Chapter 75

When Li Qingyao and Chen Pu walked into the tea room, Xiang Siling's eyes first fell on Chen Pu.

Before she was 21, Xiang Siling's knowledge of men was limited to one person. Whenever she recalled him, all that came to her mind were his strong words and actions, his constantly bumping belly, his dense leg hair and pubic hair, and his hands full of fishy and smoky smells.

After she turned 21, she entered society and gradually met and admired more men. She realized that there were many kinds of men, including gentle, shrewd, elegant, and of course scumbags. During this period, she interacted more with Luo Huaizheng. He was a very unique type: silent, melancholy, and inferior, but all of this could not conceal his innate intelligence and pride.

However, the man in front of her was completely different from Luo Huaizheng, and different from any man Xiang Siling had ever met.

At first glance, Chen Pu is not as eye-catching as Luo Huaizheng, because his whole image and aura are very introverted. A closer look will surprise you with his handsome eyebrows and eyes, as well as his upright and upright temperament. His eyes are extremely quiet and clear when he looks at people, as if he has some kind of silent penetrating power. If Xiang Siling were to comment, Luo Huaizheng is like a thin sword, extremely sharp, and very easy to break; while Chen Pu is like a knife hidden in a sheath, with a thick blade and indomitable.

So this man will be more difficult.

As for Li Qingyao, Xiang Siling was indeed afraid of her when she was in high school. But now, Xiang Siling is no longer afraid of anyone, especially women. Moreover, when she saw Li Qingyao who refused to give her a good face, she thought of high school and even felt a little familiar. She found that she actually missed that time, even though Luo Huaizheng liked Li Qingyao at that time, and she was just an inconspicuous ugly duckling.

Thinking of this, Xiang Siling showed an elegant smile on his face: "Please take a seat, have something to drink."

Chen Pu: "Boiled water is fine."

Xiang Siling didn't force it. She called the waiter, ordered a cup of tea for herself, and brought a kettle of boiled water for them. The waiter then left.

"Qing Yao." Xiang Siling called out intimately, "Next time if you have anything, you can call me directly. We are old classmates. No matter how busy I am, I will make time for it. I can also arrange a better environment to entertain you next time."

Li Qingyao said, "You're welcome. No need. Let's just ask the normal questions."

Xiang Siling smiled nonchalantly and asked, "Is there any progress in my father's case?"

Chen Pu said, "We are still investigating and have made some progress, so we need to get more information from you. Miss Xiang, do you have any new clues?"

Xiang Siling picked up the teacup, frowned slightly, and replied: "If I remember, I will tell you the first time. Alas, it's a pity that I can't help."

Chen Pu took out a photo and placed it in front of her. It was a photo taken from the surveillance camera. It showed a man in a floral shirt, but the image quality was blurry due to the distance.

"We found that this man had been to Luo Hongmin's villa on the night of the incident. Do you know him?"

When questioning, Chen Pu and Li Qingyao stared at Xiang Siling's expression.

Xiang Siling first lowered her head and stared at the photo on the table for a few seconds, then put down her teacup and picked up the photo, neither hurried nor slow. She tilted her head slightly, frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "It seems a little familiar. Where have I seen it before? But this photo is too blurry, I can't tell what it looks like." Finally, she smiled helplessly and shook her head: "I don't know."

"What about this one?" Chen Pu reached out his hand without warning and thrust another photo in front of her.

At this moment, the smile on Xiang Siling's lips disappeared completely.

That is a photo of the driver Zhang Chaohua.

After a second or two, she blinked and showed a puzzled expression: "I should have seen this person before, but I can't remember him for the moment..." She raised a thin white finger, rubbed her temple, and showed a surprised expression: "He seems to be... seems to be the person whose son needs a lung transplant, right? Oh, I remember now."

She looked up at them and smiled confidently: "His last name is Zhang, and he is a recipient of funding from our group's charity company. What's wrong, is he related to my father's death? No way, we helped him!"

Li Qingyao had a blank expression on his face, but Chen Pu smiled and said, "If you want to say it's related, it is indeed somewhat related. He is the driver of the night bus line from Yingzhu Town to the city."

Xiang Siling said, "Oh, the driver. I probably looked through his information, but I don't remember it. I remember that I was accompanying my mother to the hospital to see a doctor for her stomach disease. My mother probably heard from a nurse or a fellow patient about this man's family situation. She felt very sorry for him and asked me to help her and support the family. I didn't ask in detail."

"So you admit that you were the woman who met Zhang Chaohua in the hospital that day?"

"Yes, I met him a few months ago and told him that our group would help him solve his problem." Xiang Siling glanced at Chen Pu in a reproachful manner, "Officer Chen, look at what you said, what admits or not, it's scary, I'm not doing anything bad, I'm helping people."

After saying this, she picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.

Chen Pu immediately exchanged a "meaningful" look with Li Qingyao, and Li Qingyao also cooperated very well, with a smile flashing at the corner of his mouth, but he immediately suppressed it. Xiang Siling raised his eyes to look at them, lowered his eyes and drank tea without moving.

