Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 660 Confirmed
So what if we can't compare?
If the fingerprints match, then there's nothing more to say; just grab them directly.

But how can we obtain Zhang Chunlan's husband's fingerprints?
Thinking of this, Captain Cao turned to look at the deputy director of the security department of Jinggang General Plant, who had been with them since they received the report yesterday and hadn't said much.

When the deputy director saw Lao Cao turn to look at him, he quickly understood the reason after a moment's thought.

"Captain Cao, you want me to help you get Teacher Deng's fingerprints?"

“That’s right,” Captain Cao nodded readily.

"Do you believe what Hu Feng just said?" the deputy director of the general factory's security department asked, frowning.

When Hu Feng mentioned the improper relationship between Tong Guangyao and Zhang Chunlan, he wanted to interrupt, but then he remembered that his superior had told him that he was only accompanying the criminal police team of Shishan Branch and providing them with convenience at certain times, and that he should not easily express any of his own opinions during this process.

So he shut his mouth again.

But seeing that the police seemed to believe what Hu Feng said, he couldn't help but ask a question in return.

"We don't believe it, but since someone said so, we will definitely maintain reasonable suspicion. The only way to rule out the possibility that Teacher Deng committed the crime is to compare his fingerprints with the bloody fingerprint we found in the kitchen on the first floor."

The reason we didn't want to go directly to Zhang Chunlan and her husband, but instead wanted to obtain Teacher Deng's fingerprints privately through some means, was also due to concerns about the potential impact.

However, if there's really no other way, we wouldn't rule out going to find them, Director Liu. I'm sure you also hope we can solve the case as soon as possible and bring the criminals to justice, right?

After listening to Captain Cao's words, Deputy Director Liu fell silent.

As the deputy director of the security department of the main factory, he naturally hoped that the police could solve the case as soon as possible. The longer the case dragged on, the more rumors and gossip would circulate.
Thinking of this, Deputy Director Liu nodded slightly: "Captain Cao, I will arrange for someone to help you obtain Zhang Chunlan's husband's fingerprints, but I hope you will not contact them before the comparison results are available."

"You can rest assured, Director Liu. The reason I asked you to help us is that I don't want to make this a public issue. Reputation is important to everyone."

But solving the case is also very important, so this process cannot be delayed for too long.

"Thank you for your understanding, Captain Cao. You can rest assured that I will try my best to deliver the fingerprints to you today."

Deputy Director Liu breathed a sigh of relief. He was worried that the police would just ignore everything and leave them with a mess after the case was over.

This Deputy Director Liu has worked in the security department for many years, and has handled many cases within Jinggang Steel. He has also assisted the Social Affairs Bureau in cracking some special cases targeting Jinggang Steel.

Based on his experience, he knew very well that if the improper relationship between Tong Guangyao and Zhang Chunlan was true, then the person who killed Tong was very likely Zhang Chunlan's lover, Teacher Deng.

Being cuckolded is something no man could stand; he'd definitely be capable of murder.

But the prerequisite is that the man needs to know that he has been given a colored hat.

"Director Liu, it's not just Zhang Chunlan's husband, Teacher Deng's, fingerprints, but the fingerprints of both of them."

At this moment, Captain Cao suddenly spoke up and added.

"For two people?" Deputy Director Liu paused for a moment, then said with a look of surprise.

"Captain Cao, you even doubt Zhang Chunlan? She's a woman."

"What's wrong with women? Does Director Liu look down on women, or does he think women wouldn't commit murder? We can't be sure whether Tong Guangyao was killed by a man or a woman. Judging from Tong Guangyao's condition at the time, let alone a woman, even a child could have killed him with a knife."

"Uh..." Deputy Director Liu was at a loss for words after being questioned by Captain Cao. After a moment of stunned silence, he could only nod and say.

"I understand, Captain Cao. I'll make the arrangements right away."

"Thank you for your cooperation, Director Liu."

"No need to be polite, it's all for the case." Deputy Director Liu stood up, waved his hand, turned and walked out of the security department's conference room, preparing to arrange for someone to find a way to collect the fingerprints of Zhang Chunlan and her husband.

He certainly wouldn't assign anyone from the cold rolling mill's security department. If he did, he bet all sorts of rumors would be flying around by nightfall.

