Chapter 61 Surrender

Chapter 61 Surrender

Chapter 61 Surrender
The murderer who was at large actually dared to threaten the safety of public security personnel. This incident caused an uproar within the police.

Du Yu was almost mad with rage. His previous suspicion that the "Cleaner" would harm Xu Yiqing was just speculation. There was a huge difference between the murderer planning the murder in secret and actively calling to provoke.

This is almost a declaration of war against the entire Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau.

During the meeting, Director Fu tactfully asked Xu Yiqing not to tell anyone about the phone threat, as this would affect the public credibility of the Jiangcheng police.

Du Yu spent more time working overtime. Whenever there was a case report, no matter how big or small the case was, he would look at the transcript.

Although it is impossible to completely prevent missing cases like He Yunke's from turning into serial homicides, it can at least reduce the number of cases.

Zhou Shi saw Xu Yiqing more frequently. Almost every day, she would wait for him to get off work and send him home, and would not go back until he entered the apartment unit. Although nominally it was for the purpose of keeping in touch, Xu Yiqing knew that Zhou Shi was worried about his safety.

Whenever he mentioned this to Du Yu, he felt that Zhou Shi was too concerned and confused. If he really needed someone to protect him, he could ask Lin Sheng to pick him up.

After hearing this, Du Yu would ponder for a moment, and then he would sigh that Xu Yiqing really knew nothing about women.

"How did you and Zhou Shi fall in love?" Du Yu asked, "It seems like you are the type who can't even take the initiative to hold a woman's hand."

Xu Yiqing said, "She was the one who took the initiative. The first time we held hands, the first time we kissed... You're right. I can't grasp her mind. I don't know when she will accept these things. I'm afraid that my feelings are not enough and she will feel offended."

Du Yu nodded. It was true that he would have this kind of trouble if he had no experience in love. He was shy and didn't know at what stage in the relationship it would be appropriate to do such ambiguous things.

Xu Yiqing smiled and said, "Fortunately, Zhou Shi is very good. She would tell me when we could hold hands and when we could spend the night together... I remember very clearly that one day before graduation, she told me to get a marriage certificate and come back to Jiangcheng with me after graduation."

Therefore, Xu Yiqing felt that Zhou Shi had always been the one giving in this relationship and that he owed her, and he would never refuse any request made by Zhou Shi.

For example, Zhou Shi asked him to practice driving every weekend and get a driver's license as soon as possible, otherwise when would he be able to drive the car she bought for Xu Yiqing?

When will Xu Yiqing be able to drive that car and take her for a ride?
“Is the driving test so difficult now?”

At the driving school's practice field, Xu Yiqing got out of the training car and shook his head and sighed.

After handing over to the next student who was going to practice driving, he went to the rest area. Zhou Shi was sitting on a chair wearing sunglasses and playing with his mobile phone. When she saw him coming, a charming smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

She wanted Xu Yiqing to get his driver's license as soon as possible so that he could take her for a ride. But she found it very interesting to see Xu Yiqing, who was always good at everything, get frustrated over such a small matter.

"What? Are you being scolded again?" She unscrewed the thermos cup, blew out the hot air, and handed it to Xu Yiqing.

Xu Yiqing took the cup of water and took a sip, lamenting the difficulty of the second subject.

He used to have a driver's license. Many years ago, when it was not that difficult to get a driver's license, he took the test with the idea that it might be useful, but later he didn't like driving and the license remained unlicensed.

Later, he completely forgot about renewing his driver's license. His license was revoked by the vehicle management office one year after it expired, and he simply never took the test again.

"It's normal for a coach to not curse." Xu Yiqing said, "It's much better now, but his tone is not very good. I remember many years ago when I was taking my driver's license test, my coach would really curse me after practicing for a long time."

After drinking the water, he glanced at Zhou Shi who was playing with his phone beside him and asked, "Where's your water cup?"

Seeing this, Zhou Shi smiled lightly, took the thermos cup from his hand, put it to his mouth and took a sip.

"It's troublesome to carry two cups." She spoke unclearly with water in her mouth. After she finished speaking, she handed the cup to Xu Yiqing and raised her eyebrows.

Xu Yiqing understood and closed the lid.

"Have you never changed anything in your house?" Zhou Shi asked suddenly.

