Shen Wanying was startled, and subconsciously threw away the knife in her hand.
There was a strong smell of blood in the air, she panicked for a while, and stood up from the chair: "Huo Cheng?"
She called Huo Cheng's name and walked towards the entrance garden. The closer she got, the more bloody smell seemed to be in the air.
She leaned against the wall and saw Huo Cheng slumped by the door, his white shirt was dyed a dazzling red, and the floor below him was dripping with blood.
Shen Wanying felt her breathing stagnate and her heartbeat seemed to stop.
"Huo Cheng?" Her voice trembled when she shouted these two words, she felt that she must not have woken up.
Huo Cheng naturally didn't respond to her. He closed his eyes and the black hair on his forehead drooped down, just like he usually fell asleep.
There was a high-pitched dog barking outside the door, followed by a fierce knock on the door. Shen Wanying just stood there, staring blankly at Huo Cheng on the ground.
If it's a nightmare, come and wake her up.
When Shen Wanying woke up again, she was already in the hospital. The nurse who was examining her saw that she was awake, and immediately went out and called the doctor.
Following the doctor, there were two men she did not know. One of them took out his police card and showed it to Shen Wanying: "Hello, Miss Shen, we are the police."
A word of "police" made Shen Wanying's briefly blank mind slowly remember what happened before she passed out.
Shen Wanying's heart tightened suddenly: "Where's my husband? Where's Huo Cheng?"
The police looked at her and said, "Your husband lost too much blood, and he died after being sent to the hospital for rescue."
Shen Wanying didn't seem to understand what he said, looked up at him and asked, "What are you talking about?"
The police recounted the details to her once: "At 7:13 this afternoon, we received a call from the owner of Xinghu Mengjing One. After he walked the dog home, the dog suddenly barked at your door, and he went Qian knocked on the door but no answer. Because of the faint smell of blood, the dog barked wildly. He guessed something happened to your house, so he called the police. We rushed to the scene immediately after receiving the call. After breaking the door, we found your Mr. Huo Cheng was stabbed in the abdomen and was in critical condition. After being sent to the hospital, the rescue was ineffective. You passed out beside him. After the doctor's examination, both of you showed signs of poisoning, but you are out of danger and are not in serious trouble. "
He said such a long paragraph, and Shen Wanying only heard the words "life is in danger" and "rescue is ineffective".
"No, you must be lying to me." After a moment of silence, Shen Wanying was suddenly agitated, "How could Huo Cheng die? He was just celebrating his one-year anniversary with me."
She cried without knowing it, and the tears fell like beads with a broken thread. Seeing that she was so excited, the doctor next to her hurriedly comforted her and said, "Miss Shen, you are pregnant. Your excitement will affect the fetus."
Shen Wanying was stunned: "I'm pregnant?"
"Yes, we found out when we examined you. Luckily, the fetus is fine."
Shen Wanying looked at him quietly, but the tears were still flowing down without knowing it.
The doctor turned to the police and said, "Officer Zuo, the patient's mood is very unstable now. I suggest you wait for a while before continuing to inquire."
Officer Zuo looked at Shen Wanying who was sitting on the hospital bed for a while, then nodded and told the Master to go out.
"Team Zuo, what do you think?" Xiao Wu, who was following Officer Zuo frowned, asked him, "I thought it was Shen Wanying who did it, but looking at her just now, it didn't look like she was acting. "
They found the weapon that killed Huo Cheng at the scene, with only the fingerprints of Shen Wanying and Huo Cheng. And when she found Shen Wanying, there was still blood on her hands.
The door was closed, and they asked the security guards and obtained surveillance. On the day of the incident, no suspicious persons had entered or exited, which basically ruled out the possibility of outsiders committing the crime.
Police Officer Zuo frowned slightly, thinking about the case: "The superficial evidence looks like this, but there are still many things that don't make sense. The murder weapon was found in the restaurant, and Shen Wanying fell into the house, why is she killing Huo? After the city, put the knife in the restaurant? What's the point of doing this?"
