Chapter 446 Secret Deal
"I...I..." Chen Gengyun hesitated, as if he still wanted to struggle.
But Zhou Yi's sharp gaze frightened him.
"Oh... yes, I lied to her. I said I was from a cadre family, that my father... was the head of a certain unit, and that I volunteered to go to the countryside for training."
After he finished speaking, Qiao Jiali, who was in charge of recording, couldn't help but glared at him with disdain.
This person is so shameless. He just made a humble phone call to Li Aiping's father during the day, and begged him to help him by using his love for Li Aiping and Chen Lin.
At night, he would hug other women and take advantage of their power to portray himself as the child of a cadre.
"Why do you say that?" Zhou Yi asked, "What's your purpose?"
"I... am just... vain." Chen Gengyun said guiltily.
"I don't think it's just vanity. You wanted to control Fan Chunyu and use her to satisfy your own desires. You knew she came from a poor family, so you disguised yourself as the child of a cadre. Didn't you also say you wouldn't stay at Changfeng Forest Farm for long? When you returned to Hongcheng, you would arrange for her to be transferred there to reunite with you? Maybe you even boasted that you could remove some of her accusations?"
Every time Zhou Yi asked a question, Chen Gengyun lowered his head a little, and finally his whole body curled up like a lobster.
At this time, Jiang Biao's big hand reached out, grabbed his shoulders and lifted him up, saying coldly: "Sit up straight!"
Chen Gengyun's reaction showed that Zhou Yi guessed correctly.
But Zhou Yi's heart couldn't help but sink a little bit.
An eighteen-year-old girl who was said to have a bad background came to a forest farm deep in the mountains to open up wasteland. She had no one to rely on and was sensitive and delicate in her heart.
She has a secret crush on a man who is older than her and writes good poetry.
As a result, the man said that he was the son of a cadre who came here for training, and that he could not only take her away from the mountains in the future, but could even take off her hat.
Perhaps this seems ridiculous in later times, but in that era and environment, this was indeed what she cared about most.
Chen Gengyun gave her great hope when she was in despair.
She would naturally trust this man 100% and willingly give her body and soul to him.
But to Chen Gengyun, she was just a prop for him to vent his desires, because in such deep mountains and forests, everyone was very depressed.
Given his personality, it was impossible for him to let go of Fan Chunyu who offered herself voluntarily.
"Chen Gengyun, does no one in the forest farm know that you have a woman in Hongcheng who gave birth to your child?" Zhou Yi asked.
Chen Gengyun shook his head: "Except for the cadres of the forest farm, no one knows."
"What about you and Fan Chunyu?"
"Every time we meet up, we're very cautious. We usually keep our distance in public. I told her that if our relationship gets discovered, it will be bad for both of us. It will be the end of us."
"Chen Gengyun, when did you find out that Fan Chunyu was pregnant?"
"In March... around March, she whispered to me that she hadn't had her period in a few months and she was a little scared. I was terrified, but I still tried to comfort her and told her it was okay. But then the next month, someone reported her and put her in solitary confinement."
"She was detained for over a month. During that time, I was terrified every day. I even dreamed they were coming to arrest me. Forestry officials even came to me and asked if I had noticed anyone close to Fan Chunyu. I thought Fan Chunyu had already betrayed me and they were testing me. I was terrified, but on the surface I had to act as if nothing had happened."
"Luckily, a cadre accidentally said, 'Fan Chunyu is too stubborn,' which put my mind at ease. After that, they started criticizing her, dragging her out every three days. By then, Aiping had written me back, saying her father was using his connections to try to get me transferred back, and asked me to wait."
"I knew this was a critical moment. If Fan Chunyu confessed at this time, my life would be completely ruined. So I took the brief opportunity to bring her food and secretly said a few words to her."
Zhou Yi asked, "What did you say?"
"I... told her that my family has almost made the arrangements and I can leave soon. When I return to Hongcheng, I will ask my family to find a way to transfer you as well. Then I will go to pick her up and... also our child, and the three of us will be reunited as a family."
