Animal Detective

Chapter 228 Male-Female Relationships
When Liu Jie received Shen Xin's call, he was indeed in a meeting.

The meeting was chaired by Liang Zhen, the head of the Municipal Criminal Investigation Detachment, and the theme of the meeting was the improvement of police conduct.

That's why Liu Jie dared to abandon the meeting and run away.

Liang Zhen quickly grabbed him.

He had a side-parted hairstyle, high cheekbones, a thin face, single eyelids, and particularly sharp eyes.

After pulling Liu Zhi outside the conference room, Liang Zhencai asked, "Was that call from that young policeman from Nanjiang? What happened? Is something wrong?"

He knew who was calling when he heard Liu Jie call out "Xiao Shen".

“It’s him.” Liu Jie nodded and said, “But it’s good that nothing happened. This kid said he made a major discovery and may have identified a suspect in the Han Xiaolong case.”

"Oh?"

Liang Zhenyi was surprised and said, "That's not right, he just came here the day before yesterday."

I came here the day before yesterday, and then spent the whole day yesterday.

Looking at case files, physical evidence, examining the crime scene, and interviewing the parties involved—it would be good if all of this could be done in a day.

So, the suspect was identified in just one day?
Are you kidding me?!
Liu Jie said, "I was wondering about it too, but he said he had made a discovery, so I rushed over to see what was going on."

Liang Zhen didn't ask any more questions. He knew this case was a thorn in Liu Jie's side. He waved his hand, signaling Liu Jie to hurry up and go.

Please contact me anytime if there are any issues.

After watching Liu Jie leave in a hurry, Liang Zhen stood there for a while.

He didn't want Shen Xin to be just trying to attract attention.

If not, the fact that such an important clue was discovered in just one day is quite astonishing.

No wonder Nanjiang attaches so much importance to it.

Without even asking Shen Xin's whereabouts over the phone, Liu Jie rushed to the Songling branch and found Ding Junbao.

Where is Shen Xin?

He came up and asked in a hurry.

Ding Junbao was discussing the arrest plan with Lai Yong in his office when Liu Jie burst in. He was taken aback and asked in surprise, "Xiao Shen is in Qingyuan, what's wrong?"

Could something have happened? The call went to Liu Jie.

Ding Junbao stood up abruptly.

Liu Jie had instructed himself to fully cooperate with Shen Xin.

If I'm not there in person, does that mean I haven't fully cooperated?

The key is that you have your own cases.

Moreover, Shen Xin has just arrived, and it will probably take him two days just to familiarize himself with the case.

Liu Jie turned and left, leaving behind the words, "Xiao Shen has found a suspect."

One sentence made Ding Junbao's mind go blank.

Are you kidding me? You just went to Qingyuan yesterday, and you've already found a suspect?
"Lai Yong, what's going on?" Ding Junbao looked at Lai Yong anxiously.

Is there something you haven't explained clearly?

"I do not know."

Lai Yong's eyes widened, and he said urgently, "That's not right, how did he find the suspect? Yesterday he only looked for the dog, he didn't do anything else."

Ding Junbao didn't have time to ask any more questions and hurriedly grabbed his car keys and followed them out.

Lai Yong cursed under his breath and quickly followed.

The three of them rushed into Qingyuan Town in a flurry of activity.

On the way, Liu Jie called Shen Xin again and rushed to the town's health center to meet Shen Xin.

Shen Xin waited at the entrance of the health center.

"Xiao Shen, what happened?" Liu Jie rushed up to greet him.

Ding Junbao and Lai Yong were the same.

The two drove together, and Ding Junbao was perfectly fine on the way. He then asked Shen Xin about everything that had happened yesterday.

He wondered if Lai Yong had overlooked something.

But when asked again, he became even more confused.

Just as Lai Yong said, Shen Xinguang went looking for his dog.

He knew that Shen Xin had solved cases using small animals, but could finding Han Xiaolong's dog really help him identify the suspect?

That's a bit too much.

Shen Xin took out his phone and showed it to Liu Jie.

I took a picture of the medical records.

"Liu Zhi, this is Zhou Hui. Look, he came to the health center to get a rabies vaccine at 7 a.m. on July 12."

