Chapter 445 He's Broken
“Thus, to win every battle is not the best of all virtues; to defeat the enemy without fighting is the best of all virtues.”
"Thank you, Director. I believe this sentence is the spiritual core of The Art of War."
A few days ago, in the office of the Municipal Bureau Director, Zhou Yi stood in front of Xie Guoqiang's desk and said.
Xie Guoqiang, who had been working at his desk with his head down, paused for a moment when he heard this. He looked up at him and said, "Continue."
"To conquer the enemy without fighting is no longer just a military strategy, but a top-level strategic plan. The core goal is to make the enemy realize that the cost of confrontation far outweighs the benefits, so that they will voluntarily give up resistance and achieve 'total victory.'"
"Chen Gengyun is a political broker, a spider crawling around in a web of power and money. I remember when Liang and I went to Liu Baoguo's office, he joked that he was everywhere. That was his way of pointing out that he was a connections dealer, but unfortunately I didn't notice it at the time."
"So he relies on this set of things to get by. His public status, reputation, resources, and behind-the-scenes connections, interests, women, etc. are all built on this."
"And he's a complete hypocrite. What's a hypocrite's biggest fear?"
"I'm afraid of being exposed in public; I'm afraid of losing the trust of others and thus losing my usefulness; I'm afraid of meeting a true gentleman and exposing the ugly face of a true villain!"
"Because hypocrisy is essentially a means of gaining benefits. Once you become a rat crossing the street, all your vested interests and future interests will be reduced to zero. This is the most fatal fear for hypocrites."
Hearing this, Xie Guoqiang finally put down the pen in his hand, looked up at Zhou Yi with a hint of approval in his eyes and asked.
"So you've figured out how to make this rat invisible?"
Zhou Yi nodded solemnly.
…
"Good evening, everyone! This is the 'Conscience' program on Hongcheng TV. I'm the host, Yu Rong."
"Today is the most special episode of 'Questioning the Heart' in its ten years of existence, because today we will uncover the truth behind a tragic case that spanned over thirty years."
"We have two guests today."
"To my left is an old friend that everyone is familiar with, Officer Zhou Yizhou, affectionately called 'City Hero' by the citizens of Hongcheng."
"And the person to my right is Professor Chen Gengyun, the dean of the School of Social Sciences at Hongcheng University, a renowned sociologist and the suspect in this case."
Under the spotlight, Yu Rong behaved elegantly, with a gentle smile on her face and a graceful makeup, and spoke a series of scripts with witty remarks.
Chen Gengyun looked at everything around him in horror.
At this moment, he was sitting in the studio of the "Questioning the Heart" program, with the host Yu Rong next to him and Zhou Yi, who was wearing a police uniform and looked dignified, sitting opposite him.
In the studio, there are glaring lights above and a row of cameras in different positions below.
The huge cameras were all locked on him, like pitch-black abysses.
"No, what are you doing? What are you doing?" he shouted in horror and tried to stand up.
But as soon as his butt left the chair, Jiang Biao, who was as tall as an iron tower, suddenly appeared behind him.
Jiang Biao placed his two big hands on his shoulders and pressed them lightly.
He felt as if a mountain was pressing down on him and sat down again involuntarily.
"Stop filming me, turn off the camera! Turn it off quickly!" Seeing that he couldn't escape, Chen Gengyun could only raise his hands wearing silver bracelets to torture his face.
Zhou Yi said coldly, "Chen Gengyun, stop hiding. There are five cameras here, capable of filming you from 360 degrees without blind spots. If you think covering yourself up will help, then we can switch to the detention chair. You're familiar with this."
These words made Chen Gengyun tremble all over. He had sat in the detention chair in the interrogation room of the Municipal Bureau several times. Of course he knew that after being locked up, his hands and feet were handcuffed, and even his chest was restrained by a bent iron bar. Not to mention covering his face, it was difficult for him to even move.
He lowered his hands and glared at Zhou Yi, but the anger in his eyes was obviously not as great as the fear.
"You...what are you doing? What you're doing is illegal and an invasion of my privacy! I'm going to sue you, I'm going to!"
“Snap—”
Suddenly, another large beam of light lit up above my head.
But this time, it was the audience seats below the studio that were illuminated.
There were many people sitting below in the audience seats.
The leader is Xie Guoqiang, director of the Municipal Bureau.
After seeing the person next to him, Chen Gengyun was so frightened that he trembled all over and said tremblingly, "Sun...Principal Sun..."
