My happy life in a courtyard house with triplets.

Chapter 408: Arresting Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu

At this moment, Zhang Lei grabbed He Daqing's hand and examined it carefully. He quickly found the small hole on the fingertip where a splinter had pierced his hand, and said to everyone, "Found it. This is a blood letter written by He Daqing using a small splinter from the bed to prick his own hand."

As he spoke, he showed everyone the small hole in He Daqing's hand.

Seeing all this, He Yushui instantly broke down, looking at Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu in disbelief. She rushed to Sha Zhu, tears streaming down her face, and angrily cried out, "Brother! Tell me, this isn't true! You didn't kill Dad, right? Right?"

Sha Zhu didn't dare look He Yushui in the eye, and stammered, "Yushui, don't ask me, I don't know anything..."

Seeing Sha Zhu's state, He Yushui understood completely. She immediately started hitting and crying at him, shouting, "He Yuzhu, you bastard! That's our dad! Our own dad!"

After saying that, she rushed towards Qin Huairu, grabbed her hair, and slapped her hard: "Qin Huairu, you vicious woman! Tell me why? Why did you hurt my father!"

Qin Huairu instinctively tried to resist, but Zhang Lei restrained her. Seeing He Yushui losing control of her emotions, Zhang Lei quickly stepped forward and hugged her, saying in a deep voice, "Yushui, calm down. The police are here; they will definitely interrogate them and give your father justice."

Upon seeing the scene, the police immediately sprang into action, sending someone back to the police station to call for backup. Soon after, more police officers and forensic experts arrived at the scene to take photos, conduct investigations, and collect evidence.

Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu were so frightened that they were paralyzed and firmly controlled by the police.

Everyone in the courtyard started talking about it.

Liu Haizhong angrily exclaimed, "I never expected this! He Daqing was actually killed by Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu!"

Yan Fugui shook his head repeatedly, saying, "You can know a person's face but not their heart; these two are simply beasts!"

At this point, someone asked in confusion, "Why would they want to kill He Daqing? Aren't they all family?"

Another person immediately chimed in, "What's so strange about that? It's probably because Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu were having an affair, and He Daqing found out, which is why he killed them! Have you read *Water Margin*? Wu Dalang was killed by Pan Jinlian in the same way!"

"So, Qin Huairu is equivalent to Pan Jinlian?"

"How can Sha Zhu compare to Ximen Qing? At least Ximen Qing is an official, what is Sha Zhu!"

For a time, the topic was the talk of the town both inside and outside the courtyard.

Soon, Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu were taken into custody by the police, and He Daqing's body was taken away by the forensic doctor.

Seeing all this, He Yushui couldn't help but burst into tears again. Before Qin Huairu was taken away, she stared at Zhang Lei with eyes full of hatred, a look that sent chills down one's spine.

Before they were separated and taken away, Qin Huairu seized the opportunity to run to Sha Zhu's ear and quickly whispered something. The police immediately saw this and sternly stopped her: "What are you doing! Don't talk!"

Only then were the two separated and taken to police cars.

Upon arriving at the police station, the two were separated and taken to interrogation rooms.

A policewoman sat opposite Qin Huairu and coldly asked, "Name?"

Qin Huairu lowered her head and answered weakly, "Qin Huairu."

"gender?"

"female."

The policewoman looked at her and continued, "Do you know why we arrested you?"

Qin Huairu shook her head, feigning innocence: "I don't know."

The policewoman was instantly enraged and slammed her hand on the table: "Didn't you know we were going to arrest you? Tell us honestly how you and Sha Zhu murdered He Daqing!"

Qin Huairu immediately feigned a wronged expression, tears welling up in her eyes: "Officer, I didn't harm my Daqing! Daqing and I have such a good relationship, everyone in the compound knows that! How could I possibly harm him? Please don't wrong me..."

"Stop making excuses!" the policewoman snapped. "He Daqing's blood-written letter clearly states that it was you and Sha Zhu who harmed him. How could he possibly wrong you?"

Qin Huairu still insisted that she knew nothing, crying as she said, "Officer, I really don't know why Da Qing wrote it that way. He must have been deceived. I really don't know anything..."

When the policewoman saw that she was not being honest, she locked her in the interrogation room alone and used the oppressive environment to put psychological pressure on her, hoping to make her break down and confess.

But a short while later, another interrogator pushed open the door and said to the policewoman, "Qin Huairu doesn't need to be interrogated anymore."

The policewoman was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

"Shazhu has confessed everything," the interrogator said. "He did everything by himself. He paralyzed He Daqing, drugged him, and forced him to drink poison. He said he did it all to possess Qin Huairu."

The policewoman was even more puzzled: "That's not right, the blood letter clearly says that two people killed him."

"This is the result of my investigation," the other party said helplessly.

The policewoman had no choice but to go back into the interrogation room and continue questioning Qin Huairu. But no matter how she asked, Qin Huairu stubbornly refused to budge, insisting that she knew nothing and was being framed.

In the police station, the chief frowned as he looked at the report in his hand. After a long silence, he spoke in a deep voice to the officers in front of him: "This Qin Huairu is definitely problematic. Continue the interrogation. And He Yuzhu, he definitely hasn't confessed to anything, taking all the blame upon himself. There's definitely something fishy going on here. How am I supposed to submit this report? How am I supposed to explain this?"

The officer quickly replied, "Chief, I understand. I will continue to keep an eye on them and make sure Qin Huairu and He Yuzhu explain everything clearly."

The station chief nodded, waved for the officers to leave, and continued to ponder the report. The blood-written note left by He Daqing clearly stated that Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu were responsible for his death. If he only handed over one person now, even if he didn't say anything, others would still think he was being unfair.

Thinking this, the police chief grew increasingly uneasy and strode towards the interrogation room. Once outside, he looked at the officers standing guard: "They still haven't confessed?"

The officer shook his head: "Sha Zhu has been admitting everything, but he's taking all the blame himself. He confessed to beating He Daqing to the point of paralysis and breaking his leg, how he poisoned and silenced him, and how he killed He Daqing. The details are all correct, but he just refuses to admit that Qin Huairu is involved."

The director frowned: "What about Qin Huairu?"

"Still the same old story, insisting on their innocence and refusing to admit anything."

After a moment's thought, the director said in a deep voice, "In that case, let's use some methods on them. I don't believe they can hold out any longer."

The officer was taken aback: "I understand, I'll arrange it right away."

The methods the warden described were not about coercing confessions through torture, but rather psychological intimidation—a game of breaking down the criminal's psychological defenses. In the past, when dealing with the most vicious criminals, they would even take them to a shooting range and make them witness other prisoners being executed.