Animal Detective

Chapter 413 If it can't be found locally, what about other places?
He Liyuan saw the four people out of the store.

After hesitating for a moment, I asked the girl what happened in the end.

She definitely knew the answer in her heart, but she still held onto a sliver of hope.

She experienced the darkest time of her life, and the reason she was able to persevere was because she always hoped for a miracle.

Ding Yuwei hesitated for a moment, then shook her head slightly.

He Liyuan sighed, turned around and went into the clothing store.

Yang Zeran immediately pulled Shen Xin aside and eagerly asked what the motive was.

"Could it be that Fu Lanting suggested giving up treatment and wanting to have another child, which made Guo Jinhua resent Fu Lanting, and after their daughter died, he chose to poison Fu Lanting to death?" Yang Zeran speculated.

He Liyuan's statement is very clear: the two had an argument at the time.

She didn't know the reason, and she didn't hear the whole thing.

From these few words, we can infer that Fu Lanting may have said she wanted to give up treatment.

Guo Meijing has a real terminal illness, the kind where she has no choice but to wait to die. The treatment costs, the family's care, and the emotional exhaustion are all part of the situation.

Knowing there is no hope and that continuing chemotherapy will only increase the suffering, choosing to let go at this point is actually a choice.

The problem is that Fu Lanting is a stepmother.

Guo Jinhua might think that all the kindness Fu Lanting showed Guo Meijing before was just an act.

True friendship is revealed in times of trouble, and people's true nature is revealed in times of adversity. Only now are their true colors being exposed.

Yang Zeran felt it was highly likely that he would harbor resentment towards Fu Lanting because of this.

Ding Yuwei opened her mouth as if to say something, but swallowed the words back.

It was a colleague from the new district who chimed in, saying, "If that's really the case, then Guo Jinhua is really not a man."

“It’s unfortunate that his daughter is sick, but the stepmother’s actions are not wrong either.”

“She took care of me so diligently, we even asked at the hospital, and the nurses said she was more devoted to me than my own mother.”

"Guo Meijing herself told people that she only has one mother, Fu Lanting."

“Before she got sick, she was treated like her own child. If she was so cruelly poisoned to death just because she said something, I really feel sorry for her.”

Yang Zeran nodded in deep agreement.

The poisoning continued for more than two months, with multiple instances of poisoning.

He was eventually taken to the hospital, where he died in the ICU from diffuse bleeding throughout his body.

This method is incredibly cruel.

He felt a chill run down his spine if his girlfriend ever treated him like that.

Ding Yuwei nudged Shen Xin and asked him what he really thought.

Shen Xin came to his senses and said, "The specifics are not important. We'll know once the case is solved."

“Importantly, I believe we have found a possible motive, which increases the suspicion against Guo Jinhua.”

"Then the direction changed, and it became about finding evidence."

"We still need to solve the most fundamental problem: where did the rat poison come from?"

“The method of poisoning is not important. If Guo Jinhua committed the crime, he has plenty of ways to poison people.”

Two people who spend every day together have plenty of opportunities, but it's hard for the other person to notice.

So the key question is still where the poison came from.

In the past two days, colleagues from the three cities have been working hard to investigate the period from August 2014, after Guo Meijing's death, to July 2015.

Within this jurisdiction, there are shops and individuals selling rat poison.

After confirming the list, the local police stations were mobilized to conduct door-to-door inquiries, carrying photos of Guo Jinhua.

Let's see if anyone can recognize Guo Jinhua.

It's quite difficult.

After all this time, it's just a stall at the entrance of the market, with people coming and going. Unless something happened that left a deep impression, it's hard to remember someone who bought rat poison.

They didn't even know the specific brand of rat poison.

Therefore, the difficulty of the investigation is self-evident.

Even so, they still managed to identify potential suspects and went to investigate them using their photos.

If you don't know, that's truly like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Two days passed without any discovery.

At the same time, with the passage of time, it is difficult to trace Guo Jinhua's whereabouts during that period, or which city he went to.

Yang Zeran nodded in agreement: "The motive has been resolved, and the method of poisoning can also be considered resolved, so only the poison remains."

"It's strange, isn't it? Commercially available rat poison usually contains grains as bait, flavorings and other additives, and is also colored with warning colors."

"With such a long time between poisonings, didn't Fu Lanting have any suspicions at all?"

