Tiger Police

Chapter 216 Doubt
"Necrotic muscle must be cut off, and new tissue growth must focus on postoperative recovery and aesthetics. The balance point is difficult to control, and only the most skilled plastic surgeon can accurately control it."

Xing Le's expression was a little stiff: "...so complicated?"

"There is another problem." Hu Pingtao interjected: "If the residual toxins cannot be removed, even cosmetic surgery is useless, and it will have a lasting impact."

Cao Lijun glanced at Hu Pingtao in surprise: "I didn't expect you to do research on this?"

Hu Pingtao smiled: "I read very complicated."

Cao Lijun bowed his upper body, put his elbows on his knees, clasped his hands, and said mockingly: "When Yueping is discharged from the hospital, she will hate me even more than before."

"Why?" Xing Le asked almost reflexively.

"I like her very much." Cao Lijun raised his head with a sad expression: "This feeling has accumulated bit by bit over time. In fact, when we first met, I didn't have so-called love for her. I am older than her , with a sense of superiority in terms of identity, status, income, etc. It’s like someone who has been there to take care of a little girl, but as she grows up day by day and becomes more and more beautiful, I like her more.”

"Age is an insurmountable obstacle. Yueping has become radiant, but I have gray hair... Can you understand the feeling when Yueping and I go out and are looked at by others with strange eyes? I know Yueping There are no men outside, I know she has good intentions every time she asks me to attend the dinner together, but I can't talk and laugh in front of outsiders and admit that I am her husband."

"...you... can you understand it?"

Hu Pingtao looked at Cao Lijun calmly: "So you refuse to divorce?"

Cao Lijun did not answer directly: "I know that you are investigating me during this time. I am transparent in front of you. In the past, I would not hesitate to refuse tonight's interview, but now I can only passively accept it."

"You have been to my unit and know everything about me."

"The reason why Yueping and I have no children is my problem... Many years ago, when I was out on a field trip, I was injured in the primeval forest of the Nujiang Canyon. In order to pick plants, I fell off a cliff more than ten meters high , hit a stone, damaged her scrotum, and completely lost her fertility."

"Many people choose DINK-style marriages, and I thought Yueping was also of this type."

Hu Pingtao said seriously: "Actually, you shouldn't hide it. You should tell her before you get married...Frankness, this is the basis of mutual trust."

Cao Lijun raised his head, his eyes full of sadness: "I dare not do this... I am a man... If you have experienced the same experience as me, you will understand every word I say now."

Hu Pingtao sighed in a low voice: "So Teacher Bai has changed. She no longer likes being with you, and even hates everything you like, including braised pork head and braised intestines."

Cao Lijun covered his face with his hands, and whispered in pain: "She used to like...whatever I like, she likes whatever...Later, she didn't even want to sit with me for dinner."

Hu Pingtao persuaded: "Go to the hospital to accompany Teacher Bai! Don't stay at home alone. In fact, the conflict between you and her is very simple, but each other needs to explain and understand."

Cao Lijun let go of his hand, wiped away the tears overflowing from the corner of his eyes, and said hoarsely, "Who actually poisoned you?"

Hu Pingtao's eyes flickered slightly.After a moment of silence, he said lightly, "I once doubted you."

Cao Lijun shook his head: "It's not me. Although I can't prove it, I can make a promise with everything I have—it's really not me. If it can be exchanged, I would rather the person lying on the hospital bed is not Yue Ping, but me."

Hu Pingtao smiled slightly: "You are a good man, but not a good husband."

Just as she was talking, Yang Fang, the nanny, came out of the bathroom carrying a basin of clothes.

Hu Pingtao glanced at her and said with a smile, "You still do laundry at such a late hour?"

Yang Fang walked to the open balcony with a basin in her hand, took out a few hangers from the storage basket, put the clothes on with her fat hands, and said with a smile: "Underwear has to be washed every day, it's uncomfortable to wear when it's dirty!"

She quickly finished drying the clothes, turned and walked into the living room.

Not many clothes, a pair of men's underwear, two pairs of socks for a man and a woman.

Hu Pingtao looked at her series of actions from a distance, felt a slight twitch in his heart, and asked tentatively, "Why don't you use a washing machine?"

