Chapter 12: Liu Chong's Lie

  Liu Chong looked up at Wu Hui and then quickly lowered his head. He didn't dare to look into Wu Hui's eyes, fearing that if he stared into them, he would tell everything without reserve. "It was Liu Hao, I saw him standing at the exit on that day."

  As for the name mentioned by Liu Chong, Wu Hui and Guo Yining were extremely surprised. How could it be him? "Liu Hao? Are you talking about Liu Jianjun's son Liu Hao?"

  "That's right, Liu Hua was under 18 and didn't have a driver's license, but he drove to pick up Director Liu. When Director Liu saw him, he was taken aback, so they quickly left together. On the way back, I drove the car, with Director Liu and Liu Hua sitting in the back. Director Liu was somewhat angry about Liu Hua's rash behavior."

  As for Liu Hua's unlicensed driving, Guo Yining doesn't want to deal with it now. What he wants to know is why Liu Hua appeared at the airport. "Why did Liu Hua appear at the airport? Was it because Liu Jianjun called him to pick you up?"

  As for Guo Yining not continuing to pester Liu Huan about the unlicensed driving, Liu Chong let out a slight sigh of relief. If this matter were to be known by Liu Jianjun, he would be in big trouble. "No, Director Liu called the company's car and didn't tell Liu Huan, I also don't know why Liu Huan appeared at the airport that time."

  Liu Chong was just Liu Jianjun's driver, and for Liu Hao's maintenance, this made the two people in their hearts puzzled, "Because of this matter, you threw Yang Liu to one side?"

  Liu Chong knew that what he did at the time would definitely hurt Yang Liu very much, but the situation was special and he had no choice. He originally planned to send Liu Huan back home and then go find Yang Liu to apologize, but who would have thought that their encounter at the airport would be their last? "I'm worried that Liu Huan will get into trouble, if others see him, he'll be in trouble, so we must leave quickly."

  Although Liu Chong didn't look into Wu Hui's eyes when he spoke, Wu Hui knew that Liu Chong must have had other things to say but couldn't get him to open up for now. "Do you know that Yang Liu rented a house in De Xin apartment?"

  Liu Chong did not immediately answer Wu Hui's question, but thought for a moment before responding, "De Xin apartment? I know."

  "Have you ever been there?"

  "No."

  Liu Chong is Yang Liu's boyfriend. Yang Liu has been living in De Xin apartment for almost a year, and it's impossible that Liu Chong hasn't gone there before. What's the reason he didn't go? "Why didn't you go?"

  It's not that Liu Chong didn't want to go, but Yang Liu always refused with various excuses every time. Although he knew which room Yang Liu lived in, he respected everything Yang Liu did and wouldn't show up at her doorstep without an invitation. "We've always met outside, so I've never been to her home."

  From the moment he met Liu Chong, Wu Hui knew that Liu Chong was a person without his own opinions. This kind of person is often led by others, and it can be seen in how he treated Liu Jianjun and Yang Liu. Although he said he respected others, in fact, as long as the other person didn't give clear instructions, he wouldn't take action. At least one thing Wu Hui could confirm was that the serial murder case in Lincheng was absolutely not done by Liu Chong. "Liu Jianjun is very good to you?"

  Liu Chong didn't understand why Wu Hui suddenly mentioned Liu Jianjun. "Director Liu has been good to me."

  "So you can afford to buy so many branded bags and clothes. By calculation, Liu Jianjun will give you a salary of at least 100,000 yuan per month?"

  Liu Jianjun was very good to himself, because he was honest and down-to-earth. He did things according to Liu Jianjun's instructions. Apart from the monthly salary of 10,000 yuan, he didn't take any other money. "I don't understand what you mean by this?"

  It seems that Yang Liu is not a simple woman. Guo Yining knows what men can't accept most, and since he has grasped this point, he wants to make good use of it. "What do you mean? If Liu Jianjun didn't give you such a high salary, where would you get so much money to buy Yang Liu a house full of brand-name bags and clothes? Be honest and confess, who is the one giving Yang Liu money? Is it Liu Jianjun?"

  Liu Chong didn't believe Guo Yining's words, Yang Liu wasn't the kind of person he said she was. "What are you talking about? What brand-name bags and clothes? Yang Liu told me that those were all fake goods she bought online, not the real thing."

  "Isn't that true? She said that to you? It seems Yang Liu has been hiding something from you, and besides you, she has another man."

  "It's impossible, she won't do that. Yang Liu is not that kind of person, she loves me, she said she wants to spend the rest of her life with me, she said it herself, as soon as we graduate, we'll get married. Who told you this? Tell me, who slandered her? I want to kill him." When he thought about the woman he loved being with another man, and that she had been with other men before, Liu Chong felt like there was a huge boulder weighing on his heart, making him want to go crazy and break free.

  Guo Yining felt that the bomb was buried well enough and stopped pressing, "You really don't know about Yang Liu and Liu Jianjun?"

  "They don't know each other at all." Liu Chong said this with a loud voice, but he also felt a wavering in his heart.

  "Think carefully, think about it when Liu Jianjun is not around, whether Yang Liu is also not by your side at the same time. I think you are the clearest."

  Kuo Yining saw that Liu Chong was no longer speaking, but was smoking one by one, and looked at Wu Hui. Wu Hui stood up and looked out the window. In fact, this man had been used by others. Now he didn't believe it, but his heart must have already wavered. Liu Chong was Liu Jianjun's driver, and he was the person who knew Liu Jianjun best. As long as the trust between him and Liu Jianjun was broken, it would be a good breakthrough.

