Chapter 326: Nouveau Riche Psychology
Huang Yanli replied: "He said he was going to the United States to study and study the advanced breeding techniques there."
Zhou Yi didn't know much about the aquaculture industry, so he wasn't sure whether it was necessary to go overseas to study.
When it comes to overseas inspections, the general perception is that some leading cadres use public funds to live a carefree life.
"So how long does he plan to be abroad this time?" Zhou Yi counted and said, "From March 16th to today, it's been almost a month and a half."
Huang Yanli shook her head. "Then I don't know. Anyway, he has a lot of business to do and is usually not at home. His business trips usually last at least ten days or half a month. So whenever he goes on a business trip, I take the children back to my mother's house."
Zhou Yi frowned slightly: "It's been such a long time, have you ever talked on the phone?"
Huang Yanli said frankly: "No, I don't know his phone number there. If he doesn't call me, I can't contact him. Oh, maybe he called his family or his eldest son, but I don't know."
"He was on a business trip before, and you didn't contact him?"
Huang Yanli sneered slightly: "He doesn't like me disturbing him when he goes out to have fun, so why should I bother myself?"
"How is your husband's personal life?"
"Officer Zhou, what you want to know is how many women my husband has outside, right?"
Zhou Yi nodded.
"I don't know either. I only know a lot. Anyway, there has never been a shortage of women around him. Those he likes, those who come to him actively, and those who sell themselves." Huang Yanli said, her hands trembling slightly.
It was obvious that she, the legal wife, did not care, but was simply powerless to do anything.
"Then do you know if he is going abroad alone this time, or is he traveling with someone else?"
"I don't know, but I bet he brought some wild woman with him."
"Did you find anything?"
"I found that there was one box of medicine missing from my home."
"Medicine? What medicine?"
Huang Yanli blushed slightly. "It's the little blue pill that helps with erections. He's older, so he usually takes it when he has sex."
Xia Yu felt a little embarrassed when he heard this, after all, he was still young.
Zhou Yi was very calm. This was nothing. In the previous Zhang Hui case, when Xu Jiaguang was interrogated, what he confessed was much more explosive than this.
But this Mr. Zheng Guangming is really amazing. Even at his old age, when he can't even get up, he still wants to have fun.
What’s more important is that he is not satisfied with having such a beautiful wife at home and is still having affairs with other women outside.
However, Huang Yanli's next sentence directly explained why this happened.
Huang Yanli sneered and said, "When he was broke, he was so depressed that he couldn't get any young and beautiful women. He was drooling over them. So when he got rich, he started looking for women desperately. He never felt bad about spending money on women."
This is very true and perfectly illustrates what the nouveau riche mentality is.
It’s actually the same as those who suddenly become rich and then spend like crazy.
The only difference is that Zheng Guangming's consumers are beautiful women.
"Ms. Huang, may I ask how you and your husband met? What is your relationship like?"
Huang Yanli didn't answer immediately, but asked, "Do you mind if I smoke?"
Zhou Yi said, "Do as you please. This is your home."
"Thank you." Huang Yanli took out a box of cigarettes and a lighter from the drawer of the desk next to her, then took out a cigarette and lit it.
She was smoking those long, thin cigarettes for women, and judging by the packaging, they must be imported.
"I'm sorry, I usually don't smoke when I'm with my kids."
Although she said so, Zhou Yi saw how skilled she was and thought she must have been beaten a lot behind her back.
Moreover, the way she smoked, despite her elegant and graceful appearance, made Zhou Yi feel that she had a worldly air.
Both are rich ladies, both are beautiful, and Huang Yanli's temperament has a vulgarity just like her name.
On the contrary, Qian Hongxing’s wife Yao Yulin may not be very smart, but her temperament makes people feel more comfortable and natural.
Huang Yanli deftly flicked the ash off her cigarette and said, "I was working part-time as a waitress in a dance hall at the time. He came over with his friends, and then he fell in love with me. He began to pursue me madly, but he wasn't very rich at that time."
She said without hesitation: "My family used to be from the countryside. My parents grew watermelons. I have nothing to be embarrassed about. I was just too poor. I married him because he was rich and willing to spend money on me. Look at the house my parents have now. If it weren't for Zheng Guangming, we would never be able to build such a nice house in our lifetime."
"So I don't really have many complaints about him. We made an agreement with one thing: don't bring questionable women home or to the office, and don't have any illegitimate children. I don't mind it myself, but I want to ensure that my son's interests are not harmed. He agreed to it."
"So, two police comrades, you said he went abroad, who did he go with, did he call me when he went, do I care?"
