Chapter 691: Account Thief, Torturer!

There are too many unexplained aspects of the case.

So much so that Chen Xiao himself didn’t know if his thoughts at the moment were just trying to be clever.

But there’s no doubt that if he follows what he’s thinking now, then perhaps the case might suddenly become much simpler and clearer.

There’s no so-called particularly prominent motive for committing the crime.

Nor is there any entanglement or involvement between the deceased, the killer, and the people involved.

There’s just this bad seed, who’s always tried to do something that would shock many people.

And at the same time as he had this thought, he was also very interested in a certain field, and coincidentally, the top scholar in that field, Yuan Keyu, happened to come to Xiaozhuang South Town.

And they lived in the same building!

All of this required many coincidences for the events to happen.

The more Chen Xiao thought about it, the more ridiculous it seemed, but he couldn’t suppress this ridiculous feeling, so much so that he walked over to Sang Yupeng.

Sun Zhou was questioning Sang Yupeng, his words were quite severe.

"Sang Yupeng, you’ve been inside before, you should know what it’s like in there, so you must think carefully about what’s happening with the surveillance?"

"I really don’t know, Captain Sun, I only learned about such things from Hong Kong movies. So this kind of high-tech thing, if someone tampered with it, I really can’t tell."

Sun Zhou looked at Sang Yupeng’s helpless face, which was even a bit angry, and spoke again in a deep voice:

"Have you always been the one to keep the surveillance footage?"

"Let’s put it this way, when I first had someone come to install it, they explained it to me once. Ever since then I’ve never tinkered with it, so when you came last time, I asked you to pull it yourself, because I didn’t know a thing!"

Sang Yupeng shrugged his shoulders.

Sun Zhou stared at him coldly.

It was unclear whether it was Sun Zhou’s skeptical gaze that angered Sang Yupeng, or if he was just really upset, he simply said:

"Captain Sun, if you really don’t believe me, then go ahead and arrest me, it’s not my first time inside, and it’s certainly not my first time being wrongly accused!"

"Your first prison sentence was unlucky, but not unjust. Who told you to have a big fire here, who told you not to pay attention to fire safety?"

"Haha, if you told me this on a normal day, I’d nod and agree with you. But today, I’m really not feeling it. If you think my fire safety is lacking, then you go find out... out of a hundred buildings on this street, only five fully comply with fire safety, otherwise, I won’t be named Sang!"

Sang Yupeng was truly angry.

Which left Sun Zhou momentarily speechless.

Chen Xiao wanted to interrupt, but thought maybe he should see what Sun Zhou would say next.

Sun Zhou took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it to Sang Yupeng and said:

"Old Sang, you know this case is really huge. In my heart, I’ve always thought you were innocent. But, we need to sort this out, don’t we?"

"The incident happened in your building, and now we’ve found out your surveillance was tampered with, shouldn’t I be asking you?"

Sang Yupeng thought for a moment, then said solemnly: "I really don’t know which bastard did this, why do unlucky things keep finding me? If he was standing in front of me now, I’d drown him in a cesspit."

"Alright, saying such things is useless. Think carefully, among the tenants in your building, is there anyone who is usually interested in technology?"

As soon as Sun Zhou asked this question, Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up.

But what surprised Chen Xiao more was that Sun Zhou added more criteria:

"The person should be quite young, usually likes to hang out at internet cafes, or has their own computer!"

Sun Zhou’s comments seemed ordinary.

But he directly narrowed down the suspect’s age quite a bit!

Before this, no one could provide approximate information about the killer.

But now, anyone who could tamper with the surveillance in this era must be familiar with network technology and security equipment like surveillance systems.

The probability of older people possessing these qualities is significantly lower.

Sang Yupeng thought about it and said: "Old Zhang’s son seems to like hanging out at internet cafes, yes... Old Zhang’s son is pretty good at surfing the web. Old Zhang was always worried sick because his son didn’t like studying and only liked going online, dragged the kid out to work in their workshop a couple of years ago."

"But this year, it seems Old Zhang’s family came into some money. I heard... I heard from someone that his son apparently hacked someone’s account, then sold an account for almost a hundred thousand!"

Chen Xiao raised an eyebrow.

In this era, online games indeed gradually became popular and trending.

And gaming accounts, game equipment, all became ways for many gamers to make money.

Selling an account for a hundred thousand in 2006 sounds exaggerated, but it’s quite real!

"Does that little Zhang live on the fourth floor? Does little Zhang know your son Sang Xiaoming?"

"Yes, his family rents the fourth floor, and he has some connections with Xiaoming."

"Where are they settled now?" It was Sun Zhou’s turn to pursue.

Sang Yupeng replied: "After the incident and the building was sealed, they were all arranged at the Hongxiang Hotel."

Sun Zhou didn’t hesitate: "What are Old Zhang and little Zhang’s names?"

"Old Zhang Xueqing, little Zhang is named Zhang Si."

Sun Zhou didn’t say any more, as he took out his car keys from his pocket and headed downstairs."

Chen Xiao didn’t follow, Sang Yupeng seemed somewhat surprised:

"Mr. Chen, why aren’t you going with him?"

"I want to learn more about this boy named Zhang Si from you, in the time you’ve known him, has he been a particularly aggressive person? For instance, does he like to abuse small cats and dogs? Furthermore, does he seem to be very indifferent towards human relationships?"

Sang Yupeng immediately shook his head: "Though I don’t allow Xiaoming to play with Zhang Si, that doesn’t mean Zhang Si is a bad kid. He just doesn’t like studying and loves the internet, but the child’s heart is very kind. The tenants in the building all like him, and he also enjoys helping others."

"As for abusing cats and dogs, I don’t know about that. What I know is that around here, you often see some dead cats and dogs."

"Some cats and dogs had their eyes dug out, some had their limbs cut off. Once, when I was passing under a big tree, a cat’s head fell from the tree and scared me to death!"

Chen Xiao’s eyes already glinted with a cold light when Sang Yupeng said that there were often dead cats and dogs nearby.

He is not a pet lover.

But that doesn’t mean he accepts the abuse of animals.

Furthermore, animal abuse and not liking animals are two very different concepts.

The mind of an abuser is definitely dark in certain places.

Their abuse hints that deep down, a seed of bloodlust has already sprouted!