Animal Detective

Chapter 186 Admit
"What are you saying? I... don't understand."

Li Xiaofei stammered.

If his brain were a car, it would be flooring the accelerator, spinning wildly, trying to fabricate lies.

But Chen Chao didn't give him a chance. After he personally admitted that he and Guan Hong were his girlfriend, he conveniently returned to the question on the 13th.

"You don't understand, do you?"

Chen Chao sneered: "At 6:30 a.m. on the 14th, someone saw you coming down from Dingshan Mountain with a shovel. What were you doing?"

"See me?"

Li Xiaofei was startled, his eyes darting around, probably trying to recall who he had encountered that morning.

Just a few seconds later, his eyes widened suddenly; he must have remembered.

At this moment, Chen Chao slammed his hand on the table and shouted, "I'm asking you, what were you doing up the mountain?"

"I...I'll dig something up." Li Xiaofei's mind was completely in a mess.

Chen Chao snorted coldly and said, "Digging for something? More like a corpse!"

Li Xiaofei shuddered again.

Chen Chao continued, "Li Xiaofei, you're something else. When I arrested you last year, I thought you were just a small-time hoodlum. I never expected you to be so ruthless, daring to kill someone."

"And when they kill, they kill two at a time."

These words startled Li Xiaofei so much that his soul almost flew out of his body. He trembled and said, "You all know? No, I mean, what are you talking about? I don't know."

"playing dumb?"

Chen Chao scoffed and said, "Li Xiaofei, to be honest, I look down on you. I remember when I arrested you, you were quite quick to admit it, shouting about being responsible for your actions, saying that you were the one who stabbed the person, and that it had nothing to do with your friend."

"And what happened? You killed that young girl and then took back the gold necklace you gave her to return. You have no shame."

Shen Xin silently took notes.

The investigation into Li Xiaofei yielded only one finding: a gold necklace.

On May 15th, the Xingning Police Station in the city recorded a police report regarding Li Xiaofei.

At 10:18 a.m. that day, the local police station received a report from a gold jewelry store that a customer was causing trouble.

Police officers arrived at the scene and handled the situation.

The incident began when Li Xiaofei purchased a gold necklace worth 2800 yuan at the store on May 2nd.

The shop assistant who served him recalled and identified him, confirming that it was indeed Guan Hong.

In other words, after the two had a fight at the end of April, Li Xiaofei used a gold necklace to coax Guan Hong back.

However, on the 15th, Li Xiaofei returned to the store with the necklace, wanting a full refund.

The shop owner disagreed, and he started making a scene, forcing the shop owner to call the police.

The final settlement was that the store accepted the refund and took back the necklace in order to settle the matter peacefully.

Of course, this necklace is nowhere to be found; it was returned to the manufacturer and melted down long ago.

However, reasonable speculation can be made.

After killing Guan Hong, Li Xiaofei searched her and took away her cell phone and other items that proved her identity, including this necklace.

Then, I don't know what I was thinking, I even considered returning the necklace.

"Don't deny it. We have police records here. You were making such a scene, yelling that you were going to smash up the store. The staff must remember you very well."

"I even remember you taking Guan Hong to buy it. So you gave someone a gift, then killed them, and now you want to take back the necklace you gave away? Are you that petty?"

Chen Chao looked disdainful, provoking Li Xiaofei.

Li Xiaofei was sweating profusely and trembling like a leaf. The facts he couldn't refute left his mind a complete mess, making it impossible for him to calm down and fabricate lies.

And that's exactly the effect Chen Chao wanted.

But that wasn't enough; he wanted to continue provoking Li Xiaofei.

"Li Xiaofei, with your stinginess, it's no wonder Guan Hong looks down on you and has never let you succeed."

Regarding the motive for the murder, some findings were made during the investigation of Guan Hong's social relationships.

A friend, or rather a close confidante, revealed that Guan Hong had told her about this Li Xiaofei.

The name wasn't mentioned, but based on the timeline, it should be Li Xiaofei.

"Do you know what Guan Hong said about you behind your back? She said you weren't generous enough with money for her, and that you were stingy when it came to buying her things, even a bag."

During the argument at the end of April, Guan Hong complained to her "best friend" that she had her eye on a bag that cost more than two thousand yuan, but Li Xiaofei brushed her off by saying he didn't want to buy it.

"Li Xiaofei, if I were Guan Hong, I wouldn't even look at you. Someone like you, trying to pick up girls? Do you even have the guts?"

Chen Chao's sarcastic remark pierced Li Xiaofei's pitiful pride.

