Chapter 29: Didn’t they make up again?
"Sister Mingqi and Yuan Zhenghao have been dating for so long, have there been any conflicts?" Shen Qingye asked.
Mrs. Xue thought about it and shook her head: "No."
"Anyway, from what I know, there shouldn't be any. Mingqi has always been sensible and reasonable, and she won't easily argue with others. Yuan Zhenghao has a good temper, and he takes good care of Mingqi, and he often gives in when things get tough. They've been together for so long, and I've never seen Mingqi unhappy, nor have I heard her say anything bad about Yuan Zhenghao."
Shen Qingye fell into deep thought.
We have been together for more than a year and have never had a fight. Is this really possible?
Shen Qingye had never been in a relationship, so she didn't know what it was like. However, her roommates in college, no matter how good their relationship was with their boyfriends, sometimes they disagreed and quarreled.
Let’s not talk about couples, just her and her mother, they have such a good relationship, don’t they also quarrel often?
They have never quarreled... Are they really that compatible with each other, or is there another reason?
She looked at Mrs. Xue and asked, "Is Sister Mingqi at home now?"
Mrs. Xue was stunned for a moment: "Yes, she is in the bedroom."
She said: "She went to bed late yesterday, so she should still be sleeping now."
Shen Qingye said politely: "I have some questions, can I ask Sister Mingqi?"
"Of course." Mrs. Xue stood up and said, "Wait for me to call her."
Shen Qingye sat on the sofa, watching her figure walking upstairs, her lips slightly pursed.
She looked around the Xue family villa inconspicuously. They had just held a wedding yesterday and had their bride and groom received. There were still wedding characters pasted on the doors and windows, and there were also some red ribbons and balloons to decorate it. The whole house looked particularly festive.
But when I think about yesterday's case, it's hard not to feel a little ironic.
Not long after Mrs. Xue went upstairs, Xue Mingqi walked out of the room. She was wearing soft pajamas, with long hair draped over her shoulders, and looked a little apologetic: "I'm sorry, I didn't sleep well last night, and I got up a little late today. I kept you waiting for a long time."
Shen Qingye immediately smiled and said, "No, I came too early. I hope Sister Mingqi doesn't mind me disturbing you."
Xue Mingqi smiled softly: "You are here to investigate the case as well."
She looked around and said, "What do you want to ask? Let's go to the study upstairs to talk about it?"
Mrs. Xue opened her mouth and seemed to want to say something. Xue Mingqi looked back at her and said with a smile, "Mom, I want to eat shrimp dumplings for breakfast. Can you go to the kitchen and help me see if there are any shrimps left?"
Mrs. Xue quickly responded and walked quickly to the kitchen. Shen Qingye withdrew his gaze and followed Xue Mingqi upstairs.
The study is in the corner of the second floor, and the room is exceptionally quiet.
The two sat opposite each other. Xue Mingqi had fair skin and a calm demeanor. She asked, "I've said everything I could yesterday. What else do you want to ask?"
"There is something I want to confirm with Sister Mingqi." Shen Qingye said with a smile: "Sister Mingqi said yesterday that there is no love between you and Yuan Zhenghao. It was just because you felt that you were a good match and you were old enough that you chose to get married."
Xue Mingqi nodded slowly, took a sip of water, and slowly raised her eyes to look at her: "Yes, that's what I said, is there any problem?"
Shen Qingye said slowly: "But, why did I just hear Auntie say that you and Yuan Zhenghao have a good relationship?"
Xue Mingqi looked at her for a moment, then smiled slowly: "You still doubt me."
"Sister Mingqi clearly knows something, but she won't tell me." Shen Qingye smiled helplessly: "You said you were afraid that uncle and aunt would worry, so you pretended to be in a good relationship. But first of all, uncle and aunt didn't urge you to get married at all. I don't understand why you did this. Saying that you are old is really far-fetched. Secondly, I don't believe that aunt loves you so much that she can't tell whether her daughter is really happy or just pretending to be sweet."
Her eyes were clear, and she shook her head slowly: "Sister Mingqi, tell me, how do you want me to trust you?"
Xue Mingqi half closed her eyelashes, took a sip of water slowly, and then said: "If you think so, I can't help it. I've told you everything I know."
The room was silent for a moment. Shen Qingye looked at her and suddenly said, "In fact, we have already identified several suspects yesterday."
