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

Chapter 475 [Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader] He's a Good Person
This sudden series of changes caught Wang Tao off guard.

It started as an accident.

Later, it was thought to be a murder case.

But after Li Yanan finished recounting the specific events that occurred, it was no longer a murder case.

Wang Tao was a little confused about whether this situation should be considered an accident or a case, because the classification was too complicated.

Actually, let alone Wang Tao, this is also a rather complicated issue for Wu Yongcheng.

Logically speaking, Li Yanan's failure to provide assistance while the victim was in distress constitutes intentional homicide by omission.

However, considering the circumstances at the time, if what Li Yanan said was true, even if she chose to rescue her, she might not have been able to save her, and might have even dragged herself down with her.

Because of the weight of an adult male, it would be almost impossible for a woman who is not professionally trained to pull him up.

As for whether Li Yanan lied or not, Wu Yongcheng's judgment is no.

There are several reasons.

First, Li Yanan's reactions and emotional expressions were very genuine when she explained the situation. Unless she is a one-in-a-million natural-born actress, it is actually difficult for a young person of this age to have much cunning without complex experiences or special family upbringing.

Even if they exist, most of them are fake.

Therefore, Wu Yongcheng had doubts about Zhou Yi from the beginning because he possessed a composure that was inconsistent with his age and experience.

Sometimes he even felt a strange sense of incongruity, as if Zhou Yi was pretending to be young.

Secondly, whether Liang Bin fell off a cliff or was pushed off, this can actually be determined by analyzing the situation at the scene when Liang Bin is found.

If Li Yanan's story is fabricated, then many details about the cliff and the area below the cliff would not match up, and the on-site evidence would directly prove that she is lying.

Third, although Li Yanan suffered from Liang Bin's "domestic violence" and threats for a long time, she did not resist or run away, which shows that her fear of Liang Bin was not simply fear.

There are probably other things involved here, the simplest of which is money.

Wu Yongcheng quickly received a clear response after pressing him for an answer.

Li Yanan's family lives in the countryside and she has a younger brother, so they face a lot of financial pressure.

Liang Bin comes from a wealthy family; his parents run a business and are considered a relatively well-off second-generation rich kid.

Li Yanan admitted that she was very financially dependent on Liang Bin. In order to create a good image for Liang Bin in front of her family, she used the money that Liang Bin usually gave her to save up to replace the leaky roof of her house, and lied that it was Liang Bin's idea.

Therefore, her family was very satisfied that she had found such a rich and considerate boyfriend, and they always told her to treat him well.

This confirms that she originally had no intention of killing Liang Bin.

For her, the benefits Liang Bin brought outweighed the disadvantages she suffered.

However, in that extreme environment, her survival instinct overcame her reason.

Wu Yongcheng believes that the survival instinct here is not only the fear that Liang Bin will abuse her again, but also the fear that she will be dragged down by him during the rescue.

Therefore, Wu Yongcheng believes that Li Yanan told the truth regarding Liang Bin's confession.

However, this does not mean that Li Yanan is innocent.

Because Zhou Yi is also there.

The reason is simple: Wu Yongcheng doesn't believe Zhou Yi would be so careless as to slip and fall off the cliff even though he knows Liang Bin has fallen off the edge.

Moreover, according to Li Yanan's confession, she was lying on the edge of the cliff trying to pull Liang Bin over.

Even she knew that risks needed to be avoided at this time, so how could Zhou Yi not know?

As for whether Zhou Yi might suddenly be pushed down by Li Yanan, Wu Yongcheng felt that the possibility was very small.

Criminal police officers are required to be prepared to draw their guns and kill criminals at any time. Their psychological qualities and vigilance are higher than those of ordinary people. In addition, given the difference in physique and physical strength, the possibility of Li Yanan being able to do so is very small.

If we fail, the consequences will be enormous, far greater than simply letting Liang Bin die.

So he couldn't figure out how Zhou Yi had fallen.

Li Yanan still needs to give me the answer.

"Li Yanan, what did our colleague, that police officer, do after he arrived?"

Upon hearing Wu Yongcheng's question, Li Yanan, who had relaxed somewhat after explaining Liang Bin's situation, tensed up again.

"He...he went to check the edge of the cliff...and then he accidentally fell off."

There was a loud bang!
Wu Yongcheng slammed his hand on the table, startling Wang Tao who was standing nearby. He really wanted to ask, "Does the leader's hand hurt?"
Wu Yongcheng glared at Li Yanan with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire, and gritted his teeth as he said three words: "Tell the truth!"

He was losing patience. So much time had passed since he went to the county hospital and was interrogated, and he hadn't received a call from anyone, which meant that Zhou Yi was still not rescued!

With every second that passed, Zhou Yi's chances of survival decreased, so he had lost patience to waste time with the other party.

Li Yanan was instantly terrified, her face turned deathly pale, and even her lips lost all color.

Wu Yongcheng's eyes looked like he wanted to devour her, and she didn't even dare to cry anymore.

