The 51st melon
Doctor Wang was speechless.
I just heard the emergency nurse chatting about some gossip and shared it by the way, but I didn’t expect that the person turned out to be the murderer who killed Huang Ying’s husband!
Dr. Wang remembered that Huang Ying had been taken to the hospital for treatment last month, at the emergency center. She was there as a gynecologist to consult and check on the fetus in Huang Ying's womb.
While doing the B-ultrasound, Dr. Wang heard people around him whispering:
"It's so tragic! I heard this pregnant woman's home was robbed, and the injuries on her body were caused by the thief. She almost had a miscarriage!"
"Her husband was also killed by a thief while protecting her! A good family was broken up just like that. That thief is really a damned inhuman!"
Doctor Wang examined Huang Ying's condition and found that the fetus was in poor condition, malnourished, and had an underdeveloped heart.
Huang Ying seemed to have done some research beforehand, and she clutched Dr. Wang's hand tightly, "Doctor, is there any hope for my child? Will she be alright?"
Doctor Wang hesitated for a moment, trying to find a tactful but uninjurious way to put it. Huang Ying, sensing his dilemma, begged without waiting for her to speak, "Doctor, please, please save my child! She's the only one I have! Please, please save her!"
Doctor Wang glanced at Huang Ying's body.
Her body was covered in blood and bruises, and one of her ribs was broken. If she hadn't desperately protected her abdomen, the fetus would have been lost.
As an obstetrician and gynecologist, Dr. Wang knows how hard a mother will try to protect her child, even at the cost of her life.
Therefore, Doctor Wang patted Huang Ying's hand and said firmly, "We doctors will do our best to ensure the safety of you and your child. You must not give up."
In the end, Dr. Wang did not say the words "my condolences". She felt that it was not appropriate to bring up Huang Ying's sad memories at this time.
In the blink of an eye, the baby was born. Although premature, she was stronger and healthier than Dr. Wang had imagined.
But no one expected that, as fate would have it, the thief who had once caused so much harm to Huang Ying's family was actually in this hospital today.
Huang Ying looked up at Officer Liu, her eyes flickering slightly as she stammered, "Officer Liu, can I... meet the murderer?"
Officer Liu was instantly alert and refused without a second thought. "You are the perpetrator and the victim. How can you meet before the trial? Miss Huang, I know you have a grudge. Don't worry, our police will definitely bring the murderer to justice!"
Huang Ying didn't answer. She was silent for a full minute before she spoke again, "But, don't you think you have insufficient evidence? Will he still be sentenced? Will he be acquitted again?"
The other side
Hemodialysis room
The hemodialysis room was unusually quiet.
There were three beds in the room. Liu Mingqian and Fang Yueyao were lying on two of them, and the other was empty. Originally, the guests would sit on it when they got tired. But now, all the guests stood obediently, remained silent, and looked obediently at the murderer who was handcuffed at the door but still smiled at them.
Guests: “…”
Jiang Mingkai's forced smile was almost twitching, the corners of his mouth trembling as he spoke in a voice as thin as a mosquito's hum. "The previous episode was about human traffickers, the one before that was about a drug trafficking den, and this episode is about murderers... Can you tell me what the next episode will be about? I can prepare!"
Chen Xianzhi also smiled coyly and lowered his voice, "Haha, I want to know too..."
Gong Ke cried, "I shouldn't have come to this show!"
Zhou Zexu smirked, "Who said it wasn't?"
"Calm down!" Lu Yanyan tried to straighten her back. "The murderer is being tortured! There's nothing to be afraid of!"
Lu Yanyan's voice was a little loud, and Song Yichen quickly looked over and smiled at her.
Lu Yanyan: “…”
Oh my god, the murderer is so scary!
Smiling is so scary!
My legs are weak!
All the guests were heartbroken and stood there blankly, not knowing when Officer Liu would come back and take this scary guy away.
Only Lin Cha and Shen Zui showed no expression of fear. Instead, they looked at Song Yichen with interest.
Lin Cha: [Is this the murderer? He looks just like an ordinary person!]
Chen Zui nodded, "It's really hard to tell if he's mixed in with the crowd. You can observe him. It will give you material for playing a murderer in the future!"
Other guests: ???
No, could you two stop being so unconventional with your thinking? Could you please have a sense of crisis?
Chen Zui continued, "I just don't know how many people he killed. Was it a murder of passion or premeditated murder? The motives and mentalities behind these two murders are different, so the killer's behavior should be different, right?"