Xue Mingqi raised her eyes.
Shen Qingye said: "We found out their work units and schools, and summoned them to the team for interrogation one by one."
Xue Mingqi asked: "Did you get any results from the interrogation?"
Shen Qingye shook his head: "It is precisely because there is no result that we need to conduct a more in-depth investigation. Perhaps before the case is concluded, we need to summon the suspect several times to get some clues from the complicated confessions."
She looked at Xue Mingqi: "Sister Mingqi, you should understand that you are also one of the suspects and cannot escape these procedures."
Xue Mingqi pursed her lips and her eyelashes trembled slightly.
"Sister Mingqi should understand the difference between me coming to your house on my own initiative and being summoned by the police, right?" Shen Qingye said, "Let's not talk about the rumors that will spread at that time. Just talking about your uncle and aunt, can Sister Mingqi really bear to make them worry?"
The atmosphere of silence spread in the room. Xue Mingqi tightened her grip on the cup. After a long while, she pursed her lips and said, "I only knew that you were smart before, but I didn't expect that you were also good at attacking people's hearts."
Shen Qingye said: "I am just telling the truth, it all depends on what Sister Mingqi thinks."
Xue Mingqi lowered her eyebrows and looked at the plain cup, her fingertips unconsciously stroking the wall of the cup.
After a long time, she finally lost her outward gentleness and said sarcastically: "That kind of scum, just die, why is it necessary to waste manpower and resources to investigate the so-called cause of death?"
Shen Qingye's eyes moved slightly, and he said, "Since he was murdered, we need to find out the truth. As for the other right and wrong, the court will make the judgment."
Xue Mingqi put the cup back on the table and chuckled, "Well said."
Shen Qingye did not argue with her about this issue, but asked: "Sister Mingqi, don't you know that Yuan Zhenghao has someone else outside?"
Xue Mingqi leaned back in her chair, tilted her head slightly, and stared out the window in a trance. After a long while, she said, "I didn't know at first."
Shen Qingye's eyes moved slightly: "When did you know?"
Xue Mingqi: "At the beginning of this month."
She retracted her gaze, smiled at her, and said, "Not only do I know that Yuan Zhenghao has someone else outside, I also know that he is with me because he is actually thinking of eating up the whole family."
Shen Qingye was stunned.
Xue Mingqi said: "He treats me well, never quarrels with me, and always agrees to my requests. He just wants me to be devoted to him. He plans to stop me from going to the company after we get married and have children. When my parents die, our company will naturally become his."
It took Shen Qingye a while to react. She frowned and asked in confusion, "Then why did you want to marry him?"
Xue Mingqi laughed: "Who said I'm going to marry him?"
Shen Qingye's eyelids twitched, and she opened the drawer under the desk, took out a USB drive from it, and shook it at Shen Qingye: "Inside, there are intimate photos and videos of him and other women that I found. I originally wanted to show them to everyone at the wedding, but unfortunately, someone got there before me."
Chinese people believe that the dead are the greatest. If this incident had not happened and she released these things, others would only sympathize with her for having met the wrong person. But if she were to do this again now, there would be people who would say that the person was dead, so why bother about it? In the end, she would probably be seen as being unreasonable.
Shen Qingye looked at the USB drive and suddenly realized something: "So, it was your idea to move up the wedding date?"
"Of course." Xue Mingqi put the USB drive on the table, with a hint of disgust between her eyebrows: "I don't want to be entangled with him for a few months. Who knows which woman he was in bed with the night before he coaxed me?"
She looked at Shen Qingye: "So you don't need to doubt that I killed him. I hate him, but I don't want him dead. A little revenge is enough. Like you said, I still have parents. Even for them, I can't do anything stupid and dirty my hands for a scumbag."
Shen Qingye pondered for a moment. If this was true, how to explain the cleaning matter?
She asked tentatively: "Do you know about those women outside Yuan Zhenghao?"
Xue Mingqi paused.
She met Shen Qingye's calm gaze, pursed her lips, and said, "I roughly understand."
"When I went to investigate Yuan Zhenghao, I also investigated those women."
This investigation is naturally not a very legal and compliant method.
Shen Qingye didn't care about these things, and just asked: "Have you seen them?"
Xue Mingqi looked at her doubtfully: "Of course not."
