CHAPTER 194: CHAPTER 148: JIANG AN’S BOLD GUESS

Xia Jun opened his mouth and said, "This man wanted to extort us."

"He said he had evidence of our crimes and demanded 500,000 yuan in hush money."

"We arranged to meet the night before last at the back hill to hand over the money."

"At that time, my wife directly killed him."

Li Jian asked, "What evidence of crimes?"

After a moment of silence, Xia Jun lowered his head and softly said, "When we opened the pet shop, we also engaged in some illegal animal sales."

"This man called my wife and said he had evidence regarding that."

"If we didn’t pay, he’d report us."

Li Jian and Chen He instantly understood.

Alongside solving the murder case, they unexpectedly discovered an illegal wildlife trafficking case.

Li Jian and Chen He exchanged a glance, both sensing the joy of solving the case in each other’s eyes.

Then, Li Jian continued to ask, "Tell us more in detail?"

"The night before last, my wife and I took the cash to make the deal."

"Originally, we just wanted to keep the peace and hand over the money."

"While handing him the money, my wife suddenly pulled out a syringe from her handbag and directly stabbed him in the stomach."

"Do you know what was inside the syringe?"

"I didn’t know at first, nor did I expect she would commit murder."

"Later, she told me it was a muscle relaxant, succinylcholine."

"Then, my wife and I put him into the car and drove to the southern city highway."

"At that time, there were no other cars on the highway, so we directly disposed of the body."

Hearing this, Li Jian nodded.

His confession matched exactly with the initial deductions.

"What about Wu Yan?"

"How did you kill her?"

"I didn’t kill her."

"I just explained earlier, my wife killed this man because he was extorting money from us."

"My wife acted in a moment of anger and killed him."

"As for his affair with Wu Yan, I didn’t know at the time."

"Please understand, I really didn’t kill Wu Yan."

...

At this moment, Jiang An, standing outside the one-way glass, continued to observe the interior, contemplating another possibility.

After 40 minutes, Li Jian and Chen He carried on trying to persuade, but Xia Jun consistently denied killing Wu Yan.

Finally, they were left with no choice but to walk out of the interrogation room.

As they exited, Jiang An, Zhang Yean, and Wan all came over.

Li Jian and Chen He puffed away on their cigarettes.

Chen He sighed, "We’re just one goal away from success, one last step."

"Exactly!"

Li Jian said, "It’s often darkest before dawn."

At this moment, Zhang Yean said, "Mr. Li, have you considered the possibility that he didn’t kill Wu Yan, and the murderer is someone else?"

Li Jian furrowed his brows.

"Through my observations, I think there’s such a possibility."

"After all, he admitted to killing Huang Bing quite quickly."

Wan lamented, "A couple is like birds of the same forest; when disaster strikes, they fly apart."

Seeing Jiang An deep in thought, Li Jian asked, "Jiang An, what do you think?"

Jiang An opened his mouth and said, "I believe Xia Jun is telling the truth; he likely didn’t kill Wu Yan."

Chen He said, "But, through external investigation, we found that Wu Yan hadn’t had conflicts with anyone else."

"If he didn’t kill, then who did?"

"In my view, committing a murder must have a strong motive."

After a long pause, Zhang An opened his mouth and said, "Mr. Li, have you considered the suspicion on Xia Jun’s wife?"

Her?

Her?

Instantly, Li Jian, Chen He, Zhang Yean, and Wan were all surprised.

Wan opened his mouth and said, "Could it be? The wife killing the mistress?"

"I’ve only heard of mistresses killing the wife to climb higher."

While the four were surprised, Jiang An spoke up, "Through Xia Jun’s earlier statement, his wife seems to be a ruthless person."

"Actually, Xia Jun initially just wanted to pay the money and make peace."

"He didn’t even expect his wife would commit murder."

"When it comes to a woman disrupting her family, I believe his wife has a certain motive for crime."

Zhang Yean asked, "But if his wife killed someone, wouldn’t Xia Jun know?"

Jiang An nodded.

He turned his head to look at Xia Jun inside the interrogation room, "I have a bold idea now."

"I suspect the real reason his wife killed Huang Bing was not due to the illegal animal trafficking, but Huang Bing witnessing the entire murder process."

This bold speculation instantly stunned the four.

After a moment, Zhang Yean said, "You’re saying that when Wu Yan was killed, Huang Bing was in the room?"