Chapter 447 The Butterfly Effect
A name that was mentioned by chance at a dinner party eight or nine years ago suddenly came to my mind at this critical moment.
And he suddenly realized that this became Fan Tianyou's motive for murder and arson.
The probability of such a coincidence is too low.
The old guy’s acting is really good. I almost got fooled.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, he explained the matters about Li Aiping and Fan Chunyu so straightforwardly.
This is because these things are not illegal or criminal in nature, but rather moral corruption. Even if he confesses to them, he will not bear any legal responsibility.
But in the case of Dong Lu, the nature of the case changed, because it was a completely criminal case.
He and Liu Baoguo naturally cannot evade their responsibilities, but his approach is actually the same as Liu Baoguo's, which is to pretend that he knows as little as possible.
And the very first sentence "I suspect he has mental problems" is also a foreshadowing.
Including the few small incidents in which Fan Tianyou lost control of his emotions, they were all foreshadowing.
It lays the groundwork for him to be just a father who is protecting his son and doesn't even know the specific motive for the crime.
This is Chen Gengyun's instinct to seek profit and avoid harm. This is his true self. He will not miss any opportunity that is beneficial to him.
But what is truly regrettable is Dong Lu's fate.
Xin Yunfei, the principal of Kaiping No. 3 Middle School, raped her and caused her indelible harm.
With Xiao Bing's careful companionship and care, Dong Lu finally came out of the haze, passed the postgraduate entrance examination, and started a new life.
Even the hurt Dong Lu still maintained her kindness and lent a helping hand to Fan Tianyou on the rooftop of the graduate dormitory building.
But fate, in a terrible way, turned the boomerang that hurt Dong Lu into a butcher knife in Fan Tianyou's hand.
"Chen Gengyun, are you sure that Fan Tianyou had the criminal intention to kill Dong Lu because he heard that Dong Lu had been raped?" Zhou Yi asked sternly.
"I really don't know. I hit him and scolded him, but he just wouldn't say anything, so there was nothing I could do." Chen Gengyun spread his hands and said, "If it weren't for Officer Zhou's reminder just now, I really wouldn't have..."
Zhou Yi reached out to stop him and continued, "You said Fan Tianyou admitted to stalking Dong Lu for a long time, right?"
Chen Gengyun nodded.
"Since he's been following her for a long time, doesn't he know that Dong Lu has a boyfriend? Don't you know him too? He's a teacher at your school."
"If he felt Dong Lu was 'impure' and 'tainted', shouldn't he have had a criminal motive when he discovered she had a boyfriend? Why wait until later?"
Chen Gengyun was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Zhou Yi to ask so many detailed questions.
"Chen Gengyun, explain the logic behind this," Zhou Yi said, pounding the table. "Don't just blindly try to evade responsibility. You'd better understand your current situation. Your habitual lying won't help you at all. Do you understand?"
Chen Gengyun nodded repeatedly to explain his understanding.
Only then did he tell the truth about what happened that year.
After graduating from undergraduate school, Fan Tianyou successfully entered the School of Social Sciences for graduate studies under his arrangement, and was treated preferentially everywhere.
At Fan Tianyou's request, Chen Gengyun arranged for him to live alone in a dormitory that was designed for two people.
At the dinner that day, someone did mention Xin Yunfei from Kaiping No. 3 Middle School.
But what was said at the dinner table was far from the truth.
Xin Yunfei raped Dong Lu and was sent to prison. In their words, it was Dong Lu who seduced Xin Yunfei in order to get a job, but was caught by someone. She turned around and accused Xin Yunfei of raping her, causing Principal Xin to be wrongfully imprisoned.
The person who told this story was Xin Yunfei's friend. He felt sorry for Xin Yunfei and felt that it was not worth it, thinking that he had fallen into the hands of a little bitch.
As a result, Chen Gengyun said that the name Dong Lu sounded familiar, because there was also a graduate student named Dong Lu among the new graduates recruited by our college this year.
So the drunk "cultured people" at the table started to check the accounts, and found out that this Dong Lu was the same Dong Lu.
Then someone joked and told Chen Gengyun to be careful and not let this little slut climb into his bed one day.
It is likely that a group of people used Dong Lu as a topic of conversation and said a lot of dirty words.
Then suddenly, Fan Tianyou, who was sitting next to Chen Gengyun, slammed the table and left angrily while everyone was laughing.
It confused everyone.
