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"The footprints at the murder scene cannot be ignored. If Wang Zhangbing and Liang Ping's deaths are indeed connected, and at the same time implicated in the case 13 years ago, then Wang Xiaoning's missing belt is even more important. We don't have to find it— It is likely to have been destroyed, but it must be confirmed when and how it fell into the hands of the murderer." Liu Zhiqin looked sideways at Hua Chong, "The most risky move for the murderer is to steal the belt. The more adventurous, the more likely The bigger the flaws appear."

"I'll continue to investigate." Hua Chong looked around and lowered his voice extremely low: "Xiao Chengxin..."

"There is nothing suspicious about his traces on the Internet and his daily communications." Liu Zhiqin also lowered his voice, "But I haven't had time to investigate other aspects."

Hua Chong thought for a while, "Then..."

"What are you doing?" Yuan Hao walked in with a bowl of steaming chashou, his dark circles were particularly obvious, "What are you talking about whispering? It's so quiet, so close? I'll listen to it too!"

Hua Chong moved two steps away, his expression quickly returned to normal after a moment of embarrassment, "I worked hard at night, eat more."

Yuan Hao looked at the table in front of Liu Zhiqin, and was amused, "Hey, Brother Xiao Liu has been busy all night, so he just drinks porridge? Tsk, how did the flower team become the captain? I don't know how to be sympathetic to my subordinates, give Brother Xiao Liu something to eat." OK."

Liu Zhiqin smiled and said, "There is still a piece of cake."

"What's the use of the cake? It's gone after a few mouthfuls. The girl's family eats about the same. Let's eat it. A piece of cake is enough to fill a tenth of the stomach. And the cake is greasy. You feel full, but in fact there is none. It's far worse than meat!" Yuan Hao chewed and chewed Chaoshou. The Chaoshou was thick and filled with pork and shrimp balls. It was huge and smooth, "How about this, brother Xiaoliu, I'll give it to you Also called a bowl?"

Before Liu Zhiqin could speak, Yuan Hao said cheerfully again: "After eating the handwriting of our technical investigation team, he will be a member of our technical investigation team from now on."

"Who is yours?" Hua Chong stood between Yuan Hao and Liu Zhiqin—he didn't intend to stand there on purpose, but just stood in front of Liu Zhiqin, looking like he was protecting Liu Zhiqin, "Did I speak?"

Yuan Hao was choked by the big man's hands and beat his chest for a long time, "You didn't say anything, you didn't say anything, Brother Xiao Liu is still a member of your serious crime team!"

The gossip should have ended here, Hua Chong was about to leave, but Yuan Hao was choked to the core, and added: "Oh, that's not right, when Brother Xiaoliu didn't come, didn't Team Chen say that he was hanging in our technical investigation team?" Why, why are you now a member of your serious crime team?"

Hua Chong raised his eyebrows, "Then you have to go to Team Chen to discuss it."

"I don't theory, I just go with the situation." Yuan Hao put the bowl containing the hands on the table, like a gavel, "Brother Xiaoliu is not a member of your serious crime team, but a member of your flower team. Always right? Hey, always steal people from me."

The surroundings were suddenly quiet, and Hua Chong and Liu Zhiqin glanced at each other subconsciously.

Yuan Hao didn't realize that he had said something terrible, and continued to babble: "Brother Xiaoliu is yours, we can't grab it, we can't grab it."

Hua Chong suddenly felt a little hot in his ears, and Liu Zhiqin wanted to light another fire, with a smile in his voice, "Well, it's from the flower team."

Hua Chong's eyelids twitched twice, "There will be a meeting later, don't be late."

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After handing over the task, Hua Chong went to the inquiry room again.

Liu Zhiqin said that Wang Xiaoning's belt is very important, and he also thinks so.

It is now certain that the murderer had contact with Liang Ping before killing Liang Ping. It is very likely that he obtained Liang Ping's consent, or reached some kind of agreement with Liang Ping before he did anything to Liang Ping.

If he just wanted to kill Liang Ping, he didn't have to do it at all.

"Consent" is very redundant, but it is also a feature of his behavior.

Then if he was the one who killed Wang Zhangbing, he must have had contact with Wang Zhangbing, and he "asked" Wang Zhangbing!

Wang Zhangbing suffers from Alzheimer's disease and has advanced dementia. It is reasonable to say that he cannot communicate with others, but there may be very few moments when he is awake.