“Yesterday evening, at the village supermarket, I was walking Han Xiaolong’s dog when I saw Zhou Hui. Han Xiaolong’s dog reacted very strongly to him.”

"how to say."

Shen Xin thought for a moment and said, "Just like in Wu Jiawang's case, Lele reacted immediately when she saw Gao Jinrui."

"Therefore, I speculate that when the incident occurred on the night of the 11th, Han Xiaolong's dog was also at the scene. It was protecting Han Xiaolong and may have attacked the suspect."

"We were wondering if the suspect would come to get a rabies vaccine the next day, and when we checked this morning, we found him."

“I asked Luo Limei, and she said that the dog and Han Xiaolong were inseparable, which also proves that the dog was at the scene at the time.”

"Most importantly, this dog reacted when it saw Zhou Hui."

"Therefore, Zhou Hui should be a prime suspect."

Looking at the photo, Liu Jie frowned and fell into deep thought.

Ding Junbao and the other two also came closer to take a look.

Lai Yong pursed his lips and thought for a moment before saying, "Chief Liu, I think Xiao Shen's speculation is logically reasonable."

“This dog was inseparable from Han Xiaolong. On the night Han Xiaolong was murdered, this dog must have been at the scene. Therefore, it is very likely that it attacked the suspect.”

"It would be natural for the suspect to come to get a rabies vaccine, especially at this time, it's too much of a coincidence."

Liu Jie nodded repeatedly.

Shen Xin's logic is sound.

Moreover, Shen Xin said that Han Xiaolong's dog had a strong reaction after seeing Zhou Hui.

He turned to Ding Junbao and asked if he remembered Zhou Hui.

He himself has no recollection of it.

During the investigation, they really did survey every single person in Wuba Village.

However, Zhou Hui was not among the suspects discovered.

Ding Junbao also shook his head, saying he had no recollection of it.

"Quickly check the interview records," Liu Jie said immediately.

Several boxes of physical evidence, one of which contained a whole box of interview transcripts.

Ding Junbao hurriedly contacted the branch office.

Liu Jie was thrilled.

The beginning is always the hardest. In the midst of chaos, once you find a starting point, things become much easier.

But the hardest part is finding the head.

He invited Shen Xin over because he wanted to find a different approach and use Shen Xin's abilities to find this clue.

Unexpectedly, Shen Xin managed to find it in just one day.

"Shen Xin, thank you!"

He placed his hand on Shen Xin's shoulder, suppressing his inner excitement.

Shen Xin quickly said, "Liu Zhi, I was just lucky. I happened to run into Zhou Hui yesterday. He seems to be a businessman and rarely comes back to the village."

"Besides, it's just a suspicion now, and it's not certain that it's accurate yet."

A record of receiving a rabies vaccination proves nothing, let alone serve as evidence for conviction.

Zhou Hui could easily find any excuse to shirk all responsibility.

"No, this discovery is very important."

Liu Jie shook his head, glad that he had made up his mind to find Shen Xin.

Otherwise, we don't know when this discovery would have been made.

The branch office searched for a while and finally found Zhou Hui's interview record.

Everyone gathered together to watch.

The body was discovered on the 14th, and this statement was made on the 19th.

In the initial statement, Zhou Hui said that he went to Dongliang Village on the 11th.

His wife, Li Jing, is from Dongliang Village.

Then, the couple had a fight in the following days, and Li Jing went back to her parents' home. He went back several times, trying to persuade his wife to come back.

He went there again on the 11th, and then had dinner and drank alcohol with his father-in-law and his father-in-law's friends at his mother's house. He didn't leave Dongliang Village until after 9 p.m.

I arrived in the village around 10 a.m. on an electric scooter.

Then I went straight home to sleep.

There is also a statement from Zhou Hui's mother.

Her story was similar to Zhou Hui's; she said that she and her husband had a fight, and then around 10 p.m., she opened the door for Zhou Hui.

Further investigations and verification of the written records followed.

They went to Dongliang Village and found Zhou Hui's wife and father-in-law, who testified that they had been drinking and eating together that night. Many people could testify that Zhou Hui left on his electric scooter around 9 p.m.

As for the couple's conflict, it was because Li Jing disliked Zhou Hui for not having a proper job.

