Silver Snow Line [Criminal Investigation]

The ward was deserted, the guards were all in their work uniforms, and the smell of disinfectant filled every corner. However, someone let out a slight sigh, like a ripple on a calm lake, breaking the silence and relaxing Qin Yonghui's tense nerves, and she fell back into the pillow.

"I drove him home. He was drunk and unconscious, so I pushed him into the driver's seat. I've seen news reports about carbon monoxide poisoning caused by not opening the car windows. He has bronchitis, which is most severe in winter, and he can't stand a stuffy environment. Not many people would come to the parking lot during that time, and the police officer you sent probably couldn't get into the community. By the time someone found him, he would have been dead."

Qin Yonghui narrated calmly: "This is the truth. If you want to know anything else, I will tell you everything I know."

Lu Shaohui asked: "Did you design Zhang Yuheng as well?"
"You mean the car accident?" Qin Yonghui thought for a moment and shook his head. "I originally planned to drive them back to Zhang's house before taking action. After all, there are so many people on the street. What if someone is accidentally injured?"

Unexpectedly, the reason why she drove the car into the river was because she was afraid of hurting innocent people. Lu Shaohui was stunned for a moment before continuing to ask: "Then you..."
Qin Yonghui: "It was because the three of them spoke rudely to Sister Yan Zi in the car, saying that she was unlucky and that she should die far away... She was dead and yet they still treated her so lightly and insulted her, I really couldn't stand it. Especially Zhang Yuheng... He was still blaming Sister Yan Zi for not giving him money, really... really damn it. So I couldn't stand it anymore, I took out the knife I had prepared under the seat and stabbed him. I thought the two old men would only care about saving their lives and not beg for mercy, after all, they were so indifferent to Sister Yan Zi's death. Who knew that their precious son was so important to them that they were willing to risk a car accident to grab the steering wheel from me, so I had to change my plan temporarily and drive the car into the river."

Lu Shaohui paused while writing, then asked, "Have you ever thought about what punishment you will receive for doing this?"
Qin Yonghui said indifferently: "I don't care, because I have already decided to die with this family."

She said that she deserved to die and that she wanted to die together with the Zhang family. In fact, apart from the moral issues, she had not done anything terribly evil. Her awareness was a little too high.
Xie Qingfei looked at her and suddenly asked, "You knew Wang Shuang was in Zhang Yan's ward that afternoon, did you call him on purpose?"
Qin Yonghui froze and looked at her suddenly.

Xie Qingfei's face was calm, and his tone was more like verifying his long-held guess than asking: "When you called, you actually hoped that Zhang Yan would answer the phone, right? Why? Did you want to warn her or declare your existence? No matter what your purpose was, you didn't expect to directly intensify the conflict between the two people, causing Wang Shuang to push Zhang Yan down the stairs impulsively. You think that Zhang Yan's death is related to you, and you feel guilty, so you want to avenge her and then commit suicide?"

She knew Wang Shuang's living habits very well, and naturally knew the time he went to the ward to meet his wife every day. How could a third party with a shady identity choose such an inconvenient time to call her no matter how much she missed her lover? After learning the truth about Wang Shuang's sudden intention to kill, Qin Yonghui realized that there was no difference between herself and Zhang Yuheng. Her childish phone call to declare sovereignty was also another knife stabbing Zhang Yan's chest.

The scent of Xie Qingfei still lingered faintly in her nostrils. This smell once belonged to a kind and gentle woman, a woman who could have lived a good life.
Qin Yonghui couldn't hold back any longer and burst into tears.

After confirming that the transcript is correct.
outside the hallway.

Lu Shaohui said: "Hey, why did you bother to bring up what happened just now?"
Xie Qingfei asked: "What's the matter?"
"Qin Yonghui is the indirect murderer of Zhang Yan's death... Although she called on purpose, she certainly didn't expect Wang Shuang to kill someone for this." Lu Shaohui said halfway, and then shook his head, "Forget it, it doesn't matter."
Xie Qingfei said: "You are wrong. This is exactly the most important point."
She looked at the haggard Qin Yonghui who was standing across the door and whispered, "At least for her, it's a relief to make it clear."

Xi Ming rushed to the hospital quickly.

The memory card was damaged and the data could not be restored for a while. Xi Ming conveyed Dai Lin's words, then he looked through the transparent glass on the ward door and asked, "What's the situation? How is it?"
Lu Shaohui explained it to him in a few words and felt quite sad.
At the end, he said sarcastically, "It's a pity that Wang Shuang died, otherwise, if he knew the real situation of Qin Yonghui's family, his expression would be quite interesting. Qin Yonghui just ran away from home, she didn't break off relations with her family. The information we have shows that her brother drove a truck while drunk and killed someone last year, and her parents came to Shengzhou to ask for compensation from her sister. Her brother will have to get married in the future, how much money will it cost to marry a wife? She is not much luckier than Zhang Yan."

