TFS Chapter 47

Shen Qing led the team to bring Li Ru and Qin Rui to justice. Chen Can led people to interrogate Li Ru and Qin Rui, following the clues to find other third parties in the victim’s social circle who could prove the discord in their marital relationship, or witnesses who could attest to Qin Rui’s unusual behavior before his resignation, in order to clarify their specific movements around the time of the crime and the credibility of their alibis.

Meanwhile, Zhang Shun hurriedly entered Fu Yunyao’s interrogation room.

From the interrogation transcripts obtained from Chen Can, it was learned that Li Ru had long discovered Yan Dongcheng’s chaotic private life, but due to the family property and the social status brought about by the halo of being Mrs. Yan, Li Ru had always turned a blind eye.

It was only when she arrived at the interrogation room that she wailed and shouted that everything was retribution.

But a person’s patience has a limit. After the great success of this drama, Li Ru wanted to arrange for her younger brother, Li Yang, to participate in the second part, seeking a small role to gain some popularity. Although she had never given birth to a son or daughter for Yan Dongcheng, she didn’t want to be secretly criticized by relatives and outsiders. Letting her brother have a promising future became her only wish.

Initially, Yan Dongcheng couldn’t resist her constant nagging and agreed to meet her brother, Li Yang. Li Yang was different from Li Ru. Although still somewhat green, he was honest and simple-minded at heart. His appearance couldn’t be described as extremely outstanding, only decent, but playing a minor role didn’t require him to be as exceptional as Gao Liyang.

On the night the second season’s script was finalized, when Yan Dongcheng came home for dinner, he said that he had gone over the script with Yan Haoyu, and Li Yang’s role couldn’t be inserted into the script. Li Ru immediately lost her temper, her face turning white and then green. Faced with her unreasonable demands, Yan Dongcheng only gave her a deep look, then put down his chopsticks, picked up his coat, and left. He didn’t return home that night.

Having had this conflict, Li Ru felt very uncomfortable. Yan Haoyu already had a promising career path, but he wasn’t even willing to give the Li family a chance for a minor role. For a time, she began to ponder her own life.

What could Yan Dongcheng ultimately bring her? Could he support her for the rest of her life? Just as she was feeling down, Qin Rui rushed back to the Yan family from the company to help Yan Dongcheng get some materials. Qin Rui was a meticulous and considerate person. As early as a year or two ago, Li Ru had noticed that Qin Rui’s eyes would dart around whenever he spoke to her, looking awkward and unnatural.

She could be considered someone who had experience in the world of romance, otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to climb onto Yan Dongcheng’s branch. That night, she gritted her teeth and made a decision. Perhaps the night was too enchanting, and at her suggestion, the two of them had a passionate night, and later became secret lovers in public and private.

When Chen Can asked about the purchased insurance policies, Li Ru said that she had a habit of buying insurance policies every year. In addition to buying them for Yan Dongcheng and his son, she also bought them for Qin Rui, and she had also purchased one for herself. When the police found the same insurance policies in her home, confirming her annual insurance records, her suspicion level decreased somewhat.

“Could it be Qin Rui, in order to elope with Li Ru, who killed these people?” Shen Qing asked.

“I don’t think it’s very likely. If it was simply related to the Yan family and his son, it wouldn’t be enough to impulsively take the lives of the entire crew, unless it was a poisoning case, but other than Diazepam, there were no other poisonous ingredients at the scene.” Chen Can thought about the problem he couldn’t figure out, his expression somewhat anxious.

“Was Qin Rui fired because his affair with Li Ru was exposed?”

“I just asked Li Ru, and it wasn’t Yan Dongcheng who fired Qin Rui, but Qin Rui who took the initiative to resign.”

Shen Qing looked puzzled. “He worked for so many years, why did he take the initiative to resign?”

“He didn’t say, but he does have an alibi. He was playing cards with a few friends at a teahouse that night, and there are surveillance cameras, and we got the same information from those people.”

“He didn’t come out at all in between?”

“According to the surveillance, he didn’t go out. For now, it seems that Li Ru and Qin Rui were just acting on the spur of the moment. Qin Rui may have developed genuine feelings for Li Ru, but was hindered by this relationship and hadn’t figured out how to leave with Li Ru. Both of them have motives, but not enough to risk so many lives for a fleeting affair.” Chen Can analyzed the relationship between the suspects.

“In that case, we can only wait for the boss’s news. By the way, you have to go to the film academy again. Lin Zhen, you still want to try your luck.” Shen Qing was not discouraged by Lin Zhen’s coldness. She knew that Lin Zhen must know something about Pei Yue, Yan Dongcheng, and others that they didn’t know, which might solve the mystery of why they chose those four students.

“I’ll go with you. I don’t think the boss will be done here for a while.” Chen Can picked up the car keys on the table and walked towards the police car with Shen Qing.

