Chapter 110 Murder and Stepping Stones
Chapter 110 Murder and Stepping Stones
Wang Liwu protected Aunt Luo and asked her to go and rest while she negotiated with the two criminal police officers who came to the lobby downstairs.
Aunt Luo was worried, so she made some tea and came over to check on the situation.
There are foreign doctors upstairs. They are watched by bodyguards and have been very quiet these two days, but there is no guarantee that they will become agitated and attract attention if the police come. Aunt Luo has also visited the master bedroom several times. As soon as Wang Liwu left, Chen Shizi lay down and never got up again. She lay flat on the bed motionless, as if frozen.
The criminal police talked to Wang Liwu and asked very detailed questions, indicating that there were some differences in Li Zheng's death and that the police had the right to force an autopsy. They also asked Wang Liwu about his activities on the night of the incident.
Wang Liwu said that the specimen museum belonged to her mother and she had been there often over the past twenty years. That day, she returned from a business trip and went to the studio as usual to cultivate her interest.
The explanation was impeccable, but neither of the two detectives believed it.
The young man who had just started working there asked bluntly, "According to the surveillance footage we retrieved, Ms. Wang brought a young woman into the museum that night, and when she came out late at night, she seemed to be in a coma."
Still leaning calmly on the sofa, Wang Liwu did not show any body language. With a smile that did not reach her eyes, she looked deeply at the stunned policeman and tapped his knee with her fingertips. "Has the police handling of cases become entertainment now? I might as well hold a press conference and tell the reporters directly." She stroked the wrinkles on the knees of her trousers with disdain, with obvious contempt in the corners of her eyes.
"Ms. Wang, please cooperate with us!" The young criminal policeman immediately frowned and asked seriously, deliberately using his voice to suppress the cold and gloomy aura that emanated from Wang Liwu's bones.
The more he straightened his shoulders, the more disdainfully Wang Liwu laughed.
With a twitch of his lips, he said sarcastically, "It seems that the induction training of police academies and public security also has some blind spots."
The two detectives, one old and one young, instantly became embarrassed, but when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
"Ms. Wang, I am investigating this case for the public good. I speak frankly. Please understand. I have no ill intentions."
Speak directly? No malice?
Looking at the seriousness in the eyes of the young criminal policeman, to put it nicely, he is upright and stubborn, to put it bluntly, he will not give up until he achieves his goal, there is only a degree of difference. Wang Liwu sneered and sat up straight on the sofa, clasping his two broad hands together, the backs of his hands bulging out cruel and cold bone lines, and his eyebrows and eyes overflowing with impatience.
"Dear police comrade, you don't seem to ask me any questions. How can I cooperate with you? If you want to learn from reporters and build a chain of evidence by taking a photo or making a gimmick, then you should go to the Communication University for further studies. It would be a waste of talent to go to the Criminal Investigation Brigade."
As soon as he finished speaking, he immediately ordered coldly behind him: "Send the guest out!" His voice was thunderous.
Wang Liwu's face looked very bad, like the dark sky on the eve of a storm at sea.
She was already very angry when Wang Xufeng brought reporters to the vicinity of the villa. The press release and the young detective directly directed the blame at Chen Shizi, which made her furious. She restrained herself for a long time before not directly kicking the man out and yelling "Get lost".
She hates the police.
Very annoying.
The most annoying job in my life.
More annoying than all her enemies combined.
The older criminal policeman was experienced and steady. He had dealt with Wang Liwu before, so he immediately tried to smooth things over by saying that his colleague was young and had just graduated and had no experience. He said that they were just following the procedures for the visit. He kept asking the younger one to apologize, and then he restated the questions and asked them in detail.
Wang Liwu spread his hands calmly, "Sorry, I have the right not to answer. The police have surveillance, you can check it yourself. I am busy with family affairs and my energy is precious. If you don't have a warrant, please don't disturb my life again. I don't welcome impolite outsiders in my villa. Please--"
She acted as if to see them off. Aunt Luo was more experienced than the assistant and gently led the two detectives away.
Chen Shizi had stopped at the corner of the stairs while holding onto the railing. When she saw the police walking out, she slowly walked down in her slippers: "Xiao Wu, are the police here for Grandpa?"
"He is old, I shouldn't quarrel with him and make him angry and sick..."
The detective had sharp ears and walked out of the villa, but he still heard it.
Wang Liwu's brows tightened.
