A tragic childhood under the shadow of a stepfather, a desolate love that could never be, a clown-masked man in a late-night alley, the crisp moonlight, and the cold blade.
Oh, and the waiter...
"What did they write on Weibo?" Wang Shen asked anxiously after hearing Liang Zichen's words.
"Captain Wang, there's too much stuff written on Weibo. You should just go look at Han Mo's Weibo. It's under her real name, you can find it with a simple search."
As soon as Liang Zichen finished speaking, Wang Shen immediately hung up the phone. Wang Shen opened Weibo on his phone, and before he could even type Han Mo's name, he saw that the top three trending topics were all about Han Mo. The number one topic was "Han Mo, the famous writer who died three years ago, has miraculously resumed updating her Weibo."
Wang Shen clicked on the Weibo post, but unfortunately, it didn't contain what he was looking for. The comments on the post were almost entirely speculating about who had posted it.
Wang Shen continued to check the second trending topic: "Han Mo accuses renowned writer Lin Su of plagiarism in his works." When Wang Shen saw this title, something suddenly clicked in his mind. He immediately typed "Han Mo" into the search bar.
After Wang Shen pressed the search button, Han Mo's Weibo account popped up. Wang Shen immediately clicked on Han Mo's Weibo. There were already over 100,000 comments on Han Mo's post. It was a long post, which Wang Shen then opened.
"The evidence regarding Lin Su's plagiarism in his novel is presented below..."
The long Weibo post contained only a few words of text, with the rest consisting of images. Wang Shen clicked on the images and discovered that there were quite a few of Han Mo's handwritten manuscripts, as well as screenshots of some Word documents, with the system's displayed modification time clearly marked below each screenshot.
The person who published the document obtained Lin Su's handwritten manuscript from an unknown source and compared the handwriting of Lin Su's manuscript with that of Han Mo's manuscript. Furthermore, the modification and creation times shown on the electronic document were much earlier than the time Lin Su published the novel.
Online opinions are basically divided into two camps: one supporting Han Mo, and the other supporting Lin Su. However, judging from the current situation, Han Mo, as the most famous suspense novelist at the time, has a fan base that Lin Su simply cannot match. Furthermore, the presented evidence almost certainly confirms Lin Su's plagiarism. Online comments are gradually shifting in this direction.
Why expose Lin Su at this time? What is her purpose? After reading the Weibo post, the name Xu Xiaolin popped into Wang Shen's mind.
Wang Shen turned off Weibo and then dialed Liang Zichen's number. "Zichen, are you at the police station right now?"
"Yes, Captain Wang, just let me know if you need anything," Liang Zichen replied confidently on the other end of the phone.
"Have the technical department locate the IP address that posted this Weibo post..." After saying that, Wang Shen pondered for a few seconds, then continued, "Compare the IP address you find with the IP address at Xu Xiaolin's home or company. I'll be at the police station right away."
After saying that, Wang Shen hung up the phone immediately, quickly washed up, and drove to the police station. He got out of the car and went straight to Liang Zichen's office. Before he even entered Liang Zichen's office, he could see Liang Zichen standing in the hallway leading to it.
Liang Zichen saw Wang Shen walking towards him and put down his phone. "Captain Wang, you're finally here! I was going to call you if you hadn't come soon."
As Wang Shen opened his office door, he asked, "What was the result?"
“Just as you guessed,” Liang Zichen replied, then added, “I had the technical department compare the IP address they found with Xu Xiaolin’s home address, and they matched perfectly.”
After speaking, Liang Zichen looked at Wang Shen with a serious expression, seemingly wanting to hear Wang Shen's next analysis. "Sure enough, Xu Xiaolin probably suspected Lin Su from the beginning, which is why she let Lin Su get close to her so easily."
Liang Zichen was still somewhat surprised by Wang Shen's words. "You mean, Xu Xiaolin agreed to be Lin Su's girlfriend in order to obtain more clues about Lin Su?"
Seeing that Wang Shen did not answer immediately, Liang Zichen added, "Lin Su is really daring. Isn't he afraid of things turning out like this?"
Hearing Liang Zichen say this, Wang Shen smiled and shook his head. "Lin Su must be a very arrogant man. He thinks that with his charm, he could handle Han Mo back then, and he can handle Xu Xiaolin now. Besides, I've said before that he has other purposes."
Liang Zichen glanced at Wang Shen and then nodded.
"I have read Han Mo's diary. The man mentioned in it who was close to Han Mo is almost certainly Lin Su."
After listening to Wang Shen's words, Liang Zichen frowned and asked with a puzzled look, "Didn't Xu Xiaolin say that she didn't find any clues in the diary?"
After a while, before Wang Shen could answer, Liang Zichen snapped his fingers and said, "My God, what a terrifying woman. Xu Xiaolin had already discovered all the clues, so she first guided us to find some clues about Lin Su at Qi Huan's wedding, and then handed us the diary to confirm Lin Su's suspicion. Finally, Xu Xiaolin used Han Mo's Weibo to tear off Lin Su's mask and ruin his reputation."
Liang Zichen stated his judgment, while Wang Shen nodded in agreement.
As he spoke, Liang Zichen suddenly shook his head. He looked at Wang Shen and asked, "But why? Why did Xu Xiaolin make this so complicated? Couldn't she have just given us the evidence of Lin Su's crimes directly from the beginning?"
Wang Shen shook his head, frowning as he replied, "That's something I can't understand either. What's the difference between Xu Xiaolin handing over the evidence directly to us and us obtaining it this way?"
Wang Shen and Liang Zichen thought for a while, and then Wang Shen continued, "What's even stranger is that I called both Xu Xiaolin and Lin Su, but Xu Xiaolin's phone was switched off, and Lin Su's phone went unanswered. By the way, Zichen, why don't you try calling them both again? I'll look up Lin Su's studio's phone number online and see if Lin Su is at the studio."
Following Wang Shen's instructions, Liang Zichen dialed the numbers of Xu Xiaolin and Lin Su, but the results were the same. Xu Xiaolin's phone remained switched off, and Lin Su's phone went unanswered. Wang Shen also found the phone number for Lin Su's studio online, but the receptionist gave the same answer as Han Mo's studio. Lin Su hadn't been to the studio today either.
"We can't reach either of them? Did something happen to them after we left last night?" Liang Zichen put down his phone and asked Wang Shen.
Wang Shen frowned again, but didn't answer Liang Zichen's question. After a long silence, Wang Shen planned to go check on Han Mo's room. Just then, Liang Zichen's phone rang.