You're supposed to be a security officer, what case are you solving?

Chapter 348 Psychological Defense Line!

Hongye Residential Area, Building 3, Unit 1, Apartment 403.

A brief silence fell over the room.

Then, the woman holding the child let out a piercing scream: "Why are you arresting my husband? Who are you?"

Before anyone could answer, she shouted outside, "Help! These thugs have broken into my house..."

Before she could finish speaking, Feng Xiaocai had already shown her the police officer's ID.

"We are from the Qincheng Branch of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Your husband is suspected of intentional homicide..."

Feng Xiaocai spoke very quickly, almost drowning out the woman's voice.

The woman was stunned when she heard this, and the child in her arms began to cry loudly.

To avoid being disturbed by the neighbors, the cat slammed the door shut.

At this moment, Yao Weihua and Gao Jie had pinned Xia Hai down, using their knees to push against his back, and his hands were twisted behind his back.

When they held him down earlier, he was still struggling, but when he heard the words "Criminal Investigation Detachment," all his strength seemed to be drained away, and he stopped moving.

Both Yao Weihua and Gao Jie realized that Xia Hai had a problem.

"Handcuffs!" Yang Jinwen shouted; his handcuffs had already been used.

Cai Ting took out handcuffs from behind her waist and put them on him very neatly.

Xia Hai raised his head and looked at his wife standing at the door.

"Wife, come inside. Quickly take the child inside."

The woman's shoulders trembled with fear, and the child in her arms cried along with her.

"Husband, what exactly are you...?"

"Go inside and don't come out. Don't worry, I'm fine."

The woman refused and pleaded with Feng Xiaocai beside her, "How could my husband kill someone? Are you police officers? How can you just barge into someone's house and arrest them like this?"

Feng Xiaocai looked at the child in her arms; the child's face was flushed, his nose was twitching, and he was crying very softly.

"Listen to your husband, you go inside first."

Standing to the side, Yang Jinwen said, "Find two people to accompany her."

Immediately afterwards, the woman was taken to the bedroom. Wu Daqing found two guards from the team, a man and a woman, to follow her in and keep an eye on her in case anything went wrong.

At this moment, Xia Hai was lifted up, grabbed by the shoulders by Yao Weihua and Gao Jie, and pushed to sit down on the sofa in the living room.

Yang Jinwen looked him up and down; his height and gait were both suitable.

Xia Hai had his hands behind his back, his head hanging low, looking listless.

Above his head, on the wall, hung a wedding photo framed in gold.

In the wedding photo, Xia Hai is wearing a black suit, his wife is wearing a white Western-style wedding dress and a white veil, a typical wedding photo from the 1990s.

Yang Jinwen dragged a chair from beside the dining table, and Maozi moved the coffee table in front of the sofa so that Yang Jinwen could place the chair in front of Xia Hai.

After Yang Jinwen sat down, he looked at the other person: "Xia Hai, an employee of the Petroleum Bureau, right?"

Xia Hai swallowed hard, but remained silent.

"Keep your head up."

Yao Weihua pressed hard on his shoulder: "I told you to lift your head."

Xia Hai slowly raised his head, but glanced to the left, not daring to meet Yang Jinwen's gaze.

"Let me tell you again, we are from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Qincheng Public Security Bureau. My name is Yang Jinwen, and this is my police ID."

Xia Hai, I'm asking you, do you know why we're looking for you?

"No...don't know."

Yang Jinwen stared intently at him: "Where were you on the night of July 11, 1996?"

"I'm at home."

"Who else but you?"

"My wife."

"anything else?"

"Nothing."

"Was your wife pregnant at the time?"

"Yes."

How many months pregnant?

"Three months."

"I heard that your fan broke down on the night of July 11th."

It was early winter, and Yang Jinwen looked around the living room but couldn't see a fan.

When Xia Hai heard about this, his expression changed even more. He kept blinking and shifting his gaze.

Yao Weihua and Gao Jie pressed on his shoulders and could clearly feel that his body was trembling violently.

Gao Jie shoved his shoulder hard: "Answer the question!"

"I don't remember."

Yang Jinwen squinted at Cai Ting and said, "He has a bad memory. Go ask his wife."

Cai Ting nodded: "Okay."

"No..." Xia Hai immediately cried out, "Don't ask my lover."

Yao Weihua said, "Then you have to tell the truth. Do you think it's a joke that more than a dozen of us came here?"
Xia Hai, let me tell you, there's no escaping what you've done!

"We've already shown you leniency by not taking you to the detention center immediately. If you're harboring any illusions, you should understand the consequences."

Xia Hai shook his head: "I really don't know what you want to ask?"

Yang Jinwen nodded to Cai Ting, who then quickly walked towards the bedroom.

Xia Hai raised his head, looked at the closed bedroom door, and kept swallowing.

His entire behavior suggests that he has something to hide and is resisting and struggling with the police. But whether he was responsible for the 711 and 609 cases remains to be seen; he needs to confess himself.

Wu Daqin and Li Yang, along with other security guards at the Public Security Bureau, were unaware of the details of the case. However, Feng Xiaocai knew that the case could only be solved based on confessions, as physical evidence was scarce. Perhaps they could find the tools used in the crime, such as a screwdriver, a knife, or the shoes Xia Hai wore when he committed the murder.

