Chapter 197 Great
When Chi Xia and Luo Xun returned to the task force, the families of the three deceased had just arrived at the police station.
"Zhu Xin's parents are making a scene. Lao Lin and Juan'er are trying to comfort them. You should not go in yet."
As soon as Cao Bin saw them, he stopped them.
"Have Lu Ningzhi and Dong Chengbin's ex-wife arrived?" Luo Xun asked.
At this point, Cao Bin lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Here I am, let me tell you, Dong Chengbin's ex-wife, who had been divorced for three years, shed a few tears when she heard the news of her ex-husband's death. That Lu Ningzhi is amazing!"
"how?"
Cao Bin pulled Luo Xun and Chi Xia to the door of the reception room: "You two can see for yourselves."
Lu Ningzhi would undoubtedly catch people's attention at the first moment. Chi Xia and Luo Xun directly skipped Dong Chengbin's ex-wife and set their eyes on her.
She sat there, without a trace of sadness on her face, not even shock or confusion. She just sat there calmly, watching Zhu Xin's parents yelling and screaming indifferently.
“Is it scary or not?”
Cao Bin said: "From the time she came to the task force until now, she has not shed a single tear. She just sat there like a goddess. If I hadn't known that she was a relative of the victim, I would have thought she was a leader who came to inspect our work."
"Is this the otherworldly beauty? This is the first time I've seen one like this, really..."
Cao Bin covered his heart and stood on tiptoe to look inside.
Chi Xia looked at the woman, and she only saw indifference from her.
Zhu Xin's parents' emotions finally stabilized. Lin Wenjue and Juanmao came out with dry mouths. They each drank a large glass of ice water and let out a long breath.
"The autopsy results won't be out for a while. Old Liao has put us in line, but we'll have to wait until the afternoon for the results."
Lin Wenjue wiped his mouth and said, "For now, we can only start with the family members."
After he finished speaking, he asked, "You saw Lu Ningzhi, Fang Xiaofeng's wife."
"Yes." Luo Xun nodded: "Old Lin, you and Chi Xia go to ask Lu Ningzhi, I will watch outside."
"Okay." Lin Wenjue said, "Zhu Xin's parents are too sad to accept questioning for the time being. Let's ask an experienced female comrade to come and comfort them."
Curly immediately raised his hand: "Leave it to me, I know someone."
Luo Xun continued, "After everything is arranged, Lao Cao, you and Juan'er will be responsible for questioning Dong Chengbin's ex-wife. There is also a man named Zhu Chongliang in the hospital, who is the owner of Room 615. There is something wrong with this man. His parents are old, and the police have notified his brother. He lives a bit far away and may not arrive until tomorrow. If there is still time, we can consider visiting ."
After drinking some water and making some preparations, everyone prepared to enter the interrogation room.
"Lu Ningzhi is a very calm person."
Before going in, Lin Wenjue said to Chi Xia, "She doesn't seem to be sad about her husband's death. We should be gentle when asking questions, and we can improvise with the rest."
Chi Xia nodded: "Brother Lin, you have more experience than me in this area, you ask more questions, and I will be responsible for observation."
Looking at Lu Ningzhi sitting calmly in the interrogation room, Luo Xun stood outside the observation glass and said, "You can go in now."
Chi Xia and Lin Wenjue walked in. Lu Ningzhi heard the noise and looked over. Her eyes were calm and indifferent. She even nodded at Chi Xia as a greeting.
Chi Xia responded, poured a glass of water and handed it to her. She was wearing light makeup and a white suit, and her hair was pinned up with a hairpin, making it loose and giving off a lazy beauty.
"I'm not a suspect, why are you asking me in the interrogation room?" Lu Ningzhi took a sip of water and asked in a calm tone.
Lin Wenjue sat down: "The conditions are simple, and we need to ask separately, so we chose this place."
Lu Ningzhi nodded: "Okay."
Chi Xia also sat down. She and Lin Wenjue exchanged glances, and Lin Wenjue nodded slightly to indicate that they could begin.
"Ms. Lu, where were you last night?" Chi Xia asked.
