Chapter Eleven The Driver's Identity

  Although Yang Liu had passed away for many days, her room was still filled with the scent of perfume from her body. Wu Hui sat in the room without turning on the light; sometimes in the darkness, some things could be seen even more clearly.

  On that day, Yang Liu should have received a phone call from someone, then got out of bed thinking she would be in a good mood. She walked out of the bedroom, drank a glass of water, and went to the bathroom to take a shower. In the steam-filled bathroom, Yang Liu was humming a song, thinking about where they would go after receiving that person's call. After finishing her shower, she came out of the bathroom and walked into the living room, took out a sheet mask from the refrigerator, and applied it to her face. During this time, she should have been watching TV or playing with her phone to pass the time. Afterwards, she put on makeup, dried her hair, and changed clothes, preparing to go out. Everything was as usual, but she never thought that after going out this time, she would never come back again.

  She didn't think she would never come back, which means if there's something she doesn't want people to see, she wouldn't deliberately hide it. So where would she put it?

  Wu Hui thought it must be a place that was not hidden and could be touched by her hand, so what kind of place was it? A dressing table or a bedside cabinet?

  Wu Hui walked over to her dresser, rummaged through the makeup box, then went to the bedside table and turned everything inside out. There was nothing of value anywhere. Where had she put it?

  Wu Hui rummaged through the room with a willow branch, because it had been too long since he had made a breakthrough, Wu Hui was getting a bit anxious and irritable, as he searched for things, his hands were also heavier, many things were knocked to the ground by him.

  What Wu Hui was looking for was finally found by him, at the bottom of one of the drawers in the makeup box he knocked over, a photo was stuck. The two people in this photo made Wu Hui really surprised, the photo showed a man and a woman, the man lovingly hugged the woman, while the woman leaned happily into the man's arms, looking like they were deeply in love. The woman was the victim Yang Liu, and the man was someone Wu Hui had not expected, Liu Chong, Liu Jianjun's driver.

  This reminded Wu Hui of something, the two letters "YL" on Yang Liu's lost necklace. Wu Hui had always thought they were the initials of Yang Liu and Liu Jianjun, but now it seemed possible that they were actually the initials of Yang Liu and Liu Chong. Liu Chong was Liu Jianjun's driver and had worked under him for almost 7 years, so he should have gained Liu Jianjun's trust. Could it be that Yang Liu and Liu Jianjun really didn't have a relationship?

  Let's think about the person who went to the airport to pick up Yang Liu that day. At that time, Liu Chong was also returning from a business trip with Liu Jianjun as his driver. If Yang Liu had gone to pick up Liu Chong, then Liu Jianjun must have known Yang Liu. But why did he say he didn't know her? Didn't he know that Liu Chong and Yang Liu were together? If Yang Liu had picked up Liu Chong, why didn't she go forward at the time, but instead left without saying a word to Liu Chong? This point is hard to explain.

  What was the reason why Liu Chong did not acknowledge Yang Liu that day? Was he worried that Liu Jianjun would know about his relationship with Yang Liu? If so, then he wouldn't have let Yang Liu go to the airport to pick him up. If he wasn't worried about letting Liu Jianjun know about his relationship with Yang Liu, then why didn't he acknowledge Yang Liu after coming out of the airport and instead left with Liu Jianjun together? What exactly happened during this time?

  Liu Chong, a person who had never caught Wu Hui's attention before, entered his line of sight. Tomorrow, he must go and take a look at what Liu Chong has to say.

  Wu Hui searched the willow house for a while, but ultimately didn't find any valuable clues again. He restored the messy things to their original position and left the room.

  The next day, Guo Yining was invited by Wu Hui to his home and showed him the photos he found yesterday.

  Kwok Yat Ning was indeed surprised to see the photo, and did not expect Yang Liu's hidden boyfriend to be Lau Sung. However, there was one thing he didn't understand - since they were a couple and Lau Sung wasn't married, why were they being so secretive, and what was the reason behind it.

  To dispel their doubts, they must talk to Liu Chong.

  In Liu Jianjun's company, Wu Hui found Liu Chong. When he saw the two of them arrive, Liu Chong was not nervous at all and very politely invited them to the conference room. He asked his secretary to pour them a cup of coffee and exchanged some pleasantries in a very natural manner. Liu Chong's secretary was an extremely beautiful woman who, despite being ordered around by Liu Chong, did not show any signs of dissatisfaction and still showed great respect for him. It seemed that Liu Chong's position in the company was not just a simple driver.

  Guo Yining didn't waste any time on pleasantries with Liu Chong, and directly said: "You don't have to hurry, we have some things to ask you, after we're done asking, we'll leave."

  "If there's anything, just ask." Upon hearing Guo Yining's words, Liu Chong merely smiled and then lightly unbuttoned his suit jacket, sitting on the sofa with a casual air about him.

  Wu Hui knew that Liu Chong had long been prepared and expected that one day he would come to ask him questions, so he didn't exchange pleasantries with him and directly put the composite photo of him and Yang Liu in front of him.

  Liu Chong picked up the photo and took a look, it was indeed his only photo with Yang Liu, he didn't expect this photo to fall into the hands of the police, and suddenly became tense.

  It turned out that his previous ease was just a disguise, and he didn't expect one photo to shatter his psychological defenses.

  Liu Chong is already thirty years old, and in this small city, a thirty-year-old who has not yet married can be said to be very rare. Holding the photo of him and Yang Liu, Liu Chong could no longer control himself and burst into tears. For so many days, he had been holding it in for too long. After learning that Yang Liu was murdered, he didn't even dare to go identify her body, and he hadn't seen her one last time.

