Chapter Sixteen: Analyzing the Course of Events

  "I...I...I didn't kill anyone... I had to lie because...because..." Guo Yang stuttered for half a day, unable to utter a single word. Seeing everyone around him staring at him, Guo Yang, who couldn't defend himself, finally lowered his head in shame.

  Seeing this situation, Cheng Bin ordered someone to take Guo Yang aside for interrogation. Guo Yang had never seen such an array before. After being questioned by the police for a few sentences, they broke through Guo Yang's psychological defense line and then Guo Yang recounted his experience of killing people.

  It turned out that Guo Qin had been spoiling Guo Yang since he was a child, and as a result, Guo Yang developed a habit of being arrogant. At first, Guo Yang still liked to study, but in the past six months, he became addicted to online games, causing his grades to plummet. Moreover, Guo Yang even borrowed money from his classmates to buy game equipment and skills.

  To correct Guo Yang's bad habits, Guo Yang's head teacher had once found Guo Qin and told her about Guo Yang's situation, asking her to supervise him at home and try not to let him play online games at home, so as not to indulge in them and be unable to extricate himself.

  When Guo Qin heard the head teacher's words, she didn't dare to be careless and stared at Guo Yang all day. As soon as Guo Yang played online games, she would unplug the computer power supply. To prevent Guo Yang from going to the internet cafe to play games, Guo Qin even restricted Guo Yang's pocket money. It was precisely this reason that caused Guo Yang to be extremely dissatisfied with Guo Qin in his heart.

  This morning, after getting up, Guo Yang found that the game recharge card he had just spent 50 yuan on yesterday was gone. He knew it was taken by Guo Qinshi, so he went to find Guo Qinshi to ask for it back. However, instead of returning the recharge card, Guo Qinshi advised him not to play online games in the future with a bitter tone.

  Kuo Chin's words, Kuo Yang had long been tired of hearing, so he was not moved at all, and still asked for his recharge card. Seeing that Kuo Yang did not take his words to heart, Kuo Chin was somewhat angry, and threatened Kuo Yang, saying that he would call Kuo Yang's parents and ask them to take leave from work to come back and discipline Kuo Yang.

  Guo Yang had been afraid of his father since he was a child, because his father's temper was quite violent and would often beat Guo Yang, leaving a shadow in his heart. After hearing what Guo Qin said, Guo Yang first felt a wave of fear, then a surge of resentment arose in his heart.

  Guo Yang thought that his grandmother was harming him. Then, an idea flashed through his mind: as long as he killed his grandmother, no one would call his parents, and they wouldn't come home. Not only that, but from then on, no one would be in charge of him anymore, and he could play games for as long as he wanted.

  With this naive and crazy idea, Guo Yang looked at his grandmother standing at the door of the house chattering away, impulsively picked up a fruit knife from the table next to him, and without thinking, ran in front of Guo Qinshi, stabbing her with the fruit knife under her shocked gaze.

  Then, Guo Qin fell to the ground with an unbelievable face, looking at the tears of sadness and disappointment in Guo Qin's eyes, Guo Yang gradually regained his sanity, remembering what he had just done, a thread of fear flashed through his heart.

  But Guo Yang wasn't thinking about how to save people, he was worried that his classmates would find out that he had killed someone and wouldn't want to play with him anymore. His parents would know that he had killed his grandmother, would they come back and beat him?

  After thinking wildly for a while, Guo Yang decided not to let others know that he had committed murder. He wanted to find a way to shift the blame onto his uncle, because his uncle had always looked down on him and often ridiculed him in public.

  Guo Yang is a Sherlock Holmes fan, who has been fond of watching "Sherlock Holmes" since childhood. Over the years, he has accumulated some reasoning and anti-detection knowledge in his mind. He first followed Guo Qin's habit and soaked a piece of clothing in the washbasin.

  However, Guo Qin was very diligent, so after searching around, Guo Yang couldn't find any dirty clothes. In desperation, he soaked his school uniform from yesterday's playtime with classmates, which had almost torn sleeves, in the washbasin. This was the only dirty clothes at home.

  He first rubbed the school uniform on Guo Qin's hand, then soaked the clothes in water. Next, he found a handkerchief and, suppressing his inner fear, wiped away the fingerprints on the fruit knife.

  Then, Guo Yang used a handkerchief to grab Guo Qin's fingers, dipped them in the deceased's blood, and wrote an English letter "R" on the ground. This was the first letter of his uncle's surname. After doing this, Guo Yang started searching for items around the house.

  His purpose in doing so was, on the one hand, to fabricate the scene, and on the other hand, to find the recharge card hidden by Guo Qin. Guo Yang even wanted to find some money, so that he could buy better equipment.

  So Guo Yang searched all the places where Guo Qin usually hid things, including behind picture frames and inside photo albums. Because Guo Yang knew Guo Qin too well, knowing that she never carried money or other items on her body, he subconsciously ignored the pockets of Guo Qin's clothes while searching.

  But just as Guo Yang was searching for the photos, he discovered that his fingerprints were clearly printed on them. It wasn't until then that he remembered that when he was searching through the items, in order to make things easier, he had actually used his hands directly.

  Worried that the police would find him based on fingerprints, and feeling guilty for stealing, Guo Yang wiped down all the places he had touched. Later, seeing that it was getting late and he was almost going to be late for school, he gave up searching and left for school with his backpack.

  After arriving at school, Guo Yang asked two classmates to come home for dinner, falsely claiming that his grandmother was cooking chicken at home and inviting them to come over to eat the chicken.

  As soon as they heard that they could eat chicken at noon, Guo Yang's classmates accepted the invitation without hesitation. After school in the afternoon, they followed Guo Yang home, and after returning home, several children naturally stumbled upon this murder case. In a panic, they urged Guo Yang to call the police.

  After hearing his classmates' urging voices, Guo Yang pretended to come back to himself from shock, and after making sure he had not left any flaws behind, he dialed 110 to report the incident.

  But Guo Yang did not expect that he met Liu Li, who based on some subtle clues, peeled off layer by layer, and only used a short time of several hours to successfully crack the case.

  After Guo Yang finished his confession, Liu Li found several books about Sherlock Holmes in Guo Yang's backpack: "Your mind is very good and your logic is not bad. If you are willing to study hard, you may become a good policeman in the future, but you have taken the wrong path."

  "The stories of Sherlock Holmes, created by Arthur Conan Doyle, are about the main character Sherlock Holmes using his knowledge to bring those sinister and cunning culprits to justice one by one. But you have used the reasoning skills recorded in the book for murder, which is truly a sad thing."

  Now that the matter has been settled, Cheng Bin had someone take Guo Yang away. As he was leaving, he patted Liu Li's shoulder: "Brother, be mentally prepared, I'll recommend you to the captain later and try to get you transferred to our squadron."

  When Liu Li heard Cheng Bin's words, he didn't say anything. At this time, his heart was filled with regret and sorrow for Guo Yang. He should have been a sunny youth like a flower, but because his parents were not by his side, he gradually developed the habit of being reckless and impulsive. As a result, in a moment of impulsiveness, he threw away his life. How could it not be a pity? When Guo Yang's parents learned about everything, how would they face all this?