Chapter 107

"Doctor, how is Xiang Siling in bed 3?"

Outside the emergency room, Chen Pu stopped the doctor.

"She fainted before, right? She woke up not long after arriving at the hospital. The test results are out, and they are normal. There is nothing wrong. She needs to rest more and not get too excited. She can leave after staying for a few more hours."

Chen Pu took out his police officer ID, silently showed it to the doctor, and said, "I want to know whether she was really dizzy or just pretending to be dizzy. Can you tell?"

The doctor was stunned for a moment, and lowered his voice, saying, "The patient woke up after a series of routine tests and before she was about to have an EEG. Her EEG, blood pressure, and electrocardiogram were all normal. I can only say that if a person suddenly faints, these indicators will usually be abnormal. But her indicators are very stable. However, this is not absolute, it can only be said that this is the case for most people."

After saying goodbye to the doctor, Chen Pu walked towards the emergency observation ward. Yan Yong and Zhou Yangxin were standing at the door of a ward, whispering with their backs to Chen Pu.

Zhou Yangxin: "Ever since Luo Huaizheng came, Sister Yao won't stand with us anymore."

Yan Yong: "She cares about others, how can she remember us?"

Zhou Yangxin: "Fuck, they are a perfect match no matter how you look at it."

Yan Yong: "It's better than paying for the dogs in Team 1 or Team 3."

Chen Pu stood half a meter away behind the two men, and felt as if a long rope was being pulled in his heart, and he didn't know where the other end of the rope was. At this moment, the thin rope was swaying because of the words of these two traitors, and it was about to break at any time.

He raised his eyes, looked over the shoulders of the two people, and looked at the corridor ahead.

It was late at night, but this was an emergency room, and people kept passing by in the corridor. Luo Huaizheng was sitting in a row of blue-backed iron chairs. Because it was hot, he took off his suit and put it in his arms. He was only wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and black trousers, which made him look thin and tall, with a refined temperament.

Chen Pu and several other criminal police officers were sweating profusely in their short-sleeved shirts. Luo Huaizheng was neatly dressed in long clothes and trousers, but he didn't seem to be sweating much. Moreover, after being released from prison, his skin probably became white again. Sitting in a corner where the light was not strong, he also looked white and refreshing.

Chen Pu glanced at him, and her eyes seemed to be pricked by something - Li Qingyao, who was also fair and refreshing, was taking two bottles of water from the vending machine and handed them to Luo Huaizheng. Luo Huaizheng smiled at her and said thank you. She smiled and said nothing, took another bottle of water, and sat down next to Luo Huaizheng.

She actually sat down next to Luo Huaizheng! There was no empty seat between them.

Then Luo Huaizheng reached out to help her unscrew the bottle cap, but Li Qingyao smiled again, dodged, unscrewed the bottle cap herself, and drank a few sips. Luo Huaizheng looked at her quietly with a very gentle look.

Chen Pu felt that he might be dreaming.

He just interrogated Xiang Siling for a while, and Xiang Siling pretended to faint. He was rushed to the hospital in a hurry, and it only took two or three hours.

Why did these two people suddenly become so close and familiar with each other as if the seven-year estrangement had never existed?
Perhaps Chen Pu's eyes were too sinister, Yan Yong and Zhou Yangxin, who were half a meter away, hadn't noticed his presence yet, but Li Qingyao, who was more than ten meters away, saw him first. At this moment, the female Bodhisattva's eyes moved obviously, which made Chen Pu's heart warm. She also made an obvious move to get up.

Luo Huaizheng also saw Chen Pu with a calm expression.

at this time.

Luo Huaizheng put his hand lightly on Li Qingyao's shoulder, leaned close and said something. Li Qingyao did not stand up immediately, but turned around and started talking to him.

For a moment, neither of them looked at Chen Pu again.

Chen Pu looked dead.

I just used all my strength in my heart and cursed "fuck".

Even though it was just a very ordinary little action, with Chen Pu's manly heart which was slightly bigger than a needle hole and his keen sense of touch like a hound, he was fully aware of the subtle change in Luo Huaizheng's attitude towards Li Qingyao.