Lin Cha nodded in agreement.
[This guy seems... quite calm? Or a little bit perverted? Is he planning murder?]
[But that's not necessarily the case. A psychopathic murderer might kill someone in a fit of rage! Let me see...]
It was boring in the ward anyway. Lin Cha was about to open the system to check the situation when he suddenly heard Song Yichen's "hehehe" laughter -
"Both impulsive and premeditated murders! I've killed so many! Let me think about it, I beat one to death with a club at the entrance of the alley. I smashed his brains out! And the one in the old town of Hai City, I stabbed him more than ten times! Every blow was fatal! And then there's that one at the mall..."
The guests listened with their hair standing on end.
Help! He's a psychopathic serial killer!
Why on earth did Officer Liu leave this guy with them?
So scary!
"The last time I met that woman in the mall, I strangled her to death with a rope—"
Before he finished speaking, there was a "bang" and a hand slapped Song Yichen's head hard!
"Who are you trying to scare?"
A man in his thirties suddenly appeared and pressed the back of Song Yichen's head with a strong hand, "Song Yichen, behave yourself!"
The guests at the scene were stunned. They saw the man opposite them look up. His chin was full of stubble and there was a toothpick in his mouth. He spat out the toothpick accurately into the trash can next to him.
"Let me introduce myself," the man said. "My last name is Yu, and I'm Xiao Liu's colleague. Don't be fooled by this guy. We police officers are bringing a prisoner to the hospital, so how could there be only one officer accompanying him? I've been guarding outside the whole time!"
Officer Yu was worried that the guests might not believe him, so he showed his ID photo.
The guests saw the two words "Yu Xia" on the ID card clearly and compared it with the photo. Then they breathed a sigh of relief, their legs went limp, and they fell onto the empty hospital beds.
Why didn't you tell me earlier? There were other police officers here. They were really scared to death just now!
After a short break, the guests became curious again.
Chen Xianzhi took the initiative to ask, "Officer Yu, he just said he killed three people. Is that true?"
A serial killer has appeared in Hai City? This is shocking news to the entire nation!
"Of course it's fake,"
Officer Yu pulled up a chair and sat down, habitually taking a cigarette. But remembering this was a hospital, he put the cigarette back into the box. "It's that news a while ago, about the burglary and murder case in the old city. He's the murderer."
Chen Xianzhi quickly recalled, "I've heard colleagues at the station mention this case. The man of that house died protecting the woman, who served as a witness. The police also found the murder weapon in a flowerbed near the community. This case shouldn't be difficult to judge, right?"
Officer Yu paused and said nothing.
Song Yichen laughed once again, his laughter extremely sarcastic. "No, I won't be acquitted in the end! I'll come find you guys when I'm released!"
The guests shuddered and their hair stood on end again.
This Song Yichen is so creepy!
Moreover, there are witnesses and evidence in this case, so how can there be no verdict?
This was an internal police case, so Officer Yu couldn't say much. Lin Cha immediately looked through the "Chigua" system.
[Oh my god! It turns out it was the twins who killed someone! No wonder there's no way to determine the truth!]
The guests looked at each other in bewilderment. Twins killed someone? Why were there twins again? Didn't they say Song Yichen was the murderer?
Soon, Lin Cha gave an explanation:
According to police investigations, Song Yichen has a twin brother named Song Qingfeng, who committed the crime together: one was responsible for keeping watch, and the other for theft.
[A month ago, this guy sneaked into the old city and tried the same trick again, but he didn't expect the thief to bump into the owner of the house, pull out a knife and kill the male owner, and seriously injure the pregnant female owner!]
The police quickly apprehended Song Yichen and Song Qingfeng, and the injured hostess identified Song Yichen as the murderer... However, the hostess couldn't tell them apart, and their lawyers insisted their clients were the ones who leaked the information!
[Chinese law adheres to the principle of presumption of innocence. If there is no definitive evidence to prove which of the two brothers committed the murder, then this case can only be judged as a theft case at best! ! ! ]
The guests were stunned that there was such a thing!
Song Yichen smiled smugly, "Officer Yu, I just like to talk big. I didn't kill anyone. It was my lovely brother who did it! If you want to arrest someone, arrest him!"
Officer Yu gritted his teeth, "Even if it's theft... you should be sentenced to at least three years!"
"Three years? Only three years!" Song Yichen sneered. "When I'm released from prison, I can go see Huang Ying's child. I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, but she should be very cute when she's three years old!"
