Chapter 89
Li Qingyao digested the huge amount of information in her words and remained silent.
Xie Xinrui didn't care either.
After a while, Li Qingyao asked, "Can you open the window? I feel a little tight in my chest. Don't worry, I'm handcuffed, and I can't jump out even if the window is open."
"Not really." Xie Xinrui just lowered the two front windows, letting the wind blow in.
Li Qingyao looked at her again from behind.
This is not right.
This is different from what Xie Xinrui said on the cliff. She kept saying that she could not hand over Luo Long and refused to give in because she not only wanted to kill her enemy, but was also determined to find Li Jincheng's whereabouts on her own - she seemed paranoid and crazy.
But now, she knew very well that even if she got the key information, she could not go back to Xiangcheng to look for Li Jincheng. These matters must be handled by the police. She also plans to rely on the police.
So she risked her life by jumping off the cliff to escape, just to torture Luo Long to death?
No, not at all.
It was because of what she was going to do. Her words on the cliff were intended to mislead them and prevent the police from guessing her next possible whereabouts.
Li Qingyao calmed himself down and said coldly, "You also know that Chen Pu is my brother's best brother. You shoot him."
"So I avoided the point, and I'm sorry."
"Forget it, you're doing this for my brother's sake." Li Qingyao still sounded a little annoyed, but she held it back. "There's something I should probably return to you." She paused, her tone low. "I think my brother would also want to give it to you, so just keep it as a thought."
Xie Xinrui was stunned.
Li Qingyao's broken hand held a wrinkled rag doll that had been soaked in water. She raised it to Xie Xinrui's left cheek with great effort and said, "I found this in Dahai Welfare Home. It must have been a gift from him to you."
Xie Xinrui felt that there was something strange about Li Qingyao's action, but her attention was all on the doll. She only took a glance at it and frowned: "It's not this."
"No? That might be the old employees of the welfare home who made a mistake. They said that you were holding the doll in your hand when you went there." At this moment, Li Qingyao's arm seemed to accidentally touch the back of the chair. He let out a cry of pain, and his hand loosened, and the doll fell out of the front window.
Xie Xinrui glanced at the doll that had fallen far behind on the highway and became alert: "What do you want to do? What's in the doll?"
Li Qingyao's arm was shaking with pain. "I didn't hold it firmly, and my hand hurts a lot. It's just a doll from an orphanage, there's nothing on it. Speaking of the orphanage, I have two more things I want to ask you - Su Fengxiong, the director of the orphanage, and Zhao Liangchen, Liao Tingting's ex-boyfriend, you killed them all, right?"
Xie Xinrui was stunned again, raised her eyes, and looked at the unexpected female police officer in the rearview mirror again.
This is the first time someone asked Xie Xinrui this question.
She smiled: "Why do you ask?"
"Before I left for Guizhou Province, I asked my colleagues in the forensic department to compare several pieces of evidence - the fingerprints collected in your home, the two unowned fingerprints found in Dasu Fengxiong's room, and the surveillance evidence collected by the police on the day Zhao Liangchen died in Tielu Mountain and a few days before.
That day, as soon as I got off the high-speed train in Guizhou Province, I received the forensic results sent by a colleague - your fingerprint and one of the fingerprints in Su Fengxiong's room are an exact match - you were also there on the night he died. The surveillance camera did not capture you on the day Zhao Liangchen died, but several days before that, it captured a woman with a figure very similar to yours entering and leaving Tielu Mountain. I think I was scouting the area. It turns out that your habit was formed from that time.
Why kill them?
Zhao Liangchen, I can guess that Liao Tingting was the best person to you at that time. Zhao Liangchen owed online loans and kept pestering you, and he might have even resorted to violence. You helped her kill Zhao Liangchen, and she will have no more worries from now on. But judging from Liao Tingting's reaction, she probably doesn't know what you did for her. ”
Xie Xinrui chuckled and said, "She doesn't need to know. I just hope she can be happier in the future."
