CLG Chapter 42

Could such a terrifying murder in broad daylight be delayed until the world forgot about it?

Was it because the police hadn’t found the murderer, or had the murderer already fled?

Rumor had it that even other newspapers didn’t have any news. All anyone heard was that Li Zhong, the person in charge of the case, had been working in his office these past few days, never stopping.

Ten minutes earlier, he and Li Zhong and others had driven to this place. Living here was the last person from whom they needed to collect evidence. Her name was Yang Xian, thirty years old. A year ago, Meng Yue had visited her, but in the end, they couldn’t reach an agreement. So even with Li Zhong present, Shi Hua was still a little worried, after all, she had refused Meng Yue’s request, and she might very well refuse him as well.

Standing at the door, Li Zhong saw that Shi Hua looked nervous, so he took the initiative to walk forward and knock on the door.

A man’s voice responded from inside the room. Soon, the door was opened. It was a man wearing a business shirt. Seeing people who appeared to be police officers at the door, he immediately became cautious and carefully asked what was going on.

Li Zhong presented his credentials according to protocol.

“Hello, does Yang Xian live here?” Li Zhong asked.

“Yes.” The woman nodded, though she was a little confused. Still, she called out in the direction of the house. After a while, a slightly chubby woman came out. She looked at the people at the door curiously. She didn’t understand why there were police officers at her door.

As soon as she heard the name, the doubt on Yang Xian’s face disappeared instantly, and her eyebrows furrowed. “I know him. What’s wrong?” she said, nodding.

“Actually, it’s like this…” Li Zhong didn’t beat around the bush and directly told them the purpose of their visit.

“I understand, so that’s what this is about.” After hearing Li Zhong’s explanation, she understood that the police and reporters in front of her were conducting an investigation and interview regarding what Chen Xuelin had done back then.

Li Zhong tugged at Shi Hua’s sleeve, signaling him not to rush.

“We need your testimony. If possible, can we conduct an interview?”

“Don’t worry, we’ll keep you anonymous,” Shi Hua added.

“Okay, no problem. Let’s go to my house.” Unexpectedly, Yang Xian didn’t think for long before giving her answer, and she even intended to lead them into the house.

As soon as these words came out, the people behind her were slightly surprised, because among all the people before, basically only they themselves or their close friends knew about it. In their families, they had always kept this past event a secret.

“I didn’t expect that this matter has been over for so long, and there are still people coming here to investigate it.” Sitting in the living room, as Yang Xian’s husband, he sighed.

Shi Hua never expected it to go so smoothly, and that the woman would be so cooperative.

After recording, Yang Xian also sighed, and her husband sat back down beside her.

Shi Hua put away his things and looked at Yang Xian. “I have a question. I don’t know…”

“Ask away,” Yang Xian said.

“From what I understand, wasn’t there a girl who came here a year ago, just like us?”

Hearing this, Yang Xian recalled it for a moment. She looked at Shi Hua and nodded, “Yes.”

Yang Xian sighed. When she was still outside, she had already remembered that man, but she didn’t expect these people to know about this matter as well. While she was hesitating, she felt a force coming from under her hand. She turned to see the look in the woman’s eyes beside her. She steadied herself and faced Shi Hua again. “Yes, it’s embarrassing to say.”

“I remember her. She said she was someone’s sister, and she came to me to ask about that matter, but unfortunately, I was just engaged to him at that time.” Yang Xian looked at the man beside her.

Sister… Shi Hua heard this and thought for a moment.

“To be honest, we have a good relationship, and he saved me. When she came to me to ask about Chen Xuelin, my first reaction was fear, fear that something I had been trying to forget would ruin my current happiness, so I immediately refused her at that time.”

“Then…” Shi Hua asked again, puzzled.

When Yang Xian spoke of this, she was still very grateful. She was grateful that the man beside her didn’t blame her for this, but instead tried his best to soothe her emotions.

“Thanks to him, I overcame the obstacle in my heart. After that, I quit my job, and he didn’t complain at all. To be honest, I didn’t expect that this matter has been over for so long, and there are still people coming here.” Yang Xian looked at Shi Hua and said.

“I was very angry when I found out about this, and I even wanted to find that teacher, but at that time, Da Xian said that Chen Xuelin was already dead…”

Inside the room, Shi Hua had a brief conversation with the two of them, and finally filmed another video.

“Now is the time to pursue the truth. I haven’t forgotten the mistakes he made against Da Xian.”

As a man, Shi Hua also shook hands with him and said goodbye, and expressed his gratitude.

There were nine people on the list. Except for Mo Wenli, they visited the remaining eight people in various places and obtained seven testimonies and interviews. One person still didn’t want to cooperate, and Shi Hua didn’t force it. That was already enough.

Walking out of the residential area, Li Zhong received a call from his leader. After receiving a lecture, he hung up the phone and couldn’t help but sigh.

“Little Captain Li, thank you. As for the truth I want, I’ll give it to you.”

“But please wait one day.”

Shi Hua watched Li Zhong leave and revealed a smile. Finally, the moment to reveal the truth had arrived.

That was the truth about Meng Yue, and also the truth about Chen Xuelin.

“Is it over?” Mo Wenli asked from the side.

“Almost.”

