Unbelievable! The Blond Rookie Is the Chief Detective - Chapter 22

The family that had just bought the house from Wang Jue was quite frightened.

When we bought the house, we were drawn to this small courtyard. We thought it would be nice to renovate it and grow vegetables and flowers. It was bought by our daughter to provide for her parents in their old age.

Unexpectedly, just after receiving the property and before even starting renovations, skeletal remains were unearthed from the yard.

Solving a case has given everyone a huge boost of morale, and they’re in high spirits. Tomorrow we can issue a police report and release it to the public, so that those people online won’t be able to exploit any loopholes and stir up trouble.

Guan Hongwei said he received two text messages on his phone, and opinions on the matter varied.

Most people think this point can be ignored, because no one knows if what he said is true, since there was no evidence left on his phone.

However, Su Xiaoxiao and Wan Yan both felt that at this point, Guan Hongwei had no reason to lie about such a small matter.

Moreover, the points where these two texts appear are consistent with the behavioral logic he explained.

The second time, in particular, the text appeared on Guan Hongwei’s phone the night before the tragedy, giving him ample time to plan the details of the murder.

Moreover, they found that Wang Jue had indeed booked the tickets a day in advance, meaning that Guan Hongwei received a text message on his phone shortly after Wang Jue booked the tickets.

The text lasted for only a few tens of seconds before disappearing automatically without leaving any trace.

However, both Su Xiaoxiao and Wan Yan believed that the person who tipped them off was Liu Jie.

Because he also appeared near Guan Hongwei at several key moments, seemingly monitoring Guan Hongwei’s every move.

Ye Jiuzhou also felt it was necessary to invite Liu Jie over to assist in the investigation.

Liu Jie was brought to the interrogation room at nine o’clock in the morning.

Everyone stayed up all night again, at most taking a nap at their desks, and then started working again after breakfast.

“Liu Jie, we’ve asked you to come here today to assist with the investigation. We hope you can tell us the truth.”

“Okay, officer, I’ll tell you the truth.” Liu Jie looked a little nervous, which was normal; most people would be a little nervous in front of the police.

Do you know Wang Jue?

“know.”

What is your relationship?

Liu Jie hesitated for a moment, then said, “She’s my brother’s wife.”

“We’re asking about your relationship with her, not her relationship with your brother.”

“We used to be lovers, but we broke up a long time ago.”

When did you break up? And why?

“It’s been more than two years. When she was with me, she was also seeing another man. That man found out and told me. No man could stand it, so we broke up.”

“Does Guan Hongwei know that you two used to be lovers?”

“They probably don’t know.”

“Since you’ve already broken up, why are you spying on Wang Jue? Did you install the Trojan program on her phone?”

“What program? I don’t know. We’ve already broken up. I’m not that bored.”

“It can’t be that boring, can it? Then why did you follow Guan Hongwei?”

“Officer, you must have made a mistake. I didn’t follow Guan Hongwei.”

Jiang Qing placed two screenshots from the video in front of Liu Jie, saying, “Take a look, are these two people you?”

Liu Jie picked up the video screenshot and looked at it, his expression conflicted. “It’s me.”

“These two locations, one near the Regal Hotel and the other near the Jiamou Building, coincided with Guan Hongwei’s presence at that time. We’ve actually checked; you could see Guan Hongwei’s car directly from where you were standing. So tell me, if you weren’t following Guan Hongwei, what were you doing?!”

“I… I just happened to be passing by.” Liu Jie clasped his hands together nervously.

“Just happened to be passing by. Who would just happen to be passing by and stand there for so long? Liu Jie, I hope you understand the consequences of lying to the police.”

Ye Jiuzhou slammed his hand on the table, his tone becoming stern.

“You knew all along that Wang Jue was with another man, didn’t you? The two messages that appeared on Guan Hongwei’s phone were sent by you. You installed Trojan software on Wang Jue’s phone, and her every move was under your surveillance. You sent the news of her being with another man to Guan Hongwei because you wanted to get revenge on them both.”

These two people, one is your former lover who deceived you, and the other took away half of the property that should have belonged to you.

If you want revenge, the best course of action is for Guan Hongwei to kill Wang Jue. This would leave them both severely injured, allowing you to both avenge your family and reclaim your property!

“No, no, no, officer, I really didn’t think that way. I hate them both, but I never thought of them dying.”

No matter how much I dislike him, he is still my brother. My mother told us brothers to get along well before she died, and I promised her that I would never break my promise.

Besides, the decision about the property was made by my father, not him. The moment my father kicked my mother and me out of the house, he had already abandoned us. Whether Guan Hongwei was there or not, he wouldn’t have left any property to me.

Moreover, if he kills Wang Jue, Wang Jue’s family will definitely demand compensation, and I will have no chance of getting any property. He has injured so many people; his assets won’t even be enough to cover the compensation, and he might even implicate me.”

Su Xiaoxiao and Wan Yan watched Ye Jiuzhou questioning Liu Jie in the monitoring room. Liu Jie was quite stubborn and insisted that he had not done anything. Moreover, what he said was not entirely unreasonable. At least he was right about the money-making. Both involved compensation, and he could not actually get the property, so it was not money-making. Was it possible that he just wanted revenge?

But what does taking revenge on Guan Hongwei and Wang Jue have to do with Lin Yue?

Even after investigating for so long, she still couldn’t figure out how Liu Jie and Wang Jue could be connected to Lin Yue. Guan Hongwei’s murder and Lin Yue’s murder seem to be two different cases.

Is there anything she hasn’t considered?!

Liu Jie refused to divulge anything, and Ye Jiuzhou was helpless, since they had no other evidence besides seeing Liu Jie and Guan Hongwei appear together on the surveillance footage.

Furthermore, Liu Jie left before Guan Hongwei entered the movie theater, which they found strange. If he wanted revenge, why didn’t he watch Guan Hongwei go in himself?

After Ye Jiuzhou came out of the interrogation room, the group huddled together and discussed whether they should detain Liu Jie first.

Just then, news came from the hospital that the worm had woken up.