Chapter 505 (1/2)
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Hearing that there was a mandatory subpoena that needed to be applied for, Lin Qiupu came over from his office and found Chen s.h.i.+. At the time, he and Lin Dongxue were sitting in the conference room and drinking gra.s.s jelly while chatting.
”There's progress in the case?” Lin Qiupu couldn't believe it.
”Ah!” Chen s.h.i.+ responded.
”Ah? What do you mean by 'Ah'? Do you have evidence?”
”There's no direct evidence, so they have to be summoned.”
”Messing around again? Remember the last time when you summoned the suspect and then had no choice but to let them go?”
”The investigation progress is almost complete. If you want a breakthrough in the case, you have to attack directly. Rest a.s.sured, I know what I'm doing.”
Lin Qiupu glanced at his watch, ”The bank gets off work at 6:00. It's 3:00 right now.”
”Do you need to go and withdraw money?”
”No, his father will definitely bring a lawyer in after 6:00. If you want to attack directly, you need to do it as soon as possible!”
Chen s.h.i.+ smiled. ”Relax, Zhang Jinlei won't call his parents. This person is very stubborn and strong-minded. If we agitate him, he might confess everything himself.”
”Hope this isn't just your daydream!”
There was a siren sound outside, and Chen s.h.i.+ said to Lin Dongxue, ”You go and interrogate Xiao Ran. I'll deal with Zhang Jinlei. Captain Lin, please help to boost my morale!”
Lin Qiupu agreed helplessly.
Chen s.h.i.+ and Lin Qiupu were waiting in the interrogation room. Zhang Jinlei was immediately brought in. He glanced at them gloomily and Chen s.h.i.+ said, ”Mr. Zhang, we met again.”
”Why did you bring me here?”
”To ask a few questions.”
”Haven't I already said everything?”
”Don't be nervous. This is just a summon. It's not an arrest. You're not handcuffed.”
Zhang Jinlei frowned. ”Ask!”
”Six years ago, at about 8:00 PM on August 13th, you and Yan Qilin agreed to meet near Wuyi Road. Did she invite you or did you invite her?”
”She asked me to meet her saying she had something to say to me.”
”Did the two of you meet before that?”
”We hadn't seen each other for a while because of the hot weather. We just kept in touch with one another over the phone.”
”We investigated Yan Qilin's communication records that year and found that you called her very frequently from the end of July to the beginning of August, and she hardly ever took the initiative to call you. Did you feel that she was deliberately distancing herself from you at that time?”
Zhang Jinlei's eyes widened. ”Her English was poor and she wanted to take advantage of the holiday to improve it, so she rarely called.”
”Yan Qilin was the first victim. The police had checked what she did prior to her death very carefully that year. She didn't go to a cram school, and she didn't have English tutoring books in her belongings.”
”She lied to me?! That must mean that something had happened in her family.”
”I'll tell you the truth. In fact, she was with Yue Chao during that time.”
Zhang Jinlei suddenly jumped up. ”You're lying! How could she be with that little hooligan?! Did she distance herself from me because... Because she had started to like someone else...?”
”It's true. Yue Chao has photos taken of them together when they were out on dates.”
Zhang Jinlei looked as though he had been struck by lightning. He widened his eyes in shock, but then shook his head desperately. ”I don't believe it! Let me see them!”
”Why are you talking about these things?” Lin Qiupu asked quietly.
Chen s.h.i.+ gestured for him not to intervene with his eyes. He had said these to test whether Zhang Jinlei knew about it. Judging from his various reactions, he shouldn't have known.
When Yan Qilin died, Zhang Jinlei had still believed that she loved him and didn't know about the shady business his parents had engaged in to break up the two of them.