Chapter 930 - 276: [Tragedy] (6100)
Chapter 276 [Tragic Case] (6100)
Father kills son!
Father then commits suicide?!
"This doesn’t make sense, right?" Chen Yan asked with a surprised expression, eyes wide as he looked at the shopkeeper, "The father and son next door... any conflicts?"
"That’s what’s strange! No conflicts at all. Before and after the police visited the village, they looked into everything, and the family’s relations are quite good. The second son has even started dating someone in the town who’s a primary school teacher, planning to get married at the end of the year.
The family built a new house to prepare for the second son’s marriage. They’ve spent quite a bit of money on his wedding.
So, logically, their father-son relationship should be quite good. Despite the second son’s wild nature, he’s usually quite nice to his father and older brother, often buying liquor and meat to pay respects to his father."
Chen Yan frowned, "Logically, no one suspects... Li Guohua, right? Since he’s usually the most conflicted."
"Of course they suspected him," the shopkeeper smirked and shook his head, "With such a big case, two lives lost, the police first investigated who might have had a feud or grudges with the family.
The first person to come to mind was Li Guohua; in the village, their grudge is the biggest!
But the problem was, on the night of the incident, Li Guohua went to the town’s card room, played mahjong all night, from eating dinner around five at the town, mahjong at six, and played until more than seven the next morning.
He took a tricycle back to the village.
The group of mahjong players and the scooter driver can all vouch for him.
Hmm, this is called... What’s the proof, what’s the term... that saying is..."
"Alibi," Chen Yan responded quietly.
"Yes! Alibi. Li Guohua didn’t have the time to commit murder," the shopkeeper said, suddenly looking a bit secretive, "I’ll tell you, young man, my fourth uncle’s cousin’s second brother-in-law, he’s an auxiliary policeman in the county!
He mentioned when drinking with us that this case is bizarre and unbelievable, but the authorities closed it.
It’s exactly father kills son then commits suicide!
Because the evidence is solid.
Yes, they said the murder weapon from the scene, the traces on the ground, even the fingerprints were all examined.
It’s such a scary case; the county even asked the city’s forensic experts to specially look over it."
"What did they find?" Chen Yan asked.
"That’s what you might not understand... I’ll tell you, my fourth uncle’s cousin’s second brother-in-law said it right in front of me!"
At this point, he fell silent, just smiling brightly at Chen Yan.
Knowing what he’s getting at, Chen Yan didn’t hesitate, walking directly behind the counter to take two packs of Zhonghua cigarettes from his shelf and scanning them decisively.
After scanning, he tossed one box back to the shopkeeper.
Only then did the shopkeeper seem satisfied, placing the cigarette back on the shelf, whispering, "My fourth uncle’s cousin’s brother-in-law..."
"Stop, just tell me what the auxiliary policeman said!" Chen Yan quickly interrupted.
"Alright, alright, young man, you have no patience listening to a story," the shopkeeper chuckled, revealing smoke-stained yellow teeth, "The auxiliary policeman mentioned there’s a trick, there’s an art to it.
For instance, stabbing someone with a knife.
One slash, the force used, it’s called, what’s it called, the force point, or force technique.
Everyone has their way, how to cut, where to slash, from which side, can determine if it’s one person’s hand.
Also, didn’t the man kill himself by cutting his throat in the end?
The auxiliary policeman said, when a person commits suicide, grabs the knife, slices their own throat, the force used, the position of the slash, and the direction of the pull...
If someone else kills, it’s completely different!
Based on this, it’s confirmed the man really did cut his own throat! It was definitely suicide!
So..."
Suddenly intrigued, Chen Yan asked, "Then... what about the eldest son of the family? Wasn’t he jailed before for breaking Li Guohua’s leg?"
The shopkeeper raised an eyebrow and whispered even lower, "That’s why this case is bizarre!
The eldest son, jailed, learned what happened to his family, couldn’t handle the shock of his father and younger brother dying overnight.
It drove him mad, became mentally unstable.
Reports say he even attempted self-harm multiple times, luckily saved but released for medical parole, the authorities took him from prison and admitted him to a psychiatric hospital.
This family of three, none fared well!"
Chen Yan blinked and suddenly laughed, "Shopkeeper, let me ask you something, answer honestly."
"Go ahead."
"You... and the villagers, do you all murmur to yourselves that this incident actually involves Li Guohua?"
"Uh..." The shopkeeper’s eyes flickered, quickly saying, "I wouldn’t dare say! Such words shouldn’t be uttered! The government declared, it’s the man killed his son then committed suicide, the big experts have concluded!
Besides, Li Guohua wasn’t even home; he was in the town that entire day..."
"Yet, you still think this case involves Li Guohua, don’t you?" Chen Yan smiled.
The shopkeeper said nothing.
Chen Yan spoke slowly, "When you told me this matter, if it’s determined as a murder-suicide, father kills son then kills himself, you should start talking about this family.
But your story began with Li Guohua’s affairs..."