Chapter 514 (2/2)
”No... No...” The masters denied it in unison with a suspicious att.i.tude.
”Okay, you all can head back first!”
Chen s.h.i.+ and Lin Dongxue began to search around the store. They finally found a few green tins in a drawer at the bottom. They opened one of them and smelled a strong beef smell.
Lin Dongxue's face changed color. ”I will never go out to eat again.”
Chen s.h.i.+ looked at these items in a daze and suddenly said, ”Why am I so stupid? If there's such a thing, we just need to check where that person is.”
He asked Zhang Hao's wife, ”I want to know something. Where is Zhang Hao's father?”
His wife looked embarra.s.sed. ”He... He... Went missing.”
”How long has he been missing?”
”Wait a minute.” The wife ran upstairs and brought a stack of paper down. It was a printed missing persons notice, which said that Zhang Fade went missing in the beginning of 2017. It also mentioned his appearance at the time of disappearance, the family's contact information, etc.
Lin Dongxue called the police station and then whispered the result to Chen s.h.i.+. Chen s.h.i.+ said, ”The police station has no record of this. Your father-in-law is missing. You only posted missing persons notices but didn't call the police?”
”I don't know much about it. My husband did it.”
”Your husband did it?”
”No, no, I mean, he printed them all.” The wife looked a little fl.u.s.tered.
”He's been missing for two years now. Is there no news of him?”
The wife shook her head.
Chen s.h.i.+ seemed to understand something. Zhang Farong knew about this matter but kept it secret so as to blackmail his nephew. His instinct was correct. The abnormal att.i.tude of the parties indicated that there might be a murder case behind it all.
Thinking back, this store was closed for two years before reopening again.
Lin Dongxue gave Chen s.h.i.+ a look and the two went outside. Lin Dongxue said, ”Zhang Farong's confession and Zhang Hao's confession don't match.”
”About what happened last night?”
”Yes, Zhang Hao said that when he saw a man crouching on the ground, he was scared and he defended himself with a knife. However, Zhang Farong said that at that time, he shouted Zhang Hao's name and the other party had already recognized him, but he still cut him with the knife.”
”Where is Zhang Farong's injury?”
”Behind...” Lin Dongxue pointed to her own shoulder blades. ”Here. There are two more knife wounds on his back.”
Chen s.h.i.+ thought, ”Since it's a relative, when the first knife wound was made, the other party would definitely speak out. Adding two more may have been to murder him so he couldn't talk.”
”Murder? Are you saying that Zhang Hao really killed his father? But Zhang Farong has no evidence!”
”There's no evidence, but he knows and blackmails him this way. This is a threat!”
”No wonder you scared him in the interrogation room back then. Do you suspect there's a case within?” Lin Dongxue looked back at the old shop. ”Didn't you say you're afraid that you won't be able to eat breakfast in this shop tomorrow?”
Chen s.h.i.+ smiled. ”Compared to soup noodles, the truth is more attractive to me... Go and search again!”
Lin Dongxue asked Zhang Hao's wife to take her leave first. The two conducted a carpet search in the store. There was nothing suspicious on the first floor. They were considering whether to go to the second floor when Chen s.h.i.+ noticed that the wall behind the freezer was a bit abnormal.
He asked Lin Dongxue to help him move the freezer aside. The wallpaper there bubbled out slightly. He tapped it with his fingers to find that it was hollow inside.
Chen s.h.i.+ made a decisive decision and picked up a kitchen knife to scratch the wallpaper off.
There was only a wooden board under the wallpaper. Lin Dongxue's was a little uncomfortable. Chen s.h.i.+ lifted the board up, revealing a hole in the back. When he reached in, his expression changed.
He pulled out a burnt bone. Judging from the size, it was likely to be that of a tibia.
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