A silver sedan roared up and stopped directly at the entrance of the police station lobby. Wan Yunting, who had gotten out in a hurry, rushed inside. Seeing Niu Qiuling, he asked, "Where's my eldest sister?"
"Yunting..."
Just then, Wan Manyu was brought out by two female police officers, accompanied by Zhou Dong. Wan Yunting's eyes widened, and he immediately rushed forward, saying urgently, "Captain Zhou, my eldest sister..."
"Yunting, don't say anything more."
Wan Manyu knew what her third brother wanted to say, shook her head, and said, "I've already told them everything. You don't need to hide the truth; Cheng Kai was killed by me."
Wan Yunting's eyes widened as he stared at Wan Manyu. Anxious, he was very angry and said, "Sister, have you considered the consequences? Can you really bear to abandon Wan'er?"
Mentioning her daughter, Wan Manyu's eyes reddened and tears fell. However, having made her decision, the fear that had been weighing on her heart all these years and all her complex emotions were finally released. "Third brother, I can't let Hou Bing die. So, after we go in, I'll entrust Wan'er to you and your second brother to take care of."
Wan Manyu's words deeply hurt Wan Yunting. He looked at his elder sister, knowing she had made this decision for Hou Bing, but it also meant that both of them would go to jail!
"Take her to the car first."
Zhou Dong waved, signaling the two female officers to escort Wan Manyu out. They were preparing to go to her home to investigate the first crime scene.
"Yunting, your sister has told us everything, so you can come with us to take a look."
Zhou Dong saw Wan Yunting standing there rigidly, realizing that he had been concealing the truth all along. However, Zhou Dong didn't blame Wan Yunting, understanding it was human nature, as he didn't want to see his elder sister go to prison...
Upon hearing about the situation, Pang Yuan also came out to comfort Wan Yunting for a moment. After the forensic team arrived, Zhou Dong took Wan Manyu to her home.
"Sister-in-law, take Wan'er back first!"
Sitting in the passenger seat, Wan Yunting picked up his phone to call Wang Chulin, but she asked in confusion, "Third brother, what happened?"
"Yes, take Wan'er back first. I'll tell you later."
Wan Yunting said weakly, then hung up the call, looking out the window dejectedly...
Wang Chulin, though confused, did as she was told and took Wan'er back to her own home first.
Soon, Zhou Dong and his team, along with Wan Manyu, returned to her house. This attracted many neighbors to gather around, discussing and pointing fingers...
Wan Yunting and Niu Qiuling followed behind. Wan Manyu led Zhou Dong and the forensic team inside and into the villa's living room. Pointing to the brand-new carpet, she said, "I accidentally killed him right here. There was blood on the floor, but we cleaned and disinfected it..."
As she spoke, two forensic officers lifted the new carpet and sprayed the floor with disinfectant. There was no blood. It seemed that Hou Bing had thoroughly cleaned the bloodstains with disinfectant.
At the same time, the murder weapon, a fruit knife, and the ashtray used to hit Cheng Kai, had actually been meticulously wiped clean of fingerprints by Hou Bing, leaving no usable fingerprint clues from Wan Manyu.
"Anything else?"
Zhou Dong turned and asked Wan Manyu.
However, the scene had been cleaned too well, and not a single useful piece of evidence could be found.
"There's a camera over there!"
Wan Manyu pointed to a decorative shelf next to the TV cabinet, where a camera was hidden. "Cheng Kai installed it secretly to monitor me, but Hou Bing didn't know about this camera."
Zhou Dong and his team became excited. "So, does that mean the camera recorded everything that happened that night?"
"Yes."
Wan Manyu nodded and led them upstairs to the master bedroom. She rummaged through a drawer at the bottom of the wardrobe and took out a mobile phone. This was the phone Cheng Kai used specifically to monitor Wan Manyu.
"Let's see."
