Chapter 69: Chapter 29: The Process of Killing (Please Bookmark and Vote)
Then Yang Cheng and the others, along with Yu Xiaoman, slowly woke up.
When Yu Xiaoman saw her current situation, she believed that Yang Cheng and his group had planned this all along, drugged her, and then the four of them raped her. She cried and fussed, insisting on calling the police, no matter how much Yang Cheng and the others tried to explain.
Just then, Zhou Zhi came in with breakfast. Yang Cheng hadn’t returned last night, and she thought Yang Cheng had gotten drunk and slept at Wu Peng’s place again. But as soon as she entered, she saw Yang Cheng and the others, along with Yu Xiaoman, with their clothes in utter disarray.
Realizing what happened, Zhou Zhi instantly assumed it was Yu Xiaoman who seduced Yang Cheng and the others. Her anger flared up instantly: "I treated you as my close friend, and you went and seduced my boyfriend, even slept with him!"
She casually picked up an empty wine bottle from the table and walked over, hitting the unresponsive Yu Xiaoman on the head, knocking her unconscious immediately.
Zhou Zhi wanted to keep hitting Yu Xiaoman, but Yang Cheng stepped forward to stop her, holding Zhou Zhi back and explaining the situation to her.
Everyone then turned to look at Sun Xiaoqiang. It was obvious someone had drugged the alcohol the day before, and Sun Xiaoqiang was the one who had bought the drinks.
Under Yang Cheng and the others’ questioning, Sun Xiaoqiang finally confessed.
It turned out he had bought a pack of aphrodisiacs online. Sun Xiaoqiang had a crush on Yu Xiaoman and knew she was planning to leave, so he put some in the drinks.
He planned to offer to take Yu Xiaoman home after dinner, hoping for a chance to get close to her. He had tried aphrodisiacs before; they had some effect but were mostly just a catalyst, with no major impact, so he dared to put it in everyone’s drinks.
However, he didn’t expect the aphrodisiac he bought this time to be so potent. Just a small amount made them all lose their senses and consciousness.
After Sun Xiaoqiang finished speaking, the furious Wu Peng and Yang Cheng beat him up.
Looking at the still-unconscious Yu Xiaoman, none of them knew what to do. They were worried Yu Xiaoman would really go to the police, and if that happened, they could be arrested, charged with rape, and imprisoned.
Amid their silence, Zhou Zhi proposed killing Yu Xiaoman. That was the only way to ensure she wouldn’t call the police. Otherwise, Zhou Zhi believed, based on her knowledge of Yu Xiaoman, that she would definitely report it. Zhou Zhi said although Yu Xiaoman worked in a KTV, she wasn’t promiscuous and never went out with customers. She was actually returning home to get married.
Everyone was shocked at Zhou Zhi’s suggestion to kill Yu Xiaoman. None of them had ever thought of murder, but the thought that if Yu Xiaoman didn’t die, they might go to jail left them silent.
Sun Xiaoqiang was the first to grab the wine bottle from the table and smash it hard on Yu Xiaoman’s head. Sun Xiaoqiang knew he was truly out of options. Since he was the one who caused all this, if Yu Xiaoman didn’t die, he was 100% going to jail.
Once wasn’t enough, so Sun Xiaoqiang hit her hard again.
The others were more hesitant, as it was murder after all. Unlike Sun Xiaoqiang, they weren’t entirely cornered. Their crimes weren’t as serious.
Unexpectedly, the second person to step up was Zhou Zhi. She also grabbed an empty wine bottle from the table and hit Yu Xiaoman hard on the head.
Yang Cheng followed suit, and so Wu Peng and Zhuang Hai had no choice but to grab bottles and strike Yu Xiaoman’s head hard as well.
After they all took turns, Yu Xiaoman was still not dead.
Sun Xiaoqiang took a fruit knife from the kitchen and stabbed Yu Xiaoman violently, then passed the knife to Zhou Zhi. Without hesitation, Zhou Zhi also dealt a vicious stab, followed by Yang Cheng and the others, each taking their turn.
Finally, Yu Xiaoman stopped breathing.
Then they discussed among themselves and decided to bury the body behind the wall of the kitchen sink. At the time, it was being remodeled in Wu Peng’s kitchen, and the wall space was just enough to hide a body.
So over the course of three days, they disposed of the body and bricked up the kitchen wall.
With a body hidden in the house, Wu Peng wanted to sell the house. After all, he wasn’t a pervert and didn’t want to live with a corpse. Otherwise, how could he not have nightmares every night?
But when Wu Peng mentioned selling the house, everyone else immediately opposed the idea. With a body hidden in the kitchen, if a new tenant came in and decided to remodel the kitchen, the body would be exposed, and none of them could escape the consequences.
Despite this, Wu Peng still didn’t want to live with a corpse in one room.
Then Sun Xiaoqiang suggested Wu Peng could move out, but the house couldn’t be sold or rented. To compensate Wu Peng’s losses, the other four would each give Wu Peng fifty thousand yuan.
Seeing the money, Wu Peng reluctantly agreed.
However, Zhou Zhi objected to paying money. Why should she pay? She believed everything she did was for the others. Otherwise, the matter with Yu Xiaoman wasn’t originally related to her.
Yang Cheng said if Zhou Zhi didn’t pay, he and Zhuang Hai would each pay fifty thousand, and Sun Xiaoqiang would pay one hundred thousand, as he was the one who started it all.
Sun Xiaoqiang recognized his fault and reluctantly agreed.
This was basically the whole process of the Yu Xiaoman case described by Wu Peng.
Zhao Donglai and Luo Fei quickly wrapped up their interrogation, but on the other hand, Sun Xiaoqiang and Zhuang Hai’s interrogation wasn’t as easy.
When Luo Fei and Zhao Donglai came out of the interrogation room, Luo Fei went to the window of an adjacent room where Yang Su and Wang Lei were interrogating Sun Xiaoqiang.
No matter what Yang Su said, Sun Xiaoqiang remained silent, frustrating Yang Su into slamming the table.
Zhao Donglai asked Luo Fei to copy Wu Peng’s interrogation statement, make two copies, and give one each to Yang Su and Wang Dong.
Luo Fei returned to the office, made two copies of Wu Peng’s interrogation notes, and then hurried back to the interrogation room, handing one to Yang Su and one to Wang Dong.
With Wu Peng’s statement, the interrogation of Sun Xiaoqiang and Zhuang Hai by Yang Su and Wang Dong became much simpler.
Soon, Sun Xiaoqiang and Zhuang Hai confessed to their actions without reservation.
After a ten-minute break, Luo Fei and Zhao Donglai took Zhou Zhi from the detention center for another interrogation.
"Officers, I’ve told you everything you want to know. What more do you want?" Zhou Zhi was visibly annoyed at being interrogated again.
"You did clarify the scam case, but have you addressed the Yu Xiaoman case?" Zhao Donglai glared at Zhou Zhi, asking aggressively. Based on Wu Peng’s statement, it was this young, beautiful woman who suggested killing her best friend, Yu Xiaoman, showing just how cold-hearted she truly was.