“My face, these are Hou Yao’s masterpieces. He’s a pervert, you know? He beats people when he loses gambling, and then he burns me with candles. My face and body are covered in burns.”

It is truly heartbreaking to hear and brings tears to the eyes of all who listen.

"Alright, Tao Xiaoguo, we've finished questioning you. Calm down first."

The more questions I asked, the more I seemed to get lost in the mystery. If Hou had committed domestic violence against Tao Xiaoguo, then Tao Xiaoguo would have had a motive to kill him.

As for Liu Guoxiang, there's no need to interrogate him.

Su Ya and Yan Jingqing have already ruled her out.

They set their sights on Tao Xiaoguo and Feng Guoguo.

Li Xiulu said, "I thought that in TV dramas, they would use tricks during interrogations, and maybe they could get the results out of them."

"To cheat".

Su Ya and Yan Jingqing thought it was a good idea.

The two began to discuss countermeasures, and after a while, they quickly came up with some initial ideas.

Feng Guoguo was interrogated again.

Su Linxi turned on phone number 8 and connected to Feng Guoguo's video call.

"Feng Guoguo, you're alright now."

Have you found the murderer yet?

"Yes."

Who is the murderer?

"Tao Xiaoguo".

"It couldn't be her, how could she kill someone?"

"But she has already confessed that she was the one who killed him."

"She admitted it."

"Yes."

"You're bluffing me."

"Do we need to?"

After Yan Jingqing finished speaking, both sides fell into a long silence.

Feng Guoguo did not hang up the video call.

You can hear slightly rough breathing sounds coming from inside.

Half an hour later.

"If it is confirmed that Tao Xiaoguo killed Hou Yao, what will your verdict be?"

"A life for a life, haven't you heard that?"

"If that happens, Tao Xiaoguo's life is over."

After saying that, he fell silent again.

Another half hour passed.

Then Feng Guoguo said, "I killed the person, Tao Xiaoguo, right?"

"Do you have any proof? We can't convict you based on just one sentence. Tao Xiaoguo has evidence."

“I really did kill him. I lured Hou out yesterday and then killed him.”

What method did you use?

"We have not found any evidence that you committed murder."

"I recently watched a TV series online, and there was a murder method taught in it, which is a locked-room crime. I bought colorless and odorless gas online, injected it into a balloon, and then hung the balloon in the waiting room. When it was my turn to go on duty, we slept in the same room. Then I got some fishing line, attached a needle to it, controlled it, and burned the fishing line to puncture the balloon, releasing the gas inside. When it was time to go back to my room to rest, I sneaked back from outside to do all this. After doing all this, I went to relieve someone else on my shift."

"What about the half-empty bottle of yogurt in the room?"

"I don't know about that."

"Okay. So what was your motive for murder? Or what was your relationship with Tao Xiaoguo? Are you Tao Xiaoguo's ex-boyfriend?"

After Yan Jingqing finished speaking, Feng Guoguo's eyes widened.

Then, looking dejected, he continued, "Tao Xiaoguo is my ex-girlfriend. We had a fight last year and broke up in a fit of anger, only to find out she already had a new boyfriend. So, I approached her under the guise of friendship, hoping to win her back. I know it's wrong, but I'm so deeply in love with Tao Xiaoguo. She eventually agreed to be friends. Until one day, I noticed she was covered in bruises. I asked her about it, and at first she wouldn't say anything, but after I kept pressing her, she told me that her current boyfriend, Hou Yao, had become addicted to gambling. Every time he lost, he would beat her. They had broken up before, but after Hou Yao's desperate pleas, Xiaoguo agreed to be with him again. Our Xiaoguo has always been so kind. I advised her to leave Hou Yao, but she just cried and wouldn't say anything. So, I applied for a job as a security guard here. This job doesn't require any special skills. Then, I heard from the other security guards about how Tao Xiaoguo had been living these past few years. It turns out that Hou Yao beat Tao Xiaoguo almost every day and even filmed them together." He said if Xiaoguo wanted to leave, he would send these videos to her family and post them online, making her too ashamed to face anyone. So Xiaoguo didn't dare break up with him and endured it for a year. One month ago, Xiaoguo asked to meet me. When I saw her, I noticed she was wearing a mask and hadn't taken it off the whole time. I asked her what was wrong, but she wouldn't say. She cried and told me we shouldn't see each other anymore. I asked her why, and she said there was no reason, she just didn't want to see each other anymore. I sensed something was wrong, so I took advantage of her inattention and forcefully pulled off her mask. I saw that half of her face looked like it had been burned; it was not only red and swollen but also had many blisters. No matter how I asked her, she wouldn't tell me what caused it. I even knelt down before her. After that, we really didn't see each other again. One day, I resisted the urge to go to her house, and her door was unlocked. I overheard Hou Yao's conversation with her at the door. Hou Yao said that unless he died, he wouldn't let Xiaoguo leave.

"So, you're planning to kill Hou Yao?"

"I didn't think that way at first."

"Then why do you have this idea again?"

"because......"

Feng Guoguo seems to have a secret she can't tell anyone.

"Why?"

Yan Jingqing continued to press for answers.

"Because one day, I saw photos and videos of Xiao Guo and Hou Yao together on another security guard's phone. That guy is a scumbag. He sent the videos of them together to his colleagues for them to watch. He didn't think at all about how much harm this would cause Xiao Guo. He even said that we're all brothers and girlfriends can be shared. Is he even human?"

Feng Guoguo finally spoke her mind.

But this reason shocked everyone present.

Why didn't Tao Xiaoguo call the police?

“I tried to persuade her afterwards, but she didn’t dare. There was even one time when I took her to the entrance of the police station. She ran away even though I was just one step away from the door.”

"So you decided to kill Hou Yao?"

"Shouldn't this kind of animal die? Since the law can't punish him, then let me end it for him."

Have you considered Tao Xiaoguo's feelings?

"At that time, all I wanted was for her to be free, to leave that beastly man."

Although the truth of the matter has been found out.

But everyone felt very heavy-hearted.

Everyone felt that doing this was despicable, but they shouldn't have let their hands get contaminated.