As expected, when Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei returned to the lounge next to the testing room, Xu Liang was still sitting there with his head bowed and silent.
He didn't even dare to raise his head, as if he had an ominous premonition.
When Officer Wang saw Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei, he quickly stood up and asked, "How are you doing?"
"See for yourself." Lu Weiwei handed the test report to Officer Wang.
Officer Wang just quickly found the final conclusion. When he saw the two test reports, the final similarity was higher than 90%, Officer Wang smiled.
Although Yuan Shasha on the side did not read the conclusion, she could probably guess a thing or two through the smiling lips of Officer Wang.
"Very good." Officer Wang nodded silently, took the test report in his hand, shook it, and continued:
"Xu Liang, raise your head."
Xu Liang didn't dare not listen, so he could only slowly raise his head.
Officer Wang asked again: "You said you haven't been to uninhabited villages in the past few days?"
"Yeah." Xu Liang didn't say much, as everything seemed too thin at this moment.
Officer Wang asked again: "What's with the pebbles stuck in the soles of your shoes?"
"What...what's going on?" Xu Liang seemed to want to refute again.
Officer Wang was also annoyed and said: "Don't pretend to be confused with me, the test report will not lie."
"I'm telling you now, the composition of the pebbles stuck on the soles of your shoes is exactly the same as the pebbles we found on the passage we must pass through at the scene. You still said you have never been to an uninhabited village?"
"I have indeed never been there." After hearing this result, Xu Liang obviously still wanted to make a final struggle.
Yuan Shasha also laughed and said involuntarily: "Xu Liang, can you use your own brain? You said you have never been there, but there are stones exactly the same as those at the crime scene stuck on the soles of your shoes."
"It's also possible that the stones got stuck somewhere else. The stones are everywhere. Why do you say they are stones from the scene?"
"Because this is not an ordinary stone." Gu Chen walked up to Xu Liang and explained patiently:
"To put it simply, stones like this are everywhere, which is correct, but the minerals contained in them vary greatly."
"But the stones we collected from the site actually contain the same minerals as the stones on the soles of your feet. They are almost exactly the same."
"Where can you find this probability?"
He was also confused on the spot by Gu Chen's question. Xu Liang didn't know how to answer for a while.
Gu Chen didn't talk nonsense to him, and said directly: "And as a chef, you should be very good at using knives, right?"
"And we found that on Zhang Quan's body, his wounds were almost fatal with a single stab, and his skill level was far beyond our imagination."
"Furthermore, judging from his lack of resistance, the person standing in front of him at that time should be the person he is most familiar with, and you just fit this point."
"Coupled with the sharp knife skills and the stones stuck on the soles of your feet, they are exactly the same as those at the crime scene."
"Together these probabilities, it's hard for me not to doubt you."
After a pause, seeing Xu Liang panicking at this moment, Gu Chen also continued: "Also, you said you haven't been to the uninhabited village in the past few days, where is the evidence?"
"I..." Feeling a little unable to refute, Xu Liang was a little panicked now.
Gu Chen also said straightforwardly: "To the other side of the uninhabited village, there are surveillance cameras on the road."
"It's not difficult to find your traces, and it's not difficult for us to investigate your whereabouts these days."
"Do you think it's too late for you to lie now?"
"I……"
Listening to Gu Chen's various explanations, Xu Liang lowered his head and was at a loss.
Soon, Xu Liang put his head in his hands, feeling that he could not bear the pressure.
Before Gu Chen and others could speak, Xu Liang put on a painful expression.
"Xu Liang, what are you pretending to be? You are the murderer, right?" Yuan Shasha didn't believe the tears either.
Having seen too many criminal suspects use poor acting skills to exonerate themselves, Yuan Shasha felt that this behavior was a bit ridiculous.
But within a short while, Xu Liang started crying bitterly, and his tears fell straight to the ground.
"Really crying?" When Yuan Shasha saw this scene, she was impressed by Xu Liang's superb acting skills and looked at Lu Weiwei involuntarily.