But Chen Pu did not forget his duty. He forced himself not to look at the wild mandarin ducks, calmed his trembling mind, and asked, "How is Xiang Siling?"

"Fuck, when did you come? I didn't hear any sound."

Chen Pu glanced at Zhou Yangxin and thought to himself, of course you didn’t hear it, you two idiots are busy helping outsiders to poach my people.

Perhaps it was because Chen Pu's eyes were too cold, the two men immediately straightened their expressions. Yan Yong replied, "He woke up a long time ago and was lying inside. He said he felt dizzy."

This is a three-person ward, but now only Xiang Siling is staying there. Chen Pu looked through the glass window on the door and saw Xiang Siling covered with a quilt, with her eyes closed and the back of her hand resting on her forehead.

At this time, Li Qingyao also came over, while Luo Huaizheng sat there without moving. Chen Pu really didn't want to see her at this moment, so he knocked on the door and pushed it open. Li Qingyao followed immediately. This line had always been investigated by the two of them. Although Yan Yong and Zhou Yangxin followed in, they stood near the door to avoid being too crowded in front of the bed.

Chen Pu walked straight to the bed and called out, "Xiang Siling, Xiang Siling."

Xiang Siling slowly opened her eyes and said in a weak voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect to faint suddenly. I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

Chen Pu said, "It's okay, can we talk now?" Li Qingyao took out the recorder and turned it on.

Xiang Siling hummed, raised her hands to cover her eyes, tears falling, she said: "Thank you, it must have been difficult to find the abortion surgery order? It was this surgery order that reminded me that on the night of Xiang Wei's death, I was shocked and forgot not only what happened that night, but also many things before that.

My psychiatrist said that when people are subjected to intense emotional stimulation, their subconscious mind may choose to seal off some memories to protect themselves. So when I saw the abortion record, my mind suddenly went blank, and then I knew nothing. But when I woke up, those memories, the things that I couldn't bear to look back on, ran out of my mind by themselves. It turned out that they did happen, but I just chose to forget them. "

Chen Pu and Li Qingyao just looked at her quietly, neither saying whether they believed it nor whether they did not believe it.

"So you remember who made you pregnant when you were 15?" Chen Pu asked.

Xiang Siling bit her lip and answered irrelevantly: "Officer Chen, Qingyao, I want to change my confession and overturn Luo Huaizheng's case. I have remembered everything - the person who killed Xiang Wei was not Luo Huaizheng, but my mother, Li Meiling."

Yan Yong and Zhou Yangxin were both shocked. Chen Pu's expression was still very calm. Li Qingyao's face was as cold as ice, but her tears almost burst out. She used all her willpower to suppress them.

She said, "Are you sure? You are responsible for what you say."

Xiang Siling looked at her and saw her slightly red eyes. Xiang Siling smiled, her eyes were also red, and she said softly: "I'm sure. Where is your Luo Huaizheng?"

Li Qingyao realized that Xiang Siling was different after waking up. "Your Luo Huaizheng", this is what people would say in high school.

But Li Qingyao didn't believe in any nonsense like fainting, psychological defense, and memory reactivation.

Li Qingyao believed that Xiang Siling pretended to faint just to delay time, because the appearance of the abortion report was beyond her plan, and she was thinking of countermeasures and sorting out her excuses again.

Yes, she originally didn't intend to tell about her experience of being sexually assaulted, because it had nothing to do with clearing Luo Huaizheng's name. And the two men who possibly assaulted her, Xiang Wei and Luo Hongmin, were both killed. If any of them were confirmed, she would have a motive to kill. Chen Pu had said before that this was a game for Xiang Siling. And the report also showed that there was more than one sexual assault. So Xiang Siling couldn't just make up a third person to cover it up.

But now, she had to choose one. Waking up meant that Xiang Siling's story had already been prepared.

In addition, the psychological problems and amnesia are obviously Xiang Siling's way of finding a way to escape punishment for the perjury he gave.

But Li Qingyao also realized that Xiang Siling really wanted to overturn Luo Huaizheng's case this time, and went through so much trouble to clear his name. This made Li Qingyao feel mixed emotions - what made Xiang Siling change his attitude? Could it be that he had a change of heart? Or was it because of Luo Huaizheng?

