Animal Detective

Chapter 139 Premeditation
The interrogation room fell into a deathly silence, broken only by Zhang Qingpeng's rapid breathing from shouting.

It took Zhao Tianxing a full half minute before he asked, "Then tell me about your premeditation process, starting from when you decided to kill Wang Lei."

Zhang Qingpeng hadn't fully calmed down yet, and gritted his teeth as he said, "You've already investigated everything, so why are you asking me?"

Zhao Tianxing said, "We will conduct our own investigation, but you can say whatever you want. First, tell us why you chose to use the rabies virus to kill Wang Lei."

This method of murder is extremely rare.

Zhang Qingpeng thought for a moment before saying, "Actually, at first, I wanted to electrocute him."

“The house we rented was renovated by the sub-landlord, and he used a no-name brand water heater that was leaking electricity. When we first moved in, we almost got electrocuted. We asked him to fix it, but he thought it was too much trouble and told us to just heat the water and then unplug it before using it.”

“I was thinking that if I didn’t unplug it, he might not even notice, and I might electrocute him.”

"But I'm also afraid that if I don't electrocute him, you know, if I turn on the power when I have time, and the circuit breaker trips and I don't electrocute him, then when you investigate, you'll come after me."

Zhao Tianxing snorted: "You've thought of everything quite thoroughly, but how did you come up with the idea of ​​using rabies?"

Zhang Qingpeng said, "The day after the argument, one of our company's anchors went to Donglin countryside to film a video. He does the kind of rural life sharing, and the company asked me to help out. Don't be fooled by my title as a content planner; I'm basically a jack-of-all-trades. We have to do all sorts of chores, as if we're the only ones who're idle."

He complained indignantly and continued, "We filmed in Qinxi Town, which is next to Lankou, and there are many dogs there. We happened to see some people in the village catching dogs, saying they had rabies. We just watched the commotion."

"It was at that time that I thought of using a sick dog to kill Wang Lei."

“It just so happens that Wang Lei bought a cat and is also going to buy a dog to film videos, so I came up with this idea. I figured if he gets bitten by a dog, gets sick, and dies, it won’t have anything to do with me.”

"At first I wanted to find two mixed-breed dogs, but then I found it was hard to find. I was browsing on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace), and I happened to find a seller named Xinyun who wanted to sell a pair of huskies. She said they were from the same litter. When I looked at them, I found that they really looked very, very similar."

"If you don't look closely, you can't tell the difference at all. What's even more coincidental is that this person is not a professional dog breeder. His son bought two dogs, then went out to work and didn't want to keep them anymore, so he asked his father to sell them on Xianyu (a second-hand marketplace)."

“I specifically asked about the vaccine because many dog ​​owners get their dogs vaccinated. But he never paid attention to it. He only got a rabies vaccine when he first bought the puppy, and now it's over two years old, so the rabies vaccine is no longer effective.”

"I contacted him, bought the two dogs, called a ride-sharing service, and they delivered them to me the next day."

"I also went to the vet to get my antibodies tested, and sure enough, they were gone. Then the more I looked at those two dogs, the more suitable they seemed."

"Actually, by this point, my anger had subsided, and I was scared and thought about just letting it go."

Zhao Tianxing interjected, "Then why didn't it stop?"

In the monitoring room, Shen Xin was also thinking about this problem.

They had a fight on September 11th.

In a moment of intense anger, committing a crime of passion is quite normal.

But from the time they argued until Wang Lei was bitten on October 8th, almost a month had passed.

It's somewhat unusual that Zhang Qingpeng hasn't given up on murdering Wang Lei.

It's not the kind of deep-seated hatred where revenge is never too late.

Zhang Qingpeng's gaze turned colder as he said, "Because he's asking for trouble. After the argument, we stopped talking to each other. But what did he do? I ordered takeout, and he ordered a bunch of delicious food, which he ate right in front of me. He would throw the leftovers in the trash and even said he'd get a dog so that he wouldn't waste food."

"Was he deliberately trying to disgust me?" Zhang Qingpeng asked loudly.

Zhao Tianxing frowned.

If true, Wang Lei also has some issues.

