Chapter 2157: Chapter 2157: 2158: Puzzling and Confusing

“Has the forensic expert gone yet?”

“They’ve gone, but the family wanted to see the child first, then proceed with the autopsy,” Li Xianghui explained.

“However, the forensic expert made a preliminary observation, combined with their own experience, and came up with a conclusion that aligns with your deduction—the victim was likely choked to death and then dumped into the river.”

“Based on the current situation, the possibility of the family committing the crime has been ruled out. It seems there are no leads left at this point,” Lin Yi pondered.

“Don’t say that; new leads have emerged,” Li Xianghui said:

“We learned from talking to her parents that their living conditions are quite good—they live in a villa in Baoshan District, and they even have a nanny at home. But now, the nanny can’t be contacted. Based on past experience, the nanny is highly suspect; many similar cases have occurred before.”

“If the nanny has disappeared, she’d naturally be the prime suspect; we could file charges and arrest this person.”

“Let’s not rush it. After her relatives arrive and we gather more information, we’ll still have time to make an arrest.”

Lin Yi nodded then sat down on a sofa.

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About twenty minutes later, a black Mercedes-Benz G-class parked in front of the police station.

A young couple, around thirty years old, hurried in from outside.

The woman, both beautiful and shapely, was named Yang Na and was Dong Wanjia’s aunt.

The man standing next to her was her husband, Zheng Rongming, who owned a business providing outsourced services for games, earning a significant income annually.

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“Hello officer, I’m Dong Wanjia’s aunt. I’m looking for your Captain Li,” Yang Na said hurriedly.

“Captain Li is in the office to the right of the entrance. You can find him there.”

“Great, great.”

The couple quickened their pace to the office door.

Li Xianghui stood up, “You must be Dong Wanjia’s aunt and uncle.”

“Yes, yes, that’s us.”

During the response, Yang Na couldn’t help but start crying, taking a while to compose herself.

“Calm down first; crying won’t solve the problem,” Li Xianghui said calmly:

“I hope you can cooperate with our investigation so we can catch the criminal quickly.”

“We will definitely cooperate; we have to catch the murderer.”

Li Xianghui nodded, motioned for them to sit on the sofa, and began gathering information.

“How well do you know your sister’s family situation?”

“We live not far from each other and eat together often. I have a very close relationship with my sister; we talk about everything. If you have any questions, you can ask me.”

“From what I’ve gathered, your sister and brother-in-law traveled to America three days ago and left the child at home. Hadn’t you considered bringing the child over to your place?”

“Normally we would have, but these past few days, our company has been very busy with business trips as well, so we didn’t bring Jiajia over and left her with the nanny to care for.”

“I gathered from talking with your sister that the nanny has gone missing, so she is now a major suspect.”

“On the way here, my husband and I analyzed the situation and felt that the nanny must have done it, it must be her!”

“Why are you so certain? Do you have any evidence?”

“It was about last month, my sister told me about their nanny. The nanny’s mother had a stroke and wanted to borrow 100,000 yuan from my sister. Since the nanny had only been employed for just over two months and they hadn’t built a close relationship yet, such a large request made my sister and her husband quite uncomfortable. They didn’t want to refuse outright but didn’t lend the full amount either, only giving her 30,000 yuan. So the nanny harbored some resentment, took the opportunity of their absence, and committed such a vile act.”

“Let’s calm down for a moment; we have other questions to ask,” Li Xianghui said:

“How was the nanny’s relationship with the child?”

“The relationship was also rather good because our Jiajia is very well-behaved and precocious, making it easy for her to get close to others. There have been three nannies in their home, one after another, and all had good relationships with the child,” Yang Na explained:

“Officer, if you look at the relationship between the child and the nanny, you wouldn’t suspect anything, but her disappearance now clearly points toward her fleeing from guilt. We must bring her in for questioning!”

Lin Yi and Li Xianghui exchanged glances. If Yang Na’s statements were true, this nanny indeed had a motive for murder.

It is highly possible that she first strangled the child and then dumped the body into the river.

With the information now at hand, they had enough to issue an arrest warrant.

“Don’t worry; we’ll definitely catch the murderer. But before that, I have a few more questions,” Li Xianghui said:

“The child has been missing for several days. As her parents and relatives, didn’t you call home during that time? Usually, a phone call would’ve revealed that something was amiss at home.”

This was a crucial question for solving the case, a point fraught with suspicion that must be clarified to proceed with the case.

“To be honest, because of the issue of the nanny borrowing money from my sister, I had a poor impression of her. That, along with our trip and busy work, led to us not sending her WeChat messages to check on the child.”

Yang Na said:

“During this time, I spoke with my sister on the phone. Because they were also busy with work, they didn’t video call the child often but sent photos and short videos frequently. They saw the child outside playing and sleeping, which didn’t appear problematic. If it weren’t for our accidentally coming across the news on TikTok, we wouldn’t have known about this incident.”

Hearing this, Li Xianghui and Lin Yi were taken aback.

Since the death of Dong Wanjia, almost 72 hours had passed. During this time, the child had already died. How could they have seen the photos and videos?

This was extremely strange.

“Do you have videos or photos of the child from the last three days?”

“Yes, yes, but not many.”

Yang Na browsed through her WeChat and then handed her phone to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi and Li Xianghui looked at the videos and photos. Everything seemed normal.

The child appeared well; there were no apparent inconsistencies.

Moreover, from the chat history, all were within the last 72 hours.

But at this time, the child had already met with misfortune. How, then, did these photos and videos come about?