Chapter 25 Chapter 25
After Lu Jianing finished her sincere complaints, she suddenly seemed to realize something and looked up at He Qifeng guiltily.
There was a hint of gloom on his calm face.
The fact that He Qifeng asked such a question just now clearly showed that he was also deceived by her acting skills.
She said that Wang Peishen was deceived by her because he was stupid...
Then, He Qifeng was deceived by her, which also means...
Lu Jianing immediately explained: "Uncle Master, please listen to my explanation. That's not what I meant just now... I just thought Wang Peishen was a little too stupid, and he believed me just because I acted casually..."
Something doesn't seem right.
Lu Jianing: "I just think my acting was amazing just now."
It doesn’t seem right either.
Lu Jianing: "It's not your fault that you couldn't recognize me, uncle. It's just that the character I established is too deeply rooted in people's hearts..."
It seems even more wrong...
He Qifeng said coldly: "You don't have to explain."
Lu Jianing: “Ah?”
He Qifeng continued, "I only heard that you have good acting skills before. I didn't expect that your acting skills are really so perfect. No wonder Bai Yunan and others said that you are a drama queen in school."
Lu Jianing: “…”
Mentioning her dark history again!
He Qifeng's personality is such that he won't tolerate any loss.
Lu Jianing stared at him helplessly for a while, but finally couldn't help but want to explain himself: "Uncle Master, let me tell you, who hasn't been young and frivolous? Marxist philosophy tells us that we should look at problems from a developmental perspective."
He Qifeng lowered his eyes and stared at her: "The key is, have you developed?"
The implication is - I feel like you haven't developed.
Lu Jianing felt as if an invisible arrow was piercing his heart.
She endured it again and again, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Uncle Master, sometimes I really want to confront you."
Lu Jianing said, "But for my master, I decided to endure it."
"Your master is your master, and I am me," He Qifeng promised, "You don't have to tolerate me for him."
Before Lu Jianing could say anything, a pleasing male voice sounded from not far away.
"I'm telling you, you've arrested the wrong person. How do you run your police station? How dare you arrest me? Do you know who I am?" The man's voice kept chattering.
Lu Jianing and He Qifeng looked over in the direction of the sound.
As luck would have it, the man glanced at Lu Jianing casually and his eyes met. It seemed that he had been identifying the person for a long time before he approached slowly and leisurely with a cynical smile and square steps.
"Boss Xiaolu, I can't believe I see you here," Ji Yao said sarcastically, "As expected, Boss Xiaolu is still so good at playing that he even came to the police station."
Lu Jianing thought that drunk Ji Yao was already disgusting, but he didn't expect that what was even more disgusting was Ji Yao when he was awake.
She adjusted her state, and then sarcastically retorted: "Mr. Ji, what are you talking about? If you don't know how to play, you can't even come to the police station. If you can't play to the police station, how can you have the opportunity to see me here and know how I play."
Lu Jianing's trash talk seemed to have no effect on Ji Yao. He laughed a few times and said, "Xiao Lu always speaks in a humorous way." This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team
"You're not bad either." Lu Jianing flattered perfunctorily.
"I just heard from those policemen that my employee almost sold you out. I really don't know how to express my apology." Ji Yao said in a serious manner.
Lu Jianing asked bluntly: "Mr. Ji, you have grown up so big, someone should have said something to you."
Ji Yao smiled and asked, "What?"
Lu Jianing said slowly: "You are really strong."
Strong——Dead pretend.
"You——" Ji Yao was so angry that his teeth were chattering, but he couldn't think of anything to refute.
"What do you mean by 'I'? I've been annoyed with you for a long time. You're obviously a wretched man, but you're pretending to be a gentleman in front of me," Lu Jianing confronted him directly. "You're dressed like a peacock, clucking all the time. Your dad was so annoyed by me a few days ago that he lost his mind. Now you're trying to make a presence in front of me and show off your familiarity. Do you really think my retina is a big stage for you and your son to show how stupid you are?"
After Lu Jianing finished speaking, he complained again silently: "You are so annoying, but you don't even realize it. You are the kind of person who feels good about yourself."
