MARCH 20, 2022 GENZANYDANMEIFIVE CASES

Chapter 15

Close to the top of July, the solar was significantly intense. Linhua Metropolis in Zhuchuan Province was positioned within the northern a part of China, with a temperate local weather and a monsoon season through the summer time. 

Successive rainstorms and excessive temperatures have been significantly current in Linhua Metropolis. 

Ji Fanyang and Lu Hui stood beneath the big tree on the head of the village. Ji Fanyang held the coroner’s report in his fingers and skim the important thing factors out loud to Lu Hui: “The deceased’s time of loss of life was about six days in the past, with an error interval of lower than sooner or later…”

“One week in the past, between the hours of 9 and ten at night time, the deceased fell into the pond and drowned.” Lu Hui stated. 

“…How are you aware?” Ji Fanyang requested. 

“The deceased drank an excessive amount of, and he positively got here again after enjoying playing cards. It was darkish, raining, the trail slippery, and the deceased delirious.” Lu Hui analyzed, “The deceased’s spouse referred to as the native police station seven or eight instances. From this, we are able to infer the time of loss of life.”

Ji Fanyang nodded to point his understanding, however as he was about to start out studying out loud once more, he was stopped by Lu Hui’s raised hand: “Don’t fear about this for now. Go discuss to the outdated woman over there. See who Li Peng had grudges with.”

Ji Fanyang put down the report and walked over to the outdated woman sitting on the entrance of the village. 

Lu Hui slipped each fingers into his pockets, leisurely having fun with the shade below the tree. As he checked out Ji Fanyang’s again, as soon as once more seeing Ji Fanyang half squat beside the outdated woman, his smiling face heat, and when taking a look at his mild expression, his tone of voice should have been courteous and amiable as properly. 

Lu Hui bent over to select up the coroner’s report.  He had already skimmed it twice, so his making Ji Fanyang learn it out loud had simply been for instructing Ji Fanyang about case investigation. When it comes to instructing capability, Lu Hui was first-rate, however when it comes to etiquette, Lu Hui was bottom-tier out of the entire nation. 

Daylight filtered by way of the tree’s foliage onto Lu Hui, outlining his gaunt determine. He was like a specter; even the scorching warmth couldn’t suppress his icy, piercing gaze. 

Ji Fanyang turned his head towards Lu Hui and smiled barely, then stood and stated goodbye to the outdated woman. He walked again over to Lu Hui: “The outdated girl was on guard towards me, however after asking a couple of questions, she talked about a baby who simply took the Gaokao[1], Li Yun.”

Lu Hui tilted his head, ready for Ji Fanyang to complete talking. When the thirty-something-year-old man tilted his head like that, it gave him an inexplicable air of younger innocence. 

Ji Fanyang paused for a second, then took a breath and continued: “Li Yun’s mom has additionally slept with Li Peng earlier than.”

“That needs to be a grievance between Li Peng and his father, then. What connection is there with Li Yun?” Lu Hui stated. 

“The outdated girl solely stated a lot.” Ji Fanyang unfold his fingers, “It looks like Li Yun and Li Weiguo had equal motive.”

Lu Hui shook his head: “Then why did the outdated man within the ancestral corridor solely fess up about Li Weiguo, not Li Yun? For these secrets and techniques, we should discover Li Yun.”

Ji Fanyang straightened up, then stated: “A baby who’s simply accomplished the Gaokao…could be underage. We’d like a guardian with them.”

“It’s only a chat, not an interrogation.” Lu Hui stated, “First, we’ll look into Li Yun’s household background. Give the Luowan native police a name and have them switch all their information on Li Yun’s household.”

“Okay.” Ji Fanyang walked off to the aspect to make the decision. 

Rao Feifei and Yang Jie came visiting, with Yang Jie carrying the whiteboard Lu Hui left by the aspect of the pond. 

Lu Hui raised an eyebrow, watching Rao Feifei as she walked over: ‘Completed your questioning?”

“We will nearly make sure that it was Li Weiguo.” Rao Feifei stated, her expression assured, “Li Weiguo was away for a few years because of work, solely returning to Li Household Village two weeks in the past simply in time to catch his spouse in mattress with the deceased. After he grabbed a shovel and beat away Li Peng, he argued along with his spouse. Everybody within the neighborhood heard it. The forensics technician stated that the footprint lifted from the soil over there was the identical shoe dimension as Li Weiguo.”

“Li Weiguo goes out through the day to drink, comes house at night time to beat his spouse, solely staying collectively for the children. Three days in the past, Li Weiguo left once more for work.” Yang Jie stated. 

