Lu Siyu and Song Wen came out of the small restaurant and went back the same way. The tickets they bought were for 1:30 in the afternoon. It would take a while to get to the city, and the time was quite urgent. The next ten minutes or so.
Song Wen went downstairs and specifically checked to see if the old lady was still there. It was lunch break and the residential area was getting quieter. The two of them still climbed up to the fourth floor and knocked on the door of Lin Wanwan's house. It took a few minutes for the sound to come from inside, and then the door was opened. Wang Wenyan looked up at them with a bit of surprise across an iron door: "You guys, why are you back again?"
Song Wendao: "Auntie, we have a few questions that we forgot to ask just now. I want to ask you."
Wang Wenyan looked at him, not as indifferent as when they came for the first time, "I've told you everything I can tell you." She spoke without any intention of opening the door.
After hearing this, Lu Siyu frowned slightly. He couldn't think about it carefully. What does it mean to be able to tell? What can't you tell
Song Wen took the time and said the subject directly: "We want to ask about the gas poisoning three years ago."
Wang Wenyan's eyes moved, as if someone had suddenly tapped the acupuncture point, and her voice trembled a little: "Where did you hear about it? That incident has nothing to do with what's going on in Wanwan's bedroom now. Besides, that incident was long overdue. It's over, and no one's in trouble."
Lu Siyu reminded in a low voice, "Auntie, do you want us to discuss this in the corridor?"
At this moment, they were talking to each other across a security door. Song Wen and Lu Siyu were standing in the corridor, and Wang Wenyan was standing inside the door. Such a station can be seen as long as someone goes upstairs, and some neighbors may also hear it.
Wang Wenyan hesitated for a moment. She didn't want to let them in anymore, but she didn't want others to know that it was a shameful thing for the police to come to the door. Especially, now this matter also concerns her daughter, Lin Wanwan.
Song Wen supported the iron door with his hand, lowered his head slightly and looked down at her, as if he would not give up until he entered the door: "We'll just ask a few questions, and we'll leave after we've asked."
Wang Wenyan just lowered her head, and opened the door after the door lock slammed. This time, her attitude was much colder. On the coffee table was the leftovers that had just been eaten. After entering with Lu Siyu, she didn't let them sit, let alone pour water.
Song Wen went straight to the point: "I want to ask about the gas poisoning incident three years ago. Was Wanwan not at home at that time?"
Wang Wenyan folded her arms and hummed, "She has the habit of going to the library to study, and she left at six o'clock in the morning."
"When was your poisoning discovered?"
"It's more than ten o'clock. Our house has a ventilation window that leads to the corridor. At that time, the corridor was leaking with the smell of gas, and someone called the police." The thing that was sealed in the memory was suddenly revealed, and Wang Wenyan replied Gotta be a little slow.
Song Wen asked again, "What time do you usually get up in the morning?"
"Seven-thirty to eight." Apparently because