Officer Yu was so angry that he felt terrible and even wanted to go up and beat up Song Yichen.
Chenzui quickly stopped Officer Yu.
[The name Huang Ying... sounds familiar! ]
Lin Cha's voice suddenly rang out, "I think I've seen this name somewhere..."
But where is it...?
Lin Cha flipped through the system again, turning several pages forward. After a while, her eyes suddenly lit up. [Huang Ying? Isn't she the pregnant woman who was sexually assaulted by Li Kang last night?! ! !]
Upon hearing this, the guests' faces suddenly changed.
It's actually her?!
No wonder Officer Liu wanted to keep Song Yichen here just now. Huang Ying went through that last night. If she saw Song Yichen again today, how much hatred and sadness would she have?
The guests looked at Song Yichen again, and for some reason, their fear was less, and they were more filled with resentment.
"The net of heaven is vast and wide, and nothing can escape it. We just haven't found evidence to prove your brothers' crimes yet, but that doesn't mean we will never find it!"
Officer Liu returned to the hemodialysis room.
She came back alone, and before leaving, she asked Dr. Wang to take good care of Huang Ying.
She had also checked on Li Kangfu. Li was seriously injured and could not be discharged from the hospital. Officer Liu handcuffed Li Kangfu to the bed and called the police. The police were watching from the side before returning to the hemodialysis room.
Song Yichen sat in a reclining chair, his legs crossed in a nonchalant manner. "If you had evidence, you would have brought it out long ago. Huang Ying hates me to the core, but she still can't tell us apart as brothers?"
"However, from my point of view, I hope you can find evidence as soon as possible." Song Yichen looked fearless, but his eyes suddenly became sinister. "Otherwise, you can't kill me. When I get out, I will definitely kill Huang Ying!"
Officer Liu's shoulders were shaking with anger.
Everyone was gnashing their teeth at Song Yichen's behavior.
Only Lin Cha had a blank look in his eyes.
Chenzui quickly realized that Lin Cha was checking for evidence.
Yes, the police had no clue, and searching for evidence was like looking for a needle in a haystack, but Lin Cha could find it quickly using the system!
Chen Zui lowered his eyes and whispered quickly to Chen Xianzhi. Chen Xianzhi's eyes lit up, and he turned to Officer Liu and Officer Yu and said, "Officers, are you interested in being a guest on our show?"
Officers Liu and Yu were stunned.
They're good police officers, why would they be guests? Just as they were about to refuse, Chen Zui suddenly said, "You can just show up. Didn't our show uncover human traffickers and drug trafficking dens before? You could come on the show and do some anti-crime propaganda, just for fun."
Officers Liu and Yu had no idea what the guests were up to, but it seemed like a good idea to use the program to do some anti-fraud and anti-crime publicity.
The two of them agreed, and just as they agreed, they saw a few lines of words flash across Lin Cha's head:
[Favorability towards Liu Youyou: 34]
[Yu Xia's favorability: 18]
[Chenzui has been removed from the "Eating Watermelon" friend list, and new friends have come online: Liu Youyou and Yu Xia]
Officers Liu and Yu widened their eyes.
What is this?
How can there be words on people's heads? Are they dazzled?
The next second, they heard Lin Cha's joyful voice: [I found it! I found evidence that proves Song Yichen is guilty!!!]
Chen Xianzhi quickly pulled Officer Liu and Officer Yu into the group and explained Lin Cha's abilities.
Officers Liu and Yu were still confused. Even though they heard Lin Cha's thoughts, they doubted Lin Cha's ability to know everything in the world.
But no matter whether what Chen Xianzhi said was true or not, they had no idea at the moment anyway, so it wouldn't hurt to listen to Lin Cha's thoughts. This might serve as a direction for their future reconnaissance.
[Song Yichen and Song Qingfeng have been misleading the police from the beginning to the end! ]
Lin Cha's heart was filled with excitement. [They never had the habit of one person keeping watch while the other was stealing. The only person who went to the old town that day was Song Yichen. Song Qingfeng was nowhere to be found!]
Everyone:!!!
The two of them are not together?
Then they deliberately said that the two people stole together... just to mislead the police, so that the police would be obsessed with proving how to distinguish the two people and forget to look for other clues!
Officers Liu and Yu suddenly remembered that Huang Ying's residential complex had surveillance cameras, but they had never captured the two brothers together. They had initially assumed they simply hadn't been captured, but now it seemed they weren't together at all!
