Xiao Yi choked up as he spoke, and with trembling hands, he put the cigarette in his mouth, took a drag, and exhaled the smoke.
"After that, we all came to the city and have been here for several years. This time, we came to the resort, and it was A-Zhe who paid for our room for a week with the money Qin Zeyu gave him."
“That day we went out to a bar and saw Qin Zeyu and Tian Leyu at A Zhe’s table. Gao Ge took a liking to Tian Leyu and said he had never seen such a beautiful girl before and he wanted to sleep with her.”
"After that, he found A Zhe. At first, A Zhe refused. Later, Brother Gao said that he would let A Zhe have his turn after he finished. Brother Ran disagreed at the time. He said that this was illegal and we absolutely could not do it. Brother Gao was unhappy. He called Brother Ran stubborn and dragged A Zhe away."
“Out of curiosity, I followed them. A-Zhe booked a room next to Tian Leyu’s. He said he knew that if he knocked on the door, Tian Leyu would know it was him and wouldn’t open it. So that night, after they finished drinking, they climbed over the balcony into Tian Leyu’s room in the dark.”
"But unexpectedly, Tian Leyu wasn't drunk. She wanted to call Qin Zeyu for help, but A Zhe grabbed her head and slammed it against the table, and she passed out! I panicked at the time, I wanted to save her! I went up to help her, but Brother Gao kicked me away, and then they took turns watching Tian Leyu do that kind of thing."
"In the end, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I left."
Xiao Yi stopped there, and Shen Yizhou roughly guessed that A Zhe was one of those involved.
"Big brother, I've said everything I need to say, please let us go!" Xiao Yi knelt down directly in front of Shen Yizhou.
"Get up first, I'll let you go, don't worry." Shen Yizhou pulled him up from the ground, a cigarette dangling from his lips.
He pulled Xiao Yi back to the beach, saying, "Alright, you guys can go now."
After Shen Yizhou finished speaking, he took He Tiantian's hand, grabbed A Zhe's head, and walked over to Yong Ge's side.
"Brother Yong, thank you so much this time." Shen Yizhou didn't hold back his thanks; his opinion of Brother Yong had changed once again.
"What are you saying! Don't leave that young lady alone in the restaurant next time, give her some money!"
Yongge shook his head at Shen Yizhou. This brother-in-law! He's good, but why doesn't he give his sister any money?
He Tiantian smiled awkwardly. She was so excited when she saw Yong Ge at the restaurant! She told Yong Ge that she had been bullied on the beach, but she didn't have any money to pay the bill. Yong Ge generously paid for her and even took her to help.
"Hahaha, I say, little sister, why is it your husband who manages the money?" Old Liu said with a grin as he ate his ice cream.
"Hey, Brother Liu! Please don't make fun of me."
He Tiantian was really a little embarrassed. She had already dug three castles out of her toes, big enough to house everyone.
Shen Yizhou smiled, thanked Yong Ge and Liu Ge again, and left with He Tiantian.
On the way back, A Zhe didn't dare to speak, and he didn't know where Shen Yizhou was taking him.
"Where are we going, Zhouzhou?"
He Tiantian couldn't help but ask. It had been so quiet the whole way that she wasn't used to it, and she was also very curious about what Xiao Yi had told Shen Yizhou that made him look so complicated.
Shen Yizhou didn't say anything. He pulled A Zhe to a coffee shop inside the resort and found a seat on the side.
"Tell me, what exactly did you do to Tian Leyu?"
A Zhe was startled; his mind raced as fear surged from all directions.
“This matter has nothing to do with you! I won’t say a word more.”
"You killed Tian Leyu, didn't you!"
Ah Zhe immediately retorted, "I didn't kill her! When I went to check on her in the middle of the night, she was still alive and well!"
"You went to see her again in the middle of the night?" Shen Yizhou asked A Zhe, squinting his eyes.
"I! No! I didn't go to see her, I misspoke!" A-Zhe was clearly flustered.
"What does this have to do with you? What gives you the right to question me?"
A Zhe stood up excitedly and glared angrily at Shen Yizhou. He Tiantian sat beside him, too drenched in sweat to speak.
Shen Yizhou calmly took out a cigarette and lit it. He was breaking down A Zhe's psychological defenses little by little.
“If you don’t tell the truth, I’ll tell Xiaoyu about this. You know Xiaoyu really likes Tian Leyu. What do you think he’ll do to you when he finds out?”
“Xiaoyu already suspects you. He asked me to investigate. If you tell me honestly, I can say that Lao Gao did it.”
A Zhe's mind was frantically absorbing Shen Yizhou's words. He sat down tremblingly. He didn't want to let Xiao Yu down. He really didn't expect things to turn out this way.
“I’ll tell you everything. That night, Lao Gao and I took turns having sex with her. I pushed her, and her head hit the table, causing her to pass out. Lao Gao was halfway through when she woke up, so we covered her mouth with a towel. She looked at me with tears in her eyes, but I was already overwhelmed by the moment. After we finished, we let her go.”
As A Zhe spoke, tears streamed down his face. He truly regretted doing such a thing. Why hadn't he realized his mistake back then?
“I was worried in the middle of the night that she would tell Xiaoyu. I thought about it and went over again. Tian Leyu was sitting on the floor crying. I didn’t go into the room. I saw that she was still alive and left. The next day I heard that she had died.”
Shen Yizhou listened to these words and fell into deep thought. If they weren't the murderers, then who could it be...?
"I'd like to ask you, how did Jiang Zifeng find out about this?"
He Tiantian listened and asked the question that had been on her mind. She didn't know why she asked it, but a strong sixth sense forced her to ask the question.
A-Zhe looked up at He Tiantian in shock, "How do you know Jiang Zifeng knows about this? Has he already told him?!"
"He didn't say it, we found out it ourselves," Shen Yizhou quickly covered up the matter.
A Zhe suddenly realized something was wrong; he had never asked Jiang Zifeng how he knew about this.
“I don’t know either… I was so scared that day. Zifeng suddenly pulled me downstairs and asked me if I had done that kind of thing to Tian Leyu. I told him everything.”
Then, they all fell into a long silence.
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