Chapter 155 Lu Qiaoling
Zou Chengye’s house is newly renovated, and it’s bright as soon as you open the door.
Large beige floor tiles are laid in the living room and dining room, looking warm and clean. There are bookshelves on both sides of the light gray background wall, and a TV in the middle. Walnut-colored furniture looks steady and elegant.
Xia Mufan asked: "Who has the final say on the decoration of your house?"
Zou Chengye smiled and said: "In our family, I listen to the small matters and my wife listens to the big matters. Decoration is a big matter, and Yaxiu has the final say.
Xia Mufan walked into the living room and sat on the sofa. From curtains to cushions and flower arrangements, everything is color coordinated. The bedrooms are all equipped with wooden floors, there is a master bedroom, a children's room, and a study. It can be seen that Yu Yaxiu has put a lot of thought into this new home.
The large balcony is planted with flowers and plants. The winter sun shines in, making the new home look warm and beautiful.
Led by Zou Chengye, the Serious Crime Unit 7 came to the kitchen.
Gong Weiguo asked: "Have you ever noticed where that strange humming sound came from?"
Zou Chengye glanced at the stove with lingering fear, then moved his eyes to the cupboard: "The kitchen is not very big, the sound seems to come from the stove."
The current decoration trend is to push the window out one foot and transform it into a stove. Two exhaust fans are installed on the window to facilitate the discharge of oil smoke. On the left side of the stove is the sink and the area for cutting vegetables, and on the right side of the stove are two built-in cupboards.
Yu Jing and Sun Xianbing came forward and checked the stove and cupboard.
After a while of ping-pong, nothing was found. The kitchen is decorated very exquisitely, all the storage spaces and stove tops are just right, and there is nothing unusual after inspection.
Xia Mushige said, "Wait until the night when there is a sound, and then come back to check."
Zou Chengye was delighted: "Comrade police, you mean you will stay at our house and protect us, right?"
Xia Mushige: "We won't stay here forever, come over at night."
"That's fine, that's fine." Zou Chengye invited five comrades from the Serious Crime Unit 7 to the living room and served them tea and water, very attentively.
Feng Xiaoyu took out a pen and a notebook and began to ask about Zou Chengye's family situation in detail: "Professor Zou is 45 years old this year, how come your child is only 10 years old? Did you get married so late?"
Zou Chengye's face flashed with embarrassment: "Well, before this, I was married and had a daughter, but later we divorced and the child went to his mother."
After hearing what Zou Chengye said, Feng Xiaoyu glanced at Xia Mufan, and they both thought of the same thing. The relationship between husband and wife is very special. They were originally strangers who did not know each other, but a marriage certificate tied them together and they became comrades fighting side by side. Once the relationship breaks down, they may become enemies who hate each other. Could it be that his ex-wife is taking revenge on him?
Feng Xiaoyu asked: "What's your ex-wife's name? Are you still in touch with her? How old is your child?"
"It's been more than ten years since the divorce, and we have no contact now. I don't know how they are doing." Zou Chengye's eyes flickered and he turned his head away. It was obvious that his previous marriage was not happy, and he didn't want to talk about his ex-wife and her children.
Xia Mufan's expression turned serious: "Professor Zou, since you are seeking the help of our police, please don't hide anything. One more clue means one more chance of solving the case."
Zou Chengye pursed his lips and said reluctantly: "My ex-wife's name is Cai Qinglian, she is my college classmate. We had a good relationship at the beginning, but later she had mental problems, she was suspicious, and the family atmosphere was very bad, so I divorced her. As for the child..."
Xia Mufan frowned: "Is there something wrong with your mind? Is it physical or psychological?"
Zou Chengye was unwilling to elaborate on this issue: "Nothing much, but she was suspicious all day long and kept a close eye on me. She would lose her temper at home and smash dishes. Later, I took her to see a psychiatrist, who said she had moderate depression with mania, so I divorced her."
Hearing this, Xia Mufan frowned even more tightly: "Shouldn't you get treatment if you are sick? Why are you asking for a divorce?"
Zou Chengye moved his butt on the sofa uneasily: "I am also a well-known person. Who would want to continue living with a mentally ill wife? Although it is a bit unkind to file for divorce when she is sick, if you don't work for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth. If I hadn't made up my mind to stay away from her, I wouldn't have a happy marriage life now, don't you think?"
Everyone has their own choice, and as long as it does not break the law, the Serious Crime Unit 7 has no obligation to conduct a moral judgment on him.
Although Feng Xiaoyu was dissatisfied, she didn't say much. Just continue to ask questions: "Since your ex-wife has bipolar disorder, why didn't you want custody of our daughter when you divorced?"
Zou Chengye didn't expect the police would continue to dwell on this issue. He had no choice but to bring up the past again like squeezing toothpaste.
"Alas, when we divorced, we actually had a pretty fierce argument. His two brothers from his mother's side came to our house and took our daughter and ex-wife back home. I felt guilty, so I didn't fight with them. You fought for the custody of our daughter, and after paying off all the child support for her, you went through the divorce procedures with her and never saw her again."
Feng Xiaoyu asked: "How old was your daughter when you divorced?"
Zou Chengye thought for a moment and said, "My daughter was already twelve years old at that time, and she was sensible enough."
Feng Xiaoyu asked: "You haven't had any contact with your daughter in all these years?"
Zou Chengye lowered his eyes, looked at the back of his feet, and said calmly: "We're already divorced, why bother seeing each other again? She has two powerful uncles and a large amount of child support, so she shouldn't have any problems living."
