“Why should I explain what kind of person he was? Isn’t that for you people to decide?”
“You write reports at will, narrating things that we ourselves have never done. Why are you asking me now?” Li Shuxuan showed no fear of Shi Hua’s anger. Rather, she had been tolerating media reporters for a long time.
Hearing Li Shuxuan’s words, Shi Hua was momentarily speechless. Although he wasn’t that kind of person, it didn’t mean there weren’t such people in the industry. As the saying goes, one bad apple spoils the whole barrel. Shi Hua could understand Li Shuxuan’s dislike for their industry, especially since she herself was a topic of interest. Some media outlets would indeed make excessive reports to attract attention. Most unscrupulous media and reporters were just as she said. How many media people could truly be objective and factual?
“Nothing to say? If there’s nothing else, please leave. Don’t think that just because you have some insignificant relationship with my dead husband, I’ll tolerate your harassment. Originally, I wanted to use you to dispel some people’s curiosity, but it seems you’re not as upright a reporter as I thought, right?” Li Shuxuan smiled contemptuously and turned to walk into the room.
“You have evidence of other victims here, don’t you?”
Li Shuxuan thought Shi Hua would obediently leave, but unexpectedly, he didn’t. Instead, he stood behind her and said this.
“I heard it from her.” Seeing Li Shuxuan turn her head, her eyes narrowed into a line, reassessing the man. She originally thought the “truth” Shi Hua spoke of was merely Chen Xuelin’s vile character. It seemed he knew something even more special. The two stared at each other for a few seconds.
Shi Hua took out a photo from his clothes. It was a photo of Meng Yue.
“She said it.” Shi Hua said again.
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The photo, filled with a little memory, instantly reminded Li Shuxuan of the night years ago. Her expression began without any static capacity, but she only frowned. She turned and walked to Shi Hua’s front, picked up Meng Yue’s photo, “What did she tell me? Me and her, acquaintances?”
Seeing this, Shi Hua was convinced that what Meng Yue had told him was true. This woman was really hard to deal with. Meng Yue had told him that some of the evidence about Chen Xuelin was in this woman’s hands. Not only that, but she also had a list of former victims.
The person who knew Chen Xuelin best was this man.
The most silent woman was also her.
“That night, you followed your husband and saw him being abandoned, right?”
Li Shuxuan’s eyebrows lowered slightly, as if thinking. Seeing this, Shi Hua continued, “That’s the night you met, right?”
“You know everything I’ve hidden.”
“Suspecting your husband of cheating, privately investigating him, concealing the truth about your husband’s death, and even choosing to forgive Mo Wenli after the incident.”
Li Shuxuan was somewhat surprised. She didn’t expect the man before her to be so clear about things. She stared at the photo in her hand in silence. Connecting it to the recent news, in a split second, she roughly understood. She seemed to have guessed who was pushing this matter behind the scenes.
Shi Hua observed Li Shuxuan’s expression. He saw her remain silent for a long time, finally revealing a strange smile. “So… you’re here to ask for my help?” Li Shuxuan walked towards Shi Hua step by step, a faint fragrance emanating from her body. “Young man, do you know how to ask for help?” She leaned slightly to Shi Hua’s ear and whispered.
Li Shuxuan was older than Chen Xuelin. They were in a relationship where the woman was older. Now, Li Shuxuan was already in her thirties. Although she maintained her figure and appearance very well, looking no different from a woman in her early twenties, the mature feminine charm she exuded couldn’t be faked.
Feeling the breath near his ear, Shi Hua quickly took two steps back, adjusted his glasses, straightened his clothes, and coughed awkwardly twice. “Yes.” For a moment, his mind couldn’t even organize his words, and he nodded.
Li Shuxuan chuckled. “Alright, you can go. I don’t want to talk about these things with you now, nor do I have any intention of helping you. Indeed, there are many things here… about him, but I can’t let you pursue a living person, and that person is still my husband, hmm… if that gets out, wouldn’t it be too bad.”
“Besides, she and I made a promise back then. That’s our secret.”
Li Shuxuan went upstairs directly. Shi Hua watched her leave. Finally, he left the villa. As he left, he even saw Li Shuxuan standing upstairs, telling him to open the door.
The reason for coming to Li Shuxuan was because she had a lot of important information in her hands. Meng Yue told him that this woman had a list of victims, about those students Chen Xuelin had harmed. With it, they could collect evidence more comprehensively.
