Interrogation Room 2.
Fang Ping was brought into the interrogation room.
This time, the interrogators were Han Bin, Li Hui, and Tian Li.
"Officers, you guys always do these kinds of sudden attacks. I'm about to have a heart attack." Fang Ping stared at Li Hui with his beady eyes.
Fang Ping was very happy when he found out that his live streaming room had been unblocked. He thought that the case was over. Who knew that extreme joy would beget sorrow? Not long after, he was arrested by Li Hui and his men.
"Don't be so pretentious, kid. When you're in jail, you won't be able to see me even if you want to." Li Hui huffed.
"Officer, don't scare me. I didn't break the law. How can I go to jail?" Fang Ping laughed dryly.
Now that there was enough evidence, Han Bin did not beat around the bush. He went straight to the point. "You strangled Zhang Zihan with a scarf, didn't you?"
"Officer Han, I'm a coward. Please don't scare me."
"On the afternoon of December 9th, after you and Ma Chaoran left the Botanical Garden, you did go to the forest in the southern suburbs of the city. However, the two of you did not go hunting. Instead, you buried the murder weapon in the sycamore forest." Han Bin stared at Fang Ping's expression as he spoke.
From his expression, Han Bin saw fear.
This made Han Bin even more certain that Fang Ping was the murderer.
Fang Ping took a deep breath and pretended to be calm. "What does that prove?"
"We found two pieces of human skin on the scarf. One is yours, and the other is Zhang Zihan's. We have reason to believe that you strangled Zhang Zihan to death," Han Bin said.
"The two of us were in the same car. Maybe I accidentally touched her scarf." Fang Ping quibbled.
"Pieces of human skin that contain DNA are not something that can stick on with just a touch. It requires a lot of pressure and friction to leave behind a person's DNA. This is consistent with the inference that you strangled Zhang Zihan with a scarf."
Fang Ping lowered his head, his breathing quickening.
Han Bin struck while the iron was hot and continued, "After you killed Zhang Zihan at the first scene of the botanical garden, you put her body into a woven bag and then dragged the woven bag to the back of the rockery. The whole process was seen by witnesses."
"I don't believe it."
"I'm not lying. It's Tian Ruini."
According to Han Bin's conjecture, after Fang Ping killed Zhang Zihan and put her into the woven bag, the watch in his pocket might have gotten caught on the woven bag and dropped when he was dragging it. That was why it was picked up by Tian Ruini.
"You don't have an alibi, but we have witnesses and material evidence. We even found a cigarette butt that you smoked in the sycamore forest. It can be said that the evidence is irrefutable. The sooner you confess, the better it will be for you," Han Bin said seriously.
Fang Ping shook his head. His eyes were red and swollen. He looked like he was laughing and crying at the same time.
"Can I live if I confess?"
"If you don't confess, only death awaits you."
There were many ways to kill someone. If the suspect did not confess, it would be up to the police to decide what to write in the case file.
Fang Ping was silent for a moment. "I … I never thought of killing Zhang Zihan."
"Did you kill Zhang Zihan?"
Fang Ping nodded.
"Answer me directly."
"Yes, but that was an accident."
"Why did you kill her?" Li Hui asked curiously.
"She was very pretty. She wasn't afraid that you would laugh at her. Sometimes I would secretly watch her live streams. I liked her a lot and always followed her. It was the same when I went to the botanical garden this time." Fang Ping seemed to have a tightness in his chest as he took a deep breath.
Han Bin did not rush him and let him speak slowly.
"I'm Ma Chaoran's assistant and also her boyfriend. That day, we went to the botanical garden to clean up the trash. I heard an argument at about 1: 50. It vaguely sounded like Zhang Zihan's voice, so I went over to check it out. I found that Zhang Zihan and Sun Chuanxi had a conflict, but they didn't argue for long before Zhang Zihan left."
Fang Ping's cheeks twitched and he pinched his nose. "I followed her. I really like her. She's learned how to dance. Her curves are really good and she's really feminine. When I saw her, I felt that she was really good and really beautiful."
"Why did you two have a conflict?"
"I watched her from afar. I just wanted to admire her. I saw her walk to the two garbage bags. I was a little puzzled at that time. I didn't know what she was going to do." Fang Ping looked like he was reminiscing. He sneered.
"Would you have guessed it? She actually poured out the two bags of garbage and then made a mess of it everywhere."
"At first, I couldn't figure out what she was doing. I thought that she had quarreled with Sun Chuanxi and wanted to vent. Later, I found out that she had taken three sets of photos. That was when I realized that it took a lot of time to clean up the trash, but it took a lot of time to pour out the trash. She was using a trick." When Fang Ping said this, he looked at Han Bin and the other two opposite him.
"Do you understand what I mean?"
"Zhang Zihan uploaded the three sets of photos of her pouring out the trash in reverse order. That made it look like she was cleaning up the trash," Han Bin said. This was consistent with his analysis.
