CLG Chapter 2

It was noon, the weather was nice, the curtains were drawn open, and sunlight shone in from the balcony, illuminating some floating dust particles in the air. The room seemed somewhat empty. In the middle of the living room, a man and a woman were eating at a long table.

Shi Hua’s phone rang. He answered a call from the Criminal Investigation Unit, saying they needed his cooperation on a case and hoped he could come over if it was convenient.

“But, why didn’t they call me?” Mo Wenli said, looking at Shi Hua.

“My mom definitely doesn’t know where I am.”

“Completely broken up?”

“I don’t know, I can’t even say I hate her.” After seemingly pondering who “she” referred to, Mo Wenli said.

Hearing Shi Hua’s words, Mo Wenli’s expression fluctuated, and she felt a little dazed. She and Meng Yue used to be the best of friends. Why did things come to this? What went wrong? She didn’t understand. Or maybe she was pretending not to understand.

Jianghe Daily, this was where he worked. He drove to the newspaper office, and as soon as he entered the office, a slightly plump man in a suit with a beer belly walked over to him with a grin.

“Aiyo, Da Shi, hurry, hurry, sit down.” The person greeting him was the editor-in-chief, Yang Lin.

Nowadays, the newspaper office’s benefits were poor, and with the impact of self-media, the newspaper office’s days could be said to be difficult. Shi Hua was a news reporter for Jianghe Daily, and he usually just wrote news casually to get by. He didn’t have much ambition for his career. After all, he was working in a county town, what was there to strive for? If he had ambition, he would have gone to Beijing or Guangzhou to work hard long ago!

Hearing Yang Lin’s compliments, he echoed with a smile. This Yang Lin didn’t understand anything, and he was very casual in his work. He could sit in this position purely because he had a father who was the president of the company.

“Just happened to be at the scene.” Shi Hua said modestly.

“Sure, there just hasn’t been any news to write about these past few days. I was worried. I also think this matter is unusual, so I’ll continue to follow up.”

Hearing Shi Hua take on the task, Yang Lin nodded with satisfaction. He never managed much here. As long as his subordinates didn’t touch the red line, they could do whatever they wanted. If there was a problem, it was a personal matter. If there was performance, it was good management. Yang Lin understood.

“Don’t worry, I’m a serious reporter.” Shi Hua smiled and said to Yang Lin.

The police’s formation was quite large, and the surrounding people were all gossiping.

“What are you thinking? Just a friend.”

“Friend?”

“Real friend!”

“Fake girlfriend?”

“No, you’re thinking too much. Just an old classmate.”

“I have professional ethics. Work is work, life is life. Do you think I’m you?”

Hearing Shi Hua’s serious reply, his father glared at him in frustration, speechless.

He put the computer on the table and opened the prepared draft. He had almost thought of what to name the second article.

Criminal Investigation Unit, interrogation room.

Mo Wenli sat in the chair, her head lowered, her hands crossed on the table. The handcuffs occasionally made a clanging sound. Standing in front of her were Li Zhong and another police officer, while Yang Xiaomin was responsible for taking notes on the side.

“Is this person you?” Li Zhong pushed the computer in front of her, the screen showing a video.

Through the address book, after comparing Mo Wenli’s photo with the blurry figure on the surveillance, they roughly guessed that the other person was her.

“Yes.” Mo Wenli nodded.

Mo Wenli raised her head and sneered disdainfully, “What, officer, do I like to kill people after arguing?”

“I never said that she was killed by me.” Mo Wenli emphasized heavily.

“We agreed to have dinner together a few days ago, but she didn’t come that day and didn’t give me an explanation.”

Li Zhong looked at the man’s calm answer, which didn’t seem like a fabrication.

“Did you follow her into that alley afterwards?”

“Let me make it clear, she brought me in, because there was no one around. She saw few people, and was probably embarrassed, so she pulled me in.”

Hearing this, Li Zhong’s brow furrowed slightly.

“As soon as she came in with me, she was stabbed not long after. I said I’m not the murderer.” The other police officer continued to say to her.

This was also what Li Zhong felt was wrong.

“Wonderful reasoning… Then why didn’t she just write my name? Is it because my name has too many strokes? If I were killed, I could write the murderer’s name directly before I died. Why would I beat around the bush?” Mo Wenli couldn’t help but clap her hands, the handcuffs making clanging sounds. Thinking of her own experience back then, she sneered inwardly.

“Then otherwise, was she killed by a ghost?”

This made Li Zhong feel even more confused. His gaze tightened slightly, and he backed away. He didn’t continue to ask questions and walked out with Yang Xiaomin.

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