Animal Detective

Chapter 356 A Distorted View of Love
Ding Yuwei typed rapidly on the keyboard, recording every word Li Fusen said.

Shen Xin looked directly at Li Fusen and said, "So you admit you want to kill me."

Li Fusen was slightly out of breath due to his emotional state. His gaze remained unwavering as he nodded and said, "That's right, I admit it."

"Good, that's a real man. He's courageous and takes responsibility. I admire him!"

Shen Xin slammed his hand on the table, gave Li Fusen a thumbs up, and said, "You said it yourself, I look at you like you're a monster, so you can't stand it and you have to kill me."

"And what about Lin Zenghui? You said I looked at you like you were a monster, just like him. So how could you tolerate him?"

Li Fusen stiffened his neck and remained silent.

That means the heat wasn't high enough.

Shen Xin raised his voice: "He found out your secret. Did he laugh at you?"

"You begged him not to tell anyone, and he agreed, but you didn't dare to gamble. You were afraid that your secret would be exposed, and then everyone would treat you like a monster."

"You no longer dare to look Lin Zenghui in the eye, but you are afraid. When you watch Lin Zenghui talk to someone, you wonder if he has told you about your past."

"If you see them laughing, they might be laughing at you too."

"When you walk down the street, if someone glances at you, you can't help but wonder if they already know your secret."

Li Fusen across from him began to tremble uncontrollably, clenching his fists tightly to restrain himself.

Observation room.

Zhao Tianxing shuddered and muttered, "Did someone find out about some secret of this kid before?"

The feeling Shen Xin described made Zhao Tianxing feel like he was going crazy.

Zhang Hancheng and the others watched with serious expressions, while Gao Kun muttered to himself, "Keep going, he's about to lose his temper."

In the interrogation room.

Shen Xin stared directly at Li Fusen and continued, "Are you going crazy? You can't take it anymore. You want to leave."

"But you can't bear to part with her, you can't bear to part with Hanako. Hanako is so good to you, you have to stay with her."

"The only way is to make the person who knows the secret disappear forever, so you start planning what method you can use to shut Lin Zenghui up forever."

Li Fusen finally spoke, shouting, "No, I didn't!"

"No?" Shen Xin slammed his hand on the table, using an even louder voice to silence him, saying, "You've practically worn out a complete Sherlock Holmes collection, and you're saying you don't have it?"

"Li Fusen, you're quite something, very clever, to think of using animals to help you kill people."

"You see, in everyone's mind, dolphins only save people, but who would have thought that they can also kill people."

"A genius idea, no one will know it was you who came up with it."

Li Fusen's expression grew increasingly panicked as he frantically shook his head, saying, "No, don't talk nonsense, I didn't."

Shen Xin unleashed his ultimate weapon, saying in a deep voice, "Li Fusen, I just said you're a man, you should be able to take responsibility for your actions. So how did you treat Hanako?"

"She helped you kill Lin Zenghui, eliminating a potential threat, and nobody knows about it."

"But what about you? You backed down, afraid that the same thing would happen again, so what did you do? You stopped talking to Hanako altogether?"

"Hanako was so smart, she could sense that you were distancing yourself from her, but she didn't understand why, so she chose death."

Dolphins are mammals that need to breathe with lungs, and they need to surface to breathe every now and then.

But they can hold their breath and choose to sink to the bottom of the water forever.

"So, Li Fusen, it was you who killed Hanako."

Shen Xin pointed at Li Fusen and shouted at him.

"No, I didn't." Li Fusen stared intently, on the verge of collapse.

Shen Xin slammed his fist on the table and shouted, "Don't tell me you didn't, Li Fusen. It was Hanako who gave you companionship and comfort."

"But you used her and then killed her, and then what? Going to the natural history museum every week to see her, will that alleviate your guilt?"

After Hanako's death, in accordance with relevant regulations, she was ultimately chosen to be donated to the Nanjiang City Natural History Museum.

It was then made into a specimen and exhibited.

On Li Fusen's phone, it was discovered that he booked tickets for the Natural History Museum almost every week.

That's obviously to see Hanako.