Xu Yiqing nodded and replied: "No, it's all the same as before you moved away."

"The security door hasn't been replaced either, right?" Zhou Shi said, "Actually, I can't remember what the security door looked like before I moved out, but it just felt very old."

When they talked about what happened back then, they both deliberately avoided the word "divorce", as if that was not the end of the relationship, but just a pause.

Maybe there's still a chance to start over.

"If you haven't changed it, the security door must be very old." Zhou Shi said softly, "It has been used for more than ten years, and the door lock has not been changed, right?"

Xu Yiqing thought about it and realized that the security door was indeed a bit loose, and it would shake slightly every time it was closed.

As for the door locks, the design of the door requires changing the door if you want to change the locks.

"No."

"Then I'll move back."

"what?"

Xu Yiqing was stunned. In fact, he heard it clearly, but he was confused because he didn't understand.

Zhou Shi explained: "It's too dangerous for you to live alone. The cleaner can call and threaten you, which means she knows your personal information and address. We don't even know what she looks like. You don't know when she will knock on your door pretending to be a delivery man. So you need someone to live with you to ensure your safety."

Even Xu Yiqing, who had a low EQ, understood this.

He felt his heart beating faster and his heart was itchy.

He hasn't felt this way for a long time since he stepped out of school and married Zhou Shi.

"it is good."

Xu Yiqing nodded in agreement, but did not dare to look Zhou Shi in the eye.

Three months had passed since her 37th birthday. The weather had warmed up, and in late spring and early summer, Xu Yiqing felt that there was hope that her relationship with Zhou Shi would be reconciled.

"Hey, the coach called you."

The training car circled the training ground for Subject 2 again, and the student called Xu Yiqing to take over the shift.

"I'll be right there." Xu Yiqing stood up and went over.

"Practice twice more before going back." Zhou Shi encouraged him.

Sitting in the driver's seat and adjusting the seat and mirrors, Xu Yiqing was a little absent-minded. He turned around to look at Zhou Shi and saw that she was still sitting there playing with her mobile phone.

She was the only one in the entire rest area who came here to practice driving, and the other students were all alone.

This made Xu Yiqing suddenly feel somewhat happy.

"Why are you laughing so happily?" The coach joked, "If you practice hard, you can go back with your girlfriend earlier and stop pushing the line."

Xu Yiqing shook his head and retorted: "She's not my girlfriend. She was married a long time ago."

In the past, he had to emphasize that they were ex-wife and ex-husband, but now Xu Yiqing is quietly changing his straightforward character because of Zhou Shi's company.
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After practicing driving, since it was the weekend and neither of them had to go back to work, they went shopping in Jiangcheng’s most prosperous commercial district.

Zhou Shi is not a local, her hometown is in the south, she is a wealthy businessman, so she has the habit of luxury shopping. Xu Yiqing is from an ordinary family, when she was a child, she had to improve her test scores to buy an Ultraman toy, and she had to share it with her younger brother.

It stands to reason that the two people's consumption habits should not be compatible.

Fortunately, they have the same values. Zhou Shi loves to spend money because she is rich. As long as she doesn't force others to pay for her, she doesn't mind buying anything.

What's more, after they got married, the mobile phone number bound to the bank was still Xu Yiqing's, so that he would know everything Zhou Shi bought and how much money was saved at home. Although the two people had very different consumption concepts, they had never quarreled over financial issues.

It would be better to say that they rarely quarreled. Zhou Shi was sensible and not pretentious, while Xu Yiqing felt that he owed Zhou Shi emotionally and would do whatever she wanted.

Anyway, we had some disagreements after shopping tonight.

"I think you should rest. I can go by myself."

The Panamera stopped in the yard of the Criminal Police Brigade and two people got out of the car.

Xu Yiqing was somewhat helpless: "Du Yu only called me, he didn't say that he had to let you go with him."

While shopping, Du Yu called Xu Yiqing and said that a strange man had surrendered himself to a police station in a certain district of Jiangcheng City. He asked to see Du Yu by name, so the police station took the suspect to the Criminal Police Brigade.

When they arrived at the Criminal Police Brigade, Du Yu questioned the man, but he said nothing and asked to see Xu Yiqing by name.

