Chapter 486: Chapter 457 He’s Pressuring Me_1
Zhu Xingxing nodded emphatically, even reaching inside the shoe, her gaze becoming even more resolute.
"Absolutely right, right here inside the shoe, it’s hard and stiff, should be milk that was poured in and then air-dried. Let’s send it back for testing, this will definitely produce results quickly."
Zhou Ning let out a long sigh of relief; this discovery aligned with his own recent deductions.
He pulled out his phone and dialed Liu Yufei’s number.
"Mrs. Fei, can you talk?"
"Yeah, go ahead, I’ve gone into a room and closed the door. Is there a new discovery?"
"Found some new evidence, but we need the lab to perform a quick analysis to confirm our analysis. We won’t be going to the eighth floor; we’ll head back to forensics first. You could delay a bit, perhaps check out the surveillance room for footage from Unit 2, ask Ye Chengchen some trivial questions. Can you give us half an hour?"
"Understood, don’t worry, I’ll stall here. You guys hurry back and give Director Xu a heads-up."
"Alright."
After hanging up, Zhou Ning saw Mr. Zhao return excitedly, holding up a camera to show him.
"Zhou Xiaozhou, I found something new. On the window glass, I discovered a mark. It took me a while to realize that this mark was left unintentionally by a cheek with makeup, with patterns left on it. Look!"
Zhou Ning glanced over; indeed, there was a whitish mark on the glass with what looked like shiny particles at the top, and below the shiny area were two horizontal lines. Zhou Ning squinted his eyes.
"You took a sample, right?"
Mr. Zhao held up a piece of sampling paper, the kind with an adhesive substance.
"Took samples very meticulously, twice over. The mark has faded quite a bit; rest assured, there’s definitely enough for testing."
Zhou Ning nodded. Foundation like this, especially around the creases at the corners of the eyes, could easily retain skin cells. If they could match this successfully, they could at least prove that she was nearby when the child was thrown off the building. As for whether she was a participant, that would depend on Mrs. Cui’s analysis of the garments.
"Let’s go, Mr. Yang to the eighth floor to collect samples of all Ye Chengchen’s makeup, and we head straight back. We need to rush the samples for testing."
Everyone understood the gravity of the situation and proceeded without delay. Mr. Yang, holding his case, headed downstairs.
Everyone waited downstairs for two minutes, and then Mr. Yang also hurried over, breathing heavily as he got in the car. The driver, Mr. Wang, stepped on the gas, and with the siren wailing, the car sped away.
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March 3, 2013, 16:44
A series of hurried footsteps approached, and everyone in the observation room looked toward the door. Mr. Zhao arrived, gasping for air, holding a stack of reports with an excited expression and thrusting them into Zhou Ning’s hands.
"The results are all in, not just for the slippers and father’s shoes but also for remnants under the nails, and clothing from both children."
This brightened Zhou Ning’s eyes, and he quickly read through the report. It was very detailed, and he quickly highlighted the key points.
"1. Hair found on the vacuum cleaner and mop submitted at midday from 801, after DNA testing, were found to belong to two individuals, one being Ye Chengchen and the other Zhang Bo. A fingerprint with milk residue belonging to Ye Chengchen was discovered on the doorknob on the fifteenth floor, the milk residue matching the dairy product found in Zhang Yangrui’s stomach;
2. The samples collected from the slippers and old dad’s shoes submitted for testing were both found to contain remnants of the same type of dairy product, and also tested positive for DNA from the boy, Zhang Yangrui;
3. Nail decorations found on the slippers submitted for testing and the nail fragments submitted for comparison were found to be of the same material grade, both also testing positive for Ye Chengchen’s DNA;
4. Palm prints, DNA samples, and nail polish residue on the trousers of the boy Zhang Yangrui, along with Ye Chengchen’s palm prints, DNA, and nail polish residue, matched perfectly; according to the pattern of the palm prints, it could be analyzed that Ye Chengchen’s palms were facing upwards when gripping Zhang Yangrui’s trousers;
5. Palm prints, fingerprints, and DNA left by Zhang Bo were found on the back of the coat of the girl Zhang Ruixue, also forming gripping traces, and within the nail residue of Zhang Ruixue, a piece of skin flake was found; upon DNA comparison testing, it belonged to Zhang Bo."
And there was much more, very thorough, but these were the most important. After reading the test report, Zhou Ning handed the report to Xu Dayuan, whose face turned ashen. He nodded slightly.
"Okay, I’ve got it. Tell Zhang Ping to get Zhang Bo ready to be brought here in a moment, I’ll go meet up with Yufei and have a talk with this Ye Chengchen."
Having said this, Xu Dayuan sighed and quickly walked toward the next room.
After a brief moment, the door swung open, and the interrogation room was entered abruptly. Ye Chengchen, startled by the sudden noise, jerked her head up to look at Xu Dayuan who had come in, her gaze shifting from Xu’s face to his hands.
Seeing so many papers, her eyelashes fluttered, and she quickly turned her head away.
Liu Yufei’s eyes lit up, and she hurried over.
"Director, is the report ready?"
Xu Dayuan nodded, handed the report to Liu Yufei, and walked alone towards Ye Chengchen.