*

With the cooperation of the traffic police, the taxi Chen Yi was riding in was successfully intercepted. The taxi driver was wearing a baseball cap and looked a little flustered, but Chen Yi calmly took a few steps back. When she saw Chi Zijian’s car, she tapped on the car window. “Officer, haven’t you cleared my name yet?”

Seeing this, Chi Zijian didn’t beat around the bush with her. “Oh? Why don’t you tell me, where do you think I’m going in this taxi?”

“I just came out of the police station, and I wanted to breathe in the city’s air and get rid of the bad luck. Is that not allowed?” Chen Yi said pointedly, with a smile on her lips.

Chi Zijian ignored her and walked straight towards the traffic police and the taxi driver.

The traffic police asked the driver to show his ID and said in a low voice to Chi Zijian, “He’s not a driver from the taxi company. Someone lent him the car.”

Chi Zijian waved the driver’s ID in his hand and said to Chen Yi, “It seems that Ms. Chen’s connections are all over Shengshi. You have a lot of time, you can accompany me to continue touring Shengshi, or even the entire Jiangyuan Province, you can cover all the places where I want to breathe freely.”

Chen Yi’s face was unhappy, and she glanced at Chi Zijian disdainfully in her heart. “Then officer, can I leave now?”

“Of course.” After saying that, Chi Zijian asked the traffic police to take the person to the Criminal Investigation Brigade. Chen Yi lightly hailed a taxi, and Chi Zijian continued to follow closely behind her.

When the person was sent to the Criminal Investigation Team, detailed identity information about the person was also sent. The police officer responsible for registration at the Criminal Investigation Brigade paused slightly when registering this person’s work information.

An Su, working in Zhang Yu’s real estate company, belonging to the security department. After being demobilized from the army, his business rose and fell. Initially, he was hired by Zhang Yu’s real estate company because of his excellent fighting skills. He has been there for eight years and can be considered an old employee of Zhang Yu.

When Zhang Shun came out of the interrogation room with a gloomy face, he saw the registrar guarding the entrance of his office, looking hesitant.

“What happened?” Zhang Shun asked, sorting out his thoughts.

“Zhang team, take a look at this.” As he said that, he told Zhang Shun the whole story of An Su. Zhang Shun immediately called Chi Zijian. After understanding Chen Yi’s trick, Zhang Shun said, “Well done, she is a crafty rabbit with three burrows, we have to dig her up and find them all!”

After saying that, he did not stop and went straight to An Su. An Su lowered his head blankly until Zhang Shun walked in front of him and patted the table. “Come with me, let’s have a good chat about you and Chen Yi.” An Su raised his eyes to look at the police officer who looked similar to his boss. His eyes couldn’t help but wander around, and he suddenly realized that this should be the criminal police captain of the boss, Zhang Shun, who was rumored on the street.

*

In the library of Shengshi Film Academy, Lin Zhen was pushing a flatbed cart. On it were books that had not yet been returned to their original places. She saw a familiar face appearing at the other end of the bookshelf, it was Shen Qing.

She didn’t interrupt her work. While placing the books, she lowered her voice and said, “Why are you here again?”

“If there is a place I don’t go, it can only mean that the level of your crime and the number of people you have harmed has become even greater, which is not good news for me.” Shen Qing said.

“Officer, I don’t understand why you are making things difficult for a student.” The eyes behind the glasses were glistening, looking extremely innocent.

“Because I may know the truth, but for some reason, I can’t tell you. So I’ll ask, and you just answer yes or no, okay?” Shen Qing tried a new way of asking. As long as there was any hope, she didn’t want to give up.

Lin Zhen sighed deeply. “Let’s talk at the old place.” She pointed to the stairwell, and Shen Qing recalled the library’s warehouse where they first met and nodded.

Chen Can was left by Shen Qing in the parking lot. She insisted that Lin Zhen might not be willing to talk to a woman about the suffering of men, regardless of whether her identity was a police officer. Facts proved that her judgment was correct.

Seeing Shen Qing’s persistence, Lin Zhen did show some loosening. “Officer, can I ask you a question?”

“You ask.”

“You and these people just happened to meet and interact during work. They neither harmed you nor threatened your job. Why are you so obsessed with the truth? Sometimes the truth can also bring harm to people.”

Shen Qing was seven or eight years older than Lin Zhen. She didn’t know what had happened to Lin Zhen that caused her to say such things. “If everyone chooses to ignore the harm that happens around them, won’t the next person to be hurt be yourself or your family? You don’t know how to answer this question, but every time what drives me to your school to find you is this reason. You haven’t come to think about why, but your heart can’t help but want to ask me.”

Lin Zhen was silent.

After a long silence, she slowly said, “My answer is equivalent to nothing, but it also answers everything. You can tell me what happened, but you won’t appear in court as a witness. I hope you understand my position.”

About forty minutes later, Chen Can saw Shen Qing’s figure in the parking lot. He hurriedly stepped forward and said, “How is it? Did she loosen her mouth?”

“Yes, but the truth may be something we already know. Pei Yue, Shang Chao, and Yan Dongcheng are all grasshoppers on the same rope. None of them are innocent.”

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