Chapter 101 Chapter 14 "What is this?" ...
"What's this?"
When Li Zheng came out of the interrogation room, about five hours had passed. The sky outside was gradually darkening, and the orange-yellow sunset hung in the sky, so bright that it seemed to be pasted on.
The first person he saw was indeed Wei Sheng.
Seeing him come out, the young man came over immediately with a bright smile on his face and talked a lot. He asked him if he was hungry. The young man answered to himself that he had not eaten lunch at noon and only had a basket of dumplings and two bowls of porridge in the morning. He must be hungry now, right?
He also talked about what dishes he ordered, all of which were local specialties of Cheongdam City. He said with great anticipation that it was his first time eating them and he didn't know how they would taste.
"I don't know when you'll be coming out, so I just ordered the food and haven't asked them to deliver it yet. But don't worry, I asked, and their restaurant is quite close to the police station, so it shouldn't take long to deliver, ten minutes at most!"
Li Zheng lowered his head and looked at the distance between the two people.
He was very close to him.
Very close.
An American psychologist named Lincoln once said that the safe distance between people is 1.2 meters. Unless they are very familiar with each other, any distance shorter than this will make people feel uncomfortable.
But since the first time Wei Sheng appeared, he seemed to have never kept a safe distance from Li Zheng. Every time they met, he would unconsciously get closer to Li Zheng.
Every time.
Every time.
They had just met for the first time yesterday, but in Wei Sheng's perception, it seemed that he and he already had a very close and familiar relationship.
Li Zheng began to carefully examine the young man in front of him, from his distinct hair to the lines in his pupils, the pores on his skin, and even the slightly beating heartbeat.
It was like meeting you for the first time.
Probably because he didn't say anything, Wei Sheng tried to guess what he was thinking and started explaining himself.
"There's not much food left in the cafeteria. I checked a while ago, and all that's left are some cold leftovers and some soup, which isn't very tasty."
“………”
"By the way, around noon, that clown cat came into the office and kept meowing under the table. He probably was looking for you, wasn't he?" He excitedly recounted what happened in the office. "I couldn't help it. Its meows were so pitiful, so I put some cat food in its water and changed its water. At first, it refused to eat and kept avoiding me, but later it ate with relish."
“………”
Li Zheng still looked at him without saying a word.
The smile on Wei Sheng's face gradually became a little forced, as if he couldn't hold it anymore, but he still forced a smile towards Li Zheng:
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Is there something on my face?"
"Or did you suddenly realize that I'm actually quite handsome?"
To be fair, Wei Sheng's appearance is indeed the type that little girls would like, with a healthy complexion, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and faint dimples when he smiles.
He doesn’t look that good when he’s wearing clothes, but when I was staying at home before, I could clearly see the muscle lines hidden under the clothes when I took off my coat.
But Li Zheng didn't say anything.
Staring at him with a pair of dark eyes.
In the end, it was Wei Sheng who lost his patience.
"Did that guy just tell you that?" He gradually suppressed his smile. "Did he tell you I was lying to you? I really didn't lie to you. Everything I said was true..."
“………”
"What did he say to you?"
"If you have any questions, just ask me directly." He said anxiously, "He must have slandered me."
“………”
Faced with Officer Li who suddenly stopped talking, Wei Sheng felt a little inexplicably flustered. He didn't know why, so he could only keep talking to relieve this inexplicable emotion.
The good thing is that Officer Li didn't say anything in the end. He followed him all the way to his office. When they were still a few steps away, the fruit that he had paid for expedited delivery was cut.
"Eat something to fill your stomach first."
He answered the phone and went out to get it. When he came back in less than two minutes, he took out the boxes one by one.
Unlike ordinary plastic boxes, the price of the one he ordered was obviously not cheap just by looking at the packaging and presentation, especially the patterns and names printed on it.
It’s the one Pan Song mentioned.
Li Zheng didn't know that their restaurant even had a delivery service. After all, he had only heard that any dish there was too expensive to justify the prices in Qingtan.
“No need to buy something so expensive.”
This was the first sentence Officer Li said to Wei Sheng after leaving the interrogation room.
The tone of voice was no different from usual, except that the voice was a little hoarse, which was probably caused by talking for a long time.
