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

Chapter 350 Confession!

Qincheng Detachment, Interrogation Room No. 1.

Xia Hai sat under the white light, head bowed, without uttering a sound.

The interrogation room door opened, but he didn't even lift his head.

"Interrogation time...the person being interrogated..."

After the entire process was completed, Xia Hai heard a familiar voice say, "The interrogation is now beginning."

He slightly raised his head and looked at Yang Jinwen sitting opposite him, as well as another middle-aged criminal police officer wearing a brown leather jacket.

Xia Hai sensed from the middle-aged detective's eyes that the man was looking at an ancient fossil, his eyes filled with fervor and resentment.

"Suspect Xia Hai, at approximately 10:30 PM on July 11, 1996, in the grove next to Xiangyuan Road Park in Xingye District, the victim Zhou Lei was brutally murdered. Was this your doing?"

Xia Hai licked his lips and nodded heavily: "Yes, I killed him."

"Around 6 p.m. on June 9, 1997, Wan Simiao, the victim, was murdered at the Sihai Road garbage station in Xingye District. Was this your doing?"

"He was someone I killed."

Yang Jinwen pointed at him: "Start with the first case."

"Officer, my wife and children..."

"It's already been taken to the hospital, don't worry."

"Thank you." Xia Hai nodded.

Inside the interrogation room, a camera was set up on the left, its dark lens pointed at him, and on the wall in front of him were written eight large characters: "Confess and you will be treated leniently; resist and you will be punished severely."

Xia Hai let out a breath and said, "I didn't mean to kill anyone. I've been suppressing my feelings for too long."

My wife and I had a child before, who died of illness when he was six years old. For the next few years, my wife's health was not good.

In 1996, my wife became pregnant again, and she was exactly three months pregnant in July.

For those few months, my wife and I didn't dare to have sex. I'm also a very energetic person, so I kept holding back.

On the night of July 11th, my home fan broke down, so I called Lao Xiang, who has an appliance repair shop in an alley on Fuchun Road.

Our petroleum bureau has dormitories on Fuchun Road, and my colleagues all go to him for repairs.

Around 9 p.m. that evening, Lao Xiang came to my house to fix the fan. It wasn't a big problem, and he was very skilled. After he fixed it, I invited him to have some tea before he left.

Lao Xiang left just after 10 o'clock. I was thinking of going to the kitchen to tidy up. I put on my gloves and turned around when I saw that Lao Xiang had left the screwdriver behind.

I grabbed the screwdriver and chased after him downstairs, intending to return it to him.

But he walked away quickly, and I couldn't find him. Since I was already out and it was hot at home, I decided to go out for a walk and buy a bottle of beer.

Xiangyuan Road is just the street next to ours. I know some prostitutes go out there at night, and somehow I ended up wandering over there...

At this point, Xia Hai lowered his head and continued, "I have never been to a brothel, but that night, I couldn't resist."

I saw a woman dressed very provocatively standing in the alley. When she saw me walking by, she called out to me.

She said, "Big brother, want to play a game?"

I didn't want to, but she took my arm right away, and I couldn't resist.

I know some people in the building where this woman lives, so I didn't feel comfortable going upstairs with her. I asked if we could find a quiet place.

The woman said that it was possible to go to the grove of trees in the park ahead, but it would cost an extra ten yuan.

I agreed and went with her.

The woman was very familiar with the grove, and after we got there... we had sex.

After it was all over, she demanded fifty yuan instead of the thirty-odd yuan we had agreed on beforehand.

I didn't have that much money in my pocket, so she said she knew me and knew I lived nearby. She said if I didn't give her the money, she would go to my partner.

After a few words of argument, I don't know what came over me, I pulled a screwdriver out of my pocket and stabbed her in the neck.

Gao Jie asked, "How many times did you poke it?"

Xia Hai, with his eyes closed, replied, "I forgot, I think it was two or three."

"You stabbed me and then ran away?"

"Yes."

"You just said you were wearing gloves. You were wearing gloves when you went to the grove with Zhou Lei?"

"Yes."

"Why are you wearing gloves? What kind of gloves?"

"It's a kitchen latex glove that I brought back from work. When Lao Xiang was fixing my fan, I helped out and cut my left hand, which bled."

When he left, I was just about to clean up the kitchen, and I wore gloves to keep my wound dry.

As Xia Hai spoke, Yang Jinwen kept his eyes fixed on him.

Gao Jie continued, "When you and Zhou Lei had sex in the grove, were you also wearing gloves?"

"Yes."

"why?"

“That place is difficult to work in; you have to support yourself with your hands on the ground, so…”

At this moment, Yang Jinwen asked, "Did you wear gloves when you killed people?"

Xia Hai avoided his gaze and nodded, "Yes."

Yang Jinwen squinted: "You killed someone with a screwdriver? Why did you keep the screwdriver all this time?"

"After the murder, I went home. I was terrified, so I just left the screwdriver at home."

"You killed someone because you couldn't agree on a price?"

"Yes." "Liar!"

Yang Jinwen slammed his hand on the table, stood up, walked around to the interrogation table, and leaned down to stare at Xia Hai.

"Xia Hai, I gave you a chance, are you not being honest?"

"I...I've confessed everything."

Yang Jinwen shouted, enunciating each word clearly: "Your motive for killing is unclear! Tell me, why did you kill Zhou Lei?"

Gao Jie looked at Yang Jinwen in surprise. There were other people in the interrogation room, including Wen Mo, Wu Kai, and Shen Wenzhu, all of whom had their brows furrowed.

