"From Xiao Lin's account, I can only confirm that he did stab Han Mo. But does being stabbed always mean death?" Wang Shen looked at Liang Zichen, seemingly answering Liang Zichen's question, yet also posing a new one.
“I don’t understand.” Liang Zichen shook his head.
Wang Shen pondered for a moment before beginning to explain in detail to Liang Zichen. "Simply put, Xiao Lin has always believed he is the murderer. Therefore, everything Xiao Lin did afterward was actually to cover up Han Mo's case. However, after Xiao Lin stabbed Han Mo, Han Lin discovered it. Fearing Han Lin would expose his crime, Xiao Lin went to Han Lin first and reached an agreement. But when Xiao Lin returned to Han Mo's house, the door was locked. In other words, Xiao Lin did not witness Han Mo's death firsthand. Xiao Lin only learned of Han Mo's death through the news we released."
"You mean to say that Han Mo's death might not be because of Xiao Lin?" Liang Zichen frowned slightly and asked Wang Shen.
Wang Shen nodded solemnly.
Liang Zichen glanced at Wang Shen, shook his head, and said, "That's not right. The time, place, motive, and contradictions all fit the development of a murder case. I really can't think of any other possibility besides Xiao Lin. Maybe Han Mo was afraid that Xiao Lin would come back, so she closed the door herself?"
As soon as Liang Zichen finished speaking, Wang Shen immediately asked, "Since Han Mo had the strength to close the door, why didn't she call the police for help after closing it?"
"Perhaps, Han Mo had exhausted all her strength after closing the door. At that moment, she no longer had the strength to call the police, so she could only wait for death to come." Liang Zichen was unyielding in his opinion.
Wang Shen shook his head again. "No, everything is too much of a coincidence."
"coincide?"
Wang Shen bit his lower lip, pursed his lips, and then said, "According to Xiao Lin's account, the key he got was because Han Mo forgot it on her desk. This is very strange. Xiao Lin clearly realized that Han Mo had discovered his misconduct, so he usually keeps his office locked. But why didn't he lock his office that day, and why did he also forget his house key on his desk?"
"Perhaps Han Mo had something urgent to attend to. When someone is in a hurry, they panic, and it's not surprising that they forget things when they're flustered." Liang Zichen felt that Wang Shen's question was easy to explain.
“What you said is true; I do forget things sometimes when I’m in a hurry. But that’s the problem. Xiao Lin was caught because Han Mo suddenly walked in while he was stealing, and then his phone rang, which is how Han Mo caught him red-handed.” Wang Shen turned to stare at Liang Zichen, hoping he would notice the loophole in his words.
After hearing Wang Shen's words, Liang Zichen didn't seem to notice anything amiss. However, seeing that Wang Shen remained silent and simply looked at him, Liang Zichen pondered Wang Shen's words several times.
Suddenly, Wang Shen shifted his body, turning towards Wang Shen's direction, his eyes wide. "I'm so stupid, how could I not have noticed such a huge flaw? Now there are only two possibilities, either Xiao Lin is lying, or..." Liang Zichen didn't continue, because the second half of his sentence carried too many possibilities.
"Do you think the first possibility is valid?" Wang Shen asked Liang Zichen with a serious expression.
“A dying man’s words are truthful. I believe that under those circumstances, since Xiao Lin had already confessed to the murder, there was no need for him to distort the details. Therefore, only the second possibility remains.” After saying this, Liang Zichen and Wang Shen exchanged a glance, and then Wang Shen nodded slightly.
In fact, Wang Shenyi had already noticed the logical flaws in Xiao Lin's account. Xiao Lin said the key was left by Han Mo, but when Han Mo returned, he opened the door himself. Under normal circumstances, how could one person carry two keys to the front door at the same time? Even if each door has a spare key, most people would keep the spare key in another safe place.
"So, it seems that Han Mo deliberately left that key? But why?" Although he had figured out the question from earlier, Liang Zichen was still completely baffled as to Han Mo's motives.
Wang Shen looked away from Liang Zichen and shook his head helplessly.
Wang Shen and Liang Zichen were silent for a while, then Liang Zichen continued to ask, "Captain Wang, what about the coincidence you mentioned earlier?"
Upon hearing Liang Zichen's question, Wang Shen removed his hands from the steering wheel, crossed them, and his expression became serious. "Judging from this series of recent events, Han Mo's case doesn't seem to be as simple as a locked-room mystery. This case is more like a premeditated murder."
Wang Shen paused for a moment, but Liang Zichen did not interrupt Wang Shen's narration. Instead, he waited quietly for Wang Shen to continue.
Wang Shen organized his thoughts and continued, "Han Mo knew about Xiao Lin's theft of her manuscript from the very beginning, and naturally she would have noticed the problems with Xiao Lin's novel. Han Mo knew that without her manuscript, Xiao Lin's own abilities wouldn't be enough to attract public attention. But at that moment, Han Mo left her house key on the table. Even more coincidentally, Han Mo let Xiao Lin know that she was going to a fan meeting that night. Don't you think all of this is a coincidence?"
Liang Zichen nodded, frowned slightly, and replied, "It's like giving a thief the key and then telling them no one's home. Isn't that just blatantly inviting the thief to steal?"
“That’s right, that’s exactly what I mean.” Wang Shen immediately agreed.
“But,” Wang Shen suddenly added, “according to Xiao Lin, Han Mo returned home at 7:00 sharp, which is another contradiction. Logically speaking, the fan meeting shouldn’t have ended so early.”
Liang Zichen nodded and said, "So, it all seems like a trap set by Han Mobu. She wants to catch Xiao Lin like a turtle in a jar?"
After Liang Zichen finished speaking his guess, Wang Shen shook his head. "I don't think Han Mo is a stupid person. She should know that it's unlikely she can subdue Xiao Lin on her own, and it would even put her in danger. But why would she do it? And if everything was a scheme orchestrated by Han Mo herself, then I think that phone call that exposed Xiao Lin was unnecessary."
"The phone call that exposed Xiao Lin?" Because Liang Zichen hadn't heard Xiao Lin's account, he wasn't entirely clear on some of the details.
"Yes, according to Xiao Lin, he was exposed because his wife gave him a 'deadly phone call.' It's still a matter of timing; it was only 7 p.m., wasn't it a bit too early to check up on him?"
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