Chen Gengyun could only make the excuse that the students were drunk and the meal ended in a bad mood.
On the way back, Chen Gengyun felt that he had lost face and cursed at Fan Tianyou under the influence of alcohol.
The two had a big fight and parted on bad terms.
After returning to the dormitory and sobering up a little, Chen Gengyun felt that he had scolded Fan Tianyou too harshly, so he made an excuse to go to the graduate dormitory to find Fan Tianyou again.
The door was not closed, but no one was there, so he went in.
As a result, he saw something that made his blood run cold.
There was actually an incense table in the room, on which was placed not only Fan Chunyu's portrait, but also an urn.
You can imagine who is in this box.
He just felt creepy. The old and frail Fan Chunyu in the portrait stared at him with resentment, which scared him so much that he turned around and wanted to run away.
As a result, Fan Tianyou just came back with the water.
He pointed at the portrait and urn angrily and asked him what the hell he was doing.
Fan Tianyou said: The day he left Changfengling, he took his mother's portrait and ashes with him, and hid them in his cabinet for four years of college. After completing graduate school and finally having the means, he asked to live alone, specifically to enshrine Fan Chunyu's portrait and ashes.
Chen Gengyun yelled, "I'm asking you why the hell you brought your mother's ashes to Hongcheng."
Fan Tianyou's answer scared him so much that he almost went crazy.
Fan Tianyou said: Because my mother told me that our family of three will definitely be reunited.
Chen Gengyun was furious. He rushed over and smashed Fan Chunyu's portrait and urn, then left.
Because he felt guilty and scared, he did not dare to go back to the dormitory that night, but stayed in a guesthouse outside.
As a result, an accident happened in the graduate dormitory building in the middle of the night.
When he learned that the burned female student was Dong Lu, he knew that it must have been Fan Tianyou who did it.
He was extremely scared at the time, not because of the incident, but because of Fan Tianyou.
Because he knew that if he had not stayed outside last night, the fire might have burned himself!
But at this moment, Liu Baoguo found him and told him that when the fire broke out, the dormitory manager saw a man coming down from upstairs, who was suspected to be Fan Tianyou.
He had to come forward to find Liu Baoguo to discuss how to resolve this matter, because if something really happened to Fan Tianyou, he would be implicated in the end.
So he and Liu Baoguo suppressed the matter.
The reason why Dong Lu was not sent to the First or Third Municipal Hospital was because they wanted to conceal the news. The deputy director of Pinghe Road Hospital was his friend.
In fact, his friend who was the vice president of the hospital had reminded him that their hospital could not treat the disease and the patient might not survive.
But he still decided not to transfer the hospital because he couldn't be sure whether Dong Lu had seen Fan Tianyou.
If she died, there would be no evidence.
But unfortunately, things went against her wishes. Dong Lu, who was severely burned, stubbornly survived the critical period.
This made Chen Gengyun completely panic.
Because before that, he had spent a lot of money to deal with the only witness, and found an excuse to give him a "hush money" to let him go home and retire.
If Dong Lu came out of her coma and mentioned Fan Tianyou's name, her boyfriend Xiao Bing would immediately call the police.
It will be troublesome if you pull out the radish and bring out the mud.
So he was forced to deal with Fan Tianyou.
But he couldn't possibly kill him, so he chose to arrange for him to study abroad.
Through his connections, he found a private university willing to accept Fan Tianyou. After paying a large sponsorship fee, he carried out a series of operations to send Fan Tianyou out as quickly as possible.
They also tampered with Fan Tianyou's study abroad time and disposed of his graduate student files at Hongda University.
After passing on the hot potato of Fan Tianyou, Chen Gengyun began to clean up the aftermath of the matter.
Coincidentally, Xiao Bing found him and Liu Baoguo not long after, and told them tremblingly that he wanted to call the police. He felt that this incident was not an accident because Dong Lu told him in person that someone had set the fire.
Chen Gengyun was shocked, but pretended to be calm and asked Xiao Bing, who was the arsonist and what was his name?
Xiao Bing shook his head and said that although Dong Lu had passed the critical period, her condition was still very poor. Her speech was slurred and her mental state was unstable. So he didn't know who this person was, but he knew it might be a graduate student at the school, because Dong Lu said she had seen him on the dormitory rooftop.
Chen Gengyun immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then he and Liu Baoguo began to brainwash Xiao Bing with one set of rhetoric after another.
