CLG Chapter 39

Li Zhong leaned against the car, watching Shi Hua. Shi Hua went from being stunned to excited, the hand holding his notebook trembling slightly. He was extremely excited to get the answer.

“How is it?”

Shi Hua shook his head. “Let’s talk outside.”

The four of them got into the car. As they left, Shi Hua raised his hand and saw Li Shuxuan, that woman even waved, as if saying goodbye to him.

“There’s a video here. We’ve anonymized it. Take a look.” Yang Xiaomin handed a laptop from the passenger seat. A video was playing, showing a question-and-answer session. Li Zhong asked the questions, and she answered. Later on, it was basically her recounting what happened to her back then. From the sound, Shi Hua recognized the person in the video as Chen Mo.

Combined with the written record that Li Zhong had just shown him, this was evidence that Chen Mo had voluntarily provided them.

“This… was she willing?”

“Of course. Do you think the police are that untrustworthy in your eyes?” Yang Xiaomin pouted.

“Shi Hua, I need you to understand that I am a reporter. They may not believe what I say, but you are the police. Do you understand?” Li Zhong said.

Shi Hua was silent for a long while. Li Zhong was right. This was also the ultimate goal of his actions. When Li Zhong rejected him before, he thought that Li Zhong didn’t care, which made him very disappointed. He didn’t expect Li Zhong to go back and find Chen Mo again and successfully persuade her.

Only with the intervention of the police could this matter be much easier.

“As for Zhao Hui, we just confirmed, how was it?” Li Zhong’s original destination was Zhao Hui, but he “coincidentally” met Shi Hua and Mo Wenli coming out of Zhao Hui’s house.

Shi Hua shook his head. “Unfortunately, it’s not her.”

“Do we need to go again?” Li Zhong asked.

Shi Hua’s profession was very different from theirs, so even if they were facing the same person, the same question, they would get different answers.

“No need, we’ve determined to rule her out.”

“Not a victim?”

“No.” Shi Hua briefly explained her relationship with Chen Xuelin, which made Li Zhong frown. He didn’t expect there to be such a past. During this, when Shi Hua mentioned Li Shuxuan, this woman always made everyone unable to figure out what she wanted to do.

Her words were half true and half false, hindering their investigation on the one hand and helping them on the other.

Li Zhong drove the car out of the villa area and parked it next to Shi Hua’s car. Mo Wenli got out of the car, and Shi Hua hesitated. He looked at Li Zhong, as if asking for his opinion.

“I’ve done so much, isn’t it all for this? Take it. I just hope I can do my final report well.” Li Zhong said.

“Yes, I did.”

“Of course!”

“Then follow me. I’ll lead the way. However, I guess I’ll have to ask those people below to make a trip.” Li Zhong saw that several of the names on the list had an “x” marked next to them, assuming that these were the people Shi Hua had already interviewed, like Chen Mo.

In his opinion, Shi Hua was still a decent reporter. He would ask Chen Mo’s opinion, even if he really needed her testimony, but he didn’t force her. This was one of the reasons why Li Zhong finally chose to help him; this person wasn’t bad.

Hearing this, Shi Hua smiled. “Reporters aren’t afraid of trouble.”

Shi Hua got out of the police car and beckoned Mo Wenli to get into his car. Looking at the address, he turned the car around and left. Behind him, a police car followed closely.

“Where to now?” Mo Wenli asked, looking at the police car following loosely in front.

“If they take action, this matter should be easy to handle. Whether it’s just me alone, or just him alone, this matter is difficult to handle.”

“They’re willing to help?”

Shi Hua nodded. Perhaps Li Zhong just wanted to solve the Meng Yue murder case as soon as possible, but none of that mattered, as long as it helped. Frankly speaking, he only had information but didn’t have the identity to persuade them. After all, he was just a reporter, and reporters aren’t a trustworthy identity. The police were different. As long as they promised to guarantee the safety of their information, most people would choose to cooperate, but Li Zhong now lacked the necessary information. Although even without Shi Hua, Li Zhong could solve the case, it would take a long time.

“Then my case…” Mo Wenli said loudly.

“Don’t worry, I promised her. But your case is also very difficult, after all, you may have to face…” Shi Hua didn’t finish speaking, but Mo Wenli understood. She might have to face a pile of system personnel, which wasn’t an easy thing. In fact, she didn’t have much hope in her heart.

To say she doesn’t love, is a lie, to say she does, she now doesn’t know who to love.

Chen Xuelin? Dead.

Meng Yue? Alive.

Maybe the only person she can hate is herself.

It was already afternoon when they finished at Zhao Hui’s house, and now they were running to the north of the city. The afterglow of the setting sun had already enveloped Jianghe City.