Zhou Yi gritted his teeth and asked, "Did you ask her not to betray you?"
Chen Gengyun shook his head and said quickly, "No, I swear, absolutely not."
Zhou Yi sighed inwardly. If Chen Gengyun had not made that last-minute suggestion, Fan Chunyu might have confessed. After all, she was only nineteen years old at the time. How could she withstand such a storm?
If Fan Chunyu had confessed at the time, there would not have been the current major case.
There was no Dean Chen Gengyun, only a worker named Chen Yimin who worked as a laborer in Changfengling.
But it was Chen Gengyun's words, and the fact that he was later transferred back to Hongcheng, that made Fan Chunyu believe everything Chen Gengyun said. Just because he "did not lie" to her, what he said must be the truth.
Taking Fan Tianyou away from Changfengling to find Chen Gengyun is her only hope to survive.
It was so cruel. The false hope that Chen Gengyun implanted in her to protect himself became a mental shackle that tormented her day and night.
And it is obvious that Fan Tianyou has been wearing this shackle since he was born. Fan Chunyu put it on his son with his own hands.
"What happened next?" Zhou Yi asked.
"Later, with Aiping's father's arrangement, I was successfully transferred back to Hongcheng. And then... I never heard from Changfengling again."
"What's with the name? Last time you said it was your father-in-law who asked you to change it. Is that right?"
Chen Gengyun shook his head and said, "No... no, I changed it myself after returning to Hongcheng."
Chen Gengyun said that after returning to Hongcheng, he was very afraid that Fan Chunyu would find him one day, so he found a reason to change his name, and then got a marriage certificate with Li Aiping.
Later, at the suggestion of his father-in-law, he took the college entrance examination as a previous student and was eventually admitted to Hongda University. From then on, he transformed himself into a senior intellectual.
He had long forgotten the past events of Changfeng Forest Farm and the life and death of Fan Chunyu and his mother.
"For so many years, have you never asked about the news about Fan Chunyu and the child she gave birth to?" Zhou Yi asked.
Chen Gengyun said: "I... don't dare..."
Then he added: "Besides, so many years have passed. I think if she is already married, why bother to bother her again about the ridiculous things that happened when she was young."
This is what makes hypocrites more terrifying than real villains.
"When did you know that Fan Tianyou was your son?"
"Actually... he was the one who approached me."
Zhou Yi frowned at Chen Gengyun's words. Fan Tianyou had taken the initiative to find Chen Gengyun? This possibility seemed a little low.
There is no doubt that Fan Chunyu knew that Chen Gengyun was from Hongcheng, but Hongcheng is so big, it is not easy to find Chen Yimin who changed his name.
Given Chen Gengyun's cautiousness, it is impossible for him to leave any accurate information to Fan Chunyu. Even if he did, it would most likely be fake, after all, he forged his own persona.
Therefore, the information that Fan Chunyu could grasp and leave for Fan Tianyou should be very little.
Moreover, Chen Gengyun was admitted to Hongda after returning from Changfeng Forest Farm and changing his name. It was impossible for Fan Tianyou to know that Chen Gengyun was at Hongda.
Zhou Yi asked him to be more specific.
Chen Gengyun said, one day in the autumn of 1985.
When he returned to school from outside, he found a thin young man in tattered clothes squatting at the door of his office.
He didn't realize at the time that this person was his son, and asked him in a stern tone what major he was studying and why he was squatting there.
Fan Tianyou stood up, took out his student ID and handed it to him.
When he saw the name on his student ID, he was horrified.
It’s not just because of the surname Fan, but also because of the name Tianyou, which was given by him.
That was when we were still at Changfeng Forest Farm. Once when we were being intimate with Fan Chunyu, Fan Chunyu asked me what nice name we should give the child if we had a child in the future.
At that time, he followed Fan Chunyu's words and said the name Tianyou, which means that God will bless their child.
