In fact, as Shen Wanying said, she stayed in the company at noon and never left.
In order to get off work early that day, she had been working overtime at noon. Except for her colleagues to testify for her, the surveillance video also showed that she never left.
In this way, the suspicion of Shen Wanying can be basically ruled out.
"Could it be that Xu Huiling did it?" Xiao Wu began to doubt his life. They checked the surveillance. Xu Huiling left the community on November 11, and she said she went out to buy daily necessities. She did have a large bag of daily necessities at home, but she said that the shopping receipt was thrown away, so it could not prove that it was bought on the 11th. "If the murderer is Xu Huiling, why did she do this? She and Shen Wanying said they were not familiar with each other. What was her motive?"
Police Officer Zuo sat in the co-pilot, holding his head with one hand: "Go check Xu Huiling's relationship network, and the cake is also the key point. The cake is not easy to store, she can't make it too long in advance, but from the monitoring of the last week, She never brought cake in or out."
Xiao Wu said: "Then she did it outside?"
"It's very possible." The murderer mixed the poison with the cream, so the cake can only be made by herself, and it is impossible to fake it. Officer Zuo took out a map of city A and drew a circle on it: "Let's assume she went out on the 11th to make cakes, or to pick up cakes made in advance, then..."
He circled Xinghu Mengjing and Bang Bang errands, and then based on Xu Huiling's round-trip time, he inferred a rough range: "Check all the places in this area that can make cakes."
"I know the left team."
"Did you compare the photos I asked you to compare?"
"It came out, but the target kept her head down, she should be hiding from surveillance on purpose, and she also put on fake makeup on purpose, so it's not particularly accurate." Xiao Wu said, "But I heard from Zhou Xin that now there is AI that can give people Face makeup! The comparison result after makeup removal should be more accurate, she is still doing it."
"Well, let her hurry up."
"understood."
While they were investigating the bakery, colleagues in charge of investigating Xu Huiling's personal network made significant progress.
"Team Zuo, we found Xu Huiling's old house. We looked for it according to the address. Guess what we found?"
Officer Zuo cooperated insincerely: "What did you find?"
"I found out that she and Xiang Chong are neighbors!"
The left police officer's expression darkened. Xiang Chong was very impressed because it was the first case he was responsible for after joining the police force.
The case of Huo Cheng's mother.
"There may be a motive." Officer Zuo picked up his jacket and called the Master out, "Go and find direction Chong."
When Xiang Chong first came to the police, he felt that something was wrong. When the police officer Zuo, who had dealt with him more than ten years ago, stood in front of him again, he was not surprised at all.
"Does Xu Huiling live next door to you?" Police Officer Zuo asked.
Xiang Chong said, "She lived here when she was studying, and then moved out."
"Then do you know where she lives now?"
Xiang Chong shook his head: "I don't know, I didn't ask."
Officer Zuo looked at him for a while and said to him, "She lives in Xinghu Mengjing, just above his house in Huocheng."
Xiang Chong's heart shook violently. He looked at Officer Zuo in disbelief, as if he had just said something terrible.
Officer Zuo looked at him as if he really didn't know it, and asked again, "Is there anyone living here now?"
Xiang Chong said with a numb expression: "No, her parents also moved out. They wanted to rent out the house, so they gave me the keys, and said they would open the door for them if someone came to see the house."
Officer Zuo asked, "Have you rented it out?"
"No, the houses here are too bad, and the price they want is not cheap."
Officer Zuo thought for a while and asked, "Can we go in and see the room?"
Xiang Chong looked at them and opened the door for them.
The old house of Xu Huiling's family is very small, and you can see the head at a glance. Because no one has lived for so long, a lot of dust has accumulated in the house. Officer Zuo asked, "Has Xu Huiling been back here recently?"
Xiang Chong said: "I don't know, she hasn't contacted me recently." His relationship with Xu Huiling has always been like this, he never contacted Xu Huiling actively, but Xu Huiling just persevered and pestered him.