Shi Hua frowned. He didn’t expect this woman to be so stubborn. He knew too much about this woman, and it was indeed his mistake. Li Shuxuan said their marital relationship was good. That was simply a lie.
Although she refused to help, it didn’t mean Shi Hua had no other clues in his hands. However, this was the last one. Shi Hua opened the memo on his phone. Inside were several names, with an “×” symbol next to them, followed by a string of phone numbers.
Seeing Shi Hua walk away, Li Shuxuan leaned against the railing. The breeze was cool, but at this moment, she felt somewhat lonely. She remembered the past, from meeting him to understanding him, then accompanying him. Gradually, she realized she didn’t understand him. Finally, she chose to leave him. Her silence towards him was revenge, and also her last act of love.
The name Chen Xuelin had affected her too much…
Shi Hua was right and wrong in some ways. She just didn’t expect this man to reappear in her sight in this way.
She remembered her agreement with Meng Yue. Since she didn’t keep her promise, she didn’t need to abide by it either.
She leaned on the railing, the breeze playing with her hair, the strands shimmering in the sunlight. Her gaze looked into the distance, also finally curious about what ending this story would have.
At the police station, Li Zhong returned to the office with Yang Xiaomin. He sat inside and began to think.
Initially, he seemed to have reached a conclusion. To solve Meng Yue’s case, Chen Xuelin had to be taken out of the archives and investigated again. All indications showed that Meng Yue was pointing the arrow of her survival at this woman.
Even her few social connections were pointing to Chen Xuelin. He had a rather bold guess, perhaps these three people were in cahoots. But how much hatred would it take to use one’s life as a price?
Moreover, this could be a murder case.
And there was Li Shuxuan, whom he had visited today. This woman was also quite extraordinary. Whether it was from her temperament or her words, she was not an ordinary woman.
After thinking for a while, he suddenly thought of a key question. He turned to Yang Xiaomin and said, “Go, to the hospital. I suddenly thought of a question.”
At Jianghe City People’s Hospital, Li Zhong stood in front of the doctor. He had several forms in his hand. The first was Chen Xuelin’s, the second was Li Shuxuan’s.
Chen Xuelin’s examination time was before hers. There were no problems. The second examination was Li Shuxuan’s physical examination. Sure enough, a problem was found on it. Li Shuxuan was infertile.
Li Shuxuan had said earlier that there were no problems in her relationship with Chen Xuelin, but they had been married for several years without a child. Although this didn’t necessarily indicate any major problems, it also represented that, because of this, there might be another possibility in their relationship.
“I feel that this Li Shuxuan is also not simple, but this thing has little connection with our case, right?” Yang Xiaomin said, standing to the side.
“The relationship isn’t big, but it can show that Li Shuxuan’s words are not necessarily true. Remember that Shi Hua also went to see her? I don’t think it’s purely for news. If he doesn’t post an article today, we’ll know tonight.”
All morning, Li Zhong was busy organizing the case. He also took out the file on Chen Xuelin’s past life.
In September 2009, Mo Wenli dismembered her teacher Chen Xuelin at home. This young and famous online celebrity teacher died in his student’s rental house. A bloody kitchen knife and clothes were found under the bed. Her fingerprints were on the knife. Even when she was disposing of the body, she was captured by surveillance. That car was Chen Xuelin’s car…
According to her confession, she initially did not admit to killing him. She claimed that her roommate Meng Yue killed him, but Meng Yue and her roommate could provide an alibi for Meng Yue. She was indeed in the dormitory at the time of the incident.
Mo Wenli was charged with intentional homicide. Later, a lawyer intervened. He said that there was an emotional entanglement between her and Chen Xuelin, and she had been persecuted by Chen Xuelin for a long time. Finally, Mo Wenli signed a confession and punishment acceptance statement.
During the trial, she heard the verdict and actually chose to recant her confession on the spot, refusing to admit it. However, she was still sentenced to four years in prison because Chen Xuelin’s oppression of her, she provided partial evidence, and considering the emotional situation between the two and the situation at the time of the incident, the judge finally chose to give a lenient sentence, sentencing her to four years in prison.
In other words, Mo Wenli had only recently been released from prison. Not long after her release, her roommate Meng Yue was assassinated in the street. She became a criminal suspect again.
Li Zhong put down the materials. His intuition told him that Meng Yue’s life was not simple. Was it Mo Wenli’s revenge on her? If so, was it because of the case back then? Li Zhong shook his head. After combining it with what Mo Wenli said during the interrogation, she did not admit that Chen Xuelin was killed by her. It seemed that the relationship was even more complicated, and Chen Xuelin’s emotional problems were also worth pondering.