The person next to Xie Guoqiang was the principal of Hongda. At this moment, the principal's face was ashen, and the lenses on his nose reflected a cold light, making it impossible for Chen Gengyun to see the expression behind the lenses.
Following them were Liang Wei and Wu Yongcheng, and then all the members of the task force.
Everyone stared at him with sharp eyes, and at this moment, he felt a huge and inexplicable panic.
"You...you are police officers, how could you do this! I...I haven't been sentenced yet, you have no right to do this to me!" He yelled hysterically, "I'm going to sue you! I'm going to sue you!"
Zhou Yi was at the closest distance, looking at the old man in front of him coldly.
From beginning to end, this old man always looked calm and composed. Even when faced with clues from the police again and again, he could take a step back and tell a new lie without changing his expression.
But even such a Professor Chen was like a shrew at this moment, yelling and shouting in a frenzy.
Zhou Yi knew that his defense was completely broken.
Xie Guoqiang was really awesome. He hit his weak spot with just one stretch of his hand.
Chen Gengyun is a versatile sociologist, a political broker with extensive social connections, and a highly respected intellectual.
His social identity has made him who he is today.
For many leading cadres, their circumstances and status are very different before and after retirement.
For example, Liu Baoguo still has four years until retirement. Once he retires, he will have no real power and all that will be left for him is "respect."
But Chen Gengyun is different. He has used his identity as a sociologist and the excuse of academic research to build his own network over the years and constantly navigate the web of power.
Even if he retires, it will not affect his status, because his identity as the dean of the college is just icing on the cake for him now.
So what he, as a sociologist, really fears is social death.
From his point of view, even if he is sentenced to two years for perjury, he will not suffer much loss after he is released.
The reason is simple, the connections are still there and I can return to my old job at any time.
And more importantly, he doesn't have to worry about these connections abandoning him.
Because he must know a lot of inside information, he has long become a link in this chain of interests.
After spending two years in prison, he will still be a guest of honor to many people when he comes out, and will be respectfully addressed as "Dean Chen" or "Professor Chen".
He had planned this long ago, so he changed his stance and put all the blame on Fan Tianyou.
Only by making Chen Gengyun socially unfit and infamous will his connections avoid him as much as possible.
In fact, there might even be many people who want him dead, after all, he knows too much.
Of course, the authorities have many ways to make his crimes public and expose them to the world, making it difficult for him to take a single step in the future.
But the problem is that Chen Gengyun inside could not see these things, especially he could not feel the fear brought by this incident during the investigation and interrogation stage.
Therefore, this fear of social death needs to take effect at this stage and become a weapon to break down his psychological defenses.
But just saying it is not enough, Chen Gengyun won't believe it.
Reporting the case in the newspaper before a verdict is made is not only illegal but will also cause social panic.
And if you show him a newspaper that publishes his news, he will just think that you are deliberately printing a fake newspaper to scare me.
So Zhou Yi thought of the best way.
According to the wheel of fate, he and Chen Gengyun should have met during their first recording of the "Questioning the Heart" program.
But a series of changes caused the roulette wheel to start spinning.
So Zhou Yi needs to turn the wheel of fate back to its original point!
TV programs are the best way to make Chen Gengyun feel the fear.
This was also his answer to Xie Guoqiang.
As it turned out, Xie Guoqiang had already written the answer on paper.
More importantly, at this moment, Chen Gengyun's reaction proved that he had realized the horror of this matter.
So he broke down, he became hysterical and manic.
Trying to use the law as a shield and making a final desperate struggle.
Because this move is fatal and heart-breaking.
Xie Guoqiang stood up from the front row of the audience, walked over and said, "Chen Gengyun, it's useless. I have obtained approval from the Municipal and Provincial Party Committees to record this case through a program."
"And you can rest assured, this program won't air until the court issues its verdict. But I also want to remind you that our country's Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that, with the exception of cases involving state secrets, personal privacy, and juvenile crimes, all other cases must be tried in public. So today's program won't air until you're in prison."
"And I can assure you that this program will not only be broadcast in Hongcheng, but will also be broadcast in twelve cities across the province, including the provincial television station. We will make sure everyone in the province remembers your name."
Xie Guoqiang smiled faintly and said, "President Chen should feel honored. Not many criminals can receive such treatment."
Chen Gengyun stared at Xie Guoqiang with wide eyes and horror. He knew that the other party was not joking and would really do it.
