Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 34 Ghost Hotline - Serial Murder Case 14
Peng Shuai is an ordinary-looking boy who is still in college. He is timid and hesitant when he sees the police. You would never guess that he is the beast who did those things back then.

After Zheng Yan and the others went inside, he kept fidgeting, his eyes darting around, and his fingers fidgeting, looking very nervous.

It's easy to imagine that he was most vigilant at this moment, perhaps just like Zhao Mingyue back then, his mind racing, trying to figure out how to escape legal punishment.

"Peng Shuai, what is your relationship with Peng Siyan?" Zheng Yan started with a small question.

This is a very simple and easy question to answer. Without thinking, Peng Shuai said, "He is my cousin."

"Are you aware of the abuse and assault he committed against the deceased, Qu Li, back then?"

It was obviously easier to talk about other people's crimes than about his own, so he still cooperated by answering, "I know a little... He told me that he quite liked Qu Li."

"Oh, you like her so much that you burn her with cigarette butts, you like her so much that you rape her. Is this what you people consider 'liking'—walking on the edge of breaking the law?"

"..." Peng Shuai shut up awkwardly, and after a few seconds said again, "My brother did do something wrong, so they broke up later, and my brother's later girlfriends never had any problems... No matter what, Qu Li didn't deserve to kill someone."

"We also find it strange that Qu Li would rather die than give up killing Peng Siyan. After investigating, there is only one explanation—Peng Siyan must have done something terrible to her. Do you know what it is?"

He immediately shook his head: "I don't know. My cousin and I are several years apart. I was in high school while he was in college. He doesn't come back often."

Zheng Yan nodded: "So, the person who taught Feng Yang and Jiang Zhixin to attack Chen Yingying and the others wasn't your brother. Was it you?"

"How did the blame fall on him?" Peng Shuai quickly denied, "No, no, it wasn't me! I was only a freshman in high school at the time, Chen Yingying was already a sophomore. It was Feng Yang himself..."

"How do you know that Chen Yingying was in her second year of high school when she was assaulted?"

Peng Shuai's words were cut off. He froze for two seconds, then his face turned ashen.

Tan Ming, standing nearby, said sternly, "Confess! You know what happened to Chen Yingying, so you must have been involved in what happened back then! Peng Siyan, Feng Yang, and Jiang Zhixin aren't from the same school, so how did they meet? Only you! You were the one who connected them! Now everyone who deserved to die is dead, and only you and Jiang Zhixin are alive. All the blame lies with you!"

"I...I'm not..." Peng Shuai's forehead was sweating, and his hands were clenched tightly together.

Zheng Yan, contrary to his usual demeanor, asked gently, "Why are you so nervous? Did you kill someone?"

"No! I didn't kill anyone!"

"Then why are you so nervous?"

He shut up and didn't say anything. Tan Ming answered for him, "Because you have a guilty conscience, right? You see the online outcry isn't directed at Qu Li and the other murderers, but at you past perpetrators? The media outside are just waiting for the parties involved to talk to them. Jiang Zhixin's family is rich, and he's protected by his parents. As for you... as Peng Siyan's brother, even if you didn't kill anyone, letting you out would probably get you attacked by angry netizens. You should know that Peng Siyan's parents and company have been approached, right?"

Of course he knew that the family graves had been dug up with two hoes, and that his uncle's house was always full of excrement and garbage, so he didn't dare to go out.

Knowing this, she panicked and contacted Jiang Zhixin. Who knew that Jiang Zhixin would take Zhang Jie to the school to threaten Wei Ting, and as a result, Zhang Jie was killed...

“I wasn’t involved in what happened back then. My brother met Feng Yang when he came back from university for vacation and asked me to play basketball. Then Feng Yang brought Jiang Zhixin along. The guys liked to play games together, and their relationship gradually became very good. My family is very strict, so I didn’t go out with them very often,” Peng Shuai said dryly.

Shifting blame was an expected move.

