Animal Detective

Chapter 183 16-Year Files
The cramped chess and card room was filled with smoke.

"Gojo!"

A thin, pale-faced woman with wavy hair played a card.

"You're Hua Juan?"

Shen Xin appeared, frowning as he asked.

The woman tilted her head and looked at Shen Xin and Ding Yuwei.

The man next to him, a middle-aged man with his legs crossed and a thick gold chain around his neck, said with a mouthful of yellow teeth, shaking his head and saying, "Kid, you can't just call me Hua Juan. You should call me Sister Juan."

"As for me, I'll be called Juan'er."

As he spoke, he leered at Hua Juan's hand and gently stroked it.

Hua Juan withdrew her hand in disgust and asked, "Who are you?"

"We are police officers, we need to talk to you about something."

Ding Yuwei took out her identification.

"police!"

Before Hua Juan could react, the man with the big gold chain next to her exclaimed, jumped up, and ran away.

Shen Xin reacted quickly and grabbed his shoulder.

"I wasn't looking for you, why are you running away?" Shen Xin grabbed his shoulder tightly.

In gunfights, Shen Xin might not be up to the task.

But grappling and fighting were no problem for him. One hand was like a pair of pliers, gripping the big gold chain until he cried out in pain, explaining, "I...I have diarrhea, I need to go to the toilet."

Shen Xin sniffed, leaned closer to smell it, and snorted, "What's your name? Did you bring your ID? When did you take it?"

Sure enough, snakes and rats are in cahoots.

The man with the big gold chain's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly waved his hands, saying, "No, officer, I really didn't smoke."

"Who's your uncle?"

Shen Xin turned around and pointed to the remaining tables in the card room, saying, "Don't move, everyone. Take out your ID cards."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and made a call to Li Dongsheng outside.

He immediately brought Lao Zhou in.

"Master, there's a sucker." Shen Xin tossed the middle-aged man to him.

Li Dongsheng took it and pointed to the owner of the card room behind the front desk.

"Officer Li, I really don't know." The boss obviously knew Li Dongsheng and hurriedly denied it.

Hua Juan's face was already pale, but now it was even paler. She nervously shifted her position, not daring to look Shen Xin in the eye.

"Hua Juan, come out here for a moment."

Shen Xin said in a deep voice, "With her complexion and the heavy smell of perfume, if she passes the blood test, I'll take her surname."

Come outside.

"Officer, I...I don't know him, and I didn't take any drugs," Hua Juan said guiltily, lowering her head.

Shen Xin shook his head inwardly and asked, "Hua Juan, do you know anything about your daughter Guan Hong?"

"Who?"

Hua Juan was taken aback.

Her bewildered expression couldn't be more genuine.

Ding Yuwei frowned and said, "Your daughter, Guan Hong!"

"Her!"

Hua Juan then realized what was happening and said, "If you have something to say, go find her. Why are you looking for me?"

These words almost made Shen Xin laugh out loud.

You're her mother, who else would she turn to if not you?

After Hua Juan finished speaking, she probably realized that there was something wrong with what she said, and changed her words: "Officer, your brat has long since severed her mother-daughter relationship with me. I really don't know where she went or what she did."

"Besides, I haven't seen her for more than two years. If you don't believe me, look at my phone. I don't even have her number."

She took out her phone and showed it to Shen Xin, proving that she didn't even have her daughter's phone number saved in her contacts.

Shen Xin had an urge to just take the person away.

Is it really possible to be so heartless as to completely ignore a daughter you carried for ten months and gave birth to?
When was the last time you saw your daughter?

"I don't know. I can't remember."

Her nonchalant tone annoyed Shen Xin, who continued to ask her if she knew who her daughter was close to and whether she had a boyfriend.

"I don't know, I don't care about her."

Hua Juan spoke with absolute certainty.

Shen Xin was too lazy to ask any more questions and told her to come back with him to have her blood drawn.

A DNA comparison would reveal whether the female victim was Guan Hong.

"Draw my blood? No way! Why should I? I haven't committed any crime, why are you taking my blood?" Hua Juan panicked immediately.

Shen Xin didn't want to waste words with her. He said the same thing again: if she hadn't been taking drugs lately, he would have changed his surname to hers based on her reaction.

After having Ding Yuwei take the person away, Shen Xin went inside and spoke to Li Dongsheng before preparing to leave.

