The ending is nothing more than a series of texts in the news: a female student from the city's Finance College was trapped in campus loans and committed suicide by jumping off a building; teachers and classmates were interviewed one by one, saying how the deceased used to be sunny and cheerful, how she used her classmates' ID cards to borrow money, and step by step ended up being abandoned by everyone; saying that she once had a boyfriend who was both good in character and academic performance, but he also left her. No one could find her boyfriend for an interview. The city quickly took notice and cracked down on and regulated loan companies near colleges and universities...
However, three years later, the accident became a rumor and no one remembered Zhu Xinya anymore. Campus loan companies have been opening up one after another in a low-key manner, continuously developing their business in secret. Among them, Fenjinbao Company is the largest. And Fenjinbao Company has a very capable business manager, Chen Zhaoci. He is also a graduate of Huaicheng University, a fellow villager and senior whom students can easily trust.
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Do you know? When I was young and immature, before I could fully see and enter this society, I could not protect myself. If I receive kindness, that kindness will help me grow against the wind. If I encounter darkness, it is far more cruel than what adults encounter, and it will trap me deeply and make me unable to escape.
But the world I have is far more fragile than that of adults. While you all are still not taking it seriously, it has gradually collapsed. He is only twenty years old and his life is at the end. How can I cope with all the methods used by adults?
Only when you die will you no longer be responsible to anyone.
I don't have to be responsible for my life anymore.
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Several police cars were speeding through the urban area of Huaicheng.
Xu Mengshan drove one of the cars and stepped on the accelerator whenever he had the chance. His face was as gloomy as the bottom of a pot, and he muttered to himself: "There are still three air-raid shelters to be found...Fan Jia, you hold on for me...wait for me to come!"
You Mingxu was wearing a jacket and sweatpants, with her long hair tied into a high ponytail, and her face was equally cold. She lowered her head to check the pistol on her waist again. Yin Feng, a tall and strong man, was sitting next to her, watching her every move.
There is a lot of traffic in the city and many buildings. If Xu Mengshan had not transferred the information from the Municipal Construction Bureau, who would have thought that under that inconspicuous bungalow, there would be an air-raid shelter from seventy or eighty years ago? No wonder the police searched the ground thoroughly but could not find any trace of Fan Jia.
You Mingxu raised his head and asked Yin Feng, "Are you sure he would hide the person in one of the air-raid shelters? Every minute wasted is Fan Jia's life."
Yin Feng replied: "Sure. That was his shelter. The hut he had built for Zhu Xinya collapsed, and this is all that's left."
You Mingxu stared into his eyes: "I believe you."
Yin Feng said nothing, just held one of her hands. You Mingxu didn't want to resist. After a while, he quickly took her hand, kissed it, and said, "If you are wrong, I will beat you, scold you, and punish you."
You Mingxu smiled and reached out to rub his head.
She added: "Chen Zhaoci's girlfriend was harmed by campus loans, so how come he himself became an accomplice of campus loans, and then continued to deceive people like Zhu Xinya one after another?"
Yin Feng replied: "Choosing to resist or to sink has always been a classic question. Many victims, unable to recover, end up becoming new perpetrators."
You Mingxu heard the coldness and insight in his words. Although his personality had become childish, when it came to psychological analysis, he seemed to be no different from the old man he used to be.
You Mingxu turned his head and looked out the window, no longer looking at him. For some reason, Yin Feng suddenly felt a sense of loneliness coming from her, so he also remained silent and looked at the vast front.
At this time Xu Mengshan said: "There is nothing to understand about Chen Zhaoci, he is just inhumane!"
You Mingxu said: "Mengshan, calm down!"
Xu Mengshan remained silent.
Yin Feng said, "Xu Mengshan, you don't have to panic. If Fan Jia fell into the hands of the killer who killed Zhao Feier, there would be no way for him to survive. But Chen Zhaoci does not fit my criminal psychological profile, and his fingerprints and alibi prove that he is not the one. The killer is still at large, and we have not caught him yet.
Falling into Chen Zhaoci's hands, I think Fan Jia now has a 50-50 chance of living or dying. There is no evidence that Chen Zhaoci has ever killed anyone, but he is indeed another psychopath hiding among those girls. The family environment he grew up in fostered his negative and escapist values. What he couldn't stand was being betrayed and abandoned again. His choice was to hide in the dark for a long time, manipulating, seducing and spying on the girls' downfall. He hated women, yet loved them and desired them. That's why she chose to be with Zhu Xinya, who is similar to her stepmother.
Even if he had never killed anyone, he had dealt with Liu Yisha's body. In a sense, he had already rehearsed the killing. At this time, he must have mixed feelings of love and hate towards Fan Jia, the girl who was a victim like a girlfriend but bravely resisted. He desires her to save him, but at the same time he transfers his hatred for women onto her. Chen Zhaoci is now like a person standing on a tightrope. He can either step down and fall into the abyss, killing someone for the first time and releasing his long-term distorted emotions; or he can slowly walk back and retreat to a safe area, retaining his humanity and hope for life... It all depends on the person he is in contact with now. It depends on whether Fan Jia can see clearly that the steel rope that determines the fate of the two people is already under their feet. Moreover, she must be able to carefully and appropriately pull back Chen Zhaoci, the shaky quasi-perverted killer. ”
After he finished speaking, there was silence in the car, except for the sound of traffic and noise outside the window.
After a while, Xu Mengshan asked: "Teacher Yin, do you think...Fan Jia has such a personality, can she do it?"
"able."
"able."
Two voices sounded at the same time, and Yin Feng and You Mingxu looked at each other. There was a stubbornness in her eyes that refused to admit defeat. Yin Feng blinked, but smiled very gently and said, "Because Fan Jia was brought up by Ah Xu. Ah Xu is surrounded by brave people. When two people meet on a narrow road... the brave one wins!"
Author's Comments:
Let me explain why there are so many descriptions of the criminals’ psychological background in the main text. Because published books are not allowed to publish separate chapters analyzing criminals' psychology, if you remember, the Lin Qingyan chapter in "If a Snail Has Love" and the Xie Lu (T) chapter in "The Sweet Girl" are not in the published books. So now I will incorporate this kind of content into the main text, you know.
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