Chapter 71 I'll Let You Kill Me
"What about the two wooden boxes? Have you asked about them?" In comparison, Gu Nankai is more concerned about the secrets inside the two wooden boxes engraved with Xie Lingling's name.
Cao Cang nodded quickly, but his face was not very good. He said with some disappointment: "I asked, but although the two boxes were given to these two people by Xie Lingling, Wu Na and Zhao Qing did not know how to open the boxes. Wu Na and Zhao Qing told me that when Xie Lingling gave them the boxes, she said that they would know what was inside when the time came."
Gu Nankai and Wu Qingluan frowned at the same time, and they were a little puzzled. Gu Nankai asked: "So, except for Xie Lingling, no one else knows what is in this box?"
Cao Cang nodded solemnly and continued, "There is a detonator in Xie Lingling's box."
"What!" Gu Nankai's face changed. How could this happen? Detonating the device? How could this be possible?
"Indeed, Wu Na and Zhao Qing showed me the letter left by Xie Lingling, and I took it." Cao Cang also breathed a sigh of relief, and pushed the letter he got from Wu Na and Zhao Qing to Gu Nankai and Wu Qingluan. The two immediately took it and read it. At this time, Gao Yuan also came over from his seat to participate in the case discussion. He leaned next to Gu Nankai to look at the letter in Gu Nankai's hand.
Ms. Wu:
Do not try to open the box. There is a detonator in the box. The time is not right now. When the time is right, there will be wires to guide you to see what is inside. Please keep it confidential.
This is a letter Xie Lingling wrote to Wu Na and Zhao Qing. Except for the different names, the contents of the letter are exactly the same. Gu Nankai read it over and over again but still couldn't make out anything. He put the letter on the table with a serious : "Did Xie Lingling tell you when she gave these two boxes to them?"
"Yes." Cao Cang nodded and looked at Gu Nankai, his expression not much better: "About a month before Xie Lingling died."
Gu Nankai's heart skipped a beat when he heard this number. He narrowed his eyes slightly, tapped the table with his index finger, and said solemnly, "If Xie Lingling had planned to commit suicide long ago, then this box might contain something related to the truth behind her death."
"If it was suicide, then Xie Lingling would be in too much trouble. Would she let herself die from chronic poisoning?" Gao Yuan on the side said, full of confusion. This sentence made Gu Nankai, Wu Qingluan and Cao Cang fall into deep thought for a moment. Yes, this was too much of a waste of time.
Gao Yuan saw that the three were silent and continued, "If Xie Lingling really wanted to commit suicide, she could have used any other method, but she had to use this method. Besides, what is the essence of suicide? It is to not cause trouble to others. Xie Lingling's suicide is quite a big deal."
Gu Nankai's face was extremely heavy. In fact, at this moment, all he could think about were Gao Yuan's words. Yes, Xie Lingling's death was too puzzling. If she was murdered, many things couldn't be explained clearly. But if she was suicide, many things couldn't be explained clearly either. His fingertips kept tapping on the table, making crisp sounds. After a long time, he suddenly found a breakthrough point in Gao Yuan's words.
"There is only one possibility now." Gu Nankai said this solemnly, and he looked deeply at his teammates: "Two months ago, Xie Lingling found out that someone wanted to kill her, and then she acquiesced to this person's behavior and helped this person kill herself."
This explanation made Wu Qingluan and Cao Cang stunned, but Gao Yuan quickly understood what Gu Nankai meant. He clapped his hands fiercely and said, "Yes, that must be the case. Two months ago, the murderer began to poison Xie Lingling. Then Xie Lingling found out about it and she acquiesced. The things in the box she gave to Wu Na and Zhao Qing must be related to the murderer's identity!"
Gu Nankai was still knocking on the table. He continued Gao Yuan's words and said, "It is true that it is related to the murderer's identity, but Xie Lingling must be making excuses for the murderer. Think about it, what would make a woman acquiesce to someone killing herself?"
Wu Qingluan's heart skipped a beat: "The man Xie Lingling loves, she loves that man deeply, so when she found out that the man wanted to kill her, she chose to help him!"
Gu Nankai nodded heavily.
"Oh my God, is this still love..." Gao Yuan said with some fear.
At this time, Wu Qingluan stood up, and she supported herself on the edge of the table with both hands and said, "This possibility is very high, especially for a woman like Xie Lingling."
The three grown men all looked at Wu Qingluan. Wu Qingluan looked at them and said very professionally, "Xie Lingling lacked fatherly love since she was a child. After her mother remarried, she suffered domestic violence and sexual abuse from her stepfather and brother for many years. A girl who grew up in such an environment suffers from fear of darkness and claustrophobia. Imagine her psychology. Do you think it would be normal?"
She straightened up, crossed her arms around her chest and said affirmatively: "No, Xie Lingling's psychological condition is extremely fragile. She is too insecure and lacks trust. But if she meets a man who treats her well, loves her and protects her, once she accepts this man's kindness, she will fall completely for him. This man will become her life. What if she finds out that her only hope wants to harm her?"
Wu Qingluan stopped and looked at the men. A trace of sympathy and sadness flashed across her face. She slowly said, "To a large extent, Xie Lingling will choose a decisive way. She will fulfill this man's wish because she has been abandoned by the whole world. Death must not be a painful thing for Xie Lingling. She is just expressing her love to that man."
When Wu Qingluan finished speaking, the atmosphere in the office was very quiet and no one spoke. Wu Qingluan had already presented Xie Lingling's psychology to them through professional analysis. This statement was well-founded and they had to believe it. The evidence was there and the facts told them that this was what Xie Lingling was thinking. At this moment, no one could see through her better than Wu Qingluan.
"Oh, what a sin!" After a long time, Gao Yuan's lament was heard in the silent office, but the silence was soon broken by the arrival of an outsider. It turned out that the technical identification department had already found out the specific time when Xie Lingling was poisoned.
The visitor put down the appraisal report and left. Gu Nankai and others quickly opened the report and read it. This report confirmed all of Gu Nankai and others' guesses.
"Xie Lingling had been exposed to arsenic in January?" Wu Qingluan exclaimed when she saw the conclusion in the appraisal report.
Logically, Shang Lu would understand better what was going on, but she was not here at the moment. Gu Nankai had been handling cases for many years and knew a little about it, so he explained it to them.
"Generally speaking, our hair grows about half an inch every month. Colleagues in the Identification Department cut the hair into small sections and measure the arsenic concentration in each section. This way, we can get a timeline of the victim's exposure to arsenic."
Seeing that the three people were still confused, he continued, "Xie Lingling's hair is three inches long. The half inch close to the scalp represents June, the next half inch is May, and the next is April, and so on. From the last half inch of hair, we can know that she started to come into contact with arsenic in January, which is when she was poisoned."
"Oh my God, this man is so scary." Wu Qingluan was shocked after hearing Gu Nankai's inference and sighed.
Gu Nankai put the report on the table and looked at the time on the wall clock: "The four suspects will be here soon. Let's get ready to start the interrogation. I hope we can identify the suspects."