At that time, Xiao Bing was just a young assistant teacher with little social experience. How could he beat these two old foxes? He was soon fooled by them and sent away.
Then, a few days later, the school stopped paying for Dong Lu's medical treatment.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Gengyun came to the hospital with two documents and 50,000 yuan in cash to negotiate with Xiao Bing and Dong Lu.
This was the confirmation letter and application for withdrawal that Zhou Yi and Liang Wei later saw in Liu Baoguo's office.
Chen Gengyun didn't say anything, but it was clear at that moment that his true intentions were revealed. When Chen Gengyun made his request, Xiao Bing knew that Dong Lu's case was no accident and that the school was protecting someone.
But the reality is so naked, Xiao Bing has no choice, either sign or watch Dong Lu die!
Just like Zhou Yi had thought before, he had no choice! He could only grit his teeth and swallow this pile of nails and broken glass.
And all of this was not just as Zhou Yi and the others had previously speculated, that Fan Tianyou wanted to "purify" Dong Lu out of mental cleanliness.
It was Chen Gengyun. Chen Gengyun's repeated humiliations irritated him, causing him to want to vent his uncontrollable emotions. However, he couldn't find Chen Gengyun, so Dong Lu, the girl he had a crush on but who turned out to be so "unself-respecting", became the target of his anger.
It is true that Fan Tianyou is the murderer, but the culprit of everything is the old man in front of him.
Zhou Yi suddenly remembered a piece of information when he was investigating Xiao Bing. Xiao Bing's colleague said that he liked to wander around the school and many people had met him.
At that time, the task force felt that this behavior was very abnormal and suspected that he was trying to follow Lu Xiaoshuang, but it was illogical.
Now Zhou Yi finally understood why Xiao Bing did this. He wanted to find the person who hurt Dong Lu. He had no other choice but to rely on himself.
He signed the confirmation letter and took the money. Later, Dong Lu became mentally ill. Whether he called the police or sued her, he had no basis or chance of winning, and he might even lose his job.
He had to work to support Dong Lu, and only by staying in school would he have a chance to find the murderer.
This thin man, who was only 1.7 meters tall, used his strong backbone to support the huge mountain that was pressing down on him.
He can't fall down because the person he loves most is by his side!
"You sent Fan Tianyou abroad not just because he's a hot potato, right?" Zhou Yi asked, suppressing his anger. "Are you really afraid of him?"
Chen Gengyun nodded helplessly. "Yes, it wasn't until I saw his portrait and ashes in his dormitory that I realized he hated me deep down. He hated me for abandoning him and his son, and for making his life a shameful one."
Chen Gengyun said with tears in his eyes: "But he is my son after all. Even if his bones are broken, they are still connected..."
Zhou Yi interrupted coldly, "Put aside your hypocrisy. When you put vitamins into antibiotics, did you still remember that he was your son?"
Chen Gengyun was stunned for a moment. The helpless and sad expression on his face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by a hatred that was like drinking blood and devouring flesh.
He raised his neck and sneered, "So what? He's still the same. He secretly left my cigarette butt in the mine. Doesn't he want to kill me too?"
Zhou Yi was shocked. This cigarette butt was actually left in the mine by Fan Tianyou?
And judging from what Chen Gengyun said, it was left there on purpose?
Does Fan Tianyou want to leave some evidence at the scene?
Zhou Yi couldn't help but sneer: "I can't believe you two are so loving and filial. Come on, since the appetizers are almost served, let's get to the main course."
"Chen Gengyun, were you and Fan Tianyou the ones who murdered and dismembered Xu Liu?"
Zhou Yi stared at the other party and asked, because there was one thing that the task force had not figured out until now.
It is Chen Gengyun’s alibi on the night of April 28th.
At that time, Wu Yongcheng and Zhou Yi investigated the authenticity of the alibi and found nothing unusual. After returning, they thought more and more that something was not right, so they conducted a second investigation into Chen Gengyun's alibi.
This time, not only were the three people invited back to the bureau for a more detailed investigation, but they also conducted a detailed on-site inspection of the chef's house.
Because they suspected that Chen Gengyun might have deliberately created this alibi, for example, by putting drugs in the wine, sneaking out after the three people were drunk, and then coming back before the effect of the drugs wore off, thereby creating an alibi.
But after careful investigation, it was found that there was no such possibility.