"Uh… "
"Also, Shen Wanying was poisoned herself." The police checked the food left on their table and confirmed that it was the cake that was poisoned. There were residues of the cake on the plates and stomachs of the two, and it was confirmed that they both ate it. "Although this poison is not fatal, it can also make people incapacitated. According to the blood on the scene, Shen Wanying is a She was already very weak when she walked from the restaurant against the wall to the house. But the knife on Huo Cheng's body was very powerful. "
Xiao Wu said: "Then she may have stabbed Huo Cheng first, and then ate the cake, pretending to be poisoned."
"That cake is their anniversary cake, wouldn't it look unnatural if she didn't eat it all the time? And if so, why didn't she just run away after killing Huo Cheng? It's not so easy to clear the suspicion if she stays. "
"Uh… "
"There are also many doubts about the cake itself." Officer Zuo pinched his temples. If Shen Wanying was not the murderer, how did the murderer make him disappear completely? What is his motive? "For more details, I'll have to ask Shen Wanying later."
"Good left team."
The case is still under investigation by the police, but the media, who are moving by the wind, can't wait to use the sensational title "The daughter of the Shen family is suspected of killing her husband, and the Huo and Chen families are completely broken."
The Huo family and the Shen family are both prestigious families in City A. When the two married, the media rushed to report them, and they were all in the limelight. Unexpectedly, after only a year, there was a case of "killing husband", and the stocks of Huo and Chen continued to fall. The Shen family, who had been implicated in Jiang Jin's "washing, black, and money", was even worse. But these rich and powerful history of grudges and grievances have always been the favorites of little people after dinner, and this time it was also involved in a murder case, and the popularity was still high.
Fortunately, Shen Wanying is now in the hospital and is being monitored by the police, so she has no access to these news.
The police questioned Shen Wanying again the day after she woke up.
This time Shen Wanying's mood has calmed down a lot, only her eyes are still slightly red.
"I didn't kill it." Shen Wanying looked at the police officer Zuo, not sure whether it would be better to describe it as calm or expressionless.
Police Officer Zuo said: "Then tell me in detail about the situation that day."
Shen Wanying's tone didn't fluctuate as she said, "That day was our first wedding anniversary. I went home from get off work and planned to make dinner. When I entered the community, the security guard said I had a courier, that cake, and Yuanyuan Dessert Shop. It was delivered. After Huo Cheng came home, we had dinner together. Later, I suddenly heard a noise in the corridor. It lasted for a long time, and Huo Cheng said to go out and have a look. He told me to stay in the restaurant and don't move. I waited. After a while, seeing that he didn't move, I wanted to go and have a look, but I passed out. When I woke up again, I found a knife in my hand. I was scared and threw the knife aside. I didn't see Huo Cheng, I went to find him, I was very unwell at the time, I went to the entrance garden, and saw Huo Cheng lying there, covered in blood..."
When it came to this, Shen Wanying's mood finally changed, she paused for a while before speaking again: "I don't know what will happen next, I seem to hear a dog barking, someone barking the door, wait for me to pass by. Come on, I'm in the hospital."
After listening to her account, Police Officer Zuo pointed out the doubts one by one: "We asked the owner of Yuanyuan Dessert Shop, and he said that he never sent you any cakes."
Shen Wanying said: "The wrapper, the knife and fork plate, and the card on the cake are all from Yuanyuan Dessert Shop. After I received the cake, I sent a message to thank the boss for sending us the cake. But he didn't get back to me."
When the police were investigating the owner of Yuanyuan Dessert Shop, the other party also said that the information could match Shen Wanying's. The boss was busy in the store at the time, and only replied to Shen Wanying after eight o'clock, saying that he hadn't sent a cake, but it was already too late.
Police Officer Zuo said: "We have investigated Yuanyuan Dessert Shop and heard from the boss that you have a good relationship, is that true?"
Shen Wanying nodded: "I have known the boss since high school, and he is my aunt's good friend."
"Then do you think he has a motive to poison you?"
