Chapter 961: Trafficked Women and Children
Listening to Captain Feng's clear and logical analysis of these cold doubts pointing to "intentional" behavior, my hands and feet felt cold.
Obviously not an accident!
This guy just wants to kill my dad.
Xiao Shiqiu had been listening quietly, and only now spoke in a deep voice: "Captain Feng, have you checked the background of this driver? Is there any personal grudge or financial dispute between him and my father-in-law... Mr. Xia Mingcheng?"
Captain Feng looked through the information. "I checked. The driver's name is Wang Gensheng, 45 years old, from Wanggou Village, Wuxiang County, Hexi Province."
Wang Gensheng usually works in the Xianghe area as a transporter, mainly transporting goods for several furniture factories.
When the accident happened this time, he was driving an empty car and said he was going to the hospital in T City for medical treatment.
The police verified that Wang Gensheng was indeed diagnosed with advanced liver cancer at Xianghe City Hospital, and the doctor said he might only have half a year to live.
His family is in financial difficulty, his wife is in poor health, and he has a son in junior high school.
So Wang Gensheng didn't need to go to the hospital for treatment, he just went there regularly to get some painkillers.
My eyes fell on his registered address: Wanggou Village, Wuxiang County, Hexi Province.
This place name... seems to have been heard before!
"Wanggou Village, Wuxiang County..." I muttered to myself, trying to search through my chaotic memories.
Seeing my strange expression, Captain Feng added, "Well, it's a national-level impoverished county, deep in the mountains, with poor transportation and very poor.
We've been there before, collaborating across provinces, carrying out missions, primarily to rescue women and children who had been trafficked there. That place…" He shook his head and stopped talking, but the meaning was self-evident.
Trafficked women and children!
In a flash, I suddenly remembered!
My dad! My dad mentioned it once!
He said Ye Qiwen’s hometown is Wanggou Village, Wuxiang County, Hexi Province!
Ye Qiwen's mother was abducted by human traffickers and brought to that poor mountain village!
"Captain Feng!" I looked up suddenly, my voice trembling with excitement. "Ye Qiwen is from Wanggou Village! Her mother was trafficked there!"
Captain Feng was a little confused, "Who is Ye Qiwen?"
"My dad's, my dad's mistress..." I gritted my teeth and said it out loud, "They also have an illegitimate child who is currently receiving treatment in City A."
Captain Feng's expression grew serious, clearly believing this to be an important clue. "Your father's... mistress is also from this place? Are you sure?"
I nodded vigorously, "Yes, I'm sure."
At this moment, I didn't care about keeping the dirty laundry in the family private, and told Captain Feng everything about Ye Qiwen's relationship with my father, his illegitimate son's recent kidney transplant, and the previous conflict between Ye Qiwen and my mother.
As I spoke, Captain Feng's brows furrowed more and more, and the look in his eyes when he looked at me became more and more complicated. Several times he seemed to want to say something but hesitated.
After I finished speaking, Captain Feng stood up and paced around the interrogation room. "If he and Ye Qiwen are from the same village, then this is definitely a key clue. If Ye Qiwen wants to hire someone to kill someone, then Wang Gensheng is a good choice.
He won't live long anyway, so it's entirely possible that he'll take the risk in order to leave some money for his wife and children."
At this point, he changed the subject, "But... what is Ye Qiwen's motive? Her current life and her son's medical expenses are completely dependent on your father. What reason does she have to want your father's life?"
I was speechless. This was something I didn't understand. We'd been through so many years, and now my son was in danger, and she suddenly wanted to kill my dad. This didn't make sense.
The three people in the interrogation room fell into deep thought. Murder requires a motive.
Suddenly Xiao Shiqiu looked at Captain Feng and said, "I've thought of a possibility."
"Tell me about it." Captain Feng and I looked up at him at the same time.
"Their child might be dying," Xiao Shiqiu said slowly. "At least Ye Qiye thinks the child is dying."
I still don't quite understand the logic behind this. "She wants my dad to be buried with the child?"
Then something suddenly occurred to me, and I exclaimed, "She might be thinking that if my father and child died, she would commit suicide too, and the three of them could go downstairs to have a reunion, and then she would win over my mother.
Ye Qiwen is too crazy! "
Captain Feng's expression froze, and the corners of his mouth twitched. Xiao Shiqiu covered his face with his hands and pursed his lips tightly. "Wife, your imagination is pretty crazy."
"Do you think there are other reasons?" I looked at him humbly.
Xiao Shiqiu coughed lightly, "Is it possible that she felt that the child was dead and she could no longer get money from our father?
After all, our father obviously doesn't want to get divorced. Even if they get divorced, he may not marry her if the child is gone.
In this way, our father would not necessarily have to support her like he does now.
She is used to this kind of life and she certainly cannot accept a decline in her quality of life."
I was still puzzled, "My father died, and no one continued to give her money, and she had no inheritance rights..." At this point, I figured it out.
Ye Qiwen does not have the right of inheritance, but Xia Yixuan does!
As long as my father dies before him, he has the right of inheritance even if he is an illegitimate child.
Doesn’t this mean that Ye Qiwen can get a share of the property?
Captain Feng cleared his throat and said, "I think Mr. Xiao's speculation about the motive from the perspective of property inheritance is more reasonable than the assumption that everyone died together."
My face flushed and I laughed dryly, "Haha, I think so too."
"Okay, now that we understand this, the case will be easier to try. Why don't you go back and wait for news?" Captain Feng was ready to go to the interrogation himself.
Xiao Shiqiu looked at me and I shook my head. "I want to wait here, is that okay?"
Xiao Shiqiu looked at Captain Feng again: "Is it okay?"
Captain Feng laughed. "I've finally figured it out. Boss Xiao's wife is the boss. Okay, you should go sit in next to the interrogation room."
The observation room next to the interrogation room was dimly lit.
Through the huge one-way glass, I can clearly see what is happening in the interrogation room.
Under the cold incandescent light, Wang Gensheng sat hunched over on a hard plastic chair, his hands twisted together nervously.
His hair was messy, his eye sockets were sunken on his thin and sallow face, and his lips were chapped and cracked, which he licked unconsciously from time to time.
His sickly look and fatigue gave off an aura of dying despair.
Captain Feng and another experienced criminal police officer sat opposite him.
Captain Feng did not ask questions immediately, but slowly spread out a stack of information on the table, including Wang Gensheng's family situation, medical records, as well as Ye Qiwen's photos and some information.
"Wang Gensheng," Captain Feng's voice was not loud, but it had a power that penetrated people's hearts, breaking the suffocating silence.
"We have contacted Director Zhang of the Oncology Department at Xianghe County Hospital.
He said you were very strong. For your son, you gave up medical treatment and only asked for some medicine to reduce his suffering. It's not easy!"
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