Since Guo Jinhua was the one who poisoned the animals, there are many ways he could have done it.

For example, you can add some when cooking. The core ingredient of bromadiolone only becomes inactive at 200 degrees Celsius and will not lose its toxicity due to the heat of food.

But if rat poison is mixed into the soup or rice, there should be an unpleasant smell and residue, which should be visible.

Fu Lanting isn't stupid; Guo Jinhua might be able to get away with it once in a while.

But how can we be sure that Fu Lanting won't become suspicious in just over two months?

Yang Zeran had been thinking about this problem for a long time.

Shen Xin interrupted Yang Zeran: "Let's not consider that for now, let's consider the source of the poison first."

After thinking for a while with his arms crossed, Shen Xin had an idea. He looked up and asked Ding Yuwei if she had found out Guo Jinhua's itinerary to Qiongzhou.

Ding Yuwei nodded.

Guo Meijing's birthday is July 11th.

On July 5th, Guo Meijing was discharged from the hospital.

Instead of going through a travel agency, the three of them took a plane on the 7th and flew directly to Yaxian County, Qiongzhou.

Arrived on the same day.

They checked into a local luxury star-rated hotel.

Luxury hotels keep check-in information, especially paper documents, for at least three years.

They went there in 2014, almost four years ago, but luckily, the paper documents were not destroyed, and the three people's check-in information was found.

I checked in on the 7th and didn't check out until the 16th.

As for the specific itinerary in the local area, that can only be found by going there.

"After returning on the 16th, Guo Meijing's condition deteriorated, and she was hospitalized again on the 24th. On August 3, she passed away despite all efforts to save her."

Ding Yuwei's tone was low.

Before he died, he fulfilled his wish and went to the ends of the earth, but this trip was his last.

Shen Xin found a milk tea shop.

They each ordered drinks, and while waiting for them to arrive, Shen Xin slurped them down for a long time.

Cai said, "If the motive is as we suspect, then it must be Guo Meijing's death that triggered Guo Jinhua's murderous intent."

"I have a bold hypothesis, supported by several reasons."

"First of all, before June 2015, Captain Sun and his team investigated Guo Jinhua's whereabouts. If he drove his family's van to another city to buy rat poison, it would be relatively easy to find out."

“But no, of course he could have taken a taxi or used other methods to hide his whereabouts.”

"Even if he might not have gone to another city."

"Secondly, He Liyuan's testimony states that Guo Jinhua shouted that if Guo Meijing died, he would not live either."

"From the visit, it can be seen that Guo Jinhua also dotes on this daughter and regards her as the apple of his eye."

“Didn’t Fu Lanting’s mother say that she would encourage the two of them to have another child? But Fu Lanting said that Guo Jinhua was not willing, fearing that it would take away his love for Guo Meijing.”

"This proves that he loves his daughter very much."

"So, could Guo Jinhua be serious about what he said?"

Shen Xin looked at the three of them.

Yang Zeran frowned, signaling Shen Xin to continue.

Shen Xin continued, "They must have known about Guo Meijing's condition, which is why they finally agreed to take her to Qiongzhou."

"So I wonder, could it be that when Guo Jinhua was in Qiongzhou, he had already conceived the idea that if his daughter died, he would die with her?"

"Could he have bought rat poison in Qiongzhou?"

It can't be found locally, so it might have been bought elsewhere.

Ding Yuwei nodded thoughtfully.

Yang Zeran hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth to refute.

Shen Xin immediately stopped him: "You're probably thinking that rat poison can't be brought on a plane, right? What about the courier service?"

"I just checked."

Shen Xin showed him his phone: "The 'Regulations on the Management of Prohibited Items for Delivery' were only introduced last year, in 2017. Back in 14, the management of express delivery was not so strict, and there were quite a few cases of mailing prohibited items."

Yang Zeran pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's hard to say what you think, but I think it's necessary to check their itinerary in Qiongzhou."

Now it seems that the motive was related to Guo Meijing.

That experience in Qiongzhou might have been crucial, truly leading Guo Jinhua to the idea of ​​murder.

After saying that, he looked up at Shen Xin and asked in return, "You don't have connections in Qiongzhou, do you?"

He was deeply impressed by Shen Xin's ability to recruit people.

But Qiongzhou?
That's two thousand kilometers away from Nanjiang.

(End of this chapter)