Lu Weiwei also laughed, and said angrily: "Hey Xu Liang, you killed your good brother Zhang Quan, and you still have the nerve to cry here?"
"I said, why are you crying?"
"I don't want to do this either, I really don't want to." After Lu Weiwei finished speaking, Xu Liang shook his head and cried bitterly.
Tears even blurred Xu Liang's eyes.
This time, Lu Weiwei was confused and looked directly at Gu Chen and Officer Wang beside her.
Officer Wang also frowned and warned Xu Liang: "Xu Liang, don't pretend to be pitiful in front of us. Let me tell you, this trick is useless to us."
"We now have evidence to suspect that you are the murderer of Zhang Quan. You can make excuses for yourself, but you must also know that any excuses are not worth mentioning in the face of this evidence."
"We can investigate your situation in depth. By then, it will be too late for you to cry."
After a pause to calm down briefly, Officer Wang said again:
"You'd better tell us exactly what happened now. Maybe there's a solution."
Seeing that Xu Liang still had no reaction, Officer Wang asked again: "What do you think?"
Xu Liang slowly raised his head and looked at the people in front of him, and he suddenly fell into an extremely tangled state.
Gu Chen also reminded: "Xu Liang, what are you struggling with? What are you asking?"
"I...I was also ordered by others." Xu Liang took a deep breath, feeling that he had no other choice now.
Hearing this, Gu Chen quickly asked: "Did you and Zhang Quan stop a garbage truck on Wutong Road?"
"That's right." Seeing that Gu Chen knew all this, Xu Liang was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and quickly nodded and admitted:
"I did stop a garbage truck with Zhang Quan."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Did you steal a body from the garbage truck?" Gu Chen asked again.
Xu Liang was also stunned, but he quickly nodded and admitted: "Yes, it seems you already know?"
"Is it really you?" After hearing Xu Liang's explanation, Officer Wang also sighed.
It feels like the previous confusion is finally explained here.
Previously, because both of them had their faces covered, no one could judge their true appearance, not even the garbage truck driver at the time.
Now Xu Liang himself admits it, which also shows that Xu Liang was also involved in the transfer of the body.
In other words, Xu Liang and Zhang Quan both knew about Zhang Quan.
"Speak clearly." Lu Weiwei now also adjusted the angle of the law enforcement recorder, feeling that Xu Liang seemed to be hiding many secrets.
But Xu Liang looked young, probably in his early twenties.
But even so, Xu Liang actually did such a thing, which was really shocking.
Xu Liang also sat upright, took a deep breath, and then said slowly:
"Zhang Quan and I have always known each other. He specializes in doing some bill collection work for others, and I work as a chef in a restaurant."
"We met in a bar before and we all chatted with each other, so we became buddies and often got together to drink and have fun."
After sniffing, Xu Liang continued to think about it and said: "Later, we even pooled our money together to buy a cool motorcycle."
"I saw it. It's the one at the entrance of the Wetland Park football field." Gu Chen said.
"That's right." Xu Liang nodded, not daring to refute.
I felt like I was unlucky to meet Gu Chen today.
Now that my underwear is about to be taken out, I feel that Gu Chen's team is quite scary.
They already know some of the things they have done without even opening their mouths.
It's hard for Xu Liang to imagine what he could hide from these policemen?
Therefore, after much hesitation, Xu Liang still chose to cooperate and took the initiative to explain to Gu Chen: "Actually, I really don't want to do this. Zhang Quan is usually nice to me."
"Good for you, but why did you kill him?"
Yuan Shasha was a little confused, or in other words, she didn't quite understand Xu Liang's way of thinking.
Murderers often have an extreme psychology, and this kind of psychological distortion often makes the murderer do some unbelievable things.
In particular, Xu Liang and Zhang Quan both participated in the work of moving corpses. To them, they were completely like grasshoppers on a rope.
But under such circumstances, Xu Liang actually killed Zhang Quan, which seems to be somewhat incomprehensible to everyone logically.