That was just a casual remark he made while committing adultery, but Fan Chunyu remembered it. Perhaps at that time Fan Chunyu had already realized that she might be pregnant, so she asked this question.
At that time, he was standing at the door of the office, looking at the student ID in his hand, and then looking at the boy in front of him who looked very similar to himself when he was young, and he felt very nervous.
He knew that it was the karmic debt that had come knocking on his door.
But he still pretended to be calm, pulled the person into the office, and then asked what the other person wanted to see him about.
Fan Tianyou took out two pieces of paper from his pocket and handed them to him.
He took it and looked at it, and was dumbfounded.
One of the pieces of paper contained handwritten greetings from school leaders that were published in the school newspaper when the school celebrated its dozens of anniversary celebrations two years ago. The part written by Chen Gengyun was cut out.
The other piece of paper was just an ordinary piece of paper, very old, but it had an impassioned modern poem written on it, and the final signature was Changfeng Forest Farm and Chen Yimin.
He suddenly remembered that this poem was not written for Fan Chunyu, but was written according to the requirements of the leader at that time and was posted in the forest farm to show the style of the educated youth.
Fan Tianyou said that his mother later stole this poem from the forest farm office and always treasured it.
It was based on this piece of paper and the handwriting that he finally identified Chen Gengyun.
This way of recognition was beyond Zhou Yi's expectations, because the probability was too small. Was it really destined?
But if you think about it the other way around, there is actually some inevitability in it.
Chen Gengyun packaged himself as the child of a cadre, and he had beautiful calligraphy and poetry, and his literary talent was outstanding.
Fan Chunyu would definitely exaggerate his father to his son in this way, so in Fan Tianyou's mind, his father should be a well-educated and cultured person, so he thought of comparing the handwriting.
If he hadn't stumbled upon Chen Gengyun during his sophomore year, he would have likely stayed at Hongcheng after graduation to work, and then tried every possible way to continue searching for his biological father through handwriting until he found him. After all, most things back then were handwritten, leaving traces.
In the office, Fan Tianyou asked him, "Are you Chen Yimin? Why did you abandon us, mother and son, there? My mother always told me that my father would come pick us up soon, but after all these years, there's still no news."
Chen Gengyun was frightened out of his wits, but he knew he had to calm Fan Tianyou down, so he held him and acted out a scene of father and son recognizing each other. He also said that he was also helpless, had encountered many things, and was persecuted to the point of almost losing his life, so he had no ability to find them.
Of course this is all bullshit. After all, he is a hypocrite who is as accustomed to lying as drinking water. He lies to everyone, even to himself.
When he learned that Fan Chunyu had committed suicide, he cried bitterly on the surface, but he felt relieved deep down in his heart.
Because Fan Tianyou was just a poor kid who had never seen the world, he was easy to control.
So in order to stabilize him, he first gave him all the money he had, allowing him to buy some new clothes and eat something good.
I'm going on a business trip soon. I'll have a good chat with him when he comes back.
"You went to Changfeng Ridge?" Zhou Yi asked when he heard this.
Chen Gengyun was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "Yes, I told my family I was on a business trip, told the school I had family matters and asked for leave, then I rushed to Changfengling overnight."
"Go and confirm whether Fan Chunyu is dead or not?"
"yes……"
Zhou Yi's heart tightened. This old man was too cautious.
But at the same time, Fan Tianyou is indeed his biological son, and he is not a pushover either.
"After confirming that Fan Chunyu is truly dead, what will happen? Do you decide to acknowledge Fan Tianyou?"
Chen Gengyun sighed and said, "Hey, he's studying at Hongda University. How can I not recognize him?"
Zhou Yi sneered. That was because Fan Chunyu was dead. If Fan Chunyu hadn't died, who knows what would have happened.
"So, you were lying when you said Chen Lin and Fan Tianyou were in a relationship, right?"
"Yes... that was a reasonable excuse he made up to create an alibi for him. If not, then there would be no suitable reason for the two of us to meet at Xishan Cemetery that night."
