Special Case Investigation Team VI

The second uncle told Cheng Jin that he found out through a friend of a friend that someone had indeed bought a piece of high-quality jade from an old jade carver surnamed Yan in Hanshan.

He sent a screenshot to Cheng Jin, which was a screenshot of the buyer's circle of friends-after he bought the good jade material, he took a few photos and posted them to his circle of friends to show off.

Cheng Jin asked the price, and the second uncle said that he didn't know how much the buyer paid for it, but according to the judgment of those who saw the jade with their own eyes, it was a million-level jade.

The nephew and uncle were chatting, when Cheng Jin saw Bu Huan coming from the bedroom in a hurry, he seemed to have noticed something, and said, "Second uncle, I have something to do here, I will call you later."

Second Uncle: "Don't call me again, you can go about your business."

Cheng Jin put down the phone and asked Bu Huan, "What's wrong?"

Bu Huan glanced in the direction of the bathroom and whispered, "She's pregnant!"

Cheng Jin looked at Han Bin behind Bu Huan, and Han Bin nodded, saying that Zhou Lingling was taking nutritional supplements only for pregnant women.

Ye Lai and Xiao An also returned to the living room, Xiao An: "Judging from the food reserves in the kitchen, she eats quite healthy, so she is pregnant."

Ye Lai said: "It's no wonder she didn't go to work, maybe there is also a reason for raising a baby."

Cheng Jin looked at Mu Ying, and Mu Ying said ashamedly: "I'm sorry, I didn't find out that she was pregnant before, and Ma Liang didn't tell us—"

There was the sound of water flushing from the bathroom, and it seemed that Zhou Lingling was about to come out, so Mu Ying closed her mouth.

After a while, the bathroom door was opened, and Zhou Lingling went back to the sofa and sat down. She must have washed her face, and the skin on her face looked refreshed.

She answered Yang Simi's previous question: "When he stabbed me with a knife, I seemed to hear heavy breathing. I don't know if I heard it wrong."

Bu Huan frowned: "I guess that pervert can get pleasure from that kind of behavior."

Yang Simi asked, "What kind of breathing sound?"

Zhou Lingling didn't understand what he meant, and looked at him hesitantly: "What do you mean?"

"Is the panting louder, or the inhalation louder, or more even?"

Zhou Lingling was a little distracted again, but this time she didn't stare at Yang Simi, but fell into memories, she said softly: "At that time... it was inhaling, he was inhaling hard..."

"He likes the smell of blood." Yang Simi said.

Xiaoan: "This murderer is very perverted, it can't really be—"

—Serial murderer, right?

Yang Simi didn't ask any more questions, and Cheng Jin said, "Ms. Zhou, what do you think of Mr. Hua?"

"..." Zhou Lingling shook her head, "I have no opinion."

"Before he was identified as the murderer by the police, what was your impression of him?"

Zhou Lingling sighed: "I thought he was very powerful at the time. He is a university teacher. He is completely different from the people I usually meet. He is very gentle and polite, and he doesn't seem to be putting on airs. You will feel that he really doesn't look down on you."

"What about Ma Liang, what kind of person is he?"

Zhou Lingling looked at Cheng Jin strangely, suspecting that he had malicious intentions, and asked Ma Liang after asking Hua Jun on purpose. "Ms. Hua is a high-level intellectual. He doesn't gamble or whore. He has nothing to do with me. Ma Liang gambles and whores. We are a bad pot with a bad cover."

"Do you still go whoring after being with you?" Ye Lai interjected.

"That's not true, but he must have been whoring before."

Bu Huan: "Is it because of this reason that you are not married?"

"I thought about whether to get married or not, but isn't he... sick?" Zhou Lingling sighed.

"Is your child his?" Cheng Jin asked.

"..." Zhou Lingling looked at him in surprise, and unconsciously touched her abdomen.She is a little fat, and the clothes she wears are loose, so it can't be seen that she is pregnant.

But Cheng Jin acted as if he saw it: "You are pregnant, aren't you?"

Zhou Lingling lowered her gaze: "...Yes."

"It's okay, just asking you. Is the child his?"

Zhou Lingling whispered, "Yes."

"So you and Ma Liang didn't break up." Cheng Jin said, "Did he leave you some money?"

Considering that the Yan family had just sold the jade materials for money some time ago, he now suspects that Ma Liang might have been bribed by the Yan family. Previously, he felt that Ma Liang had no motive to surrender—he thought it was unlikely that it was just for medical treatment. Add children, and that motivation is enough.

Mu Ying's spirit was shaken, and she thought she had guessed right, Ma Liang was indeed bribed by someone—probably Yan Shucheng!

Does that prove that Yan Shuguo is still the murderer?

Zhou Lingling lowered her head and said nothing.

Cheng Jin: "Are you short of money? You should have received some compensation for what happened back then, right? You have also been working these years."

——According to the trial results of the case back then, Hua Jun's family had to pay her a sum of money.

"Most of the money at that time was taken away by the family." Zhou Lingling was very nervous, "Should the money be returned to Teacher Hua? I have no money now..."

Cheng Jin: "You don't have to worry about the past, you won't lose the money. Let's talk about the current situation. Ma Liang turned himself in because someone paid him, right?"

Zhou Lingling nodded after a while, and said, "Ma Liang wants this child..."

