My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 133
Chapter 133 Wang Linhua’s Suspicions
“Hm? What kind of a major breakthrough?” Mu Yu’s mood was immediately affected.
“We’ll discuss it on our way.”
“On our way? To where?”
“Back to the bureau. I have an important witness here so we must go back for an official interrogation.” Liu Xiaofan pressed on the elevator buttons while pointing toward the back.
Mu Yu finally realized a male janitor was actually standing behind Liu Xiaofan; Qing Tian Group’s janitors, securities, cafeteria workers, and the medical staff all had their own assigned uniforms so it would be easier for people to recognize who would be able to lend a helping hand for the employees so it would be efficient.
“What witness?” After the elevator door closed, Mu Yu immediately asked since there were only three of them inside.
“Two days before the incident occurred, old man Zhang here saw Wang Linhua and Zhao Yongli had an argument.”
Mu Yu was slightly startled, she immediately turned to look at Zhang Damin, “May I ask where you saw them had their quarrel?”
“Just at the road at the back of the building.”
“Are you absolutely sure Manager Zhao was having an argument with the water delivery man, Wang Linhua?”
“Absolutely sure. Even though I am not that young, my eyesight is still intact.” Zhang Damin answered. He then asked nervously, “Could it be that the water delivery man is Manager Zhao’s murderer?”
Liu Xiaofan instantly explained, “We did not say that, we just wanted to know the situation. As long as we have not apprehended any suspects, we will investigate anyone who had any connections with Zhao Yongli.”
“Owh.” Zhang Damin looked like he was disappointed. “I hope the police will be able to catch the culprit soon so the place will be safe and everyone will be relieved.”
Liu Xiaofan could not help but chuckle knowing how this old man cared about the people around him.
Mu Yu, however, did not laugh. She thought for a moment and asked Zhang Damin, “Old man, did you hear anything about what they were arguing that day?”
Zhang Damin shook his head, “I was rushing back to my home to use the bathroom so I didn’t go near to hear anything. But I am absolutely sure that they were arguing. Especially Linhua, he looked like he was agitated. It must be because Manager Zhao blackmailed him to pay off the favor fees. Manager Zhao was beyond greedy, he wouldn’t even let go of a water delivery man’s money.”
Mu Yu and Liu Xiaofan were not surprised upon hearing this as the cafeteria lady already told them about this. They looked at each other and shrugged.
The two of them quickly took Zhang Damin to the underground parking lot and drove quickly straight to the city bureau. There were things that Liu Xiaofan was not able to talk about since Zhang Damin was inside the car with them and he wasn’t able to discuss the case with Mu Yu. He gave an implicit look toward Mu Yu and the two of them did not say anything during their drive.
Both Mu Yu and Liu Xiaofan heard that Rong Jian was already waiting at the interrogation room upon arriving at the bureau, so they sent Zhang Damin straight to the room. Mu Yu then dragged Liu Xiaofan to the side.
“I know what you wanted to ask.” Liu Xiaofan spoke before Mu Yu could say anything. “Wang Linhua already admitted that he looked for Zhao Yongli on December 23rd during midnight at the Qing Tian Group building’s cafeteria. But he said Zhao Yongli was already dead when he was there.”
He felt ridiculous after saying this and continued, “Nobody would believe this, don’t you think so Doctor Mu? Zhao Yongli’s time of death was around three o’clock midnight, and the time of him leaving the building was around four o’clock and there were no records in the security camera. Who else would be the culprit other than him?”
“The dark figure in the camera was him?”
“That’s right! We already found the coat and cap that he wore when he was captured in the security camera, but he still insisted that he only went to the building that night and did not commit the murder. He said he had no resentment toward Zhao Yongli so he did not have any motive to kill him. He wouldn’t say he didn’t have any resentment toward Zhao Yongli since we have Zhang Damin’s testimony now, right Doctor Mu? What he was arguing with Zhao Yongli will be the reason he killed him. Um, Doctor Mu, since we don’t have anything else to do at the moment, do you mind guessing what they were arguing about? Do you have the same opinion as Zhang Damin, thinking that Zhao Yongli was trying to get Wang Linhua to cough out some dough for him?”
