"Furthermore, I think Xu Xiaolin must have timed it perfectly for Lin Su that night. Xu Xiaolin arranged something for Lin Su so that he would only be able to appear at the old house at a specific time that night. By the way, do you remember that Xu Xiaolin injured her foot that day?" Wang Shen seemed to suddenly change the subject, focusing his attention on Xu Xiaolin's foot injury from a couple of days ago.
"Of course I remember, we were the ones who helped her back that day," Liang Zichen replied immediately.
“Hmm.” Wang Shen nodded. “Now that I think about it carefully, Xu Xiaolin’s foot injury might have been intentional.”
"Huh? The foot injury was intentional? But why would she do that?" Liang Zichen expressed surprise at Wang Shen's guess.
Wang Shen glanced at Liang Zichen's surprised expression, then calmly said, "It was all to allow Lin Su to escape. If Xu Xiaolin hadn't fallen because of her foot injury, Lin Su wouldn't have been able to escape at all."
"Wait, wait. Captain Wang, you've got me a little confused." Liang Zichen shook his head, then patted his head, and finally looked at Wang Shen and said, "Didn't you disagree with the idea that Xu Xiaolin still had feelings for Lin Su? Since Lin Su's appearance at the old house was arranged by Xu Xiaolin, why did Xu Xiaolin help Lin Su escape in the end? What's going on here?" After saying that, Liang Zichen scratched his hair, seemingly a little confused.
"Don't rush, listen to me slowly," Wang Shen reassured Liang Zichen. Wang Shen paused for a moment before beginning to explain. "Xu Xiaolin's desire to expose Lin Su's crimes has never changed. She's just smarter than most people. Think about it, what would have happened if I had caught Lin Su back then? Just because he broke into the old house, could we say he was the murderer in Han Mo's case? At most, we could only discover his relationship with Han Mo. But being in love isn't illegal, and the investigation would have a long way to go; we might not even find concrete evidence."
After listening to Wang Shen's long speech, Liang Zichen thought for a moment and gradually understood what Wang Shen meant. "That's right, even now, the strongest evidence we have to confirm that Lin Su is the murderer in Han Mo's case is that recording. But we didn't find that recording."
Wang Shen nodded. "That's the reason. If Lin Su had been arrested back then, the final outcome might not have satisfied Xu Xiaolin. Because Xu Xiaolin not only wants Lin Su to pay for his crimes in blood, but also wants to ruin his reputation."
After listening to Wang Shen's words, Liang Zichen thought for a while, then gasped and exclaimed, "What a terrifying woman."
“So,” Wang Shen continued, “Xu Xiaolin helped Lin Su escape. But at the time, I couldn’t understand why, if Xu Xiaolin wanted to help Lin Su escape, she had to make it so complicated and lead Lin Su to the old house. Later, I finally figured it out.”
At this point, Wang Shen stopped talking and looked at Liang Zichen, waiting for his deduction.
Liang Zichen and Wang Shen exchanged a glance, understanding Wang Shen's meaning, and then pondered for a while. After a while, Liang Zichen looked up at Wang Shen and said, "Xu Xiaolin's purpose is probably to deepen our suspicions about Lin Su, fearing that our suspicions about him aren't enough, right?"
As soon as Liang Zichen finished speaking, Wang Shen nodded in agreement.
After a while, before Wang Shen could say anything more, Liang Zichen spoke up first. "Captain Wang, now I understand why Xu Xiaolin pretended to be injured. Her purpose in getting injured wasn't just to let Lin Su escape."
Upon hearing Liang Zichen's words, Wang Shen nodded while letting out a heavy sigh.
“Xu Xiaolin had injured her foot at the time, so she guessed that we would take her home. But she was afraid of getting home before Lin Su, so she led us to a coffee shop to sit for a while. Only after Xu Xiaolin confirmed that Lin Su had arrived home did she ask us to take her home. At the time, she pretended to refuse our offer to take her home, but in reality, she was playing hard to get.” Through this analysis and reasoning, Liang Zichen finally understood Xu Xiaolin’s motives and purpose in doing those things.
"But what was Xu Xiaolin's purpose in leading us to her house? Was it just to let us find Lin Su at her house?" Thinking of this, Liang Zichen unconsciously frowned again.
Wang Shen gave a wry smile and replied, "Of course it's not that simple. It seems Xu Xiaolin trusts us too much. Xu Xiaolin probably expects that after we go to her house, we will investigate some clues, such as Lin Su's muddy shoes, and that we will confirm Lin Su's whereabouts during our conversation with him. This will help us confirm that the shadowy figure is indeed Lin Su."
"Xu Xiaolin is truly meticulous in her work. She has calculated everything." Liang Zichen said, a look of surprise on his face.
Wang Shen pursed his lips, then nodded and continued, "After we left Xu Xiaolin's house that night, Xu Xiaolin felt that the time was ripe."
"Is everything ready?" Liang Zichen asked rhetorically.
"Xu Xiaolin had probably already confirmed that we had identified Lin Su as the prime suspect in the Han Mo case, or even as the murderer. So, this morning, Xu Xiaolin used Han Mo's Weibo account to publicly expose Lin Su's scandals. And as Xu Xiaolin predicted, the online comments were overwhelmingly negative. By this point, Lin Su was probably completely disgraced. Xu Xiaolin's first goal had finally been achieved."
After speaking, Liang Zichen glanced at Wang Shen's expression. Liang Zichen couldn't believe that a woman as outwardly generous and beautiful as Xu Xiaolin could harbor so many chilling thoughts.
Seeing Liang Zichen's expression, Wang Shen actually smiled and said, "You think Xu Xiaolin is scary now, right?"
Upon hearing Wang Shen's question, Liang Zichen nodded.
“But things are far more complicated than we think. Xu Xiaolin’s first goal was just a prelude to her second goal.” After saying that, Wang Shen frowned.
"Xu Xiaolin's second target? Does Xu Xiaolin want Lin Su to pay for his crimes in blood?" Liang Zichen asked tentatively, looking at Wang Shen's solemn expression.
Wang Shen nodded. "That's right, and she accomplished that goal perfectly. After seeing the information on Weibo, it was obvious that Lin Su would go to Xu Xiaolin. Xu Xiaolin took advantage of this opportunity to lure us into dealing with Lin Su. That SOS text message was the final death knell that Xu Xiaolin set for Lin Su."
“No,” Liang Zichen interrupted Wang Shen. “If Xu Xiaolin wanted to use us to get rid of Lin Su, she didn’t succeed. Because Captain Wang, your marksmanship is very accurate; you only hit Lin Su’s right shoulder. And the final, fatal stab was inflicted by Xu Xiaolin herself.”
Wang Shen chuckled and couldn't help but sigh, "So you can see how clever Xu Xiaolin is. She not only ruined Lin Su's reputation but also got to kill her enemy herself, all while remaining within the bounds of legitimate self-defense."
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