Animal Detective

Chapter 361 The Case Closed, A Twisted Fate

Nanjiang City Detention Center.

Inside the cell, next to the large communal sleeping area, nearly twenty prisoners sat in two rows, each on a small plastic stool.

Everyone must maintain proper posture, keep their backs straight, remain quiet, look straight ahead, and not speak, not even close their eyes.

In the large cell, the only sound was breathing.

Time seemed to stretch on endlessly.

Li Fusen sat there, maintaining this posture for over half an hour, his body trembling uncontrollably from the torment.

After being arrested and interrogated, Li Fusen was transferred to a detention center.

Before coming, Li Fusen was not mentally prepared at all, and he even thought that it was just going to jail.

But once he arrived at the detention center, Li Fusen realized that just being in a detention center was so unbearable.

The daily routine is fixed, the lights are on 24 hours a day, and we have to get up to be on duty at night. We can't do anything except memorize the code of conduct.

Letting out for some fresh air?

That was just running exercises in a tiny place, under a metal fence, with only a small patch of sky.

And now, sitting motionless on the board, Li Fusen truly felt that each day was an eternity.

Just then, someone opened the cell door.

"Li Fusen, bring him in for questioning."

Two prison guards entered.

"To!"

Li Fusen stood up abruptly, his heart pounding with excitement.

I can finally move again.

Everyone remained still, but their eyes couldn't help but glance at Li Fusen.

Everyone knows he's a ruthless man who intended to murder a police officer.

After being searched and shackled, Li Fusen was taken to the interrogation room.

We passed through a series of iron gates and entered the cramped interrogation room.

Shen Xin, Qian Hao, and Ding Yuwei sat opposite them.

Meanwhile, in the next room, Gao Kun, Yang Zeran, and others were all present, as seen through surveillance cameras.

Through the iron bars, Shen Xin sized up Li Fusen.

Detention centers really can change people.

Two more days passed, and Li Fusen's eyes had lost their luster, making him look even more haggard.

Shen Xin was still the presiding judge.

"Li Fusen, are you sleeping well inside?" Shen Xin asked.

Li Fusen remained silent.

The last interrogation was like this; he wasn't cooperative and basically wouldn't say a word.

Li Fusen admitted to attempting to kill Shen Xin, but denied everything else.

Shen Xin nodded and said, "You're not going to say anything, right? That's okay, I'll speak."

We have already discussed it internally, and with the existing conditions and evidence, it is sufficient to transfer the case for prosecution.

It would be best if Li Fusen spoke up, but it's fine if he didn't.

Shen Xin picked up a photo: "This is Hanako, a dolphin that died from suffocation at the aquarium. It was donated to the Natural History Museum and made into a specimen."

When Hanako was mentioned, Li Fusen's eyes flickered.

Shen Xin continued, "This is the dental mold we made for Hanako, and these are the teeth marks left on Lin Zenghui's arm."

"This is the forensic report issued by the Lishan Branch Bureau, which determined that the wound on the arm of the deceased Lin Zenghui was left by Hua Zi biting him."

"This is the on-site evidence report. Apart from the deceased Lin Zenghui and the victim Hou Shishi, no third person was found present."

"This is the perimeter surveillance footage of the dolphinarium."

Shen Xin played the preserved surveillance video of the dolphinarium on the screen facing Li Fusen.

“The video shows that only Hou Shishi and Lin Zenghui entered and exited the scene of the crime during the period in which the incident occurred.”

"This is Lin Zenghui's autopsy report, proving that he drowned."

Shen Xin was concise and efficient, presenting evidence point by point.

Li Fusen was finally moved and said in a deep voice, "What exactly are you trying to say? I've already said it, how Lin Zenghui died has nothing to do with me."

Shen Xin ignored him and continued to present the evidence.

"The investigation ruled out Hou Shishi as a suspect in the murder. Based on the wound on Lin Zenghui's arm, the only reasonable explanation was that Lin Zenghui was dragged into the water by the dolphin Hanako and drowned."

"This is Dai Keqin's statement, which confirms that before the incident, Lin Zenghui repeatedly asked you to pay the bill under the pretext of going out for food, drinks and entertainment."

Shen Xin listed out the confessions and evidence one by one.

But the trump card has not yet been played.

"Then, we found two videos from Lin Zenghui's private cloud drive."

Li Fusen's expression suddenly changed drastically, and his eyes instantly turned terrified.

Shen Xin nodded to Ding Yuwei, indicating that the video should be played.

The first segment is the video of Lin Zenghui being discovered.

As soon as the video played, seeing himself in the pool interacting with Hanako, Li Fusen's expression was as if he had seen a ghost. He screamed, "Stop playing it! I told you not to play it!"

He screamed at the top of his lungs and struggled desperately.

The sound of handcuffs clanging echoed in the room, along with the clattering of the restraint chair as he slammed it against the floor.

Qian Hao snapped, "Li Fusen, calm down!"

Useless.

Li Fusen watched the video, and as he looked at Lin Zenghui's face in the video, his expression became extremely terrified. He struggled frantically like a madman, shouting incessantly.

"I told you, don't let it go, don't let it go!"

The guards outside the door immediately entered and tried to restrain Li Fusen.

But you can't press it down at all.

At this moment, the screen played a video of Lin Zenghui asking Li Fusen in a cheeky tone what it felt like to do *that* with a dolphin.

"Don't say it! I told you not to release it, ah..."

Li Fusen went completely mad. His hands and feet were bound, and he could not move. He could only frantically slam his back against the chair back, making a loud clanging sound.

The two prison guards had clearly heard what was being said in the video and instinctively looked at Li Fusen.