Mu Yu had no intentions on discussing this matter with Lin Xiaofan. She was lowering her head deep in thoughts.
Liu Xiaofan’s enthusiasm slowly died down seeing how unresponsive Mu Yu was. He shrugged and started muttering to himself, “I don’t really agree with Zhang Damin’s opinions. No matter what it was, Wang Linhua wouldn’t commit murder just for this small matter. I think they were arguing about Kiki. Wang Linhua must have been Kiki’s admirer. Zhao Yongli must have been giving Kiki a hard time for the past few days so she made Wang Linhua warn him not to harass Kiki again. Zhao Yongli would definitely ignore the water delivery man, so he deliberately met with Kiki again on the night of December 22nd at the Camphor Forest. He angered Kiki again and Kiki went to look for Wang Linhua and asked him to teach Zhao Yongli a lesson. Wang Linhua was enraged seeing how Zhao Yongli disregarded his warnings so he sneaked into the building and murdered Zhao Yongli. He thought he cleaned and did not leave any trace of evidence at the crime scene but he did not expect his dark figure in the security camera. And he did not expect that we would target him in such a short time. Nothing could be perfect I guess, hahahah…”
Mu Yu glanced at him and asked curiously in a soft voice, “Even though Wang Linhua was really Kiki’s admirer and Kiki really wanted him to give a warning to Zhao Yongli, Wang Linhua still did not have to go to the extent of killing him with such malicious method, right?”
“Then, maybe when they were having a dispute, Zhao Yongli said something horrible and provoked him instead? It’s normal for people to do the extreme when they are highly provoked.”
Thwack!
“Ouch! Who the fu… Oh, Captain Rong? Why…why did you hit my head?” Liu Xiaofan, who was excitedly giving his statements, instantly lost all vigor and asked when he saw Rong Jian.
Rong Jian replied annoyingly, “According to my investigation, Wang Linhua and Kiki were never acquainted before. The reason why he was asking about Kiki was because a few days before, when he was delivering water to the Camphor Forest, he accidentally bumped into one of his customers. The customer was giving him a hard time and Kiki was the one who helped him get out of the situation; that’s the reason why he was so grateful toward Kiki. He ordered for a fruit basket early in the morning and went to the Camphor Forest to check on Kiki’s work hours so he could inform the fruit store owner to send the basket to Kiki during her working hour; the shop owner had confirmed this. So your speculations just now absolutely make no sense.”
“Umm…” Liu Xiaofan scratched his head and replied, “Even though my deduction was wrong, the incident where he was having a quarrel with Zhao Yongli was accurate, right? He has a motive to kill him, and he was at the crime scene during the time of murder. It is hard to leave him as a suspect based on these conditions.”
“I didn’t say he was not suspicious. I was just saying your deduction was wrong.”
“Then did he explain why he was at the crime scene that day?”
“He said he was short on money recently, so he decided to sneak into the Qing Tian Group building and steal some rice and oil to sell outside. After he opened Zhao Yongli’s rest lounge, he accidentally saw Zhao Yongli who was already murdered. At that time, he was absolutely terrified that he might turn into a scapegoat so he instantly fled the crime scene after cleaning the place of his footprints. He broke in from the window, but since he was extremely nervous, he left from the building’s back door. This explains why the security camera only caught him sneaking out but not him breaking in.”
Liu Xiaofan burst out a laugh, “Captain Rong, he went through all that just to steal some rice and oil? Isn’t that such a stretch?”
Rong Jian sighed, “It is a stretch, but we really have no concrete evidence that he was really the murderer.”
“Captain Rong.” Mu Yu who was silent the whole time spoke, “Did Wang Linhua explain why he was having a quarrel with Zhao Yongli that day?”
“He said because he was never a help toward Zhao Yongli so he always gave Wang Linhua trouble. Wang Linhua felt mistreated so he went to look for Zhao Yongli after work hours to reason things out with him but Zhao Yongli ridiculed him. He admitted that he was quite emotional when he was ridiculed, but that doesn’t make him lose control to the point of murdering someone.”