On the night of the robbery, Song Qingfeng was at a bar in the west of the city. Although there were no surveillance cameras at the bar, the car's DVR captured the footage!
Officer Yu couldn't help but turned around and questioned Song Yichen, "In fact, you were the only one who went to Huang Ying's house that night. Your brother Song Qingfeng was not there at all, right?"
Song Yichen was caught off guard.
Did the police suddenly get it? How did they know he was alone that night?
"Don't talk nonsense, I work with my brother!" Song Yichen argued.
Officer Liu: "No, Song Qingfeng was in another place at the time, and there was surveillance footage of him!"
Song Yichen was shocked, but still pretended to be calm, "So what? Even if you know we are not together, can you tell which one is me and which one is my brother?"
Officer Liu paused.
Yes, in fact, it doesn’t matter whether two people stole together or not. Even if the car surveillance camera captured the other person, they would not be able to tell who is who through the picture!
[The police actually knew that the two people did not rob together! ]
Lin Cha's tone became even more agitated. She had been worried about how to tell the police about this, but she didn't expect that the police already knew about it.
[Then the police will surely soon discover that Song Qingfeng actually has a slight limp, right?]
[Song Qingfeng's limp isn't serious, and it's invisible to the naked eye. However, if you use AI for comparison, you can spot the difference!]
[That's why these guys are saying they stole together. If the police find other surveillance videos of Song Qingfeng, they'll probably also find out he's lame!]
[Furthermore, if the police follow Song Qingfeng's lead, they will find out that Song Qingfeng had a conflict with a gangster in the bar that day, and the two of them scuffled, and Song Qingfeng was bleeding!]
His blood fell into a small corner of the bar. The bartender was lazy every day, and that place has not been cleaned up yet! If the blood is used for DNA comparison, even if it is identical twins, very tiny differences can be found!
[The one who went to Huang Ying's house to commit the crime was Song Yichen from beginning to end! Song Qingfeng deliberately took the blame, hoping to use the presumption of innocence to get his brother a lighter sentence!!!]
As long as there is a crime, how can there be no evidence?
Officers Liu and Yu were currently unable to determine the truth of Lin Cha's story, but they quickly contacted the Criminal Investigation Team. Regarding the car video, they needed to contact the Traffic Police Brigade to locate the owner and obtain the video. Meanwhile, at the hotel, colleagues from the Trace Inspection Department were dispatched and indeed, they found dried blood in the corner of the bar!
Combined with the confession of the bar waiter, it is almost certain that this is the person left by Song Qingfeng. Now all we have to do is compare the DNA to confirm that the person is Song Qingfeng!
Officer Liu did not hide anything and told Song Yichen everything.
Song Yichen was originally feeling smug, but when he heard that the police had found evidence that Song Qingfeng was in the bar, his blood started to run colder from his heart to his fingertips.
At that moment, his expression was complicated.
There is fear, dread, retreat, and also relief that everything has settled.
At the end, his eyes were red.
Officer Liu couldn't tell whether Song Yichen was pretending or was truly scared. A moment later, she heard Song Yichen's dejected voice, "Since you all found out... Yes, I was the one who stole and killed people. It has nothing to do with my brother. He just wanted to protect me."
Song Yichen looked up at Officer Liu, his eyes tinged with fear. "Officer Liu, since you know the truth... you shouldn't embarrass Qingfeng, right?"
Officer Liu sneered, "Oh, you're trying to act like a brother at this moment? Don't dream! Perjury is punishable by law, so don't think you can get away with it so easily, brothers!"
"If you want to blame someone, blame yourself!" Officer Yu chided him. "Stealing is fine, but why murder? If you hadn't killed the man who owned that house, you wouldn't have dragged your brother into this!"
Song Yichen was silent for a moment, showing no remorse at all, and his eyes suddenly became as fierce as they were at the beginning.
He said coldly, "That's because that man deserves to die. He doesn't deserve to live! Killing him would be the least of his worries!"
Afterwards, Fang Yueyao and Liu Mingqian woke up one after another, and Officer Liu recorded the statements of the guests.
Next, Officer Liu will send Song Yichen back to prison, while Officer Yu will stay in the hospital to monitor Li Kangfu. When Li Kangfu's condition improves, he will also be punished by law.
Song Yichen was handcuffed in a police car, which slowly drove towards the hospital gate. Just as the police car was about to leave, a woman suddenly appeared and stopped the police car!
Officer Liu was quick-witted and slammed on the brakes.
"Huang Ying? Why are you here?"
