Chapter 890: Going in Circles, the True Culprit Caught

In the Criminal Investigation Team's interrogation room, Zhang Baobao clearly confessed to everything he had done.

"I've known Hu Huihui for a long time. He used to play games in my arcade, and later he borrowed some money from me, saying he needed it for buying clothes and other expenses."

"Borrowing money?"

Zhang Baobao nodded, "Yeah, back in early June that year, Hu Huihui borrowed 15,000 yuan from me, saying he was going south to buy clothes."

"Well, my money doesn't come from nowhere, I lent it because I found her attractive."

"But I never succeeded. On June 28th, when I happened to be on my way to Beihong Village for some business, I bumped into Hu Huihui, who had just returned from the south."

Wang Zhaokai, sitting across from him, said, "Tell me in detail what happened that day."

"Nothing much happened. Hu Huihui knew I was lusting after her, and that day we happened to meet. I wanted to be with her, but she refused, and we just pulled each other a couple of times."

Zhang Baobao actually remembered the events of that year very clearly.

"I told her at the time, if she didn't agree, she should return the fifteen thousand yuan to me immediately. She said she just bought clothes and had no money."

Zhang Baobao spread his hands, "After we pulled at each other for a while, she finally went into the cornfield with me, reluctantly."

"But she said if she accompanied me a few times, the money would be written off. At the time, I found her pretty, so I agreed in the cornfield."

Wang Zhaokai continued to ask, "And then?"

"Why did you strangle her in the cornfield?!"

"No!" Zhang Baobao quickly shook his head, "I just wanted to be with her. I didn't kill her. Besides, if I killed her, who would I ask for the money?"

"After we were done in the cornfield, I left first. She was inside getting dressed and said she couldn't let anyone see, so I had to leave first and couldn't come out together."

"You didn't kill her?"

Zhang Baobao nodded firmly, "Of course I didn't kill him. She agreed to be with me a few more times. If I killed her, I wouldn't get my money back, and I wouldn't know what I was doing it for."

"Later, when Hu Huihui disappeared, why didn't you report it?"

"At first, I didn't know she was missing. I tried calling her a few times later."

"It was only after nearly a week that I found out about her disappearance from a police friend."

"But... really, it has nothing to do with me."

After Zhang Baobao's interrogation ended.

In the meeting room.

Wang Zhaokai reported the interrogation situation.

"According to Zhang's statement, he did have some physical altercation with Hu Huihui that day, some conflict, but ultimately Hu Huihui agreed to his request, and the two of them went into the cornfield."

"Zhang Baobao only found out later that Hu Huihui was missing."

"Nonsense, I think Zhang Baobao is being dishonest!"

Some detectives felt that Zhang Baobao was not telling the truth at all.

"Hu Huihui's disappearance was a big deal back in the day, and no one in East Valley Town didn't know about it. He said he only heard about it from the police a week later; that's not normal."

"He said he contacted Hu Huihui the next day and called several times later, but she never picked up."

"Moreover, I think if Zhang Baobao's words are true, then on Liang Jun's side..."

Wang Zhaokai frowned, "Liang Jun said he saw Zhang Baobao pulling Hu Huihui into the cornfield."

"Later on, after the other party came out, he went in to check, and saw Hu Huihui had already stopped breathing, and then he had the idea to bury the body under the roadbed that evening."

"But there's a premise here that Liang Jun is telling the truth and not lying."

Wang Zhaokai looked at everyone, "But the events from back then are ten years old now. Who knows if Liang Jun is really telling the truth?"

"In contrast, Zhang Baobao- we've just managed to contact some people who worked at his arcade back then."

During his interrogation of Zhang Baobao, the first point of interest for Wang Zhaokai was whether Zhang Baobao had any IOUs left by Hu Huihui back then.

According to Zhang Baobao, when Hu Huihui borrowed money from him back then, it was a verbal agreement, and no IOU was left.

But apart from him, two other employees at the arcade also knew about this, as they saw Zhang Baobao hand cash to Hu Huihui.

"The matter of Hu Huihui borrowing money was also confirmed by Hu Huihui's parents."

Wang Zhaokai was the first to investigate in Beihong Village, where he had the most comprehensive understanding of the situation.

"According to Hu Huihui's parents, Hu Huihui lost quite a bit of money in her previous clothing business, so when she was going south to buy clothes this time, she was short on money."

"But Hu Huihui never told her parents where the money was borrowed from; just a few days before leaving, which was in early June, she had gathered enough money and went south."

"So, since Zhang Baobao didn't lie about Hu Huihui borrowing money from him, why would Zhang Baobao kill Hu Huihui?"

"Captain Wang, you mean... motive?"

A detective understood what Wang Zhaokai was implying.

If Hu Huihui borrowing money from Zhang Baobao was true, then Zhang Baobao killing Hu Huihui would mean the money could never be reclaimed.

Therefore, in terms of murder motive, Zhang Baobao doesn't seem to have a motive for murder.

"Captain Lu, should we consider a hypothesis?"

Wang Zhaokai continued his analysis.

"Assuming all of Zhang's policies were true, the situation that occurred was indeed as he said, with Hu Huihui reluctantly going into the cornfield with him."

"After the two were done, Zhang Baobao left the scene, but Liang Jun didn't!"

"Liang Jun, who entered the cornfield, saw his childhood sweetheart goddess with someone else in the cornfield being intimate, which stirred his lust, but Hu Huihui resisted desperately..."

Chen Jiang picked up the thread, "Then, during the struggle, Liang Jun strangled Hu Huihui?"

"Which is why he buried the body afterward, because he was the one who killed her!"

From the current circumstances, Hu Huihui's death is certainly related to Zhang Baobao and Liang Jun, but who lied and whose words are true still needs further judgment.

Through Wang Zhaokai's analysis, logically speaking, Liang Jun's likelihood of lying is actually greater.

If Zhang Baobao and Hu Huihui did have a borrowing relationship, logically, the likelihood of Zhang Baobao forcing the other party into a relationship and then killing her is basically nonexistent.

It's more likely to be Liang Jun; concealing a corpse is very suspicious.

According to his statement, when he entered the cornfield, he already saw Hu Huihui had stopped breathing.

So, when he saw the dead person, instead of reporting to the police, he chose to conceal Zhang Baobao's criminal behavior...

Logically, it doesn't make sense.