because the two cooperated very well, the topic gradually changed from games to life.
Sometimes it was the deceased's mother who complained about difficult customers and the difficulty in making money, and sometimes it was Wu Zhiming who said that the proxy betting he had finally completed had run away. The two of them continued to play games, but judging from the text in the chat records, their relationship had become much more familiar. At least the deceased's mother had basically let down her guard and was revealing more and more of her personal information in her words.
Even if Guan Xia just glanced through it in such a hasty manner, she could learn from the information revealed by the deceased's mother's casual conversation that she had been separated from her husband for many years, had a child who was in kindergarten, and she ran her own store and was very busy, but fortunately the child was very well-behaved, and she hired a store clerk, so she could barely cope.
Although Wu Zhiming asked and answered questions with the mother of the deceased, because he had no job, most of the topics he talked about besides games were about substitute playing and training, and some were all kinds of gossip he heard from others. It was not known whether it was a coincidence or intentional, but he kept his personal information hidden. Even if the two met, as long as Wu Zhiming did not admit it first, the mother of the deceased would not be able to connect him with the person he met online.
Guan Xia suddenly remembered something when she saw this and said, "No wonder Wu Zhiming was approached by the deceased's mother when he was picking up his nephew Wu Bowen, but he refused to speak. Was he afraid of being recognized?"
Wang Yu also thought of this. He quickly took the information from Xu Nian's hand, flipped back, pointed to a page of chat records and said, "Look here. From this day on, the content and tone of Wu Zhiming's conversations with the deceased's mother changed."
Guan Xia took a closer look, then checked the chat time. It was October 27, 2023. From that day on, Wu Zhiming became much more proactive in chatting. It was no longer a dry back-and-forth chat, but his choice of words showed more concern. For example, before, he would ask "What are you doing?" and now he would ask "Are you busy today?" and "No matter how busy you are, remember to eat and take care of yourself."
This time, Pang Le used his brain to follow everyone's train of thought. He hissed and said, "Could it be that Wu Zhiming went to the kindergarten to pick up his nephew Wu Bowen from school that day and recognized the deceased's mother at the kindergarten gate, so this happened?"
"Probably." Guan Xia continued, and read it carefully again.
It is obvious that Wu Zhiming must have had some thoughts about the deceased's mother. In addition to expressing concern in words, he also began to send red envelopes frequently, saying things like "You have worked hard today, I will treat you to milk tea, you haven't gotten off work yet so late, remember to have a delicious meal to reward yourself" and so on.
The mother of the deceased confiscated the messages and did not respond to these messages that clearly exceeded normal social distance until Wu Zhiming's next normal message. It was obvious that she did not want to have communication beyond social distance. However, Wu Zhiming was very persistent and later began to vaguely ask the mother of the deceased about her future plans, such as divorce, next relationship and remarriage, and raising of children.
Wu Zhiming did not say it explicitly, but he also released some news about the significant impact of children coming from single-parent families on their mental and physical health. His purpose was obvious.
Perhaps because of this, the deceased's mother responded to messages less and less, and finally stopped replying altogether. Guan Xia specifically glanced at the time. It happened this month, a few days before the incident.
Such a thick stack of chat records, spanning nearly a year, fully reflects how Wu Zhiming's mentality has changed and also fully demonstrates his motive for committing the crime.
After reading it all, Guan Xia let out a long sigh, feeling a bit complicated. Because of the confession of the deceased's mother, she had racked her brains to come up with all kinds of motives for the murder of the suspect Wu Zhiming. Who could have thought that the real motive would be so simple, just out of emotion, and one-sided at that.
Recalling the bewildered expression on the deceased's mother's face when Wang Yu asked her whether she knew Wu Zhiming, Guan Xia felt even more complicated. She had done nothing but chatted frankly with her gaming partner. She had not been ambiguous, nor had she made any response to Wu Zhiming. Yet, she had suffered such a devastating disaster. The child she had raised for five years was killed because of such an absurd motive. Guan Xia could hardly imagine how she would collapse if she knew the truth.
Guan Xia was lost in thought when Xu Nian suddenly asked, "Have you told the interrogation expert that Team Tan invited from Quming City about this discovery?"
Guan Xia came back to her senses and saw the Daqu County detective nodded vigorously. "Other colleagues have already gone to report."
Xu Nian raised his wrist to check the time. "Looks like it won't be long before we can get a confession from the suspect. By the way, are the DNA comparison results in?"
Hearing this question, several people with different expressions became alert and looked at the criminal police from Daqu County with burning eyes. If the comparison was successful, and the interrogation experts from Quming City got Wu Zhiming's confession, then the case would be completely solved.
The Daqu County detective also looked expectant. "Not yet, but I've already asked, and the results should be out in about two or three hours."
After sharing the news, the Daqu County detective quickly disappeared through the doorway, carrying the documents. Several people returned to their seats. Jiang Yingyao added hot water to his thermos while saying, "This case is solved. The only thing left is Case 814, where the deceased's identity hasn't been confirmed. But if everything goes well, we can get a confession from the suspect, Zhou Yiyang, tonight. We estimate we should be able to go back the day after tomorrow at the latest. If we don't go back soon, I'm thinking of quitting the group. I don't know where Qi Bai gets all the energy he needs all day. He helps out with the Third Squadron during the day, and then he's still yelling in the group at night."
