Chapter 26
There was silence inside and outside the interrogation room.
Everybody knew that he had seduced those girls. But due to the passage of time, all the evidence has been destroyed. Due to time constraints, they have not yet contacted the girls. Even if they were able to make contact, even if they were both willing to testify to the existence of a sexual relationship, it would probably be useless.
Because Gao Jichang was really cunning, he would basically observe the girls in their first year of high school and then attack them in their second or third year. The four girls known to have had sex with him were all 16 or 17 years old, so Gao Jichang does not have to bear any legal responsibility.
Of course, after today, Gao Jichang will not only lose his job, but he will also not be able to work as a teacher. But what is this compared to the evil he has done? The education system may want to cover up this scandal, and it is possible that his father-in-law will transfer him to some place in the countryside to continue teaching.
Li Qingyao noticed that Chen Pu looked calm, as if he had expected this situation.
She understood that the highlight was still the death of Liu Huaixin. Gao Jichang had both motive and time. He had been to the crime scene and found suspicious gloves in his home. As long as the identification results show Liu Huaixin's DNA or blood, he will have no way to defend himself.
Based on this charge, Gao Jichang could not escape.
Why did Chen Pu let the entire team spend so much effort to investigate those girls?
Li Qingyao already had the answer in his mind.
Because Chen Pu wanted to know the truth and seek justice for those girls. Even if so many girls were virgins, he could not convict this beast.
But Chen Pu just wants to bring the facts to the world. There is no impenetrable wall in this world. Even if a case will not be tried in public due to pressure from public opinion, those who should know the truth will naturally know it.
This is also the motivation for everyone in the second team to work hard and stay up late to investigate.
Chen Pu asked: "You said that Liu Huaixin gave you these photos and USB flash drive last week? Which day of the week? Where did he give it to you?"
Gao Jichang: "Last Friday, around 6pm, I met him on my way home from get off work and went to his house to get it."
"You are lying. I'll give you another chance to confess," said Chen Pu.
Gao Jichang looked extremely tired, but his eyes were bright, showing an unusual excitement. He was silent for a few seconds, then smiled and said, "Yes, it was last Friday. Police comrade, there is no surveillance in the corridor, and I can't prove my innocence. But you can't wrongly accuse me of Liu Huaixin's death because of a few photos. I have never broken the law."
"I gave you a chance." Chen Pu's eyes were as cold as frost. He put several photos taken from the surveillance in front of him. The person in the photos was Liu Huaixin, with a brown paper envelope under his arm. "We have verified that Liu Huaixin went to the printing shop late at night on Wednesday, the day before his death, to print photos. Where did you get it from last Friday? Let me tell you, Gao Jichang, this brown paper envelope appeared at the murder scene and was taken away by you. There are fingerprints of both of you on it. Guess whose blood we found on it? Do you think this is enough as key evidence to sue you for murder?"
This of course scared Gao Jichang. They didn't find any bloodstains at all, otherwise how could Chen Pu use two "guess" in a row to fuzzy the concept?
But Gao Jichang finally panicked and shouted, "I didn't! I didn't kill him! You're talking nonsense, you're wrongly accusing me! I get it, you can't catch the murderer, so you want to use me as the scapegoat!"
Chen Pu ignored his last desperate struggle and slapped the table with both hands. Gao Jichang trembled all over. Then he stood up and leaned forward. His sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes were full of sharp coldness. He asserted: "You went to his house on the day he died. He invited you personally."
Gao Jichang's lips trembled, and he didn't know what he was thinking about, and suddenly he couldn't speak.
The other detectives were startled - he did not deny having been at the scene!
Chen Pu: "Gao Jichang! It has come to this, and you still refuse to tell the truth! Do you think you can get away with it by claiming suicide? Tell me, how did you subdue Liu Huaixin, and what methods did you use?
Did he force him to cut his wrists with a knife, or did he hold his wrists and cut them?
I guess there is more to it than that. Why did he feel so guilty and determined to investigate the matter of Zhang Xiyu? What mistakes did Zhang Xiyu make in your illicit relationship with you? What leverage did you use to threaten him and make him ready to die? ”
Everyone looked at Gao Jichang. This was also the speculation in everyone's mind, and the biggest doubt at the crime scene - how did Gao Jichang do it? There were no signs of a struggle, and he was killed by four cuts on his wrists. Liu Huaixin also left a handwritten suicide note.
If there is another hidden story as Chen Pu speculated, then it makes sense.
Gao Jichang's eyes widened, his face was ferocious, and his emotions became extremely excited. He shouted, "No! You are wronging me! I went to his house that day, but when I arrived, Liu Huaixin was already dead! The door was open, and his blood had all been drained! What does it have to do with me! I took the manila envelope from the dining table and left! I didn't kill anyone! How could I kill someone!"
But all the detectives looked at him coldly. This man had been telling lies from the beginning of the interrogation and trying every possible way to make excuses. Who would believe him now?
Fang Kai said, "I think you're not going to give up until you get to the Yellow River. Let me put it this way, it doesn't matter whether you admit it now or not, because you personally admitted that you were at the murder scene, you have the motive, you have the time, and you have the key evidence, the manila envelope, plus the motive for the murder was about those girls, how do you think the judge will sentence you? Leniency for those who confess and severity for those who resist, this is your last chance to fight for a commutation of your sentence."
Gao Jichang was stunned and finally realized that something was wrong. He had become the number one suspect in Liu Huaixin's death.
His cracked lips trembled as he smiled a smile uglier than crying: "So I didn't go to jail because of those girls, but I have to bear the responsibility of Liu Huaixin's murder just because I was at the scene?"
Li Qingyao frowned.
Chen Pu also stared at Gao Jichang.
"I want to appeal! Appeal!" Gao Jichang wanted to stand up, but the handcuffs locked him in the chair with a loud clanging noise. His emotions finally collapsed, his eyes were red, and he struggled desperately.
Chen Pu and Fang Kai rushed over at the same time to hold him down, and Zhou Yangxin and another criminal policeman opened the door and rushed in to help.
Li Qingyao stood close to the glass, not missing any change in Gao Jichang's expression.
Gao Jichang struggled for a while, and then seemed to have lost all his strength. He slumped in the chair, muttering, "Ridiculous... Ridiculous... If I had known, I wouldn't have deleted the surveillance footage... If I had known, I wouldn't have deleted it... No, this must be a setup, someone set it up to frame me! Someone wants to harm me!"
Chen Pu straightened his hat brim and was about to sit down again when he turned his head and looked at him: "What did you say?"
Just at this moment.
A young man from the physical evidence department trotted to the door of the interrogation room and shouted, "Captain Chen."
Chen Pu strode out and closed the door of the interrogation room. Li Qingyao, Zhou Yangxin and others also hurriedly followed them out.
The evidence officer took them to the desk with a serious look. On the desk was the pair of gloves found in Gao Jichang's home, with a test report underneath.
"The data on the surveillance memory card in Gao Jichang's home has been recovered. Several surveillance cameras have captured that he left home at 7:40 that night and returned home at 7:50. He stayed at home at other times and did not go out. There is no sign of forgery in the surveillance. It is original. And this pair of gloves, no fingerprints, blood or DNA belonging to Liu Huaixin were found on it. This is just an ordinary pair of gloves. Gao Jichang did not have the time to commit the crime. He is not the murderer who killed Liu Huaixin."
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