pjbooks Chapter 101 Sun Weixin and Sun Yan's Air Conditioning Business
Chapter 101 Sun Weixin and Sun Yan's Air Conditioning Business
To Feng Dan's surprise, after hearing the time she had recorded, the two policemen not only did not leave, but instead casually found a chair and sat down.
"Ms. Feng, Mr. Feng, and this Mr. Deng, right?" Zhou Yang looked around, his expression serious.
His appearance, however, made the three of them feel somewhat uneasy.
"Let me introduce ourselves again. We are from the First Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ning'an City, specializing in solving homicide cases!"
"In other words, we don't care what you're hiding, but if your own petty thoughts affect the entire investigation, then I don't need to elaborate on the seriousness of the matter!"
"No, it can't be..." Feng Dan replied stiffly.
Feng Qiangqiang quickly took out cigarettes from his pocket and offered them out, but Zhou Yang and Dai Yan refused.
Although those in this business usually have some connections, when it comes to the police and murder cases, their connections are nothing.
Those people will quickly cut ties with them, after all, their specialty is sacrificing pawns to save the king.
"That's good. Now, just answer whatever we ask. It won't take too long, and I believe this is better for both of us." After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he gestured for Dai Yan to begin asking questions.
Under the watchful eyes of the others, Dai Yan suddenly realized that he had just seen Liu Da's shadow in Zhou Yang. This style of speaking and doing things was simply a carbon copy of the other party.
Sure enough, the group was very cooperative at this moment. Although they didn't speak their minds completely, they responded to everything.
At the time, Zhou Yang found it strange that the card and mahjong parlor was so profitable, especially He Yu, who had only been open for a short time before also installing one. After Feng Dan and her brother Feng Qiangqiang explained the situation, things became clearer.
It turns out that the window air conditioner they purchased only required a one-time payment, which included installation, debugging, and subsequent electricity costs.
Yes, the electricity bill!
Sun Weixin, an electrician, somehow managed to make their air conditioning electricity bill only a symbolic amount.
According to Feng Dan's confession, in the four months since the air conditioner was installed, the electricity bill has only increased by a dozen yuan each month compared to when the air conditioner was not installed.
This deal is profitable no matter how you look at it. All things considered, the only expense is the window air conditioner, which costs a little more than 1000 yuan.
"Over 1000 yuan?" Dai Yan frowned. "Are you sure you didn't misremember?"
Feng Dan shook her head. How could she have misremembered? It was all clearly written in her own ledger.
"Did Sun Yan ever mention why air conditioners are so cheap?" Zhou Yang asked.
While such a price may sound like a lot in this day and age, it's important to know that split-type air conditioners are incredibly expensive these days. The kind that Feng Dan installed would cost 3000 to 5000 yuan a new one.
According to Zhou Yang's observation, both this one and the one in He Yu's house looked at least 60% or even 80% new. The outer shell surface was not even yellowed. Logically speaking, the selling price should be around 2000.
Sun Yan would have paid around 2000 to buy them from others, but he only sold them to them for a little over 1000. This doesn't even include his labor, transportation, and other costs.
Zhou Yang even felt that after each installation, when Sun Weixin met with Sun Yan, it wasn't just about drinking and eating; it was about dividing the spoils.
If there's still a profit to be made after all this, then it can only mean one thing: these air conditioners are of dubious origin!
He looked at Feng Dan and the others. He could have guessed this problem, and they couldn't possibly have been unaware of it, but driven by self-interest, they still did it.
As for the electricity bills, Zhou Yang didn't understand them yet, but there were only two possibilities: either someone was paying for them, or they were embezzling state assets and exploiting loopholes.
Regardless of the outcome, they will ultimately face the corresponding punishment. However, Zhou Yang no longer cares about what happens next; other colleagues will handle the aftermath.
......
"Do you think it might be Sun Weixin? Sun and Yan couldn't divide the spoils equally, and they ended up fighting. Sun Weixin was killed by the other party, and his body was thrown into the well."
On the way back to the station, Dai Yan turned to Zhou Yang and analyzed the situation.
"Yes, that's possible!" Zhou Yang nodded, indicating his agreement with Dai Yan's words.
But in his heart, he also had another guess, but he had no evidence to support it.
...After comparing the medical records brought back from the hospital by Liu Chengyu with Wang Zhenhai's autopsy report, the identity of the deceased whose remains were found was confirmed as Sun Weixin, a contract worker at the Chengnan Street Power Supply Station in Ning'an City.
Meanwhile, Fang Duo also found Sun Yan's pager number by retrieving the telecommunications company's records. There weren't many numbers he had close contact with, and most of them came from the provincial capital, Pingyun City.
"Although we later discovered through our methods that the pager had a Chinese character display, due to the telecommunications company's one-way broadcasting and local storage technology, the sent content was untraceable!"
Upon hearing Fang Duo's words, the people present unconsciously frowned. If the case involved other cities and counties outside of Ning'an, it would be a very troublesome matter, not just a matter of convenience.
"It's too early to say anything like that!" Liu Chengyu said. "We have too few clues right now. Even if the case points to Pingyun, it would be much simpler if we had enough evidence and leads!"
Zhou Yang nodded, "Indeed!"
He no longer believes the case will escape Ning'an. It's simple—Sun Weixin's body was found in Ning'an, and on a bustling street.
In other words, this proves that the murderer is very familiar with Ning'an. Unless the murderer has already fled Ning'an, the main battlefield is most likely still in Ning'an.
After analysis and assessment, and having eaten their fill, the team dispersed again to search for clues and evidence, but this time their purpose was very clear.
It concerns the interpersonal relationship between Sun Weixin and Sun Yan, as well as the trail of the silver sedan that took Sun Yan away.
Upon his return, Zhou Yang went to the forensic lab to ask Wang Zhenhai if the murder weapon, a triangular dagger, could have caused injuries to the skeleton.
The answer is yes, but the characteristic of a triangular thorn is more likely to be a triangular wound.
The "V"-shaped cuts on the skeleton are more typically found on a common flat-edged single-bladed knife.
In response, Wang Zhenhai also shared some of his experience—the weapon that caused the injury was most likely a single-edged knife with a sharp tip and a sufficiently strong blade.
For example, daggers, fruit knives, kitchen knives, etc.
The direction of attack could be a horizontal straight thrust, a downward oblique thrust, or an upward upward thrust, taking into account the 'V' shape and the 'anterior lower edge' of the vertebral body.
Therefore, a downward or horizontal stab is more likely, which basically leads to the conclusion that the killer's height is at least 176 cm or taller.
As for whether Sun Weixin was sitting, lying down, or kneeling at the time, that's a low-probability event and is not within our consideration for now.
Just as Zhou Yang arrived at the entrance of Sun Yan's repair shop, he saw a furtive figure walking towards him, looking around furtively!
In July, this person was wearing a long trench coat.