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

Chapter 523 Miao Dongfang's Motives
Miao Zhuang's words surprised both Zhou Yi and Yang Chuan.

He said that neither Miao Genhua nor Hu Shuzhen liked Ge Fangfang very much.

It's not surprising that the old woman didn't like him; rural people are inherently sexist. Miao Zhuang also explained some of the reasons why his mother disliked the child, feeling that since the child didn't have the Miao surname, why should the Miao family raise him?

So even if the child eats just one more bite of food, the maternal grandmother will nag him a bit.

As for why his sister Miao Genhua didn't like her daughter, he didn't know, but he could at least tell that his sister disliked the child and sometimes took her anger out on her.

On the contrary, his uncle quite liked his niece because when Miao Genhua brought her back, she was still very small, and he found her particularly amusing.

He said the child was actually quite well-behaved, usually quiet and didn't make a fuss, and even knew how to help adults with chores and fetch things.

So Ma Weichang really likes children and is very generous when it comes to buying them clothes and toys.

But he really didn't see anything else, just the kind of affection adults have for children.

This information made Zhou Yi fall into deep thought.

If there is no possibility that Ma Weichang molested Ge Fangfang, then what exactly was Miao Genhua's motive for doing this?
In order to kill Ma Weichang, she gambled with Ge Fangfang's life.

In this situation, whether the case is solved or not, all the pain will ultimately fall on this six-year-old child.

The case is solved, but the children have no relatives left. Miao Genhua and Miao Zhuang will definitely be imprisoned, and their mother, Hu Shuzhen, is likely involved to some extent, since she was the one who provided the information that Ma Weichang bathed the children.

The child was suddenly left all alone, destitute and helpless.

With the case unsolved, Miao Dongfang and Miao Genhua's scheme succeeded, and Ma Weichang's money ended up in their pockets. But Ge Fangfang, the child, became completely unregistered, and only darkness awaited her.

Even if they don't die, they will most likely be given to others to raise, which is equivalent to being trafficked.

The only remaining shred of conscience Miao Genhua possessed was that she didn't go so far as to kill the child outright.

Otherwise, if they really did as Wu Yongcheng said and buried the child in their own house, even the King of Heaven wouldn't have expected it.

Because if we do that, Shi Jian won't be involved.

Then Shi Jian wouldn't have tried to extort money from Miao Dongfang, and he wouldn't have been killed and buried under Miao's bed.

Miao Dongfang immediately chose to flee, most likely not because he was afraid that the killing of Ma Weichang would be exposed immediately, since he had left no evidence and had dealt with the matter quite cleanly.

The only thing he couldn't avoid was the autopsy, which was outside his area of ​​knowledge, but this was only a suspicion, not direct evidence.

So on the day Ma Weichang's body was discovered, he, Hu Shuzhen, and Miao Zhuang were taken back to the county bureau for investigation, and his statement seemed to have no flaws.

Even after Miao Zhuang was taken away again, he didn't run away.

Because he clearly believed he was not afraid of being investigated about Ma Weichang's affairs.

But as soon as Miao Tiejun was arrested, he ran away without hesitation.

What he feared was that the police would discover the body under his bed, which would be irrefutable evidence that he could never clear his name.

Moreover, unlike killing Ma Weichang, who was not a key player, he could easily shift the blame to the strong and capable Miao Tiejun through a dogfight.

But Shi Jian was different; he killed Shi Jian all by himself.

Although Miao Tiejun was asked to help bury the body afterward, Miao Tiejun did not live alone; he had a wife, and his wife could testify that Miao Tiejun was not home that night.

Originally, Miao Tiejun was someone who had absolutely no connection with Ma Weichang, because he had no dealings with Miao Genhua's family.

So theoretically, no matter how they investigate, they can't trace it back to him, which is very safe for Miao Dongfang.

But little did he know that Miao Tiejun would be arrested by the police because of Miao Zhuang.

He dared not take any risks, so he had no choice but to run!

This series of causes and effects evokes both感慨 (gǎnkǎi, deep feelings) and 无奈 (wúnwàn, helplessness/helplessness).

After interrogating Miao Zhuang, the next step is Miao Genhua.

She is the second person in this grand drama to take her final bow.

Just as the two were about to interrogate Miao Genhua, Xiao Hai returned. Yang Chuan had given him Ma Weichang's phone and asked him to go to a nearby mobile phone store to see if they could get a replacement battery.

After visiting several stores, he finally found it and quickly handed the phone over to Yang Chuan and Zhou Yi.

Soon, they found some useful information on their phones.

One of them is a number with the contact name "Accountant Zhang" and has a very frequent call history.

