She wanted to care for her husband's feelings, but she was equally concerned about the truth of their daughter's death.

Zheng Kai's face looked somewhat grim, as if he was feeling a tinge of anger towards Luo Fei's forceful tactics.

Seeing this, Zhou Dabao couldn't help but want to say some good words on his behalf, but was stopped by a glance from Zhao Donglai.

He had spent the most time with Luo Fei and understood his temperament.

During investigations, he would never deliberately make things difficult for the victim's family using such an aggressive tone.

So if he insisted on having Zheng Kai recount the incident again, he must have his reasons, and naturally they needed to cooperate.

"Both of you, our comrade's point is not wrong; if you truly love your daughter, you must cooperate with us, the police."

"Honey, why don't you just talk to the comrades?"

Wang Yu nudged Zheng Kai.

Only then did Zheng Kai reluctantly speak.

"It was around six in the afternoon that day, I returned home after delivering goods…"

"Do you remember exactly what time at six?" Luo Fei interrupted.

"…Five minutes past six."

"Alright, please continue."

"I got home after delivering goods, heard water running in the bathroom, thought the kid was taking a bath, so I went to rest in the bedroom. After about half an hour… I felt something was wrong, and when I rushed in, I found her submerged in the water."

"Then I called 120, picked her up, and ran down to the hospital. When we arrived, the doctor said it was too late."

"I heard Zheng Yue had mentioned having suicidal thoughts in front of you more than once. Could you describe that to us?"

"She said she didn't do well in her college entrance exams, that her life was ruined or something… I told her not to think too much, that life isn't just about studying."

"From what you're saying, it seems like Zheng Yue often sought you out for heart-to-heart talks?"

"Pretty much, her mom is stricter, so whenever she had something on her mind, she would usually tell me."

"Alright, I see. Oh, I forgot to ask, when you found Zheng Yue submerged in the bathtub, was she facing up, sideways, or how was it? Could you please describe it in detail in the bathroom?"

"I can." Zheng Kai nodded unwillingly, his eyes showing resistance.

However, in everyone's eyes, his reluctance seemed to be just an attempt to avoid painful memories.

They followed him to the bathroom, and sure enough, saw a bathtub about 1.5 meters long against the wall.

"When I came in, there was water all over the bathtub and floor, Yueyue was lying face up in the bathtub, completely submerged…"

As Zheng Kai described the scene when he found Zheng Yue, Luo Fei didn't find any inconsistencies, implying he likely wasn't lying.

It seemed that when he returned, Zheng Yue was indeed in such a state.

Afterwards, Luo Fei asked the couple some more questions, and then everyone took their leave.

After leaving their home, Zhao Donglai couldn't hold back any longer, "Luo Fei, did you notice something off?"

"Chief Zhao, there's something wrong with Zheng Kai, I think we should investigate him thoroughly."

Having expected him to say this, Zhao Donglai was unsurprised and just asked plainly, "How so? Neither Zhou Fan nor I found any issues with him."

While Luo Fei was persistently probing Zheng Kai earlier, he had quickly exchanged thoughts with Zhou Fan.

Zhou Dabao and the others perked up their ears at his words, full of curiosity and surprise.

After all, they had already ruled out Zheng Kai's suspicion, why would Luo Fei still doubt him?

By now, everyone had settled into the car, and Luo Fei didn't need to worry about being overheard.

"It's simple, first off, his behavior is odd, though he is very sad, did you notice that he purposely avoids topics related to Zheng Yue's death, and was even very resistant to my requests to review the case details."

"That could simply mean he's heartbroken, and therefore resists revisiting painful memories repeatedly."

"Wrong, the heartbreak is real, and the sadness is real, but it's not the pain and sorrow causing his refusal to reminisce; I believe it's a sense of guilt."

He paused before continuing, "Consider this, if we were in his position, with the unclear death of a daughter, would you be more grief-stricken, or more determined to uncover the truth behind her death?"

"Well... I think I'd definitely want to get to the bottom of things."

"I think so too, at least I'd want to understand why she passed away."

"Exactly, since everyone feels the same, including Wang Yu, why does Zheng Kai react differently?"

"Of course, one might say it's because Zheng Yue had suicidal thoughts... but consider his statement, Zheng Yue usually preferred confiding in him over her mother."

"This suggests that she trusted and relied on her father more than her mother, and he seemingly cared deeply for his child. So how could such a father be indifferent upon knowing his daughter had suicidal thoughts?"

"He would at least caution his wife to keep an eye on Zheng Yue's emotional state, yet he never mentioned it to his wife."

"Besides, dismissing the fact that he rushed to cremate her as a separate issue for now, but did you notice, their home was just upstairs, yet what could have been solved with a quick shout, he only informed Wang Yu after the hospital declared her dead. Does that seem reasonable to you?"

"The way you put it, there certainly appear to be many suspicious points."

"Comrade Luo Fei, we also asked Zheng Kai about this last issue; he explained it was because he was scared and couldn't think of anything else."

"Initially being scared is normal, but during the long journey from home to the hospital, I don't believe he lacked the rationality to inform the child's mother; I'm more convinced that he was deliberately delaying informing Wang Yu about Zheng Yue's death."

"But we investigated him prior…"

"Captain Zhou, you might not have considered that there's a crime called accessory. Zheng Kai didn't do the act himself, he might simply be covering for the real culprit."

"Therefore, I suggest we carry out a detailed investigation into Zheng Kai, look into where he's been over the past six months, whom he's interacted with, with a focus on his personal emotional history."

If an enemy killed Zheng Yue, Zheng Kai would have no reason to cover for the murderer.

But if it was someone important to him, like a lover, his cover-up would make sense.

Especially if this lover might be expecting his child or something.

Don't think it's melodramatic, because outrageous cases like this are quite common in reality.

"Alright, I'll immediately instruct Zhao Hai and the others to handle it."

Having said that, Zhou Dabao hurriedly added, "I'll ask our colleagues to help as well."

"By the way, Captain Zhou, have you investigated if any strangers entered or left Zheng Yue's home on the day of the incident?"

"We already conducted interviews regarding this; the neighbors on both sides mentioned they hadn't noticed anything…"

"In that case, let's leave that matter for now, and address it again once we have leads on Zheng Kai. Remember to also check his communications and bank transactions from the past three months."

Saying this, Luo Fei seemed to think of something, and added, "Also have Group Leader Liao issue a notice for assistance, check if there have been any large purchases of sleeping pills in local hospitals over the past six months."

Immediately following Luo Fei's suggestion, Zhao Donglai assigned tasks to everyone.

Later, Luo Fei, together with Zhang Wei and others, conducted inquiries around the town, indirectly gathering information on Zheng Kai's daily character.

Whether he's really good at concealing himself or there's something else to it, his reputation surprisingly was unanimously positive, seen as a good husband and father by everyone in town.

Without the Eye of Sin, Luo Fei might have wavered in his suspicion against him.

By around four o'clock, everyone returned to the county.

This time, to facilitate the investigation, Zhao Donglai decided that everyone would temporarily stay in the county for the next few days.

Fortunately, the county's criminal police team had a few spare dormitories, so housing wasn't much of an issue.

Two more days passed, and they finally made progress.

"Chief Zhao, after interviewing Zheng Kai's network, we discovered that apart from a first love before marriage, he showed no signs of extramarital affairs after marriage."

"We checked his address book, his communications over the past three months revealed nothing unusual, apart from contact with family and friends."

"However, his bank card had a transfer record of 10,000 yuan on July 1st."

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