After Shi Hua returned to his residence, he locked the door. He didn’t come out until evening. He made a call to the newspaper and, after receiving a definite answer, he happily typed out four words: The Death of Meng Yue

With a heavy heart, he pressed the confirm button.

Because it was labeled with the words “Meng Yue” and it was an article from Jianghe Daily, it instantly attracted a lot of attention.

After disappearing for a few days, he sent out such an article. Jianghe Daily’s latest report was quickly pushed to the forefront, and the content was also bizarre. As long as they were ordinary people in Jianghe City, they could see that what Shi Hua was talking about was the person who had been dead for three years. The description in the article was completely different from his previous reputation. But because of this, the article was even attacked and reported by many people.

Of course, some people believed what Shi Hua said, and some people didn’t. But everyone believed that if it was a real news report, the police station wouldn’t sit idly by, after all, the attention on the Meng Yue case was really too high.

Late at night, by the lake in the park, in a stone pavilion, Shi Hua sat quietly on the side. He didn’t look at what he had written anymore, but felt the night wind and looked at the sparkling lake.

This was the place where he used to occasionally take a walk with Meng Yue.

“There’s no moon. It looks like it’s going to be a cloudy day tomorrow,” Shi Hua murmured to himself.

“Want one?” Li Zhong didn’t know when he appeared. He slowly walked to Shi Hua’s side and actually took out a pack of cigarettes. Shi Hua had never seen him smoke.

“I rarely smoke.”

“Isn’t now a rare time?”

Shi Hua flipped it over from the outside. The two sat together. He took a cigarette from Li Zhong’s hand, but found that there was no lighter. “I knew you didn’t have one.” Li Zhong took out a lighter again, lit it for Shi Hua, and then took one out from inside and lit it himself.

The two didn’t communicate much. In the dark night, the firelight was getting closer and closer to their fingers, and was finally blown away in the night.

“Is it worth it?”

“It’s not worth it.”

“But, they said, you’ll be a good reporter.”

The next day, the Jianghe Public Security Bureau released a police report: Meng Yue, committed suicide.

There was also another message released by the media reporter, that Shi Hua was also involved in the case and was taken away, but he was released in the morning.

“Are you crazy!” After leaving the Public Security Bureau, Mo Wenli glared at Shi Hua and said angrily.

At around ten o’clock this morning, the two of them were taken away by the Criminal Investigation Team because they had helped Meng Yue commit suicide to a certain extent, and may be suspected of intentional homicide.

The two were interrogated separately, and Shi Hua basically remained silent the whole time.

Mo Wenli, on the other hand, appeared very shocked. When she heard that there were only two videos, she immediately questioned it. She said that Shi Hua didn’t hand over all the evidence. After obtaining Mo Wenli’s testimony, they obtained a new video from Shi Hua, and this video was Meng Yue’s will.

There were a total of three complete videos. The scene where Shi Hua recorded Mo Wenli’s behavior when facing Meng Yue in the alley from the coffee shop, the second video came from the camera outside the alley. This was the most direct way to see that Meng Yue had committed suicide. The last one was the video of Meng Yue’s own will.

After professional appraisal and review, the police confirmed the authenticity of the video, and Shi Hua and Mo Wenli were released.

“I’m sorry.” Shi Hua sighed.

“Forget it, I can’t be bothered to talk to you.”

The news of Meng Yue’s suicide was released, instantly causing huge controversy. Many people couldn’t believe that Meng Yue would commit suicide. After all, whether it was from the scene or the perspective of passers-by, including her series of actions after her death, it didn’t look like suicide. The spearhead of public opinion instantly shifted from Shi Hua to the Public Security Bureau. It seemed that this was completely different from what they thought.

At this time, Li Zhong and Yang Xiaomin found Meng Yue’s aunt, He Hong. Her husband was also there. The four of them were sitting in the living room discussing this matter.

After watching the video of Meng Yue’s will, He Hong felt very ashamed. If she hadn’t pushed them to her uncle’s side in the early years, would the ending be different now?

“Since she wants everyone to know why she chose this way, let’s make it public.” He Hong wiped away the tears from her eyes. She never expected such a situation. Even in the last video that Meng Yue recorded her will, she was so calm, as if she had no regrets at all. Thinking of this, she felt both sad and ashamed.

“Okay, I understand.”

Before that, they contacted Meng Yue’s uncle, but there was basically no response there. He didn’t even come to see her after her death, so they could only look for Meng Yue’s other relatives, and finally found He Hong, who was Meng Yue’s aunt.

Because this case had a great impact, they had to consider resolving the public opinion by disclosing some things, and Meng Yue’s video was the best evidence.

After obtaining the consent of Meng Yue’s aunt, the police issued a public notice the next day.

Not long ago, Shi Hua told the story of himself and Meng Yue, Meng Yue and Chen Xuelin, and Chen Xuelin and others online in the tone of a story, and personally revealed the ugliest side of Chen Xuelin. This time, everyone was watching.

A victim had to pay such a high price to prove the guilt of the abuser. She wanted everyone to understand him again, so she had to understand herself first. In order to let everyone see her, she planned a show that made everyone angry and shocked.

Shi Hua stood out to guide public opinion for her, Mo Wenli was almost pointed out as the murderer for her, and everyone was indignant for her. No one knew whether she was angry or relieved when she wrote these three words.

Some people didn’t understand, some people understood.

Of course, “Meng Yue” couldn’t hear these remarks.