I'm not a genius detective

Chapter 137: All Confessions
Ma Chen's arrest may not lead to Lü Zhanpeng's confession, but Pan Xia's five words struck his most vulnerable spot, causing his psychological defenses to crack like a stone hitting glass.

After staring at the note for a full five minutes, Lü Zhanpeng smiled bitterly: "I told her not to interfere, but she insisted on getting involved."

Hu Lihui: "Because she is your mother."

How could a mother turn a blind eye when her son is about to kill someone?

Lu Zhanpeng is a smart man and should know that the more people involved, the more variables there will be, especially with Pan Xia, who has nothing to do with this case.

Perhaps from the moment he agreed to let Pan Xia get involved, Lü Zhanpeng had a premonition: if the truth came out, the breakthrough would definitely be his mother.

And indeed, Pan Xia was the first to relent.

"Sigh." Lü Zhanpeng sighed and put down the note. "That's right, I provided the shoes, I provided the house key, I provided the blind spot of the community's surveillance cameras, and I also provided Du Juncai's drinking habits."

Hu Lihui: "When did you decide to kill Du Juncai?"

Lü Zhanpeng: "A month after he moved in, I was chatting with Ren Yi and mentioned my dissatisfaction with Du Juncai. At that time, she also told me about the cause of Aunt Wang's death."

Hu Lihui: "Who proposed the murder first?"

This is very important, as it relates to the mastermind behind this case. In court, the mastermind is the principal offender.

Lu Zhanpeng was silent for a moment before replying, "She...she only asked me one question: Do you want Du Juncai to die?"

Hu Lihui: "What's the situation with Ma Chen?"

Lü Zhanpeng: "I don't know Ma Chen. He is Ren Yi's friend. Ren Yi told me that Ma Chen had a very hard life when he was a child. His mother ran away and his father gambled. It was difficult for him to even have a full meal. It was Aunt Wang who often gave him steamed buns when he was hungry."

Hu Lihui: "Did Ren Yi take the initiative to find Ma Chen?"

Lü Zhanpeng couldn't give a definite answer: "Probably, I didn't ask any further questions."

Hu Lihui: “From the moment you decided to kill Du Juncai, tell me your entire crime story in detail.”

Two hours later.

After leaving the interrogation room, Hu Lihui first called Ji Bowei to report the situation, and then continued to interrogate Ren Yi.

Pan Xia and Lü Zhanpeng have both confessed, so Ren Yi and Ma Chen won't be able to hold out for long.

“I’m not bluffing you.” Facing the calm Ren Yi, Hu Lihui took out photocopies of Pan Xia and Lü Zhanpeng’s statements. “Take a look, these are the statements we just got, the ink isn’t even dry yet.”

Ren Yi read from the first word to the last, and then fell into a long silence.

“Of course, you can wait until Ma Chen confesses before you speak,” Hu Lihui said.

Of the four, Ren Yi has the strongest mental fortitude and no weaknesses or vulnerabilities.

"No need to wait, I did it."

Ren Yi crumpled the statement into a ball and squeezed it tightly in her hand.

“What Lü Zhanpeng said is exactly what I wanted to say. There’s no need to waste any more time. And don’t ask me why I killed Du Juncai. I know that my mother’s death was not directly related to him, but without him, my mother would not have died.”

Just like the crime of causing a traffic accident, even if there was no malicious intent, if the person dies, won't you still go to jail?

Hu Lihui: "Don't change the subject. The crime of causing a traffic accident is only established when the driver is at fault. Normal driving does not constitute a traffic accident."

"Tell me what mistakes Du Juncai has made, I want to hear it."

Ren Yi raised her eyelids slightly: "He knew I needed the money more, but he still tried to rob me. For me, that was the biggest mistake."

Hu Lihui: "You mean, if it weren't you who wanted the scholarship, he wouldn't have bothered with it?"

Ren Yi: "Yes, he's mentally ill. Being liked by someone like that is the greatest hardship I've ever experienced in my life."

Du Juncai is used to bullying people, and he always gets a positive response. Lü Zhanpeng is a good example, so he used the same tactic on me.

Little did he know, everyone disliked him; they just hadn't chosen to openly defy him.

At this point, Ren Yi looked up at Hu Lihui and asked, "Did you pull a girl's hair when you were little? Did you like that girl and hope to attract her attention this way?"

Hu Lihui was stunned. He was suddenly transported back to his primary and secondary school days, and his memories came flooding back.

Ren Yi was right. He did do something like that when he was a child, and his target was a pretty girl in his class. His motive was indeed to attract her attention.

Ren Yi laughed: "Isn't it childish? Du Jun is already a college student, and he's still playing these kinds of tricks. His family has protected him too well."

Becoming a class officer and joining the student council, Du Juncai sees as a sign of maturity. But in my eyes, true maturity is about multifaceted understanding, emotional stability, and taking responsibility—all of which Du Juncai lacks.

Hu Lihui: "So, you agreed to be his girlfriend in order to kill him."

Ren Yi: "I hadn't thought about it at the time. I just wanted to get closer to him and see what was going on in this lunatic's head."

As I expected, he was indeed sick.

My mother is very important to me; I need him to be buried with her.

Hu Lihui: "Between you and Lü Zhanpeng, who proposed the murder?"

Ren Yi: "Me."

