Director Zhou frowned slightly after hearing Xing Zhaojia's report.
If this had been an ordinary traffic accident, Ji Fengning or Liao Wensong could have handled it without reporting to him. The fact that all three had come together meant there was something unusual about the case.
"The pregnant woman was carrying a letter of accusation. It was addressed to you, Director."
Liao Wensong handed him a printout. The original letter had been soaked through with blood and was unsuitable for the director to read, so he had someone type up another copy.
Zhou Yi took the document and read it carefully.
Xing Zhaojia continued his report. "We've established that the pregnant woman was Shi Cuixia, thirty-six, from Kunshan County within our city. Given the contents of the letter and the fact that the vehicle deliberately accelerated to hit her before fleeing, we have reason to suspect a causal link between the two!"
Zhou Yi nodded as he read. Xing Zhaojia's meaning was clear: Shi Cuixia had been killed because she was coming to the Public Security Bureau to report someone. The person named in her letter had run her down!
"Dear Director Zhou Yi, my name is Shi Cuixia, and I live in Fuxiang Subdistrict, Kunshan County, Changtian City. Please save my family of four."
"Fan Shiyuan, the owner of the Xingrong Hotel and Jincai Pawnshop in Xiningmen, Kunshan County, wanted to ruin my husband Sui Yongzhi and seize his pawnshop. He set my husband up, luring him into gambling and taking out usurious loans, leaving him with enormous debts!"
"To save his pawnshop, my husband sold all his properties to repay his gambling debts. When Fan Shiyuan failed to get what he wanted, he flew into a rage. He staged a fire at one of his own disused warehouses