These words clearly pierced something deep within Li Fusen's heart. He frantically pounded on the restraint chair, making a clanging noise, and roared, "Stop talking! I said no, and that's it!"

His eyes were bloodshot, his expression was ferocious, and he roared wildly that he couldn't break free. Then he suddenly lowered his head and frantically slammed his head against the chair.

He had broken ribs, but he didn't care at all at that moment, roaring and struggling incessantly.

His colleagues outside immediately pushed the door open and rushed forward to restrain him.

It took two people to hold him down.

Li Fusen stared intently at Shen Xin, gritting his teeth as he said, "No, I said no. If I want to kill you, then sentence me. Don't tell me things I don't know. No, do you understand?"

Zhang Hancheng's voice came through the earpiece, instructing Shen Xin to end the interrogation.

Shen Xin got up to leave.

However, as he was leaving, Shen Xin stopped and turned to look at Li Fusen, who was being held down tightly. He said in a deep voice, "Li Fusen, animals are animals, but when you treat them well, they can sense your kindness."

“I once rescued a stray dog. I was kind to her, and she knew that, so when I looked at her, she only had eyes for me.”

"She was willing to do anything for me, which is why some animals have such pure feelings."

"And you, what did you feel when you looked into Hanako's eyes?"

"What were you thinking when Hanako's body floated on the water that morning?"

Shen Xin stared directly at Li Fusen, watching Li Fusen's gaze shift from madness to astonishment, and finally to blankness and bewilderment.

Shen Xin turned and left the interrogation room.

As soon as Ding Yuwei closed the door, Li Fusen's frantic screams came from inside.

"No, I said no, come back! I said no!"

The screams were shrill and echoed in the corridor late at night.

Shen Xin went to the interrogation room next door, glanced at Li Fusen who was still screaming through the glass, and said, "Chief Zhang, I'm sorry, I couldn't get him to talk."

From the very beginning, Shen Xin's plan was to risk his life to see what Li Fusen was really going to do.

I never expected him to murder me.

But this is also an opportunity to convict him directly.

Shen Xin hopes that this attempted murder will pry open his mouth and make him confess to murdering Lin Zenghui.

So at the beginning of the interrogation, Shen Xin intentionally gave Li Fusen the feeling that the matter was serious and that he might be sentenced to death.

Since death is inevitable, what is there to be afraid of saying?

The attempt failed. In the end, Li Fusen maintained that he knew nothing.

In that case, he can only be convicted of attempted murder.

There are several types of attempted crimes.

Since Shen Xin is a police officer, he will definitely be charged with serious offenses.

Even if the charge of assaulting a police officer is also taken into account, it is still ultimately an attempted crime.

Therefore, the death penalty is absolutely not warranted.

Based on Shen Xin's experience, it should be around 15 years.

But it's different for Lin Zenghui.

That's a genuine completed crime, and it involves premeditation, so it's punishable by death.

One was sentenced to death, the other was spared; the outcomes were completely different.

Zhang Hancheng patted Shen Xin and said, "It's alright, you did a good job. If it were me, I might not have done as well as you."

The purpose of this form of interrogation is to provoke the suspect's emotions, make them lose control, and thus cause them to confess.

Shen Xin did a very good job in this regard.

"Especially his last words when he left, I felt that he had really broken down."

Zhang Hancheng turned to look at Li Fusen, who was still struggling and screaming.

Zhao Tianxing nodded in deep agreement: "That line, 'When you looked into Hanako's eyes, what did you feel?' was absolutely killer."

If Li Fusen and Hanako truly had feelings for each other, it seems that way now.

Otherwise, how could Li Fusen make a trip to the Natural History Museum every week?

Those words were undoubtedly extremely damaging to him.

Even Yang Zeran gave Shen Xin a thumbs up.

They studied the cases Shen Xin had solved before.

Yang Zeran genuinely believed that Shen Xin solved those cases by relying on his innate talent for getting close to animals.

It's like they've been given a cheat code.

But now Yang Zeran has realized that Shen Xin is not only talented, but also very capable.

