The man escaped because the lock of a window behind him was broken. The female ghost forgot to mention it when she discovered that the lock was broken. Unexpectedly, the male protagonist had already known about it and even used this window.
The ghost couldn't leave the villa, so she showed Tao Rui the route the man had taken, screaming angrily, "I watched helplessly as that bitch fled eastward. It was a shame the weather was on his side; it rained heavily shortly after he escaped. I couldn't call the police, so my neighbors did, but when they arrived, they couldn't find anything."
The female ghost rampaged through the villa in anger. "It rained so hard, and it hasn't rained in three years. It washed away all the evidence. We found lots of Yang Zhijie's fingerprints and hair in the house, but he lived here anyway, so they don't count as evidence. He was wrapped up tightly when he killed me, so there are no fingerprints on the murder weapon. I found scraps of his clothing under my fingernails, but it's no use; I couldn't scratch his face."
Later, he rushed back after hearing the news, crying so hard. "I regret that I was too weak and couldn't touch him, otherwise I would have torn him into pieces!"
"Alright, calm down. It's hard to handle without evidence. I'll go find a solution." Tao Rui's hand was imbued with spiritual power. He patted the ghost girl's shoulder to comfort her and warned her, "Once you become an evil ghost, there's no turning back. If you kill him, you'll kill others, innocent people. You don't want to become like that, do you? Stay here. I won't break my promise to help you. I'm leaving now."
Tao Rui didn't care whether she agreed or not. Anyway, since she couldn't leave the villa yet, he just had to get things done as soon as possible.
Cao Heping, who was basking in the sun outside, immediately approached Tao Rui upon seeing him and asked anxiously, "Master Tao, how is it? Is it difficult?"
Tao Rui nodded. "The deceased inside was killed by her husband. She won't leave unless you help her get revenge. Even if you kill her, she'll be a pitiful person. Find a way to get the police to reopen this case."
Cao Heping was stunned, feeling something very strange. Although he was superstitious, he still felt uncomfortable with Tao Rui's behavior, as if he had spoken to a female ghost. He looked around the villa, feeling that there was a dark cloud hanging over it. He whispered, "Master Tao, I've inquired about that case. I was the first to suspect her husband, but he has an alibi, and everyone who knows them says it's impossible. Her husband treats her very well."
Tao Rui shrugged and smiled. "You can only know a person's face but not his heart. Sometimes being 'nice' is the best disguise."
"...Okay, I'll ask someone to try. If there are new clues, maybe the case can be reopened. I'll give it a try." Cao Heping didn't have much confidence, but if this was true, then the original owner would be really miserable. So he decided to give it a try and consider it a good deed.
Tao Rui observed the surrounding environment and saw someone coming out of the neighbor's yard, so he went over to ask about what happened that year.
The neighbor quickly realized that he was suspicious of Yang Zhijie and sighed, "How could the police not have thought of what you thought of? Yang Zhijie was the primary suspect at the time, but he wasn't a strong suspect. He and his colleague were staying in the same room on a business trip, and his colleague testified that he was still sleeping away from home when his wife got into trouble.
Even though I've only been neighbors with them for three or four months, they're incredibly close, like honey and oil. That day, Yang Zhijie got the notice and ran back, hugging his wife and crying so hard he couldn't hear anyone else talking. In the end, the police notified his family and they forcibly took him away."
Tao Rui then asked another neighbor, who also had a very good impression of Yang Zhijie. "They both have good personalities, and we get along very well. When the case made the news, netizens said Yang Zhijie should be suspected, saying that most crimes are committed by close relatives, and others have no motive, but Yang Zhijie might have done it for money.
But to be honest, I don't think so. They were a couple, and the wife had no relatives. After her death, the estate did belong to the husband, as did the insurance compensation. This is normal. There are many types of accidental death, and we cannot conclude that Yang Zhijie is the murderer based on this.
I remember that Yang Zhijie was very cooperative with the police and did everything they could to investigate, determined to find his wife's murderer. But there's no way around it; some cases in this world just can't be solved, and there's no evidence to prove it."
"So do you think this is a haunted house? Have you ever thought about moving out?"
The neighbor smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, I don't really believe in haunted houses. But it does affect house prices. My house's value won't go up, let alone sell. I'll just live here for the time being. It's not a big deal anyway."
Tao Rui nodded and thanked him. Cao Heping had just called someone to arrange a meeting, so they got in the car and left. Tao Rui saw the ghost standing inside the villa's door in the rearview mirror, staring at the car until it drove away.
He looked away and sighed. Sometimes, things like this really came down to luck. A case might be solved in a day or two, or it might take a year or two, or even never. Just like the ghost girl had said, the heavens were on Yang Zhijie's side. He didn't know why Yang Zhijie's colleagues had testified for him, but thanks to their alibi and everyone's impression of him, Yang Zhijie had managed to escape.
This reminded him of a drama he'd seen before, in which a man pushed his parents-in-law off a mountain, then switched his wife's medication, causing her to die while swimming. The police couldn't find any leads, and everyone believed he was a good man. If someone hadn't accidentally filmed him committing the crime, it would have remained an unsolved case. The police weren't perfect.
