Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 72 No Such Person 3
With the key suspect dead, the case seems to have reached another dead end.

Zheng Yan convened a meeting to review the case once again.

"Qiu Chenxing's death, as well as several other victims of belladonna poisoning, are related to the yogurt distributed by Qiu Anguo."

"Qiu Anguo said that the poisoned yogurt was bought by Qiu Shuyu, but Qiu Shuyu claimed that it was a gift from her boyfriend Chen Anxun. What kind of boyfriend and girlfriend would give yogurt as a gift? So if what she said is true, then this Chen Anxun is definitely suspicious."

"But Chen Anxun just happened to die recently, making it hard not to suspect that there might be someone with bigger problems behind him. Perhaps he was just a pawn like Qiu Shuyu, and the real culprit behind him was the one who made the poisoned yogurt."

"There must be a reason why the real culprit chose Chen Anxun and Qiu Shuyu as pawns. So now we need to investigate the social relationship between Qiu Shuyu and Chen Anxun, and whether there are any hidden circumstances surrounding Chen Anxun's death."

Tan Ming then summarized Qiu Shuyu's testimony.

According to Qiu Shuyu, she met Chen Anxun at a bar. He was a rich second-generation heir who often bought her things and gave her gifts. He treated her very well.

"But they kept their relationship a secret from Qiu Anguo because Chen Anxun claimed that his parents valued social status and would not allow him to date or marry an ordinary person. Moreover, his family was in talks with his ex-girlfriend's family about a business deal, and at this critical juncture, they absolutely could not allow any accidents to happen. Therefore, their relationship could not be known to others for the time being."

The others were speechless: "Qiu Shuyu really believed it? This scumbag's remarks are just like those wholesale from the entertainment industry; even TV dramas don't portray things like this anymore."

"She said that Chen Anxun is handsome and gives money to his lover, and he doesn't try to take advantage of her. Even if he is a married man and cheats on her, she won't lose out. Besides, she investigated and found that he is only 23 years old and unmarried."

"..." Well, everyone has their own views on love.

Xiao Chen asked, "Then what's the deal with giving yogurt as a gift? Are rich kids these days all about giving healthy food as gifts when they're dating?"

Tan Ming's expression was strange: "Qiu Shuyu said that Chen Anxun likes to drink yogurt. At the time, she was jealous and throwing a tantrum because her ex-girlfriend, a strong woman, was too prominent. Chen Anxun usually likes her to be jealous of him, but he hasn't been feeling well lately, so he didn't coax her that day. Qiu Shuyu was unhappy, and seeing that he could still drink the yogurt, she snatched it away and took away quite a few expensive things as well."

"Chen Anxun let her take it and didn't chase after her. She left with the things. Because she had secretly met Chen Anxun during a trip with Qiu Anguo, she told Qiu Anguo at the airport two hours later that the yogurt and gifts were bought at the scenic spot."

Zheng Yan noticed the key point: "Does that mean Chen Anxun was also drinking those yogurts? Then he probably didn't die a natural death."

It might be belladonna poisoning.

After the brief meeting, the Haicheng police obtained more information about Chen Anxun, and Zheng Yan and his team rushed to the Chen family home.

Chen Anxun is indeed a second-generation rich kid. His family runs a small jewelry business, and their latest branch has just opened in Southeast Asia.

But the Chen family had no time to celebrate the new company, because their only son, Chen Anxun, had passed away unexpectedly, and the entire Chen family was filled with grief.

When Zheng Yan and his group arrived, white cloth was still hanging in the Chen family's villa, and the couple were crying and shaking hands with the people who came to pay their respects to express their gratitude.

When they saw the police arrive, Mr. and Mrs. Chen were surprised and puzzled. They quickly went forward to greet them, while the guests who had just gone in huddled together, looking at the doorway and whispering among themselves.

"Excuse me, who are you..."

"Are you Chen Anxun's parents? Let's talk in private."

Zheng Yan briefly explained the situation: "There is a case related to Chen Anxun. We suspect there is something wrong with his death. Please tell us the truth about the cause of his death."

The couple were so grief-stricken that their thoughts were somewhat sluggish, and it took them a while to understand the meaning behind his words.

Chen's mother immediately fell backward onto Chen's father. "There's something wrong with my son's death, what do you mean?" she turned to her husband, her voice trembling, "Didn't An'an have a heart attack while driving, which is why he plunged off the overpass?"

Zheng Yan frowned: "Chen Anxun has a heart condition? A congenital one?"

“It’s not congenital…” Chen’s father’s thoughts were in a mess due to the sudden situation. Only after these words came out did he seem to realize something was wrong. “An’an has been acting strangely since last year.”

Tan Ming carefully recorded their statements.

According to them, Chen Anxun went to the hospital for a check-up around March of last year because he felt unwell, and the doctor suspected that he might have a minor heart problem.

In the months leading up to the examination, he had been experiencing fatigue, shortness of breath, and occasional heart palpitations, symptoms consistent with heart disease.

These symptoms came on and went quickly, and the family didn't pay much attention at first because Chen Anxun was a playboy who smoked, drank, stayed up all night clubbing, and played around with women. He would occasionally smoke some strong drugs with his friends, so there were obvious signs that these symptoms appeared.

He only became slightly more restrained after a heart problem was discovered.

He could only try to control it a little. The Chen family was wealthy, and as long as it wasn't a terminal illness, this minor problem wasn't a big deal. Apart from feeling a bit irritable when he had heart palpitations and shortness of breath, it didn't affect his life at other times, and he lived peacefully until this year.

Three days ago, Chen Anxun was driving with friends when he suddenly suffered a heart attack on an overpass. The car veered off the overpass and crashed, killing him instantly.

There was no one else in his car at the time, and traffic surveillance footage showed him suddenly clutching his chest and collapsing onto the steering wheel, so the cause of death was easily determined to be a heart attack.

No one thought there was a problem.

The criminal investigation team members listened with solemn expressions.

Some symptoms of belladonna poisoning are indeed very similar to those of a heart attack. However, if Chen Anxun also died from poisoned yogurt, it means that the real culprit behind him had been plotting for a year.

Spending a year plotting someone's death, Chen Anxun must be the real culprit's primary target.

Qiu Chenxing and his group were probably just an accident in this scheme.

After Mr. and Mrs. Chen finished recounting the whole incident, they asked anxiously, "It wasn't an accident, was it? Someone wanted to harm him? Who was it?!"

Looking at their bloodshot eyes, Zheng Yan sighed and said, "The case is still under investigation. But in order to confirm the true cause of death, we need to conduct another autopsy on Chen Anxun's body."

The good news is that because the car accident caused the body to become deformed, Chen Anxun's body is still at the funeral home. The mortician has spent a lot of effort restoring his appearance, and it is expected that the body will be cremated and buried after the lieutenant ends today.

Therefore, they still have the opportunity for an autopsy.

Old Li made a special business trip to Haicheng to perform autopsies with the local forensic doctors.

Even with ample air conditioning in the funeral home in May, a body left for three days would begin to decompose, and the stench would linger.

Fortunately, the final result perfectly matched their suspicions—an excessive amount of belladonna toxin was detected in Chen Anxun's body!

(End of this chapter)