Sure enough, I guessed right, but there is no rush for this issue.
Zhou Yi continued to ask, "What do Li Aiping and Chen Lin think of this illegitimate child of yours who suddenly appeared? Are you planning to accept him, so you brought him home?"
Zhou Yi always felt that it was unusual for Chen Gengyun to bring Fan Tianyou home and introduce him to his wife and daughter, and it was not in line with his character.
"I had no intention of taking him home. I just gave him money, bought him some things, and tried to keep him stable. I told him that I couldn't publicly acknowledge him in my current situation, but he promised me that I wouldn't ignore him. I would give him living expenses and arrange a job for him after he graduated from university. He also expressed understanding and said that he didn't come to destroy my family or my life. He just felt that he was alone and helpless in this world, so he wanted to find me."
"Honestly, he's so sensible. I'm really touched." Chen Gengyun looked like he was about to burst into tears, but the next second he suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "I didn't expect to see him at my house one night when I got home from get off work. I was shocked at the time. Aiping said he claimed to be my student and came to visit me with a lot of things."
Zhou Yi couldn't help but sneer. It was true that like father like son. Fan Tianyou was not a good person even when he was very young.
Chen Gengyun said that night, Li Aiping invited Fan Tianyou to dinner, and he was very nervous the whole time.
At that time, Li Aiping was no longer the naive girl. While eating, Li Aiping kept asking around about the situation at Fan Tianyou's family.
Every time she asked a question, Chen Gengyun felt frightened.
Fortunately, Li Aiping did not make trouble on the spot.
After dinner, she cleared the dishes and asked Chen Gengyun to send Xiao Fan off.
Chen Gengyun almost carried Fan Tianyou out of the Chen family's old house. As soon as they got outside, he angrily asked Fan Tianyou what he wanted to do.
But unexpectedly, Fan Tianyou cried and said: Dad, I am just too lonely. My mother is gone and I want to feel the warmth of my family.
Then Fan Tianyou swore that he would never come to his house again from now on.
This made Chen Gengyun feel a little guilty, but at the same time he also became wary of his illegitimate son because he knew too well what kind of person he was.
When he got home, his daughter Chen Lin told him that she didn't like Fan Tianyou and always felt that he was weird.
Chen Gengyun promised on the spot that he would not come again in the future, but unexpectedly, Li Aiping on the side said lightly that the child looked very pitiful and he could be invited to the house for dinner more often in the future.
These words made Chen Gengyun break out in a cold sweat.
He was not sure whether Li Aiping had discovered anything, so he was worried all night, but Li Aiping never said a word.
When he finished washing up and returned to the room, he found that Li Aiping had turned off the lights and lay down to sleep with her back to him.
This finally made him breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that everything was safe.
But when he tiptoed down to lie down, Li Aiping asked in a cold voice, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Chen Gengyun said he was so scared that he sat up on the spot.
That night, he confessed to Li Aiping all the mistakes he had made at Changfeng Forest Farm.
Although Chen Gengyun said he had confessed everything, Zhou Yi felt that his words were not credible at all and that he was probably just trying to put all the blame on Fan Chunyu.
He said that Li Aiping was a very soft-hearted person. When she heard that he had gone to Changfengling last time and confirmed that Fan Chunyu had passed away, she sighed and said "Go to sleep" and said nothing more.
Chen Gengyun said that although Li Aiping did not say that she accepted Fan Tianyou, she did not mention the matter again.
The days passed in this strange atmosphere.
It wasn't until New Year's Eve in 1985 that Li Aiping said to Chen Gengyun, "Ask Tianyou to come over for the New Year's Eve dinner."
Chen Gengyun was overjoyed and immediately told Fan Tianyou. He also bought some things and asked Fan Tianyou to bring them over when the time comes.
That night, the "family" had a happy New Year's Eve dinner together. Fan Tianyou called Chen Gengyun "teacher" and Li Aiping "teacher's wife".
