After listening to Captain Chen's question, Su He thought for a moment and said, "Currently, the lead with Guo Huihui has been cut off, and we can't find a breakthrough for the time being, so we can only think of other ways."
Since the murderer disposed of the body in the suburbs, it's possible that he was from the neighborhood. Even if he wasn't, traveling such a long distance with the body would likely have resulted in him being seen by someone. However, we haven't found any eyewitnesses yet.
I think we can make some efforts in this area and get more people to conduct in-depth investigations.
After listening and thinking about it, Captain Chen realized that although this approach was somewhat like casting a wide net, there was no other way at the moment.
"Then let's give it a try..."
Therefore, Captain Chen mobilized more than 100 police officers to conduct a thorough investigation in the surrounding area.
Su He hadn't held out much hope for this method, and she continued to investigate Guo Huihui's movements after leaving the Wu family.
Who would have thought that this most desperate measure would soon yield results?
According to the information provided by the police during the investigation, Su He had unexpectedly caught an elderly woman surnamed Du while investigating in the suburbs. She was brazenly selling two baskets of green vegetables in the dead of winter.
However, it is clear that such behavior of "pulling the tail of capitalism" is not allowed at present, so the police arrested her on the spot.
It turned out that after she was caught, it was discovered that this was not a first-time offender; she had been arrested twice before for the same reason.
This Aunt Du is a widow who raised two mentally challenged sons. Life was very difficult for her, so in order to earn money, she would grow vegetables on her own kang (heated brick bed) in the winter.
Because fresh vegetables are scarce in winter, quite a few people want to buy them, and people can usually make some money from this.
But this kind of business is not allowed, and she didn't hide anything, so she was arrested quickly.
However, when she was first arrested, her superiors took pity on her after learning about her situation, gave her a lecture, and then released her.
Unexpectedly, she didn't change her ways and continued selling her wares, resulting in her being arrested again soon after.
This time, the leaders wanted to teach her a lesson, so they confiscated her income before releasing her. They also warned her not to sell herself again, or she would be detained next time, and they might even label her as a capitalist, which would ruin her life.
After hearing this, Aunt Du finally got scared and became much more careful afterward. She didn't come out for a while and was never caught.
Unexpectedly, she stumbled again and was caught. The leader felt that she had made mistakes again and again because she had not taken his words to heart, so he disregarded her family situation and wanted to send her to rehab.
Aunt Du was terrified after hearing this and immediately said that she would do her best to atone for her crime by providing important clues to the police.
Then he talked about something.
It turns out that a while ago, she got up at four in the morning to sell vegetables, and as soon as she left the village, she heard several "plop" sounds, as if someone was jumping into the water.
Aunt Du was timid, so she immediately hid in a place as a reflex, and not long after, she saw a man walking over.
Moreover, although it was getting dark, she was still able to see the person's face clearly.
And what a coincidence, she even knew this person!
Aunt Du said that this person had bought vegetables from her before. The reason she remembered him was that he was very stingy and picky when buying vegetables. Every time he bought vegetables, he would insist that she give him an extra bunch, and if she didn't, he would threaten to report her.
Aunt Du was so angry. She didn't want to sell to him, but she was afraid he would get angry and report her. So she could only reluctantly give him an extra handful each time.
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