Chapter 64 Is it really a mistake?
Zhou Yi ignored Xu Jiaguang's shouts and immediately opened the toilet door.
Suddenly a foul odor hit him in the face, almost making him vomit.
But the toilet did not have the horrific scene he had imagined.
What made him sick was the many feces-yellow stains that were sprayed everywhere, making the entire small bathroom look terrible.
Xu Jiaguang quickly ran over and slammed the toilet door shut, apologizing profusely: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the sewage pipe broke yesterday, and all the dirt was spraying out of the toilet. I haven't fixed it yet, and I made you laugh at me."
Zhou Yi looked at his raincoat and rain boots, and indeed there were obvious signs of being washed with water.
"Why don't you find someone to fix this?"
Xu Jiaguang smiled innocently: "It's just a small job, I can do it myself. It's not cheap to hire someone to fix it."
Qiao Jiali asked, "When did it break yesterday?"
"It was after noon, and I don't know what happened. Officer Zhou originally told me to go to the city police station to find him, but I was worried that my daughter wouldn't be able to stay in the house when she got home from school, so I had to clean it up first."
Xu Jiaguang said to Zhou Yi with some guilt, "Officer Zhou, I'm sorry. I wanted to call you, but I don't know the number. I'm sorry to bother you to come in person."
Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.
Could it be that they really made a mistake?
Xu Jiaguang stood himself up yesterday and didn't go out to post a missing person notice today, all because he needed to repair the sewage pipe?
This seems to be a pretty good reason.
"It's okay. The main reason we're here this time is to tell you that the police will not and have never sat idly by and watched your wife disappear. So you don't have to hold up signs outside in the future," Zhou Yi said.
"But my wife has been missing for so long, there's nothing I can do."
"Xu Jiaguang, we understand how you feel, but the effect of what you're doing is very limited, and the impact isn't good. You could choose to publish a missing person notice in the newspaper, so that more people can see it."
Xu Jiaguang's eyes lit up at Zhou Yi's suggestion. He pointed to the TV in the living room and asked, "Can I post a missing person notice on TV? More people watch TV than read newspapers."
"Okay... you can contact the local TV station in Hongcheng, but if the TV station issues a missing person notice, the cost will definitely be high."
Before Zhou Yi finished speaking, Xu Jiaguang asked in surprise, "The TV station still wants money?"
Qiao Jiali said: "It costs money not only for TV stations but also for newspapers to publish missing person notices, but newspapers are definitely cheaper."
"Then I'd better go out and hold up the sign. I don't have that much money."
Forehead……
Forget it. Zhou Yi was too lazy to continue dwelling on this issue. He originally brought this up mainly out of consideration for Officer Miao, but he never expected that Xu Jiaguang was such a stubborn person.
It seems that we still have to solve the fundamental problem. The key is to find out as soon as possible how Zhang Hui disappeared.
"Xu Jiaguang, we have a few questions for you regarding the disappearance of your wife Zhang Hui. We hope you will cooperate with us."
Xu Jiaguang nodded repeatedly: "Cooperate, cooperate, I will definitely cooperate. As long as you can find my wife, you can ask me to do anything."
Zhou Yi asked, "What did you do on the night of March 13th after you spent your daughter's birthday with her?"
Xu Jiaguang was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said, "No...I didn't do anything. I just went to sleep."
Seeing that he looked a little strange, Qiao Jiali reminded him, "You'd better not hide anything, otherwise you will be responsible if something goes wrong."
"I didn't do anything. After I coaxed my daughter to sleep, we just... did that."
Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali understood instantly, no wonder he was hesitant before.
Zhou Yi asked: "Didn't you notice anything in the middle of the night?"
Xu Jiaguang scratched his head and said embarrassedly, "I did it three times that night. I drank a little bit and was a little tired, so I slept very soundly."
Wow, a remarried couple in their forties can have sex three times in one night, that’s really amazing.
Zhou Yi instantly recalled his previous life when he was in his forties. He felt like he was about to become a monk, and his only leisure and entertainment was fishing.
However, this also confirms the information provided by the aunts. It seems that the couple are both quite keen on this matter.
However, Zhou Yi had reservations about Xu Jiaguang's words, because in this kind of matter, apart from the two parties involved, there was no third party who could prove it.
"Do you know who Zhang Hui has had conflicts with? Colleagues, relatives, or friends, it doesn't matter."
"Well, that's quite a lot, because she has a bad temper. She has quarreled with colleagues at work, relatives at home, and even neighbors in the community."
Xu Jiaguang's words were consistent with the information previously provided by Officer Miao. Zhang Hui must have offended quite a few people.
"Have there ever been any major conflicts or deep-seated resentments that might have led someone to do something detrimental to your wife?"
Xu Jiaguang's expression suddenly changed, and he asked tremblingly, "Are you saying that my wife might have been murdered?"
Seeing the tall and thin man's eyes redden, Zhou Yi immediately comforted him, "Don't worry, we're just conducting a routine patrol and investigation, not jumping to conclusions. So you'd better think about whether there are any suspicious targets."
Xu Jiaguang wiped his tears and said, "If that's the case, there really is someone who has a big conflict with Huihui."
"who?"
"Her younger brother, Zhang Yu."
…
Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali came out of Xu Jiaguang's house. Qiao Jiali raised her arm, sniffed it, and frowned.
"I feel like I smell like shit right now," Qiao Jiali said with a smile.
Zhou Yi lowered his head and sniffed himself and said, "It seems like there is a little bit."
"When you rushed over to open the toilet door, did you think Zhang Hui's body was inside?" Qiao Jiali asked.
Zhou Yi nodded in acknowledgment.
"The stench of a corpse is very different from the stench of excrement. You'll understand later."
Of course Zhou Yi knew this, but what he actually thought of at the time was a deeper level, which was that he suspected that someone was using the stench of excrement to cover up the stench of the corpse.
Of course, it could also be that the hormones in my young body are at work, making me less calm.
"What do you think about what Xu Jiaguang said?" Qiao Jiali asked.
"We definitely need to investigate this Zhang Yu. After all, according to Xu Jiaguang, Zhang Yu is an unemployed vagrant with a history of drug abuse. The probability of such people committing crimes is much higher than that of the average person."
"Furthermore, Xu Jiaguang said that Zhang Yu and his sister had been arguing for several years over the distribution of property after Zhang Hui's parents passed away, and that he had a motive for committing a crime."
Qiao Jiali nodded and asked, "What about Xu Jiaguang?"
Zhou Yi glanced back and said, "We can't rule him out as a suspect yet."
Qiao Jiali patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, there's no rush to investigate the case."
"Oh, by the way, Captain Wu will be back tomorrow."
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