Chapter 152: Chapter 151 Dog Bites Dog_1
Zhou Ning approached, holding a folded document in his hand—actually, it was a hand-drawn relationship diagram he had made. Folded up as it was, no one else was able to see the contents. He casually shook the document at Wang Wenjing before he began to speak slowly.
"Last night at Zhang Guanglei’s home, we found two bottles of self-filled traditional Chinese medicine capsules, the kind with printed labels, dated 2011.7 and 2011.8. No handwriting was left behind, very smart indeed. However, ’Diphacinone’ is a fat-soluble chemical."
Moreover, ’Diphacinone’ is completely insoluble in water. That means once it gets on your hands, it seeps into your skin or stays in the crevices of your nails, mixing with the oils on the surface of your skin. Only when you come into contact with fats will it partially dissolve.
You, having poisoned Zhang Guanglei, are naturally aware of all his symptoms. I think you’ve noticed that you’ve started to exhibit some of those symptoms as well, especially since women’s capillaries are more fragile. You’ve been finding unexplained bruises all over your body, haven’t you?
A year and a half of poisoning, cautious as you’ve been, would still accumulate a significant amount. Symptoms like nosebleeds, coughing, low-grade fevers, chest tightness, gastrointestinal discomfort, or even bloody stools—not to mention prolonged menstrual periods with sudden increases in blood flow. You’ve noticed these things, haven’t you?"
Wang Wenjing’s breathing paused conspicuously for a moment, and she instinctively raised her hand to wipe her nose.
However, as she looked down, a drop of blood cooperatively slid from her nose. Observing the droplet of blood on the back of her hand and the obvious wiping marks, she scoffed.
"Seeing me with a nosebleed and a cough, you start playing mind games with me, spewing such nonsense. Because I’m a woman, you throw dirt on me, thinking I’m weak—disgusting. It’s your incompetence that you can’t crack the case. This is all slander. I didn’t kill anyone."
After shouting, Wang Wenjing supported herself on the armrests of the wheelchair, trembling continuously.
Seeing her like this, Zhou Ning laughed and leaned over to look into Wang Wenjing’s eyes. Tilting his head slightly, he quickly rolled up Wang Wenjing’s sleeve. She was already quite thin, her deltoid being one of the few places with some flesh, and sure enough, injection marks were visible on both sides.
"Tsk, no wonder you’re so confident. It looks like you’ve been searching on Baidu how to treat poisoning from anticoagulant rodenticides. Indeed, it says there that vitamin K1 can be used to treat such poisonings.
But the proper dosage and method isn’t mentioned, as vitamin K1 is normally administered by intramuscular injection. For detoxifying anticoagulant rodenticides, however, it requires intravenous administration. But the effective dose is very close to the toxic dose, and it needs to be used under strict hospital monitoring.
But you didn’t dare go because if the hospital found traces of ’Diphacinone’ in your blood, it would indirectly prove that you were the one who poisoned Zhang Guanglei. Although you wouldn’t be the direct murderer, you couldn’t escape being the mastermind."
Xu Dayuan crossed his arms and stretched out his legs contentedly. Working with Zhou Ning was always so seamless. Every statement seemed like a lecture in medical knowledge, but each one struck at the heart, leaving no hiding place for the suspect.
Who could compare to such an assistant?
He sighed and looked at Wang Wenjing. Zhou Ning knew Xu Dayuan was about to continue, so he quickly stepped aside politely, retreating next to Mr. Zhao.
"You didn’t sleep well last night, did you? Your fiancé and daughter were both at the police station, but you didn’t dare make a single call to ask about them—truly heartless. Do you think that Wang Mengmeng, being under sixteen, won’t be held legally responsible? Do you think we can’t convict you if you all stick to your denial?"
"Let me tell you, that’s impossible. Furthermore, we now have conclusive evidence. Before the car accident, Zhang Guanglei was struck on the head with a hammer that was jammed against the car’s accelerator. Residue on it contained Chen Chunxi’s DNA, and he has confessed to his actions without reservation.
You must be thinking it’s impossible since you all agreed to deny everything. After all, Chen Chunxi took you to the hospital at the time of the incident. Let me tell you, based on Chen Chunxi’s testimony, we’ve found the driver he arranged to pick you up."
At that moment, Xu Dayuan flicked through his phone and showed Wang Wenjing a photo, then swiped sideways to reveal the second photo, which was of the car in question.
"I bet you definitely remember what that person looks like, don’t you? Check and see if it’s him. His car’s license plate is Lu B89500. His brother handles some small projects for Chen Chunxi. You may think your trick of switching things unseen was flawless, but to us, it’s a clumsy tactic.
The surveillance camera opposite the hospital has captured you getting out of the car, and the car door has an ivy logo and a 400 phone number on it. As for the hospital, they’ve confirmed that your injury isn’t from a car accident, but from being hit with a stick.
With both eyewitness and material evidence at hand, do you still think your alibi is airtight? Show her Chen Chunxi’s interrogation footage!"
As he spoke, Xu Dayuan waved a hand. Zhou Ning stared blankly—hadn’t Chen Chunxi not confessed? How could there be interrogation footage?
Although curious, Zhou Ning didn’t dare to move. Liu Yufei stood up, holding a law enforcement recorder up to Wang Wenjing. The screen was small, but it clearly showed Chen Chunxi nodding repeatedly, then signing his name and stamping his thumbprint on a paper that the officer before her now held.