After Yang Chuan called and identified himself, he learned that this accountant, Zhang, was a staff member hired by Ma Weichang to do his accounting and issue invoices.

Accountant Zhang said that Mr. Ma has an office in the city where contracts, ledgers, and money are kept. She also said that Mr. Ma is very strict about money.

Yang Chuan asked about some financial matters over the phone, but Accountant Zhang refused, saying she didn't want to take the responsibility. She told them that if they wanted to investigate, they could bring legal search warrants, and she would cooperate.

Yang Chuan told Xiao Hai to apply for a search warrant, and if necessary, to go directly to Director Li for his signature.

The other one is a number, and the note is very simple, just one word: Wan (万).

The calls weren't frequent, but the key point is that this number was dialed by Ma Weichang on the afternoon of July 27th.

This was exactly the time when Ma Weichang left the county hospital.

Yang Chuan pressed the call button, turned on the speakerphone, and soon a waiting tone came from the phone.

A few seconds later, the phone was answered, and a sweet voice asked, "Hey, why haven't you come to see me these past two days? The baby just kicked me, I guess she misses her dad."

The sudden sound startled Yang Chuan and Zhou Yi. They looked at each other in bewilderment, but Zhou Yi had already realized the problem.

Ma Weichang has another woman, and this woman sounds very young and is pregnant.

"Hello, this is the former Beixian County Public Security Bureau. May I ask what your relationship is with Ma Weichang?" Zhou Yi asked.

The person on the other end was taken aback and asked nervously, "The police station? What... happened?"

"Young lady, tell us your relationship with Ma Weichang first," Yang Chuan said. "If you're not a direct relative, we can't tell you."

“I…I am his girlfriend…My surname is Wan.”

On the other end of the phone, the woman said her name was Wan Yuemei and that she was Ma Weichang's girlfriend.

This Wan Yuemei is twenty-one years old this year. She met Ma Weichang at a drinking party a few months ago. Judging from her sweet voice and seductive tone, she probably wasn't a very decent person.

The woman was almost three months pregnant. Ma Weichang settled her in the city so she could focus on her pregnancy and gave her a much higher monthly allowance than he gave Miao Genhua.

He even promised to marry her if she gave birth to a son.

Sure enough, when men have money, they tend to prefer younger women. You can tell how much a woman is priced by Ma Weichang just by the amount of money she offers.

Wan Yuemei also confirmed that Ma Weichang drove to see her at noon on July 27th.

In the afternoon, I took her out shopping for clothes and to eat. I was planning to stay overnight at her place, but around 9 p.m., I suddenly received a phone call that called Ma Weichang away.

She didn't know who made the call or what it was about, because she never interfered in Ma Weichang's personal life or business.

Clearly, this woman, though young, is already a veteran of the pleasure quarters.

I never saw Ma Weichang again.

Yang Chuan told her to come to the Yuanbei County Public Security Bureau today to give a statement.

The other party did not refuse, but asked Ma Weichang with concern if something had happened.

Yang Chuan simply replied: We'll talk about it when you get here.

Then he hung up the phone.

"Brother Chuan, Miao Genhua's motive for committing the crime is clear," Zhou Yi said.

Yang Chuan nodded: "Yes, it's because of this woman named Wan Yuemei."

Miao Genhua must have discovered that Ma Weichang had a new lover who was pregnant, so she began to worry that she would be abandoned and return to her original impoverished life.

She accepted Miao Dongfang's suggestion to frame someone for murder because what she originally wanted was not Ma Weichang himself, but Ma Weichang's money.

This is the only way she can successfully inherit most of Ma Weichang's assets.

This is the only way to ensure her wealth and status for the rest of her life, because the men she seduces are easily seduced by other women.

It's highly likely that once Miao Genhua gets her hands on this fortune, she and Miao Dongfang will split it up, since they're in the same boat.

Although Ma Weichang was quite innocent in this case, he did sow the seeds of his own actions.

In this case, no one is innocent, yet everyone is pretending to be innocent.

"Brother Chuan, let's go, let's go and meet this woman again."

……

In the same interrogation room, Miao Genhua sat opposite Zhou Yi and Yang Chuan, wearing handcuffs.

She appeared completely flustered and uneasy.

But this time, Zhou Yi didn't use any tricks or methods.

He had lost all sympathy for the seemingly simple but actually cunning young widow from the countryside.

For humans, children are basically the bottom line of humanity.

Anyone who is so depraved as to lay a hand on a child is beyond redemption.

Even in prison, there are some unspoken rules among inmates.

In the same cell, the highest-ranking prisoners are usually murderers, while the lowest-ranking are basically rapists.

