Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 58 The Ungrateful Wolf 15
Qi Sufeng's aged face contorted and twitched again.

Zheng Yan and Officer An stared intently at her, not missing a single detail, and easily caught a glimpse of her fleeting change of expression.

This is the right direction!
Why did the murderer hate children aged seven to twelve and force them to admit they were ungrateful? Because the murderer had been betrayed and hurt by children of this age and wanted to vent his anger.

Why focus on abusing the child's feet and head? Because the perpetrator found the feet and head of the child who had harmed her particularly abhorrent.

Why didn't she commit any more crimes during those eleven years? Because the murderer shifted all suspicion onto the already deceased Fan Yan, making her appear innocent again. She even started raising a son again, believing she could live out the rest of her life like that.

Why did she strike again, even changing her habits? Because the psychological damage inflicted on her by her own son, Zeng Hao, had never disappeared. Seeing Yu Dong and Zhu Muyang verbally and physically abuse their mother brought back the hatred and resentment from years ago. This time, "she" wasn't kicked in the head, but beaten and bitten, so she severely tortured the two children's feet and mouths.

Motives, means, and ends can be perfectly matched in Qi Sufeng's case, which is highly consistent with the profile.

"Qi Sufeng, why don't you refute this? Zeng Hao did help his father commit domestic violence against you, didn't he? But what can an eight-year-old child understand? Maybe he was just corrupted by his father, and he can be saved."

She still didn't answer, and lowered her head, sobbing and crying.

The old, pitiful woman, whom everyone encountered on the street couldn't help but ask if she was having any difficulties, appeared even more pitiful under the pressure of several fierce-looking interrogators.

Officer An stared at her, imagining what she looked like eleven years ago. Was it this gentle and pitiful image that tricked those children?
"You still won't refute it. Zeng Hao hurt you too deeply, didn't he? You risked your life to give birth to the child, raised him day and night with great difficulty until he was eight years old, and even endured your husband's domestic violence for him without getting a divorce, but he turned into an ungrateful wretch who bullied you with his father, and still refuses to admit his mistakes, right?"

“No…” Qi Sufeng could still play the role of a pitiful old woman, crying and pleading, “Haohao is a good child.”

"Eleven years ago, you killed several children. Your actions and words don't match up. But torturing them, making them admit that they were ungrateful bastards on behalf of Zeng Hao, and making them kneel down and apologize to you, did make you vent your anger and calm you down a bit, right? So after pushing all the blame onto Fan Yan, you felt that you could start a new life and raise another child."

Qi Sufeng: "I didn't kill anyone! It wasn't me, you've got the wrong person!"

"Fan Xiaojun is the new son you chose, isn't he? A pitiful child who isn't liked by his own father and is often beaten and scolded. What a perfect experimental subject! He certainly won't be like Zeng Hao, who got used to a good life and couldn't distinguish right from wrong, becoming his father's accomplice and a heartless ingrate. You took good care of him, showering him with kindness, emphasizing that Fan Licheng wasn't a good father, acting like a savior, believing that this time the child would definitely only be on your side. What a pity—"

Zheng Yan seamlessly continued, "Unfortunately, blood ties cannot be severed, at least not for Fan Xiaojun. He clearly didn't know what time Fan Licheng came home, nor did he bring Fan Licheng any meals, but he still helped Fan Licheng cover up the lie without colluding with him. That's betrayal. No matter what you do, you can't escape being betrayed by your son. Why do you think that is?"

"Because of what..." Qi Sufeng raised her head, her weathered face displaying an expression that was neither a smile nor a cry, a gloomy glint in her cloudy eyes, "Because you're wrong, I didn't do it."

She's still trying to argue!
After one round of interrogation, Officer An paced around his office with his hands on his hips, trying to process his anger.

"It's definitely her! She's so stubborn!"

Zheng Yan: "It's not like you just realized how difficult this kind of killer is to deal with."

Qi Sufeng is too clever, so clever that she has the right to refuse to admit her guilt even in the face of death.

They operated for several years without anyone noticing, but once discovered, they immediately framed Fan Yan and escaped unscathed. To this day, they haven't found the place where the child was imprisoned. Someone as clever as them probably already has most of the evidence destroyed this time.

He called Xiao Chen, who was on his way to Jiuqu Village, to ask if they had found anything at Qi Sufeng's house.

Xiao Chen said, "We found a pair of size 38 rubber shoes and a protective suit worn when spraying pesticides, but they were washed clean, making it difficult to find evidence."

really.

Evidence requires meticulousness. Even if the washed shoes match the shoe print, it doesn't prove that Qi Sufeng was at the scene of the crime. What if others had similar shoes? What if the real murderer destroyed the shoes, which is why they can't be found? Protective suits aren't limited to one family. After being washed, much evidence disappears. How can we prove that Qi Sufeng wore these suits to commit the crime?
"The evidence has been sent back to the trace evidence laboratory as quickly as possible. Hopefully, they can find some useful evidence."

Zheng Yan asked, "Where's the murder weapon? Did you find that very thin rope?"

"Not found. There were some ropes in Qi Sufeng's house, but none of them matched the deduction of the murder weapon."

This has brought the situation to its worst point.

Without a murder weapon, eyewitnesses and testimonies, and without a confession, even if they believe Qi Sufeng is the murderer, they cannot convict her.

After hanging up the phone, Zheng Yan stood there for a while until Wu Yang came to report the results of the interrogation of Fan Xiaojun.

Fan Xiaojun admitted that he did not see Fan Licheng that night, nor did he bring him any food, and he did not know whether Fan Licheng had gone home.

"Did he notice anything while he was sleeping at Qi Sufeng's house?"

“No, he only vaguely heard what sounded like a dog barking, but there was an unexpected bonus—” Wu Yang held up his pen.

"He said that Qi Sufeng came home for dinner earlier than usual because many people have been pollinating and spraying pesticides on the bayberry trees recently, working until dark. Qi Sufeng has also been eating after dark during this period. But on the day of the incident, she came home earlier and changed her clothes after dinner and sat at the door to get some fresh air. Usually, she would watch TV in the living room."

Zheng Yan paused for a moment and said, "So, either Qi Sufeng isn't the murderer, or she went home after kidnapping the two children and deliberately sat at the door to be seen, creating an alibi."

Officer An: "She's really cautious, even committing a crime on the spur of the moment goes to such lengths... Wait, she went home specifically for that, so some of the marks on the protective suit might have stayed at her house before it was cleaned up!"

They quickly called the police to leave the scene so that forensic experts could collect evidence.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen first shared some good news with them.

"The rope is still missing, but we found that the new bagged sauce that Qi Sufeng bought was missing a piece of the packaging rope. After checking online, we found that the rope was exactly two strands of kraft paper rope, about 2 millimeters wide, and no one else besides her family bought this kind of bagged sauce!"

(End of this chapter)