She said, "Yuan Zhenghao has multiple relationships, that's his business. Without them, would there be no other women? Besides, what reason do I have to meet them?"
She said self-deprecatingly: "If I remember correctly, some of those women should have been with him for many years, right?"
If we really talk about first come first served, who is she?
Shen Qingye was speechless for a moment.
Xue Mingqi said: "Anyway, these are all I know. As for the rest, I don't know which hero acted on behalf of heaven."
She sneered, "But he was the one who asked for his own death. He spent his whole life wandering around women, and in the end, he died on a woman."
Shen Qingye remained silent for a long time.
In fact, judging from yesterday's situation, Shen Qingye believed that Xue Mingqi was not the murderer. She did not have the time or sufficient motive to commit the crime. This time, I came only because I realized that she had concealed something yesterday and wanted to dig out more information.
But now that the situation is clear, there is still no clue. What Xue Mingqi said was only about herself and had nothing to do with others.
Is the cleaning thing really just a coincidence?
Xue Mingqi lowered her eyes and looked out the window with a lazy look. Her loose pajamas made her look a little fragile, yet inexplicably she seemed tough.
Shen Qingye had a feeling that she wouldn't be able to get anything out of him today.
The most important thing is that they currently have too few clues and cannot prove that the cleaning incident is related to Xue Mingqi.
Since this line doesn't work, try another one.
Shen Qingye closed his eyes, calmed down, and asked, "Okay, I understand. Sister Mingqi, can we take this USB drive back?"
Xue Mingqi was a little surprised and said, "Of course."
Her eyes fell gently on the small USB drive, and she curled her lips: "Anyway, this thing is of no use to me, you can take it away. If it is useful in solving the case, it will be worth the time and money I spent before."
Shen Qingye thanked him and was about to leave when Xue Mingqi suddenly called her, "Qingye."
She looked back and saw Xue Mingqi pursed her lips, her brows softened, and her voice pleaded, "Don't tell my parents about these things, okay?"
Shen Qingye didn't say anything. Xue Mingqi said, "Anyway, Yuan Zhenghao is dead. I don't want to pursue the previous things anymore, lest they find out and regret that they had a bad vision and couldn't judge people clearly, and feel even more guilty."
Shen Qingye nodded: "Don't worry."
She walked out of the door. Xue Mingqi looked at her back, leaning idly on the chair, and slowly withdrew his gaze, not knowing where it fell.
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After Shen Qingye said hello to Madam Xue, he left the Xue family villa with Shen Linyue.
On the way, she kept thinking about the details of the case. Shen Linyue in the driver's seat glanced at her and said, "When you handle a case, you are exactly the same as your father."
Shen Qingye came back to his senses, looked at his mother's profile, and couldn't help but laugh: "Nonsense."
Shen Linyue glanced at her, and Shen Qingye smiled and said, “I am obviously more like my mother, I am focused and serious in my work.”
Shen Linyue sneered: "Don't flatter yourself."
She muttered, "If you were really like me, I would feel more at ease."
Shen Qingye leaned on the passenger seat, looking at his mother with a smile in his eyes.
"My dad said I look like you. The last time Captain Yue saw you, he could tell at first sight that we were mother and daughter."
The mother and daughter chatted and laughed as they drove all the way to the entrance of the Criminal Investigation Brigade.
Shen Qingye got off the car and said goodbye to his mother.
Shen Linyue asked her through the car window: “Will you come back for dinner tonight?”
Shen Qingye wanted to say it depends on the situation, but when she met her mother's calm and distant gaze, her voice suddenly paused.
"I will go back, of course." She smiled, "If I don't go back, where will I eat?"
"I want to eat pig's trotters. Please ask Aunt Chen to prepare them for me in advance."
Shen Linyue laughed at her: “You are not afraid of getting fat if you eat pig’s trotters in the middle of the night.”
Shen Qingye stepped forward and hugged her mother's neck, saying in a tender voice: "My mother has excellent genes. I am naturally beautiful, so what am I afraid of?"
Shen Linyue pushed her away with a look of disgust: “Okay, okay, go to your class.”
"I was late for work today because of you."
Shen Qingye: "People always say that fathers and sons fight together, but we are mother and daughter solving cases together, how great!"
Shen Linyue laughed, and watched her back walk into the Criminal Investigation Brigade's courtyard, and the smile on her face slowly faded.