Cheng Jin reckoned that she wanted it herself, but raising a child required money, and Ma Liang would not live long, so the two simply maximized their interests and accepted the bribe.

Cheng Jin: "Who is the other party?"

Zhou Lingling shook her head: "I don't know."

"Then how did you get the money?" Xiao An said.

Zhou Lingling: "The first time was brought back by Ma Liang, and the second time I was asked to go to the mall to get it. The man was wearing a hat and mask, so it could only be seen that he was a man."

The first time was a deposit, the second time was the "salary" that Ma Liang surrendered, and he would receive a final payment after the matter was completed.

Cheng Jin: "Wait and check the mall surveillance to see if we can find that person."

"Too bad!" Bu Huan said, "Xiao You didn't come."

In terms of surveillance, You Duo is the most efficient.

Bu Huan looked at Cheng Jin, suggesting that he called You Duo over, but Cheng Jin ignored him.

"How much did you get?" Han Bin asked.

"...10." 10 each time, Zhou Lingling got 20 now.

Xiaoan: "Not much."

Zhou Lingling sighed.

"Ms. Zhou," Mu Ying said suddenly, "Do you know Yan Shucheng?"

Cheng Jin raised his eyes, he knew what Mu Ying meant - last night we discussed whether the three cases of Tong Yue, Zhou Lingling, and Xiang Fang's mother and daughter were serial murders, and now Yan Shucheng suspected that Ma Liang had been bribed, so Mu Ying was suspicious of Yan Shucheng Is it the serial killer?

Zhou Lingling: "Who is that?"

Mu Ying: "It's the murderer in the case where Ma Liang turned himself in—the murderer pronounced by the court."

Ye Lai finds Yan Shucheng's young photos from his mobile phone and shows them to Zhou Lingling.

Zhou Lingling shook her head: "I have no impression."

"Oh." Mu Ying was a little disappointed.

After that, I went to eat, and Zhou Lingling also went with her. In fact, she had already had lunch before the special case team came to find her, but the special case team wanted her to stay within their sight, so they took her with them.

After the meal, Xiao An, Ye Lai and Bu Huan took Zhou Lingling to check the monitoring, Cheng Jin, Yang Simi, Han Bin and Mu Ying went to the hospital to meet Ma Liang.

When Ma Liang saw Cheng Jin, they sighed.

Cheng Jin: "Don't sigh in a hurry, I haven't told you what it is yet."

Ma Liang muttered: "It must have come to tell me about the process of committing the crime again, what else can I do..."

"No." Cheng Jin said, "You are not the murderer who killed Xiangfang's mother and daughter. We already have the evidence that you were bribed."

He gave an overview of the situation.

"..." Ma Liang hurriedly asked, "Is Zhou Bailing okay?"

"She's fine, but you're the one who has trouble." Cheng Jin said, "Tell me, what's going on."

On Zhou Lingling's side, they have already arrived at the mall.

She came to meet someone 4 days ago to get the money, and the surveillance video from 4 days ago is still there, but the place where she and the man met was in a blind spot of surveillance, so the surveillance did not capture the video of the two meeting.

The camera closest to where they met caught the man, but he was wearing a hat and glasses, and his head was slightly lowered, so his face couldn't be seen, but he was definitely a man in his clothes.

That person finally walked into the bathroom, and then didn't come out again. He seemed to have disappeared. He must have changed his attire. The bathroom in the shopping mall was very crowded, and it was impossible to tell who was him.

In the hospital, Ma Liang was telling his story. He turned himself in to save some money for Zhou Lingling and her unborn child.

"She has had a hard life in this life, and I hope she can relax a bit in the future."

Han Bin: "It will be easier not to have children."

Ma Liang shook his head: "Women still need a sustenance."

Han Bin looked at Cheng Jin: "Let Ye Zi come over too." It is most appropriate for Ye Lai to refute Ma Liang at this moment.

"It's you who needs sustenance—it's not shameful to miss life." Cheng Jin said, "How did you connect with Yan Shucheng?"

Ma Liang sighed: "It was his lawyer who found me first. He found me a few months ago. The lawyer suspected that I was the murderer who killed Xiang Fang's mother and daughter. He often came to me. I was almost annoyed by him. Of course I denied it at first, but then I was diagnosed with cancer, so I told him that I was the murderer, and as long as he gave me money, I would surrender myself."

"...He thinks you are the murderer?" Mu Ying said, "Then are you the murderer?"

"Of course I'm not, I'm just doing it for the money." Now the matter has been discovered by the police and the money is gone, so Ma Liang refuses to plead guilty.

"..." Mu Ying looked at Cheng Jin.

Yang Simi also looked at Cheng Jin with a smile in his eyes.

Cheng Jin: "Then how do you know the details of the crime?"

"I did go to Xiang Fang's house that night, but I was going to steal something. When I arrived, the person was already dead. I was stunned for a while—for some reason, I couldn't move my eyes from the dead person on the bed. , I still remember that scene..." Ma Liang shuddered, "Then I ran away quickly."

Cheng Jin looked at him: "So you made up the details of the crime you told us earlier?"

Ma Liang nodded: "Yes."

"But you made it up too real."

"... Believe it or not, I made it up anyway." Ma Liang said, "If you think I'm a murderer, I can't help it, but anyway, I won't live long, so it doesn't matter."