How I Tamed My Wolfish Husband Back in 80s-Chapter 424 - 426: Begging for Mercy_1

Three days later, Cao Liwan ran to the school, knocked on the door of Li Qiao’s dormitory, and broke down in tears, begging for mercy:

"Li Qiao, I was wrong. I was temporarily blinded by nonsense, and I hope you can forgive me."

Li Qiao crossed her arms and looked on with calm disinterest at Cao Liwan.

After a few moments, she let out a cold snort, "If the investigation hadn’t pointed to you, would you genuinely admit your mistake? The last time you spread rumors about my pregnancy, and when the school didn’t punish me, you had people from outside the school harass me. It almost drove my grandmother to a nervous breakdown. Why didn’t you think of stopping then? Now that you’ve been caught red-handed, you think of apologizing. It’s too late!" With that, she closed the door.

Cao Liwan cried uncontrollably.

This incident of hiring people wasn’t her fault.

Gu Weimin’s unit was next to hers, and since they met often, she told him about Li Qiao’s pregnancy and the lack of school punishment.

Actually, those groups of people had been instructed by him, but she didn’t dare involve Gu Weimin, so she could only beg Li Qiao again, pounding on the door, "Li Qiao, I’m begging you, let’s just forget this matter, otherwise it will greatly affect my future work."

"Does it not greatly affect me?" Li Qiao was complaining when a colleague from the Criminal Investigation Team came looking for her.

"Li Qiao, what are you doing? We need your advice on a case."

Li Qiao opened the door to find a colleague from the Criminal Investigation Team named Mao Jun. "I still have classes this afternoon, can I come over after they finish?"

"Sure, don’t forget."

"Okay."

After Mao Jun left, Li Qiao said, "See? To highlight my excellence and silence the gossip, the school agreed to the Criminal Investigation Team’s request. Now, not only do I have to manage my studies, but I have to solve cases, write reports, do research, and complete tasks set by professors. It’s all because of you that I have more to do every day than I can manage."

Cao Liwan pleaded, "Isn’t a heavy workload a good thing? You even get paid for it." She didn’t believe Li Qiao would work for nothing.

"The little salary that the Criminal Investigation Team pays is nothing compared to my partner’s leg hair," Li Qiao retorted as she went back to grab her books and left.

Cao Liwan tried to follow her but was ignored.

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After class ended.

Li Qiao cycled towards the Criminal Investigation Team.

As soon as she left the school gate, Cao Liwan came up to her: "Li Qiao...."

Li Qiao sped up her cycling and arrived at the entrance of the Criminal Investigation Team, took out her work badge, hung it around her neck, and the security checkpoint immediately opened the door for her. Cao Liwan was left outside, stamping her feet in frustration, but in reality, this incident could not affect her job.

As a formal employee of her unit, the procedure to dismiss her was very complicated.

If it wasn’t for the sake of future promotions, she wouldn’t bother enduring this with Li Qiao.

She took a moment to compose herself and said, "I am an alumnus of the girl you just let in, can you let me in too?"

"This is a place of official business; unrelated personnel are not allowed in."

Cao Liwan: "What kind of cases has she worked on?"

"Aren’t you her alumnus? Shouldn’t you know?"

Cao Liwan was at a loss for words and decided to wait some more.

Li Qiao entered the office hall, found her place, and started reviewing the materials on the desk.

At a fishpond on the outskirts of the city, an angler noticed a large flesh-colored shadow floating on the surface of the lake and thought it was a person, so he called the police.

The team went out upon receiving the message.

They fished out a headless man.

There were multiple stab wounds on his body.

Around the pond, they discovered bloodstains and signs of a struggle, leading them to believe it was the primary crime scene. The killer had murdered the victim and then dumped the body into the pond, but unfortunately, the head was not retrieved.

The forensic team estimated, based on the state of the corpse’s decomposition, that the victim had been dead for over a week.

And because the victim had a sturdy build, the forensic pathologist speculated he was a young man between thirty and thirty-five years of age.

They examined the records of missing persons in the city from the past half-month and didn’t find any match, leading them to suspect the victim was from outside the city.

