Upon hearing this, Ma Yuan showed a moment of astonishment on his face.
This expression did not escape Director Zhang's notice.
If a person's surprise lasts longer than three seconds, it is considered feigned surprise.
The real expression appeared within seconds; Director Zhang noticed Ma Yuan's expression.
"Dead?" Jack Ma retorted, "How could he be dead?"
Director Zhang looked at Ma Yuan with a meaningful expression: "That's a question for you to answer."
Then Director Zhang took out the notebook and pen he had taken from Zhang Mei and placed them in front of Ma Yuan.
"Tell me if this was a gift you gave to Ma Zhangmei!"
When Jack Ma saw the diary and pen, he had no way to deny it, since the police had already found him, which meant they had confirmed the source of the matter.
Ma Yuan hesitated, still thinking about how to defend himself.
Director Zhang continued, "Don't even think about lying. Lying will only make your crime worse. Tell the truth about everything."
"Huh?" After listening to Director Zhang finish speaking.
Jack Ma's face turned ashen.
Director Zhang continued, "Now we suspect that you are very likely the murderer in this case."
"You need to understand criminal cases. If you are really the murderer, you need to know what the consequences will be."
Upon hearing this, Jack Ma's legs went weak, and he stammered, "No, no, it wasn't me, it really wasn't me."
At this moment, Xiao Zhang quickly said, "Quickly tell the truth about what happened between you and Zhang Mei."
Hearing what Director Zhang and Xiao Zhang said...
Only then did Ma Yuan slowly recount how he met Zhang Mei.
It turned out that he and Zhang Mei met by chance at a department store.
Zhang Mei almost fell while shopping at a department store, and Ma Yuan helped her up in time. That's how the two met.
Ma was already an older bachelor, and when he saw Zhang Mei, a thin and single girl, he started to have some feelings for her.
Normally, the two of them might have continued to get along, but later Ma Yuan's family felt that Zhang Mei's family conditions were really not good.
If I marry Zhang Mei, I'll have a lot of trouble later on.
More importantly, Ma Yuan's mother felt that Zhang Mei was so thin and weak, and her health was not good, so she would definitely not be able to have children in the future.
So he advised Ma Yuan to break up with him.
In fact, Ma Yuan also maintained a distant relationship with Zhang Mei.
So Ma Yuan broke up with Zhang Mei two months ago.
At that time, Zhang Mei was very sad. She cried and begged Ma Yuan not to leave her, and even knelt down before Ma Yun.
Ma Ran recalled that she hesitated at that time, but she made up her mind and listened to her family, so she broke up with Zhang Mei.
Upon hearing this, Director Zhang suddenly recalled what he had read in his diary two months prior.
Two months ago, I think I heard Xiao Shen say that Zhang Mei's diary ended two months ago.
It seems that Zhang Mei stopped writing in her diary after breaking up with Ma Yuan around that time.
Director Zhang was a little surprised, though, why didn't Zhang Mei write anything about love in her diary?
Soon, under interrogation by Director Zhang and Xiao Zhang, Ma Yuan confessed to the events that unfolded, which sounded like an ordinary love story.
Xiao Zhang also asked Ma Yuan what he was doing on the day of the incident.
Where was he, who was he in contact with, and what was he doing at the time of the incident?
When the topic of that day came up, Ma Yuan had some memory of it. Ma Yun said that during those days, their steel plant's transportation team was working overtime to transport supplies, so they were very busy. Other colleagues could testify to this.
Footsteps sounded outside.
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