Chapter 10 The Root of Everything
"I remember that Li's mother was Li's father's second wife and the elder sister of his ex-wife. His ex-wife died in a car accident, and Li's father received a large sum of compensation from the insurance company because of this incident."
"It was also with this money that his business recovered and grew bigger and bigger. If I am not mistaken, the personal accident insurance for his ex-wife was bought by Li's father, and his ex-wife's death was also an accident carefully arranged by Li's father."
Li Ziyu's fingers slid across the edge of the table. "Mother Li is the one who wants revenge. She is avenging her sister!"
Yes, she had guessed it from the beginning. It was an enemy seeking revenge and a security deception. She should have thought of it earlier.
She was led astray by Li Baicheng.
Father Li has been doing business for so many years. What kind of dirty things has he not done? In his eyes, there is no such thing as family affection.
She observed the man's expression, which was one of avoidance and escape.
Li Ziyu chuckled, "She took advantage of you, didn't she? She took the initiative to have a child with you, didn't she?"
"She knows your illness, and she wants to create a perfect work, a revenge machine, a cold-blooded killer, Li Baicheng! Answer me!"
"What's the point!" The man completely collapsed, tears streaming down his face, his voice hoarse, "What's the point? She's already dead, why should she be charged with murder?"
There were hurried footsteps outside the door, and Zhang Hai ran to Lu Bai, panting, "Captain Lu, are you taking him back?"
Lu Bai leaned against the door frame with his arms folded, smiling in his peach blossom eyes, "Of course."
She did not disappoint her.
The atmosphere in the car back to the bureau was noticeably more relaxed. Unlike before, Li Ziyu was sitting in the passenger seat.
"Why do you suspect Li's mother?" Lu Bai glanced at Li Ziyu from the corner of his eye.
Li Ziyu yawned. He was really tired after the whole day's hard work.
She said, "Because everything is too easy, just like playing a game, there are so many difficult levels designed at the beginning, but when you fight the boss, you only need one basic attack."
Lu Bai was a little curious, "Advisor Li is playing games?"
This sentence only got Li Ziyu a speechless smile.
"Deer Team, I'm a modern man."
In the end, Li Baicheng told the truth.
After he returned to China, he accidentally heard about Li's mother's plan.
Only then did he understand why Li's mother wanted to give birth to Li Ziyue with him. She wanted to make Li's father pay the price.
So she seduced Li Ziyue for sixteen years, and that house was indeed bought by Li's father for Li Bai.
But he seldom went there, because he didn't want to live on the support of others all the time.
Li's mother regarded this place as a training ground, and she was Li Ziyue's "psychologist".
He wanted to stop it, but Li's mother kept using Li Ziyue to condemn him mentally and morally.
So he did not call the police, nor did he tell Li's father. He cooperated with Li's mother's plan.
Moved into the house he didn't want to live in.
Every month, Li's mother would come over and bring Li Ziyue with her.
Until last month.
Li's mother said that she would kill all of them on Li's father's ex-wife's birthday.
Li Bai bought a generator, a heater, and a humidifier, and stored them behind a small gate in the garden on the pretext of taking his family camping.
He looked up a lot of information and calculated a method that could mislead the medical examiner in determining the time of death.
Everything was going according to Li's mother's plan.
Through traveling, Li Ziyu, who was used as a scapegoat, was called back to the villa. Li Ziyu has always had stomach problems and did not take good care of her body, so she would feel pain every night. In order not to affect her work the next day, she would habitually take sleeping pills.
It was under this condition that Li's mother handed the knife to Li Ziyue.
Li Ziyue went crazy and killed everyone in front of her, including Li's mother. This was what she wanted. She wanted to make no one in the Li family live in peace.
Kill everyone and then destroy the genius, Li Ziyu.
In the end, Li Ziyue stood in a pool of blood, and Li Baicheng completed the last step of the plan.
He killed Li Ziyue, cleaned up the scene, faked the time of death, hid his belongings in the garden, calculated the surveillance coverage time, followed the evacuation route, and left through a surveillance blind spot.
This is also the reason why the Li family villa is not equipped with independent surveillance.
He returned to his old neighborhood and covered the walls with photos, preparing for the worst. Even if Li Ziyu could be acquitted, he would pin the blame on himself according to his previous confession.
He didn't want the person he loved to bear the blame after his death.
As for the key physical evidence that the police had not found, he buried them under a tree in the old neighborhood.
In the interrogation room, Li Bai sat there in a daze.
“Squeak—”
The door was pushed open.
Li Ziyu stood in front of the long table with a photo in his hand.
She held up the photo with her slender fingers. "You recognize this vase, right?"
The man nodded slightly.
Li Ziyu walked closer to him and placed the photo in front of him. "You gave this to Li Ziyue, right?"
The man nodded again.
"There was no blood on the vase. He cherished it very much. In his world, he was keeping the vase well. Finally, he placed the vase at the entrance of the stairs."
Li Ziyu paused and sighed, "I think he thought that anyone who went upstairs would be able to see the vase..."
She didn't say anything else, just patted his shoulder heavily, turned and walked out of the interrogation room.
The sound of soft sobbing, gradually grew louder and filled the entire room.
When he finally killed Li Ziyue in the villa that day, Li Ziyue was placing this vase.
"He was smiling at me, but I didn't stop..." Li Baicheng covered his face and cried.
The last body is at the entrance, with the right arm extended forward...
It was Li Ziyue’s last cry for help.
Outside the interrogation room, Lu Bai half-sat on the table, folding her arms. She raised her chin and said, "Now, there won't be any reversals, right?"
Li Ziyu closed the door, took a deep breath, and said with a sense of relief, "Next, leave it to the judge."
The dust has settled.
Lu Bai grabbed the coat on his workstation and put it on, "Let's go home, where do you live?"
Li Ziyu: "Lilac Apartment."
"Do you live there too?"
"What do you mean?"
"I live here too."
Li Ziyu licked her lips and said, "I just rented this place. It's cheap and we share the place."
Lu Bai was packing his things while mumbling, "You can't be cheap when living in a house, especially when you share a house. Have you ever seen your roommate? Is he a good person?"
The two walked out side by side.
Li Ziyu shook his head. "I rented it two days ago and moved my stuff in, but that roommate has been missing for a long time, so I haven't seen him since."
Lu Bai curled his lips and said, "What kind of dragon can be seen from the head but not the tail? I don't think he is a decent person. Who wouldn't go home if he was a decent person?"
The Passat drove into the apartment. The apartment was not big, with only four units in total. Lu Bai parked the car and brushed his hair in front of his forehead, "Which building?"
"Building 3, Room 601."
"Master?!" Lu Bai felt a chill down his spine, "I'm your roommate?"
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