Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 112 The Army of Justice 14
Yang Shun was quickly taken to the police station.

Jin Xiangyuan and Qu He were still locked up in separate interrogation rooms, unaware of what had happened. He, being the one outside, knew even less. When he came in, he was so flustered that he clenched his jaw, but on the surface, he pretended to be clueless.

When asked about his relationship with Qu He and Jin Xiangyuan, he said he hadn't been in contact with them for a long time.

“I did wrong Jin Baozi about what happened between Qu He and me back then, but I was also a victim. Qu He said that she and Jin Xiangyuan were already planning to divorce, which is why I got involved with her. Moreover, after Qu He and I got married, Jin Xiangyuan’s mother came and went crazy, making a mess of my house and making it impossible for us to live together. We divorced not long after. I couldn’t afford to offend that family of lunatics, so I just avoided them. I never had any contact with them again after that.”

Tan Ming deliberately steered the question towards the murder case: "So you despise Aunt Jin, harbor resentment towards the Jin family, and even towards Qu He, and thus wanted to use the guise of theft..."

"Hey, hey, hey, I have nothing to do with murder. No matter how much I hate the Jin family, I would never kill anyone." Yang Shun was now entangled in a murder case, but his demeanor became even more relaxed.

He rested his elbow on the table, adjusted his glasses, and said politely, "I own a pharmacy. My family is well-off and I have a stable life. There's no need for me to steal, much less to think about killing someone."

He even asked, "I thought you had already found the murderer, why are you guessing it's me?"

He appeared completely uninvolved in the matter, a relaxed demeanor that neither Jin Xiangyuan nor Qu He could fake.

Tan Ming said seriously, "The murderer has been found, but there are suspected accomplices, and Jin Xiangyuan even knows who the accomplices are. Coincidentally, on the night of the incident, Jin Xiangyuan delivered steamed buns to several breakfast shops and went to the street near the hospital where you work. You met there, didn't you? What did Jin Xiangyuan say to you?"

Yang Shun's expression changed, but he forced himself to remain calm: "I was just passing by. The breakfast shop he delivers to is right next to my pharmacy."

"Really? Then why did you go to Jiefang South Road not long after he left? The murderer, Zhao Qingxiang, lives on Jiefang South Road. Were you there to see the murderer, or were you doing something else?!"

"I...I was..."

If he went to see the murderer, he would become an accomplice in a murder case; if he went to do something else, the investigation would definitely lead to the jewelry.

Yang Shun's eyes flickered. He guessed that the police were looking for him only because they saw him on the surveillance cameras in the old residential area on Jiefang South Road, but they didn't know what he had done. After all, there were no surveillance cameras in the stairwell, and the jewelry he was wearing was hidden in the medicine box and couldn't be seen.

So he said, "Jin Xiangyuan must have gone crazy for some reason, he came to me and said that Qu He is a slut..."

"And then you watched Jin Xiangyuan, who had gone mad, call Qu He and argue? The owner of the breakfast shop next door said he heard someone shouting, and the call logs prove that they were on the phone at that time, for thirteen minutes. Didn't you hear anything in Jin Xiangyuan's conversation?"

Yang Shun started to sweat.

Tan Ming added, "To be honest, we encountered a bit of an accident when we investigated Zhao Qingxiang. He hid the stolen items in the Garden Community on Jiefang South Road, but when we found them, several items were missing. We searched his entire house but couldn't find them. He insists that he didn't hide them and suspects that someone knew his secret hideout and stole the items, pinning the blame on him. Coincidentally, you appeared on the community's surveillance footage, and now our people are searching your house for evidence."

Then Zheng Yan shouted from the side, "Confess honestly, are you an accomplice?! Two lives are waiting for the creditors, and Jin Xiangyuan is waiting for the murderer and his accomplice to pay with their lives!"

A few items are missing? The jewelry that the police recovered should be the genuine items he swapped out. During this time, they also made sure Zhao Qingxiang wouldn't go over to check, so how could anything be missing?