"Still don’t want to talk, huh? Maybe you think the crime you’ve committed is flawless, but today’s technology is beyond your comprehension. You’re not well-educated, but your heart is truly vicious. Why did you kill the two children? Were they in the way of your marriage?"
Ye Chengchen remained silent, but her earlier confidence was completely gone.
"Won’t talk? Fine, let me do it. You and Zhang Bo made a plan in advance, tricking Zhang Ruixue into staying overnight at the Zhang family’s place. You even switched Zhang Bo’s phone in advance for a second-hand one that had been reset, and you installed some apps to make it look genuine.
Then you deleted everything and restored the factory settings, even setting a picture of Zhang Bo with an ex-girlfriend as the wallpaper. Your plan was meticulous. Even though we couldn’t track the transfer, no matter—we knew it was an HTC phone.
On the night of the second, you returned to Wanke Charm City Building 5 Unit 2, carefully dressed up, which was very different from your usual attire. Who could have guessed that such dressing and height belonged to a female? Of course, you cleaned room 801 thoroughly, erasing any trace of Zhang Bo. But next time, remember to empty the vacuum cleaner bag.
Early in the morning, you waited at the stairwell of the fifteenth floor, right on time. You should have put on your shoe covers then, and certainly not worn such distinctive shoes. After all, we easily found you from the shoe prints.
Seeing Mrs. Zhang leave, you went straight to 1502. Or perhaps Zhang Bo came out to call you, since they were his children, he probably couldn’t bring himself to do it. When you walked towards 1502, you put on the shoe covers, so you didn’t leave any prints.
After entering the apartment, you stepped into a pair of cotton slippers that were seldom used. You followed Zhang Bo to see the children. I suspect it was Zhang Bo who carried Zhang Ruixue, given that she was older and wouldn’t allow just anyone to hold her. As for you, you went to the living room’s guardrail to pick up Zhang Yangrui.
The child reacted violently. In the struggle, the baby bottle was kicked over by you, and milk spilled into the slippers, but you didn’t notice at the time.
Holding the child in reverse, you controlled his movements and walked with Zhang Bo to the master bedroom window. Zhang Bo, holding Zhang Ruixue by the back of her clothes, swung open the screen window and threw the child down. You followed immediately, throwing Zhang Yangrui down from the building.
However, you lacked the strength of Zhang Bo. Struggling as you threw him down, you eventually grabbed Zhang Yangrui by the crotch of his pants and threw the child out of the window upside down. After that, you quickly left 1502, placing the cotton slippers back in the shoe cabinet.
As you left, you removed the shoe covers, and at that moment, the milk stains on them splashed onto your dad shoes. You also got some on your hands, leaving fingerprints, milk stains, and DNA on the stairwell door. Returning to 801, you changed your clothing, and in the chaos, you left. How about that? Am I wrong in any of this? Is there anything you would like to add?"
This time, Ye Chengchen did not remain silent. She looked at Xu Dayuan, her face ashen.
"I didn’t, it wasn’t me, I didn’t kill anyone!"
Xu Dayuan lifted the photo of the scene featuring Zhang Yangrui. Liu Yufei had shown it to Ye Chengchen before, but she had averted her gaze. Now, it met Ye Chengchen’s eyes head-on, the gruesome photo held up by Xu.
"Didn’t kill anyone? Look at this child. He was only a year and a half old, still babbling, and yet he was forced to part from his mother. The two of you, one fought for custody but didn’t care for him, only to trouble the ex-wife. The other knowingly got involved with a man who had children and even incited him to murder them.
Take a close look. He fell from the fifteenth floor, hitting directly on the marble steps, which were shattered. This child had fractures in over a dozen places, internal organs ruptured and displaced, and his abdominal cavity was full of blood. Do you know what brain matter looks like?
Come, take a good look. Take a look at how the child’s brain matter flowed out in liquid form. Don’t you feel guilty? Could you sleep last night? Even without much education, you had nine years of compulsory schooling. Does what you did even qualify as human behavior?"
Ye Chengchen was shaken to the core by Xu Dayuan’s thunderous scolding. She forgot to turn her head, simply leaning back in her chair, sliding down slowly as the bloody photo nearly pressed against her face, with no escape.
Ye Chengchen’s chest heaved violently. She raised her hand to her hair, and as she moved, her handcuffs and chains clinked sharply. Ye Chengchen screamed out loud as she pulled at her hair.
Liu Yufei, with a cold expression, slapped the table loudly. The sudden sound startled both Xu Dayuan and Ye Chengchen, stopping her cries.
Liu Yufei looked at Ye Chengchen with a cold gaze, scanning her from head to toe.
"What are you crying for, speak up! What exactly happened? Even if you don’t want to say it, speak. We’re interrogating Zhang Bo now. If Zhang Bo confesses and pushes all the blame onto you, you won’t have the chance to speak. Understand? Sign here to acknowledge that you refuse to acknowledge the police investigation findings and evidence."
With that, Liu Yufei snatched up a freshly printed document, slamming it in front of Ye Chengchen, then shoved a pen into her hand with force.
Ye Chengchen shook her head fiercely, looking at the pen in her hand and the printed paper. The words on it were now blurred to her, and she threw the pen aside and shouted loudly.
"I won’t sign! It was all Zhang Bo, he forced me!"