First of all, there is the issue of drugging. The cook said that Chen Gengyun brought two bottles of Moutai and opened and drank them on the spot during the meal. The other two people also confirmed this, so it is impossible that drugs were put in the Moutai in advance.
Moreover, after drinking, the bottles were left at the chef's house and not thrown away. After testing the remaining wine in the bottles, it was confirmed that no drug components were detected in either bottle.
Then there was the incident that night where the old guy named Da Hu vomited. It was around two in the morning and he vomited all over the bed, which woke up the other three people. They got up to wipe and change clothes. All four of us were there at the time and it was around three before they fell asleep again.
Finally, there was a visit and investigation into the neighbors of the chef's family. Because Chen Gengyun drove there that day and parked his car outside the alley, a neighbor who got up early to go to the market saw the black Crown car just after five in the morning.
Therefore, the final conclusion of the investigation is that Chen Gengyun’s alibi on the night of April 28th is true and valid.
So unless Xu Liu was not killed on the 28th, but was killed on the 29th, was she being held hostage on the night of the 28th, or was she already dead?
The truth can only be known if Chen Gengyun confesses himself.
All the police officers present were staring at him, because the truth of the grand case was about to be revealed.
I just don’t know if it’s another lie.
Chen Gengyun said, "I admit it."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next second, Chen Gengyun said: "I admit that there was an improper relationship between Xu Liu and me. But I didn't kill her. Fan Tianyou did."
"On the evening of April 28th, Fan Tianyou went to Jianghai Haoting Villa to look for me. He ran into Xu Liu there, and the two of them got into a fight. He lost control of his temper and suffocated Xu Liu with a pillow. By the time I rushed there the next morning after dropping off my friend, Fan Tianyou had already killed her and partially dismembered her body in the second-floor bathroom."
Chen Gengyun looked directly at Zhou Yi without fear. "I told you I have a solid alibi for the night of the 28th. When Fan Tianyou wakes up, you can confirm it with him."
At this moment, on this crucial charge, he returned to being the calm old fox he was before.
Zhou Yi was in a daze. His eyes were too calm. Could he be telling the truth?
Zhou Yi took a deep breath, deciding not to be influenced by the other party. He said, "You don't have to be so anxious to distance yourself from the matter. The confession is only part of the investigation. Ultimately, objective facts will speak for themselves."
Chen Gengyun nodded repeatedly: "I understand. Then, Officer Zhou, where do you think I should start?"
Although his attitude is humble, his confident look is evident on the paper.
"Then let's start with how you and Xu Liu met."
Chen Gengyun sighed slightly and said, "Ah, what a bad fate."
Zhou Yi's first reaction was that this old man was probably going to start shirking responsibility again.
Chen Gengyun said that shortly after the start of school this year, the international academic research association he and Liu Baoguo organized held a public lecture, and he personally hosted the event that day.
In the middle of the class, while other teachers were speaking, he took the opportunity to go to the bathroom.
As soon as I came out of the bathroom, I saw a beautiful girl in a skirt standing outside the bathroom.
It was February and the weather was still very cold, but the two long white legs exposed under the girl's skirt immediately attracted his attention.
However, the circumstances at the time and his identity allowed him to only take a quick glance and not dare to look any further.
But unexpectedly, the beautiful girl walked straight towards him and said in a delicate voice: Dean Chen, I have admired you for a long time, can you give me an autograph?
This girl is Xu Liu.
Obviously, this was not a chance encounter. From what we learned previously, Xu Liu was eager to find a financial sponsor at that time.
Chen Gengyun was the target she chose. Not only did Chen Gengyun have a status far higher than Zhang Wenhua, but he also controlled the resources of the research institute for government-sponsored overseas studies.
He is the most suitable candidate. After all, Xu Liu’s ultimate goal is not to find someone to support himself, but to go abroad.
So Zhou Yi had thought of the direction of lectures and clubs before, and the task force also investigated it.
But there was no gain, because Xu Liu approached Chen Gengyun in the middle of the event that day.
At first, Chen Gengyun was arrogant and signed for Xu Liu.
Xu Liu told him that she loved poetry and had read the poems written by Dean Chen in the school newspaper. She admired him very much and hoped to have the opportunity to learn poetry writing from Dean Chen.
Then he handed a note with his pager number written on it to Chen Gengyun.
Chen Gengyun said that he didn't think much about it at the time. After all, there was a big age gap between them, so he just regarded the other person as an ordinary literature lover who admired his talent.
I took the note out of politeness.
