Meng Sheng listened quietly to their conversation without saying a word, enduring her discomfort as she watched the tense standoff inside.
Chen Ye asked several questions, but Cheng Jie didn't mention a word about anything related to the case, though he made several useless requests.
At first, Chen Ye gave her water and cigarettes when she asked for them, but later he stopped indulging her.
Since the trial began, not a single useful piece of information has been revealed.
However, it's impossible to abandon the interrogation because of this. If an overwhelming victory isn't achieved the first time, it will give the suspect a clue about the police's bottom line, allowing them to use the same tactics to provoke and anger the police next time.
Chen Ye leaned back in his chair, looking relaxed and at ease, his posture particularly comfortable, showing no dissatisfaction at all because of Cheng Jie's lack of cooperation.
He twirled the cigarette pack in his hand, a smile playing on his lips. "Want another one?"
Cheng Jie just stared at him with a sinister look, his body equally relaxed, without saying a word, the cigarette in his hand already burned out.
He only casually threw it on the ground when he felt it was too hot to handle.
"Don't want it? Have one, though. Someone like you would never be able to smoke such good cigarettes if I hadn't caught you. You should thank me. Do you know how much a pack of these cigarettes costs? They're custom-made from overseas. A pack costs four figures. Just the two you just smoked must have cost at least four or five thousand."
Chen Ye chuckled and teased, deliberately trying to provoke him, "I overestimated you. It's a waste to give you such good cigarettes. You've never had anything good to eat since you were a child, so how could you possibly taste anything?"
Cheng Jie has a short temper and is easily angered. Later, Chen Ye successfully provoked Cheng Jie with his teasing and negative remarks.
He was like a vicious wolf lurking in the shadows, his eyes and face full of ferocity. It was clear that at this moment, he wanted to kill Chen Ye, but he was powerless to do so. He could only struggle to break free and hurl insults to vent his deep hatred for rich people like Chen Ye.
Meng Sheng also realized that this was one of Chen Ye's interrogation techniques.
Yi Jun, who was standing to the side, smiled and said, "We can finally get down to business."
Cheng Jie, a typical example of paranoid personality disorder, will become more malicious the more his inferiority complex is aroused. He will turn this shame into anger and try his best to vent and cover it up by cursing and hitting people.
Just as Cheng Jie was venting his anger, Chen Ye showed his impatience and interrupted the magic, saying, "Your mouth stinks! If it weren't for this outfit, I would have slapped you to death! Take him away, I'm not going to interrogate him!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the police officer standing next to Cheng Jie prepared to remove the handcuffs from the interrogation chair, but what he got in return was Cheng Jie's even more agitated resistance and roaring.
When he finally saw Chen Ye open the interrogation room door and walk out, the overwhelming feeling of being ignored, disregarded, and despised since childhood washed over him, instantly engulfing him.
"You...you wait...you wait, stop! Stop right there! I'll talk...I'll talk, I'll tell you everything! Come back, come back!"
Chen Ye curled his lips into a smile, and as he slowly turned around, the smug look on his face had disappeared, but there was still a hint of impatience and arrogance between his brows.
"You think you're so great? Now you want to talk? I don't want to hear it, take him away!"
“Ning Weiwei asked me to kill someone for her before. You’ll never guess who it was! Just sit back down and I’ll tell you everything.”
Everyone, whether in the interrogation room or the observation room, was stunned when they heard Cheng Jie's words.
Meng Sheng's heart suddenly tightened, and she roughly guessed who Cheng Jie was referring to when he said he had killed someone.
But she didn't dare show anything on her face, and her gaze didn't change at all. She only frowned slightly in confusion, as if she was hearing about this for the first time.
After all, there was a senior psychological profiling consultant standing next to him.
Those who can be hired by the Criminal Investigation Division as profilers are undoubtedly highly capable.
Chen Ye narrowed his eyes. He hadn't expected to catch such a big fish. Since it involved human lives, he couldn't be playful or teasing. He stared at Cheng Jie with a cold, stern face, making Cheng Jie mistakenly believe that he had regained the upper hand.
"Explain yourself clearly!"
Seeing his expression, Cheng Jie finally felt a sense of relief. "Do you want to hear it now?"
Chen Ye pressed his tongue against his cheek, tugged at the corner of his lips, and walked up to Cheng Jie. Taking advantage of his height, he stared at Cheng Jie's ugly face with a few oppressive words.
"If you still want to waste time with me, fine, I'm all set. I have plenty of time. The reason you were arrested doesn't justify letting you stay locked up for 24 or 48 hours. Once I'm out of this door today, you won't be able to see me whenever you want. That depends on my mood. But given your provocative attitude today, I'm definitely not going to be happy for a while. Did you say that, Cheng Jie?"
Cheng Jie felt a chill run down his spine as he stared coldly into those sharp, hawk-like eyes.
He couldn't help but want to step back and distance himself from Chen Ye, but the police officer next to him held his arm tightly, not letting him move an inch.
Chen Ye seemed to see the fear in his eyes, and thought it was good that he knew to be afraid.
He smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said to the officer next to him, "Take him back to his seat."
The handcuffs were locked again, and Chen Ye glanced at him indifferently, "Speak up. We've come this far, so say what you should and shouldn't say, and see if you can earn some credit for yourself and try to get a reduced sentence."
Although Cheng Jie was still annoyed, he had been dealt with by Chen Ye and became much more obedient, recounting how Ning Weiwei had spent 100,000 yuan to brake Xu Li's brakes back then.
"Ning Weiwei is very stingy. She originally only wanted to give me 30,000, but this is a job that costs my life, so 30,000 is not enough. After some bargaining, the price reached 100,000, and she generously gave it to me."
However, after she tampered with things and died, I found out that the person she asked me to kill was actually her best friend's mother. I then extorted another 80,000 yuan from her. Seven or eight months later, after I ran out of money, I asked her for another 100,000 yuan. She got angry and said that if I contacted her again, we would die together. I knew that was her bottom line, so I stopped contacting her.
But two or three months ago, she contacted me again, saying she would give me 300,000 yuan to help her move another car, and then transfer me more money so I could go abroad and hide for a while..."
Even though she had already heard the truth from Ning Weiwei, Meng Sheng still couldn't stop her heart from trembling and her hands from shaking when Cheng Jie recounted the details of the car accident that Ning Weiwei had orchestrated.
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