"What about Su Fengxiong? What's the reason? Does he want to sexually assault you?"
"That's not the case. Although he is lustful, he is an employee of the system and is very cautious. He always plays outside and never touches people from the welfare home. Because he knows that once he is reported, it will be over. Although he looked at me with a disgusting look, he didn't do anything to me." Xie Xinrui's expression was indifferent. "That night, he beat Sister Song Hui. He beat her very hard. I heard it outside the door. He also said a lot of insulting words. In the end, he even wanted to rape her."
"So Song Hui took the blame for you?"
"I started it first, and then she joined me. After we were done, she forced me to leave." Xie Xinrui sighed, "She is also one of the good people I have ever met."
Although he had glimpsed the long-buried truth of two old cases, Li Qingyao did not feel the slightest bit excited. There seemed to be only a pool of dead water in her heart, with only slight ripples as the wind blew.
She thought she roughly understood what kind of person Liu Tingmei was and what kind of changes had taken place in her after she recovered her memory.
When she was young, the girl was extremely intelligent, proud, conceited, had a bright future and great ambitions. After everything she'd experienced, after she'd regained her memory and sanity, how would she face herself and her life?
When she heard Su Fengxiong beating, insulting and raping Song Hui in the room, and when she attacked him from behind and then killed him one by one, did she finally heal the pain in her heart?
After that came Liao Tingting’s ex-boyfriend who was also very good to her.
Both of these men are scum, but neither of them deserves the death penalty. However, Liu Tingmei, who was smart and arrogant, and full of hatred and anger, sentenced them to death.
Her life deviated from its original track due to an unexpected and huge change. Faced with unbearable sin and suffering, Li Yu might have accepted it, but Liu Tingmei chose not to.
Perhaps, she sought a new psychological balance through killing, so that her life could continue.
Li Qingyao also remembered that he had once asked Xie Rongcheng whether Xie Xinrui had killed anyone in Hong Kong. At that time, Xie Rongcheng seemed to be hesitant to speak.
So, how many people did Liu Tingmei, also known as Xie Xinrui, kill before she decided to seek revenge on those three people?
Three, four, or more?
Zhou Yangxin's speculation was correct. Only a real serial killer could have such a relaxed and confident mentality.
This is also the reason why Xie Rongcheng couldn't keep Xie Xinrui. Why, even though she has everything, she still can't embrace a new life.
Because from the moment she killed the first person, there was no turning back. When she watched the blood of those people spurting out, did she feel extreme relaxation and happiness, followed by an inescapable drowsiness? When she can dominate the life of one person after another, does she feel that she has regained the power to control her life?
"So... is this why you didn't call the police and look for my brother right after you left the orphanage? You knew that if you looked for him right away, the chances of finding him would be much greater. Is it because you were convicted of a murder?"
Xie Xinrui lowered her eyes and was silent for a long time before she said, "I guess so. It was my first time killing someone. When I woke up, I was too scared. I wanted to go to the police, but I was afraid they wouldn't believe a murderer. I'm not afraid of going to jail, but if I can't find your brother, I'll lose myself. Besides, I don't have any evidence to prove that your brother's disappearance is related to the three of them, I only have my mouth."
Li Qingyao frowned, feeling that her words were a bit far-fetched and that there might be something else behind it. She wanted to ask again, but Xie Xinrui had already lowered the brim of her hat and said angrily, "Don't ask anymore."
At this time, the car turned a corner and switched to another highway. Li Qingyao clearly saw the road sign - Pu'er, 108 kilometers.
Li Qingyao's heart trembled slightly.
She knew what Xie Xinrui was going to do and who she had promised. No wonder she risked her life to come here.
Li Qingyao suppressed his excitement and said, "Let me ask one last question. I am his sister and I have the right to know. What happened on June 2, the night my brother went to see you, in Chaoyang Garden Building 17, Room 101?"
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