Harima City.
Water Conservancy Bureau Family Compound.
Ma Jingbo brought Wang Xiao and the others to the family compound.
The environment of the community was good, and there was also a specialized property management company.
Ma Jingbo found the people from the property management company and asked them to open the door.
The people from the property management company shouted at the door for a long time, but there was no movement in the house.
Generally speaking, if there was someone in the house, even if they didn't open the door or answer, there would still be some noise.
The most common was someone walking to the door to listen to the movement outside.
Instead, the people outside would hear the footsteps.
Of course, people with a certain degree of anti-reconnaissance ability or preparation might hide in place and not make a sound, but this kind of situation was relatively rare.
Since Hong Xin had been arrested by the police, there was probably no one in the house. Ma Jingbo found a locksmith company and asked them to open the door.
After the door was opened, there was still no movement in the house.
Ma Jingbo took the lead and rushed into the living room. This was a three-bedroom apartment with a large kitchen with a sliding door. It was easy to see if there was anyone hiding inside. Inside was the kitchen, the master bedroom, the second bedroom, and the guest room. Several team members entered the room one by one to search.
"Safe."
"Safe."
"No one."
The house was a bit messy. When Ma Jingbo was about to search, there was a noise.
Zhang Shungu shouted, "Captain, I found something here."
Ma Jingbo walked to the side bedroom. This room was very tidy. There was a wooden bed on the left and a table on the right. There were some offerings on the table, and on the wall behind was a black and white photo of a little girl with a white silk hanging above the photo.
Zhang Shungu complained, "A good house turned into a mourning hall. Fortunately, I was brave enough. If it was Old He, he would have been scared half to death."
He Yingsheng put away his pistol and spat, "Pfft, you can think of me for everything. Can't you say something good about me?"
Ma Jingbo waved his hand, "Go, go, don't just stand here and watch. Search the house."
Everyone nodded and went to search the house.
Ma Jingbo carefully looked at the house. The furniture was clean and spotless. There were children's books, toys, and even some snacks.
There were some fruits placed on the sacrificial table. They looked very fresh and should have been placed there not too long ago.
The strangest thing was that there was a photo on the sacrificial table. It was a photo of a man and a woman. The woman was the mistress of the house, Hong Xin.
That man should be Hong Xin's husband. There was a photo of them in the living room.
There was an oppressive feeling in the room.
China had thousands of years of tradition, and there were many things to pay attention to when it came to funerals. The older the deceased, the easier it would be for the relatives to accept it. People in their eighties or nineties would even be considered to have a happy funeral.
The younger the deceased was, the more sorrowful their relatives would be. The greatest taboo was for the elderly to bury their children.
The little girl in the photo looked to be about six or seven years old. She had two braids and was at the age where she was lively and cute. Her death must have been an indescribable pain to her parents.
"Captain, I found something." He Yingsheng's voice came from the north room.
Ma Jingbo walked into the north room and saw a two-meter-tall cabinet on the right. The cabinet door was already open. He Yingsheng pointed to the cabinet and said, "Captain, I found a safe inside."
Ma Jingbo took a look. The safe wasn't big. It was about half a meter tall and had a layer of gray paint on the outside. Ma Jingbo asked someone to call a locksmith and asked him to open the safe.
For ordinary people, it wasn't easy to open a safe. It was like a lump of iron. It was much harder to open than a normal lock. You didn't have the skills to do it the hard way.
If you used the hard way and smashed it, you might not even be able to break it open. You might even attract the police.
However, for the locksmith, this wasn't a problem.
The master used professional lockpicking tools, and in less than three minutes, he had pried open the safe.
After it was opened, the safe was divided into two layers. The upper layer was filled with belts and ropes, while the lower layer was filled with three exquisite boxes.
Ma Jingbo opened the box on the left. There was a platinum necklace with a heart-shaped pendant inside. There was even a diamond embedded in it.
Ma Jingbo opened the box in the middle. It was still empty.
Then, he opened the box on the right. There was a man's watch inside.
Ma Jingbo recognized the platinum necklace. Li Yuan was wearing a platinum necklace of this style when she died. Li Yuan's parents had provided a photo of the necklace. As for the man's watch, Ma Jingbo had no impression of it, but he had some guesses.