But the video is still playing.

Lin Zenghui ran to the pool, called Hua Zi to him, and pressed Li Fusen for details.

"what!"

Li Fusen went completely mad, frantically banging his head against anything he could reach, shouting and yelling in an attempt to drown out the sounds in the video.

But Lin Zenghui's obsequious voice still couldn't be stopped. Shen Xin quickly signaled for a pause, stood up and said, "Li Fusen, calm down."

Useless.

One of the two prison guards had to hold him tightly, but he still couldn't stop screaming.

"Stop it," a prison guard said hastily.

Shen Xin glanced at Qian Hao and nodded in agreement.

In this situation, it's impossible to conduct a trial.

The prison guards dared not remove the shackles easily, so they called for help from outside.

Several people held Li Fusen down firmly before they could finally get him off the chair.

Throughout the interrogation room, Li Fusen's screams echoed: "It's all fake! It's all fake! I didn't do anything with Hua Zi! You're slandering me! I said no, nothing at all!"

He was forcibly lifted up and dragged out of the interrogation room.

Qian Hao stopped a prison guard and asked how Li Fusen was doing in the detention center, and why he was having such a strong emotional reaction today.

My colleagues at the detention center said he was usually fine and didn't cause much trouble.

After saying that, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "Did he really...do that with the dolphin?"

Qian Hao didn't explain, he only told him to keep an eye on Li Fusen.

"Don't worry," the colleague at the detention center nodded.

If the suspects get into trouble, they'll be in even bigger trouble.

He glanced at the screen one last time before quickly leaving.

The three of them went outside, and Gao Kun and the others from next door had already come to greet them.

Even standing here, you can still faintly hear Li Fusen's screams.

Gao Kun's expression was serious as he said in a deep voice, "Do you think he's faking it?"

He feigned madness to resist interrogation.

Qian Hao shook his head and said, "It's hard to say."

Gao Kun then looked at Shen Xin.

Shen Xin frowned and shook his head, indicating that he didn't know either.

At this moment, Yang Zeran said, "I don't think it's quite like that."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Yang Zeran said, "As I said before, the reason why Li Fusen attacked Shen Xin was probably because of his sense of shame."

"In his heart, his relationship with Hanako was an absolute taboo, and he was not allowed to let anyone know about it."

“During the first interrogation, he said he felt like a monster. I think that statement actually reflects his true thoughts.”

"There's also something Zhao Tianxing said earlier that I found quite interesting."

He glanced at Zhao Tianxing.

Zhao Tianxing looked completely bewildered, wondering what he had said.

Yang Zeran said, "Zhao Tianxing said that Li Fusen experienced such a tragic childhood and suffered such severe psychological trauma, yet he did not become a serial killer or harm others."

"So I think he is rather timid and insecure in terms of personality."

"Just like in the first video, to be honest, he might have committed a crime in the heat of passion and strangled Lin Zenghui to death."

"But he didn't. Instead, he chose to beg. This shows that he was cowardly enough. He wouldn't fight back unless he was pushed to the brink."

"Of course, you could also say he's a calm killer who plans for a long time and chooses to conceal his methods of murder."

"But ultimately, in his relationship with Hanako, he was extremely insecure, in a twisted state of both enjoying and strongly resisting it, afraid of being seen as a monster by others."

"So when we found the video and showed it to him on the spot, it was like uncovering his deepest secret."

"And this is exactly the situation that Li Fusen fears most, so he has a very strong emotional reaction."

Yang Zeran's words made everyone fall into deep thought.

Shen Xin roughly understood what Yang Zeran meant.

Upon closer examination, Yang Zeran's assessment of Li Fusen's psychology is actually quite reasonable.

His tragic childhood was filled with ridicule.

Some children will rebel and become violent in the face of such ridicule.

However, the investigation revealed that Li Fusen did not, but silently endured it until adulthood, and then quickly fled Peng'an.

Now he has done something forbidden.

He knew very well that once the matter was made public, he would be ridiculed by everyone.

In other words, he became the mother he used to be ashamed of because of her infidelity.

Therefore, while Li Fusen enjoyed the relationship, he was also extremely resistant to it and kept the secret with utmost care.

Then Lin Zenghui stumbled upon it.

When he was driven to the brink, he chose to fight back.

After Lin Zenghui and Hua Zi both died, he thought the secret had been buried forever.

But Shen Xin's single glance provoked him.

This resurfaced video is like tearing open his healed wounds, exposing this secret to the public.

That's why his resistance was so fierce.

But the problem is...

Shen Xin frowned inwardly; there would be identification and court hearings to come.

His secrets will continue to be revealed.

This scar will be repeatedly reopened.

"What a tragic fate," Zhao Tianxing suddenly uttered a sigh.

Yang Zeran nodded in deep agreement.

Shen Xin snapped out of his daze, glared at Zhao Tianxing to signal him not to talk nonsense, and then said, "Captain Gao, given the current situation, I think we should reassess the matter and conduct another interrogation."

"If it continues like this, then let's just hand it over."

Gao Kun thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The conviction should be based on exclusivity, and convictions based on this principle are usually made when the suspect vehemently denies guilt.

Seeing that Yang Zeran was still deep in thought and silent, he patted him and said, "Alright, don't think so much, or even feel sorry for Li Fusen or anything."

"There's no pity. He killed someone, it's that simple."

"Even if he has a thousand reasons, taking a person's life must come at a price."

Shen Xin nodded, "That makes sense."

But thinking about this case, several lives were lost, and several families were affected.

Perhaps it really is as Zhao Tianxing said, a tragic fate.

(End of this chapter)