Termination (1) (Thanks to Acorn for gifting diamonds)

  I said: "Compared to the two before you, your crime is not as heavy. To be more accurate, you are a victim. Isn't all this already over?"

  Du Xiangyuan looked stunned and asked in a low voice: "Is it over? No, it's just the beginning."

  After he finished saying that, he buried his head and never looked up again. No matter what I asked him, he was unmoved, as if he hadn't heard it at all. I had to go seek help from Gao Cheng, but when I lowered my head, I saw his sharp gaze fixed on Du Xiangyuan, with a hint of thought in his eyes.

  I glanced out the window, and the detective's figure was already moving. It had been a long time, and next might be the end of this solo conversation. I could only secretly pull on Gao Cheng's sleeve and whisper in his ear: "Think of something."

  He glanced at me with a hint of unspoken meaning, making my body slightly stiff. Then he casually mentioned a term: "Psychogenic mental disorder." I looked at him in confusion, not understanding what he meant. However, he didn't look at me, but instead gazed straight ahead with his eyes narrowed, continuing to recite in a low and slow tone: "When an individual suddenly encounters a severe and intense event stimulus, they cannot bear the super-strong stimulation and exhibit a series of spiritual symptoms related to the mental stimulus factor. The early manifestations are helplessness, panic, and if left untreated for a long time, a series of hallucinations will occur, such as betrayal, hatred, and death."

  Gao Cheng's voice had a magnetic thickness, his calm tone made people feel serene, and unknowingly followed his words. I noticed that when he spoke to the second half, Du Xiangyuan had already raised his head, and those two words "death" were like a heavy punch hitting him in the face, for about two or three seconds, he showed pain and struggle, finally returning to calmness, but his eyes had already revealed a difference from before.

  At this point, Gao Cheng finally shifted his gaze and fixed it on Du Xiangyuan's face. "Am I right?"

  Du Xiangyuan's body trembled for a moment, but his eyes remained calm: "I don't know what you're talking about." Gao Cheng suddenly laughed, with a resolute tone: "When you respond to this, you have nowhere to hide." As soon as the words fell, I saw Du Xiangyuan frantically shift his gaze, his face turning pale, while Gao Cheng's words made me feel like I was falling into a thick fog.

  "Xia Zhu, you just asked what kind of crime someone like him would be convicted of. Now I can tell you: intentional homicide."

  I was shocked: "How could it be? Wasn't it already proven that he wasn't the murderer?"

  A week ago, all the evidence seemed to point to Du Xiangyuan. Just as I was almost convinced that he was the murderer, I heard a shocking story of love and hate. People often say "love can kill", but when someone actually interprets these four words in reality, it's not just shocking, but also terrifying.

  Even in a dream, no one would have thought that the real culprit of this tragic case was Wu Yan, who had already been sentenced to be a tragic figure by everyone.

  Everything originated from love and ended with killing. This is a play directed by Wu Yan himself, in which he plays the dual role of director and actor, and all participants are chosen by him as supporting actors, including Gao Cheng.

  It took me almost a week and digging through every message from Gao Chengkou to piece together the whole thing.

  The cause of the incident can be traced back to six months ago, or even earlier. Wu Yan loved Yu Xiuping deeply, and his hatred was just as deep when he discovered that his wife was with his best friend. As for Yu Xiuping's feelings, they could only be described as contradictory - she seemed to love both her husband and his best friend at the same time, feeling guilty and stimulated simultaneously, which led to her gradual mental distortion. Wu Yan witnessed all of this but did nothing to stop it, and their daughter, Wu Bingbing, became a tragic existence.

  So when Qin Ya Li first called Wu Yan, his attitude was not so much cold as indulgent. At that time, or perhaps even earlier, he had already had a crazy plan in mind, and the name of this plan was - End.