Animal Detective

Chapter 419 The Case Closed, A Bowl of Noodles
Normally, during the arrest and investigation phase, criminal suspects are not allowed to see their family members.

They were afraid of interfering with the investigation and of colluding with each other.

At this stage, family members can usually only hire a lawyer to meet with the suspect and inquire about the progress of the case.

But merely inquiring about how they are doing inside, the progress of the investigation, and expecting lawyers to help find evidence to clear their names is absolutely impossible.

If an arrest warrant can be issued, it must be because the evidence is sufficient and there are very few unexpected incidents.

Alternatively, it could be a special case, requiring special treatment, allowing family members to see the suspect.

As for what makes it special, the final interpretation rests with the police.

Given the current situation of Guo Jinhua and Guo Kaitai, Shen Xin, Sun Zhao, and Yan Peng decided to give him a chance after discussing it.

Guo Kaitai and his wife are so dramatic, letting them see each other might help them give up and accept reality.

Although Guo Jinhua was emotionally devastated and confessed to murdering Fu Lanting, he merely vented his emotions.

During the process, he was emotionally unstable and very resistant.

Seeing his parents would put his mind at ease, allowing him to accept reality and continue the interrogation.

The next day, Guo Jinhua was taken to the hospital for dialysis as arranged by the branch office.

A separate ward was arranged for them.

Before entering, Shen Xin grabbed Guo Jinhua and reminded her, "Guo Jinhua, I have explained the situation to you clearly. You should understand it yourself. We have investigated the case thoroughly."

"Now I'm giving you a chance, and I hope you can explain things clearly yourself."

“Your parents have been very worried about you these past few days. They are not young anymore, and I believe you are also concerned about them. Go see them and reassure them.”

"As for yourself, act like a man and take responsibility for the consequences."

Guo Jinhua, sitting in a wheelchair with his hands locked to it, nodded hurriedly after listening, hesitated for a moment, and then said thank you.

"Let's go."

Shen Xin pushed open the door and entered.

Inside the ward, Guo Kaitai and his wife were already waiting.

Upon seeing her son, Tao Yiping rushed forward and burst into tears again.

Guo Jinhua instinctively tried to comfort him, but his hands were cuffed.

Shen Xin gave Zhao Tianxing a wink, and he stepped forward to unlock the handcuffs.

Shen Xin also observed silently.

Letting Guo Jinhua meet his parents was risky.

For example, what if he suddenly attacks and takes his parents hostage right now?

Although the probability of this is extremely small, almost impossible.

But you always have to be prepared.

This did not happen. Guo Jinhua had no help and could barely stand up. He could only hug his mother and say sorry with tears streaming down his face.

At this moment, Guo Kaitai stepped forward, suddenly swung his hand, and slapped Guo Jinhua hard across the face.

Zhao Tianxing was so frightened that he jumped.

One slap wasn't enough. With a look of utter disappointment, Guo Kaitai delivered another punch.

But in the end, it only landed gently on Guo Jinhua's chest.

"Son, why?"

Tears streaming down his face, Guo Kaitai asked in bewilderment, "Lanting is such a wonderful girl, why...why did you do this?"

He didn't like Du Minhui very much, thinking that she was too materialistic.

Can Fu Lanting be given?

Virtuous, filial, and good to Guo Meijing, Guo Kaitai truly felt that having such a daughter-in-law was a blessing from God.

But he never dreamed that Guo Jinhua would kill Fu Lanting.

Guo Jinhua's expression was extremely painful. He shook his head and said, "I don't know. I was like I was possessed. I really don't know. Dad, I was wrong. I was really wrong. I'm sorry to you, I'm sorry to Lanting, and I'm sorry to their whole family."

"I deserve to die!"

Guo Kaitai clutched his chest and shook his head in anguish.

The family of three was left only with sobs.

A few minutes later, Guo Kaitai's parents were asked to leave.

"Officer Shen, thank you."

As he was leaving, Guo Kaitai turned around, bowed to Shen Xin to express his gratitude, and then said, "My son committed a crime. I don't defend him. I just feel ashamed and sorry to the Lanting family."

"If it weren't for you, I would never have known how Lanting died..."

His mind was in turmoil, and he didn't know what to say. He couldn't continue speaking, so he took one last look at his son and helped his wife walk out slowly.

In his sixties, he has been extremely worried these past two years.

And now, in just a few days, he looks much older.

Guo Jinhua covered his face and kept apologizing.

Shen Xin sighed softly, telling him to calm down before starting dialysis.

Once on the medical equipment, Guo Jinhua calmed down a bit, lay down for a while, and then took the initiative to speak, wanting to explain the situation.

"No rush." ​​Shen Xin raised his hand to stop him, telling him to get dialysis first and think it over later.

Four hours of dialysis is quite a long time.