Zhou Hui used to run a shop in town selling solar energy products.

When the two got married, Zhou Hui's family was relatively well-off.

But less than two years after their marriage, his father was diagnosed with cancer, and the treatment drained the family's savings.

In the end, the person couldn't be saved.

After his father passed away, Zhou Hui lost interest in doing business and even developed a bad habit of gambling, causing the shop's business to plummet.

Because of this, the couple often argued.

The surrounding neighbors also confirmed this.

As for what time Zhou Hui returned that night, the neighbors had no idea and no one noticed.

That's it.

After taking a blood sample from Zhou Hui, he was ruled out.

Because when asked, his neighbors said no one knew what kind of conflict he had with Han Xiaolong.

Moreover, Han Xiaolong lives in the northeast of the village, while Zhou Hui lives in the west. The two families live far apart, and frankly, they don't usually have much interaction.

Based solely on the statement, Zhou Hui appears to be without any suspicion.

No wonder Liu Jie had no recollection of him when he was mentioned.

But now, the situation is different.

The group sat down by the flower bed, and Liu Jie said, "Let's assume Zhou Hui is a suspect. In that case, he must have lied about his alibi."

"His mother also lied."

They said they got back a little after ten o'clock, but no one knows exactly what time they arrived home, and there's no way to prove it.

His mother's testimony may not be reliable.

This situation is similar to Wang Chenghui's; his alibi is insufficient, but similarly, you have no evidence to overturn his alibi.

However, if we trace back the case by using Zhou Hui as a suspect, then without a doubt, both the mother and son lied.

“He and this Han Xiaolong definitely have some relationship that we don’t know about. Next, we need to focus our investigation on this.”

That is, motivation.

The two lived far apart and didn't usually interact much. Why would Zhou Hui kill Han Xiaolong for no reason?

Ding Junbao nodded; he thought so too.

Time has passed, and the murder weapon was not found back then, and it is even less likely to be found now.

We can only investigate the motive.

"Xiao Shen, what are your thoughts?" Liu Jie looked up at Shen Xin.

Shen Xin didn't stand on ceremony and said, "Chief Liu, Zhou Hui is now a suspect, so we definitely need to investigate his motives."

"At the same time, I still want to do it my original way. I'll take Han Xiaolong and try to keep wandering around the village, looking around as much as possible, trying to screen everyone from back then, to see if there are any similar cases." The old dog showed hostility towards Zhou Hui.

However, due to insufficient goodwill and inability to hear his inner thoughts, Shen Xin was unsure of the source of this hostility.

What if Zhou Hui just disliked the old dog and beat it up before?

It's hard to say for sure.

Therefore, we cannot put all our eggs in one basket with Zhou Hui; we must find a way to continue the screening.

If we really have to screen everyone, and only Zhou Hui reacts, then we can pinpoint him.

Liu Jie nodded and said yes.

It's a two-step process.

"Xiao Shen, you'll still be going to the village later. I'll take charge of Zhou Hui's investigation here."

This case used to be his, but now that there are new leads, Liu Jie will definitely keep a close eye on it personally.

At this moment, the two groups split up and acted separately.

Shen Xin didn't rush back to Wuba Village. Instead, he went to the police station and got a bunch of leaflets about telecom fraud.

In the past two years, cases of telecom fraud have occurred frequently, so every local police station has the task of publicizing telecom fraud prevention measures.

Shen Xin wanted to use the guise of publicizing telecom fraud to go door-to-door, taking his old dog with him to identify the perpetrators.

This way, the villagers won't be alerted.

When they arrived at Luo Limei's house, the old lady was just about to go out.

I told her yesterday not to talk about the reopening of the investigation into Han Xiaolong's case when she goes out.

So when she saw Shen Xin, she lowered her voice and secretly asked if he had discovered anything.

"Aunt Luo, don't worry. Just do what you normally do. We'll let you know as soon as we have the results."

Shen Xin gave a word of advice and then called out to the old dog in the yard.

They had spent a day together, and his druid talent wasn't for nothing.

With a wave of his hand, the old dog slowly walked over.

"Aunt Luo, let's go for a walk."

