After listening to Xu Wen's words, Wang Shen fell into a brief moment of contemplation. There were many contradictions and suspicious points regarding the hotel room arrangement. The first suspicious point was why Song Mu would suddenly approach Xu Wen and ask her to book a hotel room. Wang Shen could guess that Song Mu and Han Mo might have had a major conflict. When people experience emotional setbacks, they often seek someone to fill the void in their hearts. Perhaps the only way Song Mu could think of to fill that void was through physical pleasure. However, considering the pros and cons, Song Mu wouldn't have sought out his secretary. Wang Shen believed Song Mu wasn't stupid; he must have already noticed Xu Wen's almost obsessive infatuation with him.
The second suspicious point is Song Mu's initial state in the room. Xu Wen said Song Mu was probably drunk. What was the reason for his drunkenness? Was he drowning his sorrows in alcohol? Moreover, the door was open when Xu Wen arrived; was this intentional on Song Mu's part? All of this feels like a trap, a snare to lure Xu Wen in. Xu Wen is the prey.
The third and strangest point of doubt is Song Mu's reaction afterward. "What are you doing here?" This was the first question Song Mu asked Xu Wen upon seeing her. This question lingered in Wang Shen's mind for a long time. Wang Shen couldn't understand why Song Mu asked that. Xu Wen was summoned to the hotel by Song Mu, so the person beside Song Mu was naturally Xu Wen. But why did Song Mu show surprise upon seeing Xu Wen? Did Song Mu suffer from temporary amnesia? Such a dramatic plot wasn't impossible, but Wang Shen felt the possibility was extremely low. Thinking along other lines, if Song Mu didn't have amnesia and was indeed surprised by Xu Wen's appearance, then there was only one possibility: the person Song Mu was waiting for in the room wasn't Xu Wen at all!
If the person Song Mu was waiting for wasn't Xu Wen, how do you explain the message Xu Wen received? Xu Wen firmly believes Song Mu invited her to the hotel, which means she must have confirmed the message came from Song Mu's phone. Could someone have used Song Mu's phone to send that invitation text? If someone else sent that invitation text, who could it be? And what would their purpose be?
Wang Shen frowned, glancing at Xu Wen's current state. Clearly, Xu Wen was madly in love with Song Mu. If it weren't for that hotel incident, would Xu Wen have fallen so deeply? From that perspective, the hotel incident should have intensified Xu Wen's fervor for Song Mu. If that's the case…
Wang Shen suddenly gasped. Was Song Mu's death something that had been preordained? Xu Wen's love for Song Mu was the catalyst for this case. But initially, this catalyst wasn't enough to trigger this murder born of love, so someone secretly added another ingredient. And the mysterious person's addition was to make Xu Wen offer herself to Song Mu. According to Xu Wen, her encounter with Song Mu in the hotel room was likely her virginity. A woman who has spent so many years alone for a man she deeply loves, and then one day finally able to give herself to him—for this woman, it should be an extremely happy and longed-for event. But what if this man denies it afterward? We all know that the deeper the love, the deeper the hate. From the hotel room incident onward, Xu Wen's frenzied love and hate for Song Mu should have already begun.
"Are you all tired of my story too?" Xu Wen's words interrupted Wang Shen's thoughts. Wang Shen then saw Xu Wen looking at him with those empty eyes.
"No, we're all listening very carefully. You can continue." Wang Shen didn't have a fawning smile on his face; instead, he spoke very seriously with a very solemn expression.
"You agree, right?" Wang Shen glanced back at the two policemen standing behind him. But at that moment, the younger policeman was nowhere to be seen; only the older policeman responded. Wang Shen glanced at the older policeman, intending to ask about the younger policeman's whereabouts, but felt it was inappropriate and ultimately remained silent.
“How could I possibly accept his money? If I did, wouldn’t that be like selling my body and trampling on my feelings for him?” Xu Wen gave a bitter laugh, then picked up the cup and held it up in the air. “Look at this cup, it’s the only gift he ever gave me.” Xu Wen’s gaze lingered on the cup. It had a half-heart pattern printed on it, the other half of which should be on another cup. “The next day, I went to work as if nothing had happened. I did my normal job, pouring him his favorite coffee. Finally, three days later, he brought up that day again. To be honest, I only wanted to recall what happened that day myself, not hear him talk about that experience. Do you know what the first thing he said to me was?” Xu Wen’s eyes were bloodshot, and the whites of her eyes were gradually tinged with a faint cherry blossom color.
Xu Wen sniffed, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and continued, "He told me that if I didn't want to work for him anymore, I could quit. He would definitely give me satisfactory financial compensation. Isn't that ridiculous? After all these years, he got me, and now he wants to abandon me? No way! I'll cling to him for the rest of my life. I swear! You can't imagine how calm I was at the time. I just smiled and comforted him, saying that it was a matter of mutual consent between adults, and that he shouldn't take it to heart. He seemed to believe me and nodded repeatedly. At that moment, I took out the cup I had prepared for a long time and placed it on his table. Yes, the one you found next to the flowerpot." Xu Wen explained, seeing the sudden realization on the faces of Wang Shen and the other two.
"He did frown slightly when he saw the half-red heart on the cup. But it didn't matter; I figured he wouldn't refuse my kindness under those circumstances. Sure enough, he accepted the cup." Xu Wen smiled knowingly as she recalled this.
"You already know he doesn't like you, so why did you force him to accept that cup?" The older policeman couldn't help but ask this question out of curiosity.
"Why?" Xu Wen's pupils widened slightly, a hint of sharpness flashing in her eyes as she focused on the older policeman's face. "I want him to feel guilty, to know that there's a woman like me who loves him!"
"Do you think he'll feel guilty? Just because he had sex with you once?" Wang Shen rarely spoke so directly, and with such aggression. Hearing Wang Shen's question, Xu Wen's eyes dimmed again. "Caring is only because of love. Because of love, it's important, and because it's important, it's cared about. I think you understand this better than I do."
"I understand, of course I understand. So, that cup will always just lie quietly beside the flowerpot in the consulting room. Hahaha!"
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