So you didn't speak because your throat hurt?
"It's okay. I'm afraid the others might not be fresh. I searched for this one and it's pretty good. Plus, I have a discount card."
Wei Sheng went to the water dispenser, filled a glass of warm water, and handed it to Li Zheng. He then suddenly lowered his head and operated something on his phone. Less than half a minute later, he waved his phone at Li Zheng and said, "It will be quick. I just ordered a few more boxes of throat lozenges. They will be here in a few minutes. I think the meal will be served in about five minutes."
"Eat the fruit first."
There was a bottle of yogurt next to the fruit. When Wei Sheng took it out, Li Zheng noticed that the yogurt came in a separate small box with two ice packs inside. There were some dewdrops hanging on the outside of the glass jar.
Nowadays, some young people like to eat fruit salad with some yogurt poured on the fruit, but Li Zheng has never liked this sticky thing. He likes fruit and yogurt, but he doesn't like the two mixed together.
Wei Sheng carefully inserted the fruit onto the fork, then checked the temperature of the yogurt and put it back into the sealed box, as if he was a child who needed care.
"Yogurt can be eaten after a meal and has a shelf life of two days, but it is still best enjoyed within one day."
"Would you like to try some fruit?"
Li Zheng's throat was a little swollen and sore from talking for a long time. At that time, he really wanted to ask him, who are you, and wanted to ask some questions that were lingering in his heart.
But his throat was so sore, so he closed his mouth, sat down, and ate the bright red strawberry. It was sweet, very, very sweet.
"How about it?"
Li Zheng nodded.
“It’s quite sweet.”
Li Zheng likes sweets. This is information that was not recorded in his personal profile. Wei Sheng discovered it through trial and error.
Wei Sheng smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed.
At this time, he was no longer as childish and reckless as he had been before.
That evening, after Li Zheng finished his meal, he called the hospital and learned that Liu Yingying's operation had been successful, but she was still in a coma. He then read the information that Lou Ruoping brought back.
The specific circumstances of the Mingzhu Plaza case were similar to what Wei Lele explained in the interrogation room.
The victim, Ms. Liu, fell into a coma after being hit on the head by a fallen chandelier. However, no fingerprints or special devices were found on the chandelier. At first glance, it did look like it had fallen off naturally, but at the same time, an obvious and neat cut was found at the connecting part.
This is undoubtedly an extremely contradictory behavior.
That would be difficult to characterize.
If it was an accident, how do we explain the cut? If it was a human error, then the surveillance footage clearly shows that no one touched the chandelier before it fell off, and the footage shows that it had indeed fallen on its own.
If we investigate this case using traditional criminal investigation techniques, it is indeed an unsolvable situation.
But now Li Zheng does not need to worry about whether this case is an accident or man-made, after all, the murderer himself has admitted it.
Li Zheng went to the hospital in person and checked the accumulated messages on his mobile phone on the way.
There were push ads from subscription accounts, messages from his sister, messages from various regional groups he joined, messages from his former classmates, and more messages from Hu Hui.
After he left, he sent a lot of messages, most of which were about regret. He regretted that he should not have chosen the restaurant as the venue, regretted that he should not have chosen such a dangerous location, and regretted that he should not have gone to the bathroom to make a phone call. If he had missed any of the above steps, this accident might not have happened.
He clearly had good intentions and wanted to do something good, but he never expected it to end up like this.
Mixed in with these regrets were questions. He asked Li Zheng if he was in charge of this case, how the investigation was going, and whether it was determined to be man-made or natural.
There was a blank period in the middle. I guess he talked to his family on the phone, or maybe he learned the news of the successful operation. He calmed down during this period, and the tone of the messages he sent later was obviously softer.
Finally, he said, "Li Zheng, are you working? I was really panicking before, so don't take it too seriously. No one wants this kind of accident to happen."
Accident?
Li Zheng stared at the two words, and the conversation in the interrogation room not long ago rang in his ears involuntarily.
The first thing Wei Lele said to him was that this world is fake, and the second thing she said was, will you believe me?
The interrogation recorder looked up at Li Zheng in surprise, and the latter nodded, so he recorded his confession, which could be described as a dream talk, in detail.