Lu Hui listened and shot a look at his whiteboard: “Who gave you all permission to write down on my whiteboard?”

Rao Feifei and Yang Jie checked out one another in dismay. Rao Feifei nervously requested: “We have been analyzing the main points of the case…”

“One thing this straightforward to deduce wants evaluation? Are your heads solely there to carry water?” Lu Hui barely restrained his harsher phrases. His Adam’s apple bobbed as soon as, then he stretched out a hand, “Give it.”

Rao Feifei handed Lu Hui the whiteboard. Lu Hui propped up the whiteboard on the tree and pulled a serviette out of his pocket to wash the whiteboard. Within the middle, he wrote —【Li Weiguo】, 【Li Yun】. 

Beneath 【Li Weiguo】, he wrote 【Spouse and deceased sleeping collectively】, and under 【Li Yun】, he wrote 【Mom and deceased sleeping collectively】. 

As soon as he completed, Lu Hui patted the whiteboard: “Need to write on right here? Kind your personal staff.”

Rao Feifei nodded. Yang Jie’s expression turned critical, they usually each stated: “Understood.”

From that second onward, order inside the squad was established, and the divider between Lu Hui and the 2 feminine officers weakened. Lu Hui revered girls, and he tried to restrain his extreme phrases to the perfect of his potential, however his endurance had its limits. As soon as girls crossed the ‘stranger’ barrier, Lu Hui handled them solely the slightest bit softer than he did males, solely eradicating essentially the most bitter of his sarcasm. 

Ji Fanyang walked again over as soon as he completed his name. Lu Hui noticed that his squad had assembled and began analyzing the data at present accessible to them: “Does Li Weiguo have an alibi?”

“In line with Li Weiguo’s spouse, Li Weiguo drinks till ten every night time, then returns house.” Yang Jie stated, “Moreover, he principally drinks by himself. He thinks everybody within the village seems to be down on him, so he doesn’t search for ingesting buddies.”

“The place does he go to drink?” Ji Fanyang requested. 

“That is actually not recognized. From what work associates of Li Weiguo say, they’ve referred to as Li Weiguo many instances, however Li Weiguo by no means goes out ingesting with them.” Rao Feifei stated. 

Lu Hui pointed at Rao Feifei: “Name Li Weiguo. Have him are available in tomorrow to provide a press release.”

“Uh…Li Weiguo hasn’t gone along with his earlier workmates. He went out to search out work by himself.” Rao Feifei stated. 

“I don’t care the place he’s. Give him a name. If that doesn’t work, go discover Dong Shan from the cyber police[2] and have him discover his place.” Lu Hui stated, “There’s one remaining query. If it was Li Weiguo, how did he kill Li Peng?”

A second of silence.

Ji Fanyang, Rao Feifei, and Yang Jie all checked out one another, then collectively shook their heads: “Don’t know.”

Lu Hui wrote 【Slip?】on the whiteboard in massive letters. He frowned and wrote on the whiteboard: pond, pathway, the footprint’s place, and the placement the place the deceased’s bicycle was found. He drew a line connecting the footprint’s and bicycle’s place, then raised his head and stated: “If the footprint was left by Li Weiguo, what was he doing standing over there?”

“Even with a weapon that’s thirty ft lengthy…” Ji Fanyang made a wild guess, then smiled wryly, “Alright, it’s positively not that.”

“May Li Weiguo have waited for Li Peng to experience by on his bike, then gone over and pushed him into the lake, and the rain washed away the impressions?” Yang Jie stated. 

“There’s no proof of a wrestle.” Lu Hui handed the coroner’s report back to Yang Jie, “Look it over fastidiously. Subsequent?”

“Li Peng offended so many individuals. The straightforward technique of slipping and falling into water is enough to cowl up his crimes, however Li Ying insisted on us wanting into the case. If it wasn’t out of hatred for his youthful brother, then it’s attainable that he had purpose to imagine that Li Peng had an enemy within the village.” Ji Fanyang stated, “And this enemy has a deal with on the village chief, airing all of Li Peng’s sordid affairs to eliminate him.”

Lu Hui nodded in reward, then added 【Enemy】to the whiteboard. He clapped his fingers: “Rao Feifei and Sister Yang, go search for Li Weiguo whereas Ji Fanyang and I am going to Luowan County’s police precinct. We’ll meet again up on the pond for dinner.”

“Understood.” Ji Fanyang, Rao Feifei, and Yang Jie replied. 

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