In the past, the police on duty would deal with this kind of suspect as a provoking disturbance. But if he said he wanted to see the city leader, did that mean the leader had to make the trip as well?
But with the experience of He Yunke's case some time ago, Du Yu attached great importance to these people who reported the case. After much deliberation, he still called Xu Yiqing who was on vacation.

Zhou Shi also got out of the car, carrying her bag, and ignored Xu Yiqing's persuasion.

"I heard that there was something fishy going on. They had to ask to see you..." Zhou Shi muttered softly, then raised his voice and said righteously: "I am a criminal psychology expert hired by the Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau. For suspects like this whose behavior is contrary to common sense, I have the right to listen to the transcript and then make my own reasonable suggestions... Besides, no one is dead now. If a forensic doctor like you can come to the Criminal Police Brigade, why can't I come?"

Xu Yiqing sighed. He knew that he couldn't win an argument with Zhou Shi, so he just let her do what she wanted.

He just felt that Zhou Shi was so busy that she finally had a weekend off, and she had to accompany him to run around and drive all day. So Xu Yiqing felt that he had to get his driver's license.

Outside the interrogation room, Xu Yiqing met Du Yu.

"Old Du, what's going on?"

"Lao Xu, you're here... Zhou Shi, why are you here too?"

"She insisted on coming."

"That's good. We can be more relaxed with you here... It seems that the person inside has difficulty communicating and can't speak clearly. It seems like he has a stutter."

Du Yu explained to Xu Yiqing and Zhou Shi, and then pointed to his head, which was already very tactful.

As a criminal policeman, he has to be responsible for his words and deeds. He couldn't jump to conclusions, but he still felt that the reporter sent by the local jurisdiction was a little mentally ill.

Xu Yiqing and Zhou Shi understood.

It's a mental illness.

"Then I have to meet him." Xu Yiqing said, "I want to know why a mentally ill person would ask to see me."

Du Yu pushed open the door and saw the suspect sitting at the interrogation table in handcuffs.

Zhou Shi asked quietly: "Boss Du, is this in accordance with the rules?"

Even if he is a mentally ill person, he shouldn't be handcuffed directly, right?

Xu Yiqing knew that there must be some hidden story. Du Yu was a well-known rule-abiding person. Not to mention a mental patient, even if the murderer stood in front of him, Du Yu would not be handcuffed if there were no witnesses or physical evidence to point out that the other party was the suspect.

As expected, Du Yu was somewhat helpless: "He turned himself in to the local police station in the evening and said that he had killed someone... How can this be tolerated? Suspects who confessed like this must be restricted. He just said nothing when we asked him and kept shouting that he wanted to see you. We couldn't even take his statement."

Admitting one's guilt is very important in this era. Some criminal cases are closed as long as the suspect writes a confession. This has also led to the proliferation of memory recovery techniques in some areas, resulting in many false and wrongful convictions.

"Who did he kill?" Xu Yiqing asked.

Are you calling me here because there is a dead body?

But shouldn’t it be sent directly to the Forensic Department for Mr. Lin to prepare to hand over the body?
And it doesn't seem to be that simple, otherwise Du Yu wouldn't be so helpless.

Du Yu spread his hands and said, "Don't say it. I felt like I was fooled for a while."

Xu Yiqing pulled a chair and sat down some distance from the interrogation table. Du Yu had just mentioned that the suspect had some mental problems, and he was afraid that he would suddenly attack and hurt others, so he pulled Zhou Shi's sleeve and asked her to lean back behind him.

"Are you looking for me?" Xu Yiqing asked.

The suspect kept his head down, and Xu Yiqing couldn't see his face clearly.

After hearing Xu Yiqing's words, the suspect raised his head, and Xu Yiqing could see his appearance clearly.

A very handsome young man, probably around twenty years old, younger than Lin Sheng.

He has an ordinary appearance and is not handsome. His dull expression even makes people feel that he is not easy to get along with.

He is the kind of person who is very stubborn in a general sense.

Just by looking at the appearance, Xu Yiqing was sure that he did not know the other person.

"You...you are Xu...Xu Yiqing?"

"It's me. What do you want from me?"

"I... I killed someone!" The suspect said to Xu Yiqing, "Someone... told me that they killed someone and came to find you."

"You killed someone and came to me?" Xu Yiqing frowned and turned to look at Du Yu.

Du Yu spread his hands, as if to say, "Don't look at me, we communicate like this too, I don't understand why."

