"I have read the above transcript, and it is consistent with what I said..." The driver wrote tremblingly, "Officer... Officer... How do you write this '符'?"
"There's a bamboo radical on top and a '付' from 'Alipay' on the bottom," said Bai Song.
"Which 'pay'?" The driver's hands were shaking.
"The 'Fu' in 'WeChat Pay'," Wang Liang added.
"Ah..." The driver was already in a bad state, and now he was even more confused.
"There is a single person on the left..." Bai Song thought for a moment, wrote a "symbol" on a piece of white paper, and asked the driver to copy it.
Until he signed the transcript, the driver didn't know what was said in it.
…
Based on the clues provided by Wang Liang, the vehicle transporting water and equipment was found, and the driver has been arrested.
This driver is in his 40s and is a small boss. He started out as an ordinary driver and now owns five cars. Although he is not well-known in the industry, he is envied by many people.
About five years ago, his father-in-law made a lot of money in business and gave each of his two daughters a house and hundreds of thousands of yuan. Two of his five cars were bought at that time, and one was bought later by his wife. He suddenly became well-off.
It was he who was responsible for transporting the water and equipment, but he said he didn't know what it was for. The person who hired him said it was road maintenance and gave him a lot of money.
He was vague about the person who hired him, saying that so many days had passed and he no longer had a deep impression of the person. He only remembered that the person was a middle-aged man around 40 years old.
Bai Song is also a half-psychology expert. He knows that this man must be hiding something, and he has been given a strong psychological suggestion, which cannot be found out by just a few words of interrogation.
However, during the interrogation just now, Bai Song still obtained some key information.
The first is that the person who arranged it must be a man. The driver only dared to say "I can't remember" and didn't dare to lie. The equipment was definitely there, and the stop time was more than half an hour.
Secondly, judging from the driver’s behavior, he was really afraid. He was afraid of the police, afraid of being caught, afraid... afraid of his wife!
From beginning to end, he asked Bai Song several times whether he should inform his wife about this matter. Bai Song told him that family members do not need to be informed if they are summoned, but they must be informed if they are detained.
He was afraid of his wife, but he still didn't say anything, which clearly showed that he was covering up the murder. In such a murder case, any suspect, even if it was a case of covering up the murder, would be detained immediately, and there would be no surprises.
After leaving the interrogation room, Bai Song sat and chatted with several local police officers.
The deputy detachment said, "He must have something to say. Director Bai, you guys take a break first. I will bring someone to interrogate him later."
After the deputy team leader finished speaking, he suddenly felt that what he said was wrong. This clearly showed that Bai Song and the other two would not interrogate! Then he laughed and said, "We are locals, so it is easier for us to talk!"
"Okay, you can arrange someone to interrogate him now," Bai Song said indifferently, "Maybe it will work wonders."
"Okay, okay." The deputy detachment immediately arranged two criminal police officers who were more professional in this area to enter the interrogation room.
"Captain Dai, let me ask you something," Bai Song said, "Are many people in Yuzhou afraid of their wives?"
"Ah?" Dai Zhita suddenly felt a little guilty and looked around: "Director Bai, who told you that?"
"I didn't hear anyone say that," Bai Song said, "I'm just very curious."
"Um...I looked at a ranking last time, which was a statistical table of men being beaten by their wives across the country. It seems that our place has the highest rate..." The deputy team leader said: "Of course, not every man is afraid of his wife, but...there are indeed some who are afraid of their wives."
"The women here..." Bai Song was puzzled. "In my hometown, Shandong Province, and in the Northeast region I visited, some women are big and strong, but here I feel that most of them are petite. Why is that?"
"How would I know about this..." The deputy detachment quickly redirected attention: "It's not just here, it also happens in Sichuan Province. Men over there who are afraid of their wives are called 'henpecked'."
"I think there is something wrong with this driver. He is afraid of his wife and afraid that she will know about his detention. However, he knows that he will be detained for covering up the crime, but he still doesn't say anything. This is very strange," Bai Song was puzzled.
"This is indeed strange," said the deputy detachment, a little distracted. "Wait and see if my people can find out anything."