Xu Liang sighed and blamed himself: "It's all my fault. Who made me easy to gamble?"
"Working here, I only earn a few thousand yuan a month, but the money I lose every month in the casino is beyond your imagination."
"Wait a minute." After hearing what Xu Liang said, Gu Chen, who was keen, quickly interrupted and said:
"You said you lost all your money in the casino?"
"Yes." Xu Liang nodded and admitted, also looking annoyed.
Gu Chen asked again: "Which casino?"
"It's not a real casino, it's a virtual casino." Xu Liang said.
"Is that online gambling?" After hearing what Xu Liang said, Yuan Shasha seemed to understand the situation.
Xu Liang nodded: "Yes, it's the kind of online casino where you can place bets using your mobile phone."
"I didn't know what was going on at the time. At the beginning, I just wanted to make a lot of money after enjoying some benefits."
"But later, I lost again and again. Not only did I lose all my savings, but I also lost my future."
"Later, I had no choice but to recover the cost, so I borrowed a lot through the online lending business of that platform to participate in gambling."
"But later on, I fell deeper and deeper into it, and I felt like I couldn't extricate myself."
Holding his head in his hands, Xu Liang also had a look of remorse and choked with sobs as he said:
"Later, I felt that I might not be able to repay the money I owed for the rest of my working life. I felt like I was going to be doomed."
"Then how did you solve it later?" Gu Chen asked Xu Liang softly as he cried about his painful experience.
Xu Liang choked up a few times, shook his head and sighed: "Later, I had no choice but to find Zhang Quan."
"Because Zhang Quan often did this before, I asked him what to do? He told me that if you don't pay back the money, the platform that lent you the money has many ways to treat you."
"After listening to what he said, I instantly felt that I was definitely going to be doomed, and that my life was over."
"So, I asked Zhang Quan to help me. I also wanted to make quick money. I felt like I stayed in the kitchen every day, doing the most common job and getting the lowest wage."
"Even if I work all my life, I still won't be able to pay off those loans, so I want to join Zhang Quan's workforce."
"Because I can clearly see that since Zhang Quan started this business, he has changed from a pauper to a man with a small amount of savings now."
"I feel like if Zhang Quan can do it, so can I."
"Then why did you kill Zhang Quan?" Officer Wang didn't understand very much. Logically speaking, this Zhang Quan should be regarded as Xu Liang's benefactor.
But at this moment, Xu Liang held his head in his hands, lowered his head, and said in regret:
"Because I wanted to pay back the money quickly. That day, when Zhang Quan came to me and asked me to help dispose of a corpse, I was completely confused. It was a corpse."
"Then did he tell you who the body is?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Xu Liang shook his head: "No, he didn't tell me who the body was? Moreover, he didn't allow me to ask more questions, because this is a serious crime."
"It's enough to put you in jail, but after all, Zhang Quan has helped me a lot. When he needs help, if I choose to retreat, then am I still a human being?"
With a heavy sigh, Xu Liang said helplessly: "So, that day, Zhang Quan and I came to the vicinity of Wutong Road, and according to Zhang Quan's request, we cooperated with him to transport the body away."
"Then find a place where no one is and deal with it. The matter will be settled. Afterwards, I will get a sum of money."
"But I know clearly that the reason why Zhang Quan did this must be someone behind the scenes. I asked Zhang Quan, who is the boss behind it?"
"Then what did he say?" Officer Wang asked.
Xu Liang shook his head: "He told me not to ask too many questions. Problems will arise when the time comes. He asked me to cooperate with him and settle the matter."
"I knew at that time that I was already on the road to crime and could not turn back."
"My mind was empty at the time. I just thought, I am committing a crime and I may have to go to jail."
"But the other me hinted in my heart that this is a quick way to get money. If I don't do it, what will I do with the money I owe?"
"After weighing the pros and cons, I chose to work with Zhang Quan, you know."