But the question is, when Wang Zhangbing will wake up is unpredictable, how will the murderer get in touch with him?

Hua Chong's eyes froze.

Could it be that someone from the Wang family "replaced" Wang Zhangbing to communicate with the murderer?

This person conveyed Wang Zhangbing's wishes to the murderer—or maybe "his" own thoughts, and the murderer asked "him"...

Steal Wang Xiaoning's belt?

The Wang family all have motives, but they don't necessarily have the courage to kill.However, assisting in killing is much "easier" than killing in person.

Wang Nuoqiang, Zhu Zhao, Wang Songsong;

Wang Xiaoning, Zhang Chongqi;

Wang Chuning, Ji Can.

Who is the person who assists the murderer among these seven people?

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Compared with the day when the crime happened, Wang Xiaoning's mood has stabilized a lot.She bowed her head, her hair was disheveled, her lips were chapped, and she looked gloomy and lifeless.

Zhang Chongqi gave her too much blow, her family has been completely broken.

Hua Chong looked at her and inevitably thought of Liang Ping.

They have one thing in common, that is, they bet their entire lives on their families and husbands.Liang Ping lived a miserable life, lived a humble life, died a painful death, and perhaps never felt love.Wang Xiaoning has a job and seems to be living a much better life than her, but in fact, her husband's two actions - distrust and abandonment - easily crushed her.

Like Liang Ping, she lived in a cage she woven.

"Who took the belt, I really don't know." Wang Xiaoning raised her head slowly, her eyes were like two dry old wells, disappointment, pain, and embarrassing emotions were like the mud and rotten wood in the old well, draining her body Eyes filled.She pursed her thin lips, her voice hoarse: "But I have seriously recalled these days, the belt, the belt should have been lost after November 11th."

Hua Chong asked: "Do you still remember what happened on November 11?"

Wang Xiaoning nodded mechanically, his eyes were empty, "That coat is Chong... It was bought by Zhang Chongqi for me a few years ago. It is very thick and warm. I wear it every winter. This year the temperature drops early. I will wear it in early November. I took it out and put it on. On the 11th, I had a dinner at work, and the clothes were dirty. The next day—that is, on the 15th, I sent the clothes to the dry cleaner. When I went to pick them up the next day, the belt was still there. I remember it very well because the dry cleaner said the dress looked better without the belt, and I touched the belt subconsciously."

"When did you realize you lost your belt?"

"Just a few days after that, I really can't remember exactly when and where I lost it." Wang Xiaoning's eyes were red, but no tears fell, "I didn't kill Dad, it really wasn't me. I have nothing now, and even my husband who has lived with me for decades doesn't believe me, and pours dirty water on me. I, I don't want to go to jail for no reason like this!"

Hua Chong didn't feel much fluctuation in his heart, because it was his duty to find out the real culprit, "After the 17th, where did you go, what did you do, and who did you meet?"

Wang Xiaoning closed his eyes in pain, "Go to work on time every day, and all I see are colleagues."

"Where are your relatives?" Hua Chong asked, "Have you met any relatives?"

Wang Xiaoning thought for a long time, "I sometimes go to Wang Nuoqiang's house to help at night."

Hua Chong's eyes darken slightly.

Wang Xiaoning confessed that he didn't know what happened before and after the loss of the belt, which was tantamount to winding back the clues.The only break was narrowing the time frame to after the 17th.

"Go to Wang Xiaoning's unit and the community where he lives and adjust the surveillance after No. 17." Hua Chong said on the phone: "If you find that her belt is missing, please notify me immediately."

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"Oh, this is fucking terrible!" Zhang Mao opened his red eyes, "How long will it take to read through so many surveillance records?"

"Don't complain." Xiao Cheng said sincerely, "Didn't I come to help you?"

Zhang Mao looked at the members of the backlog team who came to help, and stared at Xiao Chengxin, "Captain Xiao, is your team so busy?"

"Taking time to contribute to your serious case team, and you still say 'leisure'? I'm too wronged."

"When our team was busy before, we didn't see you guys coming to contribute."

"The past was the past, and the present is the present." Xiao Chengxin said: "Hey, don't ask, hurry up and check. If you have time to gossip, it's better to work hard."

"Tsk, this style doesn't look like you at all." Zhang Mao muttered a few more words, seeing that Xiao Chengxin ignored him, and felt bored, so he had to honestly stare at the monitor.