They all had the same question: the suspect had already explained his motive for the murder, and after they couldn't agree on a price, he killed someone during an argument. Was his motive plausible?

Only Lu Ruixiang, the captain of the first brigade, squinted and smiled.

Xia Hai swallowed hard: "Officer, how do you expect me to explain? I've already been arrested, why would I lie?"

Yang Jinwen stared at him coldly: "If it weren't for the 609 case, I would have believed your nonsense. Don't try to play the accidental killing on me, you premeditated murder!"

Xia Hai raised his face and met Yang Jinwen's gaze.

This was the first time Xia Hai had made eye contact with Yang Jinwen since he entered the interrogation room.

After a silence of more than ten seconds, Xia Hai smiled slightly: "Ah, you actually saw through me. Officer Yang, is the motive for murder that important to you?"

Yang Jinwen didn't laugh; his voice was stern: "It's not important to me, but it's very important to the deceased and their family! It's also important to the trial of your crimes."

So don't play innocent with me! Tell the truth!

Upon hearing this, Xia Hai seemed like a completely different person, as if he had suddenly shed his disguise and become relaxed, though his eyes appeared ruthless.

He nodded: "Damn it, I'm unlucky to have been caught by you guys!"

"Okay, I'll confess! To be honest, I just wanted to rape and kill her. I didn't give the woman any money; I slept with her and then killed her."

"So, you were the one who premeditated the murder?"

"Yes." Xia Hai admitted, "There are prostitutes in the Xiangyuan Road area every night. I've been thinking about killing one for a while now."

"Take care of them first, don't pay them, then kill them. It's very exciting, Officer Yang."

Yang Jinwen said coldly, "Tell me about the 609 case!"

"That was on June 9th last year, in the Sihai Street area. But in the nights before that, I was looking for targets to take action."

But what I'm thinking of is finding someone younger, younger is better, they haven't experienced anything, they're very scared, if you do her, kill her, it'll be like killing a chick.

The first time I killed someone, I used the screwdriver that Lao Xiang had forgotten to take; it was truly a spur-of-the-moment decision.

After killing someone, I waited for more than a month, but the police couldn't find me. I thought to myself, I can't use this thing to commit crimes in the future.

During this time, my wife was pregnant and gave birth, and I had to go to work, so it wasn't until the summer of the following year that I committed the second murder.

Killing is addictive, especially killing women.

There's really not much to say; it's just that someone was killed.

That woman, from June 9th last year—I killed her at the garbage dump. Honestly, it was really satisfying. My only regret is that I didn't get to sleep with her.

Even veteran detectives who have seen countless murders can still be enraged by a seemingly indifferent killer like Xia Hai.

Gao Jie was one of them. His face was ashen as he asked, "On June 12, 1997, in the staff dormitory of the gardening center on Sihai Street, someone fell from the fourth floor and died. Are you aware of this incident?"

"I know." Xia Hai nodded. "You police arrested the wrong person, didn't you?"

Gao Jie's throat bobbed twice: "You've inquired about it?"

"Do you even need to ask? Our petroleum bureau employees live on the fifth floor of the garden staff dormitory. Those few days, they were all telling me about this, saying that you've driven people to this point..."

Xia Hai paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "I thought you would never be able to catch me."

"Fuck your mother!" Gao Jie suddenly sprang to his feet, pointing his finger at his nose and cursing, "I'll fuck your mother!"

Yao Weihua and Maozi quickly pulled him away.

Yang Jinwen blocked Gao Jie's path and faced Xia Hai: "From 96 until now, you've only killed two people?"

"Yes." Xia Hai nodded.

"No further offenses?"

Xia Hai let out a breath and replied, "I originally thought so, but I know that I can't keep killing people in the same place. If I do, I'll get caught sooner or later."

But as you've seen, my daughter was born, and I had to take care of my family. I couldn't continue killing.

Yao Weihua cursed, "You fucking know you have a daughter? Didn't you think about that when you killed her?"

Xia Hai laughed and said, "There's no conflict. I killed other women, what does that have to do with my daughter? It doesn't matter."

Actually, I've thought about it. If I were to kill another person, I'd like to use that screwdriver to create a serial murder case, but the risk of getting caught is very high.

However, a screwdriver is also a nuisance, and nobody's afraid of that. But a knife is a different story. The woman I killed last year was crying and sobbing; she was so scared she peed herself on the floor and didn't dare utter a sound.

Yang Jinwen said coldly, "Do you know what kind of consequences you will face?"

Xia Hai shrugged: "I know, it's the death penalty, I'm willing to accept the consequences."

Yang Jinwen shook his head and gave him a cold smile: "Your property and house will be seized by the court to compensate the two victims!"
Your spouse and daughter are both relatives of a murderer. Your spouse cannot find a job, and from now on, your daughter is the daughter of a murderer. She will be despised, cursed, and insulted!
The families of both victims will come after them! They will never have a peaceful day again!

A daughter without a father will be bullied and fall into depravity from a young age. You look down on prostitutes, so you specifically target them to kill.

I urge you to think carefully about what kind of path your spouse and daughter will take in the future.
So you better not act like it's no big deal to me. What you've done doesn't just involve the victims, but your parents, your partner, and your children!

I believe that, compared to the victim's family, your family will forever live in the shadow you cast upon them, a shadow they will never be able to shake off!

Xia Hai froze, his gaze fixed.

Yang Jinwen nodded: "Your daughter will hate you forever. After you die, she will never visit your grave. I guarantee she won't!"

Of course, there's no need for that for a beast like you, right?

(End of this chapter)