He noticed that when Yang Fang took the clothes from the basin and hung them on the hangers, she deliberately wringed them dry.If it is washed by a washing machine, there is an automatic drying process, and there is not so much residual moisture.

The chubby nanny smiled and said, "It's just a little clothes, there's no need to use the washing machine. It consumes electricity and water, and the noise is too loud."

"That's true." Hu Pingtao nodded, and then praised: "You are very hardworking! There are not many responsible nanny like you, and it is hard to find."

Cao Lijun interjected next to him: "Sister Fang is indeed very diligent, she cleans up inside and out. I am usually too busy to take care of it. Many things are thanks to Sister Fang, otherwise you wouldn't even be able to drink tea tonight." superior."

Hu Pingtao laughed and said, "So, it's Sister Fang who usually cooks at home?"

Yang Fang replied: "It's nothing. I just get up in the morning to cook some porridge and steam the steamed buns I made in advance. Or I can order some noodles and cook a bowl of rice noodles or something. Teacher Cao and I will eat this meal in the evening. He doesn't have high requirements for dishes, just one meat, one vegetable and one soup."

Hu Pingtao asked: "Mr. Bai isn't eating at home?"

"She always eats outside." Yang Fang said.

"What time does she usually come back at night?" Hu Pingtao asked again.

Cao Lijun replied: "Sometimes it is later, but it will not exceed eleven o'clock. Most of the time I get home at 09:30."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Hu Pingtao stood up from the sofa, walked to Cao Lijun, and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, Mr. Cao is also a celebrity in our Yunnan province and a well-known domestic expert. That...Xing Le, use my Mobile phone, take a picture of Teacher Cao and me."

Xing Le was surprised by his request, took the mobile phone handed over by Hu Pingtao, and subconsciously asked, "Take a picture here?"

"Yes, just take a picture here." Hu Pingtao emphasized his tone, and then seemed to think of something, and quickly waved to the nanny Yang Fang who was standing on the side, and said enthusiastically, "Sister Fang, come too!"

Yang Fang quickly waved her hand and declined: "You do what you say, what am I doing by getting involved?"

Hu Pingtao laughed and said, "It's only because of you that it looks real! I usually like to post on Weibo and Moments. If someone sees the photo and says that I took it with a computer, I will say that Sister Fang is the nanny at Teacher Cao's family. That’s how you have credibility.”

Yang Fang was a little hesitant. It could be seen that she had no interest in taking pictures, and even resisted.

Cao Lijun didn't think much, and urged repeatedly: "Come together! Just take a picture."

Yang Fang had no choice but to walk over bravely and stand beside Hu Pingtao.The three of them posed, and Xing Le took several pictures in succession.

……

Out the door, back to the car.

Xing Le was about to turn the key to start the engine, but was stopped by Hu Pingtao.

"Wait, don't drive."

Xing Le turned his head and looked at him curiously: "What's wrong with you?"

Hu Pingtao's eyes were deep: "Suddenly thought of some problems, but I'm not sure yet."

"Is it related to the case?" Xing Le asked.

Hu Pingtao nodded: "If I'm not wrong, Yang Fang is very suspicious."

"Yang Fang? Are you talking about the nanny?" Xing Le's eyes widened suddenly, his face full of disbelief: "Are you joking? Just like her, she poisoned and killed people?"

Hu Pingtao stared at the night sky directly in front of him, his voice was very low: "Due to physical and personality reasons, Cao Lijun and Bai Yueping lived apart all the year round. You heard it just now, Cao Lijun himself admitted that he did not want to divorce, but also separated from Bai Yueping. .And so the question arises—how did the couple manage their individual sexual needs during such a lengthy separation?"

"Actually, both Cao Lijun and Bai Yueping are lying. This couple is very interesting. They both love and hate each other. Needless to say, Cao Lijun told more or less the truth tonight. Bai Yueping still loves Cao Lijun." She has feelings, but her values ​​and philosophy of life have changed, and she is no longer the little girl who just stepped into society many years ago. With certain wealth and ability, plus she is beautiful, naturally there is no shortage of suitors. Comparing the left and right, Cao Lijun, her husband who is more than ten years older than her, looks greasy."

Xing Le couldn't help but gasped: "You mean, Bai Yueping has a lover outside?"