Hua Chong went to several departments in turn. He wanted to go to the accumulated case team to learn more about the details of the case in Hefu Town, but he heard that Xiao Chengxin and some team members went to the serious crime team.

"Team Xiao has been running to the serious crime team recently, and he is almost becoming a member of the serious crime team." A member of the accumulated crime team half-jokingly said: "Hey, I don't know what he thinks, obviously it's almost the end of the year, It's not easy for us either."

With countless things in his mind, Hua Chong returned to the serious crime team, and saw Xiao Chengxin and Zhang Maozheng talking together in a low voice.

Hearing the noise at the door, Zhang Mao immediately raised his head, his eyes sparkled, "Flower Team, come and see, there is an important discovery!"

Hua Chong approached quickly, Xiao Chengxin stepped aside quickly.

Zhang Mao said: "On November 11, when Wang Xiaoning went out, the community surveillance captured her. At that time, the belt on her coat was still there, but when she came home at night, the coat was empty. The nearby public monitoring found that she went out once at noon, left at 22:11, and came back at 58:1, and during this hour and a half, the belt disappeared."

Hua Chong watched all the relevant videos, and whispered to himself: "Going out at noon?"

"Maybe where to eat." Xiao Chengxin said.

Hua Chong asked Zhang Mao to import the video clips into his notebook, and walked to the inquiry room again.

Wang Xiaoning was exhausted, "Is there anything else?"

"November 11, you left the company alone at noon, what are you going to do?" Hua Chong put the notebook on the table, and the monitor was facing Wang Xiaoning.

Wang Xiaoning looked at himself under surveillance, frowning tightly, as if thinking hard.

"Don't worry, you have to watch this video first." Hua Chong said in a slow tone, "If you find something or think of something, then tell me."

In the dull silence, Wang Xiaoning suddenly raised his head and said in astonishment, "I lost my belt!"

Hua Chong immediately paused, "Yes, your belt was lost at noon this day. Now, think about who you met this noon."

Wang Xiaoning lowered his head and rolled his eyes, "I, I was going to sell pantyhose in a nearby mall. I heard that there was an event in the mall, and my colleagues didn't want to go, so I went alone."

"Where did you buy the pantyhose?" Hua Chong asked, "You lost your belt inexplicably. The belt is different from your mobile phone wallet, and it is unlikely to be taken away casually. If someone takes your belt during this hour and a half, That should be when you take off your coat and put it aside."

Wang Xiaoning's eyes were bitter, "I think it's still early. After buying the pantyhose, I went to many shops. When trying on clothes, I just put the coat on the shelf."

Hua Chong gradually understood.

The person who stole the belt must have acted while Wang Xiaoning was changing clothes.

The surveillance system at No. 22 of the shopping mall at noon has been fully retrieved. Standing by the display screen, Hua Chong saw a familiar figure appearing at the No. [-] gate.

Ji Can.

"Fuck! It's her?" Zhang Mao shouted, "She stole the belt?"

"It may also be just a coincidence. The homes of Ji Can and Wang Chuning are not far from this shopping mall." Hua Chong said calmly, "Mature women's clothing is on the third floor, and Wang Xiaoning's fitting can only be on the third floor. Watch the surveillance on the third floor."

Zhang Mao followed suit and said, "But it's not right. If Ji Can took the belt, then she must be very close to Wang Xiaoning. There is no reason why Wang Xiaoning couldn't see her. If Wang Xiaoning saw it, why didn't he say it just now? "

Xiao Chengxin said, "Could it be that Wang Xiaoning wants to protect her?"

"Impossible." Hua Chong shook his head, "It would make sense to change to another person. With Wang Xiaoning's character, she will never shield Ji Can."

"Then why..." Zhang Mao said for a while, "Hey, Wang Xiaoning didn't put on the coat after the first fitting, and hung it on his arm all the time."

"The heating is turned on in the shopping mall, and the temperature is high." Hua Chong said, "It's troublesome to take it off and put it on for a while."

In the video, Wang Xiaoning entered four specialty stores one after another, and then came to the discount store in the atrium on the third floor. After choosing for a while, he put the coat on a small leather stool.

"She just left it like this? There are so many people, are you not afraid of being stolen?" Zhang Mao was a little surprised.

