FBH Chapter 32

Xiong Tong headed straight for the bedroom as soon as he entered the house, seemingly unwilling to stay with these uninvited guests for even a moment. Seeing this, Wu Shuqi quickly followed him. The child turned his head and glanced at her, his face immediately showing disgust. His lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, he didn’t.

After entering the room, the child plopped down on the edge of the bed, turning his head to the side, unwilling to let Wu Shuqi see his face.

Wu Shuqi stood by the door, scanning the roughly 15-square-meter room. The decor was mainly in warm colors, creating a warm and romantic atmosphere.

Meanwhile, Wu Zhi was walking around the living room, searching every nook and cranny. He hoped to unexpectedly find the prohibited substance cyanide, which would bring a turning point to the two poisoning cases he and his colleagues were investigating, even though he knew the chances of finding cyanide were slim. After searching the living room without success, he entered Xiong Zhiyang’s bedroom and looked around.

Xiong Tong lowered his head, silent.

“Is it that you don’t want to study, or did your father make you drop out of school?” Wu Shuqi pressed the child for an answer.

Xiong Tong whispered, “I don’t want to study.”

“I don’t want to study, just… just because I don’t want to, no reason.” He spoke haltingly, his tone cold and indifferent.

Wu Shuqi felt that the child was being evasive. She didn’t get angry, and said, “Tell Auntie the truth, am I not coming to study because of something?”

“I already said, I don’t want to study, there are no other… other reasons.” Xiong Tong looked impatient.

Xiong Tong frowned, a look of vigilance flashing in his eyes. “No.”

“Think carefully?” Wu Shuqi was a little disappointed.

“Really no.” Xiong Tong didn’t hesitate at all.

Wu Shuqi thought to herself that this child was keeping his heart tightly locked, speaking very carefully, and asking any further would probably be futile.

At this moment, she saw a yellowed notebook on the bedside table next to the lamp. She thought that this notebook should belong to Xiong Tong. If he usually used it to record what he saw, heard, thought, and felt in life, and she took a look at it, she might be able to find the reason for his dropping out of school.

Wu Shuqi was stunned, wondering what was written in the notebook that made the child so afraid of her seeing it? No, she had to find a way to get the notebook and take a closer look at its contents, there might be unexpected gains!

So, she smiled and reached out to the child, but her tone was commanding: “Tongtong, give the notebook to Auntie and let Auntie see what you wrote in your diary!”

“Haven’t you seen… seen other people’s diaries?” Xiong Tong’s eyes were as cold as ice.

“I… I’ve seen them.” Wu Shuqi was almost choked by his words, so she was a little nervous. “But everyone writes different diaries, right?”

Xiong Tong thought for a while, then handed the notebook to Wu Shuqi.

The following two diary entries caught her attention:

July 15, 2018, Saturday

I suddenly thought of a sentence: Studying is hard, but only for a while; not studying is hard for a lifetime.

I think the hardship of studying is worthwhile. I will work hard and become a person who is useful to the country and society in the future.

July 27, 2018, Friday

It’s been more than a week since my mother passed away. Since my mother passed away, I have been living in pain every day, and often suffer from insomnia at night. I hope the police uncles will catch the murderer who poisoned my mother as soon as possible to comfort my mother under the nine springs.

Wu Shuqi thought that the diary date was July 15th, which happened to be after the “7.18” poisoning case, that place was too special for the investigators of the case, because the police suspected that the murderer took advantage of the power outage in the Fugui Garden District that day to enter the district and sneak into Li Yuehua’s house to commit the crime; the child said in his diary that he hoped the police uncles would catch the murderer who killed his mother as soon as possible, from the literal point of view this was a kind of trust in the police, but when the police appeared in front of him, he hated the police very much, and tried to avoid the police, he did not cooperate with the police’s normal questions, his two completely different attitudes were really surprising.

“Yes.” Wu Zhi said and sat down.

Hearing voices from his son’s bedroom, Xiong Zhiyang walked over slowly. Seeing Wu Shuqi, his face instantly became very ugly. “Oh, it’s Officer Wu.”

Wu Shuqi said politely, “Mr. Xiong is back.”

“Officer Wu, go out and have a glass of water.” Xiong Zhiyang’s tone was commanding.

Wu Shuqi went out and sat on the sofa. She looked at Xiong Zhiyang and found that he was much thinner than he had been a month ago, and his voice was a little floaty.

Wu Shuqi asked, “Is Mr. Xiong not feeling well?”

She looked up at Xiong Zhiyang in surprise and expressed her condolences for his illness.

Wu Shuqi and Wu Zhi sneered inwardly, but said, “We will do our best to investigate the case.”

Xiong Zhiyang nodded, a cold smile suddenly appearing on the corner of his mouth: “Maybe the murderer will show up soon.”

Wu Shuqi and Wu Zhi felt that something was wrong, but they couldn’t say what it was for a while.

Xiong Zhiyang suddenly asked, “Have your police caught the murderer who killed Zhu Houshi? Uh, I heard about it from Xu Tao.”

“Okay, no problem.” Xiong Zhiyang said readily.

“This is our job, please understand and cooperate!” Wu Shuqi explained, “After investigation, the police found that you had close contact with Zhu Houshi on the evening of September 13th, what did you talk about?”

Xiong Zhiyang didn’t seem surprised at all, and coughed twice and said, “Just chatted casually.”

“Is that so? Why did you have a dispute?” Wu Shuqi stared closely at Xiong Zhiyang.

Xiong Zhiyang said calmly: “He suspected that a butcher in our community market was selling sow meat, I said how could that be, and we argued a few words about it.”

Wu Shuqi remembered what the owner of the hardware store said about hearing Xiong Zhiyang and Zhu Houshi arguing, and felt that what Xiong Zhiyang said was roughly consistent with what the owner said.

“How long have you known Zhu Houshi? Do you often interact with him?”

In fact, after the Zhu Houshi case, Wu Shuqi asked the deceased’s daughter, Miss Zhu, about how her father and Xiong Zhiyang met and how long they had known each other. What Miss Zhu said was roughly consistent with what Xiong Zhiyang said.

The reason why Wu Shuqi wanted to ask Xiong Zhiyang was because she wanted to see if he was telling the truth. If what he said was seriously inconsistent with what Miss Zhu said, then she would suspect that he was deliberately concealing the truth, and concealing the truth would prove that he had a problem.

Regarding the Zhu Houshi case, Wu Shuqi knew that she and Wu Zhi couldn’t get any valuable clues from Xiong Zhiyang, so she told Wu Zhi to get up and leave.

“No mobile phone.” Xiong Zhiyang’s expression sank. “What’s wrong, officer?”

“Just asking, nothing.” Wu Shuqi turned around thoughtfully and left.

The smile on Xiong Zhiyang’s face disappeared instantly, and a cold and terrifying light flashed in his eyes.

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