In the vast sea of humanity, without a confirmed identity for the victim, the case reached a standstill.

Li Qiao looked through the photos of the deceased and felt inexplicably nauseous.

But she still persisted and noticed something odd – the victim was wearing three layers of socks. "Why would this person wear so many layers of socks? Isn’t that uncomfortable?" she wondered.

"Isn’t it natural to wear more when it’s cold?"

Li Qiao: "From your discovery until now, and including the time of his death, that’s been half a month. It wasn’t that cold back then, and moreover, they had already started heating the buildings."

"Some people are naturally colder and fear the cold; besides, there’s no central heating in the suburbs. They only start heating their kang beds when it snows, so they have to wear more clothing."

"But his clothing isn’t that abundant, and given his robust build, he should be more cold-resistant," Li Qiao said.

Everyone found this reasoning sound.

"Have you made any discoveries?"

Li Qiao shook his head, "Not for the moment. I’m thinking of checking out the crime scene. Who will come with me?"

Mao Yawen said, "Let Mao Jun accompany you. He’s the least busy today."

"Okay."

"...."

As soon as Li Qiao and Mao Jun stepped out of the door, Cao Liwan approached them again, "Li Qiao, help me out."

Li Qiao said sternly, "Get moving, or I’ll call the police and accuse you of harassing me."

Cao Liwan was quite upset.

But Li Qiao was currently in the criminal investigation department, so she didn’t dare to act rashly and silently followed them.

......

Li Qiao glanced at her but remained silent.

He was focused on heading to the scene with Mao Jun. Upon arrival, he noticed that the location was not far from Qin Jin’s shoe factory. He observed the surrounding area—sparse in population, abundant in greenery, making it an ideal spot for a crime.

After surveying the area, he suggested he and Mao Jun simulate the scene.

"Let’s assume I’m the victim, and you want to kill me; go on, just like that."

Mao Jun, "I wouldn’t kill you." She’s too pretty; even making her cry makes me feel guilty.

Li Qiao smiled, "Then I’ll kill you."

"All right."

Li Qiao wrapped his arm around Mao Jun’s neck from behind and pretended to strangle him.

Cao Liwan, who was hiding not too far away, wished she had a camera. If she could capture this scene, she wondered how Li Qiao would continue to be so arrogant.

Mao Jun pretended to fall, and Li Qiao also pretended to drag him toward the pond.

Traces of dragging and footprints were left on the ground.

As they neared the riverbank,

Li Qiao released him, and he stood up.

Mao Jun took a look and said, "The drag marks around the crime scene are very shallow. If someone was killed here and dragged to the river, the traces would definitely be much more pronounced. It hasn’t rained in Beijing for over half a month; the marks shouldn’t be this faint. Could it be that this isn’t the primary crime scene?"

Li Qiao, "That’s what I’m thinking too. I reckon the two of them first had a fight here, and later the killer murdered the victim elsewhere, carried the body here, and threw it into the river."

Mao Jun, "The victim was pretty strong. Wouldn’t the person who carried him be even stronger?"

Li Qiao agreed, "That’s why we should consider the security guards in the nearby factories as suspects. I’m targeting the security personnel in their factory—they are all ex-military."

"Let’s go back and discuss."

"Okay."

The two of them returned.

Cao Liwan followed them again. Mao Jun asked, "What are you doing? Why are you following us?"

Cao Liwan thought to herself, if I’m here, you will not dare to flirt in front of me, but if I’m not here, who knows what you might do. She pursed her lips and said, "I’m Li Qiao’s classmate."

Li Qiao confirmed, "Yes, a classmate from school, the one who spreads rumors. Who knows what she’ll say when she gets back, after what we just did."

Mao Jun, with a stern face, "If she dares to slander a member of the criminal investigation team, our department won’t let her get away with it."

Cao Liwan looked at Li Qiao with a drastically changed expression as Li Qiao’s face bore a smile that wasn’t quite a smile; she couldn’t help but grip the steering wheel tightly. Damn Li Qiao, she was sure he had brought her along deliberately so this male colleague could warn her.

What if Li Qiao’s animosity affects her promotions in the future?

Damn woman!

Too vicious!

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