Chapter 545

Wang Shiji's older brother, Wang Shikai, worked at the Changyang Railway Bureau. When the police arrived, he had just received the news, but he didn't run. He packed up his documents and other items and was in the middle of giving instructions to his children.

The police didn't give him much room for sentimentality; after waiting a short while, they brought him back to the police station.

Wang Shikai didn't say a word the whole way and was locked into another interrogation room.

This time, many people, including Xu Taining, couldn't help but want to watch the surveillance video. Yu Wenshu simply cleared out a large conference room and connected the signal from the interrogation room.

There wasn't much of an interrogation battle; Wang Shikai only asked: "What evidence do you have?"

The Jingyang Line triple homicide case was not only famous in the police community, but it was also a topic frequently discussed on the railways. The successive investigations without results had built up Wang Shikai's immense confidence.

The interrogation expert who came this time, Dai Siyan, was invited by the Ministry. He himself was one of the heads of the Criminal Science Corps of Lu Province. He looked very dignified just sitting there; he smiled and asked: "What kind of evidence do you want to see?"

Wang Shikai fell silent. He had followed the case, and compared to ordinary people, he knew the style and methods of domestic police better. Without some evidence, they likely wouldn't have let him sit in the interrogation chair.

In fact, surrounding the arrest of Wang Shikai, the Changyang Municipal Bureau had already dispatched two criminal investigation brigades to begin investigating along this lead.

The triple homicide, the triple homicide—now that one corpse was related to Wang Shikai, how the other two were connected was a problem that needed to be solved in itself.

Furthermore, Wang Shiji had an alibi that day—he went to the hospital to have his gallbladder removed. As his own brother, did Wang Shikai accompany him? Did he sign any of the various forms and receipts at the hospital that day? Did he go to an ATM to withdraw money? If not, what was his explanation, and where did he go?

The three words "Jingyang Line" could not be ignored. Wang Shikai indeed worked at the Changyang Railway Bureau, so he was familiar with the situation on the railways. But why did he choose the three railway sections of Huo City, Qingbai City, and Changyang City respectively? Why those specific times and locations, and what connection did it have to his own daily work routine?

To be more specific, the duty rosters on the railway were all recorded. Was there any connection between Wang Shikai's work content at the time and the victims?

Taking the answer to find the process is much simpler, and as long as these processes were found, the evidence would naturally jump out.

The police officers were busy outside, and the atmosphere in the interrogation room gradually returned to the main topic.

Wang Shikai spoke slowly again: "The whole thing has nothing to do with my brother. You shouldn't have arrested him."

This sentence clearly reflected Wang Shikai's inclination. Dai Siyan, who was in charge of the interrogation, stopped holding back the evidence and decided decisively: "We now believe that your brother, Wang Shiji, likely did not directly participate in the murder of Ms. Liu Limin. As for whether he was an accomplice or participated in instigating it, we are still investigating. Whether he participated in the other two murders, we also need to investigate further."

"I did it all. It has nothing to do with him." Wang Shikai's words just now were meant to clear his brother Wang Shiji; it was a kind of bargaining before the final deal.

Dai Siyan, in charge of the interrogation, accepted his counter-offer, and Wang Shikai began to speak.

For Dai Siyan, the pressure of interrogating Wang Shikai was great, but the difficulty was not, and it was far less than interrogating Wang Shiji.

The latter might really not have known anything, but for Dai Siyan to confirm this, it really took quite a bit of effort.

"Let's hear it. Why kill Liu Limin?" Dai Siyan said it very casually, but the question he asked was actually very critical.

For the police, many things are separated by a thin layer of window paper. For example, murder methods, post-incident cleanup, etc. Most cases don't even have that layer of window paper; they belong to the type of "committing crimes in broad daylight."

But the motive for murder is different; it is very personal. Many cases are solved solidly, yet the motive for murder might never be guessed. This situation is most common in cases in Europe and America; for many famous cases, the motive for murder is never clearly explained in the end.

And for the Jingyang Line triple homicide, if there was a motive for murder, the case would be very easy to sort out. Therefore, after Wang Shikai intended to confess, the first question Dai Siyan asked was actually the most important one.