But is belated innocence still innocence? Is it still worth being grateful for?
No, it's not worth it at all. Li Qingyao felt cold in his heart.

But Li Qingyao still followed her words and tilted his head: "Luo Huaizheng is waiting outside."

Xiang Siling looked at her deeply and said, "Treat him well." Then he looked at Chen Pu and said something that surprised everyone -

"I have evidence that the person who killed Xiang Wei was Li Meiling."

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That was a confession video of Li Meiling.

Or it can't be called a confession because the video looks like it was filmed secretly.

Judging from the furnishings in the room, it was the large suite that Li Meiling stayed in at the massage club. The angle of the camera was not right, as if it was shooting from below, and a small part of the lens was blocked, but Li Meiling's face was still captured clearly.

She was wearing a silk suspender nightgown and was lazily leaning on the bed, smoking a cigar.

A young man's voice said off-screen: "I've told you all my most embarrassing secrets. Don't you have anything to share with me?"

Li Meiling smiled charmingly and said, "What secrets do I have? Haven't you eaten all my secrets?"

The man smiled, walked in with his back to the camera, wearing only his underwear, and the two hugged each other and kissed.

The footage was interrupted at this point, and according to analysis by the technical department, it was edited.

The camera was still facing the bed and Li Meiling, but this time, the two of them were sitting leaning against each other, with only half of the man's chest exposed, with his face not showing.

Li Meiling said: "I have killed people."

There was a strange look on her face: a mixture of excitement, secrecy and coldness.

"Who?"

"My husband in front of me."

The man was puzzled: "I've heard of that case. It was a very serious case back then. Wasn't the murderer that Tsinghua student?"

Li Meiling shook her head and chuckled, "Actually, I was there that night too. There's a small door behind the shelf of my storefront warehouse. It's very secret and the police don't know about it. When I went in..." Li Meiling's eyes flashed with a cold light, "Luo Huaizheng and Xiang Wei were both unconscious. Both were seriously injured and there was blood everywhere. But that beast Xiang Wei woke up again. He actually dared to rape my daughter and wanted to kill us both! So I picked up the iron candlestick in Luo Huaizheng's hand and hit him again and again... After more than a dozen hits, I finally beat the beast to death. That coward is not a man at all. He couldn't support his family when he was alive. He didn't even dare to fart when he saw me and Lao Luo getting along. It's better for him to die cleanly so as not to drag us down for the rest of our lives."

Li Meiling raised her head and looked in the direction of the man: "Are you afraid? I have killed people before."

The man's hand appeared in the camera, touching her face very gently, and said: "A mother is strong, well done, you are a good woman, this kind of beast should be killed, don't worry, baby, I won't tell anyone." He asked with some concern: "Then you didn't leave fingerprints?"

"Of course not. I'm not stupid. There were Luo Huaizheng's fingerprints and blood on the candlestick, so I pinched it with a handkerchief and picked it up. Otherwise, the police would have arrested me seven years ago."

-

The police asked Xiang Siling how she got the video. She said that Lu Xing showed it to her a year ago and threatened to give her 100 million yuan or he would hand it over to the police.

"Then why didn't you call the police immediately and provide this evidence?"

"In fact, I have always known about Lu Xing and my mother... but I never mentioned it to you. After all, family disgrace should not be made public. That's my mother, and I don't want to talk about it. When I saw this video, I hadn't received any psychological counseling yet, and I didn't remember anything. I always thought that the person who killed Xiang Wei was Luo Huaizheng. My conditioned reflex was not to believe it, so I went to confront my mother. My mother also said that she was just bragging and that such a thing didn't exist at all. She went to have a big fight with Lu Xing. But after the fight, they still didn't break up and got together again. I don't know what kind of magic potion Lu Xing gave her, and how he comforted her. Together, the two of them had a flowery fight and asked me to pay the bill. I ignored it. Lu Xing never contacted me again. "Then why do you think this video is credible now?"

Xiang Siling raised her red eyes, looked at the solemn policeman in front of her, and said, "Because today, I remembered that night and everything that happened afterwards."

I'm very sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. Thank you.

I haven't written for a week, so my writing is a bit rusty. I'm still trying to get the hang of it today.