Shen Xin told Aunt Luo to do her own thing, and then, with his old dog on his leash, went door-to-door spreading rumors about telecom fraud.

They said the two were volunteer publicists for the police station.

Ding Yuwei asked for the list of people she visited back then and a map of the village.

This is how they advertise telecom fraud: they ask for a signature, and once they've verified it, they cross out each name.

We brought the old dog with us the whole time, so we could check on him immediately if he reacted.

This is a tedious task.

Moreover, many people are not in the village, so we can only proceed slowly.

At the same time, they also have to take care of the old dog.

Its stamina has deteriorated; it wanders around for a while, then has to lie down and rest.

Shen Xin gradually discovered how to get along with it.

Although the favorability icon hasn't appeared on its head yet, Shen Xin can sense whether it's close to him or not.

Shen Xin discovered that taking it around the village and keeping it company increased his affection for it.

Especially in certain specific places.

For example, when passing by the cement bridge on the west side of the village, it ran over on its own, lay down at the bridgehead, and stayed there for a long time.

"Do you and Xiaolong often come here to play?"

Shen Xin gently combed his fur.

Luo Limei is also called Xiaolong.

So Old Dog reacted to the nickname "Little Dragon".

It turned its head to look at Shen Xin without saying a word, but its eyes confirmed his identity.

"good!"

Shen Xin patted its head.

After admiring the scenery for a while, it jumped down and obediently came to Shen Xin's feet.

I can tell that my positive feelings towards him have increased considerably.

"Let's go to the next one."

Even with clues, the basic skills of investigation and visits are still indispensable.

They visited dozens of households in one day and narrowed down the list to more than 170 people.

The progress is acceptable.

What's even more encouraging is that Old Dog didn't react to any of the people he screened.

The more this is the case, the more it proves Zhou Hui's suspicion.

That night, they left the old dog at Luo Limei's house and went back to town to sleep.

I asked Liu Jie, but there haven't been any major discoveries yet.

Today, Zhou Hui runs a small factory that produces gas water heaters, located near Zhangjun Road on the west side of the town.

Business is doing alright.

According to business registration information, he is only a partner, and another shareholder is his father-in-law.

According to interviews and investigations, he was able to open this factory and make a living largely thanks to his father-in-law.

His father-in-law only has one daughter. According to villagers in Dongliang Village, his father-in-law was initially not very supportive of the marriage.

I think Zhou Hui is not bad looking, quite handsome, but he's glib and not very reliable.

But Li Jing likes it.

This indirectly confirms the old saying that women don't love men who aren't a little bad.

They still couldn't find any conflict between Zhou Hui and Han Xiaolong.

The next day, Shen Xin continued to promote awareness about telecom fraud.

This afternoon.

Boom boom boom!
Shen Xin kept knocking on the door. There was no padlock on the door, so there must be someone inside.

The two are currently located near the ancient well.

The household that was knocked on was the one northeast of the ancient well.

Their main gate faces north, with their backs to the ancient well.

After knocking a few more times, the door diagonally opposite opened.

A middle-aged woman came out and asked Shen Xin and the other person what they were doing.

That's perfect. Shen Xin stepped forward and began by visiting this family.

The male homeowner is not home; he's at work.

The old dog showed no reaction.

Shen Xin briefly went through the publicity process and then asked where the people across the street had gone.

The middle-aged woman said, "There are only two elderly people left in his family. They don't even know how to use a mobile phone. Who would lie to them?"

Shen Xin said, "That's not right. The information the institute gave us shows that they have another son named Yang Maocai."

Records show that this family, surnamed Yang, was a family of five, but now only two elderly people remain.

"Did you go out to work?"

"You do not know?"

The middle-aged woman was taken aback and said, "Yang Maocai is dead. His wife also left with the children. It's been several years."

Shen Xin suddenly realized and quickly said that it might be because the institute's information was not updated in time, and casually asked how the person died.

"Don't even mention it, he died in a car accident near the water."

The middle-aged woman was the type who, once she started talking, couldn't stop. She clicked her tongue and said, "That was 14, right? It was a car accident at night. I think it was someone who had been drinking and riding an electric scooter when a car hit them. They still haven't found out who hit them."

"What an unjust death! His wife endured it for two years, but she couldn't take it anymore and left with the children."