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The two policemen drove away, and on the way the old man led the new man in a discussion.
"Xiao Zhang, you have to be methodical when questioning people. They are people of high status, and we are just ordinary policemen. Don't make yourself too sacred. You won't get anything out of them if you're too aggressive. You have to go with their mood and practice well."
"Captain Cheng, isn't it the job of a criminal police officer to solve cases? We have laws to follow. If we hesitate, the evidence would have been destroyed long ago."
"You don't understand. The Wang family is a deep well. This isn't the first time this girl has offended the police. The police have detained her before. She was just a 14-year-old kid before. She was much more murderous than she is now. She has become more peaceful in recent years as she has been running a business." Observing the traffic conditions in the villa area, the old criminal police officer sneered at the experienced driver, "Read the files more when you have time. Improving your case handling skills is the key. Don't be impulsive."
"Been to the police station? What happened? Captain Cheng, can you tell me more about it? It might be helpful to this case."
The old detective shook his head, watching his juniors eager to try, and sighed and laughed at the impetuousness of the young people. He casually recalled: "More than ten years ago, her father was driving under the influence and got into a car accident. Her stepmother took out a surveillance video at home and went to the police to accuse her of cutting the fuse of her father's car. The autopsy report showed that the deceased died of a disulfiram reaction caused by alcohol and ceftriaxone, and had a car accident while in a state of confusion. It caused a sensation at the time."
Recalling Wang Liwu's gloomy look in the court many years ago, the old detective felt a chill down his spine.
"She was just a kid back then, only 14, and she confronted the entire police lawyer team in court, insisting that her father hid her things and she was looking for them in the car. No one backed her up before that. On the day she was detained in the interrogation room, someone from above put pressure on her. We used polygraphs, solitary confinement and strong lighting, but it was useless for a teen-year-old. In the 24-hour dark confinement, she just stared coldly at the surveillance camera all day long, with the cold eyes of a serial killer. Everyone was shocked by this kid, but she was too strong psychologically and there was no flaw at all."
"14, so... amazing?" The young detective was dumbfounded. "Captain Cheng, have you finally found direct evidence of the disulfiram reaction?"
"Oh... No! We couldn't find it, so she turned the tables." The old detective touched his forehead. "Nowadays, all the minors are very fierce. As for her, there was no prosecutor to support the police. She directly sued her stepmother for giving false testimony in court and also sued the police for illegal torture, which caused a lot of trouble for the bureau. In the end, it was her uncle, Wang Cheng, a powerful figure in the Wang family, who negotiated with the higher-ups to cover up the matter, so outsiders didn't know about it, the news was suppressed, and the files were not made public."
The old detective preached, "Solving cases is our job, but people like this are born criminals. If you act rashly, you will get yourself into trouble. Do you understand?"
The young policeman's face was so shocked that he could hardly recover. He felt that the person he met today was not as powerful as the captain said. At most, she was just a rich female CEO with a bad temper and arrogance. She didn't look like a meticulous and strong-hearted murderer at all.
I breathed a sigh of relief, and the words coming from the stairs before I left the house kept echoing in my mind: quarrels, illness...
From the sound, it seems that there is a girl upstairs, and she should be very weak.
Now, is this case a death from illness or murder?
I can’t figure it out…
The police car was stopped by reporters halfway, and a group of people surrounded it and asked it all kinds of questions.
"Did the police find anything unusual during the autopsy?"
"Did the detective come to summon you because he found evidence related to murder?"
"Is Wang Liwu staying indoors because he is guilty and afraid?"
"..."
Captain Cheng was impatient and immediately turned the car around. He shouted in a muddy voice: "This is normal procedure. Please don't over-interpret it and hinder law enforcement!"
Xiao Zhang hesitated and rolled down the window to look at the group of reporters, and someone immediately took advantage of the opportunity to push a microphone in.
There was a smart reporter among them. When he saw Xiao Zhang's frightened expression, he immediately asked anxiously: "Hello, officer, did you find anything in the villa?"
Xiao Zhang frowned, didn't say a word, but the expression on his face showed everything in his heart.
The police car pushed through the crowd, and Captain Cheng immediately shook his head in disappointment, "No wonder Wang Liwu said that you didn't have adequate training. Don't get involved with reporters. They are bloodthirsty. Today I will teach you a second lesson." Hawkeye became sharp and indifferent, "Do your job well, ignore anyone who comes to you, or you will become a stepping stone for others."
"Yes, Captain."
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