"You——" Ji Yao pointed at her angrily, "Say it again if you dare."
"I've already spoken so harshly, and you still want me to curse you again. This is the first time I've heard someone make such a request of me." Lu Jianing said without any fear.
"Lu Jianing, I underestimated you. You have a really good mouth." Ji Yao said.
"Thank you for the compliment. I think I'm quite good at talking." Lu Jianing said with a smile, "But when you compliment me, I still feel a little physically sick."
"Lu Jianing, just wait for me, I'll deal with you next time." Ji Yao threatened.
"Okay, I'll wait for your good news." Lu Jianing smiled and waved his hand at him, shouting to him, "Before you deal with me, remember to abide by the law, and don't let the police put you in jail before you deal with me again."
Only after Ji Yao walked away did Lu Jianing gradually return to normal.
"Bah." Lu Jianing said angrily, "What the hell is that."
"Do you know Ji Yao?" He Qifeng asked.
"I don't know him," Lu Jianing said seriously, "Last time at the bar, it was our first meeting. But I heard about his deeds when I was investigating the major companies in Linjiang."
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He Qifeng: "Hmm?"
Lu Jianing continued, "I heard that Ji Yao is Ji Ruxian's only son. He has been a playboy since he was a child and has caused a lot of trouble for Ji Ruxian. A few years ago, he even caused a college student to get pregnant and have an abortion. It was quite a big deal at the time. Many media outlets reported on the incident, but in the end Ji Ruxian used money to suppress it." This book is exclusively compiled for you by the LK team
Lu Jianing continued to explain: "In fact, for the sake of the market value of their own stocks, the fathers in the business circle hate arrogant and unrestrained descendants like Ji Yao the most. If it were in the hands of other parents, Ji Yao, who brought shame to the family, would have been removed from the inheritance column long ago. But Ji Ruxian doted on him. Even if Ji Yao was spoiled by him, Ji Ruxian was unwilling to have a second child with his wife and was determined to leave all his assets to this prodigal son."
At this point, Lu Jianing seemed to recall something funny. She smiled and said, "Jiang Yubai told me at the time that Ji Ruxian had ruined one son and didn't give birth to another one to make up for it. Maybe he has something on Ji Yao."
He Qifeng recalled Lu Jianing's expression just now, and asked, "Do you hate Ji Yao?"
"Yes," Lu Jianing never concealed his dislike for him, "I hate every dandy boy like this. Especially when someone like Ji Yao is naturally romantic, I hate him even more."
He Qifeng stared at her without expressing his thoughts.
On the contrary, Lu Jianing noticed the strangeness in his eyes: "My real personality is not like this. I am an undercover agent. These dandy behaviors are just disguises."
He Qifeng didn't know how much he believed. His eyes were indifferent and no emotion could be seen.
After a long while, he nodded silently: "Yeah, I know."
Know? !
You know nothing.
It's obvious from your expression that you don't know!
Lu Jianing stared at He Qifeng, muttering a lot of criticisms to himself, but he couldn't utter a single word in rebuttal.
"Captain He," Bai Yunan ran over from not far away. When he saw Lu Jianing, he stopped and asked, "Captain He, did you just finish interrogating Mr. Xiao Lu?"
"Well," He Qifeng said, and then asked, "What's the matter?"
"I just followed your instructions and matched the list of victims found in Zhang Zongqiao's office with the people we rescued," Bai Yunan said, "and found that one person was missing."
He Qifeng frowned and asked, "Is there a lack of names on the list, or are there fewer people actually rescued?"
Bai Yunan quickly replied: "Fewer people were rescued."
Lu Jianing blurted out: "Is it possible that you missed it?"
Bai Yunan replied seriously: "It's impossible. We not only compared the list of victims found in Zhang Zongqiao's office, but we also compared the list of victims in the dormitory and found that one person was indeed missing."
He Qifeng: "What's your name?"
"Xi Mingxue," Bai Yunan answered quickly, and handed a stack of information to He Qifeng, "Here are the detailed information."
