Chapter 52: You Did It On Purpose

The police statement of Zhang Yan's parents was indeed taken personally by Yu Dazhang.

According to them, Zhou Zizhe's family only became wealthy later on.

Zhou Hongfu was originally a carpenter and, by a stroke of luck, became a construction contractor, that is, a gang leader.

And when Zhou Zizhe came to the Zhou family, they were still just an ordinary family.

In the impression of Zhang Yan's parents, that child did not like to talk and did not greet people when he saw them.

But their own Miss liked to find him to play.

And the fact that Zhou Zizhe was not Zhou Hongfu's biological child was not a secret among the neighbors.

After all, if any family suddenly had an extra boy, it would surely attract the attention of those around them.

Moreover, the Zhou family also had a girl.

That girl had even said such things as "This is my house, not yours" to Zhou Zizhe in public on multiple occasions.

Neighbors and neighbors, after getting along for a long time, who couldn't see it? They just didn't say it.

Later, when the Zhou family became rich, they moved to a new residential area one street away, and naturally the two children had fewer opportunities to meet.

However, Zhou Zizhe would find various reasons to see Zhang Yan every now and then and occasionally give small gifts.

In the eyes of Zhang Yan's parents, they were just brother and sister who grew up together.

Even after learning the news that Zhang Yan had been murdered, they never suspected Zhou Zizhe, not even a little bit.

Would Yu Dazhang show such a statement to Zhou Zizhe?

Definitely not.

He could not let Zhou Zizhe find logical connections in this statement.

This was a fellow who was good at using everything he could use and acted extremely radically.

He single-handedly dragged both his biological father and his adoptive father into the water, making them accomplices in this case.

Yu Dazhang would never give such a person even the slightest chance to turn the tables.

"Don't even think about seeing the statement." After refusing, Yu Dazhang gave him a hint:

"You can infer from the story I told earlier."

Pausing for a moment, he continued:

"Oh, right, you must have already inferred it. You want to see the statement to confirm whether your inference is correct."

"Pity, you are destined never to see this statement."

It was not that he wanted to deliberately play with Zhou Zizhe.

But he was using this method to tell the other party: Your little tricks won't work on me at all.

Yu Dazhang knew clearly in his heart that it was impossible to make such a person confess voluntarily.

Only by dispelling all his illusions in his heart and shattering the last shred of hope in his heart would he cooperate with the interrogation and speak out the crimes.

Zhou Zizhe was not angry either; he still maintained a calm demeanor, obviously he had already thought that Yu Dazhang might refuse.

"If I can't see it, I can't see it. Then may I ask a question?"

"Sure." Yu Dazhang agreed very straightforwardly, but his face was terrifyingly gloomy.

"Where did I slip up?" This sentence was equivalent to Zhou Zizhe indirectly confessing.

Yu Dazhang heard it; as long as this question was answered, Zhou Zizhe would confess all the crimes next.

So, it had to be answered.

And he had to be given a convincing answer.

"Before answering this question, let me guess first."

As Yu Dazhang spoke, he gave Qian Cheng a wink.

Qian Cheng immediately understood and started searching through the case files.

"You must not have been to Kong Lingjie's home, that is, the forged crime scene."

After these words, Qian Cheng brought a report to Zhou Zizhe and held it out with both hands for him to see.

"This is the crime scene investigation report of Kong Lingjie's rental room; there were only his own footprints inside the room."

After Zhou Zizhe finished reading, Yu Dazhang continued:

"This is your biggest flaw."

"If you had transported the body with Kong Lingjie to the rental room, with your professional knowledge and your personality of pursuing perfection, you would have been able to forge a crime scene that looked real."

"But you didn't, because you looked down on your biological father; in your heart, he was not worthy of being your father."

"So you were willing to take risks rather than go to the place where he lived."

"And Kong Lingjie just put the body you had cleaned up onto the bed." "Do I need to say any more?"

The room fell silent; Zhou Zizhe frowned, looking as if he was thinking about something.

After a good while, he finally said:

"There were no traces left after a fierce struggle at the scene, and the footprints were wrong."

"Although so, the fact that you noticed these things is enough to show that you are not an ordinary criminal investigator."

"Investigating the crime scene is the work of the technical section, and the technical section only collects traces that already exist."

"Nowadays, criminal investigations rely on looking at the completed investigation reports; few people infer things themselves."

"You are essentially doing the work of two departments by yourself."

"Looking at it this way, it is no injustice to fall into your hands."

Hearing the last sentence, Yu Dazhang knew this case was secure.

In other words, Zhou Zizhe had already started to confess.

Seeing him look thoughtful again, Yu Dazhang did not speak to disturb him but watched him quietly.

Please... save... the... book...!

As long as you confess, I am willing to cooperate with you, I will cooperate completely... even if Zhou Zizhe demands a cigarette right now, Yu Dazhang would satisfy him.

Confessing is also mentally exhausting, you know.

After about a minute, Zhou Zizhe suddenly frowned:

"With your ability, once the technical division finishes investigating Zhang Yan's home, you will find me very quickly."

"No, the time would be even earlier!"

"When you checked Zhang Yan's home surveillance, you had already confirmed that the person speaking with her was me."

"In that case, pulling up the call records using her phone number would have revealed me."

"Yet you let both chances slip by, instead choosing to wait like a farmer guarding a tree stump, waiting for me to come to you."

"Why?"

"Why did you do this?!"

It was the same old saying: criminals with brains were the most annoying... Yu Dazhang knew he would eventually notice, he just didn't expect it to be so fast.

The case is about to be closed; just confess properly and be done with it, why make everything so clear?

Struggling so much is so annoying!

"I overlooked it." Yu Dazhang simply acted shamelessly.

No one is perfect; forgetting once or twice occasionally isn't a big flaw, is it?

Who doesn't make a small mistake?

"Impossible!" Zhou Zizhe loudly refuted:

"Without meticulous thinking, one would not have investigated this case to this extent."

"You could not have missed such an important link; you must have some purpose."

Yu Dazhang did not answer, merely watching him quietly with a half-smiling expression on his face.

Zhou Zizhe suddenly felt the delusion of being treated like a mouse being toyed with.

No, this was not a delusion.

"I know!" Zhou Zizhe suddenly widened his eyes:

"You did it on purpose; you wanted to drag me out, making me suffer in fear and anxiety."

"In your view, I would definitely walk into the trap, so you dared to do this."

"Why do this?"

"There is clearly no connection between us, no grudge or hatred; I cannot think of why you would torture me in this way."

"During those two days, I wanted to end it several times, but if I didn't go to the scene to look, I couldn't accept it."

"It was too hard to endure..."

"You must have done it on purpose; you even calculated this."

"Is solving the case worth this? Just finding the killer would be enough."

"What is the reason?!!"

By the end, Zhou Zizhe was almost shouting; one could see the collapse and despair within him.

"You are overthinking it." Yu Dazhang put on an innocent expression, even shrugging his hands:

"Truly, I overlooked it."

(End of this chapter)