Chapter 23 The Disappearing Companion (Ten)
In the interrogation room, Han Jianye and Song Zhi carried a thick stack of information, ready to interrogate Xiao Lu.
It was late at night when they returned from the grove, and the pieces of clothing Ye Bai found in the woods caught their attention.
After digging, they were shocked to find a dead body. The body was buried shallowly underground. After more than twenty days, it had become highly decomposed but had not yet completely turned into bones.
A rainstorm washed away most of the sand covering the body, allowing Ye Bai to discover the clue.
The forensic doctor's careful analysis revealed the real cause of death - mechanical asphyxiation.
The deceased's mobile phone and other personal belongings were still in his pocket, and emergency DNA testing confirmed the identity of the deceased, who was Zhong Menhuai.
Song Zhi asked first, his tone full of unquestionable authority: "Why did you kill Zhong Menhuai? Isn't he your cousin?"
Xiao Lu still acted as if he didn't care. He retorted: "Didn't I say it before? I didn't kill anyone. Don't accuse me without evidence."
Han Jianye's eyes were like torches. He took out the photo of the deceased that he had taken in the grove and said coldly, "Do you think we can't convict you if we can't find Zhong Menhuai's body?"
As soon as Xiao Lu's eyes came into contact with the chilling photo, his eyes were immediately filled with horror and disbelief, "How...how is it possible?"
"How is it impossible?" Song Zhi took over the conversation, his tone firm, "There is no impenetrable wall in the world. What you think is a perfect crime is nothing but your narrow self-perception. As the saying goes, the net of heaven is vast and nothing can escape it. As long as you do it, it will leave traces. Xiao Lu, you can't escape."
After hearing this, Xiao Lu lowered his head silently without saying anything. After a moment, he seemed to have done a lot of psychological preparation and laughed at himself, "My cousin is a person who doesn't work properly. He suddenly came to me, so I knew he must have done something wrong."
He raised his head, his eyes moving between Han Jianye and Song Zhi, his tone a little excited: "He even wears that backpack when he sleeps and takes a shower, and no one else can touch it. I know there must be something important and valuable in that bag."
Han Jianye then asked: "Did Zhong Menhuai talk to you about something?"
"He knew our foreman had a van, and every time we received a job, we would ride in the van together to the construction site. He asked us if we had any work going to Qiyang City, and he wanted to go with us. I was wondering at the time why he didn't just take his own car to Qiyang City and why he had to use our second-hand car. Later, my suspicion grew deeper and deeper. I was worried that I would be dragged down by him, so I found a night to drink with him and get him drunk."
Xiao Lu looked at them and said excitedly: "Money, there is a lot of money in that backpack, no wonder he keeps it in his hand all day long."
"So you have been looking for an opportunity to kill him and take the money for yourself, right?" Song Zhi asked.
"If he didn't steal the money, then he must have been robbed. I lied to him and said I would take him to the farm for dinner, then I took him to the woods, where I strangled him to death with a belt and buried him. Scum like him will continue to harm society if he's alive, so I was getting rid of harm for the people."
"Ridiculous!" Han Jianye thought it was unreasonable for him to say such a thing. "You make it sound like a crime, but aren't you at fault?"
Xiao Lu argued excitedly, "I just want money. I killed him and I won't kill anyone again. I'm 40 years old, my family is poor, I have no backing and no background, and my parents are old and unreliable.
I need money, I am very short of money, but I can never save any. When I save some money, it seems like God hears it and will definitely spend it in another way.
How to marry a wife without money? How to buy a house without money? Without money, there is no sense of security. It is really difficult to live in this world without money. It is difficult to survive. ”
Song Zhi retorted: "There are so many people in society who are in debt and have no money, and I haven't seen them kill anyone. Why do you have to make excuses for yourself?"
"I……"
Xiao Lu's throat seemed to be blocked by something, leaving him speechless for a moment.
Outside the interrogation room, Su Wan sighed, with a hint of helplessness in his tone: "This is simply a game within a game, a case within a case. I originally thought that the cross-city investigation would successfully bring the suspect back, but I didn't expect that both of them would die here."
"Perhaps this is the so-called karma," Liao Wei agreed. "They first killed someone together and then fled, then killed each other on the way and pushed their companions off a cliff. In the end, they were killed and buried by the people they trusted. All of this was caused by the temptation of money."
Ye Bai was silent for a moment, and then expressed his feelings: "People are always greedy, but money is an important bargaining chip for survival in this world.
Although money is not everything, in this world, nothing can be done without money. This is a cruel reality and a helpless truth.
There are always people who think their plans are flawless, but they don't know that they are just the mantis stalking the cicada, with the oriole behind, and ultimately they cannot escape the fate's trick. ”
After the case was closed, Han Jianye and others said goodbye to Song Zhi and were about to set off back home. They even grabbed the earliest high-speed train tickets overnight.
But this time, Liao Wei and Han Jianye were sitting together. What puzzled Han Jianye was that Liao Wei was actually knitting a scarf, a pink one at that, which made it obvious that it was a gift for his girlfriend.
"Why not just buy one?"
"A scarf knitted by yourself is more sincere."
"I can't believe you can weave something like this."
Liao Wei smiled and said, "It's just learning. If you make a mistake, just correct it. You will get it right after you correct it a few times."
"Captain Han, if you ever want to knit a scarf, come find me and I can teach you."
Han Jianye snorted and said jokingly, "Who wants to weave such childish things?"
"But, to be honest." Liao Wei stopped and said tentatively, "Captain Han, you have to change your temper, otherwise..."
Liao Wei didn't say anything else.
"If I don't change my temper, I will end up alone. No one will dare to marry me because no woman can stand me, right?"
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After hearing this, Liao Wei curled his lips and didn't dare to look Han Jianye in the eye, but his silence had already acknowledged this fact.
Han Jianye was not angry, and said frankly: "I am destined to marry late, and I won't force anything else."
Liao Wei felt that marrying late was one thing, but if he didn't change his fickle personality, he would probably end up living alone in his later years.
At this moment, Han Jianye inadvertently glanced at a bottle of vitamin tablets on Liao Wei's desk.
He felt like he was possessed by a demon. Whenever he saw the vitamin tablets, he would immediately think of Ye Bai. He was simply crazy.
He closed his eyes and went to sleep without looking at it, thinking to himself: It's just vitamins, if I want to eat it I can buy it myself, why do I need others to give it to me?