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

Chapter 361 Natural Death (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Although Fan Zhongliang thought this way, Chen Ting was not Zheng Guangming, so he couldn't kill her and bury her in Xiaoqiushan Park.

If anything happens to Chen Ting, the police will suspect them first.

Therefore, he had to make Chen Ting's death look normal, so normal that it wouldn't arouse any suspicion from the police, and then proceed with the normal death procedure, sending her to the incinerator once and for all.

To this end, he even asked around and found out that as long as it wasn't an unnatural death, the police wouldn't open a case to investigate if the family didn't have any doubts about the cause of death.

In the days that followed, he began to ponder how to kill his wife without arousing suspicion.

Although he couldn't think of anything for the time being, he began preparing for something else.

Just run away.

The fact that Chen Ting suspected him of killing Zheng Guangming that day made him realize that the risk still existed, and he had to be prepared at any time to run away immediately if anything happened.

He thought about how to kill Chen Ting for a long time, and in the end, it was a sentence from Chen Ting herself that gave him inspiration.

One day, Chen Ting complained that she hated spring the most because she had to wear a mask when she went out, which was so annoying.

This sentence immediately reminded Fan Zhongliang that Chen Ting was allergic to pollen, which could trigger asthma.

So every spring, Chen Ting wears a mask when she goes out to prevent pollen allergies.

When the two started dating after being introduced by a mutual acquaintance, he was unaware of this. He bought a bouquet of flowers for Chen Ting, which triggered her asthma attack.

She didn't have any medication with her at the time, so she had to be rushed to the hospital.

Since that incident, Chen Ting has carried her asthma medication in her bag 365 days a year.

So he began to plan to use this incident to his advantage, so that Chen Ting would die from an asthma attack before she could receive timely medical attention.

By the evening of April 15th, he had finally drafted a detailed murder plan and began to carry it out.

That evening, he told Chen Ting that he could get 200,000 yuan from the company right away, and he guaranteed that no one would find out.

Using this as an excuse, he suggested that they celebrate with some red wine during dinner, and Chen Ting readily agreed.

In reality, he took advantage of Chen Ting's inattention and poured in a small amount of pre-ground sleeping pills. He only used a small amount because he was afraid that the police might discover something amiss, and besides, he didn't need Chen Ting to be in a deep sleep when carrying out this plan.

When night fell, the drug began to take effect, and after Chen Ting fell asleep, he began to carry out his plan.

He first sprayed all of Chen Ting's usual inhaled asthma medication, making sure there wasn't a single drop left in the bottle.

He then lay down and went to sleep as usual. He got up at dawn the next day, got dressed, and checked on Chen Ting's condition, only to find that she was still asleep.

He went out, and when he drove out of the community, he deliberately stopped for a moment and chatted with the security guard for a few words, in order to create the illusion that he had already left for work.

After driving out of the residential area, he immediately parked the car in a nearby alley, changed into the coat and hat that had been prepared in the car, and returned home.

After entering the house, he tiptoed to the balcony, took out the bouquets of flowers that he had hidden in the cabinet the day before, and quietly moved them into the room.

Then he went out, closed the door, and grabbed the round doorknob tightly from behind.

Next, all he had to do was wait for Chen Ting's asthma to flare up.

Soon, the sound of Chen Ting coughing could be heard from inside the room.

As the coughing grew more and more intense, Fan Zhongliang knew it was almost time.

So he gripped the doorknob tightly with both hands, and sure enough, someone inside tried to open the door.

He gripped the doorknob with all his might, determined not to let the door budge even slightly.

When Chen Ting inside found that she couldn't open the door, she suddenly seemed to realize what was going on, and she tried to curse the man outside the door.

But he only managed to utter the three words "Fan Zhongliang" before his voice was drowned out by a violent cough.

Fan Zhongliang said that he knew what Chen Ting looked like when she had an asthma attack. It wasn't just coughing; it was also accompanied by chest tightness and wheezing. Although she could still move her body, she would become quite weak.

In just twenty or thirty minutes, the symptoms will become quite severe, and if you wait any longer, your life will be in danger.

So all he had to do was hold the door shut, preventing Chen Ting from coming out, and then wait for her to die on her own!
He said he didn't know how much time had passed, only that his hands, which were gripping the doorknob tightly, began to tremble like a leaf from the force of the grip for so long, before he finally let go.

He pressed his ear against the door and listened, but found there was no sound at all.

He turned the doorknob and pushed the door open.

But the door wasn't pushed open directly, because Chen Ting was lying on the ground behind the door.

He pushed the door open forcefully, leaving it as if it had never been closed before.

Then he looked down at Chen Ting on the ground and said he wasn't sure if Chen Ting was dead at the time, he only knew that her face was red and she wasn't breathing.

And on the bedroom floor lay those few bunches of flowers.

There was a bottle of medicine on the bed.

He walked over expressionlessly, picked up the bouquets of flowers, took them to the door, and put them in a black plastic bag.

After confirming that no one was passing by outside, he opened the door and left without looking back.

After disposing of the bag of flowers, he returned to his car, changed his clothes, and drove to the company.

During the day, I also went to Ding Wenyuan's place to resign on Chen Ting's behalf.

