"Drive her to death?"
It was the first ti Li Xi had heard such a statent.
In his mind, although he often said that Zhang Shurong drove Lian Yuhong to her death,
in reality, just like most people believed, Lian Yuhong ultimately committed suicide.
But now, when Chen Xiao asked if anyone had the ability to drive Lian Yuhong to death, Li Xi was stunned.
"Is there really such a person? Wouldn't she have resisted if driven to death?"
"Yes, when soone is driven to take their own life, the person being coerced will usually resist. But it's not impossible for her to be unable to resist."
Chen Xiao continued speaking, but Li Xi still didn't understand.
"Simply put, for example, if Lian Yuhong had a secret she couldn't reveal even if it ant death, or if there was sothing that, once known by others, she'd rather die instead. Can you understand this way?"
"No, how could there be such a thing? The only secret she had was that she once worked as a hostess, and I've already confessed this to my family. They weren't happy, but it's my marriage, and I call the shots!"
Li Xi was certain. He didn't believe his fiancée had any secrets.
But now, Chen Xiao suddenly felt he might have found a breakthrough.
When a secret is so serious that life becos unbearable, might that person simply choose death as a way out?
If she chose death as her way out, wouldn't all this make sense?
Even the Yang Lake Phantom Case twelve years ago could be investigated along this line of thought!
Of course, this line of thought should exclude Xie Yan.
No, Xie Yan should not be excluded at all!
Because he is soone of status!
People of status often have more secrets.
Thinking of this, Chen Xiao thought of Zhang Xian.
Zhang Xian's ntality of daring to question anyone is the true trait necessary for solving a case.
Who says the dead can't be at fault?
Although Chen Xiao had explained clearly, Li Xi still couldn't recall anything.
Realizing that asking further questions might be futile, Chen Xiao said, "If you can think of anything when you get back, you can contact the number I just gave."
Li Xi nodded, then stood up to leave.
But suddenly, Chen Xiao thought of sothing and asked,
"What kind of shoes does Lian Yuhong usually like to wear?"
Li Xi paused: "When she goes out during the day, she likes to wear comfortable cloth shoes or flip-flops."
"What about sneakers?"
"Depends on where she's going. If she has to walk a lot, she'd wear them. Otherwise, she mostly wears cloth shoes and flip-flops."
Chen Xiao nodded: "Then hasn't anyone ever questioned why she wore sneakers to hang herself?"
Li Xi was taken aback.
Seeing his reaction, Chen Xiao could tell that Li Xi hadn't been attentive in this regard at all.
Of course, Xie Wensheng very likely had noticed it, as might Qin Fei.
So, neither Xie Wensheng nor Qin Fei seed to believe Lian Yuhong committed suicide.
Li Xi thought for a while and replied, "I didn't really pay attention to what shoes she wore."
"Let
describe them for you: white sneakers, with red laces, the brand seed to be... "
Before Chen Xiao could finish, Li Xi said, "She only has one pair of sneakers with red laces. She used to love wearing them when we first t. But later, she wore them less often. Recently, it rained, and she didn't have suitable shoes, so I took them out for her. They probably stayed by the bed since then."
"Why did she suddenly stop liking those shoes? Was it because she was pregnant?"
"Probably."
Seeing Li Xi was still uncertain, Chen Xiao asked again, "Did you buy those shoes?"
"No, I bought her many shoes, often just for novelty. That pair was given to her by Zhang Shurong's stepson on her birthday. By then, we were already together, and Zhang Shurong knew about us. She didn't like , but her stepson had a relatively good attitude towards ."
With a slight frown, Chen Xiao asked, "What's Zhang Shurong's stepson's na?"
"Peng Zhou, he's a year older than Yuhong. After Yuhong and her mother reconciled, she'd call him brother when they interacted."
"Other than that pair of shoes, did he give her anything else?"
"No, just those shoes."
Chen Xiao nodded and didn't ask further. After a mont of silence, seeing that Chen Xiao had no more questions, Li Xi asked,
"Can I sit in the room alone for a while?"
"Better not. Go ho, and you can think about the questions I asked earlier," said Chen Xiao.
Li Xi nodded reluctantly and then left.
As he left, Xiaoji asked, "Brother Chen, do you think there's a problem with Peng Zhou?"
"I'm just curious. Lian Yuhong hasn't worn those shoes much recently, so why wear them on the night she hanged herself?" Chen Xiao asked back.
Xiaoji shook his head, and Chen Xiao said, "Maybe it's the dead speaking."
After saying that, Chen Xiao also left Lian Yuhong's ho, resealed the door, and headed straight for the criminal investigation team.
Upon arriving, Captain Qin approached first: "Mr. Chen, how did your investigation go? Did you find anything off about the case?"
Chen Xiao looked at Captain Qin: "Captain Qin, do you think there's sothing off about the shoes the deceased was wearing?"
Without hesitation, Captain Qin nodded: "I've had suspicions, as did Captain Xie. But Captain Xie once told
not to remind you of this. You'll definitely notice it yourself, and once you do, it'll have a deeper impact since we agreed on leaving this case entirely for you to investigate."
"Ah, I see. Then let's summon Peng Zhou."
"Peng Zhou? Zhang Shurong's stepson? Is there a connection between him and those shoes?"
"He gave them to Lian Yuhong."
Captain Qin nodded: "Understood, I'll have soone summon him now."
Watching Captain Qin leave, Chen Xiao didn't discuss with Xiaoji or the other three.
He just sat quietly waiting.
After nearly twenty minutes, the police brought Peng Zhou over to the criminal investigation team.
As Peng Zhou passed through the lobby, Chen Xiao observed him.
Compared to Li Xi, Peng Zhou seed quite manly.
Tall and strong, with a buzz cut, a stubbled beard, and well-developed muscles.
If Li Xi were to confront Peng Zhou, one punch could probably knock out two Li Xis.
Seeing him brought to the interrogation room, Chen Xiao followed inside.
Peng Zhou looked at Chen Xiao: "Officer, why did you call
here?"
"Lian Yuhong is kind of like family to you, right?"
"Because of her aunt, you could say so. But we have no blood relation and rarely interacted."
With a smile and a nod, Chen Xiao asked, "When you did interact, was your relationship harmonious?"
"Pretty harmonious. Her aunt treated
well, and she always called
brother."
"Do you have any other relationship with her?"
"No, what do you an by that?" Peng Zhou's eyes widened in surprise.
Narrowing his eyes, Chen Xiao asked, "Whose child was the one she was carrying?"
Instantly, Peng Zhou stood up, glaring furiously at Chen Xiao.
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