Chapter 221 Chatting in a Teahouse
After reading Tao Han's interrogation record, Luo Xun handed it back to Lin Wenjue and gave him a wink.
Lin Wenjue called Cao Bin and Juanmao out and asked them to go to Tao Han's residence to search for relevant evidence.
Chi Xia came back after sending Pan Haili off.
"Captain Luo, go and interrogate Pan Haili." Chi Xia said, "I want to talk to Lu Ningzhi."
Luo Xun nodded after just a thought.
But Lu Ningzhi said, "If you really want to talk, Officer Chi, I don't want to talk here."
Chi Xia looked at her.
"My patience has its limits. I have cooperated with you enough. Even if you bring a criminal suspect here, you have to release him when the time comes and there is no evidence. I cooperate with you willingly, but you can't really think that I can cooperate indefinitely, right?"
Lu Ningzhi also looked at her, her eyes seemed gentle but distant: "Before you can convict me, can we at least sit down in the cafe and have a good chat?"
"The coffee shop is too crowded." Chi Xia said, "Are you used to drinking tea? There is a teahouse outside the police station."
Lu Ningzhi tilted her head and smiled: "Of course."
"I want to talk to my team members. Can you step aside for a moment?"
"Understood." Lu Ningzhi raised her hand and smiled, then returned to the reception room: "I'll wait for you."
Lu Ningzhi entered the reception room by herself. Lin Wenjue was filled with worry: "Old Luo, are we really going to let Lu Ningzhi go just like this?"
"What will happen if I don't let it go?"
Luo Xun smiled bitterly: "You conducted the interrogation of Tao Han yourself. The process of committing the crime is clear and logical, and there is no trace of lying. Now we just need Pan Haili to fill in the relevant gaps. Lao Cao and the others will get the evidence, and we will force it in. Lu Ningzhi can't fit it into the crime process."
"Isn't there still Chi Xia..."
Lin Wenjue still held out a glimmer of hope: "Although I sympathize with Lu Ningzhi's experience, this case..."
"Brother Lin, it's useless even if I show up."
Chi Xia said: "My conversation with her can only confirm our guess to the greatest extent, but we still don't have any evidence, and maybe she won't tell me the truth. In addition, Lu Ningzhi has another very powerful ability."
"What skill?"
"She is frank and inductive. She can easily find people's weaknesses and stimulate them, amplifying their emotions."
Chi Xia said: "In this case, she never forced anyone to do anything. The development of the matter was dominated by Zhu Chongliang and Tao Han's subjective consciousness . This is the source of Lu Ningzhi's frankness, and her frankness will turn into her confidence, so she has no scruples in communicating with us."
Luo Xun added: "Not to mention that she has a very powerful helper."
Lin Wenjue fell silent. After a few seconds, he looked in the direction of the reception room: "What can the murderer get from her?"
"I don't know." Chi Xia looked at the time: "Let me talk to her, you go and interrogate Pan Haili, this case should be closed."
Lin Wenjue and Luo Xun nodded.
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There was a teahouse next to the police station. Chi Xia had never been inside, but Lin Wenjue and his friends would buy two kilograms of tea from there every once in a while to sustain their lives. Chi Xia had brought some in several times when he passed by.
The boss recognized Chi Xia and found her a private room at the innermost corner. He also served her the best tea and called all the waiters back.
Chi Xia opened the window, and Lu Ningzhi picked up the teapot to pour water for them: "Officer Chi, have you seen my mother?"
"If there is a chance, I would like to meet you."
Chi Xia sat down: "How do you feel about your mother?"
"Love and hate."
Lu Ningzhi said: "I love her for giving me life and raising me up. I hate her for not knowing how to resist and for bringing me to struggle in the abyss. She always tells me to be patient and everything will be fine when I grow up. She loves me, but she loves an imaginary son even more."
"You soon discovered that growing up didn't make things better. Your father only became worse, and your mother only became more and more numb. But you didn't want to be like her, and you stopped listening to her. At that time, you and Fang Xiaofeng were in love, and you didn't want your father's existence to hinder your upcoming new life."
Chi Xia took a sip of tea, and the fragrance of the tea immediately spread in her mouth. She put down the cup and said, "How do you feel after using Tao Han twice?"