This was both to resolve Chen Ting's concerns about not going to work and to provide himself with an alibi.

After doing all this, he went to work as if nothing had happened, chatting and laughing with two female colleagues in the office. When he drove into the residential compound that evening, he deliberately stopped and gave the security guard a pack of good cigarettes, saying it was from a friend, but that he had recently quit smoking.

This was also to maintain the illusion that I had just gotten off work and returned home after leaving in the morning.

Moreover, when he opened the door, he happened to run into the older woman from across the hall who was coming back, and he greeted her.

After entering the house, he first turned on the living room light, and then carefully walked towards the bedroom.

In the bedroom, Chen Ting lay on the floor, just as she had when he left that morning.

Sure enough, Chen Ting was already dead when he left in the morning.

After a day of stuffiness, there was a noticeable strange smell in the room.

He covered his nose in disgust, stepped over Chen Ting's body, and went to open the bedroom window.

After doing all this, he returned to the living room, sat on the sofa, and calmly picked up the phone next to him. He first called for an ambulance, and then called the police.

He was so anxious on the phone that he started crying.

When the police and ambulance arrived, he burst into tears, saying that he found this when he returned.

When the police asked him about the situation, he gave the account he had planned beforehand.

He said he went to work in the morning, and his wife was resting at home. He hadn't contacted her all day, and when he came back, he found his wife lying on the ground.

Generally, unless it is already determined to be a very clear homicide when the case is reported, it will go directly to the criminal investigation team.

In ordinary cases of death, the local police station is usually the first to respond, investigate the situation, and make a judgment.

Only if there are suspicious circumstances, and it is suspected that the death was not natural, will the case be reported to the criminal investigation team for further investigation.

In an era when forensic doctors were extremely scarce, examinations were usually performed by doctors from the emergency medical services (120).

The emergency physician quickly determined the cause of death.

Chen Ting died of asphyxiation caused by respiratory failure due to asthma, as evidenced by the severe edema in her throat.

The doctor asked Fan Zhongliang if the deceased had asthma before.

Fan Zhongliang immediately said yes, and even brought out the medical records that he had prepared in advance as evidence.

After examining the patient, the doctor found nothing wrong.

Then, pointing to the medicine bottle on the bed, he said, "We're out of medicine, otherwise this wouldn't have happened."

Upon hearing this, Fan Zhongliang burst into tears, saying that he had told his wife just two days ago to go to the hospital to get the medicine as soon as possible, but she was just lazy and kept saying she would wait a couple of days.

The police officer saw that he was crying so hard and offered him a few words of comfort.

Then they conducted some verification and investigation on some of the things he said, which was exactly what Fan Zhongliang wanted.

After investigation, the police officers at the local police station basically confirmed that Fan Zhongliang's account was true. So, following procedure, they asked him if he had any doubts about the cause of death and whether an autopsy was necessary.

The answer is naturally no; Fan Zhongliang means to trust the doctor's judgment.

Therefore, Chen Ting's death was legally and legitimately transformed into an accidental death.

Fan Zhongliang began to portray himself as a loving husband who had lost his beloved wife, picking up his daughter and both sets of parents and arranging the funeral.

He even came up with a reason to let his wife leave peacefully, so the funeral was very small and kept simple, with only a few close relatives notified.

Fan Zhongliang finally breathed a sigh of relief when Chen Ting's body was pushed into the incinerator.

Because he felt that it was finally all over.

He had even planned that after he made more money from Zheng Guangming's company, he would follow Zheng Guangming's example and try his luck with young women.

Zheng Guangming taught him a lesson: as long as you have money, you'll never lack women!
Then, until yesterday, he heard from the receptionist that the police had taken away Mr. Zheng.

He knew that Zheng Guangming's body must have been discovered, and that day came sooner than he expected.

But he didn't plan to run away because he felt it was impossible for the investigation to trace it back to him.

Until today, he heard that the police had come again.

He started to panic. After Zhou Yi and the others left, he began to casually ask people if the police had asked him anything.

Then, I asked the lady who wrote the order.

When he learned that the police had actually asked him about burning the dead chicken, he was completely stunned.

Because he was so focused on the fact that the police wouldn't suspect him for killing Zheng Guangming, he had completely forgotten about Yang Jian.

He couldn't understand why the police weren't following the usual procedure and why they skipped Zheng Guangming's case and went straight to investigating Yang Jian.
That's how people are; when something they thought was completely under their control suddenly becomes uncontrollable, they fall into a state of great panic.

So in his panic, he chose to run away immediately!
　One case, five lives lost; the An Yuan murder case, adapted from "Smoke Locks the Funeral Home," has now come to a plot close. Some details and logical situations still need to be explained, as well as the conclusion of the events in An Yuan. This volume will officially conclude tomorrow, with two chapters in the morning and two in the afternoon, for a total of four chapters.

　　Actually, I'm quite satisfied with the design of this case itself. It's all interconnected, with everyone involved being a villain and no one innocent. The logic behind the five victims also fits together perfectly.

　　The biggest problem is that it's too long, placed before the major case, and everyone is quite anxious about the situation in Hongcheng. But you'll understand why I did this after this volume is updated tomorrow.

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