Shen Wanying was silent for a while and denied the possibility: "I don't think so, and it doesn't seem to make sense to put the poison directly into her own cake."
"Then what do you think of the cake?"
Shen Wanying said, "I guess the murderer bought the cake from them in advance, and kept the wrapping paper, card inserts, and knife and fork plate."
Police Officer Zuo paused and said, "It's possible, but it's also possible that you did it yourself. You made a poisonous cake and pretended it was from the Yuanyuan Dessert Shop, just to get married later. Blame them. But you didn't think that poison can't kill you, so you killed Huo Cheng with the fruit knife at home in a hurry."
Shen Wanying looked at him, her black eyes were quiet but sharp: "No, why did I do this? Why did I kill Huo Cheng?"
"I heard that Jiang Jin's incident has something to do with the Huo family. Do you hold grudges because of this?"
Shen Wanying retorted: "No, isn't your police handling a case based on evidence? It's okay to hear that?"
Officer Zuo snorted very lightly: "So you think Jiang Jin's matter has nothing to do with the Huo family?"
"Yes, even if it does matter, if I kill Huo Cheng, can my aunt be released? Can Dong Qiwei be arrested?"
Officer Zuo did not answer her question, but asked her: "If the murderer is not you, how did the murderer get into your house? When we arrived, the door of your house was intact and there was no sign that it had been forcibly opened. .Have you given the password or key of your house to anyone else?"
"No." Shen Wanying thought for a while and then said to him, "At that time, we heard a quarrel in the corridor. Huo Cheng went over to check the situation. He may have opened the door himself."
"So the murderer took this opportunity to come in and kill him, and then closed the door and left?" Inspector Zuo looked at her, "But according to the surveillance, there were no suspicious persons entering or leaving at the time of the incident. How did the murderer hide?"
Shen Wanying said, "Isn't this something your police should investigate?"
"Okay, then who do you think might be the murderer? Who do you usually have a grudge against?"
She had been thinking about this question since Shen Wanying woke up, but thinking about it now, she couldn't think of who would do this. "I don't know, we didn't have a grudge against anyone."
Officer Zuo glanced at Xiao Wu next to him and ended today's interrogation: "That's it for today, you rest first."
Leaving Shen Wanying's ward, Xiao Wu sighed again: "Zuo team, I thought this case was quite simple, why is it more complicated now? I think our original inference is correct, the cake is prepared by Shen Wanying herself. Yes, in the end, no one was poisoned, so I had to make up for it."
Police Officer Zuo said: "If that's the case, the message Shen Wanying sent to Boss Yuanyuan would probably expose her. She can't control the time when the boss replies to her. If the boss replies in time, it will prove that the cake's The source is suspicious, why do they still eat it?"
Xiao Wu thought for a while and said, "It's also possible that the two of them joined forces to deliberately create this time difference and throw the blame on a third person who doesn't exist at all."
Officer Zuo walked out of the hospital, lit a cigarette, and said to Xiao Wu next to him, "Go to Xinghu Dream again."
There are not many owners in Xinghu Mengjing now, and only six families live in the building of Huo Cheng and Shen Wanying. After the incident, they questioned one by one. Everyone at home said that they heard a quarrel, and the one who quarreled was a female tenant who lived on the sixth floor.
"Officer, didn't you already come to ask me before? Why are you here again?" Xu Huiling dressed beautifully at home and put on makeup because there was a live broadcast later. Officer Zuo looked at her and said to her, "There are still some details to know."
"Okay, please come in." Xu Huiling had to invite them in.
Officer Zuo and Xiao Wu were sitting on the sofa, and Xu Huiling was sitting opposite them and smiled at them: "Mr. Police, I will be broadcasting live later, so I hope you can keep your stories short."
"Okay." Officer Zuo agreed readily, "We want to know more about the quarrel between you and your parents that day."
