Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 661 Dawn (67)

When Officer Zhang answered the phone, he didn't hide it from Yan Zhen and Jing Chen. The voice on the other end of the line came through Officer Zhang's old phone, which had some audible leakage, and Yan Zhen and Jing Chen could hear it clearly.

Chu Huian ran away.

Officer Zhang hung up the phone, and an officer investigating at the scene jogged over and handed him a copy of the surveillance video: "Old Zhang, this was taken by a car parked on the side of the road. A woman left the villa at 22:13 p.m.

The surveillance camera was too far away to see the woman's face clearly; all that could be discerned was that she was a tall, slender woman.

Officer Zhang watched the one-minute video three times, then showed it to Yan Zhen and Jing Chen: "Do you know this woman?"

After watching the surveillance footage of the figure fleeing in panic, Yan Zhen and Jing Chen both fell silent.

Seeing their attitude, Officer Zhang immediately pressed, "Do you know them?"

Yan Zhen paused for a moment and said, "She looks familiar, a bit like my dad's girlfriend."

"What's your dad's girlfriend's name?"

"Cheng Xue".

Officer Zhang immediately said to the officer next to him, "Go and investigate this Cheng Xue right away."

Yan Zhen and Jing Chen stayed at the villa on Qingjiang Road for more than three hours until the police finished investigating all the traces at the scene and took away Yan Yi's body. Only then were they allowed to go home.

Before leaving, Officer Zhang instructed, "Keep your phone on 24 hours a day, as we may need your cooperation in the investigation."

"Ok."

On the way back to the hotel after leaving the villa on Qingjiang Road, Yan Zhen and Jing Chen remained silent.

Only after returning to the hotel suite and closing the door did Yan Zhen thoughtfully ask Jing Chen, "Did Cheng Xue kill him?"

Jing Chen recalled his only meeting with Cheng Xue and said, "It's inextricably linked to her, but she wouldn't have the guts on her own."

"what do you mean……"

“Someone is instigating this from behind,” Jing Chen said. “Chu Huian’s disappearance at this critical juncture is very likely due to her instigation.”

Yan Zhen recalled that Cheng Xue and Yan Yi's reunion was completely different from that in their previous life, which was very unusual.

Looking back now, it's possible that Chu Huian instigated their reconciliation.

Cheng Xue was only with Yan Yi for his money and the opportunity to climb the social ladder. She lost her baby and was dumped by Yan Yi, leaving her penniless and physically injured. She harbored resentment towards Yan Yi.

In this situation, it's not hard to understand why Cheng Xue would agree to cooperate in killing Yan Yi if Chu Huian offered her substantial rewards and encouraged her further.

What Yan Zhen couldn't understand was that their murder plan was full of flaws.

Cheng Xue chose to commit murder in the villa that Yan Yi lent her, and after she left, she was filmed by a car parked on the side of the road.

Chu Huian went out in the middle of the night and can't be contacted now.

Isn't this just blatantly a case of running away with one's guilty conscience?

Yan Zhen had a premonition that the case would be solved soon.

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Yan Zhen's premonition was correct. The next day at noon, just after she finished class, Jing Chen called, saying that the Municipal Bureau had arrested Cheng Xue and Chu Huian, and asked them, as family members, to come over.

Yan Zhen asked for leave from school and went to the Municipal Public Security Bureau with Jing Chen.

When I met Chu Huian and Cheng Xue in the city bureau's detention room, the former was unusually silent, while the latter was emotionally agitated, constantly muttering "I was deceived," "I didn't kill him," and "He started it first." When she got emotional, she suddenly turned around and started hitting Chu Huian, crying and screaming hysterically.

"it is all your fault!"

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this situation now!"

After this happened two or three times, the police had no choice but to separate and detain the two individuals.

Yan Zhen did not go to see Chu Huian immediately, but instead asked the police for information first.

Based on Cheng Xue's statement relayed by Officer Zhang, Yan Zhen learned what had happened.

Twenty-one days ago, Chu Huian found Cheng Xue and offered 100 million to save Yan Yi's life.

They devised a detailed murder plan. Yan Yi had a heart condition, so as long as Cheng Xue found a way to get back together with him, get close to him, and then quietly change the medication he usually took, his death could be turned into an "accident".

The temptation of 100 million was too great, and Cheng Xue agreed.

She used every trick in the book to finally persuade Yan Yi to agree to get back together with her.

The day before yesterday, which was the day of the incident, was the third day after Cheng Xue and Yan Yi got back together. The two went out to have dinner at a hotel and then went to rest at a villa on Qingjiang Road.

While Yan Yi was swimming in the pool, Cheng Xue switched the medicine he was carrying.

But she didn't expect that Yan Yi would discover her intentions when she changed her dressing.

After confirming that the medicine had been switched, Yan Yi lured Cheng Xue to the swimming pool and suddenly attacked her, grabbing her by the neck and pushing her into the water, saying that he would "teach you a lesson."

Cheng Xue nearly drowned in the pool. As she struggled desperately, Yan Yi suddenly fell ill.

He suffered a heart attack and seemed to lose all his strength in an instant. His body stiffened and he sank into the water, unable to utter a single word.

Cheng Xue took the opportunity to climb onto the pool and try to escape, but Yan Yi grabbed her ankle at that moment, pleaded for help with his eyes, and tried to climb onto the pool with her help.

Cheng Xue panicked, realizing that her and Chu Huian's murder plan had been exposed and that Yan Yi would definitely not let her go once he recovered.

With her intelligence and methods, even if she were a hundred times more cunning, she wouldn't be a match for Yan Yi.

In a panic, she pushed Yan Yi into the water until he could no longer move.

“The confession matches the evidence at the scene, as well as the marks on the deceased,” Officer Zhang said. “However, Chu Huian refused to cooperate; she wouldn’t say anything.”

Yan Zhen followed Officer Zhang's gaze to the detention room. Chu Huian was looking down at her meticulously manicured fingers. She, who used to be very conscious of her posture, now looked like a chicken that had been caught in the rain, her shoulders slumped, and all traces of her usual arrogance and haughtiness were gone.

"In addition, we found this at Yan Yi's residence." Officer Zhang took out a white envelope, which contained a handwritten suicide note.

Yan Zhen took the letter. It contained only a few words, roughly meaning that if he "died unexpectedly," the murderer must be his wife, Chu Huian.

“Yan Yi knows that Chu Huian wants to kill him.” Officer Zhang’s gaze sharpened as he stared intently at Yan Zhen. “Do you know that their relationship has deteriorated to the point where they want to hurt each other?”

Yan Zhen was silent for a moment, then sighed: "I roughly know."

"perhaps?"

“They used to argue a lot. Neither of them is a rational person. When they get really angry, they want to kill each other and say all sorts of hurtful things,” Yan Zhen said helplessly. “I used to think that you shouldn’t take what people say when they’re angry seriously, but who knew they would… sigh.”

Officer Zhang stared sharply at Yan Zhen for a long time before suddenly saying, "You're only thirteen years old, but you don't seem afraid at all in the face of such a family tragedy."

Yan Zhen didn't go to see Officer Zhang. He stuffed the suicide note into the envelope and returned it to him. He then turned to look at Chu Huian in the detention cell.

"Maybe it's because I don't care about them."