Chapter 57 Domestic Violence

Chapter 57 Domestic Violence

Chapter 57 Domestic Violence
Zhou Shi initially suspected that he had heard it wrong, but finally confirmed that it was spoken by a child of a few years old.

No kidding, if this were said in any family in Jiangcheng, the child would be slapped in the face as soon as he opened his mouth.

However, Zhou Shi did not stop it severely.

Instead, use a softer voice and be persuasive, letting the child know that he will not be scolded even if he says something outrageous. This will help him relax his guard and speak out more of his true thoughts.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is also a kind of PUA. The psychological suggestion is the downward compatibility of the superior to the inferior, and it is a form of mental control.

It’s just that Zhou Shi will use it to solve cases, while [Cleaner] uses it to commit crimes.

Especially when it comes to deceiving children, it is too easy.

"Why do you say that? Did Dad do something too extreme?"

Sure enough, when the little boy said "I wish my dad would die", his heart started beating very fast. He didn't dare to look up, as he thought he was going to be scolded by the policewoman.

But when he saw that Zhou Shi didn't scold him, he became bolder.

"Mom didn't let me tell the police."

"Do you like mom?"

"Ah."

"Auntie is not a police officer." Zhou Shi pulled at the knitted sweater under her long windbreaker: "Look, Auntie is not wearing a police uniform. Isn't she different from the uncle and auntie who are wearing police uniforms downstairs?"

The little boy looked up and looked at Zhou Shi, unsure.

But when he saw Zhou Shi's gentle eyes, his inner defenses couldn't be broken.

"Auntie, do you know my mother?"

"know."

Zhou Shi nodded: "Why do you hate dad?"

She wondered in her heart, could it be that He Yunke's perverted artistic interests had been discovered by his children?
Or did Zou Yi say something to the children?
The little boy lowered his head again, looking a little aggrieved: "Dad doesn't like me, and he doesn't like my sister either."

"why?"

Children’s minds are actually very delicate. They may not understand some profound principles, but they are very sensitive to other people’s views of them.

Especially to my parents.

The little boy whispered, "Dad never picks me and my sister up from school, and he never buys us things. He doesn't even remember our birthdays... He also beats Mom."

Zhou Shi raised his eyebrows slightly, thinking that was just as he expected.

The autopsy report issued by the [Forensic Medical Examiner] said that Zou Yi's body had many bruises from old injuries. Combined with her own analysis and speculation about He Yunke's mental disorder, it is not surprising that he had violent tendencies.

There must be a reason why Zou Yi was willing to drug He Yunke and drag him to death together.

Xu Yiqing was also nearby. He thought for a moment and said, "Do you still remember what Pan Yao said when you went to Pan Yao's house to take notes?"

"About what?"

"On the seventh day of the first lunar month when the fire broke out in Baxia Village, He Yunke was very scared and wanted to elope with Pan Yao, but Pan Yao refused."

Zhou Shi recalled for a moment and then suddenly realized: "Pan Yao said that He Yunke beat her!"

Du Yu had walked into the house without knowing when. Hearing this, he recalled the contents of the transcript: "She said that He Yunke's beating hurt a lot, but the next day Pan Yao found that there were no obvious bruises on her body. This shows that he is experienced and knows how to beat people without leaving obvious marks for others to find out."

The task force concluded that He Yunke had serious violent tendencies and often committed domestic violence against Zou Yi!
The three of them talked in low voices, trying their best not to be heard by the children.

Zhou Shi said: "If Zou Yi just couldn't stand the domestic violence, she could have chosen divorce or other means to leave He Yunke, and she must have exploded a long time ago. A person will only give up his life when he is desperate. Zou Yi must have made other attempts before this."

Xu Yiqing nodded and said, "I agree with Zhou Shi's point of view. Domestic violence is just one of the snowflakes before the avalanche. There are other reasons that led to Zou Yi's despair."

Du Yu pondered for a moment and said, "Is it possible that Zou Yi discovered that He Yunke was having an affair?"

Xu Yiqing asked: "What about He Yunke and Pan Yao living together? Then why didn't she cancel the police case?"

Zhou Shi said: "That is very likely some evidence of an affair, but Zou Yi didn't know He Yunke and Pan Yao were living together until... He Yunke was afraid of retaliation from the [cleaner] and decided to run away. After negotiating with Pan Yao to no avail, he returned home and prepared to take Zou Yi with him."

At this time, it is very likely that the "Cleaner" had already contacted Zou Yi, said some misleading words or produced evidence of He Yunke's affair, which destroyed Zou Yi's psychological defenses and made her decide to die with her husband.

Zou Yi has not worked since she married He Yunke. She has been eating and drinking like a rich lady, squandering He Yunke's money and has been raised like a canary by He Yunke.