Xu Huiling repeated what she had said many times: "I moved here in June, and my parents didn't know it. My relationship with my parents has always been bad. Since I became an anchor, they have Knowing that I made money, they often asked me for money. So after I moved this time, I didn't tell them the address. I don't know how they got here. I refused to give them money, so they quarreled with me and asked for Get your hands on it."
Officer Zuo asked, "Did any neighbors come out to check the situation during the whole process?"
Xu Huiling laughed sarcastically: "No, I'm used to it. When I was a child, my parents often fought, and even when I fought together, no one asked if there was such a big commotion. Now that I moved here, the neighbors are all Rich people, but no different from the poor neighbors I used to be."
"Did you finally give them money?"
"Give it, they won't leave if you don't give it."
"Have you stayed at home since they left?"
"No, I was in a bad mood because of this, so I went to Qingnan Lane for a drink."
After the first inquiry, the police verified this matter. The surveillance showed that Xu Huiling did drive away shortly after her parents left, and did not return until after 11 o'clock in the evening.
Officer Zuo looked around in the living room and said to Xu Huiling's living room, "Can I go in and visit?"
Xu Huiling nodded: "Yes."
Officer Zuo walked into the kitchen and took a look. There was a large oven that looked very high-end: "Can you make cakes?"
Xu Huiling said: "No, the furniture in the house is arranged by the landlord, and so is the oven. I don't usually use it much."
Officer Zuo nodded and asked again, "Are you familiar with the couple downstairs?"
Xu Huiling shook her head: "I don't know each other well, so I occasionally meet in the community."
"Okay, I see." Officer Zuo walked out of the kitchen, "I've disturbed Miss Xu, we will contact you again if there are any questions in the future."
"OK."
After leaving Xu Huiling's house, Xiao Wu asked police officer Zuo inexplicably: "Zuo team, what's suspicious about this Xu Huiling? Why do you keep checking him?"
Police Officer Zuo said: "I can't say it. If you insist, just use your intuition."
Xiao Wu laughed: "Officer Zuo also talks about intuition?"
Officer Zuo tapped the young police officer on the head: "The police cannot rely on intuition to handle cases, but they can't be without intuition."
When he reached the gate of the community, Officer Zuo chatted with the security guard at the gate again: "Did you see the little brother who gave Shen Wanying a cake last time in the past two days?"
"No." The security guard said, "He is not a courier, but an errand. This errand is often replaced. If I see him again, I will contact you as soon as possible."
"Okay, it's work."
"It should be."
After getting into the car, Xiao Wu started the car and asked, "Team Zuo, where are we going now?"
"Go to Yuanyuan Dessert, and then check the cake." Officer Zuo said, "Let Lao Xiao continue to follow up with Xu Huiling's parents. The more detailed the investigation, the better."
"Got it." Xiao Wu glanced at Team Zuo who was sitting in the co-pilot, "Team Zuo, do you really think Xu Huiling did it?"
Officer Zuo folded his chest and closed his eyes, as if he was resting: "If the murderer is someone who lives in the same building as them, then his perfect invisibility makes sense."
Xiao Wu thought for a while and said, "But Xu Huiling's move was in June. How long did she prepare for the crime?"
Officer Zuo hummed: "What's impossible? There was a case where the murderer spent a whole year in order to get closer to the target."
The two of them went to Yuanyuan Dessert Shop, copied the surveillance video from the shop for the past month, and brought them back to the bureau. The two worked overtime to read it, but did not see Xu Huiling.
"Team Zuo, I really can't do it." Xiao Wu felt that his eyes were going blind. "If Xu Huiling did this, her mind would be too deep, she could even prepare a cake wrapper so long in advance!"
The monitoring in the store is only kept for one month, and it will be automatically covered if it exceeds one month. They have read the monitoring of this month, and Xu Huiling did not appear. They also let the boss recognize Xu Huiling's photo, but neither the boss nor the employees in the store were impressed.
"You don't have to buy cakes in the store. You can check the reserved orders in the store to see if they have been given to Xu Huiling."
Xiao Wu felt bitter: "If she really planned so early, how could she order the cake herself."