Huang Ying was wearing a hospital gown, her face pale, staring intently at the back seat of the police car.
Officer Liu had no choice but to walk out of the police car, and Song Yichen, with his hands handcuffed, followed him out.
Huang Ying's eyes were fierce. When she saw Song Yichen, she rushed forward like a madman, grabbed Song Yichen's clothes and beat him hard.
"Why did you kill him! Why did you kill him!?"
Officer Liu was horrified and quickly stopped Huang Ying.
"Miss Huang! Miss Huang!"
Officer Liu shouted, "We've found crucial evidence. It was Song Yichen who killed your husband! We can sentence him!"
Huang Ying froze, her mind blank for several seconds before she reacted. She stared at Officer Liu in disbelief and said blankly, "Are you...definitely sure that Song Yichen is the murderer? Aren't you...unable to tell the two apart and want to acquit them?"
"No," Officer Liu said firmly, "We found evidence elsewhere proving that Song Qingfeng was not at the scene that night. The only one who harmed your family was Song Yichen! He will definitely face legal sanctions!"
Huang Ying's head buzzed and everything went into chaos.
She turned her head mechanically and looked at Song Yichen who was smiling grimly.
Suddenly, she laughed at herself, "Song Yichen, did you hear that? The police have found evidence. You will...stay in prison for the rest of your life. Don't even think about getting out. Your life is ruined!"
Song Yichen looked at Huang Ying sinisterly.
No one knows what he is thinking.
Suddenly, Song Yichen exerted force suddenly, rushed forward regardless of everything, and knocked Huang Ying down fiercely!
"You bitch! If you hadn't pointed me out, how could the police have caught me? I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you! Kill you!"
Officer Liu was horrified and quickly took out his stun gun and hit him hard. A white electric current flashed, and Song Yichen's neck became limp and he could not control his limbs and fell to the ground.
Even so, Song Yichen still opened his eyes wide and stared at Huang Ying.
Song Yichen was eventually taken away by the police. Qian Xici and Dr. Wang also hurried over and took the panicked Huang Ying away.
On the way to the obstetrics and gynecology ward, I happened to pass by Fang Yueyao and their ward.
Qian Xici saw the guests and others and nodded slightly to them.
——She knew that the police were able to find evidence so quickly this time thanks to Lin Cha.
The guests also nodded in response to Qian Xici.
After Huang Ying and the others left, the guests in the ward all breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Yanyan sighed sincerely, "That's great! The murderer has finally been punished!"
Zhou Zexu also agreed, "Bad guys like this can't be allowed to go unpunished!"
Gong Ke: "The death penalty is too easy for him!"
【But something seems to be wrong! 】
“Something’s wrong!”
Lin Cha and Shen Zui said it in unison. But one person said it out loud, while the other was speaking from the heart.
Chen Xianzhi asked doubtfully, "Hasn't the real culprit been caught? Why is something wrong?"
Chen Zui pondered for a moment and said, "There was something wrong with the look in Huang Ying's eyes just now."
Lu Yanyan: "What's wrong?"
Chen Zui: "Think about it carefully. She hates Li Kangfu so much. I heard Officer Liu say that he bit that thing to pieces. But when I saw the look in Huang Ying's eyes just now, there wasn't even the slightest sense of pleasure of revenge, nor any resentment towards the enemy. It was more like... guilt?"
"Guilt?"
The guests were all stunned.
Why does Huang Ying feel guilty?
"Yeah, I really feel guilty!"
Lin Cha agreed repeatedly, "And just now at the hospital gate, Huang Ying and Song Yichen didn't seem to be arguing, it was more like... acting!"
Even though they acted well, Lin Cha still felt something was wrong.
Chen Zui also felt that subtle strange feeling, but he couldn't explain what it was. He just vaguely felt that "Huang Ying and Song Yichen should have known each other for a long time."
The guests were even more confused.
Song Yichen is a thief and murderer, and Huang Ying is the victim. They have nothing in common, so how did they know each other?
But soon, Lin Cha found evidence from the system——
[It's not that they should! It's that they really know each other! ]
[Huang Ying is an orphan, as are Song Yichen and Song Qingfeng. The three of them grew up in the same orphanage!]
[The orphanage closed down ten years ago, so the police couldn't find any connection between the three people, but they have been in contact for the past ten years!]
[And the home invasion, robbery and murder case in the old city...wasn't a spur-of-the-moment killing; it was premeditated murder!]
[The real murderer...is Huang Ying! She killed her own husband!!!]
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