He clenched his fists, tightened the handcuffs, and roared with bloodshot eyes, "Who are you talking about? Say it again if you dare!" Chen Chao continued to provoke him, "What, is what I said wrong? Let me guess, did you lure that young girl up the mountain, thinking that you could take advantage of the deserted wilderness and make her submit to you, right?"

"That's all you've got. You should at least open a hotel. Aren't you afraid of snakes in the wild? Isn't the ground cold? No wonder they won't give it to you."

Li Xiaofei tensed his body violently, the handcuffs clanging against each other repeatedly.

He was like a crazed wild beast, with bulging veins on his neck and frighteningly red eyes.

"Honestly, I've seen far too many cases like this. If you're so capable, why don't you date that girl honestly and win her over with your charm!"

"But you didn't. Nobody wanted you, so all you did was force yourself. You ruthlessly killed that young girl, didn't you!"

"Really, it's shameful!"

Chen Chao looked disgusted.

Shen Xin wanted to give him a thumbs up for his acting skills and his eyes; even she herself would be furious after seeing it.

Li Xiaofei was like a gas that had been continuously pumped up; at this moment, he reached his limit and exploded.

"you shut up!"

He yelled and roared, "It's not like that! She invited me to the mountain! What kind of good person do you think she is? She's pretending to be innocent with me, a total slut! I've seen plenty of those!"

"If anyone's to blame, it's that man for meddling, and Guan Hong too. She deserved it. If she hadn't run back, I wouldn't have killed her."

Under the table, Chen Chao silently clenched his fists.

Become!

Shen Xin quickly typed out the words, his emotions still running high, wanting to give Chen Chao a thumbs up.

That interrogation was impressive.

Chen Chao said, "So you admit that you killed Guan Hong and Zhu Guishen?"

“That’s right, I killed him. I’m awesome, I take responsibility for my actions. So what? I’m the one who killed him.” Li Xiaofei stared with wide eyes, as if he wanted to devour him.

Chen Chao nodded, regaining his composure, and said, "Then tell me, what happened that night?"

Li Xiaofei straightened his neck and said, "What else could it be? She's just a slut. She's the one who invited me, saying she wanted to go up the mountain to see the scenery, and it was at night, damn it."

"And then, they started putting on airs again when we got up the mountain. Damn it, I was really fed up at that point. What was with this piece of junk that had been through so many hands?"

"Give me back my stinginess. Even if I had money to go to a prostitute, I wouldn't spend it on her."

"Then I ran into that lunatic who started gossiping about me. Who did he think he was? He was practically asking for it, so I just went along with it."

Chen Chao reached out to interrupt Li Xiaofei: "Explain it more clearly."

Li Xiaofei snorted and said, "That bitch was pretending to be innocent with me on the hillside, and then that guy saw us and came over like a lunatic to teach us a lesson."

"He said we're so young, why aren't we learning good things? Seriously, is this guy out of his mind? He's even lecturing us about self-respect and self-love. It's ridiculous."

He gave a disdainful sneer.

Shen Xin frowned.

So it's quite obvious that Zhu Guishen accidentally saw Li Xiaofei and Guan Hong on the mountain, and thought that Li Xiaofei was going to force himself on Guan Hong, so he stepped forward to stop him.

He has this kind heart.

He met Yang Huixia when she was knocked down by a motorcycle. He bravely stopped the motorcycle and then took her to a clinic for treatment.

An act of kindness led to this outcome.

"And then?" Chen Chao pressed.

Li Xiaofei said, "Guan Hong was afraid of getting into trouble, so she left first. I wanted to go after her, but this guy blocked my way and wouldn't let me go. Don't you think he's being nosy?"

“I started arguing with him. I was already annoyed, and then he hit me. Anyway, I got angry and stabbed him with a knife.”

Chen Chao asked coldly, "How many times were you stabbed?"

"Can not remember."

Li Xiaofei looked completely unconcerned.

Chen Chao asked, "What about Guan Hong?"

Li Xiaofei got angry at the mention of Guan Hong's name and said, "The man ran away, so I chased after him and stabbed him again. Then he rolled down the hillside, and when I turned around, I saw Guan Hong."

"Isn't she shameless? She insisted on coming back. What could I do? I told her not to say anything and to pretend she didn't see anything. Anyway, it's in the mountains, and there's no one around at night."

“She disagreed, saying I was harming her. If the police find out, they'll arrest her too, and then they'll call the police. I'll have no choice but to strangle her.”

He coldly recounted the events, then turned and spat on the floor, cursing, "Slut, she deserves it!"

Seeing this, Shen Xin was so angry that he wanted to rush up and punch him twice.

(End of this chapter)