"Xi ngyao, take a look at this again."
After Lu Chuan finished, the female officer next to him picked up another piece of paper from the interrogation table and placed it in front of Xi ngyao again.
"Four years ago, you had surgery at the Second People’s Hospital, do you rember?"
Xi ngyao’s face turned pale once more.
But shortly after, she composed herself again.
"Officer Lu, I don’t know why you’ve arrested or why you’re saying I killed my roommate back then, but what do these things from my past have to do with the case?"
"Yes, I didn’t take precautions with my boyfriend at the ti, yes, I got pregnant but we didn’t keep the child, but how does that relate to the case?"
"Boyfriend?"
"Xi ngyao, are you sure you had a boyfriend during school, are you sure the child was with this so-called boyfriend of yours?"
Lu Chuan had already investigated and found out Xi ngyao didn’t have any romantic relationships during school.
So the "boyfriend" that Xi ngyao ntioned was sheer nonsense.
"I..."
Xi ngyao was at a loss for words, then she forced herself to appear calm: "Officer Lu, who my boyfriend was is my secret, I don’t need to tell you, nor did I need to tell my classmates back then, so as to who he is... I think I have the right not to say."
"Xi ngyao, I sympathize with what you’ve gone through, but that can’t be a reason for you to commit murder."
Lu Chuan tapped the table, where a cell phone was placed.
It was this very phone that gave the truth undeniable evidence.
"Do you recognize this phone?"
Xi ngyao’s face was no longer just pale.
It was as white as paper.
"Xi ngyao, you know Qin Dejun’s habits and hobbies better than I do."
"We found this phone at Qin Dejun’s house."
"You know better than I do what’s inside."
"So now, I hope you’ll cooperate and confess voluntarily."
"If you confess before I play the video on this phone, it will be seen as a lenient confession."
At this mont, beads of sweat as big as beans were soaking Xi ngyao’s hair, her eyes filled with fear.
She knew better than anyone what’s in this phone.
And she’s wanted to destroy it not just for a day or two, but every single mont.
But... no way.
She couldn’t fight against Qin Dejun.
Couldn’t fight against that so-called stepfather, who was actually a demon!
Ah!
Lu Chuan did not stop Xi ngyao as she vented her emotions.
From watching the video, Lu Chuan knew what kind of tragic childhood and adolescence this girl had.
Qin Dejun...
Was a beast!
After a while, Xi ngyao finally cald down.
Smoothing her hair in front of her forehead, Xi ngyao looked at Lu Chuan.
"Officer Lu, can I have a cigarette?"
Lu Chuan nodded.
He noticed she smoked the first ti he t her.
He even knew the brand she smoked.
Just outside the precinct earlier at the store, he had bought that brand specifically for her.
He had been prepared.
He gestured for the female officer to hand the cigarette to Xi ngyao, turned on the recording equipnt, and started the interrogation.
Even the female officer, having seen the video, felt sympathy for Xi ngyao, even though she knew the other was a murderer.
She lit the cigarette and handed it to her mouth.
"Thank you."
Xi ngyao took a skilled drag.
"You knew I smoke?"
She knew her preferred cigarette brand was quite unique, not many people smoked it.
So, it must have been bought especially for her.
"I slled it on you when we t this morning."
"Your nose is very sharp, even my colleagues don’t know I smoke."
Sss...
After finishing half of the cigarette, Xi ngyao’s gaze seed a bit distant.
"Do you believe in fate?"
Lu Chuan wanted to say he believed in fate because he had been reborn, if not fate, what else?
But he didn’t respond because he knew Xi ngyao wasn’t looking for an answer.
Sure enough, Xi ngyao continued to murmur to herself after a pause.
"I seem to have been unlucky since childhood."
Whether Lu Chuan believed in fate or not, Xi ngyao indeed had a hard life.
When she was young, her family was well-off, her parents loved each other, and they had decent financial ans; compared to other kids, her pockets were always full of candies.
"Before ten... were the happiest years of my life."
Unfortunately, at ten, many things were already fuzzy to her.
The happy mories of childhood were just fragnted pieces left behind.
"For so reason, everything seed joyful during that ti, nothing was upsetting."
The turning point ca the year her father got into an accident.
Her father was a truck driver, originally earning by driving for others, and later he saved enough to buy his own truck on loan.
But unexpectedly, three days after purchasing the truck, he had an accident.
As the truck had just been bought, the insurance hadn’t been processed yet, so after the accident, the insurance company didn’t pay out.
The truck was totaled, and her father was dead, leaving all debts to her and her mother.
"But what’s my mom supposed to do with hundreds of thousands in loans?"
Helpless, the mother and daughter left the town, left the countryside that was filled with Xi ngyao’s childhood joy.
"Later we moved to the city, where my mom t him through an introduction."
"t that... beast!"
In Xi ngyao’s eyes, Qin Dejun was a nightmare, a beast!
"When I was fourteen, that beast... took advantage while my mom wasn’t around... and then..."
"Who is he?!"
Xi ngyao suddenly beca sowhat hysterical.
Her eyes bloodshot, her voice loud and hoarse.
"Even if he’s not my biological father, he’s still my stepfather!"
"But at that ti, I was young, I didn’t understand anything, I didn’t dare to tell my mom."
"Because I was afraid he would beat my mom..."
Sob sob sob...
"I thought this was how I’d spend the rest of my life, and then when I was sixteen, heaven seed to play a joke on again."
"My mom got into a car accident."
"The only ones left at ho were that beast and ..."
"Do you know how I got through those years?"
"He even recorded videos, I couldn’t do anything..."
Sob sob sob...
Video...
Lu Chuan sighed.
Three years ago, in the 116 case, Lu Chuan could only speculate about Xi ngyao’s involvent.
But that was purely a guess.
There was no solid evidence.
However, after arresting Qin Dejun and discovering a phone in a safe in his bedside cabinet, the truth was finally revealed.
Indeed, it was only Qin Dejun who murdered Xi ngyao’s five roommates.
But, he wasn’t alone.
On the night of the incident, it was all a sche set by Xi ngyao.
"What I don’t understand is why you set up a plan to let your stepfather... let Qin Dejun harm your dormitory roommates?"
"Why?!"
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