Animal Detective

Chapter 358 He should be considered a bad person

On the third day after Li Fusen attacked Shen Xin, after Yang Zeran and his group returned to Nanjiang, they met with various parties to summarize the information.

As for Li Fusen, Yang Zeran was right; he had serious problems with his family of origin.

His father, Li Ming, was a full-time driver at the factory, delivering goods all over the country.

In the 1980s and 90s, this was a highly sought-after job.

So even though Li Ming wasn't handsome, he still managed to marry a pretty girl through matchmaking.

Her name is Tao Jianfen.

Two years after their marriage, she gave birth to Li Fusen.

However, Tao Jianfen was restless. While Li Ming was out driving, she got involved with the freight foreman of their factory.

It was right there at Li Ming's house.

To make things easier, Tao Jianfen would often give Li Fusen a few cents so he could go out and play by himself.

The neighbors all know about it.

Some adults would even make jokes about Li Fusen.

For example, if someone sees him squatting outside, they might say, "Your mom is fighting with your uncle at home again."

Coupled with the teasing from his friends, this caused young Li Fusen a great deal of psychological trauma.

Inevitably, this matter has come to light.

Moreover, Li Ming realized that he had been cuckolded more than once.

Since then, this family has never had a peaceful day.

Then came the wave of layoffs, the couple divorced, and Li Fusen went to live with his father.

But Li Ming couldn't stand him no matter how he looked at him, and always felt that he wasn't himself.

He lost his job again, so he frequently beat Li Fusen, and the police station and neighborhood committee came to his door several times.

Finally, Li Fusen was handed over to Tao Jianfen by Li Ming.

Tao Jianfen considered him a burden and beat him just the same.

At school, he was called a bastard and didn't even know who his biological father was.

All these circumstances must have caused psychological trauma to Li Fusen. People who have interviewed him say that he has a very strange personality.

After reaching adulthood, Li Fusen quickly left Peng'an and never returned.

But the shadows left by childhood are not so easy to heal.

And there's one more thing.

When he first started working in Pingyu, he was reported for stealing his female dormitory colleagues' underwear.

According to that female colleague, she had seen Li Fusen staring intently at her underwear several times.

The police investigated but did not find the stolen underwear in Li Fusen's home, nor was there any evidence to prove that Li Fusen had done this.

He may have been framed, but the incident led to him being ostracized and quickly leaving his job.

Yang Zeran felt that all his experiences had made Li Fusen very resistant to women.

But he also had needs and felt very repressed. His colleagues reported that he had been to prostitutes.

But in Yang Zeran's words, Li Fusen's problem is not simply about fulfilling his needs, but about his inability to obtain the stable and normal romantic relationship that he deeply desires.

This information completes and supplements the image of Li Fusen.

I can answer some questions about motivation, but not enough.

However, some problems were indeed discovered in Li Fusen's financial affairs.

Dai Keqin, the trainer who chose to resign after Lin Zenghui's death, revealed some new developments.

He said that Lin Zenghui and Li Fusen's relationship wasn't that good before; they were just ordinary colleagues. He said that Li Fusen wasn't a very talkative person, and they just went to work normally, like nodding acquaintances.

He was closer to Lin Zenghui and they often went to bars together.

Then, starting a few months before the incident, Lin Zenghui and Li Fusen's relationship suddenly improved.

Lin Zenghui often invited Li Fusen to go out and have fun together.

Go to bars, eat out, go to karaoke.

Moreover, Li Fusen paid for many of the expenses.

In Dai Keqin's words, with so many times, the expenses must have been considerable.

He once asked Lin Zenghui if Li Fusen was stupid, why he was willing to be taken advantage of.

Lin Zenghui's original words were, "Don't worry about it, he's willing anyway."

In that case, Lin Zenghui might be using the secrets he knows to blackmail Li Fusen into paying for his entertainment expenses.

Apart from the visits to aquarium staff and Lin Zenghui's previous social connections, no new discoveries were made.

All physical evidence was reinvestigated, but nothing was found.

During this time, Shen Xin interrogated Li Fusen again.

As I predicted, the first attempt failed to get him to talk, and the second attempt to get him to reveal himself was simply impossible.

Because the case was being handled by the Lishan branch of the Public Security Bureau, Shen Xin requested a separate room for the four of them to use while working on the case.

The room is not big.

Yang Zeran sat in his seat, arms crossed, eyes closed as if in deep meditation, feigning sleep.

Zhao Tianxing lay slumped on the table, scrolling through his phone with a blank expression.

Shen Xin looked up at the ceiling, his mind a complete mess, pondering what to do next.

There were some new discoveries, but they weren't very useful.