Chen Pu's expression became very stern, with his most frightening gloomy look when he was interrogating prisoners. He said, "Xiang Siling, Zhang Chaohua has confessed everything he knew and did."

Xiang Siling didn't look up.

She stared at the amber tea in the cup, as if she didn't react, and slowly took another sip. Then she put the cup down again with a very steady hand, revealing a slightly surprised expression: "What did he confess? A small driver, is he really related to my father's death?"

Chen Pu stared at her with cold eyes: "He pointed out a person."

Xiang Siling slowly crossed her legs, folded her wrists and gently placed them on her legs. She looked at Chen Pu without avoiding, and her clear and beautiful eyes revealed just the right amount of doubt: "Then who did he identify? Did he see the murderer's face?"

Li Qingyao's heart skipped a beat. It was indeed so.

She looked at Xiang Siling in front of her and felt completely unfamiliar again. If she was really the murderer, she would be so mentally strong.

Chen Pu stared at Xiang Siling without saying anything.

Xiang Siling pouted, and her cute and innocent expression became more vivid.

Chen Pu then said, "Zhang Chaohua pointed out that a woman wearing a mask and a hat, who was as slim as you and about the same height as you, took his bus from Yingzhu Town to Huanhu East Road at 10:5 on the night Luo Hongmin was killed. She took the return bus at o'clock. Don't you think it's a coincidence?"

The corners of Xiang Siling's mouth curled up very quickly and lightly, and if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't notice it at all. Maybe even she didn't realize it.

Then she immediately glared at him, "Officer Chen, Qing Yao, you are not doubting me by saying this, are you? I was staying at Yingzhu Mountain that night. How is it possible? I don't know how much I admire and appreciate my stepfather, how could I kill him? I want to kill the real murderer and avenge him. I know, are you doubting that I did it for Huayu? Be reasonable, if I don't kill him, he has no other heirs, and Huayu will be mine in the future. I have no motive to do such a heinous thing."

At this time, Li Qingyao said, "Well, I know you are a good daughter who is filial to her parents. He treats you better than his own father."

Xiang Siling smiled sweetly, "My old classmates still understand me. Really, I subsidized Zhang Chaohua to carry out my mother's idea. How can you doubt me? You know, my father set up that charity company just to let my mother play with those rich ladies. She spent 40 yuan as she wanted. It was a good deed anyway, so I didn't ask in detail. I only met Zhang Chaohua from that side, and I told you when you asked just now. I didn't hide it from you. If you don't believe me, go ask my mother again to see if this was her idea."

Chen Pu: "We will visit Ms. Li later."

"Okay. Officers, is there anything else? I have a meeting next."

"We have almost finished asking questions about the case. I will let you go after chatting for a few more minutes. By the way, do you usually exercise?"

Xiang Siling said, "Wait a moment." He took out his phone and tapped a few times, looking very focused. He replied to two text messages before putting the phone down and saying, "Sorry, I remembered that I have something to deal with at work. Officer Chen, what did you ask just now?"

Chen Pu stared into her eyes: "Miss Xiang, do you usually exercise? How is your physical fitness?"

Xiang Siling replied: "Well... I work out every day. I have a gym at home with all the common equipment. I didn't pay much attention to this before. After I joined the company as a manager, I realized that a healthy body is the capital of revolution. Many CEOs I know have the habit of exercising. Qing Yao, I remember that you were never too lazy to move in high school. Now you have started to exercise, after all, you have studied in the police academy."

Before Li Qingyao could answer, Chen Pu asked again: "Swimming?"

Xiang Siling looked at Chen Pu and smiled. She raised her hand as if to grab the teacup, but immediately put it down and held her knees. She answered, "Sometimes I swim, but I'm not very good at it. By the way, the day before yesterday I made an appointment with Luo Huaizheng to go swimming together, but I couldn't swim as fast as him, so he laughed at me for my lack of coordination. Qing Yao, when you were together before, was he also so annoying?"

Chen Pu cursed in his heart and said seriously, "Miss Xiang, please don't talk about topics that are irrelevant to my questions."

Li Qingyao's expression was very calm. He said, "Yes, please don't chat casually later, Miss Xiang. However, since you asked this question, I will answer it out of courtesy. Anyway, it's not something that can't be said. Sorry, he is not like this. When we are good, he listens to me in everything. Keep asking, Captain."

Xiang Siling curled her lips, sighed, and said, "You were so happy back then. It's really enviable. Okay, I won't say any more."

Chen Pu actually had no more questions to ask, but this time, he took the teacup, lowered his head, took a big sip of boiled water, and drank it carefully. After a few seconds, he looked up and said calmly, "Ms. Xiang, thank you for cooperating with the investigation. If there is a need, I may contact you again. Please don't leave Xiangcheng in the near future."

He gave Si Ling a more relaxed and brilliant smile: "No problem."