The most important piece of physical evidence is the shoe prints from the scenes of the 711 and 609 cases. They belong to two different pairs of shoes: the shoe prints from the first case scene were from leather shoes, while the shoe prints from the second case scene were from rubber boots.

At this moment, the cat is tinkering in the shoe cabinet.

There are two pairs of leather shoes and one pair of rubber boots in the shoe cabinet, but whether they match the shoe prints at the crime scene still requires technical analysis.

In the living room, a dozen or so people stared intently at Xia Hai, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was eerily quiet.

Shortly after, the sound of a woman and a child crying came from the bedroom.

The child cried loudly, crying very sadly.

Xia Hai tried to stand up, but Yao Weihua and Gao Jie held him down firmly.

"Officers, my wife is in poor health, and my daughter is only a little over a year old. Could you please stop asking me questions?"

Yang Jinwen leaned down and stared at him: "If you don't confess, only your wife can confess for you. Xia Hai, think it through. We didn't come looking for you for no reason."

"I……"

At this point, the child's cries grew louder and louder, becoming heart-wrenching.

Xia Hai pleaded, her face flushed, "Please, please! The baby is just hungry and needs to be fed. Don't ask anymore!"

But the detectives inside remained unmoved, and none of them paid him any attention.

Xia Hai continued to plead, "This is my second child. My wife and I had another one before, but he died of illness when he was six years old. Could you please have mercy and let my wife feed the baby first?"

Yang Jinwen and the others remained expressionless. The sound of a child crying came from the living room, striking Xia Hai's heart.

Feng Xiaocai glanced at Yang Jinwen, whose expression remained unchanged, chillingly cold, which made her feel uneasy.

Gao Jie also felt a little reluctant and wanted to speak up several times, but after thinking about it, he realized that he had no say at all.

Yang Jinwen is now the captain of the Third Brigade. He is in charge of these two cases. He keeps quiet, and no one dares to make a move.

At this moment, the bedroom door opened, and Cai Ting's face appeared, blocking the view inside the room.

She began, "Captain Yang, the suspect's family confessed that on the evening of July 11, 1996, an appliance repairman came to Xia Hai's home to fix a fan, between 9:00 and 10:30 that night."

Moreover, the appliance repairman even had a cup of tea before leaving.

The suspect's family said that the appliance repairman left a screwdriver at Xia Hai's home.

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Go on asking."

Cai Ting hesitated and said, "We can't ask. The suspect's family member has fainted. And the child has developed red rashes all over his body and legs. He's crying and making a fuss, as if something is wrong with him. We need to take him to the hospital."

Yang Jinwen snapped, "What hospital?! Ask them what happened before sending them to the hospital. If you can't get anything out of them, they're not going anywhere today! Wake them up and keep asking!"

Cai Ting shrank back and said, "Okay, I understand."

Then she slammed the door shut.

Xia Hai shrugged and was about to stand up when Yao Weihua reached out, pressing down on his shoulder with one hand and his head with the other.

Gao Jie, who was standing to the side, had already withdrawn his hand; he couldn't bear to watch any longer.

Feng Xiaocai felt the same way; hearing the child cry, her heart ached like it was being clawed by a cat.

Yao Weihua shouted, "Cat, come help! Let's stomp him to death!"

After saying that, he scolded Xia Hai, "Don't move! Who told you to move?! Let me tell you, it's better for you to sit than to squat, don't be ungrateful!"

"My wife has fainted, and my child is unwell. Please, please stop bothering me! My wife and child need to be taken to the hospital!"

"What's it to me!" Yao Weihua cursed.

Xia Hai heard the child crying and looked anxious. He then saw Cai Ting open the bedroom door again and shout, "Captain Yang, the suspect's family can't hold on any longer."

Yang Jinwen said coldly, "Keep asking! Get the answer and then don't bother me anymore!"

Xia Hai's emotions surged: "Fuck your mothers! Are you even human?"

"And what about you?" Yang Jinwen pressed him, "Tell me! Why did we come looking for you?"

"I killed someone!"

"Kill who?"

"I killed..." Xia Hai was stunned.

"Kill who?"

"I……"

Xia Hai slumped onto the sofa, his eyes bloodshot: "I killed two women!"

Yang Jinwen took out photos of the victims Zhou Lei and Wan Simiao and handed them to him.

"Is it them?"

Xia Hai shouted, "Please, don't cause trouble for my wife and children, take them to the hospital."

Yang Jinwen ignored him and continued to ask, "What month and day was the person killed?"

“96年7月11号和97年6月9号。”

Where is the weapon used in the crime?

"In the cupboard."

The cat quickly ran to the kitchen.

Yang Jinwen continued, "Why did you kill him?"

"I……"

"I'll ask you one more time, did you kill these two women?"

"Yes, it was me!" Xia Hai nodded. "Take my wife and child to the hospital, and I'll tell you everything."

Just then, the cat ran out of the kitchen, carrying a black plastic bag containing a rusty screwdriver and a fruit knife.

"Captain Yang, we've found him!"

(End of this chapter)