Besides, Qin Yonghui is only one year older than Xi Ming. The kid in front of him can occasionally act silly even in a police uniform. Qin Yonghui may not be much more mature than him, so it is unexpected that he would develop a revengeful mentality.

Xi Ming read the transcript line by line, and suddenly said to Xie Qingfei: "Master, I think I know why he had that expression after you told Wang Shuang yesterday that Zhang Yan was not the only one dead. Could it be that he thought that Zhang Yan would not be able to bear it after knowing the news, and that life and death would only take two days, so there was no need for him to do it himself? That's why he regretted it... because he could have achieved his goal without involving any lives."

In order to get the money, Zhang Yuheng concealed the news of the miscarriage. Qin Yonghui's phone call exposed the affair. Wang Shuang couldn't wait to take action and thought he had killed two people... which eventually led to Zhang Yan's murder. If these things hadn't happened, Zhang Yan's depression had relapsed due to the miscarriage in the late pregnancy, and she was "depressed" without anyone noticing, I'm afraid no one would have suspected Wang Shuang.
She would die in such an unclear way, and she would never know the true identity of the person beside her. Wang Shuang's original plan could be achieved effortlessly, and he and his lover would live the life he wanted from then on. Even Zhang Yuheng and his parents could get a huge insurance compensation.

But since these things happened, she still couldn't escape the dead end, and couldn't get out of this abyss no matter what, as if her death was inevitable and a happy ending for all those involved. These people would not even think that she was the most innocent one.

Before Xie Qingfei could say anything, a police officer with a tender face came running over and said with a bitter face, "Captain Xie, Zhang Yuheng's parents are trying to kill Qin Yonghui. They are making a fuss. What should we do?"
Xie Qingfei frowned: "The person is not dead, what are you making a fuss about?"
The police officer was a little at a loss for words, so he whispered, "That's right, wasn't Zhang Yuheng stabbed in the back? Then he was hit when the car fell into the river. The doctor just checked and said... he won't be able to have children anymore."
Lu Shaohui: “Aha!”
Xi Ming almost couldn't help but gloat: "Will the Zhang family's incense be cut off? This is a big deal. Let the old couple seize the time and try harder."
Xie Qingfei said: “Ask them if they want to be detained for causing trouble in public.”
The police officer nodded and said yes, then said with embarrassment: "What about Zhang Yuheng..."
Lu Shaohui said enthusiastically: "I'll go, I'll go!"

"This is called retribution." After everyone left, Xi Ming whispered to Xie Qingfei.
This case wasn't difficult, but I still couldn't feel relieved after solving it.
Xi Ming sighed again and said, "It's a pity that with the death of Zhang Yan and Wang Shuang, it's Zhang Yuheng's turn to get rich. He can't get the insurance compensation, but he still has a lot of money from the refund. Wang Shuang's many businesses have no successors, and most of them will be swallowed up by the Zhang family. So what if I lose those two eggs? It's good enough to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life, and I don't have to be urged to get married anymore."
Xie Qingfei snorted coldly: "To have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life, it also depends on the premise that he knows how to be content. But how many gamblers have you seen turn back?"
"That's right. If he continues to be so extravagant, he will squander all his fortune." Xi Ming finished speaking and asked, "Why don't I see Xiao Zhao? Is he here?"
After he mentioned this, Xie Qingfei also realized that Zhao Chongyun had disappeared for a long time.
Just as they were about to ask, Lu Shaohui sent a message saying that Zhao Chongyun was with him, and the two of them felt relieved.

Zhang Yuheng has regained consciousness. After learning about his injuries, his brain temporarily shut down and he became speechless.
Father Zhang looked like he had aged ten years. He stood facing the corner without saying a word. Mother Zhang's crying in the ward was earth-shaking, so sharp and piercing that it tortured everyone's eardrums.
At first she said "My poor son", and later it changed to "My life is so miserable". By the time Lu Shaohui and his friends arrived, her crying had turned into "Zhang Yan is such a jinx, I shouldn't have brought her back in the first place."
Zhang Yuheng's gray eyes moved, and his voice was still hoarse: "Mom, what did you just say?"
Zhao Chongyun had walked to his bedside without a trace of emotion on his stern face, and his tone was businesslike: "Zhang Yan is not your biological sister. She was adopted by your parents from the countryside."
Zhang Yuheng was stunned for a few seconds, then turned to look at his parents: "How is that possible! Dad, Mom, he said my sister is... Are you just going to let them talk nonsense?!"

His parents told him the answer in silence. Zhang Yuheng had a wound on his abdomen, and he had to breathe heavily to calm the pain when he was a little excited. He was extremely incredulous and said with a strange smile: "My sister is not my sister? You, why didn't you tell me earlier? Why did you hide it from me!"

He suddenly remembered how kind his sister was.

