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Chapter 174 Murder in the Wild (17)

Seeing Qin Chuan just staring at him without speaking, Wu Ke became anxious and said, "What I said is true! If you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. He! She can prove that what I said is true!"

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In the early morning, the morning sun rose and the sky was bright. After Wu Ke was taken back to the caravan, He Dandan was taken by Jiang Wenchi to the police car.

He Dandan just woke up, and was a little displeased: "I didn't have to eat early in the morning, so what are the two police officers going to ask? If you still want to ask me about the relationship between Bai Xueting and Dong Bo, I have nothing to say."

Jiang Wenchi said with a good attitude: "Miss He misunderstood, what we want to ask is Kong Yuanwei's death."

He Dandan's pupils trembled when he heard the words, and his face suddenly turned pale: "You... how do you know..."

Qin Chuan didn't answer her question, but looked at her and said, "It seems that you do know about this."

He Dandan choked, pursed his lips and said nothing, his eyes were heavy, he didn't know what he was thinking.

Jiang Wenchi asked: "Miss He, were you there when the crime happened?"

He Dandan shook his head: "I'm not here, I was with Wu Ke at the time."

Qin Chuan raised his eyebrows: "Wu Ke said he was sleeping in a tent when the crime happened."

He Dandan nodded: "Yes, we are in his tent together."

Qin Chuan and Jiang Wenchi looked at each other.

Jiang Wenchi asked, "What were you doing at that time?"

He Dandan said without changing his face: "I drank a little bit that day, and I can't remember many things clearly. I just remember that I chatted with Lao Wu about his future shares for a while, and then I fell asleep. Later, Bai Xueting called me Wake up, I know something is wrong."

Qin Chuan: "Bai Xueting? Not Dong Bo?"

He Dandan nodded: "Yes, it wasn't Dong Bo, it was Bai Xueting who woke me up."

Qin Chuan: "Then when you woke up, was Wu Ke still by your side?"

He Dandan: "Yes, he and I woke up at the same time..."

*
According to He Dandan's description, she and Wu Ke were lying side by side at that time, and they both slept soundly.

Bai Xueting ran in in a panic and shook He Dandan vigorously: "Mr. He! Wake up! Something happened!"

He Dandan woke up in a daze, still had some headaches, rubbed his temples and asked, "Why are you panicking? What happened? Take it easy."

Bai Xueting's voice was full of tears: "Mr. Kong was killed by Mr. Dong!"

At this time Wu Keteng also sat up: "What did you say? Kong Yuanwei is dead?"

Bai Xueting burst into tears again, choked up and said, "Yes, Mr. Dong has disposed of the corpse..."

*
In the police car, Qin Chuan frowned when he heard this, and asked, "You mean, Wu Ke was still with you at the time? Did you two get the news at the same time?"

He Dandan: "Yes, he was by my side at that time."

Jiang Wenchi stared at He Dandan: "May I ask, Ms. He, do you have any relationship with Mr. Wu other than work?"

He Dandan sneered, and said calmly: "Wu Ke and I are partners, good friends, and lovers. You can call them whatever you want."

As He Dandan said, seeing Qin Chuan and Jiang Wenchi staring at him probingly, he spread his hands: "You don't have to look at me like that, Dong Bo can do it, why can't I."

Jiang Wenchi: "Then, does Dong Bo know about your relationship with Mr. Wu?"

He Dandan stroked the hair on his sideburns, and said indifferently: "He should know, but he probably doesn't care, and never asked me. This can be regarded as a kind of tacit understanding. We both know each other well, and we play our own way."

Jiang Wenchi: "So, is Dong Bo asking you to cover up the crime of killing Kong Yuanwei for him?"

He Dandan nodded: "After all these years together, he kept begging me not to tell, so I reluctantly agreed."

Qin Chuan: "Presumably Mr. He is mainly for the benefit of the company?"

He Dandan said frankly: "This is indeed the main reason. After all, it has something to do with our company's reputation."

*
Leaving He Dandan in the police car, Qin Chuan and Jiang Wenchi got out of the car, and together with Li Yiran, they took a few steps away to analyze the current situation.

Qin Chuan: "She and Wu Ke's confessions are inconsistent in many places, the only thing in common is that they both insisted that Dong Bo killed him."

Jiang Wenchi pondered: "After all, Dong Bo is dead. It is safest to let a dead person carry the crime of murder."

Qin Chuan: "You suspect..."

Jiang Wenchi shook his head: "I think we should first listen to what the real 'witness' Bai Xueting has to say."

Qin Chuan nodded, and said to Li Yiran: "Yiran, go and bring Bai Xueting over, and then stare at He Dandan in the police car."

Li Yiran nodded: "Yes!"

*
Jiang Wenchi and Bai Xueting sat on the floor, and Qin Chuan sat opposite them.

Bai Xueting was lowering her head, and was telling what happened at that time: "After all, Mr. Dong accidentally killed Mr. Kong because of me, so at the beginning, I could only keep this secret from you."

Jiang Wenchi asked her: "When Dong Bo killed Kong Yuanwei, were Wu Ke and He Dandan there?"

Bai Xueting shook her head: "They're not here."

Qin Chuan asked: "Aren't you here all the time?"

Bai Xueting nodded: "Well. They were all sleeping at the time, and I was the only one... I was too scared at the time. After they fought, I hid in the car... I didn't dare to go out."

Jiang Wenchi: "So you told Mr. He and Mr. Wu about what happened, right?"

Bai Xueting nodded: "Yes."

Jiang Wenchi stared at Bai Xueting's eyes, but Bai Xueting lowered her head to avoid Jiang Wenchi's sight. Her eyes were red, as if she was about to cry again.

*
After asking Bai Xueting, it was already evening, Qin Chuan separated the three of them, let Liu Ming and Gao Fei watch, and prohibited them from communicating with each other.

Together with Li Yiran and Jiang Wenchi, he went to find the hidden murder weapon.

On the way, Jiang Wenchi collected the confessions of several people and said firmly: "Dong Bo cannot be the murderer."

Qin Chuan and Li Yiran looked at Jiang Wenchi at the same time.

Jiang Wenchi explained: "Because Dong Bo is left-handed."

Li Yiran asked suspiciously, "Left-handed?"

Jiang Wenchi nodded: "I have carefully observed his left hand, and found that the first joint of the middle finger of his left hand is protruding and deformed."

As Jiang Wenchi said, he raised his middle finger of his right hand and pointed out the protrusion on his finger to the two of them: "Like this kind of protrusion, this is usually the trace left by writing with a pen all the year round when I was a child. After that, I carefully I have observed Dong Bo's signature on the small ticket, and according to the direction of the gesture, it should be written by the left hand."

Qin Chuan nodded: "The trend of the wound caused by holding the knife in the left hand should be different from that in the right hand."

Jiang Wenchi: "Yes, if the situation at that time is true as they said, the scars on Kong Yuanwei's body are obviously not scratched by a left-handed man with a knife. So Dong Bo is not the murderer, at least not the knife-wielder."

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