He said the world they were in was actually a game, and they were all NPCs. Among them were players, and the only difference between the players was the color of the font above their heads...
Li Zheng followed his train of thought and asked, "So you think Liu Yingying is a player, right? So you killed her? How did you kill her?"
Wei Lele lowered her head, thought for a few seconds, then looked up at Li Zheng: "I'm not sure..."
He admitted that he did it to Liu Yingying, but he kept silent about why he did it, and the most he said was that he didn't know...
He didn't know that just by thinking about it and easily choosing to click, the thing would actually fall down...
He said he was really just thinking about it. He just overheard the conversation between Hu Hui and Liu Yingying, and then he just thought that it would be great if the lamp fell down, and it would be great if she died.
He was just thinking about it and didn't really want to do it, but the fact was that the lamp above her head really fell down, and she was really hit, and her life or death was unknown.
Regarding the crow that Li Zheng asked about.
He showed no desire to defend himself and frankly admitted that he had indeed used the props.
"Why do you need this?" He heard Li Zheng's question and replied seriously, "I want to see you."
“………”
"Really? Do you think a crow can do anything? I just wanted to see you."
"So you don't know anything else?"
Regarding other cases, the Electricity Bureau Community case, the Qinghe Park case, and the Sunshine Community case, Li Zheng had planned to investigate these cases together once the formalities were completed.
These cases are all equally bizarre and strange, with different causes of death, but in all of them, there are no props, no fingerprints, no footprints, and no trace of any third party entering, but the people are just dead.
And now, a person who is capable of doing the crime is right in front of him, but this person said to Li Zheng seriously: "I didn't do those things."
Li Zheng obviously didn't believe it.
The inquiry reached a deadlock here.
Wei Lele, who had cooperated very well before and answered all the questions, now became unwilling to admit that the previous case had anything to do with him. He only said that it might have been done by someone like him, but it was not done by him.
Of course, Li Zheng couldn't believe it so easily. He used several almost tricky angles to ask him what he looked like in his eyes.
What kind of words are on top of your head?
How did he see these words?
Since when did you see it?
What exactly happened that day?
If another police officer were to interrogate Wei Lele, they would probably have directly concluded that he was mentally ill after hearing what he said, but Li Zheng gave him a piece of paper and a pen and asked him to draw everything he saw.
During the interrogation, the recorder frowned several times.
"You told me before not to trust the young man next to me. Why did you say that? What does he look like to you?"
"Is there any writing on the top of his head? Or is there some other pattern or something strange?"
Li Zheng pointed to the paper on the table.
"Now, draw it."
When Wei Lele heard Li Zheng mention Wei Sheng, his expression suddenly became strange. He didn't answer, nor did he draw on the paper. Instead, he asked a few irrelevant questions:
"What is your relationship with him?"
"How long have you known each other?"
"What's his name?"
His attitude of taking the initiative caused the interrogation recorder beside him to knock on the table to ask him to correct his attitude.
"Officer Li is questioning you now. You only need to answer the questions and don't ask other irrelevant questions!"
Li Zheng also asked a question in return:
“Does my answer matter?”
Wei Lele nodded.
"We are strangers. Two days. Wei Sheng, the Wei of defending, the Sheng of blooming."
He answered all questions calmly.
After hearing what he said, Wei Lele immediately said firmly: "...Then he deceived you. At least his name is definitely not what he told you!"
"Really? What's his name then?"
The man on the interrogation chair had a variety of expressions on his face, as if he was struggling with something. Finally, he made up his mind and looked up at Li Zheng's eyes.
"Li Zheng, will you believe me?"
Li Zheng didn't say anything.
"His name is..."
The car slowly stopped. Li Zheng opened his eyes and looked out the window. They had arrived at the hospital.
Wei Sheng, who was in the driver's seat, frowned slightly and looked at the dark circles under Li Zheng's eyes. "Do we need to go back to the bureau later?"
"Um."
"Working overtime tonight?"
"Um."
"Do you need me to accompany you down?"
"Look at you."
"Then I'll go too."
"Um."
After getting off the car, Li Zheng walked in front and Wei Sheng walked side by side with him, and the distance between the two was still very close.
"Officer Li..."
"Um?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to call you."
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