Chapter 52 The Truth Revealed
In the conference room, the members of the task force sat together, and the seat where Ji Chuan usually sat was empty, which made people feel sad again.
Xin Xiao was complaining to himself about the flight delay that had caused him to miss Ji Chuan's funeral. The others were piecing together and sorting out the clues. The case was already basically clear, and they needed to restore the complete and clear case development context.
An unfamiliar phone call interrupted their discussion.
Ji Feng tapped the screen and answered the call, "Hello, who is this?"
No sound.
"Hello? Please speak."
"Captain Ji, it's me." A strange voice.
"Hello, who are you?"
"I'm Bo Xixi."
"Bo..." Ji Feng was surprised at first, then he quickly realized that this was a hoarse voice after crying bitterly. Ji Feng could no longer recognize it as her voice. No one knew what she had experienced that night.
"Captain Ji, thank you for showing me Shen Zhou's diary. Otherwise, it would be a lifelong regret for me."
"Alas, I'm deeply sorry too." Jifeng put his phone on speaker and placed it on the conference table. Everyone else fell silent, listening quietly.
"I lied to you before. I'm sorry." Ji Feng confirmed it was indeed Bo Qianqian's voice. Her voice was nasal and her mood was depressed.
"It doesn't matter anymore."
"There are some things you don't know. I'll tell you everything."
The members of the task force looked at each other and couldn't help but open their eyes wide at the same time.
A soft sigh came from the other end of the phone, as if someone had let out a sigh of relief.
"Chen Zhaoran is a scumbag. He ruined my life, everything I have." After a brief pause, she continued, "In the beginning, he was the one who abandoned me to cling to the powerful. At that time, I was completely hopeless and fell seriously ill. When I was hospitalized, I happened to be on the same floor as Chen Zhou. He was very considerate and kind. Seeing that I was depressed, he comforted and encouraged me every day. That was when I met and fell in love with Chen Zhou."
"After being discharged from the hospital, it was the happiest time of my life. Chen Zhou and I were in love and often went out together to travel, watch movies, eat and go shopping. I completely got over the hurt of 'Chen the scumbag'. However, due to my physical condition, the possibility of getting pregnant was very small. Therefore, his parents did not agree that we were together."
Ji Feng and the other four listened quietly, no one spoke.
"What moved me deeply was that Chen Zhou was willing to break up with his parents just to be with me. At that time, I also made up my mind to have a child for him. For this reason, I traveled all over the country to major hospitals to treat my infertility that year. I climbed Mount Tai, prayed to Mazu, worshipped Guanyin, donated merits, and was cheated out of penniless by folk doctors... Maybe my piety moved God, and later, I finally got pregnant." After saying this, Bo Qianqian sobbed on the other end of the phone.
After forcing herself to stop crying, Bo Qianqian continued, "Chen Zhou was also very excited. He immediately called his parents to tell them the good news, and they finally accepted me. I was so happy at that time, and we had already started planning the wedding."
"Captain Ji, do you know? I had already written the wedding invitations, including yours and Officer Xin's. Chen Zhou also included many classmates in the invitation list. But..."
Bo Qianqian choked up again. Ji Feng and Xin Xiao looked at each other and couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh.
After a while, Bo Xixi seemed to calm down and spoke rationally and calmly, "Just when I was immersed in happiness, looking forward to walking hand in hand with my lover into the palace of marriage, Chen Zhou suddenly reduced or even cut off contact with me for some reason. Although I didn't know the reason at the time, I knew that Chen Zhou was a police officer and I also knew Chen Zhou's professionalism. So I guess it was probably because of work that he couldn't contact me, just as it was recorded in the diary."
"During that time, besides taking care of my pregnancy and planning my wedding, I was quietly waiting for Chen Zhou. I believed that he would not let me down."
"To ensure this hard-earned child is healthy and smart, I wanted to go to Hong Kong to find an internationally renowned reproductive hospital for prenatal checkups. I knew Chen Zhou couldn't go with me, so after sending him a WeChat message, I bought the plane ticket by myself."