After the conversation, Bai Song took the initiative to call Director Wei and reported the specific progress of the case.
"In general, isn't this going quite smoothly? It brings honor to the bureau. The most important thing is that not only you, but also the two experts who went there as well as Wang Liang and others have produced results. I will report this matter to the leadership at the meeting tomorrow morning." Director Wei expressed his satisfaction.
When it comes to handling cases, especially complicated ones, no one dares to say that they know the answer right away. It is good enough if you can come up with an idea for solving the problem.
"By the way, Director Wei," Bai Song explained the interrogation just now, "Do you have experience with this kind of thing?"
"Hahaha, you're still young," Director Wei said, "Let me give you an example. If a man goes out to have sex and is caught by the police, is he afraid that his wife will find out?"
"Of course I'm afraid!" Bai Song said without thinking.
"Yes, because being detained is not the worst. The worst thing is that after he is released from the detention center, his wife will beat him to death or even divorce him," said Director Wei. "What if this man's wife is molested and he beats the other person up, and ends up being detained for 10 days? Is he afraid that his wife will find out?"
"Of course I'm not afraid. Although he is detained, I guess my wife will prepare a table full of dishes for him when he gets out." Bai Song replied.
"So, the man you mentioned must have something he doesn't want his wife to know. For example, if you detain him now, his wife will probably say that her husband is innocent and knows nothing. No matter how angry she is, she will still stand by her husband. He is just afraid of being detained, not his wife," said Director Wei. "But if the truth comes out, maybe he will not be considered as harboring someone, but his wife can kill him. Of course, it may not be what I said..."
"Director Wei, you are so experienced!" Bai Song suddenly felt that he had figured it out.
"Bullshit! I am well-informed!" Director Wei immediately retorted.
"I understand, otherwise how could you be the leader..." Bai Song flattered him for the first time: "Then Director Wei, I will go to work on the case."
"Go ahead, go ahead."
…
After hanging up the phone, Bai Song felt that he had solved his previous doubts.
The driver must have done something shameful, and he couldn't let his wife see it. This is very intriguing.
What is it?
…
It was very late at night, and the interrogation team of the Dai Detachment had not obtained any new valuable clues, and by this time Bai Song and others had already left.
The detailed investigation into Lin Qing's father has yielded new results.
Through DNA identification, it was confirmed that Lin Qing's father was indeed Lin Qing's biological father, and Lin Qing's mother was indeed Lin Qing's biological mother.
Lin Qing's father's condition is also very bad. The doctor found that his communication with Lin Qing's mother did not have any good results for Lin Qing's mother, so now he is not allowed to meet Lin Qing's mother every day, and the doctor also prescribed some anti-depressant drugs for him.
Bai Song suddenly realized that he wanted to know more about Lin Qing, but he didn't know who to ask. Lin Qing's parents were not in a good state.
"Contact her first boyfriend," Wang Liang suggested to Bai Song, "Logically speaking, this guy has feelings for Lin Qing, and they also stayed abroad together for a while."
"Okay," Bai Song checked the time and asked, "Is it too late?"
"Her first boyfriend is Lan Zijiu, who is in Beijing," Wang Huadong said. "We are all very familiar with each other there. We can find anyone to contact him through video chat. If he and Lin Qing really broke up because they were in different places, then he would be willing to cooperate with us in the middle of the night if he knew that Lin Qing was dead."
"Okay," Bai Song sent a message to Shangjing.
After Lin Qing died, Lan Zijiu has been very sad.
Lin Qing was a person who had no opinion of her own. When they returned to China, the man had to stay in Shangjing for various reasons, and Lin Qing was also going to Shangjing. Lin Qing's situation was much better in Shangjing than in Yuzhou, but when Lanzi Jiu found a job and started working, Lin Qing suddenly returned to Yuzhou because her parents wanted her to stay with them.
Lan Zijiu was very angry about Lin Qing's choice, and the two had a quarrel and broke up. After the breakup, Lan Zijiu originally hoped to calm down and get back together, but during this period, Lin Qing's parents took the opportunity to introduce a rich second-generation man to their daughter.
