Chapter 559: Chapter 559: The Substitution of the Crown Prince

If there’s a problem with the system, does that mean his rebirth is also problematic?

Moreover, the subsequent detection procedures have also passed the forensic doctor’s examination, reaching a consistent conclusion on the time of death.

So, no matter who the dismembered person is, they indeed died on Wednesday.

Zhang Hui was shocked by Lu Chuan’s analysis.

It’s not Yang Qianqian who died?

How is this possible!

The little finger found in Yang Qianqian’s bathroom and the hair collected from her bed have already undergone DNA identification.

In this regard, Zhang Hui is certain the crime scene investigation team wouldn’t make a mistake.

However, Lu Chuan’s analysis is correct; if the person dining with Zhao Zhijun in the video is indeed Yang Qianqian, that means Yang Qianqian wasn’t the one who died on Wednesday, or that the person who died on Wednesday wasn’t Yang Qianqian.

But if it’s not Yang Qianqian... then who is it?

Leaving the crime scene investigation office, Zhang Hui’s mind was a tangled mess.

Originally, he thought that once Zhao Zhijun was captured, the case would quickly break through, but now it seems full of suspicions and has become rather enigmatic.

What should be done?

Currently, all evidence shows that Zhao Zhijun is the murderer.

Even though Zhao Zhijun vehemently denies the murder charges.

Just the fingerprint on the plastic wrap alone can convict him as the murderer.

But now the problem lies in the timing of the crime.

For now, the possibility of Zhang Meili and Zhao Zhijun conspiring to murder is not high.

Because there were no conflicts of interest between Zhang Meili and the victim Yang Qian’nv, and they didn’t know each other before.

The other two technicians at the massage parlor also testified that Zhang Meili was telling the truth.

According to logic, Zhao Zhijun shouldn’t have had time on Thursday and Saturday to dismember the body.

So, if Zhao Zhijun didn’t commit the murder, then who did?

Or is there a possibility that he did the killing, and someone else dismembered the body?

Interrogation room.

Zhang Hui interrogated Zhao Zhijun again.

"Officer, I’m telling the truth, I haven’t lied to you at all."

Zhao Zhijun hung his head, looking exhausted.

"Zhao Zhijun, you said you saw Yang Qianqian on Thursday and picked up her bank card that she accidentally dropped on the floor, but tell me, why does the ATM at Jianguo Road show records of you withdrawing money on Wednesday?"

Indeed!

Another major reason Zhao Zhijun couldn’t clear his suspicion was because ATM surveillance footage showed he started withdrawing money on Wednesday.

However, he claimed to have met Yang Qianqian on Thursday and picked up the bank card that day, then went to withdraw money.

This is contradictory.

Regardless of whether Yang Qianqian died on Wednesday, assuming there was a major error with the crime scene investigation, or that Lu Chuan did not make a correct identification.

There are significant logical contradictions in Zhao Zhijun’s actions and statements on the timeline.

"This..."

Zhao Zhijun mumbled, not daring to make eye contact with Zhang Hui.

Bam!

Zhang Hui suddenly pounded the table.

"Zhao Zhijun!"

Ah?!

Zhang Hui’s loud shout startled Zhao Zhijun out of his wits.

With his sharp eyes, Zhang Hui immediately knew Zhao Zhijun wasn’t telling the truth.

"Zhao Zhijun, are you still not telling the truth at this point?"

"The video showing your meeting with Yang Qianqian on Thursday is in our possession, but the video quality is low, only roughly showing a person similar in height and appearance to Yang Qianqian, but it’s inconclusive as evidence."

"We could assume you are deliberately creating confusion, hiring someone to impersonate Yang Qianqian to clear your name."

"So, do you still plan to hold out till the end?"

"I... I..."

Zhao Zhijun stammered for a long time, finally letting out a heavy sigh.

"I... confess..."

After that, Zhang Hui and another interrogator, like listening to a fantasy story, learned the truth of this murder and dismemberment case.

As expected, Lu Chuan was right.

The person who died wasn’t Yang Qianqian.

"Qianqian and I didn’t really break up; we just pretended for others to see."

Pretended?

"For whom?"

"Wang Lili."

"Wang Lili?"

Zhang Hui was a bit puzzled: "What does your breakup have to do with her?"

"It’s not hard to understand; Qianqian and I pretended to break up for a show to Wang Lili, or rather, for Wang Lili and her boyfriend."

It turned out the breakup between Zhao Zhijun and Yang Qianqian three months ago was fake.

The purpose was to prepare for this murder.

"The person we killed in Qianqian’s apartment... was actually Wang Lili."

Wang Lili... was dead?

But if she is dead, then who is Wang Lili at Aiguo Cultural Media?

Zhao Zhijun provided the answer.

"Wang Lili and Qianqian already looked quite similar, and later they underwent plastic surgery to look almost identical."

Zhang Hui suddenly realized: "You mean you and Yang Qianqian killed Wang Lili, then Yang Qianqian impersonated Wang Lili?"

Zhao Zhijun nodded: "That’s exactly it."

"For Wang Lili’s boyfriend?"

Although Zhang Hui hadn’t met Wang Lili’s boyfriend, he saw them leave in a luxury car when coming out of the media company that day.

"Since Qianqian and Wang Lili look exactly alike, as long as we killed Wang Lili, Qianqian could become her boyfriend’s girlfriend. After they got married, we would kill the man, and all their money would be ours."

"Tell me specifically how it happened!"

One thing Zhang Hui was curious about was the DNA comparison of the hair and finger in the room.

The body was already dismembered and washed away in the sewer, leaving very few traces, making it impossible to verify the victim’s identity.

So the crime scene team used the method of comparing the DNA of the finger with the hair collected from the bed.

Since the room was rented by Qianqian, the hair left on the bed should all belong to Qianqian herself.

As long as the hair found on the bed was successfully matched with the DNA information of the body tissues in the sewer, it would prove the deceased was Yang Qianqian herself.

Obviously, Zhao Zhijun and his accomplices thought about this when committing the murder. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"The murder happened on Wednesday. We lured Wang Lili to Yang Qianqian’s apartment, where I strangled her and dismembered her body in the kitchen."

"How did you dismember the body?"

"With an axe, a saw, things like that."

"After killing Wang Lili, I chopped the body into small pieces with an axe, and then at night, Qianqian and I started grinding the meat with a meat grinder."

"But there was too much meat, we couldn’t finish it in one night."

"Then we continued processing the remains on Thursday and Friday for two more days."

"To establish an alibi, on Thursday, I went to a massage parlor to find a few girls."

"So on Thursday and Friday nights, it was Yang Qianqian who was in the kitchen dismembering the body, right?"