"Director Xie, I... I beg you... don't do this... give me some face... I have many friends..." Chen Gengyun tried to stand up trembling, but Jiang Biao's hand behind him was like an iron hoop.
"If you need any help in the future... you can come to me... I... I..."
Zhou Yi knew that Xie Guoqiang's threat was the last straw that broke the camel's back. He was desperate and had tried every possible means to cure his illness, and actually said such words in public.
Xie Guoqiang looked at him with disdain and said, "Chen Gengyun, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. You must understand this principle. Do you think you will still have friends after you become infamous for eternity?"
"Now, there is only one path before you: confess all the facts of your crime, make meritorious contributions while serving your sentence, and seek leniency."
This sentence, like a beam of light from a beacon, suddenly brightened Chen Gengyun's eyes. He murmured, "Yes, I didn't kill him. I'll confess honestly and make meritorious contributions. I won't be sentenced to death."
His muttering was quiet, and the audience might not have heard it, but the four people nearby heard it clearly. Zhou Yi's heart suddenly skipped a beat. Did he really not kill the person? Or was he still lying?
Chen Gengyun suddenly raised his head and asked with tears in his eyes, "Director Xie, I... I can explain, but... can you... remove these cameras? I want... to keep a low profile..."
…
Zhou Yi really admired Yu Rong. His previous impression of her was her superb professionalism and profound background.
This time, Zhou Yi was impressed by her mental strength of remaining calm even when faced with a huge crisis.
Throughout the entire process, she always maintained the elegance and propriety of a host, with a professional smile on her face.
It was as if nothing had happened.
When Xie Guoqiang gave a wink, Yu Rong immediately stood up and waved to the staff around her. All the photographers in the studio turned off their cameras and left in an orderly manner.
Yu Rong smiled and nodded at Xie Guoqiang, then said to Zhou Yi in a gentle tone, "Thank you for your hard work, Officer Zhou."
Zhou Yi nodded in response.
With the sound of the door closing gently as Yu Rong left, only Chen Gengyun, Principal Sun and the members of the task force were left in the studio.
At this time, Principal Sun, with a frosty face, stood up and said to Xie Guoqiang in a dry voice, "Director Xie, I'll be leaving first. I'll leave the rest to you police officers."
Xie Guoqiang asked, "Principal Sun, do you want to listen again?"
Principal Sun waved his hand and said, "It's against the rules. I don't fit in here."
Xie Guoqiang nodded and shook hands with the other party.
Principal Sun walked up to Chen Gengyun and looked at him.
Chen Gengyun looked up, not knowing what to say: "Principal, I..."
Principal Sun sighed and turned away.
Zhou Yi didn't know the identity or situation of this principal, but even if he had no problems, he would probably be to blame for the official crimes of Liu Baoguo and Chen Gengyun.
He seems to be approaching retirement age, and if something like this happens to him, his reputation will be ruined in his later years.
"Chen Gengyun, those who should leave have left, and those who should be imprisoned have been imprisoned. Now you can start to explain." Xie Guoqiang's tone was not one of inquiry, but of command.
Chen Gengyun looked blankly at the cameras around him that were no longer lighting up, then nodded dejectedly, "I'll confess. I'll confess everything."
Instead of taking him back to the municipal police station, he was interrogated on the spot in the TV studio. This was simply to tell him that the surrounding cameras could be turned on at any time and anywhere.
Don't have any more luck.
Xie Guoqiang winked at Zhou Yi, and Zhou Yi nodded.
Xie Guoqiang walked back to the audience, and Qiao Jiali walked up with the transcript to take notes.
The lights above the auditorium went out, and everyone was plunged into darkness.
In the huge studio, only the stage was as bright as day.
Above Chen Gengyun’s head is the program’s signboard, with two big characters “Ask your conscience”.
"Chen Gengyun, I remember you said in Liu Baoguo's office that day that it was a pity that we couldn't record the program at that time, right?" Zhou Yi asked.
At this moment, Chen Gengyun was hunched over, like a beast with its spine removed.
Zhou Yi pointed to the program sign above his head and asked, "Do you know the meaning of the name of this program?"
Chen Gengyun swallowed and nodded weakly: "I know, I have a clear conscience."
"Since you know these four words, I won't say much." Zhou Yi opened a file bag in front of him, took out a few things from it and said, "Before we begin, let me show you a few things. I hope everything you say next is true."
Zhou Yi stared at him with a penetrating gaze and said, "This is your last chance. If we catch you telling a lie, you will bear the consequences."
