Chapter 79 Suicide
Chapter 79 Suicide
"Old Xu bought it himself."
Du Yu looked at the receipt in his hand. The time and the fruits purchased written on it matched the surveillance footage.
There is no mistake, neither Du Yu nor Zhou Shi would mistake Xu Yiqing's face.
The fruit shop is quite large, and the nearby community has a large flow of people and good profits, so the quality of the surveillance images is very clear.
That body shape and that appearance, there's absolutely no way they can be wrong.
Du Yu said, "Did Lao Xu really tell you that he doesn't remember buying these things?"
Zhou Shi looked a little serious and nodded: "He told me that there were suddenly more things in the refrigerator at home, and he thought I bought them for him."
Du Yu touched his forehead, as if he was defending Xu Yiqing or comforting himself: "Maybe it's because of too much pressure recently. Lao Xu is a little tired... Everyone is too tired recently."
His voice became smaller and smaller, and it was obvious that he couldn't even convince himself.
So Du Yu looked at Zhou Shi and said, "Xiao Zhou, you are good at psychology. You should talk to Lao Xu more and spend more time with him. I feel that he is under too much pressure from work. Since the Li Yueyue case, it seems that all things are bothering him, one after another. If I were Lao Xu, I would have been out of breath a long time ago, but he never complained from beginning to end."
In the past, as a forensic doctor, Xu Yiqing only needed to perform autopsies to complete his job. Now, not only does he have to perform autopsies, but he also has to participate in the investigation and discussion of criminal cases because he is a member of the special task force.
It is equivalent to having to participate in the work of a criminal police while being a forensic doctor. The physical and mental pressure can be imagined.
Xu Yiqing has been sleeping less than six hours a day for several months.
Just then, Du Yu's cell phone rang.
When he picked up the phone, he heard it was a call from the logistics police of the Criminal Police Brigade. They said that the Forensic Department had submitted the latest autopsy report and were reporting the situation and asking about the next steps.
"I know, I'll go back right away."
Du Yu hung up the phone and looked at Zhou Shi: "Xiao Zhou, let's get down to business first. Lao Xu has already done the autopsy... Let's close the case first and deal with Lao Xu's matter later."
Zhou Shi nodded, but in her heart Xu Yiqing's matter was the real business.
Sitting in the police car, she watched the trees on both sides of the street flying backwards, frowning and thinking whether there were any similar cases in psychological diseases that could be used as reference.
Not appropriate.
I am with Yiqing all day long. If there is anything abnormal happening to him, I should have noticed it earlier.
Forgetfulness, amnesia, hypnosis...
Is it really possible?
At least Yiqing would never make such a joke. He is a very serious person, and I can be sure of that.
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It wasn't even noon when Xu Yiqing came out of the hospital after the examination.
He moved his right arm and pressed the elbow with his left hand. He still felt a little pain from the blood draw.
"Will the electronic version of the medical examination report take at least ten hours to come out?" Xu Yiqing said to himself: "To be honest, if they are really poisoned, three people will die in ten hours... Forget it, just treat it as a regular medical examination, and it will also reassure Zhou Shi."
Anyway, he didn't think that if the fruits in the refrigerator were really poisoned by the cleaner, going to the hospital for a test would save his life.
After calling a car, Xu Yiqing rushed to the Criminal Police Brigade. Now that the autopsy results were out, he had too many questions to ask the suspect detained in the police station.
In the office of the Criminal Police Brigade, Xu Yiqing first met up with Du Yu and Zhou Shi.
"I've been to the hospital." He told Zhou Shi, "The test results will be available at 3pm at the earliest. Judging from the efficiency, the blood routine test and CT scans should be the first... Do you really have no memory of the fruit at home?"
After these words were spoken, Du Yu and Zhou Shi looked at each other with complicated expressions.
"Lao Xu, do you...remember that you went to the fruit store at the entrance of the community to buy fruit?"
"I go there often, because I often go to that fruit shop. When Li Yueyue was arrested, I realized that after moving, Li Yueyue would still go to the dog meat shop she used to patronize to buy dog meat."
"So when was the last time you went?"
"When..."
Xu Yiqing was about to say something, but suddenly froze. Yes, when was the last time he went to a fruit store?
A few days ago?
But how many days ago exactly?
Du Yu tilted his neck back slightly when he saw this. He could see that Xu Yiqing was thinking hard, so he was even more certain that there was indeed a problem.
So he looked at Zhou Shi and decided that it would be better to let professionals handle this situation.
Zhou Shi was silent for a while and changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this for now, let's talk about the skeleton in front of us."
Du Yu was a little confused, and Zhou Shi gave him a look that told him to stay calm.
The current situation is already very clear, Xu Yiqing does have some memory loss. But whether it is due to excessive pressure that leads to forgetfulness, or whether someone has given him psychological hints somewhere, this can only be determined through subsequent observations.
But no matter what, the first prerequisite of psychological counseling is not to stimulate the patient.
"The cause of death is clear, falling from a building." Xu Yiqing said, "But whether it was suicide, accidental fall, or being pushed, because the body was severely decomposed, it is impossible to restore the truth through a forensic autopsy... In short, Lin Sheng and I have done our best, and the rest is up to you."
After a pause, Xu Yiqing stroked his chin and said, "The suspect only told us the truth after confirming the cause of death. From an objective point of view, falling from a building was the cause of death. There should be no need to infer whether it was suicide or homicide."
Du Yu said: "I have read the report. The time of death was eight years ago. I always feel that this time and this way of death are somewhat familiar."
Xu Yiqing seemed a little stunned when he was reminded of this: "Head and left arm? Now that you mention it, I seem to have some impression of it."
Du Yu said: "I have asked someone to check it out, and there should be results soon."
A few minutes later, the policeman who had been searching in the archives room for two hours finally came into the office holding a dusty file.
He put the file on the table, and Du Yu opened the brown paper bag and took out the report.
Xu Yiqing leaned over to take a look and showed the same expression of sudden enlightenment as Du Yu.
No wonder it feels familiar.
In the interrogation room, the exhausted suspect was handcuffed. He could not remember how many times he had been in this interrogation room.
I just know that every time I come here, this criminal policeman is there.
The difference is that this time the forensic doctor from Jiangcheng was also standing next to him.
The suspect bared his yellow teeth at Xu Yiqing, and asked with a nervous smile: "Are there any results?"
Xu Yiqing nodded and put the autopsy report on the table. "Can you read?"
"You...you read it!"
"Died from a fall from a high altitude."
The suspect suddenly became excited, "Tell me... who... killed him! Isn't your forensic doctor... doing this? She said, you are... you are the best, you... must know!"
Xu Yiqing placed another printed paper on the table.
That was the news and investigation files from eight years ago.
The title is "A junior high school student from Jiangcheng No. 4 Middle School jumps off the building."
"It was concluded eight years ago that it was suicide."
"boom!"
With a loud bang, the suspect slammed his fist on the table. He became extremely agitated and struggled to pounce on Xu Yiqing!
Xu Yiqing didn't move at all, because the lion in Du Yu's eyes had already attacked first. He burst out with amazing strength and pinned the suspect down on the table, unable to move.
"You...you are a wolf too!" the suspect roared.
(End of this chapter)