Chapter 2390 2391 New Discovery
Chapter 2390: Chapter 2391: New Discovery Chapter 2390: Chapter 2391: New Discovery “Big sister, you’ve misunderstood; we’re not here to stay, but to inquire about someone.”
“Eh? For an investigation?”
The landlady looked somewhat nervous. “What case is it?”
Lin Yi pulled up Zhang Long’s photo. “Take a look at this person; he should have stayed here last night, right?”
The landlady scrutinized carefully.
“I remember this person; he seems to be a returning customer, he has stayed with us before.”
“In other words, he did stay here last night, right?”
The landlady nodded earnestly and said:
“It seems he arrived after four o’clock last night, but he left after six in the morning, as if he had some urgent matter.”
Hearing this, the two exchanged glances; they now had a witness, which further proved Zhang Long’s innocence.
“Which room did he stay in? Can you take us to see it?”
“It’s that room at the very end.”
The landlady led the way and took them there.
“You even have a computer in the room, and it’s not a low-end one either,” Lin Yi joked with a smile.
“Some people like to watch movies on the computer, so we have to provide one.”
“Zhang Long seems to have said he watched a few movies last night before going to sleep,” muttered Gu Yiran.
“Yes, yes, he watched movies. When I went to the toilet next door, I heard the sound from inside too.”
Lin Yi nodded but said nothing more and went into the room Zhang Long had stayed in.
The room wasn’t large, about the size of a dozen square meters.
Compared to the presidential suites that Lin Yi often stayed in, it wasn’t even as big as a bathroom.
But you can’t be too picky about a hotel that only costs tens of yuan per night.
The room was also very clean and uncluttered.
There was a window, a computer desk, and a computer on it and nothing else.
“We pretty much understand the situation; that’s enough for now,” Lin Yi spoke:
“If we need to come back later, I hope you can cooperate at any time.”
“No problem, for sure I’ll cooperate, definitely.”
The landlady saw the two out and then went to the agricultural market, finding the shop where Zhang Long bought seeds based on the address on the receipt.
After some inquiries and checking the surveillance, they indeed saw Zhang Long there.
Gu Yiran gathered her long hair behind her.
“Zhang Long shouldn’t have any issues; now we have no leads to investigate.”
Lin Yi didn’t reply because he thought the same.
So far, the case seemed seamless, arguably perfect.
At least he hadn’t found any leads.
Ring ring ring—
At that moment, Gu Yiran’s phone rang; it was a call from Zhang Hui.
“Brother Hui.”
“Are you two done?”
“Pretty much, there’s no issue with Zhang Long.”
“Then come back first, there’s been a major discovery here.”
“Okay, we’ll come back now.”
Gu Yiran hung up and called out:
“Let’s head back, Brother Hui says there’s a new finding.”
“Let’s go.”
The two drove back to the precinct where Zhang Hui and Zhu Junchi were busily working on the computer in front of them.
“Brother Hui, what’s been discovered?”
“This news, you’ll never guess,” Zhang Hui said with schadenfreude:
“Ma Haiqiang’s wife, Sun Xue, has been having an affair with Fang Daye’s son.”
“What?”
This piece of news stunned both Lin Yi and Gu Yiran.
These two unrelated people were unexpectedly connected?
“We checked their chat logs and found there’s definitely something fishy, but it’s very covert,” explained Zhang Hui:
“Just now the two of us analyzed it, and Fang Daye and Ma Haiqiang are very close friends, so naturally Fang Zhiping and Sun Xue would know each other. Sun Xue is much younger than Ma Haiqiang, and Fang Daye got married and had children early, so the two are not much different in age, naturally coming together.”
“If we look at it that way, the matter becomes interesting,” said Gu Yiran:
“Ma Haiqiang is in a pretty good position; it’s highly possible that the two conspired for monetary gains and committed murder.”
“I have the same feeling. I had thought someone like Ma Haiqiang would be the one fooling around, but it turns out he was clean; on the contrary, his wife seems upright, but is actually not so decent,” Zhu Junchi said:
“Moreover, Ma Haiqiang’s body was indirectly found by Fang Zhiping, so in any case, it all depends on his word, there could be deceit involved here.”
“Although Fang Zhiping is highly suspect, there are many questionable points,” continued Zhang Hui:
“Think about it, if Fang Zhiping really wanted to kill for money, why bury the body in the ground? Why even call the police? It’s completely superfluous.”
Shifting his stance, Zhang Hui continued:
“If he was hiding the body, he should have dug the hole deeper to avoid detection, not so shallow.”
“I agree with Brother Hui’s view, and these two cases have commonalities. There must be one perpetrator. Fang Zhiping has a motive to kill Ma Haiqiang, but no motive to kill his own father,” said Lin Yi.
Zhu Junchi stroked his chin.
“Do you guys think it could be two separate cases?”
“Two cases?”
Zhu Junchi looked at Zhang Hui, “Do you remember about four years ago when Brother Li, us two, cracked a murder case with two victims and similar MOs? We thought it was the same person, but it turned out the second killer deliberately imitated the first to frame him.”
“I remember now, but these two cases’ commonalities are too strong. The same complex methods, the same lack of any clues, and the bodies both placed in conspicuous places,” Zhang Hui said:
“If the second killer is really imitating the first to frame them, then they have to possess high anti-investigation skills, but Fang Zhiping’s background is clean, he graduated in mechanical design and his work involves intellectual labor. I don’t think he has such capability. However, your point is also possible. If we investigate Fang Zhiping from this angle again, maybe we can achieve a breakthrough.”
“Ah…”
Zhu Junchi sighed, “I was just spitballing; I know the possibility isn’t high.”
The office fell silent again, everyone stuck in a dead end.
Even though Fang Zhiping had plenty of motive to kill Ma Haiqiang, the problem was,
his own father had died too.
It was difficult to suspect him.
“Just bring Fang Zhiping in first, regardless of how slim the chance is,” said Zhang Hui.
Soon, Fang Zhiping was called over, but at this point, he was unaware that his affair had been exposed.
“Officer, do you have other matters for me?” asked Fang Zhiping.
“Let’s talk about you and Sun Xue; it’s about time, no need to hide it anymore.”