My Life with Narration-Chapter 377 - 373: Elaborate Further

With Zhang Heng’s confession, "I am the one who killed," the whole case suddenly opened a breakthrough, and it seemed on the verge of being closed.

Of course, before leaving, Su Qing also fulfilled her promise, pleaded with Lin Chengcai to let Zhang Heng meet Zhang Guoxin at home.

Because once verified, it’s hard to say if they’d have a chance to meet again; even if they do, it would be in a detention center or prison, and perhaps it won’t be long before the death sentence is carried out.

Strictly speaking, this is quite cruel, waiting for death is actually the hardest part, whereas leaping down like last night would be much more straightforward.

Of course, between drowning and a painless death, the latter is certainly easier.

The result was unchanged; Zhang Heng was likely to be sentenced to death, but the exact time of execution remained unknown since he broke the law.

Zhang Guoxin, without even having had breakfast, saw his son being brought back, completely stunned, and then, the father and son had less than twenty minutes together before being taken away.

When Su Qing saw nearly sixty-year-old Zhang Guoxin kneeling at the door, sobbing bitterly, she started questioning the purpose of her involvement.

Was it really just to alter Zhang Heng’s end from suicide to legal judgment? Both outcomes were undesirable, almost indistinguishable in the end result.

So, what was the point of all the fear and effort she put in overnight?

She even wondered if her involvement was to make Zhang Heng’s end a bit better, perhaps letting him leave without regrets.

But in the end, she realized her involvement was meaningless.

Because it wasn’t like a narrator was compelling her to complete a certain task to achieve a result. She could have withdrawn anytime; the event would proceed anyway, just that her participation led to this sense of loss.

Simply put, it was a random event, ever since the call from Liu Shuzhu, two choices were in front of her, unavoidable.

Having not slept all night, she fell asleep in the car on the way back.

"My goodness, I still can’t believe the case was solved just like that," Du Qiang quietly said, glancing at Su Qing already asleep beside him.

Hearing this, Li Zijun, sitting in the front passenger seat, turned her head to look at Su Qing in the back seat. Worry flashed in her eyes. Judging by Zhang Heng’s attitude toward her, something must have happened between them last night. She was concerned it might affect her entire younger brother, then turned to Lin Chengcai, who was driving, and asked, "Master, they..."

Before she could finish, Lin Chengcai, holding the steering wheel, said, "It’s fine, no need to worry. Let Xiao Su sleep first when we get back. Besides, Zhang Heng has been found, and he admitted it personally; we all heard it. We just need to go through the interrogation process, and someone needs to search for where the murder weapon is hidden promptly. We’ll discuss once all results are out!"

After what happened just now, Lin Chengcai realized that as a criminal detective, although he hadn’t interrogated, he detected something unusual about Su Qing’s behavior.

Even though he’s not a regular police officer, he works in the police station, and shouldn’t it be reported immediately when encountering a suspect? Yet, they went back home together.

Of course, he didn’t suspect any connection between them, just simply didn’t understand, as such abnormal behavior would pique curiosity, making it hard to accept and eager to understand the relationship behind it.

But these are just side issues, and Lin Chengcai knew it was imperative to strengthen Su Qing’s safety awareness.

He himself is a cybersecurity advisor, but his personal safety awareness is indeed weak, which is a big no-no in criminal investigation. Playing hero and acting rashly puts himself and teammates at risk.

Two hours later, they all returned to the city police station. Since he was the one who found Zhang Heng, he still had to make a statement.

Probably considering he hadn’t slept all night, Lin Chengcai let him sleep on the sofa in the upstairs office before doing anything else.

He didn’t hesitate and went straight to the small office, drew the curtains, lay down on the sofa, and quickly fell asleep.

On the other hand, with Zhang Heng found and his confession, all the police officers responsible for the case breathed a huge sigh of relief, then immediately proceeded with the interrogation.

Because the case was extremely heinous, Lin Chengcai brought the veteran detective Yan Lie for the interrogation personally, with others watching on the side.

Even the higher-ups in the bureau came when they heard the news. A murder and dismembering case, in any city nationwide, is a major case, with high attention from leadership.

Initially believed to take over three months to solve with numerous difficulties, the case surprisingly went from finding the body to capturing the culprit in just a month.

Though this progress is slower than some cases resolved in a few hours, given the nature of the case, solving it is impressive already.

Initially, the deceased’s identity was unknown; later, the crime scene was uncertain. When the crime scene was determined, three months had passed, the heavy rain had destroyed clues, it occurred in a rural area with no surveillance, couldn’t find the murder weapon, and no fingerprints other than the deceased’s were discovered; the case was exceedingly difficult, on par with many unsolved old cases.

All these conditions together, even Conan would have been stumped for a while.

Fortunately, the interrogation was quite smooth. Zhang Heng confessed to the crime truthfully, which largely aligned with the police investigation results.

The motive was upon discovering the child wasn’t his, confronting the ex-wife, only to be counterattacked righteously, accusing him of avoiding child support.

Later, after he presented the paternity test, Liu Xiaojuan dropped the facade and outright mocked him for raising another man’s son for four years, and said even if not his son, child support must be paid, or she’d sue and stir trouble, making him lose face in his hometown.

As the saying goes, a man needs dignity like a tree needs bark, that’s the crux of a man’s pride.

Now, just waiting to find the murder weapon, and the case could largely be concluded.

By noon, the police notified the victim’s family to come over and updated them on the case’s progress, causing a scene of chaos.

But all this no longer concerned Su Qing, who slept until 2:30 PM before slowly waking up.

"That’s basically the situation; I took him home, avoided our people near his place, then you all came in the morning!"

In the office, Du Qiang was taking a simple statement from him; regardless of being one of their own, such a process was necessary.

Closing his notebook, Du Qiang took a deep breath and said, "Sususu, this time I have to seriously criticize you. You were reckless this time; that’s a murderer, and you dared to act alone. Find a chance to call the police, fortunately, this time nothing happened; otherwise, with your frail frame, you’d be taken down in no time."

"Du Qiang is right, and don’t look so defiant. This time you were lucky, but don’t think you’re so capable; next time, contact us immediately when things like this happen, you hear me?" Li Zijun said, glaring while getting up to hit him since he remained silent.

Startled, he shrank his neck.

"Wrong, wrong, I know now, I won’t dare next time!" Su Qing quickly admitted his mistake.

This issue was indeed his own fault, the handling was inappropriate, but he couldn’t explain to others that if he called the police, either a traffic accident would occur, or someone would attempt suicide by jumping into a river.

Expressing it would seem utterly insane.

As he exhaled in relief, Li Zijun suddenly asked, "You said you went out last night with your university professor, right? So, what’s up? Again?"

Du Qiang: (✪ω✪)

"University professor? Come on, tell us more!!"

Su Qing:...

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