The girl let out a pleasant laugh, her eyes clear and bright, staring intently at Yan Qi as if trying to figure something out.

Even Yan Qi couldn't help but frown under such scrutiny.

What did you see the night before Li Yue passed away?

"Li Yue? Who is that?"

"Xia Xi, answer my question. Do you know that what you're doing is called harboring a criminal, which is equivalent to a crime under the law!"

"Your parents raised you all these years and sent you to university just so you could learn to lie?"

"That was a living, breathing life!"

Even the usually calm Yan Qi couldn't control his emotions at this moment. He had been a police officer for more than ten years and had seen all kinds of cases, but he still couldn't imagine how such a heinous thing could happen in a university.

Upon hearing this, Xia Xi raised an eyebrow, her gaze fixed intently on Yan Qi, as if a giant dragon were trapped within it, ready to break free at any moment. Her feigned smile vanished instantly.

"Was that a life?"

She murmured to herself, then seemed to think of something funny and finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The sharp, piercing sound instantly filled the entire space, making the already dark and cold interrogation room even more sinister and terrifying.

"Xia Xi, calm down!"

Yan Qi put his hand on Xia Xi's shoulder, but she broke free in an instant.

"You know nothing! What gives you the right to accuse me?"

"Calm down and call 'Xia Xi' out."

Upon hearing this, Luo Jiu slowly raised her head, and the camera immediately gave her a close-up shot of her face.

The girl's hair became slightly disheveled during the struggle, and a face as white as jade peeked out from behind.

Upon hearing the name, a hint of disdain flashed across her face. She slightly raised her chin and casually uttered a few words.

"Xia Xi? That coward?"

She stood up and slowly walked to the window. A solitary moon hung in the sky, without a single star, and was about to be swallowed by thick clouds.

"You don't think she'd be willing to come out, do you?"

Xia Xi stood by the window, the soft moonlight shining down, casting a cool glow on the room.

Her white floral-trimmed skirt shimmered with tiny sparkles. She was like an elf, as if she might vanish at any moment.

While Yan Qi was still in a daze, he saw Xia Xi walking slowly towards him in the moonlight.

"Captain Yan, you're so familiar with psychology, don't you know why I'm here?"

Yan Qi frowned as he looked at the "Xia Xi" in front of him.

The emergence of dual personality often stems from the differentiation of the dominant personality's self-awareness. Under extreme trauma and external pressure, a person may subconsciously develop an idealized personality...

Those who emerge from this situation often differ greatly from the original personality, and due to a lack of moral constraints, may even have extremely serious consequences.

"You..." Why did you appear?

"You're talking to me about life! Do you know what Li Yue has done? Life? Does she even deserve it?"

Yan Qi didn't know why she would say such a thing. Looking at the girl walking towards him step by step, his reason told him that he should stop her, but when he saw her eyes, he couldn't bring himself to say it.

"She's dead. You call that a life? What about the people she bullied at school? Those who were left with psychological trauma and can never recover—who will take their lives from them?"

"you……"

Yan Qi looked at Xia Xi, who was somewhat emotionally distraught, and recalled her timid and hesitant demeanor when she first entered, and now...

The answer to why Xia Xi has a dual personality is obvious.

"So...she's experienced something like this before?"

This "she" clearly refers to Xia Xi's main personality.

"Otherwise, why would I be here?"

Xia Xi gave a self-deprecating laugh, the corners of her mouth curving upwards, but it was filled with boundless bitterness.

Yan Qi's gaze toward Xia Xi grew increasingly complex, a mixture of regret, pity, and something else entirely.

A long silence followed.

What is your relationship with your class monitor, Zhang Ge?

"You said yourself that you're the class monitor, what other relationship could there be?"

The girl crossed her legs, listlessly playing with her hair. Upon hearing the name, she didn't even lift her eyelids.

"Xia Xi, stop covering for him. He's already confessed."

Xia Xi paused in her movements, then slowly raised her head. "What did he confess to?"

"He killed Li Yue."

"You police are really funny. With just a few words, you can pin the name of a murderer on someone else. You're really something."

Yan Qi didn't say anything more. He simply turned around and pushed the whiteboard over. It was covered with a dense network of relationships.

"That night, Li Yue and Wu Minghao went on a date in the woods, but on their way back they ran into Liu Ling. After Liu Ling had a seizure, a girl accompanied her to the ambulance, leaving only you, Li Yue, Wu Minghao, and Zhang Ge at the resort."

“Li Yue was strangled to death. The murderer left the crime scene after strangling her. Then you were the first eyewitness. You went to deliver milk to her the next day. Coincidentally, you were also knocked unconscious.”

“Your lies are full of holes. You’re trying to create the illusion that the murderer just left, such as by delaying Li Yue’s time of death, so that you can create an alibi for Zhang Ge.”

"You have a very good idea, and you're ruthless enough to yourself. After all, not everyone can knock themselves out with a single blow."

But that glass of milk standing upright on the table—that wasn't done well enough. It should have been spilled on the floor, not standing upright on the table.

"Why Zhang Ge? Couldn't it be someone in the village who got greedy for money?"

Xia Xi had lost interest in listening to him continue and interrupted him directly.

"He handled the aftermath very well, making it look like the house had been burgled. But if you look closely, besides the jewelry that Li Yue often wears, is anything else missing from the house?"

"This is clearly an attempt to attract our attention and mislead us. Would a real thief ignore a wallet that's right in front of them and instead try to steal a few inconspicuous trinkets?"

"These are all just your guesses; you have no evidence, do you?"

Even so, Xia Xi had no intention of helping the police charge him. Her nonchalant and indifferent attitude completely infuriated Yan Qi.

Do you know why we've targeted Zhang Ge?

"Because he wanted to poison her. He wanted to inject Liu Ling with a drug that would kill her without her even realizing it after a short time."

"He's a madman!"

Yan Qi finally couldn't contain his anger. He stood up, leaned down, and stared at Xia Xi. His dark and deep eyes seemed to want to swallow her whole.