Transmigrating to 1994 (18)

At this point, Lian Chi and the others could almost confirm that Di Xue Ming was the culprit in these two murder cases!

Of course, it was also possible that he was just one of the culprits.

But they were certainly useless; they still had to find evidence to prove this.

But the truth was, for these two cases, they truly couldn't find any clues at the moment.

After all, the case of Li Xue's drowning had happened a month ago. The deceased had not only been buried long ago, but her body had completely decomposed by now. As for Mr. Li's murder case, Di Xue Ming had an alibi.

Because even if they investigated and found that Liu Gao Ge and Di Xue Ming were siblings, the alibi Liu Gao Ge provided for Di Xue Ming was still valid.

However, although they currently had no leads, it didn't mean they couldn't make Liu Gao Ge and the others actively confess their crimes.

Therefore, in the afternoon, Yang Xiao and the others split up, summoning Di Xue Ming, Li Mai Yi, and Liu Gao Ge to the Police Bureau.

Di Xue Ming and Liu Gao Ge arrived at the Police Bureau first.

Li Mai Yi arrived ten minutes later.

Li Mai Yi's expression was clearly a bit flustered. When she saw Di Xue Ming, her steps instantly slowed.

Di Xue Ming was the first to greet her, gripping her hand tightly and comforting her: "Just relax. The comrades from the police are just calling us in for routine questioning. We just need to tell them everything we know."

Li Mai Yi: "...Yes."

But when she said this, she still didn't dare to look directly into Di Xue Ming's eyes.

Seeing this scene, Lian Chi frowned.

Shen Jian She said, "Let's go."

They arranged for Di Xue Ming, Li Mai Yi, and Liu Gao Ge to be in three different interrogation rooms.

Lian Chi went to Di Xue Ming's interrogation room first.

Yang Xiao, who was in charge of interrogating him, went straight to the point: "Li Xue and Li Gao Yang were both killed by you, weren't they?"

Di Xue Ming's face immediately changed color: "I am very grateful that you investigated and found that my father-in-law might have been murdered, but if you say that my daughter and my father-in-law were killed by me, then you are slandering me."

"One is my biological daughter, and the other is the person who helped me get to where I am today. How could I murder them?"

Yang Xiao ignored his act: "If our guess is correct, the main reason you wanted to kill your daughter was because she was a girl and not a boy."

"You and your wife, Li Mai Yi, are both civil servants. According to family planning regulations, you are only allowed to have one child. But if your daughter, Li Xue, dies, then you can have another son."

Di Xue Ming looked amused by Yang Xiao's words: "Are you really using your brains to think?"

"I am a live-in son-in-law. Xiao Xue doesn't even carry my bloodline. Why would I care if it's a boy or a girl? Moreover, even if Xiao Xue carried my bloodline, couldn't we still find a live-in son-in-law?"

Yang Xiao also raised his voice, pointing at Di Xue Ming and saying: "Because you yourself are a live-in son-in-law, you know your true nature very well, so you are very clear that being a live-in son-in-law is not a good thing."

"The most important thing is, if all the Li family members die, wouldn't you be able to inherit all of the Li family's assets, and then remarry and have children to pass on your own bloodline?"

Lian Chi: "..."

Still the same old saying, the regulations of this era were truly lax.

One must know that in his era, when police interrogated suspects, let alone insulting them, even if there was no evidence, if they dared to accuse a suspect, they would definitely be complained about and disciplined until they were full.

So Di Xue Ming could only respond to Yang Xiao with one sentence: "You're talking nonsense!"

He pointed at Yang Xiao: "This is not slander; it's blatant defamation."

Then he leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and said: "Next, I will not answer any more of your questions, unless you publicly apologize to me."

At this point, Lian Chi turned and left.

He had long anticipated that they would definitely not get any useful information from Di Xue Ming.

Then he went to Liu Gao Ge.

The person responsible for interrogating her was Shen Jian She.

Shen Jian She: "When did you know that Di Xue Ming was your younger brother?"

Liu Gao Ge was a bit shorter than Di Xue Ming, and her acting was much worse, so her tone was unusually stiff: "I don't know what you're talking about."

Shen Jian She: "Do you know that lying under oath can also lead to jail time?"

Liu Gao Ge still said the same thing: "I don't know what you're talking about."

Shen Jian She slammed his hand on the table: "Please be serious. Do you know that you have harmed two lives, one of whom was even a child just three years old!"

Liu Gao Ge still said the same thing: "I really don't know what you're talking about."

It seemed that Di Xue Ming had already coordinated their statements with her.

So Lian Chi didn't even have time to warm his seat before turning and leaving.