Because she has been with Xu Nian and the others recently, Guan Xia blocked the group messages as early as when she first arrived in Quming City. Qi Bai was really too noisy. The messages in the group kept ringing. Every time she couldn't help but click on them, they were asking about how the case was going and when they would be back.
Guan Xia replied at first, but later she couldn't stand it anymore and followed the others' example, pretending not to see it during the day and only replying a few words to comfort her at night. Only then did she feel at peace.
Xu Nian calculated the time in his mind and said, "We'll go back the day after tomorrow, which is about right. Qi Bai is used to being with us. He was transferred to our squadron shortly after graduation. We've hardly been apart before. Now he's suddenly left alone. With his temper, he's definitely going to howl."
Wang Yu's expression was unbearable to look at, but he couldn't help laughing. After a moment, he smiled and said, "I hope everything goes well. We can go back the day after tomorrow. Otherwise, I want to quit the group."
Wu Zhiming's confession was obtained an hour later, and it was similar to Guan Xia's speculation. He and the deceased's mother were just playmates at the beginning. Even though he knew that the deceased's mother was well-off and ran her own shop, he did not have any thoughts because she had a son.
Until one day, his sister Wu Yue was busy at the store and couldn't leave, so he picked up his nephew from kindergarten for his sister. While waiting, he recognized the deceased's mother and immediately changed his mind.
It is true that he was a little attracted by her beauty, but more importantly, he watched from afar the deceased's mother interacting with others very freely and gracefully. He recalled the year when they had chatted, and suddenly an idea came to his mind. Instead of living with his sister and nephew, if he could live with the deceased's mother, he would definitely feel more comfortable with her cheerful and kind personality.
So he took action. He originally thought that the deceased's mother was already in her thirties. Although she had good conditions, she was old after all. He was so young, tall and thin, and he could look good with just a little dressing up. It would be easy for him to pursue the deceased's mother. However, he did not expect that after spending nearly a year, there was no progress at all, and the relationship between the two became more and more stiff and distant.
He was a little anxious and a little angry. He studied the chat records between the two over and over again, and finally came to a conclusion that she loved her son too much. Since she already had a son, she was only thinking about her career and had no intention of talking about any relationship.
After thinking carefully for several days and nights, a distorted idea came to his mind. If he didn't have this child, as long as he didn't have this child, she would definitely divorce her husband, and he would have the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
It's not that he didn't hesitate, but he was too unwilling to accept it. He refused to admit that it was because he lacked charm and couldn't please the deceased's mother. He stubbornly believed that it was the child's fault that became an obstacle for the two of them to be together, so he decided to kill this obstacle.
He secretly overheard the conversation between his sister and the deceased's mother in the bedroom, and learned that the deceased's mother's husband had returned and wanted to divorce her. In order to force her to divorce, he repeatedly took away the child without saying goodbye. He realized that his chance had come.
He and his sister had lived in the Meilin community for several years and had already gotten to know the entire community thoroughly, so he disguised himself, slipped out of the community through a gap next to the side door, and came to the stationery store of the deceased's mother to observe quietly.
He was just looking for an opportunity, but he didn't expect that the child would take advantage of the busy store to walk out of the store and come to the street, walking forward as if he was going somewhere.
He followed for a while, and only took off his hat and mask in a corner when he was sure there were no adults around. Then he walked up to the child, called out his name in pretended surprise, and said that he was the uncle of his kindergarten friend Wu Bowen.
When he heard his good friend's name, Yuan Ruixing did not doubt it. He recognized that he had indeed seen him at the kindergarten gate, so he told him very honestly that his father promised to take him out to play today, but had not come to pick him up, so he had to go find his father by himself.
He took advantage of the situation and successfully tricked him back home under the pretext of helping him find his father, and then killed him that night. He found a plastic rope that had been cut when he opened a package, and strangled him to death without much effort.
He originally planned to use an electric scooter to throw the body far away, but plans could not keep up with changes. His sister, who went to live with her boyfriend, had an argument with her boyfriend and took a taxi back in the middle of the night. He had no choice but to hastily throw the body into the sewer near the side door, intending to wait until his sister fell asleep the next night before throwing the body again. However, the body was found in the sewer before the time he planned.
Because a murder had occurred at the gate of the community, the entire community was very busy that night. He had not found a suitable opportunity to deal with the luggage bag used to transport the body, and was feeling very uneasy at home when the police came to his door.
After reading Wu Zhiming's confession, Guan Xia was speechless for a long time. Although the motive was similar to what she had speculated, there was still a slight difference.
She originally thought that Wu Zhiming killed the child out of revenge, but it turned out that Wu Zhiming only regarded the child as an obstacle to his being together with the child's mother. What an absurd idea.
Pang Le was also shocked by what he saw. After a long while, he uttered a few words, "Men are really a magical species."
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