Chapter 674 The Victim's Sister

I am lazy to bother with what these two women are talking about. After a few questions, I found out that Liu Yuning was also married. Knowing she was so happy, the woman felt even more upset, lamenting her own fate. Alas...

Do women always like to compare these things?

I went into Tan Jianzhang's room and rummaged through everything. As a result, I accidentally stepped on something. I looked down and found a wine bottle. Looking further ahead, I discovered even more wine bottles. There were also some wet marks on the bed. I leaned closer and smelled with my keen sense of smell; it was white wine. No wonder his wife said he had been drinking heavily lately. This room was full of wine bottles, and there were some on the bed too. He was truly a bona fide drunkard.

I extracted some white wine with a reagent and then found some hair on the pillow. Since it had no follicles, it wasn't of much use for examination, so I didn't collect it. Later, I rummaged through the pillow and opened the bedside table to check the contents. To my surprise, I found several boxes of condoms.

I originally thought these were used by Tan Jianzhang and his wife in the past. Little did I know that the woman would walk in at that moment. Seeing what I held in my hand, she asked curiously, "How did you find these?"

"In your husband's bedside table."

"What? We haven't used these in a long time, especially since I can't get pregnant anymore. Ah... could it be that he's brought other women home recently?"

Speaking of this, the woman became particularly agitated. She snatched the condoms from my hand as if they were precious jewelry, her expression not one of nervousness, but of intense anger. However, she quickly let out a cold laugh: "It seems he's treating me like this because he has someone else on the side. Hmph. I was worried he was facing difficulties at work or elsewhere. As expected, you men are all like this... I was feeling so sad earlier. What's wrong with me?"

The woman spoke hysterically, like a resentful wife tormented by marriage. Liu Yuning seemed to be infected by her emotions and also became saddened. I sighed inwardly. Now I finally understood the meaning of that saying on Douyin: if you talk to 100 divorced women about marriage, they will all consider it a nightmare. But if you talk to 100 happily married women, the story will be completely different. You can figure out the deeper meaning yourself.

I comforted Tan Jianzhang's wife and then had to turn to comfort Liu Yuning. After leaving and going downstairs, I said to Liu Yuning, "Alright! Don't be like her. Don't worry, I will never change my mind. Even if I die, I will treat you very well. Is that enough?"

"It's not that I'm sad about these things. It's just what's going on with Tan Jianzhang? Could the truth really be as his wife says?"

"It's definitely not. That woman is emotionally unstable right now, and her words are filled with anger, so she's being very irrational. Perhaps Tan Jianzhang does have another woman, but that's not the reason he's become someone else. If I'm not mistaken, speaking from a man's perspective, if you knew you were going to die soon and you were particularly lustful, wouldn't you want to try something before you die..."

I had actually wanted to say "speaking from our male perspective" earlier, but I didn't want Liu Yuning to turn the conversation back on me, so I omitted the word "our." As expected, Liu Yuning didn't get sidetracked. She said, "Are you suggesting that Tan Jianzhang knew he was going to die soon?"

"Yes. Combined with the island case before, could it be that he also did something wrong in the past, and now someone has come back to find him, making him easily susceptible to psychological suggestion?"

"So you still think it was hypnosis, but it's different from Xia Xiaoling's theory."

"No, I don't know the specifics. Perhaps we should talk to more of the victims' families to understand their situations. By comparing them, we might uncover a connection and a breakthrough."

"That's the only way for now. However, we don't need to go to Xia Hou and Xiao Yuande. Before we visit Xia Xiaoling and Dao Zhi Yong, let's visit Qiao Junfeng's family, whom we haven't had a chance to interview yet. Then we can all summarize everything."

"Alright. Where does this person live?"

"Hele Residential Area!"

Soon, we arrived at the designated residential area. To find his specific address, we had to confirm it with the property management department. As we were going upstairs, we encountered someone on the stairs. Although she didn't recognize me, I quickly remembered her because in the detailed information that He Xin had given me about Qiao Junfeng, there was a photo of this person. This was Qiao Junfeng's sister, Qiao Xiao.

I called out her name immediately. She was certainly surprised, as she saw us as strangers. Even though the police had visited before, it wasn't us.

I showed her my police ID, and Qiao Xiao then said, "Oh, so it's the police again. Sigh, how is my brother's case progressing?"

"It's still under investigation. We came personally this time to ask some questions."

"Alright, please come upstairs with us!"

Saying that, Qiao Xiao entered the elevator, and we followed.

The elevator ascended to the 9th floor. After exiting, Qiao Xiao carefully opened her apartment door. I saw she was holding freshly bought daily necessities, suggesting she had just been to the supermarket.

"We're here about your brother's case. Although the police have visited you before, we need to conduct a follow-up investigation."

"I understand. You police officers like to visit and investigate cases multiple times if there's no outcome, right? Where exactly are you in the investigation? Do you still have no leads?"

"It's not easy to explain exactly where we are in the investigation. After all, when investigating a case, if you suddenly find an important clue, you can follow it to solve the case, unlike other jobs. You should understand that, Miss Qiao."

After we exchanged some polite opening remarks as a formality, Qiao Xiao nodded and took out two bottles of cola from the refrigerator, placing them on the coffee table. Next, Liu Yuning asked, "I believe the previous officers might have asked you some questions. However, we're here to ask about a different aspect. For instance, have you recently seen the deceased as if he were hypnotized?"

"Hypnotized? Are you suggesting that my brother's loss of control and car crash wasn't an accident, but because he was previously hypnotized and then re-triggered, causing him to lose control?"

I could tell that the previous police officers probably hadn't asked this, otherwise Qiao Xiao wouldn't be so surprised.

I nodded: "You could say that. Did you notice him mentioning hypnosis or buying books on the subject recently?"

"He doesn't usually like to read. As for hypnosis, I thought he was doing quite well recently. He probably wouldn't have. But on TV, they make it seem like you can be hypnotized or awaken with just a snap of your fingers, right?"