But after a moment, she laughed softly again.
She is happy.
It's a good thing.
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Although he went to Xue's house on the way, the Xue's house was close and Xue Mingqi was quite cooperative, so Shen Qingye didn't waste much time. When he arrived at the team, Yue Lingchuan and the others had not returned yet.
Shen Qingye was not in a hurry. He went back to his office to finish his work first. It was almost noon when he heard some noise coming from the stairwell.
A group of people came back one after another. Shen Qingye had finished his work and went to the serious crime team.
"Xiao Shen." Luo Kaiyang greeted him and asked first, "How was your visit to Xue Mingqi?"
Zhou Qiming and the others also looked over.
Shen Qingye said: "The Xue family is quite cooperative, and the progress is going quite smoothly, but..."
She gave a brief account of the situation, and everyone frowned when they heard it.
Wei Zhengyi said: "It seems that there is a lot of information, but it also seems that there is no information at all."
Jiang Cheng said: "If it is really as she said, then she can be said to be innocent in this matter. Even if it is the cleaning incident, it is not unreasonable to use the word coincidence."
Luo Kaiyang played with the USB drive: "But the reason she gave can be said to be impeccable..."
Shen Qingye said: "So I think that before we get more evidence, Xue Mingqi won't be able to get any clues."
She looked around and asked, "What did everyone gain from this trip today?"
Everyone looked at each other, and Jiang Cheng spoke first: "As for Xia Jingling, I went to find her boyfriend first and confirmed that they were together yesterday morning. Then I checked the surveillance of the theater they went to. They came out after the movie ended at around 11 o'clock, so they didn't have time to commit the crime.
"As for Liang Siqing, I also found her roommate. From nine o'clock yesterday morning, her roommate had been watching TV in the living room of their shared apartment. Liang Siqing didn't come out of the room until twelve o'clock noon."
He paused and said, "The house they rented is on the fifth floor. There is no possibility of getting out through the window."
Shen Qingye frowned slightly. Having said that, the suspicions of Xia Jingling and Liang Siqing were temporarily ruled out.
Shen Qingye's gaze fell on Yue Lingchuan.
Yue Lingchuan was leaning against the table leisurely. Seeing this, he said, "Lin Mengjiao said she slept all morning, but she lives alone, and no one can prove that. I went there early, and there was already a group of grandpas and grandmas playing chess and chatting downstairs. I asked them, and also asked the neighbors on both sides of Lin Mengjiao, but no one noticed whether Lin Mengjiao had gone out."
Wei Zhengyi stroked his chin and said, "Without a witness, her alibi is a bit far-fetched..."
He added, "By the way, I went to see He Shuwen. Her roommate said that they went out to play the night before and drank a little. They slept since yesterday morning and didn't come out."
Everyone nodded and their eyes fell on Zhou Qiming again.
He put down the water cup and said, "I have made a discovery here."
"According to Wei Xiaoxia's confession, I went to the Qiao Fashion store where she was shopping yesterday and asked around. The proprietress said that such a person did come yesterday, probably around 10 o'clock. But there were many customers at that time, so I don't remember exactly when she left. I only vaguely remember that after she paid the bill, she seemed to walk around the store for a while."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Zhou Qiming continued, "I felt something was wrong, so I went back to the hotel and checked the surveillance again. Then at 10:27, I saw Wei Xiaoxia appear at the hotel entrance."
Luo Kaiyang asked hurriedly: "She appeared at the entrance of the hotel?"
Zhou Qiming knew what he was thinking and spread his hands: "But she didn't go in."
"She was only outside for less than ten minutes before she turned around and left."
Luo Kaiyang looked puzzled: "What are you doing? You know your boyfriend is getting married? Are you going to witness his big day?"
"Hey, don't tell me, she really said that." Zhou Qiming shrugged: "I asked Wei Xiaoxia why she appeared at the door of the hotel at that time, and she just said that she wanted to see what kind of unlucky bride was to marry that thing."
Everyone had doubts on their faces. Zhou Qiming said, "But no matter what, Wei Xiaoxia was not at the scene when the crime happened. This can be proved. And..." He paused, "I rewound the surveillance video for a few hours and found that at about eight o'clock in the morning, a woman in a cleaning uniform walked into the hotel."