Then, Chen Chunxi was pulled up by two police officers from the metal chair, looking as if he could barely walk. Such a series of actions spoke volumes without words.
Wang Wenjing panicked. She shook her head persistently, losing the composure she had before. In contrast, Xu Dayuan stood up, arms still crossed.
"Chen Chunxi said, everything was orchestrated by you. Of course, it was all planned by you too. He didn’t know what you were up to, but he said that you constantly cried to him about how Zhang Guanglei’s harassment wouldn’t leave you alone and that you were the mastermind behind the entire case. Do you confess?"
Wang Wenjing kept shaking her head, releasing her grip on the wheelchair to place her cast-covered foot on the ground. Such a movement made her forget the pain as she tried to move forward, reaching out to grab Xu Dayuan’s sleeve, but she couldn’t make contact.
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"It’s not like that, it’s not," Guanglei Zhang is normal most of the time, he only beats me when he’s drunk. I wanted to get away from him, but when I brought up breaking up, he became even more violent. I did drug him, but I didn’t kill him. The forensic doctor said so, I was poisoned too.
It was Chunxi Chen. He told me he liked me and wanted to give me a stable home; he offered to help me escape Guanglei Zhang’s harassment. He had a once-and-for-all solution. He told me to injure myself and then claim he was taking me to the hospital. That way, no one would get implicated.
As for what he asked Mengmeng to do, I really didn’t know. How could I let my own daughter risk her life? The reason I wanted to get away from Guanglei Zhang was that he even wanted to lay hands on Mengmeng when he was drunk.
Otherwise, why would I drug him? But I honestly didn’t expect Guanglei Zhang to die, nor did I know what Chunxi Chen did. I’m innocent. I thought Chunxi Chen just wanted to teach Guanglei Zhang a lesson, to stop him from bothering me and my daughter!"
Heartbroken and tearful, Wenjing Wang spoke movingly and was so overcome with emotion that she slid off her wheelchair.
Dayuan Xu waved his hand dismissively, and Yufei Liu stepped forward, propping Wang up, though it looked more like she picked her up. Then, she turned to face Wang.
"Tell us in more detail. When did you start drugging Guanglei Zhang? When did Chunxi Chen tell you about the plan to injure yourself?"
Wang wiped away the tears and blood from her nose with the back of her hand.
After a moment of thought, she said:
"I drugged Guanglei Zhang off and on. The first time was last May. I made dumplings and added the poison to them. Afterwards, he said he felt unwell and went to see a traditional Chinese doctor. I was terrified back then.
But he asked me to help him with the herbal prescriptions, which came in these little packets of powder that he couldn’t swallow. I suggested that we could buy capsules and fill them ourselves. Afterward, when I helped him with the prescription, I mixed in crushed ’Diphacinone’.
This year, during the Spring Festival, Guanglei Zhang was especially brutal after drinking too much. Because I had met Chunxi Chen and wanted to break up with him, but he wouldn’t agree, I increased the dose in his medication. I wanted to leave Qindao with Chunxi Chen. He told me not to worry, that he would handle it, but advised me not to provoke Guanglei Zhang for the time being.
On the evening of the third, Chunxi Chen told me he was ready. I told him not to act recklessly; he said I shouldn’t worry. Then he told me that in the morning of the fourth, after dropping off Mengmeng, to find a deserted alley and injure my own leg.
Then call him, and he would arrange for someone to pick me up and take me to the hospital. He also told me to instruct the driver not to point the car towards the hospital and definitely not to get caught on surveillance. I did as instructed, only realizing Guanglei Zhang was dead when you showed up. I really don’t know what happened!"
Dayuan Xu nodded indifferently and waved to the clerk behind him. The clerk had already brought the printed transcript to Wang.
"Take a look and confirm if the content of the record is accurate. If it is true, go ahead and sign it."
After examining it carefully, Wang wiped her hands and then took the pen to sign and press her thumbprint.
Then, she looked up at Dayuan Xu.
"Officer, what exactly happened to my daughter?"
Dayuan Xu shook his head.
"Take care of yourself first. She’s being taken away. We will re-examine Chunxi Chen."
Mr. Zhao switched off the enforcement recorder, and Wang was wheeled out. After the room cleared, Mr. Zhao peeked out the door before shutting it, then glanced at the transcript and looked puzzledly at Dayuan Xu.
"Boss, what are you up to?"
Dayuan Xu gave him a look and rubbed his neck and lower back.
"I’m getting too old to keep this up for so long. It was just a little ruse. Chunxi Chen signed Wang Mengmeng’s transcript as her guardian. You understand! As for the part about dragging him out, that footage was just from last night, when we had someone change Chunxi Chen’s clothes on purpose to record it.
"Enough talk. Let’s get moving. We need to get the fresh transcript to Chunxi Chen quickly. That’s how people are; they stick to their story until one breaks, then they all start talking. For the sake of deflecting blame from themselves, they’ll spill all the details.
This is a case of dog-eat-dog. But you’re not my apprentice anymore, so it’s no use telling you more. Let’s move on to the next thing, come and witness it with me!"
Mr. Zhao grimaced, didn’t budge an inch, crossing his arms and looking defiantly at Dayuan Xu.
"Are you casting aside the apprentice after outliving his usefulness?"
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