Animal Detective

Chapter 167 Love

Sand Gold Farm is still operating, but it has been renamed Seneca Pet Paradise.

On the drive to the farm, Ding Yuwei stared absently out the window.

"What are you thinking about?" Shen Xin noticed this while waiting at the traffic light and asked curiously.

As partners, we can exchange ideas.

Ding Yuwei snapped out of her daze, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Shen Xin, do you also think Yang Huixia is the murderer?"

A year later, Zhou Zhongyi still believes that Yang Huixia is the murderer.

"Don't you think she is?"

Shen Xin countered with a question.

Anyway, after reviewing the case file, Shen Xin felt there was no problem; it was Yang Huixia.

She is highly suspicious.

The couple had conflicts and had purchased life insurance in advance.

Although the salesperson who sold the life insurance to Zhu Guishen was found, it was confirmed that Zhu Guishen bought it himself.

But the fact that Yang Huixia is the beneficiary cannot be changed.

The couple's farm was poorly managed and they were mired in debt, so they also had the motive to make money.

Yang Huixia's movements were also unclear during the possible timeframe of the incident.

The surveillance cameras were also turned off.

Are they all just coincidences?

In other words, the body was not found.

After suspecting that Yang Huixia was involved in the crime, Zhou Zhongyi immediately collected physical evidence from the crocodile pond.

Nothing was found.

It's been over ten days, and those days were extremely hot. In the words of technical investigators, even if DNA was left behind, it would have decomposed long ago from being exposed to the sun.

The same goes for bloodstains.

Nothing was found in the crocodile's droppings either.

Zhou Zhongyi consulted with experts at the zoo and considered anesthetizing the two crocodiles before opening them up for examination.

They eventually gave up; in the words of animal experts, it had been digested long ago after so many days.

Moreover, Shen Xin felt that the very fact that the body could not be found was the strongest evidence that Yang Huixia was responsible.

This is a living, breathing person!

In modern society, it is very difficult for a person to completely disappear, especially for two years.

Let's assume Yang Huixia wasn't the murderer, and Zhu Guishen was hiding from debt collectors, or suddenly had a change of heart and wanted to see how big the world was, so he left.

Two years have passed, and there's not a trace left. They've abandoned their son and their elderly parents?
Therefore, Zhu Guishen is most likely dead.

In that case, since the body could not be found no matter what, it could only mean that Yang Huixia killed him and fed him to the crocodile.

Ding Yuwei frowned, her long eyebrows furrowing together, and said, "But Yang Huixia loves Zhu Guishen."

"like?"

Shen Xin was taken aback.

Zhou Zhongyi questioned Yang Huixia multiple times.

In other words, times have changed, and memory restoration techniques are no longer available.

Therefore, Yang Huixia kept making excuses, and the thing she said most often was that she loved Zhu Guishen and would never kill him.

"Comrade Ding Yuwei, what era are we living in? Do you still believe in love?" Shen Xin retorted.

"Think about it yourself, they're both almost forty, they got married at 24, more than ten years, the seven-year itch is long over."

"The two of them worked hard to do business, but they lost all the money they earned. Their child was growing up, and they had to worry about this and that. In addition, his parents-in-law had always been at odds with Yang Huixia."

"To be honest, at their age, what love do they still have? They'd have nightmares for two days over a kiss."

"Not to mention Zhu Guishen's domestic violence. If you look through the cases of couples killing each other in the bureau, they generally occur in this age group."

"correct!"

Shen Xin recalled the Zhang Qin case and said, "Let me tell you a case, even more outrageous, you've never seen it before. They were truly a pair of sworn enemies, tormenting each other."

Then, he briefly explained Zhang Qin's case.

"In the end, both of them hoped that the other would be sentenced to death. Isn't that ruthless?"

Ding Yuwei frowned again and retorted, "Shen Xin, this is an extreme case. You can't stop believing in love because of this."

She turned her head and stared intently at Shen Xin.

Shen Xin pursed her lips, wanting to laugh, but chose to remain silent under Ding Yuwei's burning gaze.

