Volume 1: Everything in the Name of Love (Typing with Hands) Chapter 9: A Futile Visit

  After the meeting, tasks were assigned, and everyone went their separate ways. Lv Cong and Liu Ziyu went to the deceased's unit, Xu Nuò and Li Kexin revisited Liu Yun, Liu He went to retrieve Wang Ming's DNA sample, and only Chen Chen was left behind in the office on guard duty.

  "Ah! Why is it me again who has to stay behind?!" Chen Chen shouted in frustration.

  "Who said you're a computer science major?" Liu He said with schadenfreude, "You can only play to your strengths in front of the computer, but unfortunately, nowadays' culprits are not high-tech enough."

  Zhang Wei works as an accountant in a foreign-funded enterprise. After Lv Cong and Liu Ziyu arrived at the company, department manager Zou Ke received them.

  "Hello officers, you said on the phone that you wanted to understand Zhang Wei's situation. She hasn't come to work since yesterday."

  "We want to know about Zhang Wei's recent performance and interpersonal relationships within the company."

  "Oh, I see! Let me find a colleague who usually gets along with her to talk to you." Zou Ke didn't ask Zhang Wei what had happened, but instead dialed a phone number. "Jiang Wen, come to my office for a moment, there's something I need to discuss with you."

  Before long, a petite young woman knocked on the door and came in: "Manager Zou, you wanted to see me about something?"

  "These two police officers have come to understand Zhang Wei's situation, you are more familiar with her, take them to the living room for a detailed discussion." Zou Ke turned around and said to Lü Cong, "Officer, I'm really sorry, I have to go upstairs for a meeting right away."

  Lü Cong nodded in understanding and followed Jiang Wen out of the office, while Liu Ziyu couldn't help but mutter under her breath: "This person is really cold."

  Jiang Wen looked to be in her early 20s, a bit timid. As soon as she sat down in the reception room, she nervously asked: "Officer, what do you want to know? Actually, I'm not very familiar with Zhang Wei either."

  Even Lü Cong couldn't help but frown, had the relationship between colleagues in foreign companies become so cold-blooded?

  "We just want to know if Zhang Wei has any conflicts or disagreements with anyone in the company?"

  "Oh, that's it!" This question obviously made Jiang Wen feel much more at ease. "Zhang Wei is just a kind-hearted person. I've known her for over a year and have never seen her lose her temper with anyone or even say a harsh word to them. She's always gentle when interacting with others and tends to take a step back in any situation, so no one can ever get into conflict with her."

  "I heard from Manager Zou that you and Zhang Wei have the best relationship in the company?"

  "No, we don't have much to do with each other," Jiang Wen hastily clarified. "We just sit at adjacent desks and occasionally eat lunch together, so we chat a bit more."

  "Have you found anything unusual about her recently?"

  "She found out she was pregnant a while ago and has been in a good mood ever since, but these past few days have been feeling a bit down."

  "Have you asked her what's wrong?" Lü Cong recalled that Zhang Xin also said the deceased was in a bad mood a few days before his death.

  "I didn't ask, I thought it was because of pregnancy, aren't pregnant women always emotionally unstable? My sister-in-law was like that when she was pregnant!"

  "Do you know about Zhang Wei's family relationship? Such as husband and wife affection?"

  "The couple's relationship should be pretty good!" Jiang Wen said uncertainly, "She often calls her husband and their tone is quite intimate."

  Since there were no valuable clues from the interrogation, Lv Cong and Liu Ziyu stood up and bid farewell.

  As for Xu Nuo, this time she met Liu Yun at a tea house near W University. Liu Yun was still wearing a cheongsam and had her hair styled in a bun, exuding a unique classical charm that attracted many admiring glances.

  After sitting down, Xu Nu didn't exchange pleasantries and went straight to the point: "Why hide the truth?"

  Unexpectedly, Liu Yun did not panic, but instead looked somewhat downcast: "I indeed concealed some facts, it's not that I'm guilty, I just think the less said the better."

  "Then tell me in detail, the facts you've been hiding."

  "Actually, I only lied about one thing. After Wang Ming and Zhang Wei got together, we didn't lose contact. He would occasionally ask me for help with things, that's all."

  "What's going on with the suicide?" Xu Nuo asked her as she refused to confess herself.

  Liu Yun raised her hand to smooth out the stray hairs at her temples, and smiled wryly: "I was young and reckless, let's not mention it, this is just my personal behavior, I don't think it has anything to do with the case."

  Li Kexin interjected: "Of course there's a connection, this could be the motive for murder."

  "Why didn't I just kill them before they got married, wouldn't that have ruined the wedding perfectly?" Liu Yun looked gentle and elegant, but her words were sharp.

  "Because..." Li Kexin suddenly reacted, "Why should I answer your questions? Now it's our turn to ask you, not the other way around."

  "If the two police officers have evidence, they can take me back to the police station for questioning." Liu Yun's tone softened again, "Two police officers, I don't know if you've ever really loved someone. That kind of love isn't about wanting to possess them, but hoping to see them happy. I'm not trying to say that my emotions are great, it's just my personal experience."

  "After Wang Ming and Zhang Wei got together, I didn't take the initiative to contact him again. Oh, no, that's not right, I did contact him once, it was the day before his wedding. Originally, I wanted to give him a wedding gift in person, but Zhang Wei disagreed with him meeting up. He called me and said he hoped I would attend the wedding, so I had to force myself to go."

  "I never wanted to intervene in their lives, Wang Ming was the dream I had placed at the bottom of my heart, a dream that started from my girlhood. In the dream, he is excellent, perfect, perhaps even I myself can't tell clearly whether what I love is still the real-life Wang Ming or more like an illusion beautified by myself. To put it in a popular phrase recently, maybe I just fell in love with love itself."

  Three people looked at each other in silence for a moment, perhaps every girl has such a beautiful existence deep down.

  After a busy day, there was still no discovery. The DNA test results would not be out until the next day. Lv Cong looked at the dejected crowd and waved his hand: "We have a meeting later, so don't work overtime today. Go home and rest early, we'll continue tomorrow!"