Liu Xiaofan muttered at the side, “Zhao Yongli is already dead so he could not testify for his death; so Wang Linhua can make up any excuse for their argument. In any case, I think the reason for the quarrel between them is not as simple as we think.”
“We can’t just make assumptions on this case. The thing that we must do now is look for evidence.”
“Captain Rong.” Mu Yu interrupted, “We already determined that Sun Meilan and Zhao Yongli’s murderer are both the same person. Since Wang Linhua is suspected to be involved in Zhao Yongli’s case, then he might also be the culprit for Sun Meilan’s case. Is it possible for us to find a breakthrough from the connection between Sun Meilan and Wang Linhua?”
Rong Jian nodded, “I also thought to that extent and already sent someone to investigate.”
“We haven’t found Kiki yet?”
“No. There’s a report saying that Kiki went to Huacheng.” Rong Jian turned toward Liu Xiaofan. “I have already informed the police at Huacheng to help trace Kiki’s whereabouts. But we still have yet to receive any notification. You will be going to Huacheng with Wu Xing tonight. You must search for Kiki as soon as possible.”
“Roger! I will make sure to complete the mission! When do we leave, Captain Rong?”
Seeing how Liu Xiaofan’s eyes lit up, Rong Jian immediately reminded him, “Even though Kiki is beautiful and is only twenty-one years old, she had lived in Camphor woods for six years.”
“Ah! Captain Rong, please don’t misunderstand! It’s not because I’m excited to be near a beautiful girl, I’m doing this for work!”
“Great that you understand. Go ask Wu Xing if he is all ready. If yes, then you may leave immediately.” Rong Jian tossed a set of car keys toward Liu Xiaofan.
“Roger that, I will go now.” Liu Xiaofan stuffed the keys inside his pocket as he turned around and left.
“Mu Yu!”
“Hm?” Mu Yu actually wanted to go back to take a look at the forensic lab. She was startled as she turned toward Rong Jian; he had never called her name before, he would always address her as Doctor Mu.
“Are you okay, Mu Yu?”
“Me?” Seeing how worried he was, she guessed that he already knew the incident regarding Dong Wanqing. She gave a faint smile and said, “I’m alright. You should worry about Dong Wanqing instead; not only did she become a scapegoat, she was also stabbed by me.”
Rong Jian was stunned, “So you already know?”
“Captain Rong, he treated me like I’m a fool. Are you going to do the same too?”
“That’s not what I meant.” He could hear the annoyance in her voice. Rong Jian laughed awkwardly but still remembered to defend Qin Jinhuan. “Please don’t blame Huan, Mu Yu. He had his reasons why he did that. He…”
“The reason was to protect Yin Anran, right? Just tell me straight. There’s no need to keep it a secret from me, I don’t even care.”
“Umm… Mu Yu, did you do ‘that’ to the dress because you didn’t care about Huan or was it because you didn’t like the dress itself?”
The image of the torn off dress crossed her eyes and Mu Yu felt a sense of satisfaction inside of her. She scoffed, “Both.”
“Mu Yu, Huan actually…”
“Captain Rong, if there isn’t anything related to work, then I will be going to the forensic room now.”
“Mu Yu…” Rong Jian wanted to continue but stopped when he heard Mu Yu’s phone rang.
Mu Yu received a call from Wen Zeyu. He knew the situation regarding Yin Anjing and Qin Jinhuan but he kept on saying he did not know anything about it when she asked him about it. She was angry at the thought of how he might have called to say a few good words about Qin Jinhuan, so she decided to not answer the call. She immediately canceled the call and said to Rong Jian, “I will be going to the forensic room now, Captain Rong.” Then, she left quickly.
Wen Zeyu called again on her way there but she declined again. She turned the phone on silent and finally entered the forensic room.
Before Mu Yu was able to talk about anything to Feng Rubing, Rong Jian suddenly barged into the room, “Something bad happened!”