Guo Jinhua lay on the bed, quietly looking out the window, lost in thought.

After being brought back to the station and resting for a while, they were interrogated again that evening.

Yang Zeran was still the presiding judge.

Now that the foundation has been laid, Yang Zeran changed his strategy and started asking questions directly from the beginning.

That is, the argument that He Liyuan overheard.

Yang Zeran asked Guo Jinhua what Fu Lanting had said.

Guo Jinhua sat calmly for a long time before shaking his head: "I don't quite remember."

Yang Zeran raised an eyebrow. Was he still pretending to be confused at a time like this?
Guo Jinhua hurriedly shook his head: "Officer, it's not that I don't want to talk about it, I really don't remember."

"Those days, when I think back on them, feel like a nightmare, especially now that I've become like this. Sometimes I feel like I can't remember anything, and my mind is all muddled."

Yang Zeran wasn't sure if he was telling the truth, so he just spoke up to guide the conversation, repeating He Liyuan's words.

He Liyuan overheard Guo Jinhua questioning Fu Lanting, asking her what she was trying to do, why she wasn't treating Guo Meijing, and why she was giving up.

Then Fu Lanting argued that that wasn't what she meant.

Guo Jinhua frowned, looking pained as he thought for a long time before muttering, "I really don't remember what she said, but it seemed like she was going to take Jingjing to Qiongzhou or something."

“At that time, the doctor said that there were risks in traveling far away. I was worried. She seemed to say that this was Jingjing’s last wish.”

As he recounted the story, Guo Jinhua's memories seemed to gradually become clearer.

"So I got really angry. I felt like she didn't want to treat Jingjing anymore, as if it was Jingjing's last birthday, so we had a fight."

Shen Xin, Sun Zhao, and others were all in the observation room.

Ding Yuwei said softly, "That means Fu Lanting didn't say she was giving up on treatment either."

Shen Xin nodded.

Based on Guo Jinhua's description, it seems that Guo Meijing was the one who suggested going to Qiongzhou, to the ends of the earth.

However, Guo Jinhua disagreed, feeling that the risks were too great and that they should continue to seek treatment elsewhere.

Fu Lanting was probably more rational. She knew there was no hope and didn't want Guo Meijing to die with regrets, so she suggested that Guo Meijing go to Qiongzhou.

However, Guo Jinhua misinterpreted these words as meaning that Fu Lanting wanted to give up treatment and didn't want to treat Guo Meijing anymore.

Inside the interrogation room, Yang Zeran inquired about the trip to Qiongzhou.

Mentioning this, Guo Jinhua smiled and said that Guo Meijing was very happy. They went to see the sea and stayed until night, lying on the beach and looking at the starry sky.

Guo Jinhua was completely lost in his memories and said, "That night, Jingjing rested her head on my arm, pointed to the sky and said that she wanted to become a star, just a small one, not too bright, hoping that we couldn't see her, but she could see us."

As he spoke, tears streamed down his face. He murmured, "I still can't understand how she could be so sensible and know so much."

"So the thought of her dying was unbearable, so I bought a bottle of rat poison. I thought if Jingjing died, I would drink the rat poison in one gulp and go to be with her."

Yang Zeran nodded slightly.

That part by Huang Shaolong matches up.

As the investigation revealed, he attempted to smuggle the item onto the plane, but was caught by security.

Yang Zeran asked, "Then why did it take you half a year after your daughter's death for you to have the idea of ​​murdering Fu Lanting again?"

The rat poison was confiscated in July, and Guo Meijing passed away in August, but Guo Jinhua did not ask for the rat poison back until March of the following year.

Guo Jinhua shook his head bitterly: "I don't know either. During that period, I felt like my mind was completely blank, and I couldn't remember anything."

"Lanting advised me, and others advised me as well, to think more positively, but they are not me!"

Guo Jinhua suddenly turned his head and stared straight at Yang Zeran.

Yang Zeran was startled, feeling that Guo Jinhua's gaze was unusually strange.

Guo Jinhua continued, "My heart aches terribly, and my head hurts too. Whenever I close my eyes, I can hear Jingjing calling my father right next to my ear."

"The more they tried to persuade me, the angrier I got. They had no idea how much I was suffering."

"Then, for some reason, I remembered that she wanted me to give up treatment. How could she be so mean?"

Guo Jinhua looked up again.

At that moment, not only did his eyes and expression become strange, but even his voice turned cold.

In the interrogation room next door, Shen Xindu shivered slightly, feeling that Guo Jinhua had become just as cold and cruel as he had seen in the detention room before.

It felt like the evil in his heart was suddenly released.

Yang Zeran also felt a little uneasy and asked, "So what did you do?"

Guo Jinhua's eyes became unfocused: "I was so angry. I felt she deserved to die. She should pay for Jingjing's life."

"Especially at night, when she takes a shower and wants to sleep with me, I feel disgusted."