"Then who is this body? You don't know who killed him, either?" Gu Chen asked him with raised eyebrows.
Xu Liang nodded hard: "Yes, this is the rule, I can't ask any more questions."
"Then what's the problem between you and Zhang Quan?"
Seeing that Xu Liang seemed to be hiding a secret in his heart, Gu Chen continued to ask him.
Xu Liang rubbed his face with both hands and said with a bitter look: "I don't know what happened? After that incident, I felt like my soul was gone."
“It feels like I’ve made a small amount of money, but it’s just a drop in the bucket between me and repaying all my debts.”
"I know that I will die in the end, and I have completely lost confidence in myself."
"Even after finishing that thing, I came to the riverside and wanted to jump into the river. It was over."
"But at this moment, I received a strange phone call."
"Who called?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"I don't know." Xu Liang shook his head and couldn't help but said: "I don't know who the other party is? But I am very sure that this person must be the boss behind Zhang Quan."
"Shangguan Wu?" Hearing what Xu Liang said, Lu Weiwei quickly thought of Shangguan Wu from before.
But Xu Liang shook his head and said uncertainly: "I don't know? The sound of that phone call was processed."
"It sounds a bit like a robot talking, but the other person can tell me my current situation and even the money I owe."
"I was a little panicked at the time, so I asked him who he was? What did he want to do?"
"But later, that person gave me a reason I couldn't refuse."
"What's the reason?" When Officer Wang heard this, he seemed to feel that something was wrong.
Sure enough, Xu Liang blurted out and said slowly: "The other party asked me to kill Zhang Quan. Then, the other party will help me bear the huge sum of money I owed on the online platform."
"You know, this is a bottomless pit, but someone called me on a phone with an altered voice and told me that they could eliminate the accusations against me."
After a pause and trying to calm down, Xu Liang said again: "You may not be able to understand my mood at that time."
"You know, at that time, I felt that my life was completely over. I even had no hope for life."
"I was under a lot of pressure because of too much debt. However, that mysterious phone call came to my mobile phone that day and told me that you don't have to worry about your debts and I will solve everything for you."
Shaking his head, Xu Liang said in disbelief: "You couldn't even imagine what it was like at that time."
"Someone is willing to pay off the debt I have suppressed for a long time. Moreover, it is a huge sum of money. I can't afford to pay it back even if I work hard all my life."
Feeling a little emotional, Xu Liang, whose eyes turned red, also took a deep breath to calm down his emotions.
Gu Chen also continued to ask him: "So, are you sure whether the other party has this ability? Or are you not sure either?"
"Of course I'm not sure." Xu Liang told the truth, and then added: "You know, I'm not that easy to fool."
"But the other party knows my identity and what I have done recently?"
"It seems that the other party knows every move I make. I even suspect that I am being followed?"
"Or maybe the place where I live is being monitored, but in the end no matter how I investigate, I can't find the source of the problem."
"I was a little desperate at the time and didn't know what to do. That phone call from the other party really had a fatal attraction for me."
"I understand your situation." Listening to Xu Liang's words, Gu Chen also discovered that Xu Liang seemed to be under a lot of pressure.
Especially at that emotional moment just now, I felt like I was going to be driven crazy.
This is completely different from the Xu Liang he saw on the court for the first time.
Xu Liang's mood seemed to be slowly showing signs of easing under Gu Chen's guidance.
So, Xu Liang continued to explain to Gu Chen: "I had doubts at the time and felt that this was someone's prank."
"Or maybe that person is a hacker? But I don't think so."
"Finally, I came to a conclusion."
"What is it?" After hearing that Xu Liang was so skilled, Lu Weiwei, Officer Wang and Yuan Shasha asked him almost in unison.
Xu Liang also sighed softly and said slowly: "Finally, I came to the conclusion that this guy may be the same group of people as the platform that I owe money to."
"What they know about me may be from the information I filled out, because I have handled online loan business under my real name."
"So, how much do you owe? I think they should know very well and know my details."
