Animal Detective

Chapter 187 The Final Link

On Dingshan Mountain.

Shen Xin bent over, holding a rake, scraping the shallow soil almost inch by inch.

"It's almost time to go home."

Chen Chao's voice came from not far away.

Five meters to the right, Zhao Tianxing straightened up, clutching his back, and said dejectedly, "Shen Xin, how long do you think we'll be able to find this place?"

"That kid just pointed in a random direction. What if he got it wrong? It's so late at night, how could he remember it so clearly? If it's just slightly off, we'll be in big trouble."

Shen Xin and others are currently searching for the murder weapon.

After Li Xiaofei confessed to the murder, he arranged for a crime scene identification. He admitted that after strangling Guan Hong that night, he went down to find Zhu Guishen.

Zhu Guishen was no longer moving.

He killed two people before he began to feel fear.

He threw Guan Hong's body down the hillside and then prepared to flee the scene.

After running about a hundred meters, he realized he was still holding a knife. Without thinking much, he threw it into the woods on his right.

Then he descended the mountain in the dark.

After running down the mountain and calming down, I realized that this approach wouldn't work.

The body will be discovered sooner or later, and there's also a cell phone and other items; they must be disposed of.

So he went back up the mountain to Lotus Peak and found two bodies at the bottom of the hillside.

He searched the two men's bodies, thinking of faking a robbery and murder, but then he realized it wouldn't work.

He knew that Guan Hong and he were in a romantic relationship, and that the discovery of Guan Hong's body would eventually lead to an investigation into him.

It was only then that he conceived the idea of ​​burying the body.

They immediately tried digging a hole in the mountain.

Without the right tools, it's impossible to dig.

He went down the mountain again, rode his motorcycle home to get a shovel.

When we got back up the mountain, it was almost 2 a.m.

After finding the body again, he felt it was too close to Lotus Peak, so he simply dragged it down the mountain a little further before starting to dig a pit.

They dug for more than three hours, until dawn was breaking, before they finally finished digging the pit.

He killed the person around 11 p.m. and then continued until dawn the next day, a process that lasted five or six hours, without anyone noticing.

All I can say is that Dingshan is too desolate, especially since it's late at night.

If Dingshan were a genuine tourist attraction, with guards and patrols at night, he wouldn't have had such an easy time.

The current situation is that the murder weapon is missing.

Chen Chao then mobilized his men to search for them.

Late at night, he casually tossed it down the mountain, not knowing how many meters it was thrown or where it landed.

Just like searching for a burial site before, it was truly like looking for a needle in a haystack.

At least there's Bubu when we're looking for a body.

"Alright, it's still winter, so everyone's hiding their spicy snacks. If it were summer, and someone just pulled back the bushes and a spicy snack popped out, that would be such a pleasant surprise."

Shen Xin also supported his lower back.

"What spicy snacks? Can you bring any?" Ding Yuwei asked, turning her head from a distance.

"A snake."

Is this girl a young person?

"There's no snake!" Ding Yuwei shuddered, her face turning deathly pale.

Her biggest fear is snakes.

If it were when she first arrived at work in the morning, Shen Xin would definitely tease her, but now, he had no such thoughts.

Chen Chao told everyone to leave.

"Captain Chen, this won't work. You should at least get a metal detector or something. That would be more efficient than us sifting through the bushes inch by inch," Shen Xin complained as they walked.

Chen Chao, who was walking ahead, suddenly stopped.

He blinked, then asked, "Shen Xin, how many days have we been looking?"

"Yesterday plus today, that's two days, what happened?"

"What do you mean, what happened?" Chen Chao asked with a resentful look. "Why didn't you say so sooner?"

Shen Xin was also stunned, and said in surprise, "I thought you had thought of that."

Chen Chao's eyes widened. "Is it my fault?"

These past two days, Chen Chao has been so busy with not only Li Xiaofei's case but also other cases that he's been working non-stop. He hasn't really had time to process it all.

Zhao Tianxing silently rubbed his lower back, then said with a serious expression, "Captain Chen, it's your fault. You have to treat us to dinner today."

If I don't have a big meal, I won't be able to make up for the hard work of the past two days.

"Please, that's enough."

Chen Chao sighed. He had originally planned to treat everyone to a meal and reward them properly.

Especially Shen Xin, who has solved another cold case, we should definitely celebrate!

The next day, the equipment was upgraded, and efficiency improved significantly.

But there's also a lot of trash on the mountain, so it's still hard to find.

It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack; it's like searching for a needle on a beach.

However, after searching for several days, I actually found it just before New Year's Day.

It was discovered by Yu Xiaoping, a new employee who joined the technical department this year.

The young girl had just graduated. She was short and thin, appearing petite and delicate. She dug a switchblade out of the rotten soil and excitedly held it up, as if she had won a championship on the field.

The people around were equally excited.

Zhao Tianxing roared and rushed forward, grabbing Yu Xiaoping in a tight hug. He then held Yu Xiaoping's hand high and shouted, "We're free! We're finally free!"

Li Xiaofei casually tossed it aside, causing quite a commotion for everyone.

After confirming, it was indeed the switchblade Li Xiaofei described, with skull inlays on both sides of the handle.

He's met all his cronies.

Yu Xiaoping carefully placed the knife into the evidence bag.

Shen Xin nudged Zhao Tianxing and whispered, "Brother Xing, are you just getting excited and can't control yourself, or are you doing it on purpose?"

She saw it herself; after being hugged, Yu Xiaoping's cheeks turned red.

Zhao Tianxing chuckled, his meaning unspoken.

Shen Xin glanced at Yu Xiaoping.

She wouldn't call herself beautiful, but she has a petite and delicate appearance.

"Brother Xing, didn't you say you had given up on love? How come you've fallen for someone again?"

When Zhang Qin's case ended, this guy was shouting that love was dead and that he would live alone forever.

Zhao Tianxing snorted: "The past is the past, the present is the present. Look at Yang Huixia and Zhu Guishen, their love is so deep and devoted, so I believe in love again."

Shen Xin thought to herself, "You're really fickle."

But when he turned his head, he met Ding Yuwei's bright eyes.

Shen Xin smiled and immediately looked away.

The discovery of the murder weapon completed the final link in the chain of evidence.

Surprisingly, a small piece of clothing was found stuck in the groove of the handle of this switchblade.

This is a folding spring knife. It is speculated that it was used to stab Zhu Guishen. When it was pulled out, the end of the blade tore his clothes. After folding, the small piece of clothing got stuck in the blade groove.

Fortunately, Zhu Guishen's shirt was not pure cotton; it contained fiber, so it was still preserved after two and a half years.

With this, the chain of evidence is already quite complete.

The case was formally transferred on the day before New Year's Day.

This concludes the story.

Given Li Xiaofei's situation—he cruelly murdered two people and then buried their bodies—he will inevitably face the death penalty.

That afternoon, Shen Xin bought some things and went to the petting zoo.

Firstly, I wanted to take a look at Yang Huixia as well.

Secondly, we should also reward Bubu, this great contributor.

It was a huge help.

(End of this chapter)