Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife-Chapter 119: Hurry, Check If There’s Anything in the Well!
Wen Baohui remembered it very clearly.
When she arrived, several leaders at the county bureau had a talk with her.
But among all they said, Wen Baohui caught the most important sentences, which were:
"Xiaowen, when following Mr. Chen, you should speak less, observe more, and do more. After observing, learn to think thoroughly."
"Xiaowen, we’ve confirmed with many people from the city, Mr. Chen is quite skilled. We don’t expect you to learn everything, but as our county’s most promising detective, you must remember his every move."
"Xiaowen, none of us could attend the meeting this time, but we checked with Captain Hu, and he said Mr. Chen’s way of investigating is... straight to the point!"
Initially, Wen Baohui felt tired of hearing those words.
Yet at this moment, she finally understood what "straight to the point" meant!
She and her colleagues had visited Yang Ziping’s house more than once.
But it seemed that every thought was led by the question of where Xiao Diandian went after they arrived at Yang Ziping’s house.
They searched from the village to the town, from the town to the county, and even dredged the nearby lakes!
Anyone who had been in contact with Yang Ziping wanted to help her find Xiao Diandian.
But it seemed that no one ever calmly examined Yang Ziping herself!
Now, with Chen Xiao’s arrival, he discovered it.
If this isn’t straight to the point, what is?
At least Wen Baohui thought that in her state, Yang Ziping couldn’t possibly have the mind to sit down and wash those clothes in the cabinet.
With that thought, Wen Baohui quickly rushed into the bedroom.
The leaders had told her to speak less, observe more, and do more!
She rushed into the bedroom, opened the wardrobe, and started smelling the clothes one by one.
Just from the first whiff, Wen Baohui’s expression changed dramatically.
But she didn’t say anything and continued to smell the rest of the clothes.
After going through all the clothes, Wen Baohui walked out of the bedroom.
Chen Xiao was outside in the living room, and she said to him, "All the clothes smell moldy, and very strongly so!"
"So Yang Ziping is lying," Chen Xiao replied.
Wen Baohui couldn’t help but ask, "But why did she lie?"
Chen Xiao did not answer but went into the kitchen instead.
He lifted the lid of a covered pot and then opened the cabinet.
Inside were many condiment jars, with labels like "Salt," "MSG," "Sugar."
Chen Xiao took out the "Sugar" jar; he found the whole pottery jar to be well-sealed, but when he pried it open, his eyes narrowed sharply.
He handed the sugar jar to Wen Baohui, who, upon seeing it, exclaimed, "Why is there so much sand in the sugar jar!"
"You ask me, who am I supposed to ask?" Chen Xiao said helplessly, and Wen Baohui awkwardly scratched her head.
Chen Xiao thought for a moment, then took Wen Baohui out of the house, saying, "Make a call to your county bureau and get your team’s technicians here."
Wen Baohui didn’t ask why and quickly called the police team.
After the call ended, Wen Baohui asked, "Mr. Chen, do you suspect something?"
"Don’t rush, we’ll talk when they arrive."
Chen Xiao didn’t reveal his thoughts then, but waited for the police technicians to arrive.
"Please test the laundry pool in the backyard, the kitchen, and the bedroom for bloodstains," Chen Xiao stated his purpose, and the technicians nodded silently.
The house, at first glance, seemed free of bloodstains, but if there had been bloodshed there, it wouldn’t be hard for them to find it.
Watching the technicians at work, Chen Xiao said to Wen Baohui, "Unwashed clothes and sand in the sugar jar, what does this suggest to you?"
Wen Baohui replied, "Unwashed clothes mean Yang Ziping is lying, but the sand in the sugar jar doesn’t show whether it was placed there before or after the incident."
"If it was placed there before the incident, the situation is troublesome because these two points suggest Yang Ziping’s mental state might have been abnormal before Xiao Diandian went missing! Someone mentally unstable could do anything in a moment of irrationality."
Saying this, Wen Baohui glanced at Chen Xiao, finally understanding why he wanted her to call the technical police.
Chen Xiao was confirming one thing: Xiao Diandian had not been killed, or to be more precise, had not been killed at home by a mentally unstable Yang Ziping.
"And if Yang Ziping placed it after the incident, what does that imply?" Chen Xiao interrupted Wen Baohui’s thoughts.
The latter suddenly clenched her fists, her eyes full of disbelief.
Compared to the harshness of the second guess, if forced to choose, Wen Baohui would prefer the first.
"If it was placed post-incident, then Yang Ziping is a real actor! The so-called disappearance, the so-called mental instability, all are her acts! She lied about her daughter’s disappearance and feigned mental instability. To make her instability more believable, she started leaving traces of irrationality in her daily life!"
Chen Xiao nodded, "Possible, but lacks rationality. Xiao Diandian is only three; if Yang Ziping were in her right mind, she wouldn’t harm her."
Wen Baohui also found this possibility very slim.
She had met Yang Ziping several times, and if that state was all an act, it would be truly terrifying.
As the two discussed the case, shouts quickly came from the backyard:
"Mr. Chen, Xiaowen, come quickly!"
Chen Xiao immediately got up and rushed to the backyard.
Upon arriving, his steps halted instantly.
Following behind, Wen Baohui’s eyes also opened wider bit by bit, for under the canopy set up by the technicians, a large blue light was visible. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
And the blue light’s position was right beside the laundry pool!
"How could this be possible! How could she do this!" Wen Baohui said in disbelief.
There was also uncontrollable shock in Chen Xiao’s eyes.
But having experienced so many cases, he was not quick to jump to conclusions.
He knew that the police were using luminol reaction, which by itself is not enough to draw a conclusion.
After some thought, Chen Xiao didn’t pay attention to the technicians looking at him or to Wen Baohui, who was caught in shock.
He simply began surveying the entire backyard with his eyes.
And as he looked, his gaze suddenly fixed on one spot.
The officers following his gaze looked over to see it was the well beside the laundry pool.
The well was covered with a heavy concrete lid!
The officers were stunned for a second before suddenly understanding Chen Xiao’s intention, immediately running to the well.
A strong male officer yanked off the lid with his bare hands and then urged, "What are you waiting for, get a pole quickly, see if anything’s in the well!"
