Chapter 167 - 167 160 Sabotage_3

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167: Chapter 160: Sabotage_3 167: Chapter 160: Sabotage_3 “The person I stabbed in the building in Ningtai County?” Li Jianye’s face showed indifference. Liu Wenkai instantly felt satisfied. Just this word “stab” already indicated that the killer was very likely him. If he wasn’t at the scene, how would he know that the victim Hu Lei was stabbed with a mop handle? “What did you stab him with?” Liu Wenkai asked on the spot. “A mop,” said Li Jianye as he smoked and blew smoke rings. Thus, the murder weapon was also confirmed. Liu Wenkai then asked about the motive, “Why did you want to kill Hu Lei?” “I didn’t mean to kill him, I just wanted some money,” replied Li Jianye calmly. “I pretended to be from a debt collection agency, told him to withdraw some cash. He only took out a little over three thousand. When I demanded more, he made such a fuss about it.” As Li Jianye spoke, he shook his head with a look of reproach as if blaming the young man for not knowing any better. Liu Wenkai’s eyelids twitched, “Pretending to be from a debt collection agency, what do you mean by that?” “I just posed as someone from a debt collection agency to collect money from those who owe high-interest loans. I used to work in a collection agency and later I thought, making money is so easy, why should I work for the company? It’s much better if I do it myself.” “You demanded money without having any debt claims?” “What need is there for debt claims? Just having the debtor’s list is enough,” Li Jianye said with pride. “Nowadays, companies are all so timid, just blasting contact lists; what good does that do? If you go directly to their doors to ask for money, none of these people who took out online loans will refuse to pay.” “So, you took the money but didn’t settle their debts?” “Settling debts is their business, why should it concern me?” Li Jianye said with a grin. Liu Wenkai wanted to say that this guy was basically committing robbery, but then, wasn’t using the guise of a debt to rob actually more effective than outright robbery? “Where did you get the list of debtors from?” Liu Wenkai couldn’t help but ask another question. “They are sold online,” replied Li Jianye before smacking his lips and adding, “The IDs were bought online too.” “Hmm...” Liu Wenkai was made uncomfortable by Li Jianye’s candidness. He took a moment to adjust his breathing before asking again, “Hu Lei gave you more than three thousand yuan, but you still killed him. Why?” “He climbed up to the window himself,” said Li Jianye with a laugh, his tone mocking. “At the time, I was holding the mop handle, just planning to scare him a bit. But the kid climbed up himself and even threatened me, saying he’d jump if I pressured him any further.” Li Jianye’s eyes became dreamy as he reminisced, “Watching him climb onto the window with no one else around, I started laughing.” Li Jianye then brought back his mocking smile, “I thought to myself, isn’t this just perfect...” Liu Wenkai waited a minute before asking, “Perfect for what?” “Perfect for a perfect murder. Don’t people online always talk about this?” Li Jianye said as his smile faded, his tone regretful. “But I shouldn’t have stabbed him, should I? There was a mark on his chest during the autopsy? I just scared him a little, and when he didn’t fall, I had no choice but to stab him.” Liu Wenkai watched his expression grow more and more pleased, more and more satisfied, and felt a wave of disgust inside. Liu Wenkai intentionally interrupted him, “Did you return to the crime scene afterwards?” “You found out?” Li Jianye laughed indifferently. Without answering, Liu Wenkai simply asked, “Why did you go back there?” “It’s not often you get to do such a beautiful job. I wanted to admire it, take a few photos, keep them as souvenirs.” Li Jianye’s expression grew increasingly deranged. Liu Wenkai sighed. In other words, this guy still had evidence of his crime on his cell phone. At that moment, Liu Wenkai thought of the luggage he saw earlier, which also contained items like scarves and ropes, and he promptly stood up and went out the door, reminding Captain Huang Qiangmin outside, “Captain Huang, the items in his luggage might be the murder weapons from the crime scene.”

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