Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife-Chapter 120: She and I Are Getting Closer and Closer!

Chapter 120: Chapter 120: She and I Are Getting Closer and Closer!

The police in the county were using tools like bamboo poles, constantly fishing in the well.

It took no more than two minutes before the complexion of the officer fishing turned.

"There’s something!"

"What is it?" Wen Baohui couldn’t help but ask.

The officer replied, "I don’t know yet; it feels like a burlap sack."

Upon hearing this, Wen Baohui felt her heart sink.

Under normal circumstances, how could there be a burlap sack in a well?

What could be inside the sack?

Wen Baohui dared not think; she feared that if she did, she would feel certain it was Xiao Diandian.

A few officers worked together to fish the sack up.

Wen Baohui didn’t care much; although she was also worried, she didn’t bother much when she saw her colleagues looking at each other.

As soon as she untied the rope binding the sack, chunks of meat sprayed out of the sack with the water from the well.

Wen Baohui desperately retreated, just witnessing the contents of the sack.

She was first taken aback, then looked at Chen Xiao in immense joy and said, "It’s not Xiao Diandian... it’s a pig!"

Chen Xiao’s face did not reveal the joy Wen Baohui showed. On the contrary, it appeared very gloomy.

He wasn’t happy, but it wasn’t because the sack did not contain Xiao Diandian; he was also relieved it wasn’t a person.

Yet the reason for his displeasure was a feeling of being played.

No matter the place, Chen Xiao hadn’t heard of a pig being killed and put in a well.

If it was a dry well, that might make sense, but the key is that the water in the well covers at least two-thirds.

This is unreasonable.

Extraordinary things tend to indicate trouble.

Who would put a dead pig in a water-filled well?

Undoubtedly, it seems someone foresaw this.

Chen Xiao glanced back into the well, then continued fishing with the bamboo pole for a while.

Besides the dead pig, there was nothing else in the well.

Wen Baohui also noticed Chen Xiao’s gloomy expression and thus asked, "Mr. Chen, what kind of person would throw a pig into a well?"

"The pig’s hair has been shaved off, what do you make of that person?"

Chen Xiao replied, and Wen Baohui thought for a moment and said, "I feel like we’re being toyed with."

Chen Xiao exhaled deeply, "Let me tell you a story, a story about the first case I truly solved."

Everyone nodded, and Chen Xiao began his tale:

"This case happened along the inner city riverbank of the neighborhood where I lived. The victim was a young man."

"His head was chopped off with an exceedingly sharp machete and then stuffed into his pants and disposed of in the river."

"After investigation, I identified the criminal suspect Xiao Nian. Her identity was the victim’s stepmother."

"Hearing this, you must think the motive for this case was an irreconcilable conflict between stepmother and stepson, leading to murder."

"But that’s not the case; the victim harbored feelings he couldn’t express for the suspect. And the suspect had long regarded the victim as family."

"Then why did the suspect kill the victim?" One of the officers couldn’t help but ask.

Chen Xiao sighed, "On the surface, their relationship was very poor, because he felt the suspect’s feelings for his father weren’t sincere. And the suspect outside had a complicated relationship with an ex-boyfriend."

"To make the suspect suffer, the victim constantly mimicked her ex-boyfriend. Over time, the victim himself got accustomed to living like that."

"Until the suspect could no longer endure the harassment from her ex-boyfriend, she decided to act decisively! Hence, she devised a murder plan, one that was swift!"

"So when she thought her ex-boyfriend entered the room, she attacked without warning."

At this point, the officers understood.

"So it was accidental killing!"

"Yes, the case was originally an accidental killing. But the relationship between the victim and suspect was already complicated, so how could the suspect bear such a mistake? So she then prepared to make amends and buy herself time."

"After she killed that ex-boyfriend, we finally found her. But by then, she had already consumed poison, waiting for us and her demise."

Everyone nodded, though still puzzled.

These are clearly two different cases, so why mention this now?

Without waiting for them to ask, Chen Xiao said, "I found the suspect when she handed me a notebook. This notebook was left by the previous tenant of the house; she discovered it accidentally after purchasing the place."

"I have seen the contents of that notebook, full of methods on how to kill. And one of the cases detailed in the notebook matched her case!"

At this point, Chen Xiao paused and looked at Wen Baohui, "Do you know who the author of that Killing Notes is?"

Wen Baohui shook her head, "Who? Do I know this person?"

"You might not know them, but perhaps everyone in this village does, especially Yang Ziping who cherishes them."

At this point, Wen Baohui naturally reacted and called out in disbelief, "Yang Ziping’s husband? Chen Yan!"

"Yes, the notebook was signed with the name Chen Yan at the end."

Whether it was Wen Baohui or the other officers, they were all stunned into silence.

Chen Xiao stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "Perhaps we’ve just encountered someone with the same name, but whether it’s this Chen Yan or another Chen Yan, after knowing that Yang Ziping’s husband, Xiao Diandian’s father, is named Chen Yan, I didn’t hesitate anymore and decided to investigate this missing person case."

While speaking, Chen Xiao’s gaze wandered around.

"Now it seems, I always feel these two Chen Yan really resemble each other!"

Wen Baohui: "Mr. Chen, do you mean Xiao Diandian’s disappearance could be related to Chen Yan?"

"You cannot interpret my words that way; I’m saying that Chen Yan leaves a notebook whenever he rents a house, influencing people whose hearts will turn dark. As his close family, could they have already been unknowingly influenced?"

"I understand, you’re referring to Yang Ziping!"

Chen Xiao nodded, "Yes, regardless of whether she is influenced by Chen Yan, Yang Ziping can no longer be as free as before; she needs to be controlled."

Wen Baohui understood the idea, immediately picking up her phone to call the leaders at the county bureau.

However, before she could dial, Chen Xiao stopped her.

"Directly notify Hu Yue, Yang Ziping may still be in the city. Find her, either confine her in the city’s police department or send her to a psychiatric hospital!"

Wen Baohui called the city’s criminal investigation department, coincidentally reaching Hu Yue.

After informing Hu Yue of Chen Xiao’s decision, Hu Yue immediately agreed.

After the call, Wen Baohui walked to Chen Xiao’s side and asked, "Mr. Chen, what’s our next step in locating Xiao Diandian?"

Chen Xiao didn’t reply immediately; he frowned and looked at the sky above, whispering, "I’ve always been conflicted; I’m worried Xiao Diandian was trafficked, yet also afraid she wasn’t. Being trafficked means there’s a higher chance she’s still alive."

"And now, I feel I’m getting closer and closer to Xiao Diandian!"