"My desire to kill her grew stronger and stronger. I wanted to stab her to death, but that would be too easy on her."

“Jingjing was in so much pain when she was sick, I wanted her to experience it too, so I thought of that bottle of rat poison.”

Yang Zeran took a deep breath. He also had a feeling that Guo Jinhua in front of him seemed to have become a different person.

After a moment's hesitation, Yang Zeran asked him how he had poisoned the animal.

Mentioning this, Guo Jinhua's expression became dazed. After recalling for a moment, he said, "That's how I threw it. I put the rat poison in the corner of the noodle shop's storeroom."

"She found it later when she was tidying up her things and asked me when I bought it. I told her that I saw a mouse and bought a bottle."

"She didn't ask any more questions, and then I thought of slowly poisoning it. I started by dipping a little bit with chopsticks and then stirring it into the noodles."

"I'm afraid I might accidentally get it on other places and not be able to wash it properly, which could harm others, so I always use disposable chopsticks and bowls."

Inside the observation room, Shen Xin's gaze was stern.

Are you afraid of harming others?
They were probably afraid of being discovered and leaving evidence.

However, I was right; it was indeed disposable tableware, which was discarded immediately after being poisoned.

quietly.

Fu Lanting never dreamed that her husband would treat her like this.

Unknowingly, I poisoned myself for more than two months.

In the interrogation room, Yang Zeran also asked this question, asking if he had ever regretted it during the more than two months of poisoning.

This question seemed to stump Guo Jinhua. He stared blankly for a moment, then said, "I don't remember."

“I usually poison it every few days, and then I do it in the morning.”

“We usually go early, before dawn, and she tidies up the tables and chairs. She is very clean and will clean once before leaving at night and again in the morning.”

"I was preparing the toppings for the noodles I was going to sell, and then I cooked noodles for the two of us. After I finished cooking the noodles, I dipped some rat poison in my chopsticks and rinsed it in her bowl."

"Then, around dawn, we sat together at the door to eat. She ate hers, and I ate mine. As for whether I regretted it or not?"

"I do not know either."

Guo Jinhua shook his head, his tone becoming dazed: "It just feels like... I've gotten used to it."

He used a very strange adjective.

Yang Zeran frowned.

Inside the observation room, everyone else also frowned.

Old Zhou shook his head and muttered, "This guy's brain is messed up, he's not normal."

Shen Xin didn't reply, but just stared at Guo Jinhua.

Shen Xin felt that the question of whether he regretted it or not was no longer meaningful.

Let's hear Guo Jinhua's own description.

Usually, the poison is applied in the morning, the door is opened, and the wife cleans up and prepares for business.

I prepared breakfast for the two of us, cooked noodles, dipped them in rat poison, and rinsed them.

Later, bathed in the morning sun, an ordinary young couple might be worrying about how well their business was doing that day, or perhaps chatting casually about everyday matters.

Then we ate a bowl of noodles that had been laced with rat poison.

Just thinking about the scene sent chills down Shen Xin's spine and made him feel terrified.

Inside the interrogation room, Yang Zeran remained silent for a while before asking another crucial question.

That explains why Guo Jinhua poisoned himself.

Moreover, the dosage must have been considerable, as evidenced by the examination reports after their hospitalization that year, which showed that their poisoning indicators were roughly the same.

Guo Jinhua came to his senses and kept trying to recall, which seemed to make his memory very confused.

He frowned in thought, and even asked Yang Zeran, "Right, why would I poison myself?"

He rolled his eyes, stared at the ceiling, and drifted into memories.

The silence inside was eerily profound.

Just as Yang Zeran was about to break the silence, Guo Jinhua's eyes widened suddenly.

The kind that stares very wide.

He is paralyzed on one side, and half of his face is also affected. Now, with his eyes wide open, his facial expression has become somewhat frightening.

As if she had thought of something terrifying, she turned her head and stared straight at Yang Zeran.

Yang Zeran felt a chill run down his spine.

"I remembered."

As certain memories began to resurface, Guo Jinhua's voice trembled, his expression filled with terror and disbelief. He stammered, "It's me!"

He stared intently at Yang Zeran and said, "That time, Jingjing's head hurt terribly, like it was about to explode, and her whole body was convulsing from the pain."

"She also had aspiration pneumonia and couldn't breathe properly. Her face turned red from holding her breath. She just grabbed my hand and told me that it hurt so much and that she wanted to go home."

“I couldn’t take it anymore. I told her that we should stop treatment and go home. Dad will stay with you.”

"I asked her what her wishes were, and I was the one who asked the doctor what would happen if she didn't get treatment."

"It was Jingjing who gave up first."

Guo Jinhua stared wide-eyed, opened his mouth, and tried to shout, but no sound came out of his throat.

Everyone present felt a chill run down their spines.

(End of this chapter)