"Could you explain it more clearly?" Xu Yiqing asked, "What do you mean by killing someone and coming to me?"

The suspect stammered, "She said...you are the best...forensic doctor. You know...all kinds of dead people...and how they died."

"I am indeed a forensic doctor, and I am good at dissecting bodies to determine the cause of death. But you have to tell us who you killed first."

The suspect said: "I killed the principal!"

When he said this, he stopped stuttering and there was even a fierce look in his eyes!

This look made Du Yu, who originally felt helpless about encountering a mental illness, immediately become serious.

Because he was very familiar with that look...it was the look of a murderer!
So he took two steps forward, propped up the table with both hands, and looked down at the suspect with an oppressive look: "Which school's principal is he from? What's his name? Where was he killed?!"

Before Xu Yiqing came, he would not say anything no matter who asked him. He just kept saying that he had killed someone and wanted to see Du Yu and Xu Yiqing.

Now, he finally spoke.

Moreover, as soon as he opened his mouth, Du Yu knew that he was not joking, nor was he mentally ill and looking for trouble, but he really wanted to kill someone from the bottom of his heart!

The suspect said: "The principal of No. 4 Middle School!"

Jiangcheng No. 4 Middle School, as one of the few junior high schools in Jiangcheng City, has always been an important school in the city.

It’s not that the teaching staff is very strong. On the contrary, among the three junior high schools in the city, only No. 4 Middle School has an open-minded approach and is willing to accept students from surrounding towns and villages who come to the city to study.

However, due to the complex source of students, Jiangcheng No. 4 Middle School has a bad reputation and a low student enrollment rate, which leads to many parents whose children are assigned to Jiangcheng No. 4 Middle School preferring to pay high tuition fees to send their children to other key junior high schools.

There are rumors among students that No. 4 Middle School has the most brutal fights and there are many uneducated students in the school.

This phenomenon has improved a lot since the principal of Jiangcheng No. 4 Middle School took office. Many parents of students think that the principal of No. 4 Middle School is a capable person and may be able to improve No. 4 Middle School.

So Du Yu immediately felt sweat on his forehead. If such a person died, it would be a big deal.

So he quickly asked the police to contact the principal, and the police car roared out of the compound.

Twenty minutes later, the police car roared back to the criminal police compound.

The sound of Du Yu's leather shoes stomped loudly in the corridor. He pushed open the door of the interrogation room and gritted his teeth.

Xu Yiqing asked: "Dead?"

"No." Du Yu didn't know whether he should be happy or angry, but he was very depressed and even cursed: "Damn it, this kid called the police falsely."

When the police knocked on the door of the principal of No. 4 Middle School, the principal was watching TV in the living room.

Seeing so many policemen, he was not afraid at all. He said that he had neither taken bribes nor shielded anyone, and that he had nothing to fear and could be taken anywhere.

The police were too embarrassed to ask if they had come to see if you were dead, so they just asked some simple questions and then left.

Du Yu is now certain that this was a misunderstanding caused by a mentally ill person.

The police officer who had been watching over the suspect asked, "Boss, what should we do? Let him go?"

"No." Du Yu sighed. "Let's not talk about the false alarm. He can't even communicate on his own. Who will take care of him if he gets into trouble? Let's contact him first to see if he has a guardian. If he doesn't have any relatives, let him stay at the police station. At least this place provides food and accommodation, so he won't starve to death."

Xu Yiqing and Zhou Shi both knew that Du Yu was being very merciful. He was responsible to society and to the "suspect" in front of him.

The police then asked him questions like where he lived and whether he had any relatives.

The suspect's statements were incoherent. One second he said he lived in the school, and the next second he said he lived in the hospital. The police contacted each place one by one, but they all said there was no such person.

With no other choice, I could only do as Du Yu said and place him in the police station first. I would go and ask the mental hospital on Monday whether they would accept such patients and what the procedures were.

Xu Yiqing and Zhou Shi were also preparing to leave, but before leaving, Zhou Shi recalled the look in the suspect's eyes when he said he had killed someone, which was a mixture of desire, pleasure, hatred and resentment, and he always felt that things were not that simple.

Sure enough, after a peaceful Sunday, bad news came from the Criminal Police Brigade early Monday morning.

The principal of No. 4 Middle School is really dead!

(End of this chapter)