Chapter 84: Chapter 38 Coward? (Asking for monthly tickets and collections, the following are 2-in-1)_2
Zhao Donglai and Yang Su saw that Wang Dong was resolute in his attitude, so they didn’t try to persuade him any further.
Soon, Luo Fei and the others brought Ma Kai to the criminal police team.
"Captain Zhao, Group Leader, this is the suspect Ma Kai. We caught him in his hometown and found two murder weapons and a piece of physical evidence at his home, which is the victim’s organ. According to Ma Kai’s own admission, it belongs to Yang Xiaobing," Luo Fei reported the general situation to Zhao Donglai and Yang Su, pointing to Ma Kai who was being pressed down by Zhong Jun.
Upon hearing what Luo Fei said, Zhao Donglai and Yang Su both frowned and looked at Ma Kai, who was handcuffed and appeared simple and honest, with a sense of disgust rising in their hearts.
"Proceed with the interrogation immediately. Luo Fei, you are responsible for the interrogation. Wang Lei and Zhong Jun will be in charge of taking notes," Zhao Donglai said coldly, glancing at Ma Kai once more.
"Yes."
In the interrogation room, Luo Fei was conducting an interrogation of Ma Kai. Because Luo Fei and his team had found the murder weapons and the victim’s organ as evidence, Ma Kai didn’t even think about defending or concealing anything. As soon as Luo Fei asked, Ma Kai confessed everything in one go.
The reason Ma Kai committed the murder was for the victim’s organ.
Ma Kai himself was timid and weak, and coupled with his impotence, he felt even more inferior.
He clearly knew that his wife was involved with someone in the village, yet he didn’t dare to confront her. One reason was his impotence; he felt he couldn’t satisfy her, and it was normal for her to fool around.
Another reason was his fear that his impotence would be exposed and become known by the villagers. However, the truth was that the villagers were already aware of his impotence and secretly mocked him; he just didn’t know.
His impotence had always been a mental burden for Ma Kai. Over the years, he had visited many hospitals for treatment, but it was to no avail.
At this time, Ma Kai shifted his attention to various folk remedies, trying anything he heard might cure impotence.
The belief that human organs could cure impotence had always circulated in Qingshan Village, but Ma Kai had never thought of committing murder before.
After all, Ma Kai thought that such acts could only be done by some extremely abnormal psychopaths, as no normal person could commit such a cruel act.
But who could have imagined that one day Ma Kai would become the kind of abnormal and psychopath he once talked about?
There was another trigger for why Ma Kai ended up like this.
That day, Ma Kai finished his temporary work in the county town a day ahead of schedule and headed home. Because he left the county town late, it was already past ten o’clock at night when he returned to Qingshan Village.
As he came around the back of his house and walked past the annex bedroom, he noticed the light was still on. Assuming his wife hadn’t gone to bed, he went to the window of the annex bedroom to call her to open the door.
Just as Ma Kai was about to call his wife to come out and open the door, he heard a sound coming from inside the annex bedroom. In that instant, Ma Kai immediately realized what was happening inside.
He secretly peered through the crack in the window and saw his wife was indeed with someone. The other person was none other than the usually dignified and stern-looking village head of Qingshan Village.
At that moment, Ma Kai was devastated. His blood boiled with the urge to rush in and kill both people inside. He had often heard the rumors about his wife being involved with various men in the village, sneaking into the woods with this person and that person. Although he had suspicions, he didn’t fully believe them.
But now, the reality was happening right before his eyes, and the scene of the village head with his wife was imprinted in his mind, unable to be erased. Compared to actually witnessing the event, mere hearsay was something entirely different, making him extremely furious.
But in the next moment, Ma Kai hesitated. He feared that if he went in, the news would spread, and people would label him a cuckold and a fool.
More so, he was worried that confronting the village head and his wife would lead them to reveal his impotence to the villagers. If they found out about it, he wouldn’t be able to live in the village anymore.
Thus, Ma Kai didn’t rush inside. He quietly left and returned to Ningjiang County that night.
After the incident, the image of the village head and his wife lingered in Ma Kai’s mind. Initially, every time he thought about it, he was enraged, but over time, he got used to it. The anger subsided, and he even fantasized about becoming the village head himself. Every time he imagined this, he became very excited.
However, to his despair, no matter how aroused he was, he still couldn’t function like a normal man.
Day after day, Ma Kai increasingly longed to be normal.
But what could he do? The doctors at the hospital couldn’t cure his illness. So he recalled the saying in the village about ’fighting shape with shape.’
One day, overwhelmed, Ma Kai decided to take a chance, hoping that this method could really cure his impotence.
He didn’t dare to kill anyone in the village because there were few people, and he feared being exposed. So, he thought of committing murder elsewhere. As long as no one saw him, even if he killed someone, the police wouldn’t suspect him.
That night at eight o’clock, he set out from Qingshan Village and went to Jiuli River, silently waiting by the roadside. That was how Zheng Bin became the first unlucky victim to meet his tragic end at Ma Kai’s hands.
He cut off Zheng Bin’s genital organ, put it in a prepared plastic bag, and biked back to Qingshan Village overnight.
Whether due to psychological reasons or not, Ma Kai felt that the limp mass had an unexpected slight reaction for the first time since then.
For Ma Kai, this was the first time in years that his body had shown any sign of response, and he was thrilled. He began to believe that the idea of ’fighting shape with shape’ could truly cure his illness.
Yet, in the days that followed, Ma Kai’s organ reverted to its previous flaccid state.
But Ma Kai now saw hope and was determined not to give up. He was convinced that something was wrong, perhaps with the choice of person, leading him to commit the second crime. This time, Ma Kai decided to target a different age group, which led him to Yang Xiaobing, whom he caught after school near the second middle school.
Ma Kai confessed everything, detailing it clearly.
With Ma Kai’s confession, along with the complete physical evidence, the series of murders involving Zheng Bin and Yang Xiaobing was finally solved.
The weight weighing on the shoulders of the criminal police captain Zhao Donglai was finally lifted, and Zhao Donglai breathed a heavy sigh of relief.
Honestly, if this case continued unresolved, Zhao Donglai, as the head of the criminal police team, would definitely have faced repercussions. But fortunately, that situation didn’t occur, as the case was successfully cracked.
Once the case was solved, Zhao Donglai immediately reported the situation to Director Wucheng, who was particularly happy to hear the case was solved, offering full approval and commendation for the criminal police team’s capabilities.
Having just ended the call with Zhao Donglai, Wucheng promptly contacted the county leaders to report the good news.
Luo Fei had just returned to the office, intending to write a summary report of the case when he received a call from Zhao Donglai, asking him to come to his office.