"It's not just her, the others are also released. This is the case in this kind of store." Xiao Chengxin said: "Maybe it's inconvenient to hold the clothes."

Wang Xiaoning picked for a long time, and walked towards the store staff with a white bottoming sweater. After some exchange, the other party issued an invoice and pointed to the cashier.

"She didn't take the coat!" Zhang Mao shouted, "She just paid for it!"

Hua Chong's heartbeat accelerated.

If there is no accident, the person who stole the belt will appear soon.

"Ji Can!" Xiao Chengxin pointed at the screen, "Flower Team, Ji Can is here!"

Of course Hua Chong saw it.

Ji Can first took a few steps in the store, then looked around nervously, after confirming that no one had noticed him, he walked towards the small leather stool where Wang Xiaoning put his coat.

She unbuttoned her down jacket, took it off pretendingly, put it aside, and went back to the shelf to continue picking.A few seconds later, he returned the same way as if he hadn't found the right clothes, but what he picked up was not a down jacket, but Wang Xiaoning's coat.

"Damn!" Zhang Mao slapped the table with his palm.

Ji Can bent over, trying to avoid everyone's sight, carefully pulled off his belt, quickly squeezed it into a ball, and stuffed it into the pocket of his down jacket.

When Wang Xiaoning came back from the cash register, Ji Can had already left.

She looked at the time, probably because she realized that if she didn't go back, she would not be able to catch up with the punch time in the afternoon, so she picked up her coat and hurriedly put it on and left without noticing that the belt was gone.

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Looking at the surveillance of the shopping mall, Ji Can's face turned pale, and he was speechless for a while.

"You disguised well." Hua Chong said, "On the day your grandfather was killed, you controlled your emotions properly. Even when we found the rope from your bag, you were calm, at least calmer than your mother."

Ji Can's former calmness disappeared, and his thin shoulders began to tremble involuntarily.

"It's a pity that no matter how good the disguise is, it's just a disguise." Hua Chong put his right hand on the edge of the table and said sharply, "Why did you steal Wang Xiaoning's belt?"

Ji Can shook his head vigorously, but didn't say a word for a long time.

Hua Chong looked at her carefully.

This seemingly aloof girl was less than 20 years old and grew up in a family without a father, and her mother provided for her to go to college on a daily basis. However, when her grandfather just passed away, she exposed the lies of her relatives with a superior attitude.

Now, she panicked, and the calmness she had then was gone.

She had torn off other people's disguises, and now her own has been ripped off too.

How to define her?

Hua Chong called out coldly: "Ji Can."

Ji Can looked up abruptly as if frightened.

"You stole Wang Xiaoning's belt to strangle Wang Zhangbing to death?" Hua Chong said, "Although you haven't entered the rest room from the private room, you have left in the middle. The other door of the rest room is in a dead corner of surveillance. Entering the rest room there, no one can find out. Although you are weak, you can’t strangle a grown man under normal circumstances. But Wang Zhangbing is an exception—he has no ability to resist, even you can kill him.”

These words were just a trap, and Ji Can quickly jumped into it.

"It wasn't me!" She exclaimed in surprise, "It wasn't me who strangled Grandpa! I never entered the lounge, I just, I just..."

Hua Chong asked, "Just what?"

Ji Can burst into tears suddenly, choked up and said, "I'm not a murderer, I just want to help my grandfather! He is living in so much pain that they don't even know how painful he is! He wants to be relieved, why they don't understand!"

"'They' mean your elders?" Hua Chong said, "Why do you say they don't understand anything?"

"They want grandpa to die, they don't want to take care of grandpa alone, and they have to pretend to be filial!" Ji Can cried and said, "They thought grandpa didn't know, but in fact grandpa knew! Wang Nuoqiang's wife didn't even know about it! He didn’t take good care of grandpa, he was full and hungry, and he never gave grandpa a massage, Wang Xiaoning hated grandpa for giving the house to Wang Nuoqiang, my mother...my mother can’t come up with money!”

Ji Can was sobbing so hard that Gao Leng's mask was washed away inch by inch.

"Grandpa is often speechless, but he understands that the longer he lives, the more disgusting he will be. He doesn't want to live anymore!"

Hua Chong asked, "What did he tell you?"

Ji Can wiped his tears and nodded, "One time he grabbed my hand, please, please..."

Hua Chong sighed, "Please kill him."