Yue Lingchuan's eyes flickered slightly: "Almost eight o'clock?"
Zhou Qiming said: "Yes, the normal cleaning work should be at seven o'clock in the morning. And they usually change into cleaning clothes after arriving at the hotel. But that person, not only did he come late, but he was also wrapped up tightly.
"I asked the security guards at the door if they had any impression of this person. They all said that they remembered this person, but because she was wearing a cleaning uniform, they thought she was someone who left the hotel and went back, so they didn't pay much attention to it."
Shen Qingye murmured, "So, she deliberately timed it precisely and figured out the security guard's intentions, and that's how she successfully committed the crime."
Yue Lingchuan asked him again: "Wu Yanhong said that after the clothes were lost, they checked the surveillance, but it was too dark at the time and they could only barely see a figure - have you compared the body shape of that person with that of the murderer?"
Zhou Qiming said: "I have compared them. It was very dark that night, but luckily there was a moon outside, and I could vaguely see an outline that matched the appearance of the murderer."
Jiang Cheng said: "Scouting the place beforehand and stealing clothes, it doesn't seem like they didn't prepare in advance."
Wei Zhengyi suddenly said, "Lin Mengjiao lives in Puning District, which is about an hour away from the hotel by taxi. If she left home early yesterday while the old men and women were still asleep, she would have returned home around 12 o'clock. At that time, everyone would have been having lunch, so there shouldn't have been many people outside, right? In this way, wouldn't she be able to avoid the eyes and ears of most people and create the illusion that she had been sleeping at home the whole time?"
Yue Lingchuan glanced at him with appreciation: "It is indeed possible."
Luo Kaiyang suddenly raised his hand: "Boss, I also have some clues about Zheng Yudan."
Yue Lingchuan looked at him and said, "Speak."
Luo Kaiyang said: "When I went there, Zheng Yudan's mother was about to go to work. I asked her what she did yesterday morning, and she said she just bought groceries and cooked, and she didn't go out. I was worried that they might be covering up for her, so I asked the neighbors around their home and the vegetable market they often went to, and the answers I got were all similar."
"But from their chat, I discovered one thing."
"Zheng Yudan's father suddenly lost his job in November last year."
"Suddenly unemployed?" Wei Zhengyi wondered.
Luo Kaiyang nodded: "Neighbors all say that Zheng Weiguo is a loyal and honest person. He has been in that company for almost ten years. I don't know what happened, but he was suddenly fired."
"I went to his company to ask, and his colleagues said that Zheng Weiguo worked diligently and conscientiously, and never cheated. The manager liked him very much, but he was fired without any news. Some people discussed secretly that Zheng Weiguo might have offended someone and they were targeting him."
Offended someone?
Shen Qingye suddenly remembered: "I remember... Zheng Yudan also broke up with Yuan Zhenghao last November, right?"
Jiang Cheng nodded: "She also said that after they broke up, Yuan Zhenghao pestered her for a while."
Wei Zhengyi speculated: "So, maybe Yuan Zhenghao was unwilling to break up? That's why he took revenge?"
Yue Lingchuan asked: "What is Zheng Weiguo doing now?
Luo Kaiyang said: "I heard from the neighbors that he seems to be doing odd jobs and goes out very early every day." He didn't see the other person when he went there this time.
Zhou Qiming frowned: "What did he do originally?"
Luo Kaiyang said: "It seems to be related to construction, right? It's being built at Hongmao."
"Shouldn't the construction industry be more popular with age? He has worked in the original company for ten years and his work ability is not bad, so he should be quite experienced. Even if this company doesn't want him, other companies should welcome him. Why would he do odd jobs?"
Shen Qingye asked: "Wait, what industry is the Yuan family in?"
Jiang Cheng and Zhou Qiming looked at each other and said, "It seems to be... construction and real estate or something like that."
Luo Kaiyang clapped his hands and said, "Could it be that Yuan Zhenghao has informed other families not to accept Zheng Weiguo?"
Everyone was speechless for a moment. Yue Lingchuan frowned, suddenly picked up his cell phone, stood up and walked out.
Shen Qingye looked back and saw him saying something outside. After a moment, he pushed the door open and walked in again. "I've asked around. It was Yuan Zhenghao's idea that Zheng Weiguo was fired. He also notified several other construction companies in the city that Zheng Weiguo's applications would not be accepted."
