Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 205 The Murderer Tan Jia 24
Zhou Qi'an confessed the truth about the case in which he served as a witness.

But this time, it wasn't just Xiao Qian who died.

"Did he admit to Wen Jinbing's involvement?" Tan Jia asked.

"Not for now. What he's afraid of right now is getting involved with the Wen family. Although the main reason he killed Wen Jinbing was to kill you, once you confess, they'll definitely start questioning you about the reason for Wen Jinbing's revenge. They'll dig deeper and deeper, and before they can uncover the truth, you'll be silenced, just like your father."

Tan Jia laughed emotionlessly: "He won't confess, yet he wants you to handle things impartially and protect his safety. Did he spend a day at the National Security Bureau and his brain oxidize faster?"

"Who knows? That's why I came out to visit the victim," Zheng Yan said, sitting down and placing the fruit he had brought on the table. "Let him argue with the investigation team. How are the injuries?"

"Thankfully. Have the identities of those corpses in the bamboo forest been determined?"

Zheng Yan looked at her: "You're even more worried than I am. The DNA has matched two people, and the other two haven't been confirmed yet. But we found the surveillance footage that Zhou Qi'an used to screen victims. The first two victims whose identities matched were people who made money off disabled people."

Zhou Qi'an seemed to be punishing those who had bullied him in the past.

Tan Jia thought for a moment and said, "The extreme desire for control actually stems from an extreme sense of inferiority. He was disabled during his adolescence, his parents divorced and wanted to get rid of him, and he was bullied. The psychological trauma caused by these experiences is too deep. Once he gets the chance, he wants to step on everyone's heads and vent his anger."

“Indeed, of the people he’s currently targeting and trying, six are missing. These people all have similar problems to varying degrees. But the person he most wants to kill right now is probably you.” Zheng Yan glanced at her.

She raised an eyebrow: "Because I'm smarter than him?"

"Because you bullied him the most, the forensic examination said you even knocked his prosthetic leg crooked."

"..." She glanced away, picked up a piece of fruit, and started eating it.

Zheng Yan pointed at her from a distance, but didn't say anything, and picked up a piece of fruit to eat.

He hadn't been sitting in the hospital room for half an hour when someone from the police station called him.

It is said that Zhou Qi'an was extremely panicked, believing that someone in the investigation team wanted to kill him, and became so agitated that he caused a disturbance at the police station.

Zheng Yan feigned a stern rebuke: "What nonsense are you spouting! The investigation team consists of elites from various regions. Although they almost harmed Tan Jia, they certainly won't make such a small mistake again!"

He then said he would go back immediately to save the murderer.

After hanging up the phone, he continued to sit calmly and even took another piece of fruit to peel.

“Ignoring or denying these kinds of emotional people is a good way to deal with them. It can scare them so much that they confess everything in one go.”

Tan Jia said he understood and asked, "When do you think the case can be closed?"

"It'll be in the next couple of days. Let's see who's faster."

Was Zhou Qi'an dead quickly, or did he confess quickly, or was the police quick to investigate?

Tan Jia slowed down his eating, and instead of stating which of the three possibilities was most likely, he asked, "Don't the people online who care about me know that I've arrived safely?"

Zheng Yan paused for a moment, then looked at her and said, "Young people are bold and daring."

"Public opinion is also a commonly used tool in investigations," she said calmly.

Although excessive public opinion can do more harm than good, in their current situation, with the internet buzzing and everyone wanting to follow up, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. Even if someone wants to suppress the matter, they'll have to think twice.

And taking this opportunity, she quickly whispered her guess from last night to Zheng Yan.

“I don’t think they’ll react much, and they might even be willing to push for this outcome. If we need to delay the investigation and gather evidence, the person who killed Xiao Qian is a good target. If he accepts his fate, we can try to break up their alliance. If he doesn’t accept his fate, that’s even better; he definitely has a lot to say.” Zheng Yan nodded subtly, indicating that he understood.

Then he said, "I'll take you to the National Security Bureau later, and you'll have to answer some questions."

"Okay." She adopted a friendly attitude, showing no intention of cooperating unconditionally.

Unexpectedly, after being questioned by the National Security Bureau, she discovered that the case seemed to have been fast-forwarded, with the murderer, accomplices, motive, and purpose of the crime being determined in a short period of time.

The murderer who killed Xiaoqian was from Shanyuan Town. His motive was that Xiaoqian discovered his secret of embezzling public funds during the investigation of the case, so he killed him in a moment of panic.

Zhou Qi'an's main crime was the murder of the bodies found in the bamboo forest. His motive was that he had been bullied during his adolescence because of his leg disability. After discovering that someone was bullying other disabled people by secretly taking photos, he wanted to punish them.

As for Wen Jinbing's death, it was also attributed to Zhou Qi'an, who said that because the criminal investigation team investigated his father's money laundering gang and sent his father to prison, he wanted to take revenge on them, and his first target was Tan Jia.

And coincidentally, he discovered a drunk man named Wen Jinbing wielding a knife and injuring someone. He lured Wen Jinbing into Tan Jia's room, intending to use someone else to kill Tan Jia. However, he ended up being anesthetized by the heptafluoropropane in the ventilation system. He had no choice but to harden his heart and use Wen Jinbing's death to frame Tan Jia.

On its own, each point seems plausible, and that's where the clues point.

It simply erased matters related to both civil and military affairs.

Upon learning the result, Tan Jia showed no reaction and turned into the second team's office.

Zheng Yan stood inside, hands on hips, looking out the window.

"What was Zhou Qi'an's reaction?" she asked.

Regardless of whether the Wen family's affairs are mentioned or not, the fact that Zhou Qi'an murdered multiple people is undeniable, and he is destined for the death penalty.

But someone like him, knowing he's going to die anyway and no one's going to bail him out, will most likely just give up and reveal even more. Don't the people behind this know that?
They must have known. So why did they do it?

Zheng Yan turned around and said, "He 'committed suicide'."

Oh, so someone was trying to silence him and eliminate this threat once and for all.

"not dead?"

"I had Xiao Chen keep an eye on things. Luckily, he was able to speak after being rescued."

"Impressive," as the saying goes, experience counts. "But can we really tell him? Will he even tell?"

“Even if he doesn’t say anything, there are plenty of things that can ‘speak’ for him. I asked my old boss to ask reliable national security technicians for help, and they discovered that the surveillance cameras had captured something important.”

To be precise, it was discovered in the surveillance footage that Tan Jia secretly gave him; the original backup of the footage had already been deleted.

Tan Jia's expression softened a bit: "This is a good thing. We've been doing so much and being so careful precisely to buy time to find solid evidence, haven't we?"

However, Zheng Yan still stood with his hands on his hips, facing the window with a solemn expression.

"Is there some unexpected situation?" she asked. "They found out, but they can't submit it?"

Zheng Yan shook his head, continuing to reflect in front of the mirror. After a while, he suddenly said, "Do you know what caused this case? It was just because of one and a half pounds of wild honey."

This case will be closed tomorrow. There aren't many cases left before the end of this book.