They have sufficient vigilance and foresight, are thoughtful, and even have extensive experience in interrogation.

Shen Xin shook his head, looking at Li Fusen through the glass.

The first interrogation was the most effective and the easiest way to break through Li Fusen's psychological defenses.

Li Fusen had already broken down, but he still stubbornly refused to admit it. If he were mentally prepared for the next interrogation, it would be almost impossible for him to admit it again.

Lin Zenghui's drowning should still be handled as a muddled case.

Hanako is already dead, so recreating the original scene is meaningless.

The original plan was simply to prove that Lin Zenghui had drowned the dolphin.

The task now is to prove that Li Fusen trained Hanako to kill Lin Zenghui.

A completely different situation.

Since Hanako is already dead, there's no way to prove it.

As long as Li Fusen stubbornly refuses to admit it, there will be no way to prove it.

That would allow Li Fusen to escape punishment.

It's one thing if you don't know, but if you do know and let him escape punishment, that would be too painful.

Seeing the heavy atmosphere, Zhang Hancheng said, "Speak your mind."

The group exchanged bewildered glances. Gao Kun spoke first, arms crossed, and said, "In the past, when I handled similar cases, it was difficult for suspects to remain calm when they were emotionally out of control."

In that instant, emotions erupt, and if you can't control them, you'll vent and reveal what's been hidden.

"Xiao Shen did very well, but I could sense that Li Fusen managed to restrain himself at the last moment before losing control of his emotions. There was something he was afraid to admit."

Zhang Hancheng nodded in agreement; he felt the same way.

It's strange that I managed to hold back my emotions even though I was already on the verge of losing control.

At this moment, Yang Zeran said, "Chief Zhang, I think it might be a sense of shame."

Seeing everyone looking at him, Yang Zeran inexplicably remembered the time when his public image had collapsed.

Yang Zeran continued, "I think we can analyze Li Fusen's psychology."

"Assuming our speculations are correct, then his motive for premeditatedly murdering Lin Zenghui was actually shame."

"He was afraid that his secret would be discovered, and today was no exception. He realized that Shen Xin might know his secret, and within a day, he immediately decided to murder Shen Xin."

"Therefore, in his mind, these things are absolutely taboo, and he will do everything in his power to cover them up if there is any possibility of them being exposed."

Shen Xin nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, before Li Fusen suggested farming the pool, Shen Xin had no idea that he intended to kill him.

Yang Zeran continued, "Criminal psychology generally believes that any behavior of a criminal suspect is related to their psychology and upbringing."

“Li Fusen grew up in a single-parent family. His mother lives in Peng’an, but I’ve seen his phone. The last time he called his mother was half a year ago. He didn’t even call her during the Chinese New Year.”

"Moreover, he is always on duty when the aquarium is open during the Chinese New Year; he has never gone back to his hometown."

“When he deliberately leaves his family during a family gathering, it feels like he’s intentionally punishing his mother.”

"There must be something about his family of origin that we don't know about, which led him to deliberately distance himself from his family."

"And it must have shaped his distorted view of love. He's already 34, but his colleagues say he's never been in a relationship."

“His income is decent, and he’s not exactly ugly, so he shouldn’t have trouble finding a girlfriend.”

“He has several dating apps on his phone, so I think he actually longs for a relationship.”

"But there might be something wrong with their psychology, making it impossible for them to accept a relationship normally."

"That's why he developed feelings for Hanako. Just like Shen Xin said, Hanako only had eyes for him, which made him feel that this was the purest kind of love."

"But he was also very clear that this was a distorted feeling, so he was very resistant to letting others know."

"When Lin Zenghui found out by accident, he chose to murder Lin Zenghui, and afterwards, he deliberately distanced himself from Hua Zi, which led to Hua Zi's suicide."

"Chief Zhang, I think it's very necessary to conduct an in-depth investigation into Li Fusen's situation and see if we can find a new breakthrough."

Shen Xin nodded silently, then gave Yang Zeran a thumbs up.

As expected of a top student from the Public Security University, this insightful yet easy-to-understand analysis is quite substantial.

(End of this chapter)