Luo Kaiyang boasted: "The boss is worthy of being the boss, his network of contacts is really wide!"
Zhou Qiming hissed and said in confusion: "No, what's the point of making such a big fuss? Is it just that you don't want to break up with Zheng Yudan?"
"But he has so many women around him, and he changes them so frequently. He doesn't look like a love-struck person, does he?"
Wei Zhengyi said: "It is possible that he just wants Zheng Yudan to submit to him? Is this the bad nature of some men?"
Luo Kaiyang said: "If that's the case, then does Zheng Yudan have a motive to kill? Yuan Zhenghao first pretended to be a hero saving a beautiful woman and tricked her into dating him. After she exposed him, he pestered her and failed, and then he made her father lose his job - in a rage, he chose to kill?"
This logic seems to be fine, but...
"But she didn't have time to commit the crime." Shen Qingye said calmly.
With so many neighbors and market owners watching, and Zheng Yudan's home not being close to the hotel, it would be difficult to commit the crime in a short period of time.
Everyone fell silent again.
Yue Lingchuan spoke first: "Whether she did it or not, this is a clue. If we dig deeper along the clue, we will eventually find something."
He looked at Zhou Qiming and said, "Old Zhou, you and Kaiyang go to the Zheng family again, and focus on testing whether Zheng Weiguo and his wife know why they were laid off, and put some pressure on Zheng Yudan. Jiang Cheng, you and Zhengyi stay and carefully review the USB drive that Xiao Shen brought and the hotel surveillance to see if you can find more information about the murderer."
Luo Kaiyang couldn't help but ask: "Boss, what about you?"
Yue Lingchuan said: "Xiao Shen and I will go to the dance organization where Zheng Yudan works to take a look."
"She is dating Yuan Zhenghao, so colleagues in the same organization should have some impression of her."
He looked at Shen Qingye and asked, "Are you free this afternoon?"
Shen Qingye said hurriedly: "I have no problem, the work has been handled."
Upon hearing this, Wei Zhengyi tutted his tongue again: "Xiao Shen is now doing two jobs by herself, and she doesn't even get paid. Boss, isn't it bad for you to exploit her like this?"
Yue Lingchuan glanced at him and said, "You are the only one who talks too much."
Shen Qingye also smiled: "It's okay, I really like solving cases with everyone."
Since they have now passed a clear path in front of the Song detachment, Shen Qingye is acting more and more openly.
Everyone agreed, and after hurriedly finishing their lunch, they drove off.
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Zhou Qiming and Luo Kaiyang arrived at the destination first.
Zheng Yudan's home is in an old neighborhood. It looks a bit shabby on the outside, but it has convenient transportation and the vegetable market is only two steps away.
The two stood at the door, and Zhou Qiming raised his hand and knocked.
"Who is it?" A cold female voice came from inside the room. As footsteps approached, the door was opened with a creak.
Zheng Yudan looked at the two people outside the door, frowned instantly, and asked impatiently: "Why are you here again?"
Luo Kaiyang raised his hand and propped it on the door: "Don't worry, we are not here to look for you."
Zheng Yudan sneered: "You didn't come to see me, so why are you knocking on our door?"
Zhou Qiming said: "We are here to look for your father."
Zheng Yudan's hand holding the door handle suddenly tightened, and she looked at them warily: "What do you want to do with my father?"
Luo Kaiyang said: "I want to ask him something."
Zheng Yudan did not give in: "Whatever it is, it's the same if you ask me."
Zhou Qiming chuckled: "That's fine."
He nodded and said, "I just want to ask, does your father know that he was fired from the company because of Yuan Zhenghao?"
Zheng Yudan's expression suddenly turned cold, and her pretty face tensed up.
Luo Kaiyang raised his eyebrows: "Is it inconvenient to say?"
Zheng Yudan said nothing.
Luo Kaiyang said: "If it is inconvenient for you to tell us, then we will go find your father."
After he finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave. Zheng Yudan looked at their backs and gritted her teeth, "Stop!"
Luo Kaiyang looked back at her: "Can you speak now?"
Zheng Yudan bit her lower lip tightly, looking at them with eyes that seemed to be about to burst into flames.
"Come in and talk." She squeezed out these words from between her teeth.
Zhou Qiming and Luo Kaiyang looked at each other and followed.