Moreover, although he was the deputy director of the security department of the main factory, he did not have direct command over the security departments of the branch factories. Even if these people were willing to listen to him on the surface, they might actually be disobedient in their work.

He didn't want to mess this up; if he delayed the case investigation, he would be the one to be punished by his superiors.

……

If you're willing to do it, obtaining a person's fingerprints quietly is relatively simple.

Around 1 p.m., the people sent by Director Liu brought over Zhang Chunlan and her husband's water cups.

Before the comparison results were available, in order to prevent the two people from discovering the issue and causing any trouble, Captain Cao ordered his subordinates to quickly send the two cups to the brigade's testing department, so that they could retrieve them after the fingerprints were extracted from the cups and return them to their rightful owners.

Shishan Branch is one of the smaller branches among the county (branch) branches under the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. Due to limited funds, it has not established its own technical support department. On weekdays, if there is a need for assistance in a case, the evidence is sent to the headquarters or the technical personnel from the headquarters are asked to come and help.

Waiting is always a bit agonizing, but fortunately the headquarters responded quickly, which prevented Captain Cao and his subordinates from suffering for too long.

"Captain, the comparison results are in."

At 3:30 p.m., the detective from the Criminal Investigation Team of Shishan Branch, who had been waiting for the comparison results at the headquarters, ran into the conference room of the Security Department of the Cold Rolling Mill with the results sheet given by the headquarters' inspection department.

Captain Cao jumped up and took two steps forward to take the result sheet from his subordinate who ran in.

"Did it match?" he asked as he took the phone.

"Uh... Captain, you should see for yourself."

"Hmm?" Captain Cao glanced at his subordinate, whose expression was rather strange, with some surprise, then lowered his head to carefully examine the form in his hand.

"The blood fingerprint collected from the faucet matches the right thumb of the second reference object. The second reference object is... Zhang Chunlan?"

Captain Cao's eyes widened as he looked at the results on the paper.

Everyone else in the meeting room was also astonished upon hearing this.

The bloody fingerprints left on the faucet in the kitchen on the east side of the first floor of the east unit of Building 12 turned out to be Zhang Chunlan's!
"This...you're not kidding, are you?"

Old Cao looked up at his subordinate standing in front of him in disbelief. Could it be that his words had come true?

"Unless the cup is wrong."

"Impossible." Before the investigator could finish speaking, Deputy Director Liu of the Security Department of Beijing Iron and Steel Plant stood up excitedly.

“My people saw Zhang Chunlan drinking from that cup with their own eyes, and then secretly took it after she left work. There’s no way they could be mistaken.”

Seeing this, Captain Cao quickly waved his hand: "Don't get excited, Director Liu, don't get excited. I didn't mean to doubt it. It's just that I found it hard to accept this result."

"Look, the results are in now..."

"Captain Cao, now that the match has been confirmed, you should proceed as planned, and we will fully cooperate."

Before Lao Cao could finish speaking, Deputy Director Liu interjected with his assurance. "Alright, Mingguang..." Hearing this, Captain Cao didn't waste any more words and turned to look at another subordinate.

"arrive"

"Take two people and go invite Zhang Chunlan over."

After arranging his own people, Captain Cao's gaze fell on Deputy Director Liu.

"Director Liu, could you please send someone to take my people there as well? Once there, your people can handle the situation. If Zhang Chunlan resists, then my people can take action."

"No problem, I'll arrange it right away."

The comparison results were in, so Deputy Director Liu naturally wouldn't object anymore. However, he also wanted to take this opportunity to report to his superiors.

A section chief was murdered, and it now appears that the killer is the woman with whom he had an ambiguous relationship. This outcome will more or less bring some trouble to the leadership.

He needs to inform his superiors beforehand and make preparations in advance.

……

Zhang Chunlan was brought over quickly. When she heard the people from the main factory's security department say that the Public Security Bureau had called her over to ask her some questions, she didn't resist at all and readily followed them.

Upon entering the conference room, without waiting to be asked, she proactively stated, "There's no need to investigate; I killed the person."

Her proactive disclosure made Lao Cao look at her with new respect.

"Zhang Chunlan, please sit down." Captain Cao gestured to the chair.

"You say you killed someone? Please explain clearly, who did you kill?"

"Tong Guangyao, I killed him." After sitting down, Zhang Chunlan answered calmly.

Looking at the woman who had already sat down and appeared calm and composed, Old Cao narrowed his eyes.