Unless, of course, he gave away less of what he had in return!
Yang Shun felt a chill run down his spine; Jin Xiangyuan and the others had planned to harm him all along.

Before he could even process what was happening, seeing the two policemen opposite him who considered him an accomplice but still believed Jin Xiangyuan was an innocent victim, he hurriedly said, "I...I'm not! I was tricked by Jin Xiangyuan and Qu He! They set me up, they had something on me and forced me to help!"

Tan Ming: "Two people who have been divorced for three years are trying to set you up? What dirt do they have on you?"

Seeing their disbelief, Yang Shun poured out his grievances: "Their divorce was part of a honey trap. Qu He specifically seduced me and married me so I would fall into the trap!" "Jin Baozi Shop makes a lot of money. You, who owns a pharmacy, may not earn as much as him. What do you have that would make them divorce you to scheme against you?"

“…medicine,” Yang Shun said through gritted teeth, “They make money selling steamed buns, but not as much as selling expensive medicine. Special medicine brings in money faster.”

Reselling medicine?
The audience outside was astonished.

Xiao Chen said in a low voice, "Selling steamed buns, smuggling jade, and reselling medicine, Jin Xiangyuan has plenty of energy."

With that kind of energy, you can succeed at anything.

Tan Jia kneaded the dough in her hand, simply shaping it into a capsule. After looking at it, she suddenly asked Xiao Chen, "It's not uncommon for special medicines to sell for high prices, but Yang Shun is just a pharmacy owner. How did he get so many special medicines? He and Qu He got together three years ago and are still cooperating now. He must have been doing drug reselling for more than just a few months or a year or two."

Xiao Chen paused for a moment, took the large plastic capsule, weighed it in his hand, and pondered, "Either there's an upstream supplier, or it's... counterfeit medicine."

He tossed the dough capsule up into the air and handed it back to her, then called over the others: "We need to check Yang Shun's financial situation and the pharmacy's inventory records."

Yang Shun was still protesting his innocence in the interrogation room.

“I didn’t want to do it at the time, but Jin Xiangyuan’s mother came to my pharmacy the next day and caused trouble, almost making me close down. I had no choice but to listen to them. This gave me another handle to use against me!”

“They seem to feel relieved now that they have evidence that I was involved in drug trafficking. Qu He is forcing me to get a divorce. After the divorce, we have very little contact. But a few days ago, they found me again and asked me to take a bag of unknown stuff to the Garden Community on Jiefang South Road and replace the contents of a milk box. They wouldn't let me see it or ask any questions.”

"The things they took are still in my house. Go look for them if you don't believe me. I only went to exchange some things. I have no idea what actually happened! I don't know what they were doing, let alone that it involved murder!"

Tan Ming scoffed: "I heard a saying recently that perfectly describes you—you won't listen when I try to force you to study, you won't listen when I try to force you to be ambitious, you won't listen when I try to force you to quit smoking and drinking, but you'll listen when I force you to do bad things to make money."

Yang Shun's face flushed red.

Half an hour later, the police found a bag of fake jewelry in Yang Shun's house. It was exactly the same as the pile of gold and silver on the table, but it was only covered with a thin layer of fake gold and silver and the workmanship was a bit rough.

Xiao Chen also noticed something fishy about Yang Shun's financial situation.

“They’ve made a lot of money. Like Jin Xiangyuan, Yang Shun also owns several properties, and he gets a windfall every now and then.”

Zheng Yan lifted the bag of fake jewelry, and only after adding Tan Jia's clay figurines did it weigh the same as the real thing.

"They set up quite a large operation. Her first husband, Jin Xiangyuan, sold steamed buns; her second husband, Yang Shun, dealt in medicine; and her lover, Zhao Qingxiang, was a habitual thief—all part of their scheme. Could her current husband also be involved?"

Tan Jia: "If there really is a problem, then Qu He is even more formidable than Deng Wendi. Marrying one of them would allow her to embark on a 'royal and hegemonic enterprise'."

But her current husband, Lü Rongzhi, runs a small plastics factory. What could Qu He possibly do with him?

(End of this chapter)