bookrebus Chapter 227 I Really Didn’t Want to Hurt Him
Chapter 227 I Really Didn’t Want to Hurt Him
In fact, Zhang San always gave Su Xiaoxiao a strange feeling, and his actions made her feel disconnected.
When she first met Zhang San, he gave her the impression of a middle-aged gangster who had already understood the rules of society and had been to jail before, so his only wish now was to live a stable life.
Including when I met him in the alley later, when he talked about finding a job, there was genuine joy on his face, and it was obvious that he valued this job very much.
However, within a few days, he framed someone, which puzzled her. She wondered how great the temptation of profit would be for him to risk going to jail again to do this.
After Zhang San was arrested today, he behaved even more strangely. He did not seem to take the frame-up as a serious matter.
"Zhang San, I remember you told me that you just wanted to live a peaceful life. It's only been a short time since you got out of jail, and you've committed a crime again. Do you know how serious this is?"
"Officer Su, don't scare me. I just put a few wigs and some women's underwear under Lu Cheng's bed. At most, it affected Lu Cheng's reputation. How serious can it be?" Zhang San looked disapproving.
"Zhang San, don't you know how serious this is?!"
The more Su Xiaoxiao listened, the more strange it felt. She observed Zhang San's expression and it didn't seem like he was pretending.
"Three years ago, there were several serial murders in Jingzhong City. The victims of these serial murders all had their hair cut off. Among the wigs you put under Lu Cheng's bed, two belonged to two of the victims. If we believed your evidence, we would regard Lu Cheng as the murderer, and he would be killed by you. Do you think this is serious?!"
After Su Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Zhang San's face turned pale with fright and he waved his hands repeatedly.
"No, Officer Su, I don't know about this. I really didn't think of killing Lu Cheng! I really didn't!"
"Just because you said you didn't do it, it means nothing. Who asked you to do this? You'd better tell the truth."
"I'll tell you. I'll tell you."
Zhang San wiped the cold sweat from his head. He really didn't expect the matter to be so serious. He was cheated.
A few days ago, one of his friends, Guo Dayou, heard that he was working for Lu Cheng's family, so he came to him and asked him for a small favor.
He was reluctant at first, but Guo Dayou said, just put some things in Lu Cheng's house to disgust him.
He said that since Lu Cheng was already like this, why did you still want to make things difficult for him? !
Guo Dayou said he could not swallow this humiliation. He said that when Lu Cheng was a policeman in the police station, he used his identity as a policeman to seduce his sister, causing her to almost commit suicide. Although Lu Cheng has lost his memory now, the neighbors all regard him as a good person and sympathize with his family. He was really angry.
He said he just wanted to ruin Lu Cheng's reputation and put these things out to let everyone know that he is a pervert. Even if he gets better in the future, he will never hurt others again.
Zhang San and Guo Dayou met in prison. Zhang San knew that Guo had a younger sister and that he loved her very much, so he believed what he said.
Guo Dayou took out 10,000 yuan and gave it to him. Although he was a little tempted, he was worried about losing his job.
Guo Dayou said he was stupid, and that if Lu Cheng had a bad reputation, no one would be willing to work for him, and that would allow him to stay in the job for long.
He thought about it and it made sense. Lu Cheng was already like this anyway, so his reputation didn't mean much to him. Moreover, during the few days he worked at Lu Cheng's house, he found a girl coming to see him. He heard from Lu's mother that the girl came often and was very kind to Lu Cheng.
He thought that although Lu Cheng had lost his memory now, amnesia was a very mysterious thing and maybe it would get better someday. He thought he had done a good thing and didn't hurt other girls anymore.
Besides, ten thousand yuan is a lot of money for him, it would be a lie to say he wasn't tempted.
"How would I know that Guo Dayou lied to me? If I knew he wanted to kill Lu Cheng, I would never do it, Officer Su, you must believe me."
Zhang San was so anxious that snot bubbles came out of his nose.
Based on her intuition, Su Xiaoxiao felt that Zhang San did not lie, as this was consistent with Zhang San's character.
As for why the other party was so eager to get rid of Zhang San, it was of course because he was the first link in the frame-up. A person with no vested interests would easily tell the truth once the police became suspicious. Of course, there would be no point in killing him.
Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's stern expression, Zhang San hesitated for a moment and suddenly spoke.
"Officer Su, if I confess something that you didn't notice, would that count as meritorious service? Can my punishment be reduced?"
"That depends on what you are telling me about."
"It's the hair of the woman who died in the alley. Didn't you guys never find out who cut it? I think I know."
"I know why you didn't tell me before, who is it?"
“I wasn’t sure before, but now you’ve caught the murderer, but you didn’t catch the hairdresser, so I thought of one thing.
I can’t remember whether it was the second or third day after the body was found in the alley, but I saw Lao Gengtou, my neighbor, holding a roll of hair.
I asked him where it came from, and he said he didn't know, and maybe he picked it up on the street when he was drunk that night.
You know, he was a rag picker. He would take home anything he saw on the road. He was drunk that day and might have taken home a dead person's hair. Later he sold the hair for a hundred dollars.
The last time you came to me, I thought of this, but I was not sure, so I didn't dare to say anything. Old Geng is just an old man living alone, and he doesn't have the ability to kill anyone.
Officer Su, do you think this can be considered a meritorious service? "
After Zhang San finished speaking, he looked at Su Xiaoxiao cautiously.
"Let's wait until we verify it."
After Zhang San was taken away, Xiao Yu asked Su Xiaoxiao: "Senior sister, do you think what he said is true?"
"It should be true. There's no need for him to lie like that. We'll know once we investigate."
However, Zhang San's statement did answer one of her doubts.
Ever since she found out that Wen Liangyu was the murderer in the Zhao Meng case, she had a doubt.
Because cutting off Zhao Meng's hair to fake the scene required a prerequisite, that is, he had to know that a murder had occurred that night. But how could the person who faked the scene have foreseen it, known that a murder would occur in that alley that night, and arrive in time to fake the scene before anyone else found out?
If he happened to pass by and discovered the body, and then decided to fake the scene on impulse, the chance of this happening is one in a million.
Unless he killed the person himself and faked the scene himself, that would be much easier.
Therefore, if the hair was cut off accidentally by another person, and after the body was discovered, someone with ulterior motives, that is, their inner spy, used this to lead the case to the previous three cases, it would be much more reasonable.
Captain Zhai and Deputy Qi have not returned yet, so Su Xiaoxiao decided to capture Guo Dayou and Lao Gengtou first.