This Zhang Chunlan is 47 years old this year. She has a full figure and fair skin. Although she is almost 50, she still has a charming appearance. She speaks softly and gently. She doesn't look like a murderer who can stab others more than a dozen times.

Despite knowing that appearances can be deceiving, Lao Cao, who had handled cases for many years, couldn't help but feel suspicious when he saw this woman. Could she be taking the blame for someone else?

For whom?

Of course it was her man, Teacher Deng from the steel mill's affiliated school.

"Explain how you committed the crime, and why you killed him."

Faced with this question, Zhang Chunlan did not answer as decisively as before. Instead, she pursed her lips and lowered her head, seemingly deep in thought.

Old Cao didn't rush her. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one for himself, and then casually tossed the cigarette pack onto the table, indicating that the others could take it themselves.

Then he smoked while patiently waiting.

After a long while, Zhang Chunlan finally raised her head again, a look of resignation to her fate appearing on her face.

“Tong Guangyao threatened me, so I had no choice but to kill him.”

"Threatened you? How did he threaten you? And when did he threaten you?" Captain Cao frowned upon hearing Zhang Chunlan's explanation.

"Also, Comrade Zhang Chunlan, please answer these two questions for me first: what is your relationship with Tong Guangyao, and why is he threatening you?"

“He…he’s my brother-in-law, but my sister has passed away a long time ago.”

"You haven't answered my second question yet. If he's your brother-in-law, why is he threatening you? And what is he using to threaten you?"

"He said he had no children and demanded that I give my youngest son to him for adoption. If I didn't agree, he would..."

"What about him?" After waiting for a while and seeing that Zhang Chunlan had no intention of continuing, Captain Cao could only press for an answer.

"He...he...he's going to tell my husband about us, mmm..."

After quickly saying those words, Zhang Chunlan covered her face with her hands and burst into tears.

Seeing her like this, Captain Cao didn't ask any more questions. He just sat there watching her cry. After a minute or two, seeing that she still hadn't stopped, he tapped his fingers on the table twice.

"Alright, Zhang Chunlan, calm down first. You said that Tong Guangyao asked you to give your youngest son to him for adoption, and threatened to tell your husband about your relationship if you didn't agree. Isn't he your brother-in-law? Do you two have some other relationship?"

"I……"

There was another silence, but this time Captain Cao didn't need to remind her. Zhang Chunlan, who had stopped crying, paused for a moment before revealing the sordid affair between her and Tong Guangyao.

It should be said that Zhang Chunlan was a victim at the beginning, because her first improper relationship with Tong Guangyao was forced upon her.

Under Tong Guangyao's threats and out of fear of losing face, she didn't dare to call the police, nor did she dare to tell her parents or husband.

It was precisely because she neither dared to report it to the police nor told her family that Tong Guangyao became increasingly arrogant, using the matter to threaten her and force her to maintain this relationship with him.

This status was maintained for twenty years.

Does your husband know about your relationship with Tong Guangyao?

"he does not know."

"You mean, you and Tong Guangyao maintained this improper relationship for twenty years, and your husband never found out?" Captain Cao was a little incredulous.

"He really didn't know."

Seeing that the police kept pressing her for answers, Zhang Chunlan became somewhat agitated, and her voice rose considerably.

do not know?
Captain Cao didn't believe her at all. Her improper relationship with Tong Guangyao hadn't just started recently, but had lasted for a full twenty years. Even if it hadn't been discovered earlier, how could it have remained undiscovered for so long?

Don't think that women have amazing intuition; men's intuition is also incredibly accurate, especially when it comes to matters between men and women.

Not only did Lao Cao not believe it, but the other investigators in the meeting room and that Deputy Director Liu also did not believe what she said.

Zhang Chunlan could tell that no one believed her, so she hurriedly explained, "Officers, I'm not lying to you. Tong Guangyao and I only meet when we're on the night shift. We never meet at any other time, and we never meet outside the factory, so..."

"Let's not talk about that for now. Tell me about how you committed the crime."

Old Cao didn't dwell on the issue anymore. The reason he believed Zhang Chunlan's husband should know about it was because he felt that the murder of Tong Guangyao was not something this woman did alone.

But since she doesn't admit that her husband knew, let's ask her about the details of the crime and see how she answers.

(End of this chapter)