"As long as he's out, I can't control him. I just have to make sure no one else can get into this house."
Huang Yanli exhaled a puff of smoke, and the air was suddenly filled with the scent of mint.
She said leisurely, "That's how men are. Holding money in hand is the real thing. Anyway, I understand this now."
There is nothing wrong with what she said logically. With such a big age gap, the probability of true love is very small.
Zhou Yi also saw Zheng Guangming's photo. He looked much worse than Qian Hongxing. If he didn't know his identity, he would have thought he was an old farmer working hard in the fields.
As long as we seize the dividends of the times, we can really make pigs fly to the sky.
"Thank you, Ms. Huang, for being so candid. Since that's the case, I'll get straight to the point. We recently discovered two bodies, and the time of death appears to be March 16th."
"What does that have to do with me?" Huang Yanli's expression changed slightly as soon as she said this.
"We now suspect that one of the deceased may be your husband, Zheng Guangming, so we need you to cooperate with our investigation."
As soon as Zhou Yi finished speaking, Huang Yanli's expression froze, and the cigarette in her hand fell on her expensive shoes.
"No...it's impossible. My husband went abroad. How could he die? You must have made a mistake." Huang Yanli stood up and said helplessly.
The reason Zhou Yi said this was to observe her reaction.
For a normal person, when suddenly hearing that a loved one has died, the first instinctive reaction should be shock, then denial, followed by an emotional outburst and uncontrolled behavior.
This is not only the result of many years of case handling experience of veteran police officers, but also has a scientific theoretical basis.
The initial shock is because the brain receives an overload of information and is in a dissociative state, so it will prioritize confirming the authenticity of this information.
Therefore, the initial denial reaction will occur, that is, this is impossible, which is actually the brain's instinctive feedback.
Then physical reactions begin, such as trembling, difficulty breathing, fainting, or vomiting.
Then they will enter the emotional freeze stage, which may include breaking down and crying, screaming, or extreme silence.
This is a relatively normal process.
Huang Yanli's shock and denial were consistent with this reaction.
But the following performance made Zhou Yi feel that something was not normal.
She repeatedly denied it, saying the police must have made a mistake. She also showed trembling, panic and helplessness, and even pretended to cover her face and cry.
However, Zhou Yi could not see any sad reaction from her.
Human facial muscles are really amazing. For the same face, the muscles mobilized when crying for real and when crying fakely are different.
"Officer Zhou, you must have made a mistake. This is impossible." She sobbed, but Zhou Yi did not see any tears.
In this case, there are basically two possibilities.
First, she had no real feelings for Zheng Guangming, and his death had no effect on her.
Second, she had known for a long time that Zheng Guangming was dead, but she just pretended to be shocked and unbelievable.
No matter which one it is, she is acting "sad".
"Ms. Huang, please don't worry. This is just a suspicion and we are still confirming it."
Huang Yanli covered her face and nodded.
"We need to first confirm Zheng Guangming's height and weight, whether he has any physical characteristics, whether he has any diseases and other basic information." Zhou Yi glanced at her and asked, "You understand all this, right?"
Huang Yanli nodded, then reported Zheng Guangming's height, weight, and even shoe size.
"As for his physical characteristics... he has a mole on the back of his neck, about the size of a soybean."
Zhou Yixin thought that after being buried in the soil for more than a month, his face was so rotten that it was unrecognizable, and a mole as a feature was useless for identifying his identity.
"Is there any illness in his body?"
"He has high blood pressure, and he also has some minor heart problems, but he only takes medicine for the high blood pressure. The heart problem is like a quick-acting heart pill that he carries with him."
"Does Zheng Guangming own a red Nissan Toyota?" Zhou Yi asked.
"Well, there seems to be a red one."
"Where is this car now? Do you know?"
Huang Yanli shook her head and said, "He said he lent it to a friend to open."
"Friends? What friends?"
"I don't know about that. We have a lot of cars at home, so I don't care about that."
"How does Zheng Guangming usually travel? Does he have a driver?"
"There was a driver, but he's no longer working."
Zhou Yi was stunned: "Quit? When did it happen?"
"It was around early March, just before my husband left for overseas. He suddenly said he wanted to go back to his hometown. It seemed like an elderly family member had been diagnosed with poor health, so he said he wanted to go back and take care of him. So he resigned."
The reason was reasonable, but Zhou Yi felt that it was too coincidental.
First, the nanny at home was fired, then the driver returned to his hometown, and then Zheng Guangming went abroad for inspection and never returned.
It was as if all the relevant people were excluded at once.
In criminal cases, one coincidence is normal, but repeated coincidences are definitely a problem.
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