Supreme Divine Physician in the City
Chapter 824: 824: The Death of Xie Wending
Chapter 824: Chapter 824: The Death of Xie Wending
Tianhe Bay Police Station.
Early in the morning, Bai Wenrou drove to the municipal bureau building, carrying breakfast she had bought on the way. She hadn’t had time to eat before she pushed the door open and got out of the car.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
But she had only taken a few steps when an urgent phone ring interrupted her.
Bai Wenrou took out her phone, glanced at the caller ID, answered the call, and said, “Little Zhou, this is Bai Wenrou. What’s the matter?”
“Captain, the bureau just received a report that early this morning, a fisherman discovered a floating corpse downstream of Xiaopan River. The director is asking you to check it out,” said the voice on the phone.
“A floating corpse? Understood, I’ll be right there!”
After acknowledging, Bai Wenrou hung up and returned to her car.
Casually placing the breakfast on the center console, it seemed she had no time for breakfast once again!
Twenty minutes later.
The riverside downstream of Xiaopan River!
When Bai Wenrou arrived, the riverside was already crowded with people—the nearby villagers had rushed over, having heard the news to gawk.
After making a brief order, she instructed the accompanying officers to disperse the crowd and set up a cordon around the area. Then she brought two forensic doctors to the riverbank, where a corpse lay quietly on the ground, covered with a white cloth.
Stepping forward a few steps, Bai Wenrou crouched down and lifted a corner of the white cloth covering the body, immediately revealing the face of the corpse.
“Xie Wending!?”
Upon seeing this, Bai Wenrou exclaimed in disbelief.
How could it be him?
Although deformed from being soaked in the river, the facial features of the corpse were still clearly identifiable as none other than Xie Wending!
Unexpectedly, this fugitive, the owner of Jade Pearl, whom the police were vigorously hunting, hadn’t escaped anywhere nor had they caught him. Instead, he was already dead—a corpse.
To uncover the truth behind Xie Wending’s death, Bai Wenrou immediately ordered the forensic doctors to conduct an examination, eventually reaching a preliminary conclusion.
The time of Xie Wending’s death was around the early hours of the previous night, and the cause of death was asphyxiation. However, this wasn’t pathological asphyxiation caused by drowning, but due to external force strangling the neck, ultimately leading to respiratory failure!
It can be concluded that this was a man-made result. In other words, Xie Wending was murdered before being thrown into the river to fake a drowning asphyxiation scene.
The real cause of Xie Wending’s death was homicide!
With the forensic analysis revealing the cause of Xie Wending’s death, Bai Wenrou immediately furrowed her brow, a sharp glint in her eyes.
“It seems this case is not as simple as it appears. Behind Xie Wending, there’s an even larger mastermind! This drug trafficking case is far from over…”
With Xie Wending suddenly murdered, she’d quickly analyzed everything.
Behind this drug trafficking case, there’s a larger interest group, and Xie Wending was merely their pawn, an outside spokesperson!
“Hmph! Whoever you are, daring to kill so recklessly, treating the law as child’s play, I will definitely drag you out from the shadows.”
Gazing at the undulating waters of Xiaopan River, Bai Wenrou felt calm inside, but her face grew increasingly icy as she secretly determined.
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Tianhe Bay Police Station, heavy offender interrogation room.
Bai Wenrou entered, holding a crime registry, expressionless, and silently sat down before the interrogation table, gazing coldly at the man in his early thirties with a bald head and one eye, cuffed at the table.
This man was none other than the small criminal leader, One-Eye, captured by the police during a deal with Ye Xuan at Xiaopan River. He was also one of Xie Wending’s most trusted aides!
With Xie Wending now murdered, the interest group behind him might yield a breakthrough here!
So, immediately upon returning, Bai Wenrou had arranged to re-interrogate this man.
Seeing Bai Wenrou enter, One-Eye showed not a hint of fear, a languid smile curling at his lips. He even whistled at her, lazily saying, “Beautiful officer, haven’t I confessed everything? All these crimes I admit were solely my doing, nothing to do with my brothers! Why waste time interrogating me further? Just sentence me already, be it jail or a bullet, I’ve no complaints!”
He assumed Bai Wenrou was trying to make him reveal the real master behind the scenes. Regardless, dying was his decision alone; these cops couldn’t touch him!
“Xie Wending is dead!” Bai Wenrou watched him calmly and stated plainly.
What?
At these words, One-Eye was stunned, then chuckled and said, “Beautiful officer, if you want to trick me, at least come up with a believable story, will you? Do you really think I would believe that? I won’t buy into your trap!”
His first reaction was utter disbelief!
Xie Wending, as the real boss behind Jade Pearl, was nonetheless a local underground figure; how could he just die? Can’t be serious! Besides, this joke isn’t funny at all.
The most likely scenario was that this beautiful officer in front of him had fabricated the lie to extract information on the mastermind. Ha, this woman was naive to think he’d fall for it? Not a chance!
One-Eye wore a mocking expression, leaning nonchalantly on the interrogation chair, waiting to see Bai Wenrou’s embarrassed reaction after being exposed.
However, to his disappointment, Bai Wenrou showed no expression, merely giving him a plain glance.
She opened the crime registry in her hand, pulled out a stack of photos tucked inside, then stood up, walked over, and handed the photos to him.
“Whether I’m lying, see for yourself!”
“Hmm?”
One-Eye’s face was filled with doubt, observing her demeanor, it seemed she wasn’t deceiving him! Even bringing photos, could it be…
Bai Wenrou glanced at him coldly and said, “This morning, Xie Wending was found dead in Xiaopan River. Last night, he was strangled to death and then his body was disposed of in the river! These photos were taken after we received the report this morning.”
On hearing this, One-Eye shuddered violently, hastily grabbed the photos, and began examining them one by one.
“From my intelligence, you were an orphan, who five years ago was heavily indebted from gambling, leading to the loss of an eye, and were pursued to near death! Later, Xie Wending saved you, helping you survive that ordeal. So you were grateful, stayed by his side to repay him, treating Xie Wending as a brother, and following his lead without question.”
Bai Wenrou stared intently at him and slowly began, “Over the years, no matter what Xie Wending asked of you, you did so with unwavering dedication, without complaint. From this, it’s clear you are indeed a person of feeling and loyalty, or you wouldn’t have taken blame upon yourself, willing to go to prison for Xie Wending…”