Only Chen Lin had a sullen face the whole night. Although Li Aiping later explained to her that Fan Tianyou was a relative of her father's, Chen Lin didn't buy it at all.
After that, every time Fan Tianyou came to the Li family, Chen Lin always had a sour face.
This information is basically consistent with the information learned from Fan Tianyou and Chen Lin’s college classmates, which shows that it is true.
But Zhou Yi didn't know what to say about Li Aiping's personality. She was too kind, so she was controlled by Chen Gengyun all her life.
"Chen Gengyun, what happened to the deaths of Li Aiping and Chen Lin?"
"What happened?" Chen Gengyun was stunned. "It was...it was an accident. I was on a business trip organized by the school at the time. I was gone for more than a week. The day before I was about to return, the police station called me, and then I...I found out that there was an accident..."
Chen Gengyun raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes. This was the only real sadness Zhou Yi saw on his face.
Perhaps, it is the only humanity he has left.
"Are you sure the deaths of Li Aiping and Chen Lin were accidents?"
Zhou Yi's question made Chen Gengyun tremble violently.
Zhou Yi knew that it was impossible for him not to have thought of a certain possibility.
Chen Gengyun suddenly covered his face and began to cry. He choked and said, "I don't know. I really don't know. I don't dare to think about it. Linlin is gone. I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
"Are you afraid that once you know the truth, you won't even be able to be your father and son anymore?" Zhou Yi asked.
Chen Gengyun nodded repeatedly while crying.
This matter is actually an unknown. The task force checked the police records of the street police station at the time and found no signs of homicide at the scene. Moreover, there are precedents for such things.
Unless Fan Tianyou admitted it himself, if Chen Gengyun had questioned him at that time, they might not even have been able to be father and son.
There is another key point. After Chen Lin died, Chen Gengyun only had Fan Tianyou as his child.
Moreover, Fan Tianyou is a son and Chen Lin is a daughter. From the traditional concept of having no descendants and continuing the family line, Fan Tianyou is Chen Gengyun's only choice.
Although he was not yet fifty years old at that time and was considered young and strong, the risks and negative effects of finding someone else to have children were not small, so it would not be his first choice.
Chen Gengyun confessed that it was precisely because of this incident that he had a grudge, so Fan Tianyou proposed several times to change his surname and return to his ancestral home, but he refused on the grounds that it would have a bad influence.
"After Aiping and Linlin passed away, I was afraid to live at home because as soon as I closed my eyes, I would see them floating in front of me. So I applied for a dormitory at school and moved in. I've been living there for more than ten years."
Up to this point, those old stories have been basically explained. There is still some information that can only be known after Fan Tianyou wakes up.
Of course, the premise is that he can still wake up.
Although Chen Gengyun was shown a photo of Fan Tianyou lying on the hospital bed and not dead, the doctor only knew that he was not dead. The doctor didn't know whether he could wake up or when he would wake up.
"Chen Gengyun, let me explain Dong Lu's situation. I'm warning you, Liu Baoguo has already confessed everything you did. You can handle it on your own."
Chen Gengyun raised his hand tremblingly and asked, "Can I have some water?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Biao stood up and said, "Wait."
Soon a glass of water was placed in front of Chen Gengyun. He said thank you to Jiang Biao, quickly picked up the cup and drank it in one gulp.
It's like a person dying of thirst in the desert.
After drinking the water, Chen Gengyun looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Officer Zhou, you can continue."
Zhou Yi looked at the person in front of him. Not long ago, he was acting like a calm and composed intellectual, but now he looked like a humble old man.
But Zhou Yi knew that it was not just the scheme set by Xie Guoqiang today that frightened Chen Gengyun.
This was indeed Chen Gengyun's Achilles' heel, but the subsequent impact did not appear so quickly.
There is a deeper meaning behind this matter, which cannot be stated explicitly and can only be mentioned briefly.
If Chen Gengyun understood the signal Xie Guoqiang gave him, he would weigh the pros and cons and finally make the right choice.
If you don’t understand, then you’re on your own.