  Liu Jianjun's company was on the 17th floor, and Wu Hui happened to be standing by the window of the conference room, looking at the cars coming and going below and the crowds rushing to and fro. His calf muscles were a bit cramped. Wu Hui had a severe case of acrophobia, but he was stubborn in his personality. Although he knew he had acrophobia, he insisted on standing in high places, and even chose to live in a high-rise building. The more afraid he was of something, the more he wanted to challenge it. However, there was one thing in this world that made him afraid, yet he didn't dare to get close to it.

  A withered yellow leaf floated down from the building, spinning recklessly in the cold wind. It must have fallen from the rooftop. Among these high-rise buildings, this fallen leaf seemed so tiny and helpless. In fact, aren't people the same? Who has the ability to turn things around when faced with death?

  Guo Yining looked at Wu Hui's back, and his mind kept guessing what had happened to Wu Hui. He remembered that five years ago when he saw Wu Hui for the first time, although it was only once, Wu Hui was so arrogant, with dazzling light flashing in his eyes, and on the case, he didn't hide his genius-like reasoning at all. The provincial police knew there was a person named Wu Hui, but what had happened to him in just five years that made a person unrecognizable from before?

  As for Wu Hui's change, Guo Yining also made a special inquiry, but no one knew what had happened to Wu Hui.

  Perhaps due to smoking too much, Liu Chong's voice was a bit hoarse when he spoke again, "What do you want to know?"

  Liu Chong's words brought Guo Yining's thoughts back, he looked at Wu Hui, Wu Hui was still standing there motionless, it seemed that he had known Liu Chong would say this sentence all along. "Let's talk about Wang Ting first."

  Liu Chong finished the last cigarette, pinched it off in the ashtray. In just a moment, there were already four or five cigarette butts in the ashtray, showing how important Yang Liu was to him.

  "Wang Ting used to have a fiancé named Liu Kai. At that time, he and Liu Jianjun invested in business together. Who knew that Liu Jianjun withdrew his investment halfway through, leaving Liu Kai with a huge debt? Liu Kai didn't want to drag Wang Ting down, so on the eve of their wedding, he jumped off a building and killed himself. At that time, Liu Jianjun loved Wang Ting, so she married him instead. The next year, they had a son named Liu Hao. For the first few years, Liu Jianjun treated Wang Ting and her son pretty well, but later on, he rarely came home and often asked me to pick up different women for him to spend the night with outside. Wang Ting didn't care or ask any questions."

  Guo Yining learned all these things from Wang Ting's diary. "I know all this, what I want to know is what happened on the day of Wang Ting's suicide."

  Liu Chong did not expect that Guo Yining would ask about something that happened many years ago, but he didn't want to ask either. "That morning, I went to the hotel to pick up Liu Jianjun, and before entering the hotel door, I saw Liu Jianjun rushing out of the hotel, saying that something had happened at home. I didn't dare to ask, so I drove back home quickly. On the way back, Liu Jianjun kept urging me to drive faster. When we arrived home, we saw Wang Ting hanging herself in the bedroom. Liu Jianjun was so scared when he saw Wang Ting's body that he fell to the ground. It was still me who helped him up, and he frantically wanted to take down Wang Ting's body. Maybe because of tension, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't take it down. I watched as he continued like this, and if he kept going, he would definitely damage Wang Ting's body. So I helped him bring down Wang Ting's body."

  If Wang Ting had committed suicide that day and Liu Jianjun was not at home, then Wang Ting's death seemed to have nothing to do with Liu Jianjun. "I saw the testimony at the time, you said Liu Jianjun was working overtime at the company that night, and you were his alibi. Now that we know, the two of you weren't together that night, so your alibis are invalid."

  However, I can be sure that Liu Jianjun was at the hotel that day, because the next day Liu Jianjun asked me to give some money to the woman who accompanied him that night. That night, Liu Jianjun played too much and hurt the woman, so he sent a sum of money over. Liu Chong has dealt with too many such things for Liu Jianjun in recent days, so now when talking about that matter, it's nothing out of the ordinary.

  At that time, Liu Jianjun was with a woman, which means that on the night of that day, Liu Jianjun did not stay with Liu Chong, so Liu Chong had no alibi. "What about you? Where were you that night?"

  Liu Chong shook his head, of course he had no alibi for that night because he was alone at home. "I went back home and watched TV as usual before going to sleep, I was alone, there's nobody who can be my witness."

  Wu Hui suddenly turned around and looked at Liu Chong, "Who was present at the scene at that time?"

  Although Wu Hui's question was strange, Liu Chong still answered honestly, "At that time, it was Wu's mother who discovered it first. Later, I and Liu Jianjun returned home, just the three of us."

  "Where is Liu Huan? Where is Liu Huan?"

  "Liu Huan was at his classmate's house that day and didn't come back until evening. It wasn't until we called him that he returned home, but by the time he got back, Wang Ting's body had already been taken away. He just stood at the door of the bedroom, not going in, just standing there stupidly, not speaking or crying. We knew he was too heartbroken. Since Wang Ting's death, Liu Huan has also become more taciturn.

  A child who had just entered junior high school suddenly learned that his mother had hanged herself, and he must have suffered a huge psychological blow. Fortunately, he is a strong child, although he is much quieter than before. However, as the days went by, he slowly began to get better, at least he would chat and laugh with Wu Ma."