Chapter 110 Confession
When he arrived at the crime scene, Lin Wenjue had already conducted a preliminary inspection of the scene and his colleagues who came to support him had just left.
"Is it possible to save the person?" Luo Xun and Chi Xia arrived and asked Lin Wenjue first.
Lin Wenjue looked solemn: "I think it's unlikely, but it's not impossible. Lao Luo, Xiao Xia, the way the murderer tried to kill Yu Jia is basically the same as the way Zhou Wanrou was killed."
He pointed from the stairs to the bloody trail of dragging marks: "She fell from the upper floor first, then crushed her knuckles, and finally used a golf club to break Yu Jia's ankle. It was very vindictive, and Yu Jia's injuries were mostly on her back."
"The murderer just committed a crime and must have left in a hurry." Luo Xun looked around: "Did the murderer leave any clues?"
"You said this is true." Lin Wenjue took out an evidence bag: "This ring was found at the crime scene. From the style to the quality, it is unlikely to be Yu Jia's. And the most important point..."
Lin Wenjue brought over another evidence bag: "This is Yu Jia's phone. I checked it. She has been trying to contact Pei Xinlu recently, but none of the calls went through. But at 3:48, a number called this phone. Guess who called?"
Luo Xun and Chi Xia didn't guess. Luo Xun stared at him straight, and Chi Xia lowered his head, looking at the ring in the evidence bag.
Lin Wenjue continued consciously: "The number shows Pei Xinlu."
"Pei Xinlu?" Luo Xun shook his head: "It can't be him. He couldn't be deader."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chi Xia suddenly said, "I've seen this ring."
Luo Xun and Lin Wenjue looked at her in unison.
"Captain Luo, do you remember when we went to the nursing home, Dr. Xie said he had something to do at home and had to go out for a while?"
Chi Xia said: "He was wearing a ring like this on his hand at that time."
"Him?" Luo Xun frowned, not knowing what he was thinking for a moment.
Everyone's cell phone rang, indicating that there was an incoming message, and the three of them looked at their phones.
In the group, Curly sent a few photos and attached a voice message: "Have you seen these photos? Wu Shanshan just sent them. Zhou Wanrou has an abandoned social account. Wu Shanshan checked it and found this in a password album."
Luo Xun and Chi Xia each enlarged the photo and observed it. After a while, they both looked up at the same time and said in unison: "It's Doctor Xie."
Lin Wenjue was puzzled: "Doctor Xie? Zheng Lanshu's doctor in the sanatorium?"
"Yes, it's him." Luo Xun nodded.
"He just came back when we left the sanatorium," said Chi Xia.
She looked at the scene and shook her head: "But the time doesn't match up. He might be able to get here, but he doesn't have the time to commit the crime."
"Curly, check this man immediately." Luo Xun called Curly: "I can only give you thirty minutes."
Thirty minutes is the time it takes for them to get back to the nursing home from here.
"Old Lin, you stay here and see if you can find other clues, especially those related to Zhou Wanrou's death. Chi Xia and I will go meet Doctor Xie."
Luo Xun paused, exhaled and looked at Chi Xia: "Either you stay here and don't get involved."
"I'll go with you."
Chi Xia shook his head: "I still have a few things I can't figure out, I need to see Doctor Xie to solve them."
"Okay." Luo Xun turned and walked out: "Then let's go."
Lin Wenjue took two quick steps and called them: "There is one more thing you should pay attention to. Yu Jia was injected with drugs before she was killed, so I guess she has no ability to fight back. Also, the force of the blows on her body is not like that of an adult man, otherwise she would have died long ago."
Chi Xia and Luo Xun nodded and left quickly.
From morning till now, the two of them had hardly had a drop of water. Chi Xia took out two bottles of water from the back row, unscrewed them, and handed one to Luo Xun: "Captain Luo, are you hungry?"
Luo Xun drank two sips of water: "I'm hungry, but I can endure it."
He stopped the car within two minutes and said, "Don't hold on. There's a small supermarket here. Let's go in and buy something to eat on the way."
Chi Xia didn't say much, got off the car immediately and bought some things.
She tore open the bread bag, took a bite and fed it to Luo Xun: "Doctor Xie's motives, are they really that strong, even if he and Zhou Wanrou liked each other?"
