Roses in Flames

On the way back to the police station, Ye Yuntang remained completely silent.

Her eyes were red and swollen; she was feeling incredibly sad.

Thinking of the plight of Teacher Jiang Yao's family, she felt as if a stone was lodged in her chest.

It was incredibly stuffy.

As Xiao Lin drove, he noticed Ye Yuntang's low spirits and reddened eyes. He said in a deep, hoarse voice, "Making Ji Chen confess and bringing him to justice is the best way to comfort Teacher Jiang Yao."

Ye Yuntang pursed her lips and nodded.

Back in the forensic lab, Ye Yuntang suppressed her bitter and heavy emotions and began to focus on examining the extracted evidence.

After several hours of verification and comparison, she printed out the test report and handed it to Xiao Lin.

Xiao Lin glanced at the report and immediately went into the interrogation room.

When Ji Chen faced Xiao Lin again, he didn't feel flustered or afraid at all. Instead, he had a playful smile on his lips.

These cops were in a panic, and it was really interesting to see them being manipulated so easily.

"Officer, your eyes are bloodshot. Did you go to Dawei Mountain and find nothing, and haven't slept for days?"

Faced with Ji Chen's provocation, Xiao Lin's cold face remained expressionless.

He stared sharply at Ji Chen, his voice as cold as ice, "We have found Jiang Yao's remains, in the cave where you hid them."

Ji Chen paused slightly, his smile fading as he sat up a little straighter.

A flicker of panic crossed his eyes, but he quickly regained his composure, a sneer spreading across his face. "Officer, you don't really think you're a super detective, do you? In the past four years, countless cops have tried to find Jiang Yao without success, and you've found her in just two days? Ha, don't try to fool me."

"I have no reason to lie to you." Xiao Lin directly handed over the report and a transparent evidence bag containing buttons.

"Your skin flakes are stuck in Jiang Yao's finger bones, and they match your DNA perfectly. Your fingerprints were also extracted from this button."

Ji Chen's expression froze instantly.

His eyes were fixed on the evidence on the table, and his previous arrogance vanished instantly.

For a long time, Ji Chen remained silent.

He never dreamed that the officer who interrogated him was actually quite capable.

"Speak! Why did you kill Teacher Jiang Yao?" Xiao Lin placed his hands on the table, his eyes like knives, his aura fierce.

Faced with Xiao Lin's powerful aura, Ji Chen turned pale and slowly lowered his head.

His parents died early, and he grew up with his uncle, Ji Dawei.

Ji Dawei likes gambling and drinking. Whenever he drinks too much or loses money, he beats him.

He did not have a happy childhood; he lived in a dark hell from a young age.

His heart had long been shrouded in darkness.

To avoid being beaten by Ji Dawei again, he exercised every day to make himself stronger.

By the time he reached junior high, he was taller than Ji Dawei, and if Ji Dawei hit him again, he would retaliate fiercely.

After exchanging blows a few times, Ji Dawei dared not lay a hand on him again.

But Ji Dawei manipulated him in other ways, and after he finished junior high school, he wouldn't let him go to school anymore.

The principal took pity on him and let him help out in the school cafeteria.

When he was sixteen, he met Jiang Yao, who had come to teach in a rural area.

She was carrying a suitcase, wearing a nice tracksuit and sneakers, her hair tied in a high ponytail, and her smile was bright and radiant.

She encouraged the students to study hard so that they could leave the mountains in the future.

He would occasionally pass by the classroom and hear her excitedly describing how wonderful the outside world was.

She would also show them various skyscrapers, bustling traffic, delicious food, and beautiful scenery that he had never seen before on her phone.

That was a world completely different from the mountains.

For the first time, he felt an urge to leave the mountains and see the vast world outside.

But how is he going to get out?

He has no money, and Ji Dawei definitely won't let him leave.

So he started to act pitiful in front of Teacher Jiang Yao, intentionally or unintentionally, and occasionally he would accidentally show his injured arm.

Teacher Jiang Yao noticed him as expected. She asked him how he got the injury on his arm, and he told her that he was beaten by his uncle.

He told her about his experiences growing up and his desire to continue his studies and leave the mountains.

Seeing his ambition, she suggested that he return to school and offered to provide him with financial assistance.

