I am a super cop

Chapter 2899 Motive for murder

In the cave, Zhao Xiaochuan was stunned when he saw the familiar face suddenly appear, and he didn't react for a long time.

Seeing that it was Zhao Xiaochuan who was hiding in the cave, Zhao Zhuowen became excited and quickly stepped forward, put his hands on Zhao Xiaochuan's shoulders, and said without hesitation:
"Xiaochuan, is it really you? Who do you think I am?"

"You are……"

"I'm Zhao Zhuowen, and you were the one who told me about this cave." Zhao Zhuowen said excitedly.

But at this moment, Zhao Xiaochuan's face looked extremely ugly. He looked at Zhao Zhuowen's excited expression and seemed unable to be happy at all.

"Zhao Xiaochuan." Before Zhao Xiaochuan could react, Gu Chen continued to ask:
"What's the matter with you saying you don't know Gao Cheng? You went to the same middle school, how could you not know each other?"

"I... I just don't know him." It seemed that what he said just now was too decisive and it was hard to undo it now.

And the old acquaintance Zhao Zhuowen who suddenly showed up was also here. The scene was very awkward for a while, but Zhao Zhuowen didn't feel that way.

Lu Weiwei was also very unhappy and said, "You said you don't know Gao Cheng? How is that possible?"

"When you were in middle school, Gao Cheng was always with you. Now you say you don't know Gao Cheng?"

Shaking her head, Lu Weiwei continued, "You said that on purpose, didn't you? Have you seen Gao Cheng recently?"

"I... I didn't. I don't know Gao Cheng, so how could I have met him?" Zhao Xiaochuan was also very nervous at this moment.

So Gu Chen looked at Zhao Zhuowen on the side.

Zhao Zhuowen knew what Gu Chen meant, so he quickly explained: "Zhao Xiaochuan must know Gao Cheng. When we were in middle school, Gao Cheng had a grudge against Zhao Xiaochuan."

"No, no, how can you remember what happened in middle school so clearly?" Zhao Xiaochuan seemed to not want Zhao Zhuowen to continue talking, so he quickly stopped him.

But at this time, Officer Wang stepped forward and said, "Zhao Xiaochuan, is there anything inconvenient to say?"

"Zhao Zhuowen has told us about what happened between you and Gao Cheng in middle school. Gao Cheng was always causing trouble for you at that time."

"And every time Gao Cheng took you away, you always came back covered in wounds. How could you not recognize Gao Cheng? Are you kidding me?"

As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, Gao Cheng was speechless, and it seemed that he didn't know how to refute Officer Wang.

So Officer Wang also emphasized his tone and continued, "Zhao Xiaochuan, let me ask you again, do you know Gao Cheng?"

"me……"

Faced with Officer Wang's warning, Zhao Xiaochuan's face looked extremely ugly and he didn't seem to know how to answer.

Officer Wang was relentless and continued to remind him, "You were always bullied by Gao Cheng when you were in school, but now you say you don't know Gao Cheng."

"And what are you doing hiding in this place? Is it really like you said, that you are just too embarrassed to go home?"

"Or did you meet Gao Cheng near the reservoir?"

When Zhao Xiaochuan heard Officer Wang mention the reservoir, his face suddenly became even uglier.

At this moment, Gu Chen also said slowly: "During this period of time, Gao Cheng was drowned in the reservoir."

"And according to our investigation, you happened to be near the reservoir during the time when Gao Cheng drowned. Is this a coincidence?"

"I... I don't know what you are talking about?" Hearing Gu Chen say this, Zhao Xiaochuan, whose body was trembling, responded breathlessly.

Yuan Shasha snorted and laughed: "Zhao Xiaochuan, you are pretending very well. We suspect that the person who killed Gao Cheng is you, and you also have the characteristics of a suspect."

"Because the time of Gao Cheng's death highly coincides with the time you appeared near the reservoir."

"And your luggage was stored in a house that had not yet been built in the town, but you were hiding in the cave."

"I won't say anything else. Just the fact that you hid in the cave after Gao Cheng's death is very suspicious."

"And now you keep saying that you don't know Gao Cheng. You have such a big conflict with Gao Cheng, and you tell us that you don't know Gao Cheng?"

"You've been kidding us from the beginning. Don't you feel embarrassed to lie?"

"And the more you lie, the more we suspect you are the murderer."