Chen Gengyun nodded repeatedly: "I understand, I understand."
Zhou Yi then showed Chen Gengyun a few things and observed his reaction.
The first one is the DNA matching result of Chen Gengyun and Fan Tianyou.
It is written in black and white: the probability of paternity is greater than 99.99%, which meets the criteria for determining biological blood relationship.
Chen Gengyun didn't seem to have any big reaction to the test results. It seemed that he should have done a paternity test through overseas resources a long time ago.
Come to think of it, with his cunningness, it is impossible that he had not secretly done a paternity test.
The second one is the test report of the cigarette butt.
Chen Gengyun's DNA was found in it.
Zhou Yi discovered that when he saw this thing, his pupils reacted with shock.
This means he knows where the cigarette butt came from.
If this cigarette butt was picked up by someone after he threw it away, his first reaction should be confusion, followed by shock.
Especially when Zhou Yi said that the cigarette butt was found in a mine in Xinbei Town, he actually showed a sad look.
The third document Zhou Yi showed was a photo.
In the photo, Fan Tianyou is lying on a hospital bed, wearing an oxygen mask with his eyes closed.
On his right, a heart rate monitor was specially photographed.
Zhou Yi didn't say anything about this photo, but just showed it to Chen Gengyun.
The implication is, look carefully, Fan Tianyou is still alive, you'd better take care of yourself.
After showing these three things, Zhou Yi said solemnly: "Chen Gengyun, let's start."
At this time, Chen Gengyun nodded timidly, like an old man on the roadside.
"Then where do I begin?"
"Start from the beginning! Start from how you raped Li Aiping in 1963."
As soon as Zhou Yi finished speaking, Chen Gengyun stared at him with wide eyes as if he had seen a ghost.
“You…you…”
Zhou Yi sneered: "Do you think that by being cautious and careful throughout your life, you can hide it from everyone in the world?"
"Chen Gengyun, if you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself."
Zhou Yi saw great fear in Chen Gengyun's eyes. He knew that this move was right and Chen Gengyun had been completely defeated.
"I'll tell you everything."
"In 1963... I thought there were some things no one would know."
Chen Gengyun said that in 1963 he was still called Chen Yimin, a young man born into an ordinary working-class family.
At that time, he only had a high school diploma, but in that era when the education level was generally low, graduating from high school was already a high level of education.
The majority of the educated youth at that time were those who had graduated from junior high school, and those who had graduated from high school.
In March 1963, when he was 20 years old, he received a notice from the street asking him to respond to the country's call and go to Changfeng Forest Farm a month later.
He was confused. He had no idea where the Changfeng Forest Farm was.
That night, he consulted his parents and asked if they could use their connections to allow him to not go.
But they were just an ordinary working-class family, so they didn't have any connections. Moreover, his father was a traditional person and thought it was an honor, so he let him feel at ease and bold to hone his will and spirit.
He was terrified, but helpless.
So I thought of a person, Li Aiping.
Li Aiping was his high school classmate. They had a good impression of each other when they were in high school, but people and ideas of that era were not so open, and many things would not be revealed until the last step.
He has beautiful handwriting and can write modern poetry. When he was in high school, he was a famous literary youth in the school.
Although he was not good-looking, talent was the best thing to attract young girls who were just beginning to fall in love in that era.
Li Aiping was attracted by his talent and poetry.
Li Aiping's father is the head of a public institution, and she is the child of a cadre family with a good family background.
Chen Gengyun found Li Aiping and asked her to ask her father to use all his connections to prevent him from going to Changfeng Forest Farm.
Li Aiping was in a difficult position because her father was a man of integrity, and her second brother had also gone to the countryside the previous year, and children of cadres were not given special treatment. It was because her second brother was an educated youth that she was spared, because generally only one person from each family would go.
Chen Gengyun said with a wry smile: Li Aiping's second brother did go to the countryside, but the place he went to was a rural area in the next city, and the conditions were not that difficult. It was nothing compared to Changfengling, which was thousands of miles away from where he went.
He begged Li Aiping earnestly, took out a love poem, expressed his love to Li Aiping on the spot, and said that he was unwilling to go to the countryside not because he was afraid of hardship, but because he was reluctant to be separated from her.
I’m afraid that after we part ways from now on, we’ll be separated and never see each other again.
Li Aiping was moved by his sincerity and agreed to find his father for him.
