Chapter 48

He hadn't returned once in over two months.

It took Zhang Zhigang and Wang Feng two days to lead a team

and find this guy and bring him back.

"After she passed away, I was very sad."

"So I went out to clear my mind."

"This shouldn't be a problem, right?"

The man gave his answer without hesitation.

While answering this question,

a trace of sorrow appropriately appeared on the man's face,

as if he were sad because he remembered his girlfriend's death.

"No problem."

"But now we found anomalies on Wang Wanjiao's corpse."

"Do you use drugs?"

Criminal Investigation Captain Zhang Zhigang asked very casually.

Hearing this question,

Wang Feng knew he had already started breaking down the suspect's psychological defenses.

"Don't joke, officer."

"How could I touch drugs? It's illegal."

"Then why did we find the presence of drugs in your girlfriend's body?"

Zhang Zhigang asked again in a very casual tone.

His questions were very jumpy,

which could interrupt the logic the suspect had prepared in advance to deal with the interrogation.

But from time to time, he would throw out a key question,

constantly striking at the suspect's psychological defenses.

"I don't know."

The man opened his mouth,

seemingly very surprised by this news,

then frowned,

and then revealed a look of realization and regret.

"Maybe... she secretly used drugs behind my back."

"She worked in the nightlife industry and often came into contact with unclean things."

"I should have let her change jobs long ago, sigh..."

Looking at the expression on the man's face,

Wang Feng's heart sank slightly.

Very good acting...

This interrogation is going to be difficult...

Zhang Zhigang's expression on the side also became serious.

"Do you know about Wang Wanjiao's drug use?"

"I knew a little; I tried to stop her too."

"You lived together; she used drugs but you didn't?"

"I know this is an illegal matter."

"Then is intentional murder illegal?"

"Definitely illegal."

"How did Wang Wanjiao fall from the building?"

"She drank too much, and we started arguing again. In the heat of emotion... I just didn't hold on to her."

"Were you clear-headed at the time?"

"I... I was also very angry at the time, maybe my mind wasn't quite clear."

Zhang Zhigang never directly revealed Wang Wanjiao's true cause of death,

because in interrogation,

such conclusive evidence is generally not easily revealed.

Never let the suspect know exactly what clues and evidence the police possess.

This way, the suspect will constantly guess.

Once they guess,

they are very likely to slip up.

After asking several more questions in a row,

Zhang Zhigang paused for a moment.

"Wait here for a moment."

He signaled Wang Feng with his eyes.

The two walked out of the interrogation room together.

Wang Feng tossed a cigarette over.

"How is it? Can you make anything out?"

Zhang Zhigang lit a cigarette, then shook his head with a grave expression.

"No information."

"This guy is way too calm—his psychological resilience is excellent."

"And his own logic is rock-solid."

"Just now, several of my key questions were cleverly sidestepped by him."

Wang Feng rubbed his aching brow,

"What do we do? There's not much time left."

Zhang Zhigang smoked in silence,

his face ashen.

"I haven't thought of any good method right now either."

"If there's really no other way, we can only wait until we find substantive evidence."

"As long as we can find evidence pointing directly at the suspect, it'll be easy to handle."

"But, it's a bit difficult...."

When they arrested that suspect inside,

they had already done blood draws and all kinds of tests,

and found no biological samples of drug use,

and the room they were in had also been searched thoroughly,

spotlessly clean,

nothing was found.

So...

for now there's simply no direct evidence at all.

They could only find a breakthrough through interrogation.

And that suspect inside,

clearly has excellent psychological resilience—very smart!

Very smart?

Suddenly,

a flash went through Wang Feng's mind,

and he recalled what Lu Shu had said that day in the autopsy room.