He originally thought that when she grew up and knew more men, she would no longer like him. But now it seems that he may be wrong.
"Team Zuo, look at this." Xiao Wu didn't know where to find a red dress, so excited that he was shaking a little, "It's this dress!"
The skirt has been washed, but a closer look can still see faint bloodstains.
Based on the amount of blood Huo Cheng had at that time, the murderer must have had blood on his body.
"Immediately apply for a search warrant with the bureau to search Xu Huiling's home."
The police acted very quickly, and soon came to Xu Huiling's door with a search warrant. After careful search and testing, there were blood reactions in many places on the floor of Xu Huiling's house, and the comparison result was Huo Cheng's blood.
Xu Huiling was arrested on the spot, and the police officer Zuo put her skirt, the surveillance photos after removing her makeup, and the surveillance photos of the baking room in front of her. Xu Huiling confessed to her crime.
She originally planned to poison Huo Cheng and Shen Wanying with a cake, and then put the blame on Yuanyuan Dessert Shop. As for why Yuanyuan Dessert Shop did this, she believed that the police could find a reason for her. But that day her parents suddenly came to ask for money, making a big noise. Although she took the money to send them away, she was still a little worried.
After her parents left, she took the stairs and went downstairs to have a look, wanting to hear if there was any news from Huo Cheng's family. She was very careful, because she was afraid of leaving any evidence, and she wore a pair of transparent gloves.
After going downstairs, Xu Huiling found that the door of Huo Cheng's house was open. She walked in and took a look, and saw Huo Cheng lying on the ground and Shen Wanying lying beside the dining table.
She wanted to try to see if they were still breathing, but suddenly she heard movement behind her. She looked back and found that Huo Cheng stood up against the wall. Xu Huiling was terrified at the time, so she picked up the fruit knife on the table and stabbed him.
After Huo Cheng fell, she put the knife into Shen Wanying's hand, closed the door and quickly left the scene.
There was a lot of blood on her skirt, she changed her clothes and cleaned the floor, then stuffed her clothes into her bag and drove away from Xinghu Mengjing.
After the murderer was arrested, the police immediately informed the case, and also seized a gang selling illegal drugs. Shen Wanying was also picked up by her family and temporarily lived in the Shen family villa. Dong Qiwei was arrested by the police during the few days she was hospitalized. Jiang Jin was released on bail and stayed at Shen's house to accompany Shen Wanying.
Xu Huiling was finally sentenced to death, and Xiang Chong went to see her before the execution.
"Why did you do this?" Xiang Chong asked her with a numb expression.
Xu Huiling smiled at him. The police had also asked her this question, and also asked if she was related to Xiang Chong. She couldn't let the police know that Xiang Chong had killed Fang Ke, so she lied that she couldn't stand the couple downstairs, and she had an impulse to kill.
"Did you know? I could have burned that skirt." Xu Huiling looked at Xiang Chong and answered irrelevantly, "But I bought that skirt specially for you, and I haven't had time to wear it to show you. Do you still remember that day? Well, you said that Huo Cheng found a good wife, and also praised Shen Wanying for her good looks. This skirt was worn by Shen Wanying at that time."
Xiang Chong's eyes moved slightly. Once he saw Huo Cheng and Shen Wanying on the news. He really thought they were a good match, so he praised them like that.
"Do you know how jealous I was at the time? So even though this dress was expensive, I bought it without hesitation." Xu Huiling looked at him and said, "On the 11th, I wanted to wear this dress to find you. , but then I personally stabbed Huo Cheng. This feeling is different from poisoning. I was very flustered at the time, and I wanted to find you subconsciously. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't hide my skirt in the old house inside."
She said this with some sarcasm: "But in the end, it was you who opened the door for the police, and it was this skirt that I was reluctant to burn, which became the decisive evidence."
Xiang Chong didn't speak for a long time, like a century later, he looked at Xu Huiling and said, "I haven't killed anyone."
Xu Huiling was startled: "What?"