"At this time, that scumbag surnamed Shen somehow found out that I was going to Hong Kong. He found me and said that he was doing business in Thuja spices and asked me to bring him a spice used in making high-end perfumes from Hong Kong. I didn't want to talk to him at first, but he was very persistent and insisted on my doing him a favor, and he also promised me a relatively generous reward. I couldn't resist his soft and hard talk and agreed to his request. Things really went smoothly. After I returned from Hong Kong, I gave him the spices, and he kept his promise and gave me the agreed reward."
"I thought the matter was over, but a month later, he came back to me, still wanting me to bring the spices back from Hong Kong. He promised, in addition to the due compensation, to cover the round-trip travel expenses and all the costs of prenatal checkups. I was wondering why he didn't buy it all at once, but in two installments. He said that Thuja spices were now being targeted by international luxury perfume manufacturers, and the price would continue to rise. He had a large amount of Thuja spices and wanted to research, develop, and purify them himself. The last batch he bought had already been used up in research, so he needed to buy more."
As if she had gathered her thoughts, Bo Qianqian continued, "Because of my experience last time, and because I really wanted to have monthly prenatal checkups, I agreed to it again. This time, the delivery went just as smoothly as last time, and he kept his promise."
"What I didn't expect was that two months later, he came back to me for the third time. Unlike the previous two times, this time he asked me to bring a lot of spices and asked me to use my pregnant body to hide them on my body so that they wouldn't be found when I went through customs."
"I immediately felt something was wrong, so I forced him to tell me what was going on. He didn't hide it anymore and told me that the spices he asked me to bring the first two times were actually a new type of drug called synthetic cannabinoids. When I heard that, I was stunned for a moment. I didn't care that I was pregnant and scolded him on the phone. This bastard, it's not enough that he ruined me once, he came to ruin me a second time." After saying this, she started to cry again.
After hearing this, Ji Feng and the other three were filled with indignation. Gu Xiaozheng gnashed his teeth in hatred but dared not say a word.
Ji Feng comforted him, "Chen Zhaoran finally got what he deserved. I guess it was Chen Zhou who killed Shen Zhaoran to avenge you after he knew about this?"
When Bo Qianqian heard this, she cried even harder and hung up the phone.
Jifeng said, "Let her cry for a while."
Gu Xiaozheng slammed his fist on the table and said, "This scumbag Chen Zhaoran deserves to die! He really should be cut into pieces!"
Xin Xiao said, "This case is most likely Chen Zhou helping Bo Qianqian to avenge her."
Jiang Bo said, "Don't jump to conclusions yet. I guess she'll call me later."
Sure enough, about ten minutes later, Bo Qianqian called again, sounding a little calmer: "I'm sorry, Captain Ji. I really can't control myself."
"It's okay. I sympathize with your situation. Of course, that also includes the sinking of the ship."
"After I cursed him on the phone, he didn't get angry and continued asking me to help him smuggle drugs. I firmly refused and said I would report him and put him in jail! But he calmly said that I was also a drug dealer and I couldn't clean myself up even if I jumped into the Yellow River. I was really devastated at that time and wanted to kill this scumbag immediately."
"He continued to threaten me, asking me to help him with drug trafficking or he would report me and we'd both perish together. In my rage, I really wanted to report him. The worst that could happen was that we'd both go to jail. But thinking about Shen Zhou and the baby in my belly, I gave in."
"That night, I walked the streets alone, feeling devastated. Seeing the beautiful vision I had just ignited about to be shattered, I felt a surge of regret. I hated myself for trusting that bastard and ultimately causing such an irreversible mistake. I really... wanted to die."
