Seeing more and more flaws appearing in Jian Yongwang's statements, this guy was about to pay the necessary price for his lies.
Finally, he stammered, and Zhang Keying slapped the table directly: "If you keep concealing, be careful that we'll convict you then. It's still not too late to confess now!"
"Don't convict me! I beg you, if he hadn't threatened me that day, and is threatening me again now, I wouldn't have helped, really, I'm also a victim!"
Jian Yongwang's attitude suddenly changed, and he became flustered.
Finally opening his inner world, my tone softened slightly: "What exactly happened?"
"It was my shift that day, wasn't it? I was sleeping in bed when I suddenly felt someone strangling my neck. I initially thought I was dreaming, but the feeling was very clear. I was startled awake. When I woke up, I found someone behind me holding me hostage. Then he dragged me out of the management room and took me near those Siberian tigers. I kept begging for mercy at first, asking what the guy wanted to do. He told me not to yell and held a dagger to my neck. I was scared and kept quiet. Only when he brought me next to the tigers did he say: 'Stand here!' I couldn't resist at all, so I did as he said. Who knew, as soon as I stood there, he took out many plastic bags from behind him and threw the meat chunks out like pork. I was in a patch of grass at the time, perhaps that's why the surveillance didn't capture my actual body there, only my shadow."
We had previously checked the surveillance angles, and they matched Jian Yongwang's account. But why would the body dumper need someone to stand there and watch? Was it to have an audience? Or was he worried someone might pass by? To have Jian Yongwang keep watch?
However, I thought the former was more likely. After all, this was the first time the body dumper had done this. He wouldn't be so foolish this time. The more people who knew about his actions, the easier it would be for him to be exposed. Even if I were the killer, I wouldn't do that.
I speculated, did the killer now want someone to witness the disposal of bodies? Or was there another possibility? I couldn't figure it out at the time.
Unless the situation was entirely different from what Jian Yongwang described, and he was an accomplice!
I stared sternly at Jian Yongwang. Although I didn't speak, the scrutinizing gaze from my eyes was enough to make anyone with a guilty conscience feel uneasy. As expected, Jian Yongwang also became flustered under my gaze.
"Are you lying again!" I pierced through the wall of lies he had so painstakingly built, like a drill bit digging into his soul.
Under my fierce assault, this wall of lies finally crumbled.
"You really can't hide anything from me, Detective He. I recognized you from the start. You're that genius detective, aren't you?"
"Stop with the nonsense. If I'm not mistaken, you're in cahoots with the killer. Although he's not an animal keeper, your help made him very familiar with the environment there. You assisted the killer in choosing that location for body disposal, didn't I, Mr. Jian!"
Completely seen through, Jian Yongwang had no room to struggle anymore: "Yes, you're right. In fact, I wasn't threatened at all. I fully cooperated with him and came next to the Siberian tigers. But the Siberian tigers didn't roar when they saw a stranger. You can't explain that, can you?"
"Heh heh, we actually tested their blood. You gave them anesthetic injections. As soon as these test results came out, I knew you were an accomplice. Because if you were the one disposing of the body, you wouldn't have needed to tamper with the Siberian tigers. The only explanation is that someone from outside came."
Upon hearing my deduction, Jian Yongwang's eyes widened. He let out a long sigh. Perhaps at this moment, he realized that his petty cleverness was utterly insignificant.
He exhaled heavily: "I wasn't threatened. In fact, I was one of them from the beginning. But don't think you can dig out information about their internal affairs from me. I don't know!"
"Oh? Why do you say that? Could it be that the person behind this is a gang? And you're just a small fry within?"
Zhang Keying continued the interrogation.
"You could put it that way, but the specifics aren't that simple. These are just superficial things. To be honest, I joined for money at first. The task was simple: provide them with a place for body disposal! Of course, this time it happened to be our turf."
"Don't you think that's very dangerous? If it was your workplace, we would have suspected you immediately!" I added.
Jian Yongwang shook his head: "I don't know either. That was their idea. I was the same as you back then. But they said they definitely wouldn't be able to trace it back to me."
My mind raced. Could those people have done it intentionally? But if Jian Yongwang was caught, he could easily betray them. This would bring them no benefit at all. Considering their previous actions, I thought it was unlikely.
If it were me, I would never choose such a place for body disposal, unless it held some special meaning and they had to do it this way.
But did this connect to the other disposal sites?
We had originally found clues from the body disposal sites, yet now we seemed to be stuck on this point.
As we left the interrogation room, Zhang Keying also followed. Like me, she felt Jian Yongwang was still hiding something, but given the current situation, he wouldn't say any more.
When we went to find other animal keepers, their reactions were similar. The information they provided was even more useless. It was clear that within their ranks, only Jian Yongwang knew some details. The others, apart from their work, had almost no contact with this case.
We could only track Jian Yongwang's movements. Regardless of the reasons behind those people's actions, anyone who had contact with Jian Yongwang would eventually reveal a flaw.
With the efforts of He Xin and Yuan Hezhi, it was discovered that Jian Yongwang had been meeting with a woman recently. And this woman was none other than Guan Shansong, one of the...
For some reason, when I couldn't find her, I again requested to meet with Jian Yongwang. However, he was now in the interrogation room.
This guy had the suspicion of being an accomplice, and he had admitted it himself. I decided to use this to my advantage and said to him: "Jian Yongwang, you shouldn't miss your chance for leniency for people like this, should you? I know you're an accomplice, but if you tell us Guan Shansong's location now, we might be able to reduce your sentence. Given your situation, it would be at most ten-plus years. If it's reduced, you might be out soon. Don't think I haven't investigated your background. Although you're divorced, you still have two daughters to support."
I thought that by hitting his weakness, he would tell me everything. However, he indifferently said with a look of preparedness: "I don't know her location at all. I'm just a minor player, and my daughters have long been taken care of. Don't try to threaten me with this. I had already anticipated my capture, so I've made arrangements for everything. Hahaha, Officer He, are you very disappointed now?"
"I'm not disappointed, only despair for you. You're refusing even this opportunity. Then don't regret it. If Guan Shansong cannot be found, then I'm sorry, the final outcome will be all the charges being pushed onto you alone. You should understand very well what that means?"
I once again used the condition to threaten him, but this was the truth. It all depended on Jian Yongwang's decision. After all, the words were on his lips. Even if he refused to speak, what could we do to him?