Luo Xun ate the bread she brought him: "Isn't it normal to kill someone for emotional reasons in a murder case? Give me another bite, tear it bigger, my mouth is not that small."
Chi Xia listened to his words and fed him another big piece of meat: "Maybe it's because of me personally. I don't think love is enough to make a person lose his mind and take revenge to this extent."
"To some extent, that's true, but people are most likely to be stupid in love."
Luo Xun continued: "Possessiveness, abandonment, security, loss, betrayal, inequality... these messy emotions are infinitely magnified in love, stimulating the beast in people's hearts, and they are obsessed with getting a result to relieve the pain inflicted by the other party. This is why love murders are the most common among homicide cases."
"I'm choking. Give me some saliva, Officer Chi." He said this and swallowed hard.
Chi Xia quickly unscrewed the water and handed it to him. Luo Xun drank most of the bottle, took a breath and continued: "Maybe because you are more rational, you don't think that feelings will affect you to do things beyond your expectations. But Officer Chi, I am quite curious, for you, what kind of feelings can prompt you to break your principles?"
Chi Xia thought for a moment and said, "Family love, maybe."
"Family?"
Luo Xun asked himself and answered: "Yes, for most people, family affection is a feeling that can be obtained without any effort. You can even enjoy the other party's efforts with peace of mind. There is no cost for giving. But it is precisely this thing that is the greatest confidence of people."
"I have always believed unilaterally that..."
Chi Xia tore open another bread bag, fed Luo Xun a bite, and took a bite himself: "Family affection is the source of shaping a person's world view and outlook on life. The kind of family atmosphere a person grows up in will most likely determine what kind of person he will become."
“I agree.”
Luo Xun felt that this was an angle he had not thought about seriously. He glanced at Chi Xia sideways and pursed his lips.
Chi Xia stuffed bread into his mouth: "Captain Luo, just ask whatever you want to ask. I still have some room for talking right now."
Luo Xun laughed and seized the opportunity: "You said that you have no memory before the age of twelve, and you were adopted by your parents. Well... I want to say, family affection is so important to you, is it true that before the age of twelve, you actually... actually lacked this thing?"
Chi Xia looked into the distance, through the car window at the family of three walking together in the distance: "Actually, I think so too, but I don't have any clue about the answer yet."
Luo Xun tilted his head slightly and saw her sudden confusion and fragility. For some reason, he felt a slight pain in his heart and a little distressed.
Feeling his gaze, Chi Xia suddenly suppressed the emotions that were revealed.
She looked at Luo Xun: "Captain Luo, are you looking at me with such concern?"
"Not at all." Luo Xun pretended to look at the road, his eyes flickering.
A chuckle echoed in the car, and he heard Chi Xia say, "Captain Luo, don't feel sorry for someone. Feeling sorry for someone is the beginning of tragedy."
Luo Xun was caught off guard. He let out a breath and glared at her.
Chi Xia laughed happily.
The next second, Luo Xun said, "By the way, give Juanmao a call and ask him to free up some manpower to check Dr. Xie's recent call records."
Chi Xia picked up the phone and dialed: "Especially between him and Wu Shanshan?"
She knew what she was thinking. Luo Xun felt a little happy, and the embarrassment she had just caused was swept away.
He nodded: "Well, the clue came at the perfect time."
Chi Xia called Juanmao.
When their car was within sight of the gate of the sanatorium, Curly also sent information about Dr. Xie.
Dr. Xie, whose full name is Xie Zizheng, was a middle school classmate of Zhou Wanrou and Wu Shanshan. He went abroad after graduating from high school and returned to China four years ago to work as a doctor at Zhian Sanatorium.
But the most interesting thing is that Xie Zizheng’s home address before going abroad was very close to Zhou Wanrou’s address at the time.
They can be considered childhood sweethearts.
The same nurse was there to receive Chi Xia and Luo Xun. When they came back, the nurse looked a little worried.
When Luo Xun asked about Xie Zizheng, the nurse had a complicated look on her face but didn't know what the problem was. She just said, "Doctor Xie said... he's waiting for you in the office..."
Luo Xun and Chi Xia went to Xie Zizheng's office together.
The door was open and they walked in. Xie Zizheng, who was sitting on a chair, looked up at them, his expression as calm as when he first saw them.
He crossed his hands on the table and smiled at them: "Officer, you are here."