The Zheng family’s house is neither big nor small, but it is clean and tidy, and the decoration is very romantic. It can be seen that the owner is a person who loves life.
With a "bang", Zheng Yudan threw two glasses of water in front of them and said with a cold face, "Drink water."
Zhou Qiming lowered his eyes and took a look: "No need, we'll just ask a few questions and leave."
He was really afraid that she would poison herself.
Zheng Yudan curled her lips and said coldly: "Don't you all know it? What else is there to ask?"
Luo Kaiyang looked at her with a frown: "Zheng Yudan, you are now the biggest suspect in this case. I advise you to speak nicely." Zheng Yudan breathed rapidly and turned her head away.
After a long while, she spoke in a buzzing voice: "Ask."
Zhou Qiming said: "Did you know that Yuan Zhenghao had informed all the major construction companies in Pingjiang City that they were not allowed to recruit Zheng Weiguo?"
Zheng Yudan said firmly: "I know."
Luo Kaiyang wondered, "Why would he do this? As far as I know, he has a lot of women around him and changes girlfriends very frequently. Why would he insist on pestering you?"
Zheng Yudan said helplessly: "How do I know what he is crazy about? Maybe Young Master Yuan has always been the one dumping others, and this is the first time he has been dumped, so he is embarrassed? Or maybe he feels that he hasn't had enough fun and wants to play some more?"
She pulled the corners of her lips: "It's not because you like me after all."
Zhou Qiming frowned: "What exactly happened? Tell me in detail."
Zheng Yudan took a deep breath, "In the beginning, I found out that he had someone else outside and proposed to break up, but Yuan Zhenghao didn't want to, and kept pestering me for forgiveness. I thought there were only one and countless cheating times, so I insisted on breaking up. When Yuan Zhenghao saw that soft tactics didn't work, he used hard tactics and threatened me that if we broke up, I would not be able to have an easy life."
"He threatened me with my father's job, saying that the Yuan family was influential in Pingjiang's construction industry. If he said so, no one would dare to hire my father."
Luo Kaiyang asked: "Does your father know about this?"
"I know." Zheng Yudan smiled bitterly, "I was absent-minded during that time. I was afraid that he would really do something to my father. I was thinking about compromising and just staying with him for a while. Maybe he would let me go when he got tired of me. But maybe I was in a bad mood during that time. My parents noticed something was wrong and asked me what was wrong. I couldn't help it and told them everything."
She wiped her face and continued, "My dad listened to me and comforted me, saying it was okay. Even if I lost my job, he would not let me suffer any injustice. He also said that at worst we could move away. The Yuan family could cover the sky with one hand in Pingjiang, but the country is so big that their hands can't be so long. They can always find a place for our family to stay."
"It was only because of his words that I was able to make up my mind to reject Yuan Zhenghao. Later, my father lost his job. As the Chinese New Year was approaching, he wanted to work as a handyman for a while, and then look for a job outside after he became stable after the Chinese New Year. Unexpectedly, this incident happened first..."
Luo Kaiyang and Zhou Qiming looked at each other. Zhou Qiming asked, "He pushed you so hard, don't you hate him?"
"Hate, of course I hate him." Zheng Yudan sneered, "At that time, I wanted to stab him to death and put an end to it. But every time I had this thought, I couldn't help but think, if I died, what would happen to my parents? They only have me as a child. If I kill him, it would be a relief, but they will have to live with other people's gossip for the rest of their lives, and they will have no one to rely on when they are old. Besides, even if I kill Yuan Zhenghao, can the Yuan family let me go? Can they let my parents go?"
Zhou Qiming asked, "What happened next? Your father lost his job at the end of November last year. From the time he lost his job until now, has Yuan Zhenghao not come to bother you again?"
Zheng Yudan shook her head: "No."
She was also a little confused: "At the beginning, he should have been waiting for me to take the initiative to find him and surrender. But later I insisted and never went to find him. To be honest, I was always worried during that time, afraid that he would do something again. But he never made any move."
Luo Kaiyang asked: "I never came to see you once?"
Zheng Yudan said: "Not even once. Maybe he found that making my dad lose his job is not a threat to me? Or maybe he found it boring and found a new love, so he never pestered me again."
Zhou Qiming was puzzled: "That's strange..."