After a pause, Xu Liang added: "But I don't know why, the other party even knows about me moving the body?"
"If it wasn't Zhang Quan who revealed it, then it must be the big boss behind it."
"In other words, the person who called you is the big boss behind this incident, right?" Lu Weiwei expressed her own opinion based on Xu Liang's words.
Xu Liang did not refute, but nodded silently, and proactively admitted: "Yes, I guess the other party must be the big boss behind the scenes."
"Zhang Quan must have informed the big boss behind the scenes of our actions."
"That's why the big boss will know clearly some of the things I have done recently."
"But I couldn't figure it out at the time. Why did the big boss behind the scenes skip Zhang Quan to find me? And he even pretended to be kind and wanted to help me?"
With a heavy sigh, Xu Liang also said with a wry smile: "Ever since I experienced that online loan, I know one thing clearly."
"That is, pie in the sky will not fall. Good luck will not look for you specifically. It is a trap prepared by others, just waiting for you to jump into it."
"Then you still jumped in, didn't you?" Officer Wang said.
Xu Liang smiled bitterly, nodded silently, and said involuntarily:
"Yes, you are absolutely right. I couldn't hold it back in the end and jumped in myself. That's why I owe so much money."
"But when the boss behind the scenes found me, I knew that he must be asking me for something, but he didn't want Zhang Quan to know."
"At first, I thought he wanted to know some specific details of the corpse incident through me."
"Maybe it was because Zhang Quan was afraid that there would be problems if he didn't do things thoroughly, so he asked me to confirm again."
"What about the facts?" Yuan Shasha asked.
Xu Liang sighed and said slowly: "In fact, that guy did ask me these questions, but he asked me to kill Zhang Quan."
Patting his head, Xu Liang also explained: "I was completely confused at the time. When asked to kill someone, I thought this guy was crazy."
"But, he told me that if I kill Zhang Quan, he will repay my debts for me, and he will do what he said."
"How can you be sure that he didn't lie to you?" Officer Wang asked.
"I will check the account status." Xu Liang said.
"So?" Lu Weiwei asked.
Xu Liang sighed lightly and said angrily: "I found that after the call was hung up, a sum of money was quickly transferred to my account."
"I couldn't believe my eyes at the time. Then, before I could react, the phone call came again. He told me, had he received a sum of money?"
"And he also warned me that this money was used to help me repay my debts. If I didn't use this money to repay my debts, the consequences would be serious. I also knew their methods at the time."
"So, according to his request, the money was transferred to the designated account."
"Sure enough, my debt balance has been reduced visibly."
"So I believed him. When he appeared at that time, he was indeed my God. I knew that I had grasped a life-saving straw."
Taking a deep breath, Xu Liang also choked and said: "At that time, he was the only one who could help me, so I asked him, why did he kill Zhang Quan? Was it because Zhang Quan knew too much?"
"What did that person say?" Gu Chen asked him.
Xu Liang looked up at Gu Chen, his eyes dull and said: "He told me that Zhang Quan knew too much for one reason, but Zhang Quan cheated on him behind his back, so there is a certain conflict between him and Zhang Quan."
"However, he would not tell me these details. He only asked me to obey and do as he was told."
"To put it simply, Zhang Quan has become his abandoned son and feels that he has no value anymore."
"He wants to support a new man who will do the dirty work for him. If I am willing, he can help me pay off my debt quickly."
"Not only that, I can also get a generous reward. To put it simply, that's it."
"So you are moved?" Gu Chen said.
"Brother." Xu Liang, who looked at Gu Chen with a haggard expression, also said angrily: "At that time, I had no other better choice."
"Helping Zhang Quan dispose of the body is a crime in itself. Plus, I owe so much money and I will never be able to pay it back in my lifetime."
"Thinking about having to pay back the money all my life and being exhausted until I die, sometimes I really feel unwilling to do so."
Taking a deep breath, Xu Liang said unwillingly: "So, I know, I have already committed a crime anyway, so I might as well give it a try."