"I'm not, I'm not the murderer, I... I just forgot, I have a bad memory. Those things in middle school were all over the years, how could I have such a good memory?" Zhao Xiaochuan still refused to admit it.

It's clear that he has a mentality of giving up.

However, before Gu Chen and his colleagues found Zhao Xiaochuan, they had already conducted various investigations and analyses on Zhao Xiaochuan, including his teachers and classmates.

I also learned a lot about Zhao Xiaochuan from his former class teacher, Mr. Xu, and his classmate Zhao Zhuowen.

So it seems that even Zhao Xiaochuan himself does not believe what he is saying now.

Seeing Zhao Xiaochuan's horrified expression, Yuan Shasha continued:
"You drowned Gao Cheng by the reservoir, and then hid in the mountains, trying to avoid the limelight."

"Because you know that your presence will arouse suspicion."

"So you thought that this cave, which only you knew about, would be very safe, and you could observe the dynamics of the mountain from the commanding heights."

"Your wishful thinking is very loud, and I really admire you for it."

"But you have to make it clear that you once told your classmate Zhao Zhuowen the location of this cave."

Having said that, Yuan Shasha looked at Zhao Zhuowen.

At this time, Zhao Zhuowen was also very panicked and didn't know what to say for a moment.
After all, this is a secret between the two of them. If the murderer of Gao Cheng is really Zhao Xiaochuan, then it would be very embarrassing for him to bring the police to arrest Zhao Xiaochuan.

After all, Zhao Xiaochuan is also Zhao Zhuowen’s junior high school classmate, and the two have always had a good relationship.

Now the best brother, with a group of policemen, came to the secret cave and arrested the good brother.

Zhao Zhuowen felt caught in a dilemma. On the one hand, he was a good brother, but on the other hand, his good brother might be the real murderer.

At this moment, Zhao Zhuowen really wanted to let go and go as far as he could.

But just as Zhao Zhuowen was hesitating, Gu Chen spoke up, "Zhao Zhuowen, do you think there is a deep conflict between Gao Cheng and Zhao Xiaochuan?"

"This……"

"Repeat what you just told us." Before Zhao Zhuowen could hesitate, Gu Chen reminded him again.

Zhao Zhuowen was in a dilemma, but between friendship and legal principles, Zhao Zhuowen still chose legal principles, and could only lower his head and said helplessly:

"Yes, during those years when we were studying, Gao Cheng, who was in the senior grade, would often go to see Zhao Xiaochuan."

"And every time Zhao Xiaochuan was taken away by Gao Cheng, he would be covered in wounds the next day." "I know, it must have been Gao Cheng who did it. I've also asked Zhao Xiaochuan about it."

"But Zhao Xiaochuan is quite stubborn. He just won't say anything and even told me to stay out of his business."

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Zhuowen sighed helplessly: "So at that time, I had no choice. If you don't want to say it, you can't blame others."

"I can't even help you."

"Stop talking." Hearing that his old classmate Zhao Zhuowen was about to expose his past as a student, Zhao Xiaochuan was very angry and said without hesitation:
"Okay, I remember now. I think I have a grudge against this Gao Cheng."

"What's your grudge against him?" Lu Weiwei asked.

"He blackmailed me and felt that I was easy to bully." Zhao Xiaochuan said angrily.

"Just because of this?" Officer Wang was a little unconvinced.

But Zhao Xiaochuan still nodded and explained: "Yes, he not only blackmailed me, but also beat me."

"I can't beat him, so every time Zhao Zhuowen sees me after getting beaten, that's what happens."

"It's not that simple, right?" Lu Weiwei became more and more confused the more she listened.

Gu Chen said slowly, "It is said that you had a very bad temper during your time in school. If someone disturbed you, you would fight back angrily."

"But when you faced Gao Cheng, you just accepted it. I don't understand. What do you mean?"

"I...I've said it before." Facing Gu Chen's questioning, Zhao Xiaochuan also said slowly:

"I...I can't beat him."

"This is definitely not a question of whether you can win by fighting or not, right? Do you have some leverage over him?" Gu Chen also felt that Zhao Xiaochuan was intentionally hiding something?
At this moment, facing everyone's curious gazes, Zhao Xiaochuan's body trembled even more violently.

He sighed heavily, but shook his head to deny it:

"I'm not hiding anything. The fact is that Gao Cheng is blackmailing me. He always felt that I was easy to bully, and then...then he found ways to make me give him money."