However, if the murderer is a child, then that's a different story.

Because most people have some degree of compassion for children; it's a human instinct.

But for Miao Genhua, her daughter's life and future were far less important than her own future wealth and status. Such a person is no longer fit to be a mother.

Therefore, after discussing it with Yang Chuan, Zhou Yi chose to get straight to the point.

They presented the testimonies of Miao Tiejun and Miao Zhuang, revealed the existence of a woman named Wan Yuemei, and also presented the body of Shi Jian that was dug out from under the bed in Miao Dongfang's house.

These pieces of evidence, like bayonets, pierced directly into Miao Genhua's body.

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, her face turned deathly pale, and she didn't look like a living person at all.

Because all her possible excuses have been blocked.

Faced with overwhelming evidence, any excuse she makes is futile.

Suddenly, Miao Genhua burst into tears.

But after crying for only a second, Zhou Yi suddenly slammed his hand on the table, startling Yang Chuan who was standing next to him.

Zhou Yi, his face ashen, said, "Stop your cheap tears and confess all your crimes! If you want to cry, wait until you're in jail!"

Zhou Yi's eyes were like a guillotine gleaming with cold light, which frightened Miao Genhua so much that she forcibly stopped her tears.

At this point, she was completely finished.

"I……"

"Wait a minute, tell me first, where is Ge Fangfang?" Zhou Yi said.

Miao Genhua said hesitantly, "It's at... Shi Jian's mother's place, in Zhuyuan Village, Dawan Township. I don't know which family exactly, but I do know that his mother's surname is Chen, and the man she married was surnamed Sun. He died a few years ago."

Zhou Yi looked at Yang Chuan: "Brother Chuan, do you know this place?"

“I’ve never heard of this village, but I know Dawan Township. It’s in the next city, close to our city.”

Zhou Yi nodded, took out her fully charged phone, and called Li Linglong, repeating what Miao Genhua had said in front of her.

Upon learning the child's whereabouts, Li Linglong was overjoyed and immediately said that he would personally lead a team to find the child.

Zhou Yi hung up the phone and said coldly to Miao Genhua, "If anything happens to the child, your crime will be compounded."

Miao Genhua didn't even dare to speak.

"Now you can confess. When did you and Miao Dongfang plan to kill Ma Weichang and seize his property? What was your motive? What was Miao Dongfang's motive?"

“I’ll confess, I’ll confess everything,” Miao Genhua said blankly, her eyes vacant.

"Shortly after the Chinese New Year this year, I noticed that Ma Weichang was acting strangely. His attitude towards me became much colder."

This timeframe likely coincides with the time when Ma Weichang and Wan Yuemei began their affair, indicating that Ma Weichang wasted no time and achieved immediate results.

“I suspected he was having an affair, but she wouldn’t admit it. She said I was paranoid, that I…”

"What did I say to you?"

“You’re saying I’m starting to look more and more like Zhang Guifen…” Miao Genhua said, head down.

In fact, Zhang Guifen is the most innocent adult in this case.

Although she was indeed quite assertive, daring to come to the police station to demand an explanation, she essentially fulfilled her responsibilities as a mother and wife. She took care of her son and the elderly, and even chose to divorce in order to support Ma Weichang's career, keeping it a secret from her child and both sets of parents.

Just as Zhou Xiangdong had said, Ma Weichang was not as innocent as he appeared.

Although he did not break the law or commit any crimes, his moral character is truly questionable.

"Later, Fangfang told me something that confirmed to me that Ma Weichang was having an affair."

"Fangfang? What did she say?"

"She said that when she was playing in Uncle Ma's office during the day, the phone on the table rang, so she picked it up and played with it. Then she heard a woman on the phone calling her husband. Fangfang asked her who she was, but the woman didn't answer. She also asked me what my daughter's name was, and who her parents were. In the end, she even called my daughter a little bastard."

The woman Miao Genhua was referring to on the phone was undoubtedly Wan Yuemei, the young woman who was pregnant with Ma Weichang's child.

When I called her just now, Wan Yuemei spoke in a pitiful tone, answering every question and being very cooperative.

I never expected that he would secretly call a complete stranger a bastard. He's definitely not a good person.

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered something and asked, "Miao Genhua, do you know about Ma Weichang's vasectomy?"

“I...I know. He said Zhang Guifen forced him to get a tubal ligation.”

"Do you know when he recovered?"

Miao Genhua was stunned and asked in shock, "He...he went to recover?"

The tubal ligation is likely true. After all, given Zhang Guifen's position and personality, she would definitely have forced Ma Weichang to do it.

