C31 (1/2)
In the interrogation room
”Tell me about it.” On Friday, October 25, at noon, where are you and what are you doing? ” Xiao He looked at her. His patience was only enough for him to formally throw out these interrogation sentences.
”I'm at home, cooking, eating, and taking an afternoon nap.”
”Is that all?”
”That's right.” The woman's expression was confident.
Ning Ruonan watched on, gnashing her teeth in anger.
”But the neighbors said they heard you arguing with the old man at noon that day. How do you explain that?”
At this time, Jiang Qinglan called back her line of sight, and Ruonan carefully caught it.
”So what? She wants to argue, so I'll argue with her.” Her voice rose a little in an instant, clearly audible.
”But Miss Jiang, I clearly remember you insisting that you didn't do anything else besides eating and sleeping at noon.”
”That's not important. It's normal for me to argue with her, so it's not even worth mentioning.”
”But to us, you are the one who eats and sleeps.” Seeing her attitude, Ning Ruonan couldn't help but open her mouth and say, ”Have you ever thought that this would only increase your suspicion?”
”Who started the argument?”
”It's her.”
”Oh? Is that so? However, from the testimony provided by the witness, we know that it seems to be you who picked it up. ”
Jiang Qinglan's brows tightened. She seemed to be on the verge of collapsing, yet she was still resisting.
”Miss Jiang, please speak the truth. Otherwise, the following situation will be even more disadvantageous to you.”
Xiao He kindly reminded him.
”Well, we just assume that you're afraid of suspicion because of the discrepancy between the testimony and the evidence. However, from this second onwards, we will not have the slightest bit of leniency. So what happened when you got into a fight with her? ”
After a long while, Jiang Qinglan said slowly, ”I... I went over and knocked on her door. She opened it. I asked her why she had gone to the police to frame me for nothing. She raised her voice to say something unrealistic, and I was afraid of being overheard. And so they went in. ”
”And then?”
”And then she started arguing with me. Then I got tired of it, and there was food to be had at home. So after I warned her, I opened the door and went out. After that, I went home. ”
”What did you warn her about?”
”I warned her that if she ever dared to frame me like that again, I would report her to you.”
Xiao He's suspicions were even clearer now. If the first half of Jiang Qinglan's confession was true, then the direction in which the old man fell would be explained. There might have been a physical conflict between them, and Jiang Qinglan might have pushed the old man to the ground.
That would make all the explanations reasonable.
The mop and rag were only the means she wanted to use to hide the truth.
”But that day we found in the old people that the handle of the mop had been meticulously cleaned. But we found a rag in the trash bag at your door, and the rag had debris on it from the handle of the mop. How do you explain that? Whose is that rag? ”
After Jiang Qinglan heard this, she was secretly nervous in her heart. The men who had arrested her had told her about the rag. At this moment, she could not understand why the aunt in the corridor had not taken away the rubbish in the past few days.
But no matter how you looked at it, it didn't matter. Right now, the evidence was already in his hands.
Ning Ruonan originally thought that Jiang Qinglan wanted to find something else to excuse herself, but she didn't expect her to lower her head at this moment.
”It's hers.”
”I didn't mean to.” As she spoke, she covered her face and wept.
Ning Ruonan and Xiao He sat opposite to each other and waited for a long time until she calmed down.
”So now you admit that you killed the old man?” After a long time, Xiao He slowly spoke.