"Aren't you going to tell the teacher? This kind of blackmail is quite serious." Lu Weiwei said.

"I... I didn't dare. Gao Cheng was very good at fighting at that time." Zhao Xiaochuan also had a cowardly expression.

Gu Chen shook his head and said, "This is not your style. There must be a very serious conflict between you and Gao Cheng, so serious that you must let Gao Cheng die."

"And Gao Cheng's death near the reservoir must have something to do with you."

"Comrade police, have you done a serious investigation?" Seeing Gu Chen's words, Zhao Xiaochuan, who seemed not afraid at all, also said with disdain:

"You said I killed Gao Cheng just because I appeared by the reservoir?"

"Isn't this important? There is an abandoned factory site next to this reservoir. What are you doing there?"

"Besides, Gao Cheng also happened to be there, which just shows that there is a good chance that you two will meet here."

"And you also have a chance to kill Gao Cheng here, right?"

Gu Chen's words once again left Zhao Xiaochuan speechless.

He tried to calm himself down, adjusted his breathing, and looked up at Gu Chen and said:
"I just happened to be passing by there, and I just wanted to find a place to stay."

"So I thought of the cave I had built here before, and I wanted to come here to take a look. If possible, I would like to live here for a while. This is my idea."

Shaking his head and sighing heavily, Zhao Xiaochuan continued to complain:

"And why is Gao Cheng at the reservoir? How would I know? I don't even have Gao Cheng's contact information, so how could I possibly meet him here?"

"But what if Gao Cheng was forced to come here?" asked Officer Wang.

Zhao Xiaochuan was stunned. "Forced? Gao Cheng was forced to come here, is that what you mean?"

"That's right." Facing Zhao Xiaochuan's doubts, Officer Wang nodded silently.

"Haha, this is hilarious. What does this have to do with me? Gao Cheng was forced to come to the reservoir. What does this have to do with me?"

"Because he was forced to come to the reservoir, you had the chance to meet him, and then you killed him, right?" Officer Wang continued.

But Zhao Xiaochuan shook his head: "Gao Cheng was a good fighter back then. I was bullied by him all the time. How could I beat him?"

"Since I couldn't beat him then and I can't beat him now, why should I kill him? What makes you think I can kill him?"

"But what if I give you a prerequisite?" Seeing that Zhao Xiaochuan was speaking convincingly, Gu Chen continued.

Zhao Xiaochuan frowned and asked, "What preconditions do you give me?"

"Gao Cheng was seriously injured and struggled in the water for a long time. He finally tried hard to swim to the shore, but he happened to meet you."

"You may have thought that this was someone who needed help, but when you were helping him, you discovered that this was the person who bullied you in school."

"So you had other ideas. You drowned the weak Gao Cheng directly in the reservoir."

Gu Chen finished speaking, noticing the difference in Zhao Xiaochuan's expression at the moment, and continued to ask: "Am I right?"

"What's right about that? I even find it a little ridiculous." Zhao Xiaochuan responded sarcastically to Gu Chen's reply.

Seeing this, Lu Weiwei said unhappily, "But if you had a deep conflict with Gao Cheng back then, it's inevitable that you would have the intention to kill him."

"Moreover, the person in front of you is your enemy Gao Cheng, who was seriously injured and had no power to fight back. He almost died in the reservoir. Do you dare to say that you have no intention of killing him?"

"I... I really want to teach him a lesson, but he blackmailed me back then, so do I have to kill him? Do you think this reason is reasonable?" Facing everyone's doubts, Zhao Xiaochuan also gave his own reasons for rebuttal.

At this moment, Gu Chen walked up to Zhao Xiaochuan step by step and looked at him with sharp eyes.

Facing Gu Chen's powerful oppressive gaze, Zhao Xiaochuan chose to tactically avoid his gaze.

"Look into my eyes." Gu Chen said straight to the point without any nonsense:

"Look into my eyes, Zhao Xiaochuan. What you just said does make sense, but the premise is that Gao Cheng was just blackmailing you back then."

"But if Gao Cheng did something else to you that made you hate him to the core, didn't you think of quietly killing him when he was weak and powerless to fight back?"

"You keep saying all this, but the premise is that you have no motive to kill."

"But when this motive for murder is established, what should you say?"

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