Zeng Xuyang looked at the plaster statue of Xiao Yilin, frowned, and said thoughtfully: "The last time I saw Xiao Yilin was the day after I recognized her as my relative. She went to the police station to register her household registration. When she saw me, she didn't say a word.
I greeted her, and she rolled her eyes at me. I felt like she was blaming me for finding out her true identity and dashing her hopes."
Xiao Cui sighed, "It's actually quite pitiful that Xiao Yilin has fallen into this situation!"
Chu Jingqiu said with emotion: "Xiao Yilin played a good hand of cards badly. Her biological mother exchanged her into the Xiao family. This is not her fault.
Her mistake was that she didn't know how to be grateful. If she had been a little more sensible, I think her second uncle and second aunt would definitely not have ignored her since they raised her. But she ended up like that. What can I say? There must be something hateful about pitiful people.
But, I am really curious, and I don’t know who she had such a big grudge against that she died so tragically! "
Zeng Xuyang said with a serious expression: "Once the identity of the female corpse is confirmed, the investigation of the case has a direction. We will seize the time to track it down.
I believe that the law will not let any criminals escape justice, and we will soon bring the murderer to justice."
When Chu Jingqiu rode his bicycle back to the compound, Grandpa Xiao and Grandpa He were pushing the quintuplets in the yard to enjoy the cool air.
Political Commissar Liu was entertaining the children with a small stuffed doll, while Nan Nan was fanning the quintuplets with a large palm-leaf fan.
When she saw Chu Jingqiu, Xiao Kexin immediately opened her arms and tried to find her. Chu Jingqiu quickly put away her bicycle and hugged Xiao Kexin.
Grandma He smiled and asked, "Xiao Qiu, why did you come back so early today? Have you finished your work?"
Chu Jingqiu nodded, "Yes, I've already taken care of it for them. You don't have to go tomorrow."
Little Kexin was rubbing against him and asking for milk. Chu Jingqiu said hello to everyone, then carried her in to feed her.
Jiang Jiang also ran in with his tail wagging proudly.
By the time she finished feeding and carried Xiao Kexin downstairs, Grandpa Xiao and the others had already pushed the quintuplets back.
The nanny prepared formula for Douding Baby and began to feed the children. While feeding the baby, Mr. He said, "Xiaoqiu, how is the skull restoration going? Is it going smoothly? Has the identity of the deceased been confirmed?"
Chu Jingqiu nodded, "It has been confirmed. The deceased is... Xiao Yilin. Since everyone knows her, it was confirmed as soon as she was recovered."
Everyone looked at Chu Jingqiu in shock. Old Master Xiao paused, holding his teacup, and said in disbelief, "Who is it, Yilin? This... she's only been away from our house for a few days! And she's already been... killed."
Grandma Xiao sighed, "Ah, no matter how ignorant Yilin is, we have raised her for so many years, and I feel very uncomfortable when I hear this news.
Although this child is not very sensible, we used to be very strict with her and she rarely associated with scoundrels. Who did this?"
Mr. He thought for a moment and said, "I think this case is not difficult to solve. The murderer must have known Xiao Yilin, otherwise he would not have killed her and then destroyed her appearance.
The murderer did this because he was afraid that if Yilin's body was discovered, the police would find him through Yilin's social connections. I just don't know what this person's motive was for killing people.
Old Master Xiao took a sip of tea and said, "The last time Yu Tao and his wife came back, I heard him say that Yilin had gone to the army to look for Jing Zhiguo again.
Jing Zhiguo probably felt that Yilin was no longer useful and refused to even see her.
Yilin caused a big fuss in the army. Not only did she demand back the money she had spent on Jing Zhiguo, she also reported him for having extramarital affairs.
Jing Zhiguo was expelled from the army and returned to the rural area in the northwest where he had been sent to work. I wondered if Jing Zhiguo, out of humiliation and anger, had killed her in a rage.
Grandma Xiao nodded in agreement, "I think it's possible. I've seen that child before. He came to the compound with Yilin.
They were still little at that time, and I thought they were quite cunning. When they came to our house, their eyes rolled around.
I don't know if it was his idea or Yilin did it to please him, but she took away the stamp with the red mountains and rivers that Yihan treasured.
When Yi Han came back and told me about it, I was so angry that I ran to his house and asked for it back.
This time Yilin caused such a big fuss that Jing lost both his wife and his army. I think it might be him who did it."
Old Master He frowned and said, "This Jing Zhiguo has a motive for committing the crime. He is a strong suspect. Xiao Zeng will definitely investigate him. Anyone who has had conflicts with Xiao Yilin will be investigated, including your family."
Sure enough, the next day people from the Public Security Bureau came to the Xiao family to investigate some of Xiao Yilin's past, and of course ruled out the suspicion of the Xiao family members committing the crime.
Xiao Yilin's case was still under investigation until about a week after Chu Jingqiu started school. That day, after Chu Jingqiu had fed Xiao Kexin, Xiao Yihan brought Zeng Xuyang to the staff quarters.
Chu Jingqiu knew that Zeng Xuyang must be looking for her to discuss a case, so she asked Aunt Geng to take Xiao Kexin out.
Section Chief Zeng got straight to the point and said, "Teacher Chu, I'm bothering you again. A witness saw the suspect, and we want you to draw his portrait."
Chu Jingqiu asked curiously, "Chief Zeng, isn't the suspect an acquaintance of Xiao Yilin? Can't you just find a witness to identify him?"
Section Chief Zeng shook his head. "We've shown the witness photos of people who were close to Xiao Yilin, and none of them showed the person the witness saw that day."
Zeng Xuyang picked up the cold tea on the table, took a few sips, and then said: "After Xiao Yilin was fired from the military factory, the neighborhood committee helped her find a place to live in an alley not far from your second uncle's house.
There were several families living in that large compound. An old lady had just passed away last month, and the room became vacant, so Xiao Yilin moved in.
Xiao Yilin hadn't found a job, so she went to the army to have a fight with Jing Zhiguo. I think you all know about this. She asked Jing Zhiguo to return 700 yuan.
Then she went to find her junior high school classmate Zhang Caixia, whose father Zhang Heping was the director of a food factory.
A few days later, Xiao Yilin found a temporary job at a food factory. According to the workers, she occasionally stole bread or something, but she wasn't lazy and didn't cause any conflicts with anyone.
Xiao Yihan glanced at Zeng Xuyang and asked, "Old Zeng, are there any photos of Jing Zhiguo among those?"
Zeng Xuyang nodded, "Of course, he was the first person we suspected. A few comrades and I even went to the northwest to find him and find out more about the situation.
This kid is so lazy. When we found him, he was lying in the cave and taking a nap. The child was playing in the mud by himself, and his wife went to the fields to weed and earn work points.
We investigated his whereabouts and found that he had met Xiao Yilin once before returning to the Northwest. He also wanted to reconcile with Xiao Yilin, but was rejected by Xiao Yilin.
However, according to the forensic doctor's deduction of Xiao Yilin's time of death, he had already returned to the Northwest when Xiao Yilin died, and had no time to commit the crime, so the trip to the Northwest was fruitless.
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