Unbelievable! The Blond Rookie Is the Chief Detective - Chapter 19

“I’m not talking about this case. I think Guan Hongwei must have killed someone before.”

Su Xiaoxiao had her reasons for saying that.

She had doubts after hearing Liu Jie say yesterday that Guan Hongwei was a cold-blooded and ruthless person.

After the incident, the police interviewed his colleagues to learn about his usual character.

Whether it was his colleagues’ statements or his own confession, the image he presented to the police was that of an honest man, an honest man to the point of being somewhat cowardly.

This is completely different from Liu Jie’s description. If Liu Jie’s description is true, how could his personality have changed so drastically when he was eight years old, given that he could so cruelly kill a dog?

So she took Xia to visit his colleagues and his neighbors.

Guan Hongwei was not lying about one thing: his colleagues did often mock him, though there was a hint of jealousy in their mockery.

Guan Hongwei is different from them. Although he appears to be just as hardworking and even more frugal than them, he is actually richer than them.

He not only owns two houses, but also has a beautiful wife.

In any era, the problem is not scarcity but inequality. It’s fine if people in the same social class are equally poor, but it’s problematic if you stand out.

So they often mocked him verbally and would seize any opportunity to make him treat them to meals. Guan Hongwei, on the other hand, had a good temper and let others laugh at him without retaliating.

In the early stages of the case, some people felt sorry for him, saying that he had been cheated out of money and cuckolded, all because of Wang Jue, who had pushed an honest man to the brink.

Colleagues who had mocked him now feel a bit scared when they hear the name Guan Hongwei, thankful that they hadn’t pushed him too far.

A colleague named Zeng Hu looked sullen and said, “I told you all long ago that bullying honest people will bring retribution, but you wouldn’t listen. Now you know the consequences.”

Su Xiaoxiao felt there was something strange about his words, so she asked him why he said that.

Zeng Hu said that he and Guan Hongwei used to be neighbors, and there was a saying in their area: “Bullying honest people will bring retribution.”

This honest man specifically refers to Guan Hongwei and his son, because those who bullied them have all suffered retribution to some extent, and some have even died violent deaths.

Su Xiaoxiao immediately became alert and asked him what he meant by “died a violent death”.

Zeng Hu gave an example: there was a father and son surnamed Gu in their area. The son and Guan Hongwei studied at the same school. The two children had a quarrel over a small matter, and the son’s hand was slightly cut.

As a result, the father brought his son to the door, not only beat Guan Hongwei but also forced him to kneel down and admit his mistake. In the end, Guan Hongwei’s father paid an exorbitant amount of compensation in order to settle the matter.

Others advised them to call the police, but Guan Hongwei’s father said, “What good would it do to call the police? At most, they would just give me a lecture, and they would come after my son. Forget it, I’ll just suffer the loss.”

Everyone thinks they’re spineless, but since they’re just not ambitious enough, no one else has any reason to interfere.

Who would have thought that a month later, the Gu family’s son slipped and broke his leg while going downstairs, and some time later, the father was walking on the road when he was hit and killed by a falling object.

This wasn’t the first time such an incident had happened. People who bullied Guan Hongwei and his son would all run into trouble after a while, which was quite strange.

Later, people attributed this to the idea that even Heaven would not stand by and watch honest people be bullied, and that such behavior would be punished.

Zeng Hu said he never speaks ill of Guan Hongwei, for fear of retribution, especially after one of the drivers who mocked him was in a car accident, he tries to keep his distance from him.

But no one listened to him and even mocked him for being timid, so he could only let them fend for themselves.

Only after Guan Hongwei’s accident did they realize how frightening it was, unaware that they had just narrowly escaped death.

“So, you think that all those people who got into trouble were the work of Guan Hongwei and his son?” Ye Jiuzhou asked.

“It’s highly likely. I don’t believe in coincidences, nor do I believe in karma. If that were the case, what would be the point of having police?! We could just wait for bad guys to get their comeuppance.”

Furthermore, think about it: would someone who premeditatedly murdered his own wife and then thought of using drugs to escape punishment be an honest person?!

Originally, I was thinking that if we really couldn’t find any drugs to prove his guilt, then we should investigate what he had done before. As long as we could find one thing, we could force him to confess.

Now that we have concrete evidence, if he confesses, we can dig deeper and make sure he has nowhere to escape.

Su Xiaoxiao had another thought in mind: she wanted to know what the lawyer Yan Kuan’s attitude would be when he knew that his client was guilty beyond redemption, in order to verify whether her idea was correct.

Ye Jiuzhou gasped in shock. There was actually such a possibility! He tossed aside his cigarette butt. “Let’s go back and interrogate Guan Hongwei. I refuse to believe this is true!”

In the interrogation room.

Guan Hongwei sat in a chair, handcuffed. His hair was shaved short, and he had stubble on his face, making him look somewhat haggard.

He wasn’t as good-looking as Liu Jie, but he wasn’t ugly either. He had small eyes with slightly droopy corners, and thick lips, giving him a naturally simple and honest appearance.

Su Xiaoxiao did not participate in the interrogation; she watched from the monitoring room next door. Wan Yan was more suitable for this kind of interrogation than she was.

“Guan Hongwei, I advise you to confess honestly. Confessing now is considered your voluntary confession. Once we present the evidence, you will have no chance,” Ye Jiuzhou spoke first.

“Officer Ye, what do you want me to confess? I’ve already said everything I need to say. When you interrogated me last time, didn’t you say that I had drug residue in my body and that I couldn’t control myself that day? Someone must be trying to frame me. Instead of investigating the real culprit and clearing my name, why are you interrogating me again?”

Guan Hongwei’s innocent expression made Ye Jiuzhou’s teeth itch; they had already experienced Guan Hongwei’s cunning during the last interrogation.

“Guan Hongwei,” Wan Yan began, “It must be painful to be betrayed by your wife. You love her so much that you changed the name of a house to her name before you even got married, and you handed over the family’s finances to her.”

You yourself are very frugal, with no demands other than for food, while she uses your money to buy pretty clothes, expensive cosmetics, chases after celebrities, and swoons over handsome men every day. If I were you, I would have given up long ago, but you’ve tolerated her time and time again, which is truly admirable.

Wan Yan’s words struck a chord with Guan Hongwei, who nodded unconsciously, finally someone understood his hardships.

Seeing his expression soften, Wan Yan stood up, took a cigarette and offered it to him, “Want one?”

Guan Hongwei’s expression brightened. Few of the drivers didn’t enjoy this kind of cigarette. He had been craving it for days while he was being arrested. He had asked them for some, but no one paid any attention to him.

Wan Yan lit the cigarette for him, and Guan Hongwei couldn’t wait to put it in his mouth, take a deep drag, exhale a ring of white smoke, and squint his eyes in comfort.

“You’re such a good cop, you know how to handle things. Damn it, I’ve been putting up with her for so long, but she’s getting more and more outrageous. It’s one thing to be infatuated with a celebrity, but she’s also using my money to support a gigolo. It’s too much of a bully.”

“Indeed, if I were you, I would want to kill her too. But I wouldn’t be as stupid as you, making such a big fuss. You have many ways to kill people, and you’ve done it before without arousing suspicion.”

Why were you so stupid this time?