In this situation, He Yunke's love for her is everything and the guarantee of Zou Yi's life. Even having a child to tie He Yunke down has become the initial motivation for Zou Yi to devote herself to her children.

The later love comes from maternal love. Only when you become a mother can you realize how great is the love that comes from the soul.

But for some reason, He Yunke did not like his two children, which could be seen from the painting "Agriculture Eating Children" hanging in the storage room.

So Zou Yi was very panicked. Even though she was often subjected to domestic violence by He Yunke, she did not give up this marriage. In her opinion, this was the last guarantee in her life. If she divorced, she would lose the motivation to live.

Such a morbid value system has not collapsed yet, all because Zou Yi feels that He Yunke still loves her, and with the support of love, the marriage will not break down.

Until she got substantial evidence of her husband's infidelity.

So Zou Yi collapsed.

When a person is desperate, he can do anything. An irrational person cannot use common sense to make inferences.

Zhou Shi went to ask He Yunke's son: "Has Dad ever been home before?"

The little boy shook his head: "No."

Zhou Shi asked again: "Do you feel that your mother has changed?"

The little boy thought about it and nodded.

really!

The three of them discovered the key. No matter how strong the cleaner's camouflage ability was, he certainly couldn't imitate a person 100%. That would be too scary.

Du Yu asked: "When did you realize that your mother was different?"

The little boy said, "I came back from my grandfather's house."

"Come back from grandpa's house? Have you been to grandpa's house?" According to investigation, He Yunke's parents are both abroad, and it is not as convenient as driving to the next city to spend the night at his grandparents' house.

The little boy nodded: "Mom sent me and my sister to Grandpa's house. I don't like Grandpa's house. I don't understand."

My sister, who had been silent beside me, also nodded, with an expression of fear and terror on her face. It was obvious that the environment in grandpa's house made them feel uneasy.

It is normal for children to have problems with their expressions. Zhou Shi guessed that not being able to understand probably refers to foreigners speaking foreign languages. That kind of unfamiliar environment would cause all kinds of discomfort to a child, not to mention an adult, even if they were sent to a foreign country to live with their relatives.

"Later, my mother took my sister and me back home." The little boy said, "My mother was a little different. She always locked herself in the house and wouldn't let my sister and I go out... She said that my father wouldn't come back. I didn't want my father to come back, so I listened to my mother..."

That's all you can learn from a child.

Du Yu called He Yunke's parents who were going through entry procedures. They said on the phone that their daughter-in-law did go abroad two months ago and sent the children to stay with them temporarily.

Because the Chinese New Year was approaching two months ago, the tradition in their bones made these two elderly people who had moved abroad very happy to be reunited with their grandchildren during the Spring Festival.

In addition, since their son was missing in the country, the two old people thought that their daughter-in-law might have other ideas, so they acquiesced.

On the phone, the old woman, who spoke awkward Mandarin, said: "If she wanted to remarry, we wouldn't stop her. The child couldn't go with her, and if she wanted the house, we gave it to her... But she came to take the child back not long ago. We were happy to continue raising the child, and gave her some money. There's nothing else we can do to help."

He Yunke's parents thought Zou Yi had come to her senses and did not want to divorce, so they were very happy. In addition, after living with the children for a while, they found that the children were too young to adapt to life abroad, so they let Zou Yi take the children back.

Du Yu asked: "Then don't you think your daughter-in-law is different?"

The old man said, "Really? I think it's quite normal."

Du Yu asked again: "When was the last time you saw your son and daughter-in-law?"

The old man said, "It's their wedding."

Du Yu was silent for a moment, said it was okay, asked them to come quickly, and hung up the phone.

He sighed and said to the other two people, "It's worthless. My parents-in-law haven't seen Zou Yi for nearly ten years. Even if the daughter-in-law is replaced by someone else, they won't be able to see the problem."

Zhou Shi also said: "The unfamiliar environment in a foreign country makes children feel scared. When their mother takes them back, even if they instinctively think that Zou Yi has problems, the children will choose to go with Zou Yi between the foreign environment and the familiar home in China. Later, this sense of strangeness will gradually disappear as they return to the familiar environment... In addition, the [cleaner] has a certain ability of psychological suggestion, so after dozens of days, he will not take the initiative to say anything to the police."

Xu Yiqing frowned: "How daring! He pretended to be the deceased and lived in someone else's home, spending every day with the deceased's two children. He was not even afraid of the police coming to his door. This kind of mentality is the most difficult murderer I have ever seen."

"Don't forget that she also lived in an old house on Nightclub Street, living and eating with a group of prostitutes." Du Yu said seriously, "She may still be in Jiangcheng now. I don't know where she lives. She may even be hiding around us."

The darkest place is always the safest place to hide. Du Yu had investigated many major cases. In the early years when surveillance was not popular, there was a group of tomb robbers who lived next to the police station. They bought some pirated CDs and put them in the rental house. Every time they went to investigate, they were only found to be selling pirated CDs and they were released after a few days.

