Reborn in 1995, Criminal Investigation Records

In fact, this was bound to happen sooner or later. Besides Zhu Guolong, Deng Fangfang's ex-husband and son also had the right to know about her death.

However, since he is her ex-husband, Zhu Guolong is definitely the priority in terms of the order of events, and the same applies to the degree of suspicion.

Unlike Deng Fangfang's residence in Fengdu Garden, her ex-husband Du Changjiang's residence was rather simple, a rented room of less than 20 square meters.

Single room, shared bathroom, shared toilet on the whole floor, and forget about showers.

Du Changjiang, who is not yet fifty years old, already has completely white hair. He was wearing a faded short-sleeved shirt and had to go to work later. He was the only one who had time to meet with the two of them.

When Zhou Yang and his companion revealed their identities and informed him of Deng Fangfang's death, the man's expression didn't seem to change much, but Zhou Yang could still detect a trace of sadness in it.

"Dead?"

Only those two words, followed by silence.

"Have you kept in touch since your divorce?" Zhou Yang broke the silence first.

"No, it was right after we left. The child was sick that day and cried to see her. I took the child downstairs, but she didn't come down!" Du Changjiang said, his tone devoid of emotion.

"Where were you and your child around midnight the night before last?" Zhou Yang asked. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Du Changjiang suddenly look up, seemingly surprised by the question. But he looked down again in an instant.

"For the past week, we've been rushing to finish the project. I'm working on the construction site, with my child... and seven or eight other workers!"

"Why won't you let the child sleep?" Xiao Jiale put down his pen, frowning and scolding.

Du Changjiang looked up at the other man and said, "He's also on the construction site. He'll get his wages after the New Year!"

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The two confirmed Du Changjiang's statement through their visits. The night before last, from 8 p.m. to nearly 3 a.m., the entire construction site was working overtime to meet the deadline.

Du Changjiang and Deng Fangfang got married relatively late, which is considered late marriage and late childbirth in this era. Their child, Du Ping'an, is only 19 years old this year. He didn't get into university and now works on a construction site with his father.

It's 95 now, and the earliest regulations restricting nighttime construction won't be implemented for another two years. So, many construction sites are still brightly lit.

Unfortunately, there is no such construction site near Fengdu Garden residential area; otherwise, there would probably be witnesses.

"It's obvious that Du Changjiang has very little affection for his ex-wife!" Xiao Jiale suddenly said in the car.

"Why do you say that?" Zhou Yang asked.

"He remained calm throughout our questioning, which is not the emotion a normal husband should have. However, I understand, since their marriage was forced at the time, not to mention that Deng Fangfang hooked up with another man at that time and then turned around and filed for divorce. Sigh..."

Xiao Jiale sighed, thankful he didn't have a girlfriend; it was so pitiful.

Zhou Yang nodded. In the conversation just now, Du Changjiang had also mentioned the reason for the other party's divorce, which was that she had become involved with a so-called "rich man". However, there was a difference between what Zhu Guolong said and what he said.

Zhu Guolong said that she was going to jump into the river because she was going through a divorce, but he saved her.

However, Du Changjiang's version of events is different. He claims that she divorced him after getting together with someone else, and that he had no idea that she had jumped into the river.

Without stopping, the two arrived at the home of Zhu Guolong's ex-wife, Lu Caixia, based on the address provided.

Although the conditions here are not as good as those in Fengdu Garden, they are several times better than the living environment of Du Changjiang and his son.

Lu Caixia actively cooperated with the two men's visit.

"By the way, where's your daughter?" Zhou Yang asked casually, seemingly unintentionally.

"Who knows? She's probably out having fun with her group of friends again. She's been spending every day with them since the holiday started!" Lu Caixia said nonchalantly.

"A group?" Zhou Yang laughed. "What do her friends do? Looks like she's quite popular!"

"They're all students in the same major, and recently they've been researching postpartum piglets, their feet never touch the ground!" Lu Caixia said, her face beaming with pride as she spoke of her daughter.

"It's really not easy for you to mentor a college student all by yourself!" Zhou Yang complimented. "By the way, what's your daughter's major?"