Lu Ningzhi put down the paper cup: "Mental hospital, my mother has been living in a mental hospital, and I visit her every month."
“Is there a fixed date?”
Lu Ningzhi shook her head: "No, I'll go whenever I have time."
"Then when did you learn that your husband Fang Xiaofeng was killed in a fire?"
Lu Ningzhi's eyes froze for two seconds before she said, "At 8:30 this morning, your colleague called me to inform me that today is Thursday and our institution needs to polish the course. I had just arrived at the institution at that time."
Chi Xia nodded and turned her head slightly to glance at Lin Wenjue.
Lin Wenjue took over the conversation, and his tone was gentle: "Ms. Lu, this may be a bit presumptuous, but from what I see in the information, you and your husband have been married for twelve years. You got married just after you reached the legal age, right? I want to know, how is your relationship?"
"Feelings..." Lu Ningzhi smiled: "When I was twenty, I couldn't wait to marry him. It was...it was very good."
"Then later..."
Lu Ningzhi still smiled lightly, with a melancholy tone in her voice: "I was with him when I was seventeen. He was 23 years old at that time, handsome, cool, and had seen the world. He was the kind of man I was most fascinated with. He also liked me, maybe because of my face, or maybe because of my innocence, but no matter what, we loved each other at that time."
Chi Xia knew that she was right. A 23-year-old, handsome and cool man could indeed easily capture the heart of a 17-year-old girl.
At least the couple are a perfect match in terms of appearance.
"It is not a good thing to enter into marriage too early."
Lu Ningzhi continued, "I married him when I was 20 years old out of passion. At that time, we didn't know that dating and starting a family were two completely different things. In the third, fourth, and twelfth years of our marriage..."
She sighed, "Love has worn off a long time ago, but I can't love anyone else except him. I know he's unfaithful, I know he's cheated on me, and I know he's slept with different women, but I can't leave him. This is our relationship. I don't know if there's still love, but I can't leave him."
"You married him when you were twenty."
Chi Xia glanced at her information: "Is this the reason you dropped out according to your information?"
Lu Ningzhi looked calm: "Yes, at that time, the desire to start a family with him surpassed everything else. You may not understand that when people are trapped in obsession, they cannot listen to other voices."
" Aren't you sad that he died ?" Chi Xia asked her.
Lu Ningzhi looked towards her, and Chi Xia actually saw a hint of confusion in those eyes.
Lu Ningzhi just looked at her but didn't say anything.
"I heard from the neighbors that he abused you, is that true?" Chi Xia asked her again.
"Yes." Lu Ningzhi answered simply. She pulled up her sleeves, which had purple marks on them.
“I still say the same thing,” she said, “I can’t leave. This is my sorrow. I don’t blame anyone.”
Chi Xia became more and more curious about this woman. She lived so clearly, yet was willing to be trapped by a man for twelve years.
"Have you ever thought about divorce?" Lin Wenjue asked.
Lu Ningzhi shook her head: "No, never."
Lin Wenjue also frowned with doubt. What kind of person is this?
"Have you ever thought about killing him?" Chi Xia stared at her.
Lu Ningzhi's eyes met hers again. She smiled gently and said, "I've thought about it countless times. I've also thought about dying together, but then I think about it and I still want to live and torture each other."
"Many women want to tie a man down with a child." Chi Xia asked, "Have you ever thought about it? After being together for so many years, have you never thought about having a child?"
"Yes, of course I have."
Lu Ningzhi's eyebrows were curved as she smiled. Her gentleness, indifference, and coldness all gradually warmed up with this smile.
There was a smile in her voice: " When I wanted to have a child, but he didn't like it and forced me to have an abortion. Later... my body was gradually damaged and I couldn't have another child even if I wanted to."
She leaned back and looked at Chi Xia: "Besides loving him, I also hate him, really."
"Maybe he didn't die because of the fire."
Chi Xia looked at the faint lip print of Lu Ningzhi on the cup and said, "Someone deliberately killed him. This is a homicide."
There was still no surprise or sadness in Lu Ningzhi's eyes.
She just smiled and said, "Oh, really, that's great."
