Chen Xiao holds a knife, cuts the rope, and catches the panicked Liu Dayou.

The latter gasps heavily.

“What… what are you doing, Brother Chen!”

Liu Dayou is genuinely scared.

Even though he calmed down a bit now, he doesn’t believe Chen Xiao would harm him.

But when that strong feeling of suffocation came over him just now, he was truly in a panic.

Luckily, he tightened his crotch, or else, with that slight urge to pee earlier, he might have wet his pants.

Chen Xiao said a bit awkwardly, “Just now, to make it more realistic, I resorted to this measure. Only your physique and Lian Yuhong’s are somewhat similar.”

Liu Dayou had thought that Chen Xiao was probably doing it as an experiment.

So upon hearing this, he didn’t mind much.

However, Chen Xiao still patted his shoulder and said, “Later, you can make one request, within five hundred yuan. No more than that.”

“Hehe, five hundred is enough!”

Liu Dayou instantly had no objections, and even felt a bit of an impulse to go through it a few more times.

Quickly, Chen Xiao looked at Xiaoji and said, “Based on the scene, think it over carefully.”

Xiaoji nodded and looked towards the chair from earlier.

Just then, Xiaoji Knife Man already thought of something: “Brother Chen, isn’t this off? How many people have skills like yours? Back in Dongzhou, you took down dozens of Qiao Ye’s men alone.”

“There’s always someone stronger out there, and there’s never a strongest person. This applies to martial arts and fighting too.”

Knife Man nodded: “There should be marks on the chair, right? And didn’t you say there were shoe prints from Lian Yuhong on the chair?”

“That’s right, there are prints of Lian Yuhong’s shoes on the chair…”

Chen Xiao said this, then suddenly frowned:

“What shoes was Lian Yuhong wearing?”

“Didn’t you say sneakers?”

Chen Xiao immediately looked at Knife Man, the latter hadn’t reacted yet, Xiaoji immediately spoke: “A pregnant woman, in the early morning, wearing sneakers? That’s unreasonable!”

“That’s right, it’s already unreasonable because she was wearing pajamas too. It can’t be that she deliberately changed into sneakers just to conveniently climb on the chair, right?”

Xiaoji looked delighted, but quickly frowned again: “Unreasonable is unreasonable, but it seems like no one can control what shoes she wears. What if she was really wearing sneakers, then what?”

“That’s right, this is just an unreasonable point, not completely unreasonable.”

“But if there really was someone with your skills like Brother Chen, it’s possible they could suddenly attack without the other noticing,” Xiaoji said again.

But Chen Xiao, upon looking at the distance from the bedroom to the main hall, shook his head and said:

“I just tried it, but even if it was me, from the bedroom to the main hall, I couldn’t completely control the deceased and put her into the rope loop without leaving any traces.”

Chen Xiao was just conducting an experiment after all.

But this experiment clearly couldn’t be done successfully without leaving traces.

When threatened, a person will struggle inevitably.

And the strength a person exhibits when faced with a life threat can be much stronger than usual.

She would surely grab, scratch.

Once grabbing and scratching occurs, the gaps between the nails could end up with the perpetrator’s hair, clothing fibers, or even skin.

If the perpetrator controlled her hands, then her hands would surely have bruises from being controlled.

Thinking of this, Chen Xiao remembered a number, given by Qin Fei as Li Xi’s contact.

The call connects, and a weary voice answers: “Hello, who is this?”

“I’m Chen Xiao, a consultant from the precinct’s detective team. Come to Lian Yuhong’s house now, I’m waiting for you here.”

On the other end, there’s a brief pause, then: “Okay, I’ll come over right away.”

Chen Xiao put down the phone and temporarily set aside all thoughts.

In trying to create an absolute suicide scene, Chen Xiao realized there was only one reason, besides no other means.

This reason, Zhang Shurong didn’t know.

Other than Zhang Shurong, the only person familiar with Lian Yuhong left in this world was Li Xi.

Soon, Li Xi arrived.

As Zhang Shurong said, Li Xi indeed was very thin and not tall.

Gives one the impression he looks like a drug addict.

Li Xi approached, his eyes red and swollen, looking extremely weary.

Chen Xiao nodded at him: “I won’t elaborate much, just a few questions. Since meeting Lian Yuhong, did anything happen involving her, any threats?”

Li Xi shook his head almost without hesitation: “She’s always with me, what could happen!”

“I mean earlier than that.”

Li Xi still shook his head.

Chen Xiao didn’t press further, but took a pack of cigarettes from Xiaoji and handed one to Li Xi.

The latter accepted, lit up, and smoked naturally, without taking deep drags.

Chen Xiao casually changed the topic: “How did you and Lian Yuhong meet?”

Li Xi turned, hesitating at first.

Seeing his conflicted look, seems a bit hard to talk about.

“Hard to say?”

“What does how I met her have to do with her death?”

“I understand your feelings, that’s why I talk like this. But you must seriously answer my questions,” Chen Xiao reminded him.

Li Xi took a deep breath, said: “KTV, she was a hostess.”

Chen Xiao couldn’t help being a little surprised.

No wonder Li Xi was hesitant.

“She grew up mostly with her grandfather, her mom hardly managed her affairs. Later on, when her grandparents got older, they couldn’t earn money anymore, so she left school to work. But as they aged, their health worsened, and their monthly medication costs were substantial.”

“To earn quick money, she went to KTV as a hostess. I met her once while having fun, and later we often stayed in contact, so I understood her situation.”

“Initially, I thought she was lying to me, but it turns out it was all true. Though there was something I didn’t like, concerning how good she was to her mom.”

“If it were my mom, I’d wish she was as far from me as possible. Later on, I understood people tend to want what they lack most. To gain something, one might overlook harm and abandon their principles.”

“Now even her mom knows she’s got no face to live. For harming her own daughter over a stepchild, this kind of person deserves to die painfully! If she hadn’t interfered, trying to get more benefits from my family, would Yuhong and I have to live separately? If not separated, this wouldn’t have happened!”

When mentioning Zhang Shurong, Li Xi’s eyes seemed like he wanted to strangle her with his own hands.

Chen Xiao sighed: “Do you think Lian Yuhong would actually commit suicide?”

“I don’t believe it, but I can’t help but believe it. I’ve been very carefully comforting her, afraid that saying one wrong thing might trigger her emotions. That night I was really tired, but I kept chatting with her. Later, she herself didn’t want to talk anymore, so I hung up.”

At this point, Li Xi cracked a cold smile: “I don’t know why Zhang Shurong looks down on me, my wife was forced to death by her!”

Following Li Xi’s words, Chen Xiao seemingly casually asked:

“Do you think besides Zhang Shurong, is there anyone else capable of driving Lian Yuhong to death?”

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by NovelKeep