Finally, he went to Li Mai Yi's interrogation room.

He sat down and asked, "Do you know that Liu Gao Ge is Di Xue Ming's older sister?"

Li Mai Yi looked bewildered.

Lian Chi understood: "You don't know."

"Then do you know that your young daughter, Li Xue, doesn't like dried persimmons?"

Li Mai Yi's cheek twitched: "I don't know what you're talking about."

A gleam flashed in Lian Chi's eyes.

Sure enough, Li Mai Yi knew something.

But out loud he said: "Alright, then I'll assume you don't know about this either."

"Then you're really not a good mother."

Li Mai Yi's expression stiffened.

Lian Chi: "Then do you know why our investigation has made no progress for so long?"

Without waiting for Li Mai Yi to answer, he continued: "Because we couldn't collect any evidence from the crime scene."

"In other words, when Mr. Li was murdered by the culprit, he barely struggled."

"Then do you know why he didn't struggle? He was clearly still very conscious at the time."

Li Mai Yi's complexion subtly changed.

Lian Chi: "We speculate like this."

"Mr. Li knew that your daughter didn't like dried persimmons, so she couldn't have climbed onto the well out of greed. Therefore, after your daughter drowned, he suspected Di Xue Ming was the culprit. Then he secretly went to No. 2 Primary School to investigate Di Xue Ming and Liu Gao Ge."

"As a result, he found that Di Xue Ming and Liu Gao Ge only had a normal colleague relationship. He began to doubt his own speculation, started believing those absurd rumors, thinking that his granddaughter was killed by him."

"Just then, the culprit came to his house."

"The culprit fully exploited his guilt towards his daughter and granddaughter. Most importantly, the culprit used words that made him believe that his coming to kill him was his daughter's will, so he completely despaired and gave up resisting."

Li Mai Yi still said the same thing: "I don't know what you're talking about."

But her face had turned pale.

Just then, Lian Chi suddenly changed his tone: "Did Di Xue Ming tell you that he suspected your daughter didn't drown herself, but was intentionally drowned by your father, because your father always believed that only sons could pass on the Li family bloodline? He only had you, a daughter, because your mother's health was not good, and after giving birth to you, she couldn't have any more children. But you are different; you can still have children, so as long as your daughter dies, you can give him another grandson?"

"But the poor students Mr. Li helped, you must have seen them. There were also female students among them."

"So now do you still feel that a person who is willing to help poor female students go to school, a father who loved you dearly since childhood, even if he was influenced by traditional ideas and cared a little about your gender, would he be so cruel as to harm a three-year-old child? Would he be so cruel as to personally drown his own granddaughter?"

Li Mai Yi's body had begun to sway precariously: "I don't know what you're talking about."

Lian Chi: "Then do you know why Liu Gao Ge was willing to testify for Di Xue Ming?"

"Clearly, she and Di Xue Ming had only recently reconnected, and their relationship couldn't have been that deep. Under normal circumstances, she couldn't have taken such a big risk for Di Xue Ming."

"We thought about it again and again, and there's only one possibility: she also hated your entire family."

"Then we investigated and found that when she was sold by her parents, she was eight years old. At that time, she already understood things."

"Because she was her mother's first child, her mother treated her very well. In those famine years, to keep her alive, her mother even used her own blood to make soup for her to drink."

"She always remembered this deep maternal love."

"But after she and Di Xue Ming reconnected, she learned that later, when her mother was seriously ill, your family clearly wasn't short of money, but Mr. Li would rather use the money to help poor students who had no blood relation than spend an extra penny to save her mother..."

Di Xue Ming and Liu Gao Ge both believed that her father had killed their mother.

Li Mai Yi completely collapsed: "Don't say anymore, don't say anymore."

Lian Chi continued: "But your father clearly spent over two thousand yuan to treat their mother, and at that time, Di Xue Ming's monthly salary was only fifty yuan."

"The doctor clearly said that your mother's chances of recovery were very low, which is why your father advised them to give up treatment."

"Your father died unjustly!"

"Your daughter died tragically!"

"Who knows, someday, the next person might be you."

Li Mai Yi cried loudly: "I beg you, don't say anymore."

Lian Chi said the last sentence: "So do you still want to cover for the person who killed your daughter, your father, all your relatives?"

Sure enough, not long after, Li Mai Yi's crying gradually subsided.

Seeing Li Mai Yi's hands gradually clench, Lian Chi knew that this match, they were about to win.

As a result, in the very next second, he heard Li Mai Yi hoarsely say: "I really, don't know what you're talking about."

The spacious interrogation room immediately fell silent.