As far as he can remember, his sister has always been with him. Although she is also a child, she has given him countless tenderness and patience. She would hold his little hand and buy him ice cream with her limited pocket money. After going to school, he needed to live in a boarding house, and his sister was always worried that he could not take care of himself, so she packed a lot of food and clothes for him. He grew up, and his sister was no longer young, but she still treated him as a child. She never missed the New Year's lucky money. She handed the heavy red envelope to him and said with a smile: Our Yuheng has made a difference, and I will enjoy the happiness with you in the future.
He would always be very proud and pat his chest and say, "Don't worry, sister. I will definitely treat you well in the future."

He will do it. No matter how insincere he is to others, he must be sincere when he says these words. Family members don't need to be overly concerned about gains and losses. Maybe he has some bad points, but... he is not that bad. Why can't we wait for him and give him one more chance?

But my sister died, and they were even arguing before she died.

"How did we treat her... She is my most beloved sister, how did I treat her? You are so cruel!"

Zhang Yuheng was so angry that he even tried to pull the needle off his hand. His mother hurried to stop him, crying like the sky was falling: "Why are you still thinking about that jinx? If it weren't for her, you wouldn't be lying here!"
"Mom, how can you say that to my sister?" Zhang Yuheng looked at his mother's face, and a strange emotion suddenly surged in his heart.
But this sounded so familiar, he must have heard it before. He had heard his sister criticized, blamed, and even abused countless times since he was a child, why did he find it so harsh today?
Lu Shaohui called the nurse in to give Zhang Yuheng another injection. Seeing how pitiful he looked, he propped him up with a pillow and said, "Okay, it's easier for Zhang Yan to accept that she's not her biological daughter. Otherwise, it would be really unfortunate for her biological parents and brother to treat their daughter like this."
After that, he paused and sighed, "It's a pity that she didn't know."

Although these words were meant to comfort them, they were actually an insult to the Zhang family. Zhang Yuheng did not care about her own reputation at this time. Tears streamed down her face, and she called out "sister" in a heartbroken manner.
He cried, and his mother cried too, crying like crazy, pulling Zhang's father and beating him while complaining, saying that Zhang Yan should have been drowned in the first place, why did they adopt her out of kindness? They raised a debt collector.
Zhang Yuheng interrupted her irritably, shouting in a hoarse voice: "I hate you, I hate you so much! You are the ones who killed my sister!"

Lu Shaohui gave a few symbolic words of advice, and muttered, "Is this true?"

Zhao Chongyun stood aside and watched him silently, his heart was terribly calm. For the first time, he felt that humans were very complex and strange animals. No matter because of the laws above their heads or the morals they shouldered, they knew that they should never hurt innocent people. A selfish villain like Zhang Yuheng actually understood the truth that "Zhang Yan should not have been exploited for so many years since she was not his biological sister." He went to the best university and received the most elite education. His IQ was also a level higher than that of the crowd. But if Zhang Yan was his biological daughter, he felt that he was innocent. He would not regret the resources he had squeezed from his sister as a vested beneficiary, nor would he shed a single tear for it.

Zhao Chongyun took out two pieces of paper and handed them over. Facing Zhang Yuheng's desolate eyes, he suddenly asked, "Have you been to see your sister's body?"

Zhang Yuheng was stunned for a moment.

"Your sister fell from the 13th floor, which is over a hundred meters high." Zhao Chongyun said without any fluctuation in his tone. "When I arrived at the scene and saw her... she was no longer human. I couldn't help but vomit when I saw her. I still feel scared when I think about it now. It was only later when I looked up her identity information that I realized that this lady was so beautiful when she was alive. Her voice was so gentle when she spoke, and she wasn't scary at all."

"Xiao Zhao." Lv Shaohui was afraid that he would say something inappropriate, so he reminded him.
Zhao Chongyun did not say anything else and walked out under Zhang Yuheng's staring gaze.
"Hey, kid," Lv Shaohui didn't stop him and explained the rest of the situation. "The suspect has already pleaded guilty and will be handed over to the procuratorate for further processing."

Speaking of the relationship between Qin Yonghui and Wang Shuang, Zhang's mother gritted her teeth and said, "I knew that this girl, who looks weird, is not a good person. Sure enough..."
"Just stop talking!" Zhang's father complained, "It's none of our business anyway. Officer, my son-in-law... Wang Shuang killed Yanyan. No matter whether he is dead or alive now, we will definitely investigate him to the end."

Lu Shaohui gave him a strange look and said, "Wang Shuang is dead, the case will be dropped, what else are you pursuing?"
Father Zhang frowned, obviously not understanding the situation, and asked, "Then how about the compensation?"

Even though Zhang Yan has no blood relationship with their family, she is still their legal daughter after all, and as a family member she deserves compensation from the murderer.
Lu Shaohui understood what Zhang's father meant and nearly vomited blood. He didn't want to talk any more with the family about how to take over Wang Shuang's inheritance. He covered his nose and left, fearing that if he was a step slower, the foul air in the room would choke his brain.

Over the next few days, the police sorted out all the relevant information about the case, a process that was no easier than the investigation phase.
The Zhang family was busy with their "business war" and kept quiet without making any more noise.

(End of this chapter)