As if she was tired, Bo Xixi took a break and continued, "When I passed by the entrance of a hotel, I looked up and suddenly saw Chen Zhou. I was so excited that I wanted to rush over, hug him and cry, pour out all my grievances to him, and ask him to help me find a solution. But at the same time, I was also afraid that my drug dealing would affect Chen Zhou. After all, he is a policeman, how could he have a drug dealer wife? I was worried that Chen Zhou would break up with me after knowing, and I didn't want to lose Chen Zhou. I was very conflicted at the time."
"But just as I was struggling with my thoughts, I saw clearly that he wasn't alone, but had entered the hotel arm in arm with a woman dressed revealingly and voluptuously. I was stunned, my head spinning, and I felt the blood rushing to my head. I was shaking all over, and in an instant I understood why he had suddenly stopped contacting me. It wasn't because of work, but because he had a new love, another scumbag! Once again, I had been dealt a heavy blow by another man! At that time, I hated all men."
"I stumbled home, tore up all the invitations, drank half a bottle of baijiu, and passed out. When I woke up, I found myself lying on the ground, my clothes, face, and floor covered in vomit. I lay there in the vomit with my big belly, not moving an inch. A wave of hatred welled up in me, thinking that all men in the world are bad, all scum, heartless, and cunts. They all deserved a bad death. Anyway, my life was ruined, and even in death, I would make these two heartless men pay with blood!"
"Perhaps it was hatred that gave me strength. After making up my mind, I got up, cleaned myself and my house, and sat there quietly to plot my murder. After a long period of contemplation, I devised a plan to kill two birds with one stone: let Shen Zhaoran and Lu Chenzhou kill each other. If one survived, I would die with him!
"I took advantage of the fact that one of them was a drug dealer and the other was a police officer. I told Shen Zhou that he was a drug dealer and gave him the address of Shen Zhaoran's home. Then I told Shen Zhaoran that there was a businessman who traveled between Hong Kong and the mainland all year round and could help him carry drugs. In order to have someone who could help him with drug trafficking on a long-term basis, Shen Zhaoran agreed to meet him."
"When Chen Zhou arrived at Chen Zhaoran's house, I told Chen Zhaoran that Chen Zhou was a policeman. Sure enough, they started fighting soon. Chen Zhaoran was definitely no match for the criminal police, so...if I hadn't read the diary you gave me, I would still be...blind..."
Bo Xixi burst into tears again, crying and saying, "Chen Zhou is a criminal psychology expert. He had already analyzed my plan...but he...still cooperated with me..."
"He already knew he had a terminal illness. He knew he didn't have much time left. He..."
"He also knew that it was Shen Zhaoran who killed me, so he...he killed Shen Zhaoran..."
"So, even if you didn't plan for them to kill each other, Chen Zhou would still kill him for you and the child, right?" Ji Feng couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah. He...sunk the boat..."
Another burst of unstoppable crying...
Even the four men couldn't help but sigh and feel pity when they heard this.
"Chen Zhou, I'm sorry..."
"Captain Ji... Captain Ji, Chen Zhou was devoted to me. He was afraid that I couldn't accept the pain of losing him and didn't want me to fall into longing for him. He would rather let me misunderstand, be a scumbag, and bear the infamy of my whole life, just to let me take revenge and let me..."
"In order to completely eliminate the threat of Shen Zhaoran, Chen Zhou silently cooperated with me even though he knew I was scheming to have them kill each other..."
"...He... called me before he left, but I refused..."
"This... In all these years, I've never even visited his grave once."
"I... I even aborted his child... his only child..."
As soon as these words were spoken, Ji Feng and the other three could not help but look at each other. Even the tough detectives found it difficult to accept such a cruel fact. All four men raised their heads to look at the ceiling, trying hard not to let their tears flow.
"Everything he did was... for me. He... loved me to the core, but I... plotted... to kill him... wuwuwuwu..."
"When he left, only Yong Xiangdong was by his side... How much he wanted to see me... I... I can't imagine how he felt... before he left..."
Bo Qianqian burst into tears again and hung up the phone again.
The meeting room was silent. The four members of the task force all lowered their heads silently without saying a word.
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