The core issue is that it cannot be proven that Li Fusen trained Hua Zi to drown Lin Zenghui.

That's the key: you need solid evidence.

Just then, Ding Yuwei came in carrying a late-night snack and invited the three of them to eat.

"People need food to survive; eat and drink properly to build up your strength so you can have the energy to investigate cases."

Ding Yuwei offered a word of advice, saying that she thought the case analysis meeting had been quite good and had yielded some significant findings. She added that if they continued investigating along the current direction, they would definitely find crucial evidence.

She is optimistic, though.

Of the three, only Zhao Tianxing perked up, but after glancing at the food and seeing that it was fried rice, he immediately lost his appetite.

"Walk."

At this moment, Shen Xin suddenly stood up and said, "It's my treat, let's have barbecue."

Zhao Tianxing's eyes lit up, and he immediately got up and followed.

Yang Zeran didn't move, and said without lifting his eyelids that he wasn't hungry.

"Let's go, let's just clear our heads."

Shen Xin forcibly dragged Yang Zeran away.

I found a barbecue stall next to the branch office, and the night breeze helped clear my head.

But that wasn't enough. The three of them ate in silence, without any sparks of inspiration.

"Old Yang, you go first." Shen Xin looked at Yang Zeran.

Yang Zeran waved his hand: "Stop calling me 'Old Yang,' I'm not old."

Shen Xin immediately changed his tune: "Then, Comrade Xiao Yang, why don't you go first?"

It's even more awkward now.

Yang Zeran rolled his eyes at Shen Xin, took a big bite of his lamb skewer, and said somewhat dejectedly, "What can I possibly think? This case happened two years ago, and there's no surveillance footage. How can we secure evidence?"

At this point, Yang Zeran couldn't help but sigh, "To be honest, Shen Xin, you fooled me. This unsolved case is more difficult than I imagined."

He had imagined that unsolved cases would be difficult, but the difficulty still exceeded his expectations.

Shen Xin asked in surprise, "Yang Zeran, you're supposed to be a top student at the Public Security University, and you're already backing down? Also, without surveillance footage, you can't solve the case?"

Yang Zeran shook his head: "No, I'm not some top student." He complained, put down the skewers and said: "Shen Xin, think about it yourself, a confession can't convict someone, you need evidence."

“But he didn’t go to the scene, didn’t have any contact with the deceased, and has a complete alibi. The murder weapon was a dolphin, and now even the dolphin is dead.”

“Even if we start with exclusivity, we still need some evidence. Just the fact that Lin Zenghui is suspected of blackmailing Li Fusen is not enough.”

The term "exclusivity" refers to the fact that the evidence is not necessarily 100% sufficient.

The chain of evidence is 100% conclusive: the suspect's fingerprints were found on the murder weapon, and there was surveillance footage of the suspect committing the murder.

However, in some extreme cases, even if the chain of evidence is insufficient, a conviction can still be made.

For example, if the crime scene is closed, it can be proven that only the victim and the suspect entered.

Then the victim died.

However, there is no direct evidence, such as fingerprints on the murder weapon proving that the suspect committed the murder.

There is evidence to prove that the victim died from homicide, not suicide.

Even if the suspect tries to deny it, saying that I didn't kill him, I can still convict him through the principle of exclusivity.

There was no one else at the scene, and the murder was committed by someone else, so it could only have been you who did it.

Even without direct physical evidence.

In other words, having ruled out all possible innocent suspects, the only reasonable explanation is that the suspect committed the murder.

This approach can be applied to Lin Zenghui's case.

Even if there is no surveillance footage at the scene and it cannot be proven whether the dolphin killed the animal, a reasonable and unique explanation can be deduced based on the dolphin wound on Lin Zenghui's arm.

If there is further evidence proving that Li Fusen trained Hanako, then it can be proven that he was the mastermind.

Shen Xin said, "So we have to think about it. If cases were so easy to solve, what would be the point of having us?"

Yang Zeran said in a muffled voice, "Anyway, I can't figure it out."

Is he going to quit?

Shen Xin glared and was about to say something more when Ding Yuwei pulled him back.

"Alright, you two, can't even eat shut you up?" Ding Yuwei scolded.

Zhao Tianxing muttered in agreement.

Ding Yuwei immediately glared at him.

Zhao Tianxing shrank his neck: "Don't look at me, I really have no ideas. I'm the one who moves the legs. The brain work is up to the two of them."

Seeing that Shen Xin and the other person still had tense faces, Ding Yuwei thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Right, didn't we want to get a brain transplant? Let's go somewhere."

As he spoke, he told Zhao Tianxing to go get the car, and then went to pay the bill.

When the car arrived, the four of them got in, and Shen Xin asked Ding Yuwei where they were going.