But just when Xu Liu stuffed the note into his hand, Chen Gengyun said that the other party suddenly scratched his palm with her fingers, then smiled sweetly, turned around and left gracefully.
This tickle seemed to have struck him in the heart, causing him to be somewhat distracted in the second half of the game.
"Chen Gengyun, is it that exaggerated? Are you pretending to be innocent in front of me? You and I both know what's going on with that villa in Jianghai Haoting. Don't pretend here." Zhou Yi pointed at the other person's nose.
Although Xu Liu was indeed a scheming girl at that time, she knew how to use her advantages to get what she wanted.
But compared to Chen Gengyun, she is still too young, so it is outrageous that Chen Gengyun described himself as if he was completely seduced.
Jiang Zhengdao is the owner of the Golden Phoenix Nightclub, and Chen Gengyun is his guest of honor. He probably goes to that nightclub quite often.
Chen Gengyun knew that he had pretended, so he quickly explained that what happened outside was just a show, and he really had never eaten grass in his own backyard. He was mainly afraid of something going wrong.
However, Zhou Yi felt that the incident was only one factor, but the biggest reason was that no one took the initiative to come to him.
After all, he is the dean who is high above his students. Unless he uses force, there is really no suitable opportunity. But with his personality, how could he risk using force?
Zhou Yi asked: "What date did Xu Liu give you the note?"
"February 12th."
"What number did you call her?"
"February 14th."
"Where did you get hit?"
"Liu Baoguo's office. Of course, I didn't mean to go there. I was looking for him for something, but he was called away by the principal halfway through the conversation. I was waiting for him there, and then I touched the note and picked up the phone on the table."
Zhou Yi knew that it couldn't be a coincidence, it must be intentional, so that he could shirk responsibility if there were any problems.
The friendship between Chen Gengyun and Liu Baoguo is full of dirty water.
It was this phone call that started their illicit relationship.
That night, Chen Gengyun drove Xu Liu to a private restaurant run by a friend. They both knew what the other was thinking, and the meal went very smoothly.
So halfway through the meal, the two of them hugged each other.
That night, they had sex in the hotel and spent Valentine's Day together.
From then on, the two began their secret relationship.
In fact, to some extent, the relationship between the two is neither illegal nor immoral, because Chen Gengyun is a widower. It is just a bit subversive of traditional concepts.
But Chen Gengyun was still as cautious as ever. He said that he and Xu Liu would not have any contact in normal times. If they wanted to go on a date, he would find a public phone and send a code message to Xu Liu's pager. He was in control of the rhythm.
The places where we eat and meet are either private restaurants or places far away from the grand venue.
When they took the bus, they never went near the school. They always had Xu Liu wait two or three blocks away, and then Chen Gengyun drove over. The same thing happened on the way back. Chen Gengyun would drop Xu Liu off a kilometer in advance and let her walk back.
Furthermore, Chen Gengyun rarely let Xu Liu stay out overnight, always rushing to get her back before the dormitory closed. This was also the reason why the task force found no abnormalities when investigating Xu Liu's daily behavior over the past six months.
The first few times they dated, they went to hotels, but Chen Gengyun was very taboo about going to hotels, fearing being discovered.
After a few times, he found that Xu Liu was very well-behaved and obedient. She would take whatever he gave her and never asked for anything. And she was not like those women in the entertainment industry who only persuaded him to drink and sing.
Xu Liu would listen to him talk about poetry and songs, listen to him talk about the past and present, and analyze the world situation. She didn't listen perfunctorily. She listened very seriously, looked at him with admiration, and expressed her opinions and views.
Zhou Yi couldn't help but sigh that Xu Liu's growth in this kind of thing was really amazing. She was obviously creating emotional value for Chen Gengyun, which could be said to be the method of a top-level green tea.
So on their fourth date, Chen Gengyun took her to the villa in Jianghai Haoting. But he still insisted that the house was rented to Fan Tianyou who had returned to China, but it had been vacant since then.
Of course Zhou Yi didn't believe his lies, but as long as the problems between him and Jiang Zhengdao were not directly related to the Hongda case, he would not ask about them. He knew where to stop.
Chen Gengyun said that gradually, he began to discover that the little girl Xu Liu was not as simple as she seemed.
She began to express her curiosity and yearning for overseas culture intentionally or unintentionally, and then asked about some things about his research society.
Chen Gengyun is a smart man. He knew what she was planning as soon as he heard it.