While Cao Heping was trying his best to ask someone to reopen the case, Tao Rui went to meet the colleagues who had testified at the time, as well as other colleagues from the same company.
Unsurprisingly, everyone thought Yang Zhijie had a good personality. They were quite saddened by his wife's death and his departure from the city, and they even argued with netizens online on his behalf.
The colleague who testified saw Tao Rui as if he had seen those netizens, and said unhappily: "I've said this many times. I lived in the same room with him at the time, less than two meters away from him. How could he run home and kill his wife?"
"Do you still remember the details of that day? Was there a period of time that night when you had no memory, such as when you fell asleep?" Tao Rui asked with a faint smile, not minding his attitude at all.
This made the colleague feel a little embarrassed. He replied, "The police have asked all these questions. I did drink a little and went to sleep that day, but I wasn't in a deep sleep that would wake me up at the slightest noise. I woke up once and checked the time and my phone messages. Yang Zhijie was still snoring. Then I fell asleep again, and not long after, his phone rang. He said his wife had been murdered, and it really wasn't him."
Tao Rui raised an eyebrow. This sounded very much like a plot from a detective drama he'd filmed. Actually, this kind of alibi could be manipulated. Someone could get drunk, fall asleep, wake up, see the time, and fall asleep again. As long as the perpetrator was bold enough and lucky enough, they could just change the time on a colleague's phone and then change it back. If the colleague was too drunk and sleepy to notice, then no one would notice afterward.
A year ago, Yang Zhijie had just graduated and was looking for a fairly ordinary job. He and his colleagues were on a business trip to a relatively small city, staying in a fairly ordinary hotel with no surveillance. Yang Zhijie had indeed chosen the hotel, but there were plenty of hotels in that city without surveillance cameras. They stayed on the ground floor and could exit through a window, so no one would know he'd left and returned.
A perfect alibi, with nowhere to start. It must be said that Yang Zhijie had a very good plan and was also very lucky.
Seeing Tao Rui lost in thought, his colleagues advised, "Hey, buddy, why do you think of asking this? Actually, you can look it up online and find out what happened back then. Many enthusiastic netizens have offered suggestions, but they don't know Yang Zhijie. Those who knew him wouldn't doubt him at all. Oh, and Yang Zhijie and his wife were college classmates. Many of their classmates have come forward to tell us how they were together for four years and had a wonderful relationship."
Tao Rui smiled and said, "Okay, I'll look it up online. I'm not saying Yang Zhijie is necessarily a bad person, I just want to find out the truth. I believe Yang Zhijie also hopes that the truth will come out. Thank you for today."
"It's okay. I also hope the murderer can be caught." The colleague left. It was obvious that he was still very sorry about the death of the female ghost. However, he didn't know that he was being used. It was his testimony that proved the murderer's innocence.
Tao Rui sat in a coffee shop, researching news from a year ago, reading posts and comments. Quite a few of Yang Zhijie and his wife's classmates had spoken out, and from their messages, Tao Rui was able to piece together their happy love story and Yang Zhijie's inspiring story. He really shouldn't have doubted him, as if doubting him were an insult to him.
The ghost girl said Yang Zhijie had revealed that he had dated several wealthy women, but only the ghost girl was foolish enough to fall for him. However, this was a fact known only to Yang Zhijie himself. His classmates described him as a hard-working and active university student, joining several clubs, enjoying playing ball and soccer with his classmates, and even joining the student union.
Naturally, he had plenty of opportunities to express himself and connect with different people. So, he met a wide range of men and women, nothing unusual. Then, he fell in love with his wife and pursued her vigorously. Soon, they were together and began to flirt. Later, Yang Zhijie quit all his clubs to spend more time with his girlfriend, working part-time to earn money and date her.
His classmates all knew him as a good man, and his dormmates also knew he'd signed a prenuptial agreement, which he'd done quite happily. At the time, a few of them felt sorry for him and complained about it, but he just smiled and told them it was as it should be. He wasn't after anything from his wife's family, and it was just an agreement that wouldn't affect his life. He even said he'd do the same thing if he had a daughter, so it wouldn't hurt to have a guarantee.
How could such a good man with positive values and a loving heart for his wife be suspected of murder? His wife loved him so much, and he could have easily cheated her out of her wealth, so why would he have murdered her? It's completely illogical.
Later, netizens were convinced by the revelations and gradually stopped talking about this matter.
Tao Rui thought about it. The key piece of evidence was Yang Zhijie's clothing from head to toe that day. He wondered if it had been burned. However, the saying "wherever you go, you leave a trace" was true. If he couldn't find the evidence, it would be fine. If he did, there would definitely be other traces.
Fortunately, he has special evidence-collecting skills.
Tao Rui bought a black umbrella as soon as he came out of the coffee shop, carved a rune on the umbrella handle, and went to the villa to pick up the female ghost.
The female ghost looked up at the black umbrella, then looked at Tao Rui.
Tao Rui said with a smile: "Let's go. I'll let you send your enemy in with your own hands to relieve the hatred in your heart."
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