Surrounded by ordinary and old bungalows, two cars arrived one after the other inside the iron gate. The door wasn’t locked, obviously someone lived here, but at this time, there should be no one outside. But there was no sound, Shi Hua wasn’t sure.

After checking the address, Shi Hua thought he probably hadn’t made a mistake.

Shi Hua told Li Zhong to wait in the back. He and Mo Wenli walked inside. The room was open. Shi Hua shouted inside, “Hello, is anyone home!”

The woman had short hair and looked quite thin, even a little sickly. She was wearing an ordinary T-shirt and shorts, and slippers on her feet. Although she didn’t look very healthy, from her features, she was still quite pretty.

Shi Hua didn’t hide anything. “Jianghe Daily reporter, Shi Hua, this is my friend.”

Hearing her name, the woman was slightly surprised. She nodded. “Yes, I am.”

“Actually…” Shi Hua directly stated his purpose. At this time, Li Zhong also walked into the courtyard.

After hearing the name Chen Xuelin, Wang Qianqian’s eyebrows sank for a moment.

Wang Qianqian’s expression was fairly peaceful, without any major emotions. “Do you live alone now?”

“Of course, this place is great, isn’t it?” Her gaze drifted away, past the yellow earth and high mountains outside the door. The cloud tops in the distance were a fiery red.

“The scenery is indeed.” Shi Hua turned around and said with emotion.

“Yes, he died in 2009.”

Hearing this, Wang Qianqian said with emotion, “For someone like him, it was bound to happen sooner or later.”

The few people looked at each other. It seemed that Chen Xuelin’s attitude towards them wasn’t very good. He really owed a lot of women.

“I should still not have gotten married yet.” Li Zhong asked.

“No.”

There wasn’t a single woman’s item in the courtyard. They stayed at the house for several minutes, only she came out, looked like she lives alone.

“The police and a reporter, what are you here for, just say it.”

Shi Hua directly stated his request, that if she was a victim back then, he hoped that she could provide a statement and evidence.

“Oh? Are you sure? He’s been dead for so long, what’s the point of doing this?”

“That’s true. When I saw him dismembered by a woman back then, I said he deserved it. Others didn’t understand. I think that woman was just one of the people he harmed. It’s a pity, using her future in exchange for the life of a scumbag.” Wang Qianqian also didn’t understand why such a bad person like Chen Xuelin, everyone couldn’t see through him. When he died back then, she just posted some of her own opinions online and was inexplicably attacked and scolded by some netizens, which really infuriated her. He was clearly a complete scumbag.

“Okay, I can.” Wang Qianqian nodded.

Shi Hua immediately started filming, and Li Zhong and others were responsible for recording. Soon, with her back to the camera, Wang Qianqian recounted how Chen Xuelin created a perfect persona, created so-called “accidents,” and then took the opportunity to assault her body, control her, and threaten her. She had two abortions within a year at that age. The culprit behind all of this was that man…

The interview ended, and the sun had already set. The sounds of insects and dogs barking rang out in the house.

Just listening to it made Yang Xiaomin clench her fists. And this kind of thing wasn’t just happening to her alone; there were many others.

Power and ability were good things, but unfortunately, they were concentrated in the hands of someone with an impure heart.

Yang Xiaomin also found a board of medicine with half-eaten pills next to the TV in the second-floor living room. “Sertraline” was written on it, and there was a glass with a third of the water still in it. The trash can was full of medicine boxes and glasses.

No wonder she spoke so calmly.

After filming, a few people took a slight tour of her second floor, Wang Qianqian’s bedroom also had a cat, she said its name was Daju, because its fur was orange, it had a lot of meat, looked very fat, walking like the meat were bouncing, it was her only partner now.

“Thank you.” Standing at the door, Shi Hua said to Wang Qianqian.

“No need, it would be best if I could help.” Wang Qianqian nodded.

After seeing off these unexpected guests, she hugged Daju and returned to the room.

Wang Qianqian didn’t expect that the female friend beside this reporter was actually the “criminal” who was suspected of killing Chen Xuelin back then, and she herself was actually the same victim. After the interview, the two had quietly chatted on the balcony. During which, she also mentioned Meng Yue. Wang Qianqian wasn’t aware of this. After she had told her some things about Meng Yue, Wang Qianqian seemed to understand. She was a little surprised, but it wasn’t incomprehensible. She remembered that when she first started getting sick, she also struggled in pain for a long time.

This was an ordinary night, the evening breeze blowing, the flowers and plants on the balcony making subtle noises.

“It’s been a long time since I talked to anyone, feels pretty good.” She lay on the bed, raising her cat high, a hint of joy on her face.