“Li Yanan, it’s understandable that you chose not to save Liang Bin after he beat and abused you. But what about that policeman? He came to save you, but you didn’t tell the truth and didn’t tell us what happened! Where is your conscience as a human being?” Wu Yongcheng slammed his fist on the table and berated her.

From the moment he received Ni Jianrong's call until this very moment, Wu Yongcheng hasn't smoked a single cigarette, nor has he even taken out the cigarette pack from his pocket.

Li Yanan's face changed rapidly, and suddenly, she began to vomit violently.

I vomited so much that I curled up into a ball.

After being rescued, they ate some food that the doctors had bought for them in the emergency room, but she had no appetite and only ate a little bit.

At that moment, some thin vomit covered her and flowed from the chair onto the floor.

Even after she finished vomiting, she didn't stop vomiting. Instead, she kept dry heaving until she brought up bile.

Wang Tao was terrified and didn't know what to do.

Wu Yongcheng stared at Li Yanan, who was retching incessantly, like a statue.

The girl who was originally very pretty was now covered in vomit, looking like a maggot lying in filth.

Li Yanan stopped vomiting when she had absolutely nothing left to vomit and finally raised her head.

Her once beautiful face was now covered in tears, snot, and saliva.

Wu Yongcheng knew that this was a stomach spasm reaction caused by extreme tension and fear.

Li Yanan said desperately, "I really didn't mean to hurt that police officer. He's a good person. It's all Ding Fei's fault! It was Ding Fei who did it!"

……

"The night lanterns are the spirits of the ancestors of the villagers at the foot of the mountain... As long as you follow the night lanterns, you can find the way down the mountain..."

At that moment, Lu Xiaoshuang recalled the words Zhou Yi had said to her.

Because she saw a band of light again, swirling in the woods not far away, as if beckoning to her.

At that moment, Qiao Jiali had just started climbing down the rope, while Jiang Biao and the police officers were focused on the edge of the cliff.

Lu Xiaoshuang had a strong intuition to follow the lanterns.

Her feet involuntarily led her toward the light.

Strangely, as she got closer, the lanterns began to fly forward.

She moved forward, and the lanterns moved forward too.

She stopped, and the lantern remained still, as if waiting for her.

Therefore, she was even more certain of what Zhou Yi had said. She shone her flashlight on the ground to prevent herself from accidentally stepping into a hole or slipping, but her eyes were fixed on the dancing lanterns.

She kept walking forward, not knowing how long she had walked.

Suddenly, she saw the band of light formed by the lanterns stop ahead and keep circling around a big tree.

Upon seeing this scene, she immediately rushed over, but she was running too fast and slipped, falling down.

But ignoring the mud and pain on her body, she immediately got up and ran to the big tree.

When she ran to the big tree, the lanterns scattered like stars in the sky.

Then they scattered and disappeared into the woods.

Lu Xiaoshuang was puzzled because she didn't see Zhou Yi around. Had she made a mistake?
She shone her flashlight on the big tree.

Suddenly, his expression changed drastically.

Then he turned around and shouted at the top of his lungs in the direction he had come from: "Brother Biao! I found Zhou Yi!"

……

In the emergency room of the county hospital, the other four people have been unable to sleep since Li Yanan was taken away.

Hearing the creaking sounds from the bed next door as it kept tossing and turning, Du Xiang said irritably, "Ding Fei, can you please stop tossing and turning? It's so noisy."

Ding Fei retorted angrily, "What business is it of yours if I turn over? If you think it's noisy, then go outside."

Du Xiang sat up abruptly, also furious: "Are you sick? You're disturbing other people's rest."

Ding Fei jumped out of bed, his face full of anger, and said, "This isn't your home! What do I care if you rest or not? I'm not your father, I won't spoil you!"

Du Xiang jumped off the bed in a flash. He was half a head taller than Ding Fei. He grabbed Ding Fei by the collar and cursed, "Hey Ding, Liang Bin is dead. No one's backing you up, you poor bastard. What are you so arrogant about?"

"Damn it, who are you calling a poor bastard!"

Seeing that the two were about to fight, Li Jiajia and Tang Mengjie, two girls, rushed over to break them up, but the two girls couldn't stop them at all.

Suddenly, a chubby middle-aged nurse walked in and scolded, "What's all the noise about? This is a hospital, don't you know you need to keep quiet? If you want to make a sound, get out!"

The nurse's words immediately silenced the two of them, and they gave up.

The nurse glared at the group, then turned and left, muttering, "With this kind of manners, you call yourself a college student? Bah!"

Ding Fei shook off Tang Mengjie's arm and walked out.

Tang Mengjie asked, "Where are you going?"

"To the restroom!"

After Ding Fei left, the other three lay back down on the bed.

After a moment of silence, Li Jiajia asked softly, "Tang Mengjie, why was Li Yanan taken away by the police? Did something happen on your end?"

"Is it... related to Liang Bin and that policeman falling down?"