"I can't rule out this possibility... Well, it should be very likely." Hu Pingtao said seriously: "A woman who doesn't come home until after nine o'clock in the evening and rarely eats dinner at home. Time, is there a dinner every day?"

Xing Le asked: "Could it be that Bai Yueping is lying?"

Hu Pingtao turned around and glanced at her: "If it were you, would you honestly say "I have a man outside"?"

Xing Le was the same as him, blushing, and said angrily: "...I...I have never experienced this."

Hu Pingtao didn't bother to tease her: "If you ask Bai Yueping face to face, she will definitely not admit it, but as long as you are willing to check, we can also find out who Bai Yueping's lover is."

"Then look into this area! Maybe that man is the murderer."

"If I thought of this yesterday, I would definitely focus on that direction. But it's different now, Yang Fang is very suspicious."

Xing Le asked puzzledly: "Why?"

Hu Pingtao explained: "On the day when the accident happened, when I saw Cao Lijun in the hospital, I thought there was a high probability that this case was a murder of love or revenge. There were many men around Bai Yueping, and she even had more than one lover. As long as If there are more than two, it is possible to have a strong jealousy, which will develop into hatred and then kill people."

"It could be from her lover, it could be from the man's family. It's a seductive and materialistic time. It's a bad feeling to have a family broken up... Take me for example! If anyone Tell me, your wife is cheating, it is worse than death for me. I will call my wife as soon as possible to verify, if it happens to catch up with her and that man outside singing and dancing happily, she still said on the phone The ugly words deliberately provoked me...don't say it was poisoning, I just picked up the kitchen knife and hacked them to death."

Xing Le felt a burst of tension in his heart, but he pretended to be relaxed: "I didn't see it! You still have violent tendencies."

"As long as a man can't bear it!" Hu Pingtao sighed: "So what Cao Lijun said tonight has already shown his attitude."

Xing Le didn't understand at once: "What attitude?"

"Cao Lijun's thinking is similar to mine. Although there is no evidence, he can vaguely guess that Bai Yueping has a man outside. He doesn't want to investigate, because no matter whether he can catch that man, for himself and this family, It's a disaster." Hu Pingtao explained.

Xing Le suddenly realized: "So Cao Lijun would rather ignore it and be an ostrich?"

Hu Pingtao smiled: "That's a good metaphor."

Xing Le blinked his eyes and asked: "So you judge from this that Cao Lijun is not the murderer?"

"He is an expert in plant research, and he is a national-level one." Hu Pingtao said seriously: "Actually, Bai Yueping's thinking is a bit biased. Even if Cao Lijun was injured and infertile, even if Cao Lijun was old, his His identity and status are far superior to Bai Yueping's. The Party school is not a professional institution, and an associate professor engaged in party history education is no match for a senior engineer in the professional research field. Don't look at the many men around Bai Yueping now, but with age increase, she will soon lose any appearance advantages. In the end, she will find that Cao Lijun is the best."

Xing Le stared at Hu Pingtao and gritted his teeth: "Are you prejudiced against women?"

"I'm just discussing the facts." Hu Pingtao said frankly: "This case is very special. Apart from the anger between Cao Lijun and Bai Yueping, the most important clue is the poison."

"Strychnine?"

Hu Pingtao nodded: "This thing is not easy to make, it is not available in the market. If the murderer used dichlorvos or powerful sleeping pills, I think it is normal, but why this?"

After all, Xing Le is a professionally trained policeman.Combining what Hu Pingtao said just now, referring to the comparison, she quickly formed a complete clue chart in her mind.

"So you suspect that Yang Fang is the murderer?"

Hu Pingtao made a low voice: "According to the information that Wang Dui and the others investigated before, Yang Fang came to Cao's house as a nanny the year before last. She is a local, and her family lives in Guanghe Village..."

As soon as he said this, Xing Le suddenly interrupted his words, and asked suspiciously: "Wait, Guanghe Village... I remember that it is a demolition site in Dongshan District. According to this, Yang Fang's family should not be short of money. , why does she still come out to be a nanny?"

Hu Pingtao turned around, smiled approvingly at her and said, "The fact that you can think of this shows that you have put your heart into it."

(End of this chapter)