But the surgery to recover is definitely true, because Ma Weichang wouldn't be so stupid as to let Wan Yuemei be pregnant with someone else's child and still keep her as a mistress.

Therefore, it is obvious that Ma Weichang never intended for his relationship with Miao Genhua to last. For Ma Weichang, this was just a fleeting affair based on mutual interests.

In light of the road construction, it's highly likely that once construction begins, Miao Genhua will be completely sidelined.

After all, Ma Weichang has been playing around for almost two years, and he must be getting tired of it. How could a nearly thirty-year-old Miao Genhua possibly be as charming as a twenty-something Wan Yuemei?

"That's not the point, please continue."

Miao Genhua clearly wanted to ask more about the tubal ligation, but dared not, and could only continue to explain.

She said that although she was certain that Ma Weichang was having an affair, she didn't dare to confront him because Ma Weichang seemed easy to talk to on the surface, but in reality, he was not someone to be trifled with.

Miao Genhua lacked expressive ability, but Zhou Yi understood the implication that Ma Weichang appeared honest and simple, but was actually autocratic, possessive, and a chauvinist.

This also explains why Ma Weichang was so agitated when he learned at the hospital that Miao Genhua had lied to him about Shi Jian.

This is due to an excessively strong possessive desire, and it is also a manifestation of a subconscious self-centeredness.

Even though he had already planned to abandon Miao Genhua, it did not stop him from criticizing Miao Genhua for "betraying" him.

Miao Genhua said that she also asked her younger brother, Miao Zhuang, and found that in the past few months, her brother-in-law had often driven alone and no one knew where he went.

Miao Zhuang was quite happy, since Ma Weichang had driven the car away, he was now more free and could go out and have fun.

Miao Genhua said that this gave him a strong sense of crisis, and he was constantly worried that Ma Weichang would divorce him.

But she didn't dare to say it, because her mother was a very harsh person. If she did, her mother would definitely blame her for not doing well and not being able to hold onto a man.

Her relationship with her mother has never been very good.

Especially during the years she was widowed, Hu Shuzhen wentssiping a lot.

Those matchmakers were all found by the old lady, who just wanted to marry her off as soon as possible.

After she got together with Ma Weichang, her mother started to treat her well.

As for Miao Zhuang, the younger brother, the siblings didn't get along very well when they were young because their parents favored the younger brother and preferred boys over girls, always saving the best food for him.

The relationship only improved as they grew up.

As for why he got married to Ma Weichang, it was after Uncle Dong and his mother discussed it and forced him to do so.

She didn't know why Uncle Dong did it, but she knew that her mother had agreed because she heard that money could be given.

So for the past few months, she has been living in a state of constant fear.

About a month ago, Uncle Dong suddenly came to her house and said he had something to discuss with her.

"Uncle Dong suddenly knelt down... and asked me to save him."

"What does this mean?" Zhou Yi and Yang Chuan were both confused. Miao Dongfang knelt down before Miao Genhua? This was rather unexpected.

Miao Genhua replied, "He took out a report from a city hospital. He had a bad growth on his liver. The doctor said that if he had surgery, he would just have to wait to die. But surgery would cost a lot of money."

This statement greatly surprised Zhou Yi and his team.

Zhou Yi suddenly remembered the many painkiller boxes he had found when he searched Miao Dongfang's house that morning.

He found it strange at the time, but the rapid series of discoveries left him no time to think about it in detail.

Now that Miao Genhua has said that, it makes sense.

Miao Dongfang probably has liver cancer and needs money to save his life.

That's why they set their sights on Ma Weichang's money.

If Ma Weichang didn't have other women, and if Miao Genhua didn't feel her position was threatened, she wouldn't have accepted Miao Dongfang's plan.

After all, this would not have been possible without Miao Genhua's cooperation.

Although Zhou Yi did not know the exact nature of Miao Dongfang's condition, he knew that with the current medical conditions, no amount of money could save Miao Dongfang's life.

After all, there are no symptoms in the early stages of liver cancer. Once you need to take pain medication, it means that it has reached the middle or late stage.

For patients with mid-to-late stage liver cancer, let alone in the Northwest region in the 1990s, even in first-tier cities decades later, the chances of survival are slim.

But for the patients themselves, no one can face death with equanimity.

Death is the most primal fear.

Survival is a human instinct.

People will stop at nothing to survive.

"Miao Dongfang needed money to save his life, and you were afraid that if Ma Weichang dumped you, you would have nothing left, so you agreed to Miao Dongfang's plan to frame someone for murder?"

"Yes...yes, actually there is another reason besides this one."

(End of this chapter)