"I said, I've never killed anyone." Xiang Chong looked at her and repeated, "Fang Ke's death was an accident. Over the years, I've always felt that I have an inescapable responsibility for her death. I don't want you to pester me anymore, so I told you that I killed her."
Xu Huiling still stared at him blankly, as if she didn't understand what he was saying. Xiang Chong put his hands on the table, leaned slightly in her direction, looked into her eyes and said, "I have never killed anyone."
"Ah, ah, you lied to me!" Xu Huiling stood up excitedly, and the policeman standing beside her immediately stepped forward to hold her down. Xu Huiling was still very excited, she stared at Xiang Chong, her eyes reddened: "You didn't kill anyone, so what am I doing this for?!"
She roared in dismay, like crying and laughing.
Xiang Chong looked at her calmly and whispered, "I really hope that on that rainy night, I didn't open the door for you."
On the same day, Xiang Chong was found to have committed suicide in front of Fang Ke's tomb.
June 2X13, A Central Hospital.
Shen Wanying and Huo Cheng visited Fang Yichang together on Sunday. Fang Yichang's body has recovered a lot, but he still needs to stay in the hospital for observation. In order to make him fall behind to study, Shen Wanying kindly brought him a lot of papers.
"..." Fang Yichang looked at the test paper in front of him and could only comfort himself, even if it was the test paper given by the eldest lady, he had to finish writing it in tears! "Thank you ma'am."
"You're welcome." Shen Wanying said with a smile, "I don't have enough."
Fang Yichang: "…"
"By the way, have Xu Huiling's parents been here?" Shen Wanying asked.
Fang Yichang said: "I'm not sure, but I heard from my dad that it doesn't seem to be there. Tell you, who are her parents? It's been a day and a night, and the daughter is looking for it when she's gone?"
Neither Shen Wanying nor Huo Cheng spoke, but there was a slight commotion outside. Fang Yichang's mother came in from outside, Fang Yichang immediately asked gossip, "Mom, what's going on outside?"
Fang's mother said, "Xu Huiling's neighbor is here."
"Neighbors?" Fang Yichang couldn't believe it, "Her neighbors are more reliable than parents!"
Fang's mother doesn't know anything about other people's homes, so it's hard to make comments: "I heard that the neighbors were found by the police."
As soon as she said this, she heard someone knock on the door of the ward. She opened the door, police officer Zuo stood outside, greeted her first, then waved to Huo Cheng and Shen Wanying: "You two come here."
Shen Wanying and Huo Cheng looked at each other and walked out together.
Officer Zuo took the door of the ward above Yichang and said to them: "We have been unable to contact Xu Huiling's parents, so we went directly to her house to find her. As a result, she did not find her parents, but found her neighbors."
When he said this, he stopped to look at Huo Cheng and Shen Wanying: "Guess who her neighbor is?"
Shen Wanying received it smoothly: "Who?"
"Rush forward."
As soon as the name came out, Huo Cheng and Shen Wanying were both stunned.
"Now that he's in the next ward, I guess the truth will come out soon."
When the police asked Xu Huiling if she knew Xiang Chong, Xu Huiling knew that things might be hidden. But she didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
"Did you poison the coffee?" Xiang Chong asked her with a frown.
Xu Huiling didn't answer, and said to Chong again: "Officer Zuo said that you have followed him, what are you trying to do?"
Xu Huiling still didn't speak, Xiang Chong increased her tone, and her voice was full of anger that could not be concealed: "You want to deal with Huo Cheng, right? Because he is investigating his mother's case?"
Xu Huiling pursed the corners of her mouth, and Xiang Chong knew that she guessed right.
"I just thought you had a shadow in your heart because of your family of origin, but I didn't expect you to be able to do things like poison. You are only seventeen!" Xiang Chong clenched his fists and watched as he sat on the hospital bed. Xu Huiling, "Fortunately, no one has an accident this time, otherwise you will not only destroy others, but also yourself."
Xu Huiling laughed suddenly: "I've been ruined a long time ago! Besides, I'm only seventeen years old, so I won't be sentenced to death, right?"