Not long after that, there was a time when the stolen goods were not sold in time and soil brought out from the funerary objects was leaked into the house. Du Yu, who was an auxiliary police officer at the time, noticed something was wrong and solved a major cross-provincial case. Du Yu was then promoted to a regular employee.

"I will intensify the investigation in the next few days," Du Yu said, "starting from where she lived, with the nightclub street next to the old factory area and here as the center. As long as she is still in Jiangcheng, we will find her sooner or later!"
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After leaving He Yunke's house, Du Yu led several professional technicians and went to a construction site in the suburbs of Jiangcheng with Xu Yiqing and Zhou Shi.

This period was the period of extremely prosperous development of domestic real estate. Demolition and construction of houses were taking place all over the country. All wealthy businessmen wanted to get a piece of the real estate pie. Jiangcheng's construction teams were even more popular. It was a pipe dream to get a project without some connections.

So the person in charge of the construction site had social engagements almost every day. Du Yu approached him several times, but he always said he was too busy. In addition, Du Yu was also busy with Zou Yi's matter, so it was delayed for several days until now.

When the vehicle arrived at the gate of the construction site, the guard saw that it was a police car. Not only did he not let it pass, he also called on many people to block the road. Du Yu's face darkened when he saw the scene.

It was the security guard who answered a phone call and hurriedly opened the door to let the group in.

Xu Yiqing was puzzled: "What are they afraid of?"

Zhou Shi said: "I'm afraid of reporters."

Du Yu gritted his teeth and said, "I will definitely ask the municipal government to come and investigate them later."

Zhou Shi laughed: "If they are afraid, they won't dare to do it. Boss Du, believe it or not, if you ask the municipal government to investigate, they won't find anything. If you come by yourself, someone will not let you in, and you won't be able to enter even if you come."

As they were talking, the car had already arrived at the mobile home built next to the construction site.

The workers sleep here, the foremen work here, cigarettes and alcohol are brought in from here and then passed on to various wine tables in Jiangcheng, turned into seals and then fly back into the folders here.

The person in charge was a man with a big belly and a safety helmet on his head. He was waiting at the door with a smile on his face.

Seeing Du Yu and his team's car drive directly from the gate here, he was even more relieved and happy.

"Is this Captain Du from the Criminal Police Brigade?" The man quickly ran over to open the car door for Du Yu. He was so polite: "I'm the person in charge of the construction team. My name is Dai Guanghua. You can just call me Xiao Dai!"

"Boss Dai, you're welcome."

There was no expression on Du Yu's face. He hated this and felt that the man was much more annoying than the female director of Fumei Group.

But on second thought, these businessmen are actually the same, except that the man in front of me is more mercenary, while the female director is wearing a layer of decent clothes over her mercenary appearance.

Boss Dai didn't think it was shameful not to wear decent clothes. After all, he could make money by pretending to be a grandson, and with money he would be the boss in front of others.

"Captain Du, are you here to ask me about my project with Fumei Group?"

He invited the group into the mobile cabin. The interior decoration was simple, but the furniture was all high-end. Sitting down and drinking a cup of tea made people forget that this was a construction site.

Only the sounds of various machines and construction coming from my ears can help me face the reality.

Du Yu said, "The body was found in the statue in the Civic Park. I think Boss Dai should have heard about it, right?"

Dai Guanghua nodded, but with an innocent look on his face: "It really has nothing to do with our construction team. The construction of the Citizen Park was almost completed half a year ago, so I moved people here, and there was only a shell left over there. About a month ago, only the old man who was guarding the gate was still there, and all the valuables had been removed... Think about it, it's a park in the first place, so why should a park be afraid of theft?"

Du Yu asked: "That is to say, although it was surrounded by iron sheets half a month ago, there was actually no one inside."

And no people means no witnesses.

The park has not been put into use and there will be no cameras installed. Du Yu does not believe that the old man who is the gatekeeper mentioned by Dai Guanghua will be awake 24 hours a day.

While some large machines would certainly have been discovered, it was impossible for anyone to have entered or left the park in the past month without leaving any evidence.

Du Yu asked again: "Then the bronze sparrow statue was also completed a month ago?"

Dai Guanghua shook his head: "The statue was completed three days before the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The contract states that it can't be done too early, otherwise if the secret is leaked, there will be no hot topic. It has to be completed a few days before the park opens, so that it will be hot."

Du Yu said: "Will there be enough time? It's such a big statue."

Dai Guanghua said: "It's easy to install. We didn't make the bronze bird, we were only responsible for making the concrete base. It was put there after it was made, and it was finished once the bronze bird was transported in and assembled before the ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was not troublesome at all, and it was finished in one morning. Two cranes were used to complete the work, and we didn't even have to wait for lunch."

(End of this chapter)