deep white secret

Chapter 38
After receiving Ma Mingjie's call, Xu Jie didn't explain much. He and Ningxia returned to Jinghai City overnight.

Although he had suspicions and asked the Song Bureau for instructions, Xu Jie still blamed himself and should have found out this connection earlier.

So on the way back, Xu Jie frowned and said nothing. Ningxia sat in the passenger seat and didn't know what words of comfort she should say.

The two people had just checked here and locked the suspect. Almost at the same moment, the murderer took action.

At this time, they had walked halfway, and both of them looked tired. Ningxia's eyes were red but she was not sleepy at all.

"Captain Xu, I'll drive, you can rest for a while."

"fine."

"Captain Xu, we just locked the target a few hours ago. In fact, we don't know who the murderer is until now, let alone one step ahead."

Xu Jie understood what Ningxia meant:
"If I could have caught that flash of thought at the time, instead of subjectively thinking that Wu Yan's family was incapable of committing the crime, maybe I would have been a step ahead."

"But……"

Ningxia wanted to say something else, but she was interrupted by Xu Jie:

"Sing me a song."

Ningxia looked at the tired Xu Jie and felt inexplicably moved.

If it were another person, Ningxia would definitely knock the opponent to the ground with a shoulder-throw.

But for Xu Jie, looking at his deeply furrowed brows and the faint cold light in his eyes, Ning Xia just said softly:

"I can't sing well."

"I don't sing well either."

So Ningxia sat upright and cleared her throat:
“Can you hear clearly the brightest star in the night sky?
The loneliness and sighing in the heart of those who look up;
……

I pray to have a transparent heart and eyes that can shed tears,

Whenever I'm lost in the night...

Please guide me closer to you..."

When she reached the climax, Ning Xia's voice was trembling and full of emotion. Xu Jie could tell that this was Ning Xia's favorite song.

Ningxia's voice is sweet, especially on a night like this, on a dark highway, a night for two people, with only car lights illuminating the road ahead.

With Ningxia's company, Xu Jie felt very warm, and this song sang to Xu Jie's heart.

When the car was about to enter Jinghai City, Ningxia fell asleep, and the thin coral velvet blanket Xu Jie prepared early came in handy.

But as soon as the car drove into the police station, Ningxia opened her eyes and looked at her watch. It was already [-]:[-] in the morning.

"Captain Xu!"

Ningxia saw stubble growing on Xu Jie's jaw.

"It's okay. We've been investigating the case day and night, but you, can you handle it?"

"No problem, if Team Xu can do it, I can do it too."

Ningxia looked at the trunk and secretly sighed that it was a wise choice to have spare clothes in the car.

When I got out of the car and raised my head, I saw that many rooms in the police station had lights on. While the citizens of Jinghai were still immersed in their sleep, these criminal investigation officers had already begun to fight hard.

Ning Xia drank some water and followed Xu Jie into the police station.

Ma Mingjie, Zhang Lei, and Shi Yihang had all returned to the team, but the first thing Ningxia saw on her desk was the large bouquet of red roses that were still in full bloom.

Xu Jie asked Ma Mingjie anxiously:

"Knowing that it's not convenient for you to talk at the scene, I put down the phone and rushed back to Ningxia to tell you what's going on over there."

"Captain Xu, the murderer of Zhang Qiang's case surrendered, but before surrendering, he injured another person. The injured person's name is Li Shuwen. Now they are all being rescued in the city hospital."

"No casualties?"

"Not yet, but both of them were seriously injured."

Xu Jie was puzzled:

"Why are you there?"

"We received a call from the police. A woman named Shen Cuifang told us that there was a car accident on Songshan Road and that she was the murderer of Zhang Qiang's case."

"Car accident? Why can't I understand? What's going on?"

"Captain Xu, please tell me what's going on over there first. Why did you call Shen Cuifang?"

Xu Jie gave a brief account. When talking about Wu Yan’s case ten years ago, Zhang Lei explained:

"Team Xu, we are two groups of people who finally came together. To put it simply, Shen Cuifang is Wu Yan's mother. The man who died in the car accident tonight with Li Shuwen was Wu Yan's father, named Wu Qiming."

The five people present looked at each other. No one expected that the truth was like this.

"Where is Shen Cuifang now?"

"In the detention room."

"Why did these two people commit murder on Songshan Road? Why did Li Yewen stay with them?"

"Head, Wu Qiming chose Songshan Road because there is a section of road there that is very wide and has fewer vehicles. As for their relationship with Li Shuwen, we don't know yet, but the incident happened close to Songshan, and we have obtained the surveillance video from that time. "

After Ma Mingjie finished speaking, Shi Yihang projected a screenshot of the video onto the big screen.

A black car drives into the surveillance video and stops in the middle of the road.

Two people got out of the car, a man and a woman.

The two men walked to the back seat and dragged another person out of the car. The person's hands and feet were tied and he was thrown into the middle of the road.

The man then returned to the car and backed it almost 100 meters away, repeating this process until the person on the ground was knocked out of the guardrail.

During this period, the woman had been squatting not far away, but Ningxia saw her covering her eyes with her hands and seemed to be crying.

The bumper of the car had fallen off, and at this moment, the man in the car stumbled open the door and walked out.

The man and the woman met, and the two sat on the roadbed of Songshan Road. The woman took out her phone.

Soon the police and a large number of people arrived...

Shi Yihang closed the video and Zhang Lei said:
"Team Xu, the two perpetrators in the video are Wu Yan's parents. The man is 62 years old and the woman is 58 years old."

Even though he had experienced many major criminal cases, Xu Jie still felt sad when he saw this scene:
"How is Li Shuwen's injury?"

"His life was critical. He was just released from prison today. He had no vital signs the moment he was taken to the ambulance."

Ningxia looked at the still big screen and was shocked by the result. Shen Cuifang and Wu Qiming not only killed Zhang Qiang, Li Shuwen, but also Wang Zhuangwei.

"They killed Wang Zhuangwei, Zhang Qiang, and Li Shuwen just to avenge their sons?"

"Only you and Team Xu have seen the files from back then. Ningxia, what happened back then?"

Before Ning Xia could speak, the criminal investigation team's office phone rang. Zhang Lei was the closest and picked it up. Listening to the voice on the phone, his face became a little more solemn.

Putting down the phone, Zhang Lei said:

"Team Xu, Li Shuwen has died due to excessive injuries. Wu Qiming also died 5 minutes ago due to ruptured brain tumor, intracranial hemorrhage, and multiple organ failure throughout his body."

brain tumor?

These two words flashed through Ningxia's mind. Someone once mentioned these two words to her, not long ago, right next to her.

Ning Xia walked up to the image frozen on the screen and traced her fingers across the man and woman...

A thunderbolt suddenly appeared in Ningxia's mind. Ningxia asked Shi Yihang in a trembling voice:
"Shi Yihang, can you enlarge the screen? I want to see this person."

At this time, Ningxia's lips were trembling, and her eyes opened wider as Shi Yihang zoomed in on the screen.

The woman on the screen became more and more clear. She had short hair and was not tall. She was exactly the person Ningxia thought of.

"Captain Xu, this is the boss and his wife of Shen Ji Restaurant."

So when Xu Jie and Ning Xia came to the detention room and saw Shen Cuifang, all three of them had ups and downs.

(End of this chapter)