"Not bad. This woman is very smart. I liked her even more. I couldn't control myself and wanted to confess to her." Fang Ping clenched his fists, the expression on his face a little complicated.
"I told her that I liked her very much and wanted to date her. She laughed coldly and gave me a look of disdain. It was as if she was saying, 'Are you worthy?'"
"Aren't you Ma Chaoran's boyfriend? What made you think that Zhang Zihan would accept you? "Tian Li asked.
"I told her that I had taken a video of her pouring out the trash. If she didn't want to be with me, I would upload the video and let everyone know what kind of person she was. If it caused negative public opinion, no live streaming website would want her."
"You're really despicable." Li Hui huffed.
"That's what she said too. We quarreled. She even said that even if she couldn't become a live streamer, there would still be a lot of men pursuing her. Any one of them would be better than me. This made me very angry." Fang Ping showed a hint of viciousness and gritted his teeth.
"She even threatened me and said that she would tell Ma Chaoran about me pursuing her. In a fit of anger, I grabbed her scarf …"
"So you strangled her to death."
"I was too impulsive. I lost my mind. I didn't mean to …" Fang Ping started crying.
"What about Ma Chaoran?"
"When Ranran came, Zhang Zihan was already dead. I begged her to help me. I knelt down and begged her."
"Did she know why you killed Zhang Zihan?"
"She didn't know. I wronged her. I harmed her." Fang Ping lowered his head.
"Ma Chaoran didn't even know why you killed her. Why would he help you hide everything? Perjury is against the law. He'll still go to jail," Tian Li said, puzzled.
"Ran Ran is a very sentimental person. When she was very young, her parents divorced. She grew up with her own grandmother. Two years ago, her grandmother passed away, so she relied on me as her support."
"You still have the nerve to say that. Don't you think you're a scumbag?" Tian Li reprimanded.
"I do have feelings for Ranran. I'm genuinely good to her, but love isn't something that can be controlled by humans. I really, really like Zhang Zihan. I've always felt that monogamy is wrong. It's just like friends and relatives. How can there only be one in a lifetime? That's basically killing human nature. It's the most immoral thing to do. What's the difference between that and destroying human desires?" The more Fang Ping spoke, the more agitated he became. He felt like he had to get it off his chest.
"Haha, what kind of society are we in now? You still want to have multiple wives and concubines like in the olden days?" Tian Li said disdainfully.
"Officer comrade, you don't understand. In olden days, there was only one wife. It's just that there were multiple concubines. I think it's very reasonable," Fang Ping said.
"You're just quibbling." Tian Li absolutely disagreed with Fang Ping's words. "True love should be two people who love each other wholeheartedly, trust each other, and spend the rest of their lives together."
"Lady police officer, what's your favorite dish?"
"Fish with pickled cabbage and pickled cabbage." Tian Li did not hide anything. She wanted to see what the other party had to say.
"What if you only eat this one dish for the rest of your life?" Fang Ping asked in return.
"You …" Tian Li's expression darkened. She liked fish with pickled cabbage and pickled cabbage and pickled cabbage, but she could not eat it every day.
"That's enough. We're discussing a case, not life." Han Bin interrupted their conversation and continued his interrogation. "Fang Ping, did you have anything to do with the burglary at Zhang Zihan and Tian Ruini's houses?"
"Yes. When I restrained Zhang Zihan, she begged me for mercy. She said that she had more than a hundred thousand under her bed. If I let her go, she would give me all the money." Fang Ping sighed.
"Who exactly committed the burglary?" Tian Li asked.
After the burglary, there were not many clues. Only the surveillance of the apartment hall and the elevator were considered more important for the investigation.
Han Bin had handed this clue to Tian Li for investigation, but Tian Li had not found a suspect.
"I didn't dare to do it myself. I asked my cousin to do it," Fang Ping said.
"You're saying that the burglar is a woman!" Tian Li looked surprised. She finally understood why she had not found a suspect in the surveillance.
Tian Li had started her investigation with male suspects. Before she could find a female, she had found Zhang Zihan's body. She had put more effort into investigating the murder suspect.
Fang Ping laughed. "Did you think that the burglar was a man all this time?"
Tian Li's expression darkened. In her subconscious mind, she had indeed thought that the burglar was a man.
This was because there was a very important clue. Not only had Tian Ruini lost her belongings, but she had also lost her underwear.
In Tian Li's opinion, it was impossible for a woman to steal another woman's unwashed underwear. She had only heard of a male suspect doing such a thing. That was why she had subconsciously thought that the burglar was a man.
Han Bin remembered this clue as well. He asked, "You asked your cousin to steal the underwear on purpose."
"It seems to have worked quite well." Fang Ping smiled bitterly.
Han Bin sighed. "If you had used these thoughts on proper matters, things might not have come to this."
Fang Ping's smile froze. He muttered, "I hope there's a next life."
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