Chapter 113 Big Net
Luo found the hospital, took Pan Haili's resume, and brought Xie Zizheng back to the police station.
Along the way, Chi Xia watched the two videos several times in silent mode, and his anger intensified every time he watched them.
She subconsciously wanted to dig into her fingertip with her fingernail, and felt the mark through the Band-Aid.
As soon as he applied force with his nails, Luo Xun's hand reached out.
He grabbed her wrist and threw her aside, frowning and stopping her with his eyes.
"I'm very hungry." Luo Xun said, "Give me a couple of bites of food."
After he finished speaking, he took Chi Xia's phone and pressed it under his butt, not wanting to show it to her. After thinking about it, he was afraid that it might be damaged, so he took it in his left hand and put it in his pocket.
Chi Xia glanced at him, took out a plastic bag and took out a few small breads, threw two bags to Xie Zizheng behind him, carefully stuffed two bags into the bag for Luo Xun, squeezed some water and handed them to him.
After doing all this, her emotions were completely relieved.
Luo Xun handed her Pan Haili's information: "Take a look at this."
Chi Xia hummed and quickly shifted his attention.
"Thank you, doctor."
After reading Pan Haili's information, she turned to ask Xie Zizheng: "How much do you know about Pan Haili?"
Everything was going on in Xie Zizheng's mind, and he urgently needed to talk, relying on the police's ability to help him sort out the whole thing.
Hearing Chi Xia's words, he immediately sat forward and said, "Pan Haili should have come to the nursing home half a year ago. Although she looks ordinary and doesn't participate in group activities very often, she is very patient with the elderly. Some of the elderly in the nursing home have lost their ability to act independently, but she doesn't despise them at all. She will help everyone if they need any help, so we all like her very much. "
"Half a year ago?" Chi Xia noticed this node: "It's the same time as when Pei Xi was murdered?"
Xie Zizheng shook his head: "It will be about a month earlier."
"What about her family, such as her family situation, does anyone know about it?" Chi Xia asked again.
This question stumped Xie Zizheng. He thought for a long time before shaking his head: "This... I don't think I've ever heard her mention it..."
"Does she have any close friends in the nursing home?"
Chi Xia looked at the photo of Pan Haili in the information. She had an ordinary name and ordinary looks, and the information showed that she was from a relatively remote village in Dongzhou.
In the back row, Xie Zizheng hesitated and said, "I think about it, and it seems that no one in the whole nursing home is close to her..."
That's the crux of the problem.
A person who is liked by everyone but marginalized is not simple in itself.
Chi Xia pondered in his heart and continued to ask him: "When did you know that Zhou Wanrou and Pei Xi were murdered? Also, how did you know that it was Zheng Lanshu who killed them? Think about it carefully, was Pan Haili involved in all this?"
Xie Zizheng thought about her words carefully, and his expression gradually became solemn.
"Doctor Xie, you have to explain this to us clearly."
When Chi Xia saw his expression, she knew that she was right.
Xie Zizheng breathed a sigh of relief. He finally realized that this matter was more serious than he had imagined.
The situation was so serious that the old man he wanted to protect was like a knife in Pan Haili's hand from beginning to end.
But why did she do this? What was her purpose?
"I came to the sanatorium three years ago. At that time, Aunt Zheng did not live in Zhi'an permanently, and I was not responsible for her treatment, so Wanrou and I have never met..."
"It wasn't until two years ago when Aunt Zheng moved in that we ran into each other occasionally. Since we were acquaintances, I took the initiative to offer to take charge of Aunt Zheng's treatment, and Wanrou agreed without giving it much thought."
"You and Zhou Wanrou."
Chi Xia turned sideways and looked back at him: "Have you ever liked each other before?"
Xie Zizheng was stunned for a moment, his eyes filled with regret. He sighed, "It was just a childhood feeling... Later, for various reasons, I moved away and went abroad. In the end, I didn't have the courage to express my feelings, so the matter just ended like that...
Xie Zizheng smiled bitterly: "Besides, when we met again, she seemed to be living a good life, so I completely let it go, especially Xixi, that child..."
He choked up and said, "That child is really cute and sensible."
"When and how did you know about the deaths of Zhou Wanrou and Pei Xi?" While waiting for the red light, Luo Xun repeated Chi Xia's question.
"Pan Haili, Pan Haili told me everything!"
Xie Zizheng became emotional: "Half a year ago, Wanrou fell ill and didn't visit Auntie for a while. During that time, Shanshan came back from abroad for a few days. She came to visit Auntie, and I learned from her that Xixi was gone, but we all thought it was just an accident until half a month ago..."
He recalled the scene at that time: "Half a month ago, on the night of May 16, I was on duty that night, and Pan Haili suddenly came to my office. She looked very panicked and told me in a panic that Aunt Zheng had killed someone..."
He swallowed nervously, "I didn't know what happened at the time. I rushed to Aunt Zheng's room. She was in a very bad state, but she was conscious. She told me in a very emotional state that she had killed Pei Xinlu... Because she was on the verge of collapse, I injected her with a sedative and she fell asleep soon."