He Qifeng took it and looked at it carefully: "Okay, you go and get busy first."
Bai Yunan agreed and left.
The moment Bai Yunan's back disappeared around the corner, Lu Jianing jumped quickly and then snatched the information from He Qifeng's hand.
He Qifeng felt his hands idle for a second, and he lowered his head just in time to see Lu Jianing's neck slightly stretched because he was looking down at his phone.
Unaware, Lu Jianing looked at the information in his hand and read it out loud unconsciously: "Xi Mingxue, 27 years old, from Binhai, has been employed for two years and four months."
He Qifeng blurted out: "The same time as Liu Ru joined the company."
Lu Jianing murmured, "Liu Ru?"
Why is it her again?
Lu Jianing raised his head and said, "Master, how come she has so many secrets?"
"Do you want to interrogate her yourself?" He Qifeng suggested.
"No," Lu Jianing said with a smile in his eyes, "I want to see how my uncle interrogates people."
He Qifeng did not refuse: "Okay."
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In the interrogation room, He Qifeng sat opposite Liu Ru. Their eyes did not meet at all. One was reading the file in his hand, while the other lowered his head and waited for the interrogation.
Unconsciously, an eerie silence filled the air of the entire interrogation room.
Lu Jianing, who was hiding opposite the one-way glass, observed all this silently. Perhaps she was infected by the atmosphere next door, and she shuddered unconsciously.
Lu Jianing silently complained: "Who is going to be frozen to death by He Qifeng's interrogation!"
It hasn’t even started yet, and you’re already waging a psychological warfare to freeze the other party to death?
After a long while, He Qifeng asked silently: "Are you Liu Ru?"
Liu Ru replied: "Yes."
He Qifeng: "What is your relationship with Xi Mingxue?"
Liu Ru answered categorically: "I don't know any Xi Mingxue."
He Qifeng stated, "Two years ago, she and you joined the Zuimeng Bar together."
Liu Ru pursed her lips and replied, "There were so many people coming and going in Zuimeng, I didn't remember them all..."
He Qifeng closed the file in front of him and said, "If you want to atone for your sins, you can tell the police about the clues and let the law sentence you. Instead of tormenting yourself."
He Qifeng's eyes darkened: "Torturing yourself is not taking responsibility, but evading responsibility."
Liu Ru slowly lowered her head without saying a word.
Seeing that Liu Ru's attitude was gradually softening, He Qifeng continued, "You think you haven't let yourself go, but in fact you are afraid of making your crimes public, and you just want to stay in your own shell selfishly and cowardly."
"You hope that your crime will be discovered by the police, but you also hope that the police won't discover it. You hope to be discovered because you think that you will be judged by the law. You hope not to be discovered because you can escape legal punishment."
"This contradictory and anxious mentality made you ask us to check the dormitory when facing me and Lu Jianing, but you concealed the fact that you had a quarrel with Meng Yuan."
Lu Jianing next door narrowed his eyes in alertness.
Liu Ru remained silent.
He Qifeng continued, "If I'm not mistaken, you and Xi Mingxue are very good friends."
After He Qifeng finished asking, the entire interrogation room fell silent again.
After a long while, Liu Ru said in a hoarse voice: "You are absolutely right. Xi Mingxue and I are indeed very good friends."
Her voice was dull, as if she was crying.
As if talking about her own memories, Liu Ru couldn't help but feel a little melancholy: "Two years ago, Mingxue and I went to work in Linjiang together. We came to Zuimeng through a friend's introduction. Zuimeng assigned us the position of dancers at that time, that is, to dance with the lead singer on the stage. At that time, they promised us a very high salary, even much higher than the salary of all the bar dancers in Linjiang City."
"Mingxue and I, who had just entered society, were immediately attracted to it. We felt that this was a gift from God."
He Qifeng asked as he recorded: "Didn't you ever suspect that there was something fishy going on?"
Liu Ru was silent for a while, then said, "Mingxue suspected it. She wanted to take me to the person in charge to confirm it, but I was blinded by the high salary and didn't believe her at all. I even thought she was stopping me from making money, so we broke up for a while."