Ding Yuwei drove, saying she'd find out when they got there.

Before long, looking at the route, Shen Xin immediately guessed the destination and asked in surprise, "Yuwei, are you going to the Natural History Museum?"

Ding Yuwei nodded: "We have reviewed all the case files and physical evidence, but there is another victim in this case, and that is Hanako."

Yang Zeran was taken aback: "Victim?"

Ding Yuwei glanced at the rearview mirror and asked in return, "Isn't that right?"

“She was used by Li Fusen and trained to be a killing weapon, and after the incident, Li Fusen deliberately distanced himself from her.”

“Li Fusen is a professional trainer. He couldn’t possibly be unaware that dolphins can commit suicide. So, in my opinion, Li Fusen did it on purpose.”

"Then, in despair, Hanako chose to commit suicide. Isn't that making her a victim?"

Yang Zeran frowned and nodded slightly.

Zhao Tianxing, the passenger in the front seat, said in surprise, "Yeah, so according to you, Li Fusen is ruthless."

Yang Zeran said, "The problem is that Hanako has already been made into a specimen, so there won't be any evidence left."

"I know."

Ding Yuwei nodded. "It's been soaked in formaldehyde; it's no wonder nothing would be left behind."

She continued, "I've actually wanted to see Hanako for a long time. Just like Shen Xin said, what would Li Fusen be thinking when he stands in front of Hanako's specimen?"

"Yang Zeran, you always say you want to study the psychology of suspects, so tell me what kind of psychology Li Fusen is behind his behavior? Isn't it worth studying?"

Yang Zeran opened his mouth, but remained speechless.

Before long, the car arrived at the Natural History Museum.

The museum had already closed at this time, but there were security guards on duty. After identifying themselves, the four of them quickly found Hanako.

In the ocean area.

In the set design, she was placed alongside animals such as beluga whales, maintaining the posture of leaping out of the water, suspended in the air.

The specimen is so lifelike, especially the eyes, which seem particularly lively, perhaps due to the overhead lighting.

Shen Xin stood in front of the specimen, his heart suddenly enveloped by a complex emotion.

It was as if I wasn't looking at a simple biological specimen, but rather a... corpse!
Having met Yueyue, Shen Xin witnessed the intelligence of dolphins.

They truly have self-awareness, like a vibrant soul.

Shen Xin couldn't help but wonder if Li Fusen had actually fallen in love with Hanako.

And what kind of mentality led him to distance himself from Hanako?

After Hanako died, he came here again and again.

He might be standing right where I am, looking up at Hanako just like me. What is he thinking?

Frustration, regret?
Inside the solitary natural aquarium, the four stood quietly for an unknown amount of time.

Yang Zeran suddenly said, "Shen Xin, when I was in college, I remember there was a visiting professor who was also a criminal investigation expert in the ministry."

"He once told us something like, 'Solving a case is like dating the suspect.'"

"You met because of the case. At first, you knew nothing about him. Then you tried your best to understand him. By the time you fully understood him, the case was basically solved."

He also said that it's not enough for you to just know about the suspect.

"You need to know his extended family, including his relatives, the body, witnesses, and all the physical evidence. You learn about the suspect's true situation from them."

"Only in the end can we determine whether you and the suspect are compatible and whether you can be together."

Shen Xin and the other two turned to look at Yang Zeran.

Zhao Tianxing asked, "So?"

Yang Zeran looked up at Hanako's specimen and said, "So I think Li Fusen is a cold-blooded, selfish, and perverted man who is good at hiding his true nature."

"He never truly loved Hanako. He stands here not to mourn Hanako, but to recall the kind of affection he desired in that abnormal relationship."

Zhao Tianxing raised his eyebrows, still not understanding: "So?"

What's the use of just knowing that Li Fusen is a pervert? We need to find evidence to convict him.

Yang Zeran shrugged, indicating that he had no reason to.

At this moment, Shen Xin was inspired and had some ideas.

"Do you think Lin Zenghui is a bad person?" Shen Xin asked, arms crossed.

As Yang Zeran said, solving a case is like dating a suspect; to truly understand a suspect, you also need to understand his extended family.

Li Fusen has entered a dead end, but what about the others?

For example, Lin Zenghui.

He was the one who provoked Li Fusen's murderous intent, and afterwards he even blackmailed Li Fusen.

All these behaviors make him a bad person, no matter what.

Ding Yuwei and the other woman were slow to react and hadn't caught up with Shen Xin's thoughts yet, but Yang Zeran caught up and gasped, "Shen Xin, are you saying that Lin Zenghui might have evidence in his possession?"

Shen Xin nodded.

A bad person shouldn't do more than just extortion.

(End of this chapter)