mtlumby2d Chapter 110 Taking advantage of the situation
Chapter 110 Taking advantage of the situation
"What does whether I hurt the cat have to do with the case?" Liu Cheng's eyes flickered a little.
"Impossible. My husband Liu doesn't even dare to kill a chicken. I'm the one who kills chickens and fishes at home. He must have the guts to hurt a cat." Liu Cheng's wife glanced at Liu Cheng with contempt.
"I'm asking you, Liu Cheng, please answer me truthfully."
"No, I haven't hurt any cats." Luo Cheng waved his hands. Since his wife had said so, what else could he say?
"Really not?" Su Xiaoxiao stared at Liu Cheng's eyes. Suddenly, her left eye twitched and a picture appeared in front of her.
On a dimly lit path, a mother cat was walking with a few kittens. Suddenly, a taxi lost control and rushed over, running straight towards the kittens. The kittens were crushed into meat paste before they could even scream.
A man got out of a car, and the female cat pounced on him and scratched his face with one claw. The man grabbed the female cat's claw in pain and threw it towards a big rock on the side of the road. The female cat fell to the ground with a bleeding head.
"Where did this scar on your face come from?" Su Xiaoxiao pointed at the scar on Liu Cheng's left cheek.
"That day, my old man fell and was scratched by a stone." Liu Cheng's wife helped to explain.
"I didn't ask you." Su Xiaoxiao said in a cold tone, "Liu Cheng, I want you to tell me, did you run over a cat one night?"
"How do you know?!" Liu Cheng blurted out.
He drank a little that night and was afraid of being caught, so he took a secluded path. When he saw the cat, he wanted to hide, but he was drunk and lost control of his feet, so he rushed over instead. He didn't mean to do it, but the female cat scratched him and hurt him, and he lost his grip in shock and pain. When he sobered up and thought about it, he still felt a little scared.
He went there the next day, intending to bury the cats' bodies and let them rest in peace, but he couldn't find them. Perhaps they were taken away by the garbage collector.
They were just a few cats, so he didn't take it too seriously and just let it go.
Under Su Xiaoxiao's gaze, Liu Cheng had to admit that he had hurt the cat.
"At that time, did you tell anyone about hurting the cat, or was it seen by anyone?"
"I drank a little too much that night, and I took that small road to avoid being checked by the traffic police. No one should have seen me." Liu Cheng thought, "I think I told other drivers in the company about this. I reminded them to pay attention to cats on the road when driving at night."
"But what does this have to do with catching the murderer?" Liu Cheng's wife was a little confused when she heard them talking about cats.
"How do you know it's okay? Maybe the murderer is seeking revenge for the cat?!"
After Su Xiaoxiao finished speaking, she didn't say any more to them and left with Xiaoyu and the others.
"Senior Sister, how do you know he ran over a cat?" Xiao Yu was full of curiosity.
"I saw the scratches on his face and thought about his job. If he had hurt a cat, the possibility of him being run over was higher."
"Senior sister, you are really amazing." Xiao Yu looked at him in admiration, "Where are we going now?"
"Go to the road where Liu Cheng ran over the kitten and killed it."
That road is a small road and usually no cars drive in. By walking here, Liu Cheng can just avoid the traffic police at the intersection ahead and return home.
That night, according to Liu Cheng, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening. It was winter then, and few people would stay outside at this time. If there were, they would probably be from nearby.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at the residential building next to her. It was a residential area called Xiangyang. The buildings next to it could all see the path. If the murderer was someone who lived here, he might have witnessed the incident that night.
Of course, this is just a possibility. It is not easy to check the hundreds of households in a community. Besides, even if someone witnessed it, there is no way to prove that he is the murderer.
To be honest, after finding out this, Su Xiaoxiao felt that these people were not completely innocent. A cat’s life is also a life and cannot be taken away at will.
However, she is a criminal police officer, and it is her responsibility to solve the case and catch the murderer. Even if these people are guilty, they should be dealt with according to the law, and the murderer should not be allowed to punish them privately, not to mention that there is a life involved.
Su Xiaoxiao took them to visit the drivers that Liu Cheng mentioned. The drivers were having lunch at the time and were surprised to hear that the police were looking for them.
Two of these drivers were in their thirties, and the other three were in their forties or fifties.
"Oh, we are here for the case of Liu Cheng being injured. We would like to see if you have any clues to provide?" Su Xiaoxiao was very polite.
"You came to ask about this back then. We were just colleagues. We got together during work and went back to our separate homes after get off work. We didn't have much interaction and I didn't know him very well," said an older driver.
"Then do you know if he has any enemies?"
"How would we know? We were also surprised that something happened to him."
Seeing that Su Xiaoxiao didn't ask about the cat after all the questions, Xiao Yu got a little anxious, "Did you hear him say that he ran over a cat?"
Before Su Xiaoxiao could stop him, Xiao Yu had already said it.
"I seem to have heard him say that. He also reminded us to be careful when driving at night. Fortunately, he was just talking to us. If Liu Hui knew about this, he would have scolded him to death." said a driver.
"Why did Liu Hui scold him?"
"Because Liu Hui loves cats the most. You see, he feeds all the stray cats around here, and he often catches the female cats for sterilization. He spends all his money on cats and can't even find a wife. We laugh at him and think he might as well marry a cat."
"Are there any people who love cats so much?" Su Xiaoxiao became interested.
"Of course not. People often throw cats and dogs they don't want here, and he picks them up and raises them," said another driver.
"So do you like cats?" Su Xiaoxiao asked.
"We like it too. I have one at home, but I'm not as crazy as Liu Hui. I have to give my money to my wife, so I dare not spend it on a cat." The young driver's words caused laughter from several other drivers.
"It's a cat's luck to meet a kind-hearted person like Liu Hui." Su Xiaoxiao smiled, then sighed, "Those of you who have cats at home should be careful. Recently, someone has been stealing cats and cutting open their stomachs and stomping off their limbs. It's terrible."
"Ah, who is so cruel?"
"He's a teenager. You said we can't handle this kind of thing. His family has to pay some money and he will be detained for a few days at most. But we're afraid that he will continue to do it after he gets out. We police officers can't do anything about it." Su Xiaoxiao looked helpless.
"Which neighborhood is this? Tell us so we can avoid lightning strikes."
"It's the Xuefu Community on Chunfeng Road." Su Xiaoxiao pointed casually.
On the way back, Xiao Yu said excitedly, "Sister, do you think the murderer is Liu Hui? Are you trying to lure out the snake by telling us about the cat abuse?"
This silly child, she didn't want to mention the cat. The murderer was meticulous and careful, and he had not been discovered for so many years. How could he be so easily fooled?
But Xiao Yu had already said it, so she could only play along, but she was not luring Liu Hui.