A revenge that came suddenly and ended inexplicably was unusual no matter how you looked at it.
Luo Kaiyang asked: "Aren't you surprised that he didn't come to see you?"
Zheng Yudan said: "It's strange, but I really want to see him. Besides, if he really forgot about me, why would I go over to him? To remind him that I still exist?"
She said, "We had been planning to move recently. Dad had already been asking people outside about jobs, and Mom was also wondering whether to sell the house. Then this happened..."
Zheng Yudan was a little confused for a moment, not knowing what to do next.
Seeing this, Zhou Qiming looked at Luo Kaiyang and asked a few more questions. When he saw that he could not get any answers, he stood up and said goodbye.
After leaving Zheng Yudan's house, Zhou Qiming did not rush back, but instead inquired around the community. He successfully got information from several people that the Zheng family was planning to sell the house and move recently, and then he left.
The sun has set, and the sky is filled with golden afterglow. Zhou Qiming sat in the car and called Yue Lingchuan to report the situation on his side. He then said:
"I still feel something is wrong. Yuan Zhenghao's behavior is really inexplicable and doesn't make sense. Zheng Yudan clearly had a motive, but she didn't have the time to commit the crime. I feel like the whole case is a mess now."
There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while before Yue Lingchuan said in a deep voice: "Of course not."
"What she told you is completely different from what I heard here."
Zhou Qiming was shocked: "What?"
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When Yue Lingchuan and Shen Qingye arrived at the dance institution where Zheng Yudan worked, some children were taking classes inside. After receiving the news, the boss hurried out to greet them. After learning the purpose of their visit, he was stunned for a moment, then politely exchanged greetings for a while before bringing the relevant personnel over.
"These teachers all have a good relationship with Yudan. If you have any questions, just ask them directly."
Shen Qingye looked at the teachers in front of him who were slender and well-mannered, and nodded slightly to the boss: "Thank you for your help, boss."
The boss smiled gently: "No, your case is more important, just call me if you have anything else."
She turned and left, closing the door considerately. Only then did Shen Qingye withdraw his gaze.
This is the boss's reception room, which is specially reserved for their use. Several teachers sat on the sofa opposite, looking a little reserved.
Shen Qingye smiled gently and soothed him, "Don't be nervous, I just have some questions and want to consult."
A teacher in a yellow sweater spoke first: "You go ahead."
Shen Qingye asked: "You and Zheng Yudan have a good relationship, right?"
Teacher Jiang, who had just spoken, nodded and said, "Yes, Yudan and I came in the same year. We have been together for a long time and we have a good relationship."
Shen Qingye looked at the other teachers again, and Teacher Wu also said: "Teacher Sun and I came here earlier than Yudan, and we often eat and go shopping together during our breaks."
Teacher Sun beside her nodded and said, "That's right. Yudan is cold on the outside but soft on the inside. When she first came, she looked difficult to get along with, but she's actually a nice person and easy to talk to."
Shen Qingye had a general understanding of the teachers, so he asked, "You have a good relationship with Zheng Yudan, so does she usually tell you about her personal matters?"
Teacher Wu asked, "Personal matters? For example?"
Shen Qingye looked at her and said, "For example, do you know about her boyfriend?"
Teacher Wu suddenly understood what she said and nodded: "Yes, we all know that she had a boyfriend before."
Several other teachers also nodded. Teacher Jiang said, "Yudan is good-looking and has a good temperament. Usually, many people pursue her, but we have never seen her fall in love. So when she first started dating, we were all quite curious."
Shen Qingye asked again: "Do you remember when she started dating?"
Teacher Jiang thought for a moment and said, "Probably... around September last year? Around mid-September."
Teacher Sun added: "In fact, that man had been pursuing Yudan for a while, but Yudan had never been attracted to him because she thought he was too slick and unreliable. Later, it seemed that... once he rescued Yudan from a group of hooligans and was injured, Yudan was attracted to him and finally agreed to his pursuit."
Shen Qingye asked as he took notes: "How long have they been together?"
Teacher Jiang said, "It was probably less than two months. They broke up in early November. It seems that the guy has someone else outside?"
"Actually...it's not really a breakup." Teacher Sun at the side suddenly said, "Didn't they reconcile later?"
Shen Qingye paused while taking notes, and raised his clear eyes from the notebook, with a stunned look:
"Reconciled?"
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