"It wasn't until I found her body in our training room that I realized something was wrong."
He Qifeng continued to ask: "Where is your training room?"
Liu Ru: "There is a narrow passage leading to our dormitory. The walls on both sides of the passage are vacuum. Inside is our training room."
Lu Jianing had some impression. She remembered that she knocked on the walls on both sides on her way to the dormitory.
It's not that she didn't suspect that there was a secret room inside, but at that time she was more inclined to believe that the walls on both sides were hollowed out because the construction team cut corners.
Liu Ru continued, "But when I realized something was wrong at the Zuimeng Bar, it was too late. Zhang Zongqiao threatened me with Mingxue, saying that if I didn't obey, I would be the next Xi Mingxue."
"I was so scared at the time that I could only follow Zhang Zongqiao's instructions."
Liu Ru was silent for a while and then said, "Besides, I did enjoy the high salary at that time. There was even a long period of time when I actually felt that I was giving those girls a new life by tricking them here. How can girls make a lot of money so easily? They can only rely on..."
Liu Ru hadn't finished her words when she met He Qifeng's cold gaze.
Liu Ru's attitude was instantly suppressed: "Captain He, I'm sorry."
"I'm not the one you should apologize to," He Qifeng said, "Go on, tell me why you quarreled with Meng Yuan that night."
Liu Ru was obviously a little excited when she mentioned this. She stretched forward unconsciously and said, "Captain He, I have come to my senses. About half a year ago, I saved a little girl in a car accident. She was hit by a car and fell to the side of the road about ten meters away from the main road. In order to save her, I carried her directly to the hospital."
"After arriving at the hospital, the doctor diagnosed that her left leg was permanently disabled..."
He Qifeng completely lost his patience. He knocked the end of his pen against the table a few times and said, "Get to the point."
Liu Ru said: "The point is, the little girl told me that she was very grateful to me for saving her life. I asked her if she felt that her left leg disability would affect her ability to make money and live. She told me that although her left leg could not walk normally, she could use crutches to go anywhere in the world. At least, her heart was free."
"Since then, I have been deeply touched. I often doubt whether my understanding at that time was wrong." Liu Ru continued, "Selling yourself to make money, you become a commodity for people to choose, and you give up your freedom and dignity..."
He Qifeng: "I don't want to know your mental journey. Tell me why you and Meng Yuan quarreled."
Liu Ru: "Meng Yuan and I are in the same position. We both trick girls here for training and instruction. That night, Meng Yuan had set her sights on a very good girl, and I wanted to persuade her to give up."
He Qifeng: "The girl she's targeting is Lu Jianing?"
Liu Ru shook her head: "It's not her, it's another girl. You probably haven't seen her. I let her go before Meng Yuan took action."
“The side roads are always an alternative.”
He Qifeng silently complained: "If you let her hear this, she will probably jump up and down."
He Qifeng's voice was so soft that Liu Ru, who was very close to him, couldn't hear clearly what he said.
Liu Ru: "Ah? Captain He, what are you talking about?"
"Nothing much," He Qifeng sorted out his notebook, "One last question, where is Xi Mingxue's body now? Who killed her?"
"The body is in the green belt in front of the bar," Liu Ru stared at He Qifeng seriously, "Zhang Zongqiao killed him."
He Qifeng closed the book, stood up and said, "Okay, got it."
As if she had guessed that he was about to leave, Liu Ru immediately called him, "Captain He."
He Qifeng stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"
Liu Ru hesitated again and again, and then she asked, "Captain He, what kind of punishment will I receive?"
He Qifeng tightened his arms as he held the notebook: "I don't know. Sentencing you is something the judge needs to consider, not me."
Fearing that He Qifeng would leave again, Liu Ru asked again: "Captain He...how is Xiaolu? Is she okay?"
"Well," He Qifeng explained, "she was quite brave and was not frightened."
"If you see her again, please tell her I'm sorry for her," Liu Ru lowered her eyes and said, "I almost managed to persuade Meng Yuan not to hurt her."
He Qifeng: "Well, she will know."
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