deep white secret

Chapter 33
Ning Xia and Xu Jie cooperated tacitly, and each of them traveled half the distance and arrived at Lin County at around ten o'clock in the morning.

Lin County is under the jurisdiction of Jinghai City. Although it is not far away, its economic conditions and city size are much worse than Jinghai City.

Because Wang Zhuangwei was a prisoner released from prison, the two people quickly retrieved Wang Zhuangwei's information from the Lin County Civil Affairs Bureau and the local police station.

But this information shocked Ning Xia and Xu Jie, because three years ago, Wang Zhuangwei had lost his footing and drowned.

"This... Captain Xu, it seems we are going in the wrong direction."

Xu Jie was even more surprised. How could the direction he thought was so sure go wrong?

"What about Wang Zhuangwei's family? We need to go and visit them."

The police from the local police station took it seriously and quickly found out Wang Zhuangwei's residence address during his lifetime.

"Captain Xu, I don't know if the family has moved or had other changes. After all, it has been three years."

Xu Jie said regretfully:
"Let's go check it out first. If we can't find it, we'll think of other ways."

When they got back to the car, Ning Xia and Xu Jie both looked downcast. When Xu Jie drove this time, Ning Xia said:

"Team Xu, our analysis direction is wrong. According to the known clues, Wang Zhuangwei died three years ago. There is no way he could be the murderer of Zhang Qiang."

Xu Jie said nothing, his meaning was the same as Ning Xia's.

Lin County is not big, and Wang Zhuangwei's household registration has been cancelled. The household registration address is in a town under Lin County. Half an hour later, Xu Jie knocked on Wang Zhuangwei's door.

This is a bungalow with a relatively remote address. It is said to be in a town, but in fact it is far away from the city. There are only a dozen or so households around, and there are large tracts of crop fields around it.

Xu Jie knocked on the door, and a middle-aged woman came out:

"Who are you looking for?"

"We are police officers from the Jinghai City Criminal Investigation Team. We have something to ask Wang Zhuangwei. We found out after we came here that he had passed away. Who are you?"

Ningxia took out her ID and took a quick step in front of Xu Jie.

The woman was very surprised, but her attitude was gentle:

"I'm his sister, please sit in your room."

Walking into Wang Zhuangwei's home, he said it was his home and others were not here.

"That's right. We would like to ask about Wang Zhuangwei's imprisonment and how he drowned?"

The woman's weather-beaten face showed helplessness:
"Really, how can I say it, Dawei is really impressive..."

The woman's eyes turned red as she spoke:

"It's been three years, but I feel aggrieved when I think of this younger brother. I say I'm angry with him. He's gone. I say I don't blame him. If he had been a good person back then, why would the family be like this!"

Ningxia looked up at the room. The window sill and wardrobe were covered with dust. The woman was simply dressed and looked to be in her 30s, but there were fine wrinkles on her forehead and around her eyes.

There were some daily necessities piled haphazardly on the table next to the wardrobe. Ningxia looked at the woman and waited for her to calm down.

"Dawei is a very honest kid who doesn't like studying. After graduating from junior high school, he refused to study at all. His family had no choice but to let him go, so he worked everywhere in the first few years."

The woman talks about the past with dissatisfaction:

"Later he went to the Dayou Factory. Who knew that if he didn't work hard, he would do such a harmful thing."

The woman wiped her tears and lowered her head.

This state was exactly the same as Zhang Qiang's parents a few days ago.

Ningxia knows that whether it is criminal punishment or final civil liability, it will be a disaster for such a family.

The woman continued:
"The police officer also saw it. Our family is an ordinary family. My parents... have passed away in recent years. Now the family's tens of thousands of debts are all weighing on me."

After the woman finished speaking, there were no tears left, and her eyes were hopelessly sad:

"I have been like this all my life. What do you think I did wrong? I was only 27 years old when Dawei committed the crime. These ten years have been like a year. My parents passed away and Dawei also left. There is no point in living for me. I really want to follow They go together."

This sad atmosphere spread, Xu Jie frowned, leaned back on the chair, and Ning Xia clenched the pen in her hand.

"When did your parents die?"

"After Dawei's verdict came down, my mother couldn't survive. At that time, the family had to spend 25 yuan. We had no money. We borrowed it everywhere, and my mother collapsed. After borrowing the little money, she went to see a doctor again. My father It didn’t work anymore later.”

The woman said this with a somewhat complaining tone:
"Dawei is introverted and an honest child. How he could be incited to hurt others is really unacceptable. He has also brought so much harm to the family. It's all because of Zhang Qiang. Seriously, the police officer blames that person."

Unexpectedly, the woman was still brooding over the case back then, Xu Jie asked:

"What happened back then? We've seen the files. Did Wang Zhuangwei have anything to do with the deceased Wu Yan?"

"No way? It was Zhang Qiang who instigated it. I don't know about the others. Dawei had a good relationship with the deceased. Every time he brought food home, he would also bring a portion to Wu Yan."

"But it hurt him in the end."

The woman can't say anything:
"So Zhang Qiang was the mastermind and was sentenced to the longest time. Dawei was sentenced to a shorter period of time, only seven years. But what's the use? He's gone."

This sentence filled Xu Jie's mind with strange emotions and thoughts, and the vague idea at the beginning came back to his mind.

Before Xu Jie could ask the question, the woman continued:

"Dawei was in there for seven years, and his parents left. Dawei came out three years ago. I thought I had survived, but it turned out that he was fine. He went to play in some reservoir without any problems, and something happened."

"How is Wang Zhuangwei doing after he comes out?"

Ning Xia didn't want to ask at first, but since the words had reached this point, she asked smoothly.

"It's okay to come out, honestly go to work to make money, always say sorry to me."

"Why did he drown? Can you elaborate?"

Seeing that Xu Jie attached great importance to it, Ningxia asked seriously.

"That's right. Why did he drown? You can't swim in October, and no one is allowed to go to the reservoir. He didn't know what he was doing and fell in."

"How is Wang Zhuangwei's mental state after he comes out?"

Xu Jie suddenly asked.

The woman shook her head:
"Actually, something happened to Dawei two months after he came out. I didn't have time to think about anything."

"Two months?"

This time point is a little sensitive, Ning Xia and Xu Jie looked at each other, Ning Xia saw the same search in Xu Jie's eyes as her own.

"If you think about it again, did anyone look for Wang Zhuangwei before his accident?"

The woman shook her head:
"I do not know."

"What was he doing?"

"When I was doing odd jobs in the town, he would go to anyone who needed help. It was the autumn harvest at that time, and the work he took was quite complicated."

"What's Wang Zhuangwei's condition? Do you see him every day? Especially before the accident, he didn't change much?"

The woman thought for a long time:

"I have to talk about changes. In those days, Dawei said he wanted to leave Lin County to work somewhere else. Nothing else really happened."

"Did you ask him why he left?"

"After asking, I was afraid that he would become a bad person again after leaving Lin County, but he said that he wanted to make a lot of money and make my life better. He also said that it would be safer to go out and start over in a place where no one knows him."

Xu Jie frowned:

"When did he say this before the accident?"

"A day or two ago, I objected and we had a quarrel."

(End of this chapter)