At that time, he never thought of hurting her.

He simply wanted to go back to school and leave the mountains.

But someone told Jiang Yao that he had injured himself, that he had deliberately lied to her to gain sympathy and pity.

In order to find out the truth, Jiang Yao took advantage of Ji Dawei being drunk one time and asked him if he had ever hit him.

After drinking, Ji Dawei revealed the truth: he could no longer beat him, and if they were to fight, he would still be no match for him.

When Jiang Yao learned that he had lied to her, she was very angry and immediately said that she would no longer support him financially.

His hopes of leaving the mountains were dashed, and he felt both angry and frustrated.

She was the one who first sparked his desire to leave the mountains, but now she's gone back on her word and won't help him anymore.

Did she think that just because she was a city person, she could deceive him, a country bumpkin who had never seen the world?

He needs to go out; he absolutely must go out.

Upon learning that Jiang Yao was going to visit one of the students, he made sure to find out the route to that student's home beforehand.

After Jiang Yao finished visiting the students, he deliberately pretended to bump into her on his way back.

He swallowed his pride and knelt down to apologize to her, but she ignored him. So he deliberately fell down in a field of oleander flowers.

He knew oleander was poisonous, so he held his breath when he fell.

Jiang Yao was ultimately soft-hearted; seeing him fall, she came over to help him up.

"Ji Chen, if you really want to leave the mountains, then study hard and get good grades so I can see it."

She still wanted to give him another chance.

She didn't recognize oleander, and soon she started to feel dizzy and nauseous.

He seized the opportunity to pounce on her and pinned her down in the sea of ​​flowers.

She tried to struggle, but the scent of the flowers made her increasingly dizzy, and she no longer had the strength to resist.

He took her to a secret cave.

No one knew about that place except him.

He saw that she was beautiful and had a good figure, so he took advantage of her before she woke up.

She suddenly woke up before it was all over.

She struggled frantically, but because the dizziness hadn't subsided, she was no match for him.

She ripped off one of the buttons on his shirt.

Her fingernails scratched the skin on his arm.

She glared at him angrily and said she would report him to the police.

She called him an ingrate and a beast.

"If she had listened to me, hadn't called the police, and hadn't cursed at me, I wouldn't have strangled her!"

Ji Chen clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white, and his eyes were bloodshot. "I used to like Teacher Jiang Yao. If she had been more obedient, she wouldn't have ended up like that."

Xiao Lin's temple veins throbbed. He slammed his hand on the table. "Even now, you show no remorse whatsoever! Teacher Jiang Yao was right, you're an ingrate. She kindly gave you hope, and you repaid kindness with enmity. You're worse than an animal!"

Ji Chen's lips curled into a cold, sarcastic smile. "That's her fate!"

Xiao Lin's expression turned cold as he continued, "Where is your uncle, Ji Dawei? Why do you want to kill him?"

Ji Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. "Officer, I admit to killing Jiang Yao. My uncle's death was an accident; it was the driver's attempt to take revenge on society."

Xiao Lin tossed a transfer record to Ji Chen, saying, "The driver has an illegitimate child. Two years ago, you transferred some money to his illegitimate child overseas."

Ji Chen's expression changed.

He never expected the police officer to be so capable this time.

Seeing that he could no longer hide anything, he had no choice but to admit everything.

That's right, Ji Dawei was indeed killed by someone he arranged.

If anyone is to blame, it's Ji Dawei for being too greedy. He knew that he had stolen Jiang Yao's money, jewelry, and other belongings to leave the mountains, and he also knew that Lin Xiaoqiao had been his ghostwriter and had dated him.

Ji Dawei always used these leverages to threaten him, trying to get more benefits from him, which annoyed him to no end.

He wanted to resolve these problems once and for all.

So he deliberately had someone take Ji Dawei to gamble. Ji Dawei gambled for five days in a row. When he returned to the rented villa, Lin Xiaoqiao had starved to death.

Ji Dawei was terrified, so he secretly bricked Lin Xiaoqiao into the bathroom wall.

Once the bathroom walls were dry, he hurriedly cancelled the lease.

When Ji Dawei was preparing to flee, he had his driver, who was suffering from terminal cancer, run him over and kill him.

All the potential problems have been resolved.