Feng Xiaoyu asked: "What is your ex-wife's family like? What do her two brothers do? Why do you say those two uncles are powerful? Do you mean powerful in terms of social background or strong character?"
Zou Chengye said: "Cai Qinglian's father was a soldier, and her two brothers both work in Xing City government offices. It should be said that her family is quite strong. After the divorce, the two brothers-in-law always had a grudge against me. I had no choice but to transfer to Hui City to work. If I can't afford to offend them, can't I just hide from them?"
Xia Mufan: "Which company did you work for in Xing City?"
Zou Chengye: "I am also a teacher at a finance and trade college."
Xia Mushige: "When did you meet your current wife?"
Zou Chengye said: "After the divorce, I met my current wife through an introduction. She is a nurse, gentle and considerate with a kind personality. It was only after being with Yaxiu that I realized that marriage can be so warm and peaceful, and not always stormy."
Xia Mufan continued to ask: "Did you meet your current wife in Hui City, or in Xing City?"
Zou Chengye pondered for a long time over such a simple question: "We met in Xing City, and after we got married, we were transferred to Hui City together."
Xia Mufan's question immediately made Feng Xiaoyu realize something. It seems that there is some story between Zou Chengye and Yu Yaxiu, and it is possible that Yu Yaxiu is the third party.
Feng Xiaoyu asked: "Was Yu Yaxiu unmarried when she met you?"
Zou Chengye was a little impatient when asked, and his tone became impatient: "Are you so interested in my private life? Asking questions about this and that."
Xia Mufan bowed, picked up the cup in his hand and took a sip of tea with a relaxed attitude.
"We are not interested in your private life, but your relationship with your ex-wife. It is possible that this is one of the sources of the threatening letter. After all, your divorce from your ex-wife was not a pleasant thing, and she has manic disorder, so it is reasonable for her to do some puzzling things."
Zou Chengye stood up and walked around the living room, pulling his hair from time to time. He was a little agitated. "My ex-wife is threatening me. That's impossible."
Xia Mushige asked: "Why is it impossible?"
Zou Chengye said: "If she wanted to intimidate me, she would have done it as early as when we got divorced. How could she suddenly come up with such a trick ten years later?"
He still had some words left to say. Having been married for more than ten years, Zou Chengye thought he had some understanding of his ex-wife. Although she suffered from mania, she would not actually harm her relatives. At most, she would smash plates and bowls and do some self-harming behaviors. Moreover, she received a military education and had a calm and gentle personality. She would never do such a sneaky thing.
Thinking of this, Zou Chengye raised his head and said to Xia Mufan in a firm tone: "You don't have to doubt her. She is definitely not my ex-wife. It's been so long since the incident happened. It doesn't make sense for her to suddenly write threatening letters and make threatening phone calls to me. Why don't we change the subject and see if there are other suspects."
Regarding Zou Chengye's marital life, Xia Mufan judged that Zou Chengye did not tell the whole truth, and asking him face to face now might not get any result. It would be better to investigate afterwards, and what he learned from others might be the most truthful. So he followed suit and changed the subject.
"From the threatening letter, the content of the letter is made up of clippings and pastings. You may be able to recognize the other party's handwriting, so you are particularly careful."
Zou Chengye picked up the threatening letter and glanced at the surface of the envelope: "Then why is the envelope handwritten?"
Xia Mushige said: "The envelopes were written by someone else, and they may have prepared many at once. However, the sender did not want others to know the contents of the letter, so he used a newspaper clipping. This shows that the other party has a grudge against you, and his identity can be identified from his notes."
Hearing this, a name suddenly popped up in Zou Chengye's mind, and he gritted his teeth: "Could it be, could it be Lu Qiaoling?"
Xia Mufan asked: "Who is Lu Qiaoling?"
Zou Chengye said: "She is an outstanding undergraduate student under my supervision. Three years ago, she came to me in the second semester of her senior year and was recommended for research without examination. She hoped to study for my master's degree. At that time, there were only two places in the class. She usually had excellent grades and studied very hard. I saw that her attitude was sincere, so I agreed. But I didn't expect that after giving her the place, she signed a contract with a large securities company and was unwilling to study for my master's degree. Seeing that one of my indicators wasted, I was very angry at the time and gave her a failing grade for her graduation thesis. She couldn't graduate on time, so naturally the good job was also lost. Could it be that she was dissatisfied and wanted to retaliate against me?"
Feng Xiaoyu wrote down Lu Qiaoling's name in the notebook: "Okay, we will follow up and investigate. Do you know where she works now?"
Three years have passed, but Zou Chengye is still angry when he mentions it: "Because Lu Qiaoling failed her graduation thesis, she had to delay her graduation for a year, which made it impossible for her to find a good job, let alone graduate school. I heard that she complained to her classmates many times, and she was always playing tricks on me, saying that I was as vicious as a snake and deliberately made trouble for her. But think about it, I agreed to let her study for my graduate school and reserved a quota for her. As a result, because she changed her mind at the last minute, my quota was wasted, and the graduate school quota given to me by the institute next year will also be reduced. Who wouldn't be angry when encountering such a thing? Do I want to let her go? I extended her graduation for a year, which is already a mercy. Otherwise, I could let her fail the graduation thesis defense the next year, so that she will never graduate. Let's see what she will do!"
Hearing this, the members of the Serious Crime Unit 7 looked at each other in bewilderment. This Zou Chengye was also a cruel person.
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