when the moon whispers

Chapter 428: Accomplice - Loophole (Part )

Six accomplices in the case
Seventy-nine loopholes (Part 2)
Xue Yilian always felt guilty and confused about Yang Zhi.

They didn't meet in obscurity. To be honest, it was more like a coincidence between a political science and law senior and an ugly duckling in hotel management. Even on the morning of the day when Yang Zhi died in a car accident, Xue Yilian was unable to find out the cause and effect from the groom-to-be who had asked for leave to get the marriage certificate. How did Yang Zhi, who was a representative of outstanding graduates and returned to his alma mater to give a speech at the anniversary celebration, see Xue Yilian, who got up early to get credits and tried to catch up on sleep in a corner, and even chased her to the student cafeteria, and on the pretext of not having a campus card, shared a bottle of Coke with Xue Yilian, who was choking and hiccuping on a crumbly biscuit.

Probably because of her background, Xue Yilian mostly studied and lived quietly on the edge of the crowd. Yang Zhi was really a surprise to her. He showed his kindness and favor to her openly and enthusiastically, and while she was still ignorant, he filled her almost monotonous world with brilliant colors.

"Yang Zhi is a lawyer. After getting his license, he has been working on public interest litigation cases. His income is not high, and his family conditions are not particularly good. At first, his parents did not agree to get a marriage certificate... It was because Yang Zhi helped several migrant workers win a lawsuit, and the contractor who owed money came to his house and shouted that he knew someone and would definitely find trouble with his wife and children to make him suffer. Later, the contractor seemed to have drunk too much and froze to death on the side of the road in the middle of winter. Coincidentally, the case of determining the liability of his colleagues was also taken by Yang Zhi, and in the end, he was grateful to him..."

Xue Yilian's eyes fell on the ground without any focus. She was lost in recollection, and then forced to smile. She felt that the topic had gone off track, so she pursed her lips apologetically. She shook the handcuffs and waved her hands, "I'm sorry, Officer Jiang... No one has mentioned Yang Zhi to me for a long time. I talked too much about irrelevant things... However, Yang Zhi must have been unaware of the matter between Song Wanwan and me at first. He spent more than half a year on a collective lawsuit for property owners' rights protection. I had planned to introduce Wanwan to him before getting married, but... I was running to the suburban sanatorium after work, and occasionally went to Fu'an Xingcheng Company to find Chen... It happened that I lied to go out one time, and I didn't expect to run into Yang Zhi downstairs of Fu'an Xingcheng's company building. He knew what I was busy with day and night recently."

"…More than four years ago, was it Yang Zhi who filed the lawsuit for the unfinished and collapsed Fu'an Xingcheng real estate development?"

Jiang Mo raised his eyes and frowned in surprise, "I remember that the lawsuit for rights protection dragged on for almost two years. Shengcheng International grabbed the limelight of some park development and Fu'an Xingcheng finally relented. It cost a lot of money to negotiate and mediate... Was Yang Zhi's car accident caused by this lawsuit?"

"It's partly because Yang Zhi has caused Chen a lot of trouble since he took over the lawsuit. But I think... it's more because... I told him about Wanwan's situation."

Xue Yilian's breathing, which had just recovered, suddenly stagnated. She swallowed hard twice, her fingertips holding the paper cup straightened and stiffened, and her whole body instantly fell into a fog of self-blame: "Whether it was the cyberbullying or the inexplicable fall from the building that was not investigated, Yang Zhi always felt that this matter could not be handled by me alone to negotiate with those bosses who were too arrogant. He... was afraid that I would worry, so he privately asked someone to inquire about the cases that were not accepted at the time..."

Jiang Mo lowered his eyes to look at Yang Zhi's resume, and used a ballpoint pen to mark the name of the firm where Yang Zhi worked. He picked up Yang Wenquan's photo and showed it to Xue Yilian for confirmation: "...I didn't expect that after asking around, I found out that Yang Wenquan, who was a consultant for Fu'an Xingcheng, was completely targeted by the brothers Chen Zuohui and Chen Zuoyi."

Xue Yilian didn't say anything at first. He stared at Yang Wenquan's sanctimonious face and clenched his teeth fiercely: "On the day when Yang Zhi got into trouble, it was Yang Wenquan who called him to meet, saying that he had learned something... about the situation of the Chen brothers and wanted to talk to him in person. The agreed place was far away from the city, and it was called a vacation in a hot spring to avoid the sight of those half-black and half-white people in Fu'an Xingcheng." "I still remember that it started to rain as soon as he went out. It seemed that in order to save dozens of dollars in taxi fares, he took the bus, but the bus stop was far from the agreed place, so he could only walk... He called me when he just got off the bus and said it would be late and asked me not to wait for him. Who would have thought that less than half a minute after hanging up the phone, the truck would hit us..."

Xue Yilian paused, and her shoulders, which had been calm at first, collapsed unconsciously. "Officer Jiang, I am hypocritical, and indeed blinded by hatred and biased. But whether it was Wanwan or Yang Zhi, I clearly knew that someone deliberately killed them, but I couldn't find any clues. How could I just watch them like this?!"

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"It's true. Although she took all the blame for the crime, Yang Zhi's death did add a lot of credibility to her motive for committing the crime."

Gu Xing walked around the small conference room with the teacup in his hand for a long time, then slowly walked to the open door. When he opened his eyelids, Huang Xingjun hit him head-on. Gu Xing was so angry that he saw stars in front of his eyes. He steadied the hot tea in his hand, raised his arm and hit him on the waist, "Where is Lin Yu? Didn't I ask you two to 'invite' security guard Xiao Song back to have a chat? Where is he? You just came back like this?"

"Don't mention it... That crappy event held in Shengbei Park, it seems that they are busy with the music week and are going to hold an outdoor exhibition. They are in a hurry to dismantle the frame - I heard from Master Chen that when we arrested Xue Yilian last night, Song Yike did manual labor all night. I don't know who installed the truck, but the frame was not tied tightly. When the accelerator was pressed, the iron frame on the top of the truck slid down - the idiot surnamed Song went up to hold it up, but he was hit hard. We ran into an ambulance when we went over and took it to the hospital."

Huang Xingjun raised his hand and snatched the teacup from Gu Xing's hand and took a sip. The hot water flowed into his throat and burned his eyes red. He went around the door and picked up a bottle of mineral water and drank it down his throat in one breath. He tilted his head and glanced at the interrogation records that Jiang Mo and Xiao Letian had arranged side by side: "...Scalded pig hair, Old Gu - bah...Master Chen didn't show up, so Lin Yu and I went to the hospital to take a look. It seems that the ribs were fractured, but it's not too serious. I asked my sister a few questions in the nurse's room to confirm the urgent matter - have you asked about the Shanqian Bar?"

"Not to mention that Xue Yilian had completely ripped off her previous alibi... The possibility that two people who had come into contact with each other over Song Wanwan's matter could kill someone through a wall without knowing it was almost zero."

Jiang Mo raised his eyes and nodded, holding up the remote control of the projector and quickly flipping through a few pages. He raised his chin and gently nodded at Xue Yilian's incomplete description between the lines: "Furthermore, Song Yike was assaulted by Chen Zuoyi. It was said that Xue Yilian, who had been secretly watching Chen Zuoyi for a long time... actually didn't hear anything at all."

Due to work and health reasons, I will be working on another day~
“Know your fate and don’t be afraid, and renew yourself every day.”