After Liu Baoguo was handed over to the Discipline Inspection Commission, he reportedly confessed a lot of things, although Zhou Yi did not have the authority to know exactly what he confessed.
But from Liang Wei's few words, it can be heard that Liu Baoguo came into contact with some people through Chen Gengyun, and the mistakes he made in his position as vice president were like the tip of the iceberg in front of these people.
This means that Chen Gengyun, the political broker, may hold more unknown dark secrets.
He may become the key to moving a huge mountain.
But with his cunningness, it is absolutely impossible for him to confess those things on his own initiative, and he dare not do so.
Liu Baoguo was released so quickly because he was eager to redeem himself and reduce his guilt. After all, he was not involved in the grand case and he did not know those dark secrets.
But Chen Gengyun is different. He has been active for so many years and knows so much.
Those behind the secrets won't be so easily reassured.
So these people have two choices: either protect him or silence him.
Just think about what happened to Huang Chongming and his family of three three years later and you will understand.
But it is almost impossible to kill someone and silence them under the noses of the police and the Discipline Inspection Commission.
The influence of the Hongda case is so great that no one dares to speak up for him at this time.
Chen Gengyun himself was well aware of this matter, but his current situation did not allow him to assure those people that he would keep his mouth shut.
However, precisely because he cannot express his opinion, those behind the secret will not act rashly. After all, if they do something and it fails, it will force him to expose himself in order to survive.
This state is like a person walking on a tightrope, swaying but not falling yet.
That's why he kept delaying the investigation of the grand case like squeezing toothpaste, both to evade responsibility and to maintain this balance. The longer he delayed, the more he could show his attitude to certain people and protect himself.
But tonight, Xie Guoqiang directly pulled him off the wire.
Under the pretext of "conquering his heart", they dragged Chen Gengyun to the TV station's studio.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether the program is recorded or broadcast. What really matters is that by doing this, people will naturally know about Chen Gengyun’s current situation.
Xie Guoqiang is conveying a message to the outside world, "If Chen Gengyun can't bear it, we have plenty of ways to make him speak"!
This was tantamount to pushing Chen Gengyun to death, so when the lights in the studio came on, Chen Gengyun was so terrified.
Because he knew that he was finished. Any criminal suspect who was pulled to the program to tell his story was 100% "meritorious service while serving his sentence", otherwise who would receive such treatment? After all, the TV station didn't know what Zhou Yi had said to Xie Guoqiang.
So what is this gong? It's self-evident.
It's no use saying you didn't say a word.
No matter how hard you resist, those people will still regard you as a thorn in their side.
So the moment the lights came on, Chen Gengyun had no choice.
There was only one way left for him, which was to become a "tainted witness" and truly make amends for his crime.
But you yourself have committed murder, and the organization will not believe you when you say you are willing to make meritorious contributions while serving your sentence.
You have to show some sincerity.
Therefore, confessing the crimes of the Hongda case became Chen Gengyun's "pledge of allegiance" in exchange for the opportunity to speak and survive.
This was a unilateral transaction, completely different from the "deal" Zhou Yi made with Xu Jiaguang at that time.
The bargaining chip in this secret transaction is Chen Gengyun's life.
Survival is the instinct of all living things. No matter who you are or what your status is, when it comes to life and death, staying alive is the only goal of human beings.
Xie Guoqiang's move was really dirty and cruel, and it felt like he would do anything to achieve his goal.
Moreover, he had clearly planned everything, but he chose to give himself a "difficult problem", forcing him to come up with the answer of "public execution" based on the idea of "attacking the heart".
It was as if it was his own idea.
Before this, Zhou Yi hadn't actually thought about this deeper level. He was really thinking along the surface lines.
The only thing that made him feel strange was that Chen Gengyun seemed to break through the defense too quickly.
He thought that it would take a battle of wits and courage to defeat the opponent.
I didn't expect Chen Gengyun to tell me everything and answer every question.
Just now, he suddenly thought of this possibility and the real purpose behind this "big show".
