Chapter 516 (2/2)

Zhang Hao smiled faintly and shook his head. ”I don't know!”

”You don't know? Some people know that your second uncle has been blackmailing you. It seems that he knows something.”

Zhang Hao sneered disdainfully.

”Your version and his of what happened last night are completely different. He said that you used your knife after you had recognized who he was. However, you said that you didn't recognize him before you hurt him. However, you cut him three times: One on the shoulder, two on the back. We tried to restore the scene. After your first knife fell on him, it would be impossible for him not to make a sound. That is to say, you continued to chase after him after you recognized his ident.i.ty. You needed to kill him to prevent him talking. From this, we can infer that there's a ghost in your heart!”

”You can ask as much as you want and ask whoever you want, but I didn't kill anyone. I have a clear conscience!”

Zhang Hao was taken back to the detention cell by the police. Lin Dongxue said, ”This is too tight-lipped!”

Chen s.h.i.+ shook his head. ”Thinking carefully, we really have no evidence. He won't easily admit to it.”

”Then, do you want to try the second uncle again?”

”We can only do it that way.”

In the interrogation room, Zhang Farong said, ”My elder brother must have been killed by that boy. This shop was originally my father's, which was then inherited by my elder brother. Suddenly, my elder brother disappeared and all his inheritance was pa.s.sed onto him. You don't need to think too hard to know what's going on! Now that you've discovered my brother's bones in the shop, the evidence is conclusive. Why don't you hurry to take him to court?”

Chen s.h.i.+ sighed. ”Have you got no other evidence?”

”What other evidence is needed? To catch adultery, you need to catch the both of them. To catch a thief you need to find the stolen goods. The corpse has been found but you still need evidence? Can't you police use some means? Like that tiger chair or chili water. Let him try it and see whether he'll talk!”

”You blackmailed him just relying on these?”

Zhang Farong spread his palms out. ”I have a clear conscience. When have I blackmailed him? I originally owned half the house. The property prices are going up and the market says it's at least worth 30,000 yuan per square meter. I just want to get back my part of it. Isn't that reasonable?”

Chen s.h.i.+ got a headache from listening to him. ”Tell me something else. How did your father die?”

”My father isn't dead!”

”Your father isn't dead?”

”He went missing. Two years after the disappearance, the Public Security Bureau considered him dead, so I went to get my part of the inheritance. It's reasonable!”

”What year did it happen in?”

”1999. Or was it 2000?”

”Did you report it?”

”It's reported. They couldn't find him after the investigation. I had been arguing with my elder brother for the inheritance for some time. I didn't have time to care about the old man's life and death. My elder brother was disloyal. When my dad left, he continued to open the shop like nothing happened.

Chen s.h.i.+ leaned back on the chair and pondered. Lin Dongxue asked, ”When you were young, did your father often subject you guys to domestic violence?”

”What is domestic violence?”

”Hitting you.”

Zhang Farong laughed. ”He mainly hit my elder brother. My brother would talk back to him and was disobedient. Every time my dad beats him, it'd be half to death. I was sensible. Every time my dad beat my elder brother, I'd say, 'Dad, don't hurt your health from being so frustrated. You should have a rest before beating him again.' Ever since I was a child, I've been my parent's baby. They gave me lots of love and rarely hit me… My nephew and my elder brother were too straightforward and deserved to be beaten as kids!”

1. Guilty conscience.

2. It's a torture method in China that targets the joints.

3. Unsure if they're talking about water-boarding with water spiced with chili-pepper, but that's a torture method used by the Mexican police?

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