The atmosphere had reached this point; it was impossible for Wang Shikai to refuse to answer even the first question. And even if he were a pervert, he was a smart pervert, and he couldn't imagine that there were people who had immersed themselves in interrogation for years, studying exactly when to ask which question.

"Killing Liu Limin was because she wouldn't listen." Wang Shikai leaned back against the chair, let out a long sigh, smiled, and said: "Back then, I was the one who dated her first."

Even though Dai Siyan had anticipated many things, this one still caught him off guard, and he almost made a sound.

Fortunately, he had practiced long enough and had seen all sorts of things in the world, so he maintained a calm expression, as if he had heard something ordinary.

Humans are social animals after all. Seeing Dai Siyan's expression remain normal, Wang Shikai couldn't help but feel more inclined to talk, and added: "People might see it as normal now, but 20 years ago, this kind of thing was hard to talk about. Whether it was our family or ourselves, it was very hard to accept."

Dai Siyan thought to himself, people don't see it as normal now either, and dating and being in a relationship are two different moral standards.

In the conference room, the criminal police officers watching the monitor were also blurting out things like "Good guy," "Damn it," "The mastermind is always you," and "No wonder."

Liu Jinghui even patted his own head: "Who could have thought of this!"

As he spoke, he looked at Li Haochen.

Li Haochen understood Liu Jinghui's look in a second and said speechlessly: "I'm an undercover agent by trade, not a professional pervert."

Liu Jinghui smiled without expressing approval or disapproval.

Interrogation room.

Wang Shikai continued: "After breaking up with Liu Limin, it was actually just like that. I didn't originally intend to kill her. Who knew, with so many men in the world, she just had to go after my brother. Shiji's nature is innocent; he's the kind of child who gives his heart and soul if you treat him well. This woman just happened to use that point against my brother..."

"She bought a house for your brother?" Dai Siyan said at the right moment to show that he had a firm grasp of the situation.

Wang Shikai snorted: "She was playing my brother in the palm of her hand. What buying a house? Our whole family worked in the railway system. In the early 2000s, the income of the Railway Bureau was several times that of ordinary civil servants. Did he need her to buy a house? She just wanted to use this method to trap my brother."

"She was just a self-employed person from a small city. Even if she earned a little more, my brother couldn't spend her money. She also had an older brother who was also a good-for-nothing. My brother had never dated before, was tall and handsome, and was a university graduate!"

"I warned her to stay away from my brother. She was obsessed and wouldn't listen. There was no other way, so I had to send her away."

Wang Shikai completely gave up resistance and began to vent his emotions, cursing incoherently.

For these twenty years, even when there was no one around, he didn't dare to say these things. Only now did he feel relieved.

Dai Siyan deliberately didn't let him vent fully, but interrupted him in the middle: "You had an old relationship with Liu Limin. What about the other two victims? Why did you murder them?"

As before, the motive for the crime is always difficult to investigate.

Wang Shikai's expression changed slightly, and he was unwilling to answer for a long time.

Dai Siyan waited patiently.

After a long time, he heard Wang Shikai say: "I was afraid you would find me through Liu Limin, so I killed two more people to muddy the waters. Anyway, killing one is death, and killing two is also death!"

Dai Siyan frowned: "Then why were the other two placed on the tracks while alive, while Liu Limin was placed on the tracks after death?"

"The first one... I didn't dare to kill her." Wang Shikai smiled with a calm demeanor and added: "By the time it was Liu Limin, she recognized me too. I was afraid of complications, so I killed her."

"What about the third one?"

"The third one, I found that killing people was quite messy, so I drugged her."

"What transportation did you use?"

"A tricycle."

"Where is the vehicle?"

"Sold it long ago."

"What about the crime scene..." Dai Siyan asked one by one, and Wang Shikai answered fluently.

The group of criminal police in the conference room finally relaxed, and immediately after, everyone's thoughts began to drift.

This was the Jingyang Line triple homicide case, and it was actually solved!

"I'm going to make a call." The representative from the Huo City Bureau stood up.

"I'm also going to report to my leaders." The representative from Qingbai City stood up as well.

The representative from the Provincial Department raised his phone and shook it.

Cui Xiaohu also silently took out his phone and started typing a text message on the spot.