Police Officer Zuo said: "Skynet is sparse and not leaking, and if it is done, it will definitely leave some traces."
When they questioned Shen Wanying for the third time, they specifically asked about Xu Huiling: "Do you know the person who lives upstairs?"
Shen Wanying said, "I met it in the community."
"Are you familiar?"
"I'm not familiar with her, I only know that she seems to be a beauty anchor. She is very enthusiastic, and she told me how my makeup would look better."
"You didn't know each other before?"
"I don't know." Shen Wanying's eyes moved, looking at the police officer Zuo, "Is there any problem with her?"
Officer Zuo said: "It's still under investigation."
Maybe it's really because Skynet was so careless and unobtrusive that the little brother who delivered the cake to Shen Wanying went to the police station to find the police by himself.
Police Officer Zuo was notified by colleagues in the bureau and rushed back to the bureau as soon as possible.
"On November 11, you delivered a cake to the residents here, do you remember?" Officer Zuo sat in the interrogation room and went straight to the topic.
The little brother answered honestly: "Remember, I am here today for this matter."
Officer Zuo said, "Tell me in detail."
"I work as an errand in an errand company. It's normal to receive an order for a cake. I never thought that there was anything wrong with the cake." The little brother told the police officer Zuo about his mental journey in the past few days. Listen, "Until I saw the case of the Shen family's daughter murdering her husband on the hot search, there was a lot of uproar about this incident. There were many rumors on the Internet, one of which was that the cake they ate was poisonous. When I saw the news I'm very scared, I'm afraid the police will suspect that I did it. I've had nightmares every night for the past few days, and finally I can't stand it anymore, so I'll just come over and tell you guys clearly."
Officer Zuo asked, "Who asked you to deliver the cake?"
"In the store."
"Which shop?"
"Bangbang errand company."
Officer Zuo took this little brother to Bang Bang errand company.
According to the company's order, they did receive an order from Xinghu Mengjing at noon on November 11. Officer Zuo called back according to the phone number of the consignee left above, but it was already empty.
"Xiao Wu, look up this number."
"Good left team."
Xiao Wu went to check the phone number, but Police Officer Zuo stayed behind to check the surveillance: "I see that you have surveillance in your store. Please make a copy of the surveillance on November 11 for me."
"Okay." The clerk was very cooperative and copied the surveillance of the day to them.
So Xiao Wu started watching the surveillance like hell again. Fortunately, there was only one day this time, and he felt very relaxed: "Left team, it's her!"
A woman with a cake appeared in the surveillance, and the cake was gentle with Shen Wanying's family.
It's a pity that the woman was wearing a mask, so she couldn't see her full appearance.
"Although I'm wearing a mask, I can see that it's Shen Wanying when I look at her eyes. There's also this skirt, the one that Shen Wanying wore at the crime scene." Xiao Wu pointed to the woman under surveillance and said.
The woman's eyes did look similar to Shen Wanying's. Officer Zuo looked at it for a while and said to him, "Xu Huiling can wear makeup, so it's not impossible to deliberately look like her. Take this with Shen Wanying and Xu Huiling. Compare photos."
"Okay, what about the skirt?"
"The skirt is not out of print, not only Shen Wanying can buy it."
"..." Xiao Wu found out, and the left team identified Xu Huiling.
In the afternoon, Police Officer Zuo took the photo taken from the surveillance camera and went to Shen Wanying again: "Look at this photo, is the person above you?"
Shen Wanying glanced down and denied, "It's not me."
"Her eyes are very similar to yours, and her dress matches yours at the crime scene."
Shen Wanying said, "You can make up your eyes. As for the skirt, this is not what I wear during the day."
Police officer Zuo's eyebrows moved: "Isn't this?"
"Well, when I go to work during the day, I wear another set of clothes, and I only change the skirt when I get home at night. If you don't believe me, you can go to our company to investigate."
"Then you can also change into a special set of clothes and send cakes."
Shen Wanying said, "I have been staying at the company at noon, and my colleagues in the company can testify."