"If this matter is handled well, it may become an open case. In this way, I can continue to play my football and ride my motorcycle like a normal person."
"My life will slowly get back on track and I will no longer be exposed to online gambling. I will tell myself that I have the right to start over."
After the words fell, Xu Liang also stared at Gu Chen fiercely and said loudly: "Do you know? My family's conditions have not been good since I was a child, and I have been very inferior since I was a child."
"My family's misfortune kept me growing up in the worst environment. My father was also a bad gambler. My mother passed away early. I even forgot about that home."
Taking a deep breath, Xu Liang added: "When I left society, I was beaten and scolded by my master in various ways. I finally got out and went to work as a chef in a restaurant."
"But I fell into the other party's trap again and owed a large amount of money on the online platform, which completely ruined the rest of my life."
Shaking his head, Xu Liang said unwillingly: "Damn it, am I born to be so unlucky? Why do I always have to encounter unlucky things in this life?"
"I also want to live well and live well like a normal person. I am not greedy. I just want a normal life."
"So, you use abnormal criminal methods to live a normal life?" Gu Chen said.
"Do I still have a choice? Excuse me, what choice do I have?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, Xu Liang spread his hands and asked Gu Chen in return.
"Then you shouldn't commit a crime. You know it's a trap and you've already fallen deeply into it. Are you going to make the same mistake again and again?" Lu Weiwei couldn't stand it.
In Lu Weiwei's view, Xu Liang is simply crazy and has no idea what he is doing?
At this moment, Xu Liang also said indifferently: "I'm not like you. You all have decent jobs and are capable."
"I am just a cook, and I ruined the rest of my life on the Internet."
"Growing up, I didn't have many rich friends. My friends were all bastards like Zhang Quan."
"My circle is like this, do I have a choice? I don't, I don't have any at all."
As if he had touched the weakest inferiority complex in his heart, Xu Liang's mood suddenly became excited again.
Gu Chen looked at his colleagues and told them not to irritate Xu Liang.
But he lowered his tone and asked softly: "So, you are also forced to have no choice."
"I'm just forced to have no choice." Xu Liang stared, raised his eyebrows, and nodded fiercely.
"Okay." Gu Chen agreed, and then asked: "What happened next? Did you decide to obey the request of the boss behind the scenes?"
"Yes, I chose to obey, because I had no choice. He told me that I would die no matter what, so I might as well give it a try and maybe create a turning point for myself."
"I think this is also true. Zhang Quan, this person is not very important to me. We are just ordinary fair-weather friends. He doesn't even treat me as a brother."
"So, I am willing to let a person mysteriously disappear from society in exchange for a complete change in the rest of my life. That's what I told him at the time."
"Okay." It felt like the other party's brainwashing skills were not simple, and Gu Chen didn't want to irritate Xu Liang too much.
So after calming down for a few seconds, Gu Chen asked Xu Liang again: "Then, did he give you any advice on what to do?"
"No." Xu Liang shook his head, but said slowly: "He said he didn't ask me what to do."
"However, after the matter is completed, you must explain it clearly to me. He said that he would not interfere with me, but he wanted to ensure that Zhang Quan must die."
"Afterwards, he will give me a sum of money, which is enough for me to repay all the debts I owe."
"Because of the previous payment, I kind of trust this guy. Besides, I have no other choice."
Looking up at Gu Chen and the others, Xu Liang also said slowly: "So, I thought of a place we knew before, which is the uninhabited village on the Jiangnan Lake grassland."
After saying this, Xu Liang also slapped himself hard twice on the face, and said unwillingly:
"The thing I regret most is that when I was at the stadium, because of my excessive nervousness and the various questionings about my identity as a police officer, I accidentally revealed the location of the uninhabited village."
"I know that you must be going to the uninhabited village to find Zhang Quan, so I feel even more nervous."
"I even prayed that you don't go to the dense forest in the back mountain, because it is relatively hidden and some distance away from the village. I didn't want you to find it, but you finally found it."