Tang Mengjie curled up on the bed, tightly hugging the blanket that smelled of disinfectant, shook her head, and whispered, "I don't know, I don't know anything..."

On the other side, Ding Fei, after leaving the ward, did not go to the toilet. Instead, he checked his ID card and wallet in his pocket, then looked around and found that no one was paying attention to him.

So he quietly left the old emergency building, disappeared into the night, and headed towards the hospital gate.

He had just left the hospital and, after getting his bearings, was about to leave.

Suddenly, a hand grabbed his shoulder from behind, and a cold voice asked, "Ding Fei, where are you planning to go in such a hurry?"

Ding Fei shuddered in fright and turned around stiffly.

Seeing Wu Yongcheng and Wang Tao standing behind him, Wu Yongcheng's expression turned as if he were a living Yama.

"Ding Fei, you are suspected of intentional homicide. Come with us!"

Wu Yongcheng pulled out handcuffs, the gleaming cuffs standing out conspicuously in the darkness.

Upon seeing the handcuffs, Ding Fei shuddered, and then a stream of yellow liquid flowed down his trouser leg.

……

Deep in the desolate mountains of Yunxia Mountain, a large tree is almost brightly lit, with not only powerful flashlights but also a row of emergency lights.

A large crowd gathered under the tree, which had ropes tied to it.

However, right below where the rope is currently tied, there is a ring of marks where a rope was once tied.

There were obvious marks on the tree bark, especially on the side facing away from the cliff where the marks were deeper.

This indicates that the point of force application is on the other side of the cliff.

This is what Lu Xiaoshuang discovered by following the night lantern; it was still a long distance from where Chen Yan and the others had gone down.

When Lu Xiaoshuang saw the ring of marks on the tree trunk, she knew that Zhou Yi had climbed down from there.

But didn't they say Zhou Yi fell off a cliff?

Jiang Biao stood on the edge of the cliff and shone his flashlight down. Chen Yan was the first to climb down the rope.

"Chen Yan, how is it?" Jiang Biao shouted.

After a two-second silence below the cliff, Chen Yan's voice suddenly boomed through the sky: "We've found two people! One of them is Zhou Yi!"

Everyone's hearts were in their throats.

Jiang Biao asked in a trembling voice, "Is he... alright?"

Another few seconds of silence followed, which felt like centuries to those on top.

"Zhou Yi is unconscious, but he's still breathing!" Chen Yan's words brought a sigh of relief to everyone, and Lu Xiaoshuang and Qiao Jiali burst into tears of joy.

Jiang Biao shouted, "Quick, send another person down, tie two more ropes and throw them down to secure Zhou Yi. I'll pull him up!"

At this moment, Chen Yan shouted again, "The other person landed on the back of their head and is no longer breathing."

At this point, the only thing the rescuers were concerned about was whether Zhou Yi lived or died.

Immediately, someone else tied a rope and climbed down, bringing with them thermal blankets, hot water bottles, and other supplies.

Because he had been in a coma for so long, the most dangerous thing was that Zhou Yi might lose his temperature.

Once everything was ready, Chen Yan shouted, "Brother Biao!"

Jiang Biao, who had been eager to try, immediately exerted his strength and began to pull the rope.

Soon, Zhou Yi, who was wrapped in an insulated blanket and tied up like a rice dumpling, was pulled up.

The group of people carefully lifted Zhou Yi to a flat spot under the tree.

The doctor, who had been waiting nearby, immediately stepped forward to examine her. Lu Xiaoshuang stood aside, not daring to approach, knowing that she was the least helpful person at this moment.

Jiang Biao asked impatiently, "Doctor, how is he? Is his life in danger?"

The doctor observed the pupils, took the temperature, and listened to the heartbeat.

Finally he shook his head.

Everyone was shocked.

The doctor said, "There's nothing seriously wrong for now."

Jiang Biao said, "Mom, doctor, next time could you speak first before shaking your head?"

The doctor added, "This is only a preliminary assessment. Further examination at the hospital is needed to determine if there are any fractures or internal injuries."

Jiang Biao quickly said, "Xiao Qiao, you guys take Zhou Yi to the hospital right away, and then call Captain Wu to give him the good news. Chen Yan and I will stay here to handle the rest."

After all, there's still a body to clean up below.

Just then, Lu Xiaoshuang, who had come to Zhou Yi's side, suddenly noticed that Zhou Yi seemed to be waking up, because his eyelids kept moving.

She immediately went over and called out with teary eyes, "Brother Yi, it's alright, it's all alright now."

She placed her hand on Zhou Yi's forehead; it was icy cold to the touch.

Perhaps it was the warmth from Lu Xiaoshuang's hand that made Zhou Yi slowly open his eyes a crack.

He glanced at Lu Xiaoshuang, then closed his eyes again.

But his mouth was moving slightly.

"Brother Yi, is there something you want to say?"

Lu Xiaoshuang brought her ear close to Zhou Yi's mouth, carefully trying to discern the sounds.

Suddenly, Lu Xiaoshuang's expression changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)