The next day, Gu Xicheng had to leave due to company business, so he asked Meng Lianyun to drive Lu Qing to the company.
Lu Qing didn't bring Shao Yan and Zou Jiakai along because almost everyone in Shao Yan's hometown knew them, and bringing them along might alert them.
Shao Yan's hometown is not far from Kyoto; it only takes three hours to drive there.
Meng Lianyun and Lu Qing had a simple meal, then parked their car outside and walked over.
"When you see those people later, don't say you're here to investigate. It would be best to get those suspected to say that sentence."
According to Mu Qianwei, what impressed her most at the time was someone saying: "Don't move! If you move again, I'll kill you."
Saying this first, and then having Mu Qianwei identify it, will likely yield a better result.
Meng Lianyun frowned, looking troubled:
"It's really strange that someone would say something like that out of the blue!"
After thinking for a moment, Lu Qing suddenly had an idea:
“I have an idea. I’ll go to the village committee and find the village chief first.”
"Okay!" Meng Lianyun nodded and followed Lu Qing.
After finding the village chief, Lu Qing asked him to help inform everyone in the village that a film crew was recruiting extras. As long as the lines were delivered well, they could join the crew for 500 yuan a day, including three meals.
Such a salary would be a huge temptation for ordinary people.
As soon as the message was sent out, many people came.
Lu Qing looked at everyone's faces and quickly identified a few suspects, but he was not sure if they were the ones who had harmed Mu Qianwei.
Meng Lianyun incorporated that line into a script, had everyone who came perform it, and then recorded their voices.
Perhaps it was their natural performance, but those suspected individuals acted very well.
One of the men, with a stubble beard and greasy, messy hair, stepped forward, picking his nose, and asked Lu Qing with a smug look:
"Little girl, how was it? Did I do a great job?"
Meng Lianyun immediately stepped in front of Lu Qing and smiled:
"Whether it can be finalized depends on the director's decision. I'll give you an answer by tomorrow at the latest."
The man craned his neck to look at Lu Qing, unwilling to give up:
"Little girl, you're so pretty, you must be a celebrity! What's your name? Let me follow you!"
"Excuse me! She's not a celebrity. Please leave as soon as your audition is over!" Meng Lianyun directly ordered her to leave.
If it weren't for the greater good, he would have loved to smash this scoundrel to death with a brick right now.
Fortunately, the man saw that Meng Lianyun was a man and dressed well, so he didn't dare to provoke him and left dejectedly.
After everyone finished reciting their lines, Meng Lianyun collected the recordings and had someone edit out the line that was inserted in the middle, then gave it to Lu Qing.
After finishing everything, it was already dark.
It was already past 8 p.m. when Lu Qing and Meng Lianyun returned to Kyoto.
After meeting up with Gu Xicheng, they went directly to Chengyang Lake to find Mu Qianwei's soul and played the recording for her.
Mu Qianwei concentrated intently, trying hard to find the voice in her memory.
Finally, after listening to most of it, Mu Qianwei spoke up:
"Rewind that one and let me hear it again."
Lu Qing rewound the music as she instructed and played it again, repeating it several times. Then Mu Qianwei said urgently:
"That's him! That's the voice!"
“The thirty-eighth person.” Lu Qing looked at Meng Lianyun and asked for the person’s name.
After checking the records, Meng Lianyun said in a deep voice:
"This person's name is Shao Qiang!"
"Surname Shao? Is it related to Shao Yan?" Lu Qing asked hurriedly.
Gu Xicheng: "I think I saw it in the information before. Shao Yan has an older brother named Shao Qiang!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing's eyes narrowed immediately.
The hatred in Mu Qianwei's eyes intensified. Lu Qing knew what she suspected and quickly said:
"Don't be angry, Shao Yan probably doesn't know."
"I'm going to find her. I want to ask her myself if she knows the truth!" Mu Qianwei said angrily.
After saying that, she sank back to the bottom of the lake and followed the current to find Shao Yan.
Lu Qing and the others immediately went to Zou Jiakai and Shao Yan's house. On the way, they also had Meng Lianyun call her and tell her not to run away and to explain things properly to Mu Qianwei.
Mu Qianwei hadn't completely lost her mind; as long as she was certain Shao Yan was unaware, she wouldn't lay a hand on her.
Lu Qing asked Wang Yanjun to investigate everyone in the Shao family, and they discovered a secret.
Shao Qiang is a sex addict, as is his father, Shao Mingguo.
According to the investigation, Shao Mingguo had been arrested by the anti-prostitution team many times, and after being diagnosed with sex addiction, he had been receiving medication at a local hospital.
Shao Qiang may have had a history of indecent assault, perhaps due to genetics or the influence of his father's behavior since childhood. However, he was released after being detained for a period of time because he was too young.
Because of this, Shao Mingguo's wife divorced him, Shao Yan has been living with her mother, while Shao Qiang lives with his father.
Therefore, the family's relationship was not good, and if it weren't for Shao Yan's marriage, they might never have met again.
Lu Qing suddenly had some guesses.
Shao Qiang and Shao Mingguo might both be the perpetrators who assaulted Mu Qianwei.
Shao Mingguo has a long criminal record, and he is educated, having once been a biology teacher, so he has a relatively high level of education.
Shao Qiang was young and impulsive, with an education level limited to elementary school, and even his junior high school diploma was bought. He probably wouldn't have thought of something like cleaning the DNA left on a corpse.
Therefore, Lu Qing thought that Shao Qiang should be one of the first group of perpetrators who violated Mu Qianwei. After they left, Shao Mingguo reappeared.
Shao Mingguo may have known what Shao Qiang had done and went to clean up his mess, or he may not have known.
Suffering from sex addiction, he was unable to resist his impulses upon seeing Mu Qianwei, so he assaulted her a second time, then washed the body and removed all the evidence.
With some doubt, Lu Qing performed a divination for the father and son.
The divination results confirmed her guess.
Half an hour later, Lu Qing and the others arrived at Zou Jiakai and Shao Yan's home.
They are both fine; Mu Qianwei has not left yet.
Shao Yan knelt before Mu Qianwei, weeping and apologizing repeatedly.
She truly had no idea that the murderer of her best friend was actually her own brother.
Lu Qing sighed silently after witnessing this scene, then said to Mu Qianwei:
"If you want to know all the murderers, follow me. I'll go find Shao Qiang tomorrow."
"Aren't you afraid I'll just kill him?" Mu Qianwei asked, frowning.
Lu Qing couldn't help but scoff:
"Even if you kill him, it's his just deserts, and I won't stop you."
"Shao Yan wouldn't do that either, right?" Lu Qing's eyes drifted towards Shao Yan.
Shao Yan nodded repeatedly without hesitation:
"Qianwei, whether you want revenge or whatever, I have no objection, nor do I have the right to object."
Mu Qianwei looked at Shao Yan, remained silent for a long time, and then gently waved her hand to help her up.
"Shao Yan, you are my best friend. Your brother's mistake has nothing to do with you, but if we could do it all over again, I hope we would never be friends!"
After saying that, Mu Qianwei disappeared.
Shao Yan cried so hard she could barely breathe. If she could do it all over again, she would also want Mu Qianwei to stay far away from her and never be her friend again.
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