“He likes shoes, so he bought a pair of Air Jordans. When I came home from get off work, I found a pair of shoes from my shoe cabinet in the trash can. I asked him what happened, and what did he say? He said they were old, worn-out shoes, and that I should just throw them away.”

"Since he's like this, then fine, I'll make sure to kill him."

“I bought the dog and then told him, ‘You wanted to get a dog, right? My colleague has a dog he doesn’t want to keep anymore, so I can sell it to him cheaply.’”

"Then I rented a garage in the community to keep another dog. I even took it to Qinxi, thinking that there were sick dogs there and it might bite other dogs. There are a lot of stray dogs there."

"After wandering around for two days, I actually ran into him. To be honest, I didn't expect it to go so smoothly."

"It should have been the 21st. Another dog was bitten, and then more than two weeks later, that dog started acting strangely, like it was about to get sick." "So on the 8th, I switched the dogs."

Zhao Tianxing interrupted him, saying, "So, you usually switch the two dogs around, right?"

Because both dogs appeared in the deleted video.

Zhang Qingpeng nodded: "That's right. I'm afraid that if the dog suddenly comes over, it won't be familiar with Wang Lei and he'll notice. He doesn't walk the dogs much. Sometimes I walk them myself, so I switch between them. That way, both dogs are familiar with him, and even if their personalities are slightly different, he'll have a hard time noticing."

"This guy bought the dog purely to make videos, and he doesn't usually take care of it. Anyway, he didn't notice."

“That night, I switched the dog and went to the garage I rented under the pretext of working overtime. And as you all know, I sent him two gifts, and he got bitten.”

Zhao Tianxing nodded, and finally asked, "What about this sick dog? What did you do with it?"

Zhang Qingpeng hesitated for a moment, then said, "After he was bitten that night, I took advantage of the night to walk the dog and switched it back with the sick one. I... just killed it."

"Then the next day, we took it to Dingshan and buried it in a place where no one went."

Zhao Tianxing thought for a moment and asked Ding Yuwei to type out the statement and have Zhang Qingpeng sign it.

He also wanted to ask Zhang Qingpeng what he felt when he watched Wang Lei walk down a dead end during the live broadcast on the 8th.

But after thinking about it, I decided against it.

After signing and pressing their fingerprints, just as Zhao Tianxing and his companion were about to leave, Zhang Qingpeng suddenly looked up and asked, "Am I going to be sentenced to death?"

At that moment, panic reappeared on his face.

Zhao Tianxing did not answer and left the interrogation room directly.

Come next door.

"Damn it, what's going on?" Zhao Tianxing slammed the transcript on the table and cursed.

Ding Yuwei also remarked with emotion, "Honestly, I think if Wang Lei hadn't continued to provoke Zhang Qingpeng after the argument, Zhang Qingpeng probably wouldn't have been so determined to finish this."

She could tell that Zhang Qingpeng wasn't very mentally strong and was terrified throughout the process.

Shen Xin nodded in agreement.

It's said that Zhang Qingpeng was jealous, but wasn't Wang Lei also jealous?

The two of them used to stream on the same platform. When Zhang Qingpeng became popular, Wang Lei called him "Brother Peng." Didn't he feel jealous?

When they both left Matsuura and were both down on their luck, they lived together peacefully, sharing an apartment for so long.

As a result, Zhang Qingpeng lost his composure after Wang Lei unexpectedly became a sensation.

Wang Lei, too, was driven by vanity, deliberately showing off in front of Zhang Qingpeng to provoke him.

"Speak of it."

Shen Xin frowned and said, "Wang Lei became famous because of me."

He became an overnight sensation because of the video of Da Mei training Black Panther.

From this perspective, if it weren't for him, Wang Lei might not have died.

Ding Yuwei hurriedly said, "Shen Xin, you mustn't think like that. Wang Lei is too vain. Even without Da Mei's video, if his other videos become popular in the future, he will still show off in front of Zhang Qingpeng."

Shen Xin waved his hand.

"I was just saying it casually, I didn't take it to heart, you don't need to worry about me."

Ding Yuwei's eyes flickered, she rolled her eyes and muttered, "Who's worried about you?"

(End of this chapter)