He couldn't confirm whether he was overthinking it or he had guessed it right.
Because no one could give him an answer to this question.
He just felt a chill.
Xie Guoqiang's cunning and methods were so terrifying that Zhou Yi couldn't figure out his true nature again.
And Chen Gengyun, this old fox has great acting skills. Now he is playing the role of a broken old man.
Zhou Yi couldn't help but sigh that even though his mental age was similar to these two people, there was a huge gap in their political acumen and strategy.
Today's game is actually played by Xie Guoqiang and Chen Gengyun, and I am just a tool sitting here.
"Officer Zhou..." Chen Gengyun called out tentatively.
Zhou Yi suddenly came to his senses and found that he had been absent-minded.
"I can continue now." Chen Gengyun took the initiative to remind
Zhou Yi nodded. If all this was really as he expected, then even if Chen Gengyun was indeed the murderer of the Hongda case, if this deal could not be made, he would probably be "escape the death penalty."
Zhou Yi didn't know whether this result was right or whether it was completely in line with the fairness of the law.
But he knew very well that this was no longer something he could get involved in. He was just an ordinary criminal policeman in the Third Brigade of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Hongcheng City Public Security Bureau.
All he can do is to find out all the truth of the grand case, regardless of past or present life, and give the truth to all the victims.
As for how the court will ultimately decide, the judiciary is inherently complex, and the world is even more complex, so that is no longer a problem he can consider.
After preparing himself mentally, Zhou Yi asked, "Chen Gengyun, was it Fan Tianyou who set Dong Lu on fire?"
Chen Gengyun nodded.
"Why would he do that?"
Chen Gengyun sighed deeply and said, "I've always suspected he had some mental issues."
Chen Gengyun said that after his wife and daughter died, he had been avoiding Fan Tianyou for a while, about half a year.
Later, he had some health problems and needed surgery. During the time he was hospitalized, Fan Tianyou stayed by his side, taking care of him and taking care of his bowels and bladder, which touched him deeply.
It was also that experience that made him truly accept Fan Tianyou as his son.
After being discharged from the hospital, he called Fan Tianyou to his dormitory and had a long talk with him.
He told Fan Tianyou that he would use his resources and connections to pave the way for him. He would first finish his undergraduate studies, then change his major and come directly to the School of Social Sciences for graduate and doctoral studies, and he would personally be his mentor.
This way, they don't have to make their relationship public, and it can also pave the way for him. On the surface, they are master and apprentice, but in reality, they are father and son.
Chen Gengyun told Fan Tianyou that he would leave everything to him.
Zhou Yi asked, "Chen Gengyun, when you say everything, does it also include your connections and resources?"
The moment he heard this question, Zhou Yi noticed that Chen Gengyun's eyes quickly glanced towards the audience seats in the darkness.
Sure enough, I guessed right.
Of course, there could be no response in the darkness.
He nodded without saying anything.
It seems that he wants Fan Tianyou to "follow in his father's footsteps."
But it is obvious that Fan Tianyou is not as cunning as him. Although he has some scheming, he is nothing compared to Chen Gengyun.
Moreover, his emotional instability is a big problem. If he wants to walk between power and money, he must be able to remain calm even when faced with a mountain collapsing in front of him.
"Why do you suspect he has mental problems?" Zhou Yi asked.
"During his senior year, he broke the leg of a school security guard..."
"Broken legs?" This had never been found. "Why?"
"There was a minor conflict between the two of them, and the security guard cursed 'Cao Nima'. He then went crazy, picked up a brick from a nearby flower bed and smashed the man's leg. Several people couldn't hold him back."
Zhou Yi frowned and asked, "Did you settle this matter?"
Chen Gengyun nodded: "Yes, I paid a large sum of money to suppress this matter."
"I asked him why he suddenly got so emotional, and he replied: 'The security guard insulted my mother.'"
Chen Gengyun said with lingering fear: "The look in his eyes when he said that was particularly terrifying. I had never seen such a look before, and it sent chills down my spine. I realized he might have some mental problems. Similar situations happened twice later, and I asked Liu Baoguo for help both times."