Ding Yuwei withdrew her gaze and said, "I carefully read the statement. From Yang Huixia's description, I can feel that she truly loves Zhu Guishen."

Shen Xin didn't argue with her; he was convinced that Yang Huixia was the murderer. It was too abnormal for a living person to leave no trace for two years.

The key to reopening the investigation is to find evidence of the murder.

Initially, Shen Xin wanted to confirm one thing: whether Yang Huixia had indeed used two crocodiles to dispose of the body.

Shen Xin wanted to recreate the scene.

It is said that although crocodiles are cold-blooded animals, they have a cerebral cortex, a very complex brain, complex group hunting behavior, and can use tools to lure prey.

According to online information, the smartest crocodile is said to have an IQ comparable to that of a 10-year-old child.

Shen Xin doesn't dare to completely believe what these marketing accounts say.

Even if it's halved, it still has the wisdom of a four or five-year-old child, which allows them to recreate the scene, just like Blue did back then.

Soon, the two arrived at their destination.

Dingshan is quite large.

Running east to west, it forms a double-hump shape. The highest peak is near Dingshan Temple, and there is a lower peak to the east, which locals call Lotus Peak.

Then the Sand Gold Farm is located at the foot of the mountain to the north of Lotus Peak in the east.

It is nestled against a mountain, surrounded by walls on all four sides, with the main gate facing west. The area is decent, about seven or eight acres.

The storefront has been changed to two cartoon windmills.

It has Seneca's name on it.

It's Thursday, and I arrived in the afternoon, so the crowds were just average.

The tickets aren't cheap, at 58 yuan each.

Instead of investigating the case, Shen Xin and his companion showed their identification, and soon a young man wearing a gray cotton jacket ran over.

He is the manager of the amusement park, named Yang Daoqiang.

He asked the two men somewhat nervously about their purpose.

"Don't be nervous, we're just here to see someone. Yang Huixia, did she come to work today?" Shen Xin asked.

The investigation into the case was halted in March 2016.

At the time of the incident, their farm was already on the verge of closing down.

After the incident, Yang Huixia suddenly changed her mind and borrowed money from relatives to try to keep the farm going.

Most importantly, the life insurance policy was denied payment because Zhu Guishen's whereabouts were unknown.

In other words, Yang Huixia ended up with nothing.

She keeps animals, which are fed by people and chewed by horses, and there are always expenses.

After struggling to operate for another two months, until August, Yang Huixia had no choice but to sell the farm.

They sold the lease, along with all the animals, for over 600,000.

This money was just enough to pay off all the farm's debts.

Then, when Yang Huixia was selling the farm, she made a request: she wanted to stay and work as a zookeeper on the farm.

This behavior is quite unusual.

Zhou Zhongyi suspected that she might want to stay on the farm and hide some evidence.

The buyer agreed because they had taken over a large number of animals, some of which were familiar to Yang Huixia and she would find them useful.

But I don't know the current situation; the investigation into this case has long been suspended.

"Sister Xia, she came to work today. I just saw her in the rainforest area." Yang Daoqiang said, and quickly led Shen Xin into the deeper rainforest area.

After the new owner bought the original farm, he expanded and divided it into zones.

There's a pet area and a rainforest area.

They made it sound very impressive, but upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a complete shoddy operation.

There wasn't any real rainforest, just a few parrots, and they weren't macaws, they were grey parrots.

And then there are alligator snapping turtles?
Meerkats?
The signboard was actually made up of those two crocodiles.

It's fair to say that none of them are true rainforest animals.

And then there were monkeys.

Amidst the chirping, a monkey suddenly appeared out of nowhere, ran up to Shen Xin, and reached out for food.

A middle-aged woman wearing a thin cotton jacket and a red sweatshirt was chasing after them.

"Sister Xia."

Yang Daoqiang hurriedly called for help.

Shen Xin immediately looked at the middle-aged woman.

Is that Yang Huixia?
(End of this chapter)