Chapter 81 Murder Weapon

The sun was setting, and a golden halo spread across the horizon, looking quite beautiful.

Meanwhile, at Lin Dahai's home, twelve criminal investigators were meticulously searching for the murder weapon Lin Xixi used during the crime.

A hammer and the remaining steel nails!

Before arriving, additional manpower had been temporarily dispatched from the police station.

After all, when searching for a murder weapon, the more people, the better.

It wasn't that they hadn't searched for the weapon before, but they had eventually given up.

The main reason was that tools like hammers and steel nails are found in almost every household; even if found, they couldn't be used to pin down the killer's identity.

But the situation was different now.

If Lin Xixi was the killer, then the steel nails and hammer should have been purchased by her father, Lin Dahai, and kept in the house.

Of course, if Lin Xixi had bought them herself, it would be even simpler; once found, they could just ask around the nearby shops.

After all, a shopkeeper would certainly remember a child buying a hammer and steel nails.

Long Hao nodded, agreeing with Chen Mo's line of thinking.

"The plan now is to find the weapon, then ask the nearby shops if Lin Dahai ever bought them. If he did, but they're missing from the house..."

"Then Lin Xixi must have discarded them after using them."

Chen Mo snapped his fingers, indicating that Long Hao was correct.

No one was more suspicious than Lin Xixi now.

Naturally, there was no need to consider the possibility of any other killer anymore.

Time ticked by, but the search for the murder weapon did not progress as smoothly as imagined.

Chen Mo glanced at the watch on his wrist.

It was already six-thirty.

If they didn't find it soon, it would be dark.

"Should we expand the search area further?"

As Long Hao spoke, he intended to call out for the team to continue checking further outward.

However, he was stopped by Chen Mo.

"Forget it. They've been searching for a long time; let the brothers rest. I'll think of something."

In fact, every possible hiding spot in the house had been checked, especially Lin Xixi's room, which had been turned upside down.

Expanding the search further would be too difficult.

The murder weapon could be buried in any inconspicuous corner.

While thinking, he walked into the living room.

"Steel nails are bought to be used, right?"

"Actually, our ultimate goal in finding the murder weapon is just to confirm that Lin Dahai bought them."

After Chen Mo finished speaking, he began inspecting the interior of the house.

Long Hao instantly understood what Chen Mo meant.

The logic was simple: if they could find steel nails of the same model as the ones in Lin Dahai's body within the house...

It would naturally follow that those nails were bought by Lin Dahai earlier and kept at home after use.

And Lin Xixi had simply used them and then discarded the evidence.

"Here!"

Long Hao's gaze landed on a fan hanging on the wall.

When he was younger, his family used this kind of fan, which required a few nails to hang up.

He reached up and took the fan down.

Behind it, four 5-centimeter steel nails came into view.

"Now it's confirmed."

Long Hao pursed his lips.

Finding steel nails of the same model as those in the body meant the fact that Lin Xixi was the killer was set in stone.

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Muhe Municipal Bureau.

Inside the interrogation room.

Since Lin Xixi was only five years old and had not yet reached the age of criminal responsibility, it was most appropriate to choose this place for questioning.

"Brother Chen Mo, why aren't you saying anything?"

Lin Xixi leaned forward, propping her head up with her left hand. She blinked several times and looked at Chen Mo curiously.

Hearing her question, Chen Mo took a deep breath.

"Lin Xixi!" He uttered those three words with a suddenly serious tone.

Seeing that she was still looking at him curiously, he continued.

"Your reaction tells me that you know why I brought you in here."

As the words fell, the temperature in the interrogation room seemed to drop several degrees instantly.

Lin Xixi, who had been propping up her head, subconsciously sat up straight.

A flash of nervousness crossed her face.

It was the kind of nervousness a child feels when a lie is discovered by an adult.

"I... I know," she answered cautiously.

Seeing Chen Mo still staring at her with cold eyes,

Her eyes instantly turned red, and large teardrops began to fall.

She explained anxiously, "I didn't mean to lie to you, Brother Chen Mo..."

She hurriedly got down from her chair, wanting to run to Chen Mo's side to beg for forgiveness.

After spending half a day together, she had already come to see Chen Mo as her own brother.

Because besides her mother, no one would protect her when others bullied her.

Not even her father.

But Brother Chen Mo would.

Her mother had said that she must cherish those who were good to her.

"Sit back down!"

Chen Mo said coldly.

Lin Xixi's footsteps stopped in their tracks. As if being punished with a timeout, her mouth puckered, and she began to sob softly.

"I'm sorry... Brother... I'm sorry."

She shook her head slightly, tears shimmering in her eyes and her nose turning bright red.

She looked as pitiful as could be.

"I killed Daddy. I won't lie anymore. Brother, please don't be mad at me."

"I'll never lie again..."

Her sobbing grew louder at this moment.

She kept wiping the tears from her cheeks with her hands, but the more she wiped, the more they fell.

"Every time Daddy was in a bad mood, he would take his anger out on me and Mommy."

"When Daddy finished hitting Mommy and was about to hit me, Mommy would hold me. Many of the injuries on her body were from protecting me."

"I hate him!!!"

Lin Xixi roared out those last three words.

"I just wanted to kill him!!!"

Lin Xixi's tears stopped instantly. In her eyes, there was no innocence of a five-year-old child, but only resentment.

This look...

Chen Mo had seen it before in Wang Chongyang's eyes.

It was an expression that appeared when one was utterly desperate about certain things.

"Brother Chen Mo, do you think I should have killed him?"

Lin Xixi suddenly stared at Chen Mo, waiting for an answer.

Meeting her gaze, Chen Mo knew he couldn't give the wrong answer.

He was perhaps Lin Xixi's only hope for living on.

The mother who loved her most was gone.

She had long since become like a piece of wild grass.

Perhaps his sudden appearance at noon had given her the hope to live again.

And every time she called him 'Brother Chen Mo', he could hear that Xiao Xi was calling him with sweetness and happiness.

From the perspective of a police officer, he definitely had to negate Xiao Xi's words.

But from the perspective of a brother...

He turned off the recorder.

Then he leaned in and whispered the answer in her ear.

Upon hearing it, Xiao Xi instantly burst into tears again.

She hugged Chen Mo's neck tightly and cried out loud.

"Waaah!"

"I knew it! I knew it!"