Zheng Yan remained expressionless and continued to ask, "So you didn't know anything about Xue Jing and Wei Ting's affairs? You believe that Peng Siyan led Wan Lei to bully Xue Jing, led Feng Yang to bully Chen Yingying, and later led Jiang Zhixin and Zhang Jie to bully Wei Ting?"

All the blame lies with Peng Siyan? That's too obvious. Peng Shuai hesitated for a moment: "Chen Yingying and Wei Ting's matter has nothing to do with my brother. He's working and doesn't have time to come back..." "Oh, doesn't have time, so he remotely commands his followers and lackeys to complete the mission? Who is his most loyal follower? Feng Yang? His methods are ruthless and much cruder than your brother's. Jiang Zhixin? He's rich and powerful, probably the one protecting him, right? It must be him?"

Peng Shuai nodded hesitantly, saying in a seemingly untrue tone, "Jiang Zhixin and my brother have very similar personalities. Sometimes my brother treats him better than he treats me."

"You mean Jiang Zhixin led the rape and abuse of Chen Yingying and Wei Ting? It should also include threatening Wei Ting's grandmother to death. Don't worry, when we interrogate Jiang Zhixin later, we will produce your identification statement. Even if he can bribe the judge, our chances of winning are not small."

Peng Shuai's expression changed.

Now, only two perpetrators are still alive. The public's anger needs an outlet, and someone must bear the blame. It has to be either Jiang Zhixin or him. And Jiang Zhixin might escape soon, if he finds out he said something he shouldn't have…

“If I tell the truth,” he glanced fearfully at the interrogation room and asked tremblingly, “can my merits and demerits offset each other? Will you protect me from trouble with the Chiang family?”

"That depends on whether what you say is substantial enough."

Next, Peng Shuai confessed to some of the crimes committed by Jiang Zhixin and his gang, mainly targeting Chen Yingying and Wei Ting.

When Jiang Zhixin and Feng Yang were bullying Chen Yingying, they had already bullied many people and were experienced. So, in addition to the abuse, Jiang Zhixin suggested taking photos to use as blackmail. However, Chen Yingying went to the police before they could threaten her, so Jiang Zhixin had to call his parents for help.

Later, Feng Yang lost money gambling and actually thought of using Chen Yingying's photo to take out online loans. The matter blew up, and the Jiang family stepped in to protect Jiang Zhixin once again in order to prevent him from being implicated.

Throughout the entire process, Peng Shuai was only aware of it, not involved, and even kindly offered advice twice.

Tan Ming was furious. There was no traceable evidence in this account, such as how the Jiang family bribed the investigators.

You idiot, you're missing the point.

Peng Shuai continued, "The incident involving Wei Ting was done by Jiang Zhixin and his friend Zhang Jie, along with others... It was similar to the process of bullying Chen Yingying, but he didn't expect that Wei Ting's grandmother had a heart condition, and she died after being threatened twice."

"That sounds simple, but how did you intimidate me?"

"It was just... just a couple of threats, like saying if you keep making trouble, I'll make your grandma fall into the sewer or something..."

Is it really just verbal intimidation? Wei Ting's grandmother has fallen more than once.

Zheng Yan, unable to contain his anger, slammed his notebook shut: "Still have the energy to cover it up? Looks like the effort isn't enough. Tan Ming, take him to the morgue and talk to him properly in front of Chen Yingying and the others' corpses!"

Peng Shuai was taken to the morgue. He struggled to go in, but was pushed and fell right next to Wei Ting's body.

The air was cold in the early hours of the morning. The corpse's eyes were still open, a smile played on its lips, and a foul stench emanated from the mangled back of its head.

"Ah—" Peng Shuai screamed in fright, falling backward to the ground. When he looked up, he saw Peng Siyan's rotting corpse again. The horror sent chills down his spine and his mind went blank. All he could do was shout, "Let me out! Let me out!"

"Look at their corpses! It was you inhuman bastards who killed them! The four female corpses here are not the only ones who were bullied. They are waiting for you to step out of the police station. Day or night, there will be another Chen Yingying, another Wei Ting coming after you!"

"Let me out! I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

(End of this chapter)