Chapter 1043: She Forced Me to Divorce, So I Had No Choice But to Kill Her

Wang Zhaokai took out a photo: "Take a look at this person. Do you remember them?"

Wang Ya took the photo and looked at it carefully.

After a while, she said: "I have a vague impression. He seems to have been someone working part-time at the mooncake factory, and he rented a place from us with another woman for a while."

"But later, both of them moved out. Right, that woman seemed to be surnamed Zhao, like Zhao Xiaowan?"

Wang Zhaokai nodded: "Yes, that’s her!"

Wang Ya nodded: "This Zhao Xiaowan came again once, but she left after just one night."

Came once more?

And left after just one night?

Wang Zhaokai and Lu Chuan were thrilled upon hearing this!

"When did this happen?"

"I forget exactly when, it was many years ago, but she came back with that tall guy who rented one of our rooms, named Gao Feng, and stayed one night."

Gao Feng!

Damn it!

He finally surfaced!

"Can you tell us the details?"

"This woman and Gao Feng seemed to be a temporary couple, and when they arrived that day, they had a big fight, so it left a deep impression on me."

Wang Ya continued: "I heard that woman had run away from home, intending to marry this man, but he had a family, a wife, and children, and didn’t want a divorce or to elope with her."

After their fight that night, the woman didn’t come back the next day, and within a few days, the man also canceled the lease, and I never saw him again.

Wang Ya provided an extremely important clue.

Ever since Zhao Xiaowan disappeared from Dongjiang, there had been no clues on how she came to Haizhou City.

In other words, since Zhao Xiaowan’s disappearance, although Gao Feng was already in the line of sight of the main suspect in the disappearance and murder of Zhao Xiaowan,

there was no direct witness or material evidence of a meeting between him and Zhao Xiaoman.

The circumstances at the crime scene, including the injuries on Zhao Xiaowan’s skull, could only deduce the physical characteristics of the suspect, but couldn’t pinpoint a specific person.

Not anymore.

Now that Wang Ya confirmed that Zhao Xiaowan was with Gao Feng, Gao Feng must explain where she disappeared to later.

"Do you remember the exact date?"

Exact date?

Wang Ya shook her head.

"I... can’t remember the exact date."

However...

After thinking for a moment, Wang Ya went inside and brought out a pile of papers.

"These are the temporary lease agreements I signed over the years, which have the date when Gao Feng moved out."

The date?

Great!

After taking out the leases related to Gao Feng’s rental, they saw the last departure date was June 29th, nine years ago.

Good!

This meant the time he moved out coincided with Zhao Xiaowan’s disappearance.

According to current clues, the specific disappearance date of Zhao Xiaowan was June 25th.

On June 25th, nine years ago, Zhao Xiaowan said she was going out to buy groceries and never returned.

Then according to the landlord, Zhao Xiaowan stayed with Gao Feng from June 26th to 28th.

But after a big fight, Zhao Xiaowan left and was never seen again, and Gao Feng left the residence one or two days later.

"Director Lu, should we arrest him now?"

Lu Chuan nodded affirmatively.

Previously, the reason for questioning rather than arresting was due to a lack of direct evidence.

But now it’s different, for one, Gao Feng’s left-handed characteristic matches the suspect’s physical traits.

On the other hand, there’s Wang Ya’s confirmation, that on June 26-27, nine years ago, Gao Feng and Zhao Xiaowan were together here and they had a serious argument.

After that, Zhao Xiaoman was never seen, and Gao Feng moved out, making him a prime suspect.

Now, with a witness, Gao Feng can’t deny it.

Gao Feng was arrested at his home.

"What right do you have to arrest me?"

What right?

Wang Zhaokai sneered: "Gao Feng, you surely don’t think we couldn’t find the place you rented with Zhao Xiaowan 9 years ago, do you?"

Rented?

Gao Feng’s expression changed instantly.

"What are you talking about... I don’t... understand..."

Don’t understand?

Wang Zhaokai continued: "We’ve already found the landlord you rented from back then, her name is Wang Ya, right? When Zhao Xiaowan left Dongjiang, she had a big fight with you in the rental, so the landlord remembers it vividly."

Upon hearing the landlord’s name, Gao Feng instantly wilted.

"Husband... what are they saying?"

Gao Feng’s wife came out of the room, looking nervously at Wang Zhaokai and others.

"My husband is a good man, is this a mistake? Is there some misunderstanding?"

Misunderstanding?

By now, there seemed to be irrefutable evidence of Gao Feng’s crime, how could there be a misunderstanding?

Back then both had families, now Zhao Xiaowan’s remains are not yet cold, and nine years have passed, yet Gao Feng has been living his life, even having two children.

"Gao Feng, let’s go."

Never mind Gao Feng’s family’s despair.

In the interrogation room, facing the camera and interrogators, Gao Feng didn’t resist at all.

"Actually, the first time you found me, I knew I probably couldn’t escape."

Compared to his desperation when arrested at home, Gao Feng looked completely different during questioning, now calm.

"For the past 9 years, I’ve been living in constant fear, seeming to have nightmares every night, dreaming of Zhao Xiaowan coming out of that reservoir to find me."

"I owe her a life, and now it’s time to repay."

Wang Zhaokai personally led the interrogation.

"Why did you kill her?"

By rights, Gao Feng and Zhao Xiaowan were supposed to be lovers, both working at the mooncake factory, then living together, it shouldn’t have come to this.

Moreover, from the current investigation, there weren’t any financial entanglements or disputes between them, how did it become murder?

Gao Feng gave a wry smile.

"I had no choice. When she found me, she said she didn’t want to live with her husband anymore, that she had fled from Dongjiang intending to marry me, to elope, and wanted me to abandon my wife and kids and go with her."

Gao Feng’s motive was simple, Zhao Xiaowan was pushing him to divorce, so he killed Zhang Jiawang.