But just as Zhou Yi analyzed before, he couldn't spend resources and effort to send Xu Liu away, because Xu Liu's value to him was only sexual value, and he could only use her if she was kept by his side.
So he kept pretending to be stupid, playing Tai Chi, and occasionally giving some vague hope.
Xu Liu was no match for him, so he fooled her around and continued to serve as a tool for him to vent his desires.
Things changed on April 9th because Chen Gengyun mentioned Lu Xiaoshuang.
What he said next made Zhou Yi realize that the butterfly effect he had created in this life had begun.
On April 8, the Long Zhiqiang case occurred, the city was closed, and schools were also closed.
On the morning of April 9th, the school received a notice that the lockdown was lifted.
In the afternoon, Xu Liu took two classes off, falsely claiming to go to the hospital for a check-up. After leaving the school gate, he took a black motorcycle taxi and got into Chen Gengyun's car at the intersection two blocks away. The two drove to Jianghai Haoting to seek pleasure.
While waiting for the traffic light at an intersection, Xu Liu suddenly looked up and found that Lu Xiaoshuang was leaning against the window glass of the bus next to her, staring blankly at her in the car.
Then the green light came on and the car took the lead and sped away.
She did not tell Chen Gengyun about this incident on the day, but a few days later, on the night of April 12, after they made love, Chen Gengyun noticed that she seemed to be worried, so he asked her what was wrong.
She just told the story. She had been terrified for several days because she was not sure whether Lu Xiaoshuang recognized her, but Lu Xiaoshuang did not show any abnormality in the past few days.
Xu Liu's words also shocked Chen Gengyun. He repeatedly asked Xu Liu if she had recognized the wrong person. Shouldn't her classmates be in class at this time?
Xu Liu said that she secretly confirmed with her classmates the next day and found out that Lu Xiaoshuang did not attend class that day.
Because that day, Lu Xiaoshuang was worried about Zhou Yi's safety. For the first time in her life, she skipped school and went to Zhou Yi's house to look for him. She squatted outside Zhou Yi's door for a long time. Later, she made noodles and fried eggs for Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi received a call from the police station notifying him to record a program, so the two of them went out. Zhou Yi went to the TV station, and Lu Xiaoshuang took the bus back to school.
In the previous life, there was no Long Zhiqiang case and no Zhou Yi, so Lu Xiaoshuang in the previous life did not skip classes on this day, nor did she take the bus on that route.
Afterwards, Zhou Yi asked Lu Xiaoshuang to confirm whether he saw Xu Liu sitting in the black car next to him while waiting for the red light at an intersection on the bus returning to school on April 9th.
As a result, Lu Xiaoshuang looked confused and said that she had never noticed any car, let alone seen Xu Liu.
She said she was probably just daydreaming at the time because some buses had a strong smell of engine oil and she would easily get carsick when riding in such a bus.
In other words, when Xu Liu saw Lu Xiaoshuang in Chen Gengyun's car, she thought she was exposed, but in fact Lu Xiaoshuang was just in a daze and didn't notice her at all.
But Xu Liu and Chen Gengyun didn't think so, especially Chen Gengyun said that the license plate of his car was easy to remember. If Lu Xiaoshuang really saw Xu Liu and told others about it, someone would soon guess that it was him.
So, Chen Gengyun gave Xu Liu an idea, asking her to test whether Lu Xiaoshuang knew about it.
This method of testing is extremely vicious, as it is to stigmatize Lu Xiaoshuang and spread rumors about relationships between men and women.
There are two profound implications to this.
First, to anger Lu Xiaoshuang. If she really saw Xu Liu sitting in a luxury car that day, she would definitely fight back and speak out when she was enraged.
Secondly, if she really saw it and told others about it, Xu Liu could retaliate by making up rumors out of humiliation. Naturally, no one would take it seriously then, and would simply think it was just a mutual slander during an argument. Even if Lu Xiaoshuang later emphasized the matter to others, Xu Liu could simply explain it away by saying "she holds a grudge," and the crisis would naturally be resolved without a trace.
I have to say that Chen Gengyun's move was really brilliant, and he made perfect use of people's subconscious biased thinking.
So, the next day, April 13th, Zhou Yi went to deliver clothes to Lu Xiaoshuang and took her to the welfare home to see Xu Xinxin.
Following Chen Gengyun's words, Xu Liu took advantage of Zhou Yi's presence and suddenly started to act sarcastic in front of the whole dormitory.
