It was already around ten o'clock in the evening, the time for evening self-study at the middle school. From a distance, the huge campus was still lively and bright. You Mingxu explained his purpose to the school's contact person: he just had a few more questions to ask Li Biran.
She and Yin Feng stood in a relatively secluded and quiet corner of the school waiting. A street lamp shone down overhead, and the light was dim.
From a distance, I saw the teacher leading a group of people walking towards me.
The man had his hands in his trouser pockets and walked with the swaying manner that is typical of teenagers. That slightly rebellious attitude seemed to distance him from his teacher.
As he got closer, You Mingxu could see that he had a fair complexion, bright eyes, and looked very good.
But in fact, with just one glance, You Mingxu could feel that the boy's temperament had changed significantly compared to when he saw him a week or two ago.
In my memory, Li Biran is still that sleepy boy who sleeps in the Internet cafe. Even after getting in the car, he kept swinging his legs and talking in all sorts of different languages, being superficial and eager to show off. After seeing the bodies of his relatives, he was still completely terrified. He broke down and cried, and didn't want to say anything.
But now, there was clearly a mixture of confidence and indifference in his eyes. Even when he walked in front of the police, he still maintained a very casual and relaxed attitude, exuding a cold aura. The fifteen-year-old boy seemed to have gained an extra layer of cold outer shell.
You Mingxu was not sure why this was happening.
"Officer You, is there anything else?" Li Biran said, turning his head and looking to the side, as if doing what he wants.
You Mingxu stared at Li Biran's face and asked, "Do you know Liu Ruoyu?"
Then Li Biran's pupils suddenly shrank, and his whole body froze for a moment, and then he said: "Who is he? I don't know him!" His voice trembled a little.
In You Mingxu's heart, it seemed as if there was a river of water slowly drowning something. She said, "Four days ago, on Wednesday, between 10 p.m. and 12 a.m., where were you?" That was exactly when Xu Jiayuan was killed.
Li Biran's face gradually turned red, and he said, "I couldn't sleep that day, so I wandered around the streets near my home. I don't remember where I went."
You Mingxu smiled and said, "I see you remember it very clearly and answered very quickly..."
Li Biran looked at her with flickering eyes and said nothing.
"What size are your feet?" You Mingxu asked again.
After all, he was still a teenager, so Li Biran took a step back involuntarily and answered, "38 or 39."
You Mingxu stared at his feet. "You are wearing sneakers, right? Lift them up so I can see the pattern on the soles. If you don't wear shoe covers, this kind of soles will leave very clear patterns when you step on blood. Even if it is the same pair of shoes, everyone's walking habits and the degree of shoe wear are different. Some people wear their left feet badly, and some people wear their heels badly. It's like there are no two leaves in the world that are exactly the same. How many pairs of shoes do you have in total? Where are they all? I see that you are wearing famous brands, so you should be reluctant to throw them away."
Li Biran moved his lips several times but could not utter a word. You Mingxu couldn't really understand how nervous the child was at this moment. Because he looked as pale as death.
"I... don't know what you are talking about, I don't know!" Li Biran growled hoarsely.
You Mingxu looked at the young man's handsome and distorted face, and the image of the piled-up bodies of Xie Huifang's family of three emerged in his mind. He felt the chill in his heart accumulating like heavy snow. She said: "Your aunt is very strict with you and often scolds you. She is frugal by nature and naturally will not satisfy your excessive material needs. Do you hate her?"
Li Biran burst into tears and blurted out: "So what if I hate her? I just want her to die. Is she still a human being?"
"What did she do to you?"
Li Biran's face was pale and his eyes were dark, like a stubborn little bull. He said, "She doesn't treat me as a human being at all! I didn't do well in the exam, and she promised to keep it a secret for me, but she turned around and told my parents. When my dad came back, he beat me again. She went to a parent-teacher conference, and she beat and scolded me in front of all my classmates, so loud that the whole school could hear it. Does she treat me as a human being? She also followed me and didn't let me go to the Internet cafe, embarrassing the owner of the Internet cafe. How could she not treat her own child like this? She is the most insidious villain, who just wants to mess with me. I have long wanted to stab her to death. If she dies, I will just go to jail for a few years, and I will get a lighter sentence anyway!"
After listening to it, You Mingxu felt it was unbelievable and even a little confused. She asked, "Is it because of these things that you teamed up with Liu Ruoyu to kill Xie Huifang? And her two children?"
A trace of panic and annoyance finally appeared on Li Biran's face, and his lips moved for a long time. At this time, You Mingxu's support was about to arrive, and the sound of alarm bells rang outside the campus. Li Biran stood there blankly for a long time, like a block of wood, before he said, "I didn't intend to kill them. Brother Liu had planned it all, but I didn't expect them to be at home that day. Although they are annoying and often tell tales to Xie, they don't deserve to be killed."
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