Reborn in 97, I solved a cold case at the Municipal Bureau

Chapter 266 The Truth (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After the interrogation of Tang Xue concluded, Zhou Yi analyzed that Tang Xue may have developed a certain Oedipus complex due to the long-term lack of paternal love.

The sudden appearance of Huang Jianhui filled the void in her life, leading her to develop erroneous emotional perceptions.

Tang Xue is young, and due to a lack of proper family education, she is unable to make accurate and reasonable judgments.

But Huang Jianhui is different; he is an experienced adult.

If he might not have had any ulterior motives when he first came to apologize, Zhou Yi was certain that Tang Xue had become his prey after the second time he took her out to dinner.

From Tang Xue's account, it can be seen that Huang Jianhui portrayed himself as a gentle and refined middle-aged man, coupled with his good looks and the impact of his material life on Tang Xue.

It may seem that Tang Xue ultimately threw herself into his arms, but in reality, it was all part of Huang Jianhui's plan.

Tang Xue said that that night, on her small bed in her bedroom, something that shouldn't have happened occurred.

Finally, the fallen petals scattered.

When Huang Jianhui saw that splash of red, he excitedly hugged Tang Xue and said he would treat her well for the rest of his life.

For safety reasons, Huang Jianhui left after they finished that night.

After Huang Jianhui left, Tang Xue was still immersed in happiness, unaware that her fate would be completely rewritten from that night onward.

After that day, the two began this illicit secret relationship, frequently meeting up while Yao Fenfang was at work.

To strangers, they appeared to be a close father and daughter, but behind the scenes, they engaged in illicit affairs on various occasions.

The mysterious man who came to pick up Tang Xue, including the one Hu Weihua encountered, was Huang Jianhui.

Huang Jianhui also bought her a bracelet, but because he was afraid that a gold one would be too flashy and give him away, he bought a silver one. The small pendant on it was engraved with the first two letters of Xue and Hui's pinyin.

Huang Jianhui instructed her not to tell anyone anything related to him and to keep it a secret, otherwise he would be doomed.

The female student, who had not yet fully formed her own worldview, did not engage in the scenario of forcing a man to divorce his wife and marry her, because she obeyed Huang Jianhui's every word.

During this time, something happened: Huang Chen fabricated a rumor about Tang Xue in order to force Tang Xue to satisfy his desires again.

Tang Xue was so angry that she burst into tears. She turned to Huang Jianhui and told him, and Huang Jianhui promised her that he would definitely solve the problem.

Not long after the start of last summer vacation, Huang Jianhui told her that he had made arrangements to transfer Huang Chen to a boarding school in the suburbs and that he would never bother her again.

Then the two maintained this improper relationship for the entire summer vacation, until the end of September after Tang Xue started her second year of high school. Huang Jianhui told her that after the National Day holiday, he would be going on a business trip to another city for two or three months because there was a project that he had to follow up on.

Tang Xue was very reluctant to part with him, completely unaware that she was actually almost four months pregnant.

Qiao Jiali asked her if she hadn't realized the possibility of being pregnant before?
Tang Xue said that her periods have always been irregular, sometimes only coming every two or three months. Yao Fenfang had never taught her how often it is normal for her periods to come, and she was not entirely clear about the relationship between missed periods and pregnancy.

She even thought that her slightly protruding belly was because Huang Jianhui had taken her to eat too many good foods and she had gained weight.

But later, she realized something was wrong. To hide her growing belly, she kept her head down and hunched her back to avoid being noticed. She also wore loose and baggy school uniforms at home to avoid Yao Fenfang noticing.

More than three months later, when Huang Jianhui returned from out of town, he excitedly sought out Tang Xue, hoping to take her as his concubine, but what he saw was Tang Xue's pregnant belly.

Huang Jianhui was completely dumbfounded, because apart from the first time that night, he had been careful to use contraception afterward. He never expected that he would get pregnant that one time.

Tang Xue, completely at a loss, asked him what to do. Huang Jianhui went to the hospital to inquire and was terrified to learn that at seven months, an abortion was no longer an option but an induced labor.

Then he went missing for a while. During that time, Tang Xue said she couldn't sleep all night and was losing clumps of hair.

Just when she was about to go crazy, Huang Jianhui reappeared, saying that he had some family matters to attend to recently.

Then he told her that there was no other way now but to give birth to the child. However, he demanded that if anyone found out, Tang Xue could not reveal that the child was his, otherwise he would be completely ruined and lose everything.

He promised Tang Xue that he would marry her after she graduated from high school and treat her well for the rest of his life.

As for the child, he can be given to a kind person for adoption first, and then brought back after they get married, so that the family can be reunited.

The naive Tang Xue believed him, but she also showed some cleverness this time.