Lu Ningzhi paused: "What do you mean?"
"From elementary school to your second year of high school, Tao Han went to the same school as you. Even in high school, you were in the same class by coincidence. At the most rebellious time of a teenager, you were not only liked by others, but also by him. And you knew this very well."
Lu Ningzhi touched her face and said, "When my mother is awake, she always says that I was born with the wrong face. I shouldn't have been born from her belly. I should have been born in a wealthy family. But can I control these things?"
"At least you found something useful in this face."
Chi Xia said: "You realize that those people you dislike can actually be used by you. You can use your weakness, your tears, and a word you say inadvertently, and many people will flock to you for it."
"In this land of ours, most people are prejudiced against a woman because of her face."
Lu Ningzhi said: "Men are eager for this, while women are blaming her for what she has done. Only a small number of people will look at her inner self."
"Which category does Tao Han belong to? Why did you choose him among so many people?"
Lu Ningzhi stared at the cup for a while, and Chi Xia saw that she lowered her head slightly with a faint smile at the corner of her lips.
A minute later she raised her head: "If I say that Tao Han also violated me, would you believe it?"
Chi Xia frowned.
"If you have done a detailed investigation on him, you will find that he has an excellent resume. His teachers, friends, neighbors, and colleagues all speak highly of him. He is a good person in the traditional sense. But when I was a teenager and was at my most rebellious, he caused me the greatest harm."
Chi Xia refilled their tea: "When did it happen?"
"One month before I dropped out of high school."
Talking about the past, Lu Ningzhi said calmly: "Officer Chi, I can't control how my face looks, but if someone wants to bully you, what will you do?"
"If it's me, hit me back twice as hard."
Chi Xia followed her words: "So when you wanted to get rid of your father, you chose Tao Han's family. At that time, did anyone help you? Why did you choose to let him go at that time?"
"Maybe because you still have a little conscience?"
Lu Ningzhi smiled and did not answer Chi Xia's first question. She only said, "If I hadn't been pushed to the limit, I wouldn't even want to use my brain. I'd work from nine to five, busy with work and life. That's all I pursue, really."
"Did Tao Han come to find you, or did you take the initiative to find him?"
"He came to me. To be exact, someone sent him here when I needed him the most."
Lu Ningzhi looked at Chi Xia: "A man's guilt sometimes makes him lose the ability to think. At this time, if a woman is sober enough, she can get everything."
"Tao Han may know that there was someone who knew about the car accident, but he didn't know it was you, right? You, or the people who helped you, also used this to blackmail Tao Han. Add to that his guilt and love for you, and everything came naturally."
Lu Ningzhi smiled, neither denying nor admitting it.
"Who is the person who helped you?"
"have no idea."
Lu Ningzhi leaned back, took something out of her pocket and handed it over: "But this is my gift to you."
Her hand loosened, and Chi Xia saw a fox pendant.
Chi Xia stared at the pendant for a while and clicked it: "To be honest, this is not the first time I have dealt with this thing, but do you know what the premise is for them to help people?"
"What?"
“If you want to get something, you must first ask for it.”
Chi Xia held the pendant in his hand: "Have you ever thought about why the other party helped you?"
"I know."
This was a little beyond Chi Xia's expectations, so she asked, "What is it?"
Lu Ningzhi just smiled at her: "Officer Chi, if possible, I would like to make friends with people like you."
Chi Xia didn't mind her evasiveness: "What's the reason?"
"You can see clearly how despicable I am, and you understand my helplessness. Sometimes, if it weren't for the limitations of my profession and conscience, you actually agree with my actions, don't you?"
Chi Xia smiled: "What else?"
"You have fallen into a more horrible hell than I have. When a person is in the abyss, he has no choice, right?"
Chi Xia was about to answer her when his heart suddenly tightened. The intense pain spread from his heart to his head in an instant. Chi Xia couldn't figure out for a moment whether he should grab the clothes in front of his heart first or cover his head.
Seeing her appearance, Lu Ningzhi was shocked and her body even left the stool, but after two seconds of hesitation, she sat back down.
It’s the last moment, the final moment, please be patient.