Later, he had an argument with Lu Xiaoshuang and Mo Youyou, and while no one was in the dormitory, he secretly cut Lu Xiaoshuang's sweater.
That is the truth about the conflict between Xu Liu and Lu Xiaoshuang that the task force learned from their previous investigation.
Everything Xu Liu did was instructed by Chen Gengyun.
Even until she got to the stage of cutting the sweater, Lu Xiaoshuang never said that she saw Xu Liu in a luxury car, which made Xu Liu completely relieved.
Later, Xu Liu told Chen Gengyun the whole story. It was from Xu Liu's words that Chen Gengyun learned that Lu Xiaoshuang's "boyfriend" was the young policeman on the TV show that day, and he also arranged an internship for her at the tax bureau.
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. This sentence took effect soon after.
Chen Gengyun said that when Xu Liu mentioned Lu Xiaoshuang, his eyes were full of jealousy. He also said that she used to be a waiter and how could she go to such a good unit for internship.
This sentence made Zhou Yi realize that Xu Liu's actions were not just because of Chen Gengyun's advice.
He was also full of hatred towards Lu Xiaoshuang.
Although she also came from a poor family and had a hard life, she could still have a sense of superiority. After all, she had maintained the image of herself as a wealthy family from the very beginning.
But after Zhou Yi appeared, Lu Xiaoshuang's life trajectory changed.
She no longer had to wait on tables, but instead went to an enviable unit for an internship.
She also has a tall, handsome and promising policeman "boyfriend". In contrast, Xu Liu can only sell her body to win the favor of a man older than her father.
With such a gap, how could she not be jealous of Lu Xiaoshuang?
So the most likely reason for her to cut the sweater was that she was taking the opportunity to vent her selfish desires.
Xu Liu's jealousy was also one of the butterfly effects caused by Zhou Yi's appearance next to Lu Xiaoshuang.
But these things are far from enough to make Xu Liu fall into the abyss of death.
Chen Gengyun said: "Then it was April 28th."
Zhou Yi was stunned. "It's already April 28th so soon? Nothing else happened in between?"
Chen Gengyun answered frankly, "No. Oh, Xu Liu and I met once in the middle, but it was just a normal... date, nothing happened."
Zhou Yi felt something was wrong, but he still wanted to hear what he had to say about what happened on April 28th.
"continue."
"Okay. On April 28th, during the day, I called three friends and asked them to have dinner that evening. I already explained this during the last interrogation."
Zhou Yi nodded: "Well, let's talk about Xu Liu."
"Xu Liu is like this. She told me before that she wanted to take two days off during the May Day holiday to go out and play, and asked me to go with her. But I'm so busy at work, how can I have time to accompany her on a trip, and my old arms and legs can't walk for too long. I didn't want to go, but I didn't want to spoil her fun, so I told her that she could take the time off and go on her own, and I'd cover the expenses."
"She was so happy then, so I knew she just wanted to go out on her own and was afraid I wouldn't agree. So I took advantage of her trip and went out drinking with some old friends."
"She also asked me if she could stay at the villa on the night of the 28th, because I had given her a spare key and password. I told her at the time that if she didn't want to stay in the dormitory, she could just book a hotel outside. Why go so far to Jianghai Mansion? But she told me that she just liked the villa. Every time she went there before, she was in a hurry and didn't stay overnight, so she wanted to stay there. I gave her a few instructions and agreed."
Chen Geng sighed, and Yun said with deep sorrow, "Oh, but I never expected that Fan Tianyou would actually come over there to look for me that night. It was all my fault that my phone ran out of battery that day, so he couldn't find me and went to the villa. In the end... the next day, after sending the fourth child home, I thought I'd stop by to see if Xu Liu had left. If she hadn't, I could even take her to the train station."
"As soon as I entered the villa, I smelled blood... I was terrified and rushed upstairs. Then... I saw blood all over the bathroom floor," Chen Gengyun said, trembling all over. "Tianyou was holding a knife, and in the bathroom bathtub was Xu Liu's dismembered body."
"I was so scared that my legs went weak and I fell to the ground. I asked him what he had done."
"He turned around and told me, covered in blood, that he had helped me solve a big problem because Xu Liu was pregnant."
Jiang Biao and Qiao Jiali were shocked.
Only Zhou Yi raised a finger with a serious expression and said, "Wait, there's something wrong here!"
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