"Plants and animals... no, it's animals, animal science, yes, animal science!" Lu Caixia thought for a moment and answered definitively.

"I shouldn't have chosen that 'accept assignment' option back then. You're a perfectly good girl, why did you choose to study this? You're not going to be a veterinarian in the future. When I said that, this girl started arguing with me, saying things like her classmate has a pig farm. I can't exactly get you a pig farm or something, can I...?"

Xiao Jiale paused, suppressing his excitement as he turned his gaze to Zhou Yang.

"Do you know if your daughter has a boyfriend?" Zhou Yang then asked.

Lu Caixia's expression tightened: "No, she said she didn't stay out at school, and she hasn't stayed out all night since coming back from vacation. She just stayed with a few classmates. Officers, do you know something?"

"No, you don't need to worry too much. We were just asking casually. Does your daughter know Deng Fangfang?"

"I don't know him! I've never introduced him to anyone, but I know he exists; Zhu Guolong mentioned him before."

"By the way, those students you mentioned earlier..."

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On the way, Zhou Yang looked at the contents of his notebook while connecting the clues in his mind.

He noticed that Xiao Jiale would turn his head to look at him every now and then.

Just as the other person turned their head again, Zhou Yang spoke up: "What are you doing, sneaking around like this? Just say what you want to say!"

Xiao Jiale didn't mince words. He parked the car on the side of the road and stared straight at Zhou Yang: "I don't understand how you were able to get such clues out of me."

"Huh?" Zhou Yang was taken aback, then laughed, "What's so hard about not understanding that you can even ask?"

"No, I don't think I can come up with that much information!" Xiao Jiale thought for a moment, then lowered his head dejectedly: "At most, I'll ask if they have a girlfriend, I won't think about anything related to their major."

"I didn't think to ask a professional question at the time. I just heard about those piglets and associated them with hormones, so I asked that question!"

"So you think the murderers are most likely Zhu Shuxuan and Qiao Kai?" Zhou Yang looked at the other person with amusement.

"Huh? Isn't that right?" Xiao Jiale was clearly surprised to hear this.

Goodness, that's exactly what they thought.

"You can think of it this way: when solving a case, you first make assumptions, then verify them. So what do you think the motive is, and what clues are still missing?" Zhou Yang looked at the other person, trying to guide him and also hoping to broaden his own thinking through the other person's ideas.

"It's very simple. If Zhu Guolong suddenly passed away without explanation, then the inheritance would go to Deng Fangfang. She probably wouldn't give it to Zhu Shuxuan, but to her son Du Ping'an. But since Deng Fangfang is dead, there's no inheritance to speak of, and the money is still in her own hands."

"Especially if Zhu Guolong has no more descendants, then nine times out of ten these things will fall into Zhu Shuxuan's hands. That's the motive!" Xiao Jiale said matter-of-factly.

"So you mean that the hormones used to deal with Zhu Guolong and the aflatoxin used on Deng Fangfang were both done by the two of them?" Zhou Yang asked.

"Yes, think about it. Qiao Kai is a doctor, so he naturally knows how to purify aflatoxin. Zhu Shuxuan studied animal science, so she naturally knows about animal feed science, diseases, and so on. Naturally, she can also get her hands on hormones!" By the end of the analysis, Xiao Jiale clenched his fist excitedly. He felt that everything was almost clear.

"But I mean, if none of this had happened, would Zhu Guolong's assets still have been left to Zhu Shuxuan, instead of being given to her son by Deng Fangfang?" Zhou Yang asked.

"Hmm...it seems...to be true!" Upon hearing this, Xiao Jiale frowned and remained silent for a while. "But, wouldn't this take too long? Wouldn't the waiting time be too long?"

"It was originally yours, and you killed someone just because you waited too long?" Zhou Yang shook his head: "That's not quite enough. Think of something else!"

"Think of other things, think of other things... It's possible that what originally belonged to her has changed and become someone else's. Only by killing Deng Fangfang can things proceed normally..."

Xiao Jiale's eyes lit up, and he slammed his right fist into the steering wheel: "Deng Fangfang is going to kill Zhu Guolong!"

Zhou Yang: ......