The rich second generation didn't just want to give her gifts, he wanted her to be with him, so the two of them got together. A few months later, when Lan Zijiu came to Yuzhou again, he found out that Lin Qing already had a boyfriend.
"She just listens to her parents," Lan Zijiu said during a video chat with Bai Song, with a look of regret on his face: "She listens to her parents too much."
"So his parents asked you to break up?" Bai Song asked.
"That's not the case," Lan Zijiu said, "I was very angry after we were separated. I was the one who proposed the breakup. She agreed to stay with me in Beijing, and I worked very hard to find a job... You also know that international students are not the same as before, and it is not so easy to find a suitable job when returning home. I had just started working, and she sent me a message saying that her mother was not feeling well, so she went back to Yuzhou. I thought she was going back to visit her mother, but she told me after a few days that she was going to work in Yuzhou. I was really mad."
"Yeah, I understand." Wang Liang said, "How long have you been together?"
"Two years," Lan Zijiu said, "We were together during the two years we were abroad."
"How well do you know the people around her?" Bai Song asked, "Does anyone have a grudge against her?"
"I don't know much about what happened after she arrived in Yuzhou," Lan Zijiu said, "I only know some of her past."
"Tell me about it," Bai Song said.
"Nothing much, she's just an art student, she's actually very talented," Lan Zijiu said, "She learns everything very quickly."
"You mean, she can do more than just draw?"
"Well, she later learned to draw on the computer. When we were studying abroad, she also learned to draw on the computer, but she was actually better at drawing with a pen. I still have the paintings she gave me, but there is only one left. I burned the others."
"Is it convenient for me to take a look?" Bai Song asked.
"Okay, wait a moment," Lan Zijiu moved away from the camera and quickly brought back a painting, a sketch of a dancing little girl.
"Is this little girl Lin Qing?" Bai Song asked.
"It's not her. This is when we were abroad. She saw a little girl dancing and took a photo. Then she painted this." Lan Zijiu said, "Lin Qing can dance too, but I've seen her do modern dance and she wasn't very good."
"Besides dancing, can she do anything else?"
"She sings well and has good calligraphy." Lan Zijiu thought for a while and said, "If I remember correctly, she can also do embroidery, but I have never seen it. She told me about it."
“Which of these is the best?”
"Let's sing. She and I often go singing, and she sings very well." Lan Zijiu said.
"Yeah," Bai Song nodded, and then communicated with Lan Zijiu for a while, and had a deeper understanding of Lin Qing.
…
After hanging up the video call, the brothers started discussing with each other. Bai Song left alone, went to the balcony of the hotel, and began to summarize the many clues.
There are many points at which further developments could be possible, but not today.
After going through all the clues from beginning to end, Bai Song suddenly discovered something that he had initially overlooked.
Lin Qing was killed and dismembered, so why was only one of her feet chopped off?
When Lin Qing died, why was there a footprint on the ground of a foot in slippers twisting a circle on the ground?
Is Lin Qing trying to say something to the police in this way?
Bai Song's thoughts suddenly froze on the sketch he had just drawn.
Lin Qing...
Bai Song suddenly remembered Lin Qing's right foot, then went into the house and said to Sun Jie: "Brother Jie, think about it carefully. You said that Lin Qing's right foot is rough because it was cut off separately, which caused excessive blood loss. But, can excessive blood loss really cause such roughness?"
"Ah?" Sun Jie was shocked by Bai Song's state. Bai Song was extremely focused now, and he couldn't help but concentrate as well.
Thinking about it, Sun Jie closed his eyes, reviewed it carefully, and then shook his head gently: "No... I took it for granted... The roughness should not be caused by blood loss... Maybe the deceased's right foot was a little rough."
"Then, under what circumstances could the deceased's right foot become rough?" Wang Liang asked immediately.
"This is probably not due to death or drugs, but the deceased's right foot is rough!" Bai Song said: "The deceased must have practiced ballet!"
"Ah?" Everyone in the room was confused. What?
Even if the deceased could perform ballet, what's there to be excited about?
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