He was overjoyed, thinking that things had taken a turn for the better.
But the next day, Li Aiping brought him bad news. Not only did her father refuse to help, he also angrily denounced him as an escapist with low ideological awareness and said he was not worthy of being his son-in-law.
This result made Chen Gengyun's eyes go dark and he almost fainted.
Li Aiping told him to go without worry and that she was willing to wait for him.
But this is not what he wants.
After a few days of depression, he thought of a way, which was to make the matter a fait accompli. Li Aiping's father looked down on him, so he would make Li Aiping his woman. If you don't help me by then, I will let everyone know that your daughter is sleeping with a man before she gets married, which will bring shame to you.
At that time, Chen Gengyun's sister was already married. He took advantage of his parents' night shift and found an excuse to say goodbye before leaving to trick Li Aiping into his home. He cooked a table of dishes himself and prepared some homemade rice wine.
During the meal, he took the opportunity to add some sleeping pills into Li Aiping's wine.
After Li Aiping passed out from the alcohol, he...
The next morning, Li Aiping woke up and found Chen Gengyun sleeping soundly beside her. She screamed and burst into tears.
Chen Gengyun pretended that they were both drunk last night and made a mistake in a daze. He knelt there, slapped himself and swore that he would treat her well for the rest of his life.
Li Aiping, who was in a panic, ran away.
That night, Chen Gengyun and his parents brought some things to the Li family to "apologize", but they were beaten out by the Li family. Li Aiping's eldest brother even picked up a kitchen knife and chased him for three blocks.
However, as the day for the departure of the educated youth team was getting closer, he could only pin his hopes on Li Aiping's father. So he took advantage of the time when Li Aiping's father and brother were at work during the day to go to Li's house to find Li Aiping, but he found out that Li Aiping had been sent to a relative's home in the countryside by his father.
So his plan completely failed, and finally the day came and he boarded the train heading north.
But he didn't expect that what happened that night would sow the seeds and change his future destiny.
"I...can I ask, how...how did you know about this?" Chen Gengyun asked timidly.
He felt that what happened that night was known only to heaven and earth, and even Li Aiping believed in the following twenty years that the two of them had just had sex after drinking.
So when Zhou Yi said the word "rape", he felt it was more terrifying than seeing a ghost.
"Are you qualified to ask?" Zhou Yi replied coldly.
But in fact, Zhou Yi didn't know about this matter either, but guessed it based on some information he found in the past two days.
The last time, when Chen Gengyun was describing his time as an educated youth at Changfeng Forest Farm, he mentioned a key phone call. It was the call he made to the headquarters of the Construction Corps on Lunar New Year's Eve in 1963.
According to him, it was during this phone call that he asked his father to use his connections, and later he was transferred back to Hongcheng.
At that time, Zhou Yi doubted whether Chen Gengyun's family had this ability, so he asked Qiao Jiali to help check the family situation of Chen Gengyun and Li Aiping.
Due to the long time, the investigation in this regard took a lot of time.
The exact results came out today.
Just as Chen Gengyun said before, his parents were ordinary working class people with no background.
However, Li Aiping's father is a cadre in a certain unit, which shows that there is a clear gap in the family status of the two families.
On New Year's Eve in 1963, the phone call Chen Yimin made from the Construction Corps headquarters was obviously not to his parents, but to Li Aiping's father.
It is logically reasonable for Li Aiping's father to help. After all, his daughter gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and for the sake of his daughter and granddaughter, he had to get Chen Gengyun back.
But Zhou Yi was doubting whether Li Aiping and Chen Gengyun had a voluntary relationship. The reason was simple. In the 1960s, people's thinking was still very traditional, and doing so was very risky.
If Li Aiping really had to marry Chen Gengyun, she should have tried her best to get her father to keep Chen Gengyun, even at the cost of her life. Why would she have to wait until the child was a toddler to get him back?
You know, many things are much easier to do before they are settled.
Later, this possibility was confirmed by one person.
Qiao Jiali found Li Aiping's elder brother Li Aiguo, who was the man who chased him for several blocks with a kitchen knife as Chen Gengyun said.
Li Aiguo confirmed that after his sister came back, she locked herself in the room and cried for the whole day, and then she even threatened to die.
This basically shows that there is something fishy about this matter.
After Zhou Yi’s trick just now, Chen Gengyun confessed everything.
"Chen Gengyun, that phone call on New Year's Eve in 1963 was made to Li Aiping's father, right?"