The empty box in the middle gave Ma Jingbo a bad feeling …
In the interrogation room.
Han Bin thought for a moment. If Hong Xin's words were true, then Cai Jing's suspicions had risen. The most important thing now was to find her.
Han Bin called Li Qin outside the interrogation room and asked her to look for clues about Cai Jing.
Just as Han Bin was about to return to the interrogation room, his phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Ma Jingbo. He told Han Bin about the situation of the search.
At the same time, Ma Jingbo urged Han Bin to continue interrogating Hong Xin. He guessed that there might be more victims.
As for the cause of Hong Xin's daughter's death, Ma Jingbo would send someone to investigate.
Ma Jingbo's phone call was very timely. It made Han Bin reconsider the authenticity of Hong Xin's testimony.
Hong Xin's daughter was dead. At such a young age, it was most likely an accidental death. It was very similar to Cai Jing's situation.
More importantly, Hong Xin found Li Yuan's platinum necklace in the safe at her house. As for the man's watch, it was most likely Jiang Huawen's. These two items were not worth much, but they symbolized the two victims.
Hong Xin was definitely the murderer. Her previous confession was all fake.
The empty box in the middle was most likely used to contain the deceased's belongings.
Han Bin lit a cigarette and smoked half of it at the door. Then, he entered the interrogation room.
Han Bin sat behind the interrogation table with a serious expression.
Hong Xin asked, "Officer Han, I've said everything I need to say. Can you let me go now?"
Han Bin felt that there was no need to be polite to a suspect who had lied time and time again. He directly gave her a breakdown therapy.
"I want to ask you another question," Han Bin said.
"What is it?"
"How did your daughter die?"
The corner of Hong Xin's mouth twitched. Her expression suddenly became very ugly. She clenched her fists tightly and turned hostile. "It's none of your business!"
Han Bin continued, "Setting up a mourning hall in the house. You're very creative."
Hong Xin shouted, "It's none of your business!"
"That platinum necklace should be Li Yuan's, right? The watch should be Jiang Huawen's. It's an offering for your daughter."
Hong Xin hit the interrogation chair with both fists. "Don't mention my daughter again."
"Respect is mutual. You've lied to the police time and time again. Do you think we're monkeys?" Han Bin asked.
"What do you want?" Hong Xin stared at Han Bin.
Dragons have reverse scales, and Hong Xin's reverse scale was her daughter.
"Tell me, why did you kill Li Yuan and Jiang Han?"
Hong Xin gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know!"
Han Bin shrugged. "Then let's change the topic. Tell me about your daughter. What's her name? How old is she? "
"Don't mention her again!" Hong Xin scolded. "Don't you want to know who killed Li Yuan and Jiang Han? It's me. I killed them. "
"Why did you kill them?"
Hong Xin's face was a little ferocious. "They deserve to die!"
"How did you kill them?"
"On the night of May 12th, I wore that maroon coat, mask, and hat and followed Li Yuan to the stadium. I waited in the stadium. Finally, when everyone had left, I entered the swimming pool and saw Li Yuan swimming alone."
"I wasn't in a hurry. I was patient. I stood at the entrance of the swimming pool and waited for Li Yuan to come out of the pool. When she went to the locker to change, I used the electric baton to knock her out. Then …"
Hong Xin's face showed a touch of ruthlessness, and her hands suddenly tightened. "I took a belt and strangled her neck. One minute, two minutes … When I let go, she was dead. I took away her things, including the platinum necklace."
With Chen Baifeng as an example, and Hong Xin's previous record of lying, Han Bin did not completely believe her. He asked, "When you committed the crime, was there anyone else nearby?"
Hong Xin snorted. "When I walked out of the swimming pool, I saw a man in his twenties. He was wandering around the swimming pool like an idiot. I didn't know what he was doing."
"Did you see anyone else?"
"There was also a security guard patrolling the stadium with a flashlight."
Han Bin made a note in his notebook and continued to ask, "Where did you put the other things?"
Hong Xin tried to recall. "I threw Li Yuan's phone onto a sand truck. I lost everything else except the platinum necklace."
Hong Xin's description matched the crime scene, especially the details of the crime, which only the murderer knew.
It was basically confirmed that Hong Xin was the murderer who killed Li Yuan!
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