Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 153 The Hand of God 6
After a brief interrogation of Zhou Yan, seeing that he was pale and trembling like a sieve, Xiao Chen told him to sit down to the side, and then the criminal investigation team members exchanged a few words.

Tan Jia was very attentive to details and pondered, "He said that Zou Yuxuan thought Huang Yilin began to suspect that the child was not his. How could he suspect that? The child hasn't been born yet, so how can he see if the child looks like him? Could it be that Huang Yilin discovered that Zou Yuxuan often met with Zhou Yan in secret, so he reasonably suspected that they had been having an affair for a long time?"

Xiao Chen: "That should be it. It also explains why Huang Yilin followed the victim to commit the murder, and why he chose to do so when Zhou Yan wasn't around. Maybe he had already followed the victim here and saw Zhou Yan leave to check into a hotel before seizing the opportunity to strike."

“But judging from Zhou Yan’s appearance, he and the deceased didn’t seem to be having a long-term affair,” Tan Jia said. After thinking for a moment, she decided to ask Zhou Yan directly.

Zhou Yan's face was still very pale. He remained silent for most of the time as he answered, then lowered his head and clutched his hair, looking extremely distressed.

“I only slept with her once, and it was an accident. She has a family, and we were classmates. That kind of thing should never have happened… After that incident, we intentionally cut off contact. Last night was the first time I saw her in the past few months.”

Zheng Yan and the others were a little surprised.

First time meeting in months?
Therefore, it would have been impossible for Huang Yilin to discover that the child was not his by following the deceased, nor would it have been possible for him to follow the deceased and stake out the neighborhood looking for an opportunity to commit murder.

Could the murderer be someone else?

Zheng Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Let me tell you directly, Zou Yuxuan was murdered and then her body burned. The murderer must have hated her, especially the child in her womb. Can you guess who the murderer is?"

Zhou Yan froze, his face turning even paler. He opened his mouth several times, but in the end, he still couldn't utter a word.

Tan Jia pointed out: "Zou Yuxuan's husband, Huang Yilin, you were also high school classmates, right? Do you think it was him who did it?"

Zhou Yan closed his eyes in pain; his reaction showed that he also suspected Huang Yilin, but was unwilling to believe it.

"It shouldn't be like that... They have a very good relationship. They've liked each other since high school. Huang Yilin would save money and work part-time for her. He never missed a birthday, holiday, or anniversary. Even after they started working and lived in different places, he would still rush back to see her even if he only had one day off..."

"How do you know so much about what happened between them?" Tan Jia asked meaningfully.

Zhou Yan was silent for a moment, then turned her head and said, "She often posts these sweet daily moments on her WeChat Moments."

"Will it be released soon? I heard they've been married for seven years and still don't have children. Is Zou Yuxuan's married life still as happy as before?"

"Probably, anyway, I saw their anniversary trip photos at the beginning of the year... but after what happened to us, she posted very few." Zhou Yan lowered his head again.

When did that incident happen? Do you think Huang Yilin knew about it?

“It’s impossible to know,” he said with difficulty. “On February 26th, our company had a team-building dinner, and her company also had one... We all drank alcohol, and somehow we ended up together. We parted ways before dawn. She went on a business trip, and I went to the county town for a team-building event... When I left, she specifically told me not to tell Huang Yilin about this, and to pretend that nothing had happened.”

Tan Jia seemed to be deep in thought, then walked a few steps away and whispered to Zheng Yan:

"If the murderer is Huang Yilin, the deceased had been in a relationship with him for eleven years and married for seven years without getting pregnant, but got pregnant after having a relationship with Zhou Yan once. And Huang Yilin was able to sense that the child was not his... Does he have some kind of infertility? And he knew he had this disease, but the deceased did not know."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Yan immediately ordered someone to investigate Huang Yilin's information, especially his medical treatment.

A few minutes later, forensic doctor Lao Li and trace evidence investigators arrived at the scene one after the other.

Old Li sighed as soon as he saw the corpse: "Another high-difficulty case."

Then, without complaint, he squatted down to examine the body, and after half a minute, his brows furrowed: "The deceased was pregnant."

"Yes, more than three months."

Old Li added, "But she miscarried."

"Yes, she must have miscarried due to external force when she was being murdered."

"External force?" Old Li carefully examined the corpse. "You guessed? I didn't see any obvious external force injuries. I need to go back and check the bones."

Zheng Yan stepped forward and whispered about the head injury and the insulin issue, asking if it could be diagnosed. Old Li opened his eyes wide, looked down at the corpse, then at him.

"You're making things difficult for me. It's not easy to examine an unburned body for exogenous insulin, let alone in this condition. You might as well hope that the forensic examination will find the injection needle and evidence that the murderer purchased an excessive amount of insulin."

"Just tell me if you can or can't."

"I can only do my best."

"Also, check whose child it is. We'll provide blood samples from both fathers."

"...I can already guess what kind of heinous case this is." Old Li, with a headache, directed people to carry the body away. When the body was lifted up, the skin on the side and back even left a layer of flesh and blood on the floor.

Zhou Yan vomited instantly, crying as he did so, and then fainted to the ground.

Tan Jia's gaze followed the man's fall, but she made no move to help him up. Instead, she turned around and joined the investigators in searching the entire house.

Xiao Chen verified Zhou Yan's statement. He did indeed stay at a hotel just one street away from the community last night. He checked in at 10:30 pm and checked out at 9:00 am this morning.

As for whether he left during the trip, we are still checking the hotel's surveillance footage.

Xiao Chen also said, "It shouldn't be Zhou Yan. First of all, he had no motive to kill, while Huang Yilin had a strong motive. Secondly, he also had no motive to set the fire. If he didn't kill the person, he wouldn't have needed to burn the body and make things worse."

Ultimately, they all suspected that the murderer was Huang Yilin.

After all, in the vast majority of similar cases I've encountered, the perpetrator is the husband.

What's that saying again? When you love someone, you should be together forever; when you don't love someone, you should be apart.

Zheng Yan thought for a moment and said, "Focus on investigating Huang Yilin's whereabouts. Then, after the forensic doctor confirms that the deceased is indeed Zou Yuxuan, notify him to come over and see how he reacts at the scene."

In the afternoon, the forensic team confirmed the identity of the deceased.

"It's confirmed to be Zou Yuxuan."

Xiao Chen immediately contacted Huang Yilin and solemnly informed him of Zou Yuxuan's death.

I thought he would come alone, but to my surprise, a group of people came to the police station: the parents of the deceased Zou Yuxuan, the parents of Huang Yilin, and two people who were said to be the deceased's best friends.

They said they were all trying to find the deceased together, and when Huang Yilin received the call, they heard it too and insisted on coming over.

Why invite so many people to witness his wife's bizarre death? Tan Jia's expression was ambiguous as he stared at Huang Yilin.

Accepting the death of a loved one, especially in such a tragic way, is a cruel thing. Zou Yuxuan's parents fainted on the spot.

The remaining people were pale and crying uncontrollably. Huang Yilin was dazed and distraught, unable to utter a single word.

Unexpectedly, Huang's parents suddenly asked, "Why did Xuanxuan die in a man's house?"

Zou Yuxuan's two friends were stunned and murmured, "Yeah, why did Yuxuan die at Zhou Yan's house?"

The conclusion came instantly.

Huang Yilin muttered "What do you mean?" before slowly regaining his senses. His face turned even paler, and he exclaimed excitedly, "Impossible! Absolutely not... Where's Zhou Yan? Call Zhou Yan out!"

(End of this chapter)