Looking at her like that, Xiang Chong managed to control his emotions. He didn't go up and slap her directly: "You heard Xu Huiling clearly, I didn't kill Fang Ke, I lied to you."
Xu Huiling was stunned for a moment, and her laughter stopped abruptly.
"So you'd better get rid of your terrible thoughts as soon as possible and be a good person."
Officer Zuo pushed in at this time and said to Xu Huiling, "If you confess now, I can count you as surrendering. Plus there are no irreversible consequences, we can apply for a lenient treatment."
Xu Huiling opened it mechanically and looked at Xiang Chong: "You didn't kill anyone?"
This time, it was Huo Cheng, who was behind Officer Zuo, who answered her: "My mother committed suicide."
Xu Huiling's brows were tangled together, and her mind was in chaos.
Officer Zuo gave her some time to calm down. After calming down, Xu Huiling explained everything that happened.
She bought the medicine from someone online. The seller swore that a small amount could kill him, but he didn't expect that he was selling fake medicine. Following this clue, the police also arrested the drug-selling gang.
In the coffee shop, Huo Cheng and Shen Wanying sat at a table with Xiang Chong, with three cups of coffee in front of them.
"I didn't expect that we would have the opportunity to sit and drink coffee together." Xiang Chong took a sip of the coffee in front of him and laughed at himself, "You just said that your mother committed suicide?"
"Well." Huo Cheng nodded expressionlessly, "My mother wasn't sick back then."
Xiang Chong was taken aback for a moment, if Fang Ke was not sick, why did she stay in the half-mountain villa for half a year? He quickly figured out the question, and his heart was full of anger, but when he saw Huo Cheng sitting opposite, he suppressed his emotions again and said nothing.
"You told Xu Huiling that you killed my mother?" Huo Cheng asked.
"Well." Xiang Chong took another sip of coffee, as if to buffer his emotions, "I didn't want her to have any illusions about me, so I said that. I didn't expect... she actually wanted to kill you."
Huo Cheng's eyes moved.
He recalled the scene before his death, but this time it was no longer Shen Wanying holding the knife, but the adult Xu Huiling!
It was no coincidence that Xu Huiling moved upstairs to his house.
Since Xiang Chong will lie about killing people in this life, he will definitely say the same in his previous life, and Xu Huiling's motives for wanting to kill him are the same in both lifetimes. He has thought a lot in the past two days. Before his accident, he heard a noise outside, so he walked over and opened the door.
He remembered very well that he opened the door.
Xu Huiling had the opportunity to enter his house.
"Huo Cheng, what are you thinking so deeply?" Shen Wanying stretched out her hand and shook her fingers in front of Huo Cheng. The sun shone on her hands, and Huo Cheng's eyes flickered.
Huo Cheng grabbed her swaying hand and held the palm of her hand. Only then did he realize that Xiang Chong had already left.
"Rush away?"
"Well, he said hello to you when he came, you didn't hear it." Huo Cheng grabbed Shen Wanying's hand, and scratched his palm restlessly with her fingers, "What were you thinking just now? Aren't you scared by Xu Huiling?"
To be honest, she was also taken aback when she heard that Xu Huiling wanted to kill Huo Cheng. She never thought that Xu Huiling would approach them so deliberately in order to attack them.
Fortunately, neither of them drank that cup of coffee, although Fang Yichang, who had tried the poison himself, was a bit sorry to say so.
Fortunately, there was a shrewd police officer from the left, and Xu Huiling was caught so quickly.
"It's a little bit." Huo Cheng nodded, and his expression showed a bit of pity at the right time, "I think I might have nightmares at night."
"Well... Before you go to bed that night, shall I tell you a story?"
"Where to speak?"
Shen Wanying gave him a white look: "Of course it's on the phone."
"Oh." Huo Cheng replied, "but I'm a little scared during the day, can you stay with me all the time?"
"… Okay."
Huo Cheng looked at her, and the corners of his mouth slowly curved into a smile: "A lot has really happened recently. Fortunately, the rain has passed."