  Perhaps because Liu Chong was Liu Jianjun's driver, Guo Yining didn't have a good impression of him. "What is your relationship with Yang Liu?"

  "She is my girlfriend." The boy had tears but didn't dare to shed them, only because he hadn't reached the point of heartbreak yet. A tall and big figure over 1.8 meters, was also very fragile in front of emotions, Zhang Chong tried his best to hold back his tears and not let himself cry out loud, his body kept trembling with restraint.

  "Your girlfriend? Why haven't I ever heard you mention her?"

  "I knew you would find me sooner or later, but I didn't think it would be so soon. I admit that I was afraid to see her because I had been deceiving myself all along. As long as I hadn't seen her body, I could tell myself that Yang Liu wasn't dead, she was still in school, still preparing for her graduation thesis, and recently just too busy to contact me. I kept telling myself this over and over again." The thought of Yang Liu's passing made Liu Chong's heart feel like it had been torn apart, the pain left him breathless. Although he often went on business trips with Liu Jianjun and rarely had the opportunity to meet Yang Liu alone, his feelings for her were extremely intense.

  Upon hearing Liu Chong's words, Guo Yining and Wu Hui exchanged a glance. The sadness that Liu Chong revealed was genuine, and the pain he felt was something that Wu Hui understood all too well, and couldn't be faked. "What's going on with this necklace?"

  Seeing Guo Yining take out the necklace he gave to Yang Liu, Liu Chong held it in his hand, as if it were a treasured love, tightly grasping it. "I only gave her one gift, this necklace, which I spent all my savings on for her. At that time, she was still a bit angry, scolding me for being too extravagant with money, but I was willing, I was willing to give her everything I had. This necklace and my love for her are simply insignificant, I just wanted to give her the best of mine."

  "You should know what these two letters mean, right?" Guo Yining flipped over the necklace in Liu Chong's hand and pointed to the two letters on it.

  "YL, I know this is the abbreviation of Yang Liu and my name. At that time, we were just joking, our two names' first letter happened to be the same as Yang Liu's name. Later on, if we were to engrave something, it would be like this." He said it casually at the time, not thinking that Yang Liu would remember it in her heart.

  Wu Hui kept staring at Liu Chong without speaking, although the sadness he showed was real, but he could hear that what he said was evasive and light, some things he didn't bring up. "The one who went to the airport to pick up Yang Liu that day should be you, right?"

  "Yes, at that time I told her the time I got off the plane and asked her to pick me up." When Liu Chong said this, Wu Hui saw a hint of obvious hesitation in his eyes.

  "Why didn't you come back with her at that time?"

  "That's because at that time I was with Director Liu together, if I went back alone with her it wouldn't be good."

  As for Liu Chong's words, Guo Yining clearly didn't believe them. "Really? When you asked her to pick you up, you knew Liu Jianjun would come back with you, so why did you still ask her to pick you up?"

  "No, Manager Liu originally had something to do and said he would return a day later. I didn't expect him to change his schedule and say he wanted to come back with me together. I didn't have time to inform Yang Liu, so she made a trip in vain."

  As for Liu's clumsy lie, Guo Yining, a seasoned police officer, had seen through it long ago. "No time? You had plenty of time to notify her while waiting for the flight, and there's always time to send a text message. Moreover, since you and Yang Liu are boyfriend and girlfriend, when you saw Yang Liu at that time, you should have told her to go back by herself instead of pretending not to know her and leaving the airport with Liu Jianjun together. You're lying!"

  "It's not like that, I just don't want Mr. Liu to misunderstand."

  Wu Hui suddenly stood up and raised his voice a little, "What misunderstanding?"

  Startled by Wu Hui's actions, Liu Chong's body involuntarily leaned back, looking at Wu Hui's eyes, he was somewhat afraid, "Misunderstanding... misunderstanding I just focused on talking about romance and neglected my work."

  Misunderstanding did not sit down, but step by step approached Liu Chong, "Don't you think your excuse is too far-fetched? You said that your feelings for Yang Liu were so deep, and you also said that your love for her was so strong. Since she is so important to you, how could you possibly abandon her? Speak! What's the real reason!"

  Under Wu Hui's pressing questioning, Liu Chong's brain seemed to have suddenly stopped working, wanting to say some reasons, but he couldn't think of anything, "I... I..."

  Seeing himself being pressed for an answer had some effect, Wu Hui adjusted his clothes and sat down slowly, but his eyes never left Liu Chong's eyes. "You'd better think it through before speaking, Yang Liu is watching you, she's always been watching you to see if you really love her. If you really love her, then you should tell us the truth, what exactly happened that day!"

  Liu Chong loved Yang Liu, he knew that Yang Liu died miserably, and he also wanted to avenge Yang Liu. However, he didn't know what to do, there were some things he couldn't say, he knew Yang Liu would blame him. After he finished what he had to do, he would definitely go to Yang Liu's grave to apologize, "because of one person."

  It turned out that there was another person. Wu Hui had always thought that only the three of them were present at the time, and he didn't expect there to be a fourth person. This was his oversight. "Who is it?"

  Liu Chong looked at Wu Hui with some hesitation, and finally seemed to have made a very big decision, taking a long breath, "At that time, I saw Yang Liu come to pick me up, I was very happy, but I saw someone following behind her, I didn't bother to greet Yang Liu."

  "Who is it?"