"There are only two old people left, especially the old woman, who is now quite neurotic. The two of them almost never go out. When you pass by their house, you really feel a chill in the air."

The middle-aged woman shuddered and then pursed her lips, saying, "You know, you can't be too cocky. Those two years, I don't know where he got his fortune from, he built a house, got married, and he was so arrogant. He wouldn't even greet people when we met."

"And yet, it hasn't been long, and you've already brought disaster upon yourself."

Shen Xin nodded.

This middle-aged woman must be the village's intelligence chief; she probably knows a lot of things.

Shen Xin wanted to ask a few more questions, but she was afraid that if she asked too many, the whole village would know about it the next day.

They had no choice but to give up and leave with the old dog.

After walking a few steps, Shen Xin stopped again and turned to look at Yang Maocai's house.

Ding Yuwei asked, "What's wrong?"

Shen Xin shook his head and continued his visits.

Today's progress is about right.

Then, Old Dog still didn't react at all.

This is a good thing; Zhou Hui's suspicion is increasing.

We returned to town that evening.

After dinner, everyone went back to the hotel when I received a call from Liu Jie.

There is a discovery!
The two men perked up and rushed to the police station.

These past two days, Ding Junbao has been working in an office at the institute.

When Shen Xin and his companion arrived, a group of people were having a meal.

Shen Xin immediately noticed a photo of a person on the blackboard opposite.

Mao Yanru!
After exchanging greetings, Shen Xin hurriedly asked what he had discovered.

While shoveling rice into his mouth, Ding Junbao gestured for Shen Xin and the other man to sit down, and then said, "Zhou Hui has a flagship store in Linshui. When we were investigating this store, we unexpectedly discovered that he has a criminal record in Linshui."

"On September 13, 15, he had a conflict with someone and got into a fight. The police from Zhangwang Town Police Station came to mediate, and then Zhou Hui paid the other party 9 yuan."

"The key point is that Zhou Hui had a conflict with someone at Mao Yanru's massage parlor."

Shen Xin immediately sat up straight and asked, "And then?"

There's definitely something wrong with putting Mao Yanru's photo on the blackboard.

Liu Jie picked up the conversation, pointed to Mao Yanru's photo with his chopsticks, and said, "I asked my colleagues at Zhangwang Town Police Station, as well as this person involved. The incident is that this person was getting a massage at the shop and made unwanted advances towards the girls there."

"The two started arguing. At this moment, Zhou Hui came out from the inner room with Mao Yanru to stand up for Mao Yanru. After exchanging a few words, they started fighting."

"The key issue is that Zhou Hui and Mao Yanru have an unusual relationship. When they went to the police station to handle the matter, Mao Yanru went with them."

"What's interesting is that the police officer who mediated the dispute recalled that Zhou Hui was initially very aggressive and unwilling to pay compensation, but after being told that his family would be notified, he was willing to pay compensation to settle the matter."

"Does this mean that Zhou Hui doesn't want his family to know about his relationship with Mao Yanru?"

"We want to focus on this point now and first investigate the relationship between the two of them."

He stared intently at the blackboard, a smile spreading across his face.

Shen Xin's heart stirred, and he suddenly thought of something.

"Liu Zhi, are you suspecting that the conflict between Han Xiaolong and Zhou Hui stems from Mao Yanru?"

Shen Xin thought of someone.

Wang Chenghui!
Why was Wang Chenghui listed as a key suspect?
The reason was that he wanted to date Mao Yanru, which Han Xiaolong was unhappy about, so he threw stones at him.

In other words, Han Xiaolong had the intention of protecting Mao Yanru.

In that case, is Zhou Hui in a similar situation?

Lai Yong also said that after Mao Yanru divorced, she had ambiguous relationships with some men in the village.

It's very possible that she also had a relationship with Zhou Hui, which was then discovered by Han Xiaolong, leading to an argument between the two.

An accident occurred at the end.

Liu Jie was slightly taken aback and said in surprise, "Xiao Shen, you're quite clever."

As soon as he started, Shen Xin guessed what he was thinking.

Liu Jie felt that even if Shen Xin didn't have the talent of a druid, he would still be a master at solving cases.

(End of this chapter)