On May 16, Pan Haili chose to kill Pei Xinlu before pretending to drag Xie Zizheng into the trap.
Xie Zizheng continued, "Actually, I still didn't know what happened until this moment, but Pan Haili showed me the USB drive that Wanrou left behind. She said that Aunt Zheng took that USB drive out of the teddy bear that Xixi gave her, and she asked me to help her because she didn't keep an eye on Aunt Zheng, so she sneaked out at night."
"Escape? Where did she escape from?"
Chi Xia had an idea in his mind: "Besides the front door and the back door, where else can we go out of the sanatorium?"
Xie Zizheng sighed deeply: "There is a side door in the courtyard that has not been used for a long time. Usually no one goes there. Aunt Zheng should have left from there."
"So, you read the contents of the USB flash drive at the time. Considering Zheng Lanshu's state at the time , it was easy for you to believe what Pan Haili said. You wanted to protect Zheng Lanshu and hoped that Pan Haili would keep it a secret. She agreed to it, right?"
Xie Zizheng's expression changed several times, and he lowered his head: "Yes, and... and Aunt Zheng was holding a small steel bar in her hand at the time, and there was blood on the steel bar, human blood."
Chi Xia and Luo Xun thought of Ning Yi's autopsy at the same time. In the end, Pei Xinlu was stabbed in the heart with a steel bar in revenge.
"Where are the steel bars now?" Chi Xia asked.
"In...in my house...I hid."
Xie Zizhen hesitated and said, "Maybe I can help you."
"What about today? What happened?" Chi Xia asked calmly.
After being tricked like this, Xie Zizheng now finally understood the whole story.
But the other party ruthlessly took advantage of the poor old man, which was what Xie Zizheng could not accept the most.
He rubbed his eyelids and took a deep breath. "There is an activity in the hospital today. All the elderly people will go to the auditorium. Before you came, Pan Haili found me again. She said that my auntie was missing again. My auntie's condition has not been good recently. When she was emotional, she would say something like revenge. I thought of Yu Jia at that time."
Once the whole story became clear, he became angrier and more angry, blaming himself for not being able to stay calm and for being fooled by Pan Haili.
"She told me that my aunt must have gone to Yu Jia's house, and gave me a note with my aunt's handwriting on it, which contained Yu Jia's address."
When he said this, Chi Xia suddenly thought of something and asked him, "By the way, has Aunt Zheng ever worked at Dongzhou Agriculture and Forestry University before?"
When she asked this question, Luo Xun suddenly realized something and glanced at Chi Xia.
Xie Zizheng said: "You may not know that Aunt Zheng used to be a teacher at Dongzhou Agricultural University. The Agricultural University was later divided into two parts, the Agricultural University and the Agricultural and Forestry University. They were established separately and independently, but Aunt Zheng has always worked at the Agricultural University."
"Have her former colleagues or friends ever come to visit her?" Chi Xia asked.
Xie Zizheng nodded: "Yes, she is a very nice person, and former students and colleagues often come to see her."
Luo Xun took a deep breath and said, "So, Mr. Chu from the Agricultural and Forestry University is very likely acquainted with Zheng Lanshu."
Either a colleague or a friend, or her former student.
"Those students were right. They did not find the body by accident. Whether they came that day or another day, it was inevitable that they would find Zhou Wanrou's body."
Chi Xia sneered.
"Teacher Chu doesn't need to know anything. It is enough for her to mention that the mountain is worth researching when she comes to see Zheng Lanshu. Zheng Lanshu doesn't even need to say it herself."
As Luo Xun spoke, he gritted his teeth. What a huge net!
"What are you talking about? What do you mean?" Xie Zizheng was full of doubts.
Chi Xia replied: "Nothing, let's talk about today. What did you do after you realized that Zheng Lanshu went to Yu Jia's house?"
Xie Zizheng hesitated for a while and decided not to hide anything. "I found Pei Xinlu's cell phone under Aunt Zheng's pillow before. I turned it on once and found that Yu Jia called me many times. I was afraid something might happen, so I kept it turned off. When I knew where Aunt Zheng went, I rushed over immediately. During that time, I called Yu Jia with Pei Xinlu's cell phone, but she didn't answer. I realized that something might have happened to her..."
He exhaled and adjusted his thoughts: "When I knocked on Yu Jia's door, it was my aunt who opened the door. And I ran into you when I came out, so I was afraid that you would find out about her..."
Luo Xun continued: "So you left your ring there, and called Wu Shanshan, asking her to send us photos of you and Zhou Wanrou to distract us?"
Xie Zizheng was stunned for a moment, nodded, and lowered his head apologetically.
This was the whole story. After listening to him, Chi Xia leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and went through it all from the beginning, picking out the points that they still couldn't explain.
The light of the setting sun shone from afar, pouring into the car through the window, and the orange-red light enveloped Chi Xia's face.
She suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes clear and bright.