While Huang Jianhui wasn't looking, she secretly stole a business card from his bag; the card had his mobile phone number on it.

Prior to this, Huang Jianhui had always been in control and had not given Tang Xue his phone number.

Then, Tang Xue walked on thin ice, hiding the truth from everyone and enduring immense pressure.

Until March 1st.

As she became increasingly withdrawn, Yao Fenfang's resentment towards her grew day by day. On February 28th, the day before, Yao Fenfang scolded her for some trivial matters after getting off work.

So, before Yao Fenfang went out to cover for someone the next day, she didn't check if anyone was in the closed bedroom. Little did she know that Tang Xue was about to give birth, and her discomfort prevented her from going to school, forcing her to skip classes.

She had been enduring the pain in bed all day, but she couldn't take it anymore, so she got up, borrowed a phone from the guardhouse, and called Huang Jianhui.

Huang Jianhui was both surprised and scared when he received the call, but when he learned that she was home alone, he immediately said that he would come over right away and told her to wait at home and not let anyone find out.

Tang Xue, enduring immense pain, struggled to return home. Perhaps due to the movement, her water broke as soon as she arrived, and she gave birth to the child in her room.

When Tang Xue got to this point, Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali both felt heavy-hearted.

She's at the prime of her life, yet she's experiencing such outrageous things.

Tang Xue recounted these events while crying, her eyes red and swollen.

"He just suddenly fell to the ground. I was terrified. There was a rope attached to him, so I grabbed the rope and pulled out a huge, bloody mess," Tang Xue said in horror.

Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali knew that the bloody mess she was talking about was the placenta; and the rope was definitely the umbilical cord.

This method of birth is so horrifying that just hearing about it sends chills down your spine.

"What did you do after the baby was born?" Qiao Jiali asked.

"I didn't do anything, I just lay on the ground, and I felt like I had no strength at all."

When did Huang Jianhui arrive?

“I… I don’t know how much time passed, but I heard a knock on the door, so I struggled to get up from the floor and opened it. He was startled when he saw me, and then he went into the room and found the child on the floor.”

Tang Xue cried, trembling, "He said the baby is dead... Waaah... He said he would get rid of the baby."

"The child died right after birth?" Zhou Yi was shocked and asked hurriedly.

Tang Xue shook her head and said she didn't know either, and that she didn't dare to look at the child.

Zhou Yi asked her if she was sure the baby was dead when it was born.

Tang Xue just kept crying and shaking her head.

This surprised Qiao Jiali and Zhou Yi greatly. If the child was indeed dead at birth, then the nature of the case would be completely different.

If there was no murder, then the only remaining charge is the crime of desecrating a corpse, which involves dismemberment.

Qiao Jiali hurriedly asked what Huang Jianhui had done after he arrived.

Tang Xue said that after Huang Jianhui arrived, he told her to go to bed and rest.

Then they found a plastic bag, put the baby and placenta inside, and said they were going to take it out to dispose of it.

But she didn't know why, Huang Jianhui, who was about to leave, suddenly stopped, saying that if she took it out and threw it away, someone would find out sooner or later, and then it would be troublesome if the police came.

So he wanted to dispose of it directly at their house.

"Did he say how to handle it?" Qiao Jiali asked.

Tang Xue shook her head: "I don't know. He closed the door and told me not to ask anything. I was so tired that I fell asleep..."

Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali didn't know what to say. To be able to fall asleep under these circumstances meant either that one's body had truly reached its limit, or that one was extremely cold-blooded.

When did Huang Jianhui leave?

"I don't know... I was half asleep, and I vaguely heard the sound of water flushing in the bathroom."

In the Yao family's house, Tang Xue's second bedroom was separated from the bathroom by a wall, specifically the wall next to the bed.

Tang Xue said she struggled to get up, and when she reached the bathroom door, she was terrified.

Huang Jianhui, who had taken off his coat, was squatting in the bathroom with his back to her. There was a lot of blood on the floor. When he turned around, Tang Xue saw that he had a kitchen knife in his hand and some bloody things on the floor.

Tang Xue was so frightened that she vomited, but she hadn't eaten anything all day, so she couldn't vomit anything up.

She said that Huang Jianhui was angered by her sudden vomiting and told her to go back to her room with a ferocious expression. She was so frightened that she scrambled back and hid under the covers, trembling.

After an unknown amount of time, Huang Jianhui pushed open the door and came in. He had no knife in his hand and no blood, but his sweater was stained with a lot of bloodstains.

Huang Jianhui gently stroked her hair and told her that he had no other choice. The child was already dead at birth, and if he took it out, it would definitely be discovered. This was the only way to deal with it.

Then he coaxed her with sweet words, telling her that she absolutely could not tell anyone what happened today, otherwise they would all go to jail.

(End of this chapter)