Chen Gengyun nodded and said, "Yes, when I wrote to my family, I asked them to find out. I said I wanted to wish Aiping's father a happy new year."
"How did you convince Li Aiping from such a long distance?"
"I... I wrote Aiping a ten-thousand-word letter, begging her for forgiveness. I hope she'll stop blaming me for the sake of our child. As long as she forgives me, even if I die of old age in those deep mountains and forests, I'll have no regrets in my life."
When Zhou Yi heard this, he cursed in his heart, the old guy was really willing to spend a lot of money. A letter of ten thousand words, how many tricks and emotions must be in the letter.
Let’s talk about literati and poets. Those with good literary talent are indeed very talented.
"Since you are so deeply in love and have no regrets in this life, what about Fan Chunyu?" Zhou Yi asked coldly.
"That... was an accident..." Chen Gengyun said guiltily.
"Accident? Explain clearly."
"Fan Chunyu arrived at the forest farm a few months after me. By then, I had already gotten through the most difficult period of adaptation. Plus, I had a higher level of education than the other educated youth. So when this group of newcomers arrived, the leader asked me to introduce them to the situation and arrange their daily lives. Fan Chunyu was among them. She was petite, with very fair skin and two pigtails. She timidly hid in the crowd, her eyes filled with anxiety and helplessness."
"Her appearance immediately reminded me of myself when I first came here a few months ago. I felt pity for her and took extra care of her afterwards."
Zhou Yi asked, "Are you sure you're feeling pity, and not having dirty thoughts?"
Chen Gengyun quickly waved his hands in denial, "No, no, I swear I didn't. At that time, I was only thinking about Aiping. I really didn't think about that. And my subsequent interactions with Fan Chunyu were all perfectly normal. We were just comrades and never had any other thoughts."
"So pure, then why did they hook up later?"
Chen Gengyun seemed dissatisfied with the word "hooking up", but he did not dare to argue.
"It was on New Year's Eve that I went to the Corps camp to make that phone call. After that, I immediately headed back because the only way was on foot. It was very cold in the mountains, and it was snowing very deeply. I walked and walked for a long, long time before I finally got back to the forest farm. By then, everyone had already finished their New Year's Eve dinner and was resting."
"I was tired, hungry and cold, so I went to the kitchen to find something to eat. I found two hard steamed buns, so I hid in the kitchen, ate them and cried..."
Zhou Yi stopped him, saying, "Come on, stop playing the victim and say something useful."
"Okay, okay. I was eating a steamed bun when the kitchen door suddenly opened. I was startled. Then I saw Fan Chunyu walk in. She said she saw me coming back from the window of the room they lived in."
"I wiped my tears behind her back and asked her if she enjoyed the New Year's Eve dinner. She smiled at me and asked me to wait a moment, then she brought out a bowl of meat from somewhere. I was surprised and asked her where the meat came from. She said she had secretly hidden it while cooking. Then she started to light the fire on the stove and put the bowl of meat in the pot to steam. It was a bowl of roe deer meat, and the aroma of the meat wafted out of the pot while it was steaming. It was the most fragrant smell I have ever smelled in my life."
Chen Gengyun said that the two of them squatted face to face at the stove to keep warm, waiting for the meat to steam. It was freezing cold outside, and the only thing that was flickering in the house was the flames in the stove.
The flickering firelight reflected on Fan Chunyu's young face, making it red.
An inexplicable impulse suddenly rose in the depths of his soul. In the firelight, the two faces got closer and closer, and finally kissed each other.
It was on that night of bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the new that Chen Gengyun and Fan Chunyu crossed the moral bottom line.
Afterwards, Chen Gengyun found out that Fan Chunyu had actually been secretly in love with him for a long time. She initially had a liking for him because of Chen Gengyun's care for him. Later, she was attracted to him because she heard Chen Gengyun read his poems to everyone and admired his talent.
But in that era and environment, she could only suppress her emotions.
What's more, in addition to this, Fan Chunyu has one special feature compared to other educated youth, that is, her background is problematic.
When Chen Gengyun mentioned this information that the police did not know, Zhou Yi suddenly realized something.
Three people in the audience also noticed it. They shifted their gaze from Chen Gengyun to Zhou Yi, waiting to see what he would ask next.
Zhou Yi said, "Chen Gengyun, did you use lies to give Fan Chunyu false hope?"
"I……"
Chen Gengyun felt intimidated by the young policeman in his early twenties.
Why? Why can he see through everything?
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