He searched for news about the past incident. There were very few news reports. Most of them regretted the death of a genius. Li Shuxuan, as his wife, even chose to forgive the murderer after the incident. This was also one of the reasons for the lenient sentence. Mo Wenli was forgiven by the victim’s family.
Behind a case, there is not just one case. It is filled with the complexity and distortion of human nature, which is the most difficult thing to fathom in a case.
Speaking of Shi Hua, the information showed that he had no actual contact with Chen Xuelin himself, nor did he have any relationship with him. Chen Xuelin was just Mo Wenli and Meng Yue’s mentor, while Shi Hua was in journalism, a different major. But as Mo Wenli’s ex-boyfriend, there was no information about him in the incident back then.
Mo Wenli, Meng Yue, and Chen Xuelin and his wife, these five people must have had a complex relationship. Chen Xuelin and Mo Wenli had an emotional entanglement. Then Meng Yue was also his student, and she was also very beautiful. Could it be that… Li Zhong thought of a possibility. However, the news back then didn’t mention it at all. Whether there was or not, this matter had no answer. The person who survived might not be as simple as the reports said…
However, why would Meng Yue choose this method after so many years? This made Li Zhong feel confused again. To pursue a dead person? People who are already dead don’t have to bear legal responsibility. Li Zhong watched the video over and over again, thinking, until he got off work.
“I’m leaving.” Yang Xiaomin also said goodbye to him.
Li Zhong returned home. His wife had already cooked dinner. Seeing Li Zhong’s tired face, she quickly ran forward. “I thought you were working overtime again. You didn’t say anything when you came back on time?”
“It’s good that I was hungry early today.”
“I was starving.” Although work was tiring, Li Zhong was very happy in his heart to see his wife caring for him. With the job of a police officer, being able to go home on time when he was busy was already good. She was also used to his sudden lateness. Li Zhong was also helpless. There was nothing he could do. Cases wouldn’t wait for them to be free before they came.
At night, Li Zhong leaned against the bed. He was using his computer to search for information about the case from back then. He was looking at the media’s reports on it and Chen Xuelin’s information. Just then, his wife shook his hand. “Here, that reporter Shi’s article.” His wife handed him her phone.
As expected, Shi Hua had published another article. Li Zhong picked it up and looked at it. The content was still about Meng Yue. In the article, he expressed his regret for the deceased and also posted a few pictures of her sponsoring the school. Meng Yue’s persona was becoming more and more noble. As a reporter, he knew very well how to manipulate people’s emotions. Reading the entire article, the feeling it gave people was one thing: why would a good person suffer such persecution? Who was this Chen Xuelin? Finally, he didn’t forget to add a sentence, “Everything is subject to the official police announcement.” He really showed the professionalism of a news reporter to the fullest.
To this, his wife also curiously asked, “Is there any progress in this case?” As ordinary people, everyone didn’t want to see this kind of thing happen, especially since the victim was someone who had made public contributions to society. The temperature of this case could no longer be suppressed. Mainstream media were reporting it. Basically, everyone in Jianghe City knew about this matter.
“Yeah, not yet.”
Shi Hua’s article was very simple, but Li Zhong had new discoveries. As he thought, Shi Hua’s target was not Li Shuxuan. From beginning to end, the focus of his articles was only on Meng Yue or Chen Xuelin. Either he was building up Meng Yue’s persona, or he was introducing hints left by the deceased. He was constantly manipulating the reader’s emotions.
Today, Shi Hua went to visit Li Shuxuan. If he was purely for news hotspots, he should have reported the news extracted today. After all, Li Shuxuan was now also involved, and coupled with the fame brought by her status, writing about her should have more traffic than the case itself.
Putting down the computer, Li Zhong suddenly thought of something.
“Do you want children?” He turned to look at his wife, who was preparing to go to sleep, and asked.
“Ah?” His wife was shocked. She thought, why is this guy so sudden? She was almost asleep. Then her face turned slightly red. “Aren’t you too tired? Forget it, tomorrow.” She said in a low voice.
Li Zhong didn’t react at first. Two seconds later, he realized that his words had some ambiguity. Actually, he was thinking about Li Shuxuan’s physical problems and wanted to ask her what her attitude was towards infertility, but…
Li Zhong smiled awkwardly, then turned on the light.