Hu Lihui: "Let's talk about Ma Chen. Stop talking about Du Juncai. If you drag Ma Chen into this, it means you're not exactly normal either."

When Ma Chen was mentioned, Ren Yi said indifferently, "He's always been harboring a lot of resentment and hates the injustices of the world. He was also very sad when my mother died. I only chatted with him for a few minutes."

You just said I'm not normal either, and I admit it. My dad is seriously ill, my mom died suddenly from overwork, other families are happy and harmonious, but look at me? My life is broken. Do you think I should be normal?

Hu Lihui did not answer, but continued to ask: "Between you and Ma Chen, who proposed the murder?"

Ren Yi: "Him."

He then asked me, "Should we kill this kid?" I said yes.

Hu Lihui: "When you approached Ma Chen, had you already reached an agreement with Lü Zhanpeng?"

Ren Yi paused for a moment before finally nodding and saying, "Yes."

The two are very different.

After deciding to kill, he went to find Ma Chen. His purpose was obvious: he needed a knife that could act on its own.

Hu Lihui: "Who formulated the plan?"

Ren Yi: "I and Lü Zhanpeng jointly formulated it."

……

Branch office.

trial room.

After learning that everyone had confessed, Ma Chen also gave up resisting and admitted to the fact that he had cooperated in the murder.

Their testimonies were exactly the same as Ren Yi's.

The murder was proposed by Ma Chen, and Ren Yi readily agreed. However, Ren Yi did not tell Ma Chen that she had already decided to take action against Du Juncai.

To some extent, Ren Yi took advantage of Ma Chen.

"What's going on with the surveillance footage near the small gate in the northwest corner of Ping An Garden?" Ji Bowei asked.

Ma Chen: "I used a slingshot to shoot it."

Ji Bowei: "Who told you to hit him?"

Ma Chen: "Lu Zhanpeng said that if he wanted to enter the community without leaving a trace, the surveillance camera had to be destroyed, as the other cameras could find blind spots."

Ji Bowei: "Where's the slingshot?"

Ma Chen: "It's kept at home."

The interrogations were conducted simultaneously. At this time, Han Ling and Tong Feng stood in the observation room, watching and listening to Ma Chen recount the crime, and they chatted during the conversation.

Tong Feng said, "Du Juncai made a big mistake in the matter of Lü Zhanpeng, but I always have a feeling that... he was very unlucky."

Han Ling: "Who do you think is more unlucky, Du Juncai or Lü Zhanpeng?"

Tong Feng: "Du Juncai."

During the years that Lü Zhanpeng had suppressed his emotions, he never rebelled. Even if he did, Du Juncai would surely have restrained himself, and perhaps then Lü Zhanpeng wouldn't have harbored such deep hatred.

Han Ling: "Isn't Lü Zhanpeng also unlucky? He finally got into his ideal university, but he met a roommate like Du Juncai. Under the slow boiling of the frog, the frog eventually exploded."

"Boiling a frog in lukewarm water?" Tong Feng found the description interesting. "Du Juncai kept boiling Lü Zhanpeng, from cold water to lukewarm water, from lukewarm water to hot water, until the temperature reached its peak, and the frog jumped out and killed the person boiling the water."

Prior to this, Lü Zhanpeng had not expressed any dissatisfaction or taken any action. His only action was killing Du Juncai. From this perspective, wasn't Du Juncai unlucky to have encountered someone who extremely suppressed his emotions?

Han Ling: "You mean to say that if Du Juncai had bullied someone else, he wouldn't have met with such a terrible fate."

Tong Feng nodded: "Yes, this case tells us that complementary personalities are not necessarily a good thing. A strong person and a weak person may not be able to live together peacefully for a long time."

Han Ling: "You seem to be speaking up for Du Juncai."

Tong Feng waved his hand: "No, no, I'm being very objective. Lü Zhanpeng's honesty is not a reason for Du Juncai to bully him. His repeated acts of taking advantage and accumulating hatred are his own fault. I'm just discussing this from a different perspective."

If Du Juncai had known the cause and effect when he died, he would definitely have wondered why Lü Zhanpeng couldn't just speak his mind and had to kill someone.

Life is the most precious thing. Lü Zhanpeng's act of arbitrarily taking another's life is far more heinous than Du Juncai's.

Hearing this, Han Ling turned her head: "Are you trying to frame me?"

He also killed two people in the Weijiazhuang Village case.

It took Tong Feng a few seconds to understand what Han Ling meant, and he immediately said helplessly, "You acted in self-defense, how can it be the same? Those vicious and desperate criminals deserve to die, but Du Juncai doesn't deserve to die."

Han Ling advised, "You're a criminal investigator. Just think of yourself as a tool for investigating cases. Once you catch a criminal, hand him over to the procuratorate and the court. Don't think about these messy things all day long. If you can't figure them out, you'll easily become depressed."

Tong Feng: "Police officers have thoughts too, can't we have a chat?"

After saying that, he leaned closer to Han Ling and whispered, "You beat Cui Henian like that, wasn't it because he indiscriminately killed innocent people? Including a child, which shows that you didn't see yourself as a tool."

Upon hearing this, Han Ling was startled: "Don't talk nonsense. The situation was urgent at the time, and I was acting in self-defense."

Tong Feng: "I didn't say you did it on purpose."

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P.S.: Chapter Two will be released at night.

(End of this chapter)