Chen Gengyun gave a detailed account of the next two incidents, both of which were caused by some trivial matters that caused Fan Tianyou to suddenly lose control of his emotions and hurt others.
Since these incidents all happened in school, and the security guard who had his leg broken was the most seriously injured, they were all dealt with by Chen and Liu. In addition, the incidents happened so long ago that the task force was unable to investigate.
It was Chen Gengyun's blind indulgence and protection that led Fan Tianyou to embark on a path of no return.
"Does Fan Tianyou know Dong Lu?" Zhou Yi asked. Such a big thing had happened, and it was okay for Liu Baoguo not to know the whole story. In this way, he could shirk responsibility when the truth came to light. But Chen Gengyun couldn't do that. He must find Fan Tianyou to ask him everything clearly.
Chen Gengyun said that although Fan Tianyou and Dong Lu were both graduate students at the School of Social Sciences and lived in the same building, they actually did not know each other.
After the arson, Fan Tianyou confessed to him that he and Dong Lu had only met once before.
One day, Fan Tianyou went to the rooftop of the graduate student dormitory building to dry the sheets, but the pillowcase was blown away by the wind and hung on the edge of the roof.
When he went to pick it up, his foot slipped and he almost fell.
Fortunately, he grabbed the edge of the slope outside the roof and did not fall, but he did not have enough strength to climb up.
Dong Lu happened to come up to dry the sheets, saw him, ran over and pulled him up, saving his life.
Dong Lu thought he was so depressed that he wanted to commit suicide, so she comforted him and asked him to cherish his life. Then she dried the sheets and left.
Fan Tianyou told Chen Gengyun that it was from that day that he fell in love with Dong Lu, and felt that she suddenly appeared like a ray of light and saved him.
But he did not boldly approach or pursue Dong Lu, but instead did the same thing as he did to Lu Xiaoshuang.
He began to secretly follow Dong Lu and observe her every move. He found out that Dong Lu was learning French and was interested in poetry and literature, so he secretly found the same books as hers to read and learn.
But he didn't know that Dong Lu learned French entirely because of Xiao Bing.
Zhou Yi asked, "Did Fan Tianyou ever explain why he chose to do such a despicable thing as stalking?"
If the restrictions on Lu Xiaoshuang were due to age and the teacher-student relationship, then they were of the same age and both were graduate students, so why didn't he pursue her openly?
Chen Gengyun said helplessly, "Yeah, I can't figure out why he did that. His answer to me was that he felt he was too dirty to be worthy of such a clean person. I really... I really have no words to say, ah..."
As expected, Fan Tianyou has serious psychological problems.
And it is basically consistent with the previous analysis. Due to the influence of his growing environment, he developed extreme mental cleanliness and transferred this mental cleanliness to the women he liked, namely Dong Lu and Lu Xiaoshuang.
What is different from the previous analysis is that his perverted stalking and secret love is not because he pursues a platonic spiritual love, but because he thinks he is dirty and unworthy of the pure "her" in his mind.
But if that purity is broken, his psychology will be completely unbalanced.
Zhou Yi realized something and asked hurriedly, "Chen Gengyun, did you know Dong Lu before this?"
Chen Gengyun shook his head repeatedly: "I don't know her. She is just an ordinary student. How could I know her?"
"Did Fan Tianyou learn anything about Dong Lu through any of your connections?"
"About Dong Lu..." Chen Gengyun's face changed, as if he suddenly remembered something.
He raised his hand and said, "I know. I finally know why he did this in the first place."
Judging from what he said, it seems that Fan Tianyou did not tell him the motive for the crime back then.
"What's the matter?" Zhou Yi asked.
"One time, I took him to a dinner party, and someone mentioned an incident during the meal. He said that a friend of his was the principal of a middle school and was imprisoned for raping a female intern."
"Okay...it seems that female college student is called Dong Lu!"
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