Zhou Dong handed the phone to a technical department officer. He examined the phone's various recording software and quickly found the video from the seventh day. Fast-forwarding to 7:30 PM, he indeed saw Cheng Kai appear in the living room, holding a hospital examination report...
"I tore up his examination report," Wan Manyu said.
Zhou Dong nodded and continued watching the video. Soon, Wan Manyu came downstairs, and then Cheng Kai stepped forward and hit her...
This was the same as what she had said in the interrogation room, and it was also similar to Wan Yunting's speculation last night. However, at the end, Cheng Kai tore up his own examination report and fell to the ground, while Wan Manyu accidentally stabbed him with the fruit knife and he collapsed...
"So, this wasn't a premeditated murder, but a mistake made in self-defense when stabbing Cheng Kai..."
The video captured by the camera fully recorded the entire sequence of events that night, and then how Hou Bing disposed of the body, and how Wan Manyu cleaned up the scene...
The video had not been tampered with afterward because Hou Bing had no idea about the camera. Otherwise, he would have destroyed it long ago and not left such important evidence.
"Alright."
Zhou Dong asked the officer to turn off the phone and put it into an evidence bag. He looked at Wan Manyu and sighed, "Let's go."
Wan Manyu asked, "Will this case be retried and judged?"
"Yes."
Zhou Dong nodded. The two female officers led her down. In the living room on the first floor, Wan Yunting, who was with Niu Qiuling, looked ashen. Watching his elder sister being led down, directly taken out, and put into a police car.
"That camera recorded everything that happened that night," Zhou Dong told Wan Yunting. "It's true that your sister accidentally killed Cheng Kai!"
These words made Wan Yunting, who had already prepared himself psychologically, feel once again chilled and powerless.
With irrefutable evidence, there was no point in saying anything more.
"Let's go, we'll talk about it at the police station first."
Zhou Dong said, waved his hand, and let all the police officers exit the villa, taking Wan Manyu back to the police station.
"We should go back too."
Niu Qiuling turned and said to Wan Yunting at the door. Seeing his dejected expression, she knew he was in great pain.
Finally, he sighed, closed the villa's gate, and returned to the police station with Niu Qiuling...
Hou Bing, who had not yet been sent to prison, was being held in the police station's detention room. A police officer opened the door. "Hou Bing, come out for interrogation."
Hou Bing, who was sitting in a chair, raised an eyebrow, stood up, and asked, "Haven't you finished the interrogation already?"
"The real culprit has come forward to confess," the officer said, handcuffing him.
"What..."
Hou Bing's eyes immediately widened, and he became agitated. The two officers immediately restrained him. "Calm down, it won't do you any good..."
"Take me to see her..."
Hou Bing was anxious. He couldn't believe Wan Manyu would do such a thing...
The two officers escorted him out. As they arrived at the interrogation room, he saw Wan Yunting standing at the door and froze, realizing this was true...
"Yunting, your sister, your sister really..." Hou Bing asked, his expression agitated.
Wan Yunting nodded expressionlessly. This left Hou Bing in despair.
The interrogation room door was pushed open. When he saw Wan Manyu sitting inside, still handcuffed, she also looked at Hou Bing standing at the door. Their eyes met, and they both teared up...
"Why, why were you so foolish..."
After a moment, Hou Bing, regaining his composure, shouted at Wan Manyu inside, angrily reproaching her, "Do you know what you've done? You've made all my efforts futile! And Wan'er, can you bear to abandon her and go to jail with me?"
Scolded loudly by the man, Wan Manyu burst into tears, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at Hou Bing. Biting her lip, she said, "I don't want to lose you..."
"Ah..."
At this moment, Hou Bing, who had broken down, lost all his previous calmness. He slammed his fist against the interrogation room door. The two officers quickly pulled him back...
This scene made Wan Manyu sob uncontrollably, and Wan Yunting, watching from outside, also had red eyes and felt immense sadness.
A couple who were supposed to end up together, but due to family changes, they were separated in the end, becoming a pair of ill-fated lovers, which was truly lamentable...