"Shen Xin, is Guan Hong... dead?" Li Dongsheng followed him out and asked hesitantly. Shen Xin nodded and said that the remains had just been discovered.

Li Dongsheng let out a long sigh, said "what a pity" again, and turned back to the chess and card room.

When Hua Juan was brought back to the branch office, Chen Chao also happened to bring Yang Huixia back, along with Zhu Zhenyuan.

"This is Hua Juan?" Chen Chao glanced at Hua Juan, his brows furrowing as if he had a history.

Shen Xin nodded.

Chen Chao gave a light snort and told them to identify the clothes first.

Technical Department.

Director Cui Yan took clothes out of the evidence box one by one.

As soon as she took out the slippers, Yang Huixia swayed as if struck by lightning. The emotions she had accumulated along the way could no longer be controlled, and she collapsed like a flood breaking its dam.

"Why!"

She stepped forward, then turned her head and asked a question, looking at Shen Xin and the others.

She didn't cry out loud, but tears were already streaming down her cheeks.

Previously at Lotus Peak, Shen Xin saw a light in her eyes.

At that moment, there was light in her eyes, a light that was brimming with tears.

"How could he die? Why?" she kept asking, murmuring, "Why didn't he just leave? He got tired of me, didn't want me anymore, so he left and never came back."

She reached out with trembling hands and grabbed the gray short-sleeved shirt, her voice trembling: "At least... I'm still alive."

Only then did she finally break down and let out a heart-wrenching cry.

Ding Yuwei quickly turned her head away and secretly wiped her eyes.

Shen Xin felt as if his heart was stuffed with straw, a feeling of unease and blockage.

Her beloved husband died, and she was misunderstood and scorned for two years. Even her son didn't recognize her.

She didn't leave; she stayed and guarded the farm where she and her husband had worked so hard together.

Every night, alone, through the long, dark nights, Shen Xin could not even imagine the grievances and sorrow he felt.

Zhu Zhenyuan stepped forward and helped Yang Huixia up. His eyes were already red, and he sniffed as he said, "At least there's some result now."

Then, turning to Shen Xin, he said, "Young comrade, thank you."

He made a gesture as if to bow.

He had previously asked Shen Xin to tell him that he felt his son was dead, but at least he could find the body.

Shen Xin has now accomplished it.

Shen Xin quickly helped him up and said his condolences.

As he turned his head, Shen Xin noticed Hua Juan.

She just stared at the outfit in front of her, her expression somewhat blank and helpless.

"Hua Juan, can you take a look? Are these the clothes your daughter Guan Hong wore?" Chen Chao asked.

Hua Juan jolted awake, coughed, cleared her throat, and opened her mouth to speak, but no words came out.

He closed his mouth again, remained silent for a moment, and simply nodded slightly.

Chen Chao stepped forward and said, "To avoid any accidents, we need to draw your blood for DNA comparison."

"okay."

Hua Juan responded and asked where to smoke.

As I followed my colleagues from the technical department out the door, I paused again, glanced at the clothes on the table, seemed lost in thought for a moment, and then turned and followed them out.

Shen Xin noticed her reaction.

It can only be said that, deep down, Hua Juan still reserved a soft spot for her daughter.

Chen Chao asked Ding Yuwei to comfort Yang Huixia, then brought Shen Xin out and asked, "The person Jia Xiaojun mentioned is called Li Xiaofei, right? What are the specific characters in his name?"

Shen Xin shook his head, indicating that he did not know.

Chen Chao thought for a moment and said, "Come with me."

As he spoke, he led Shen Xin toward the archives.

After greeting Lao Lin, he led Shen Xin to the area in 2016.

After rummaging through the shelf, I finally found one and handed it over.

Shen Xin took it, puzzled, and opened it.

On April 16, 2016, an intentional assault occurred at a barbecue restaurant on the ground floor of Gengshang Jiayuan.

The suspect, Li Xiaofei, had an argument with the victim. During the altercation, Li Xiaofei used a boner knife that the restaurant used to cut mutton to stab the victim, causing the victim's kidney to rupture.

After being brought to justice, Li Xiaofei was sentenced to five years in prison.

Shen Xin also saw at the end that the person in charge was Chen Chao.

"Team Chen!"

Shen Xin hurriedly looked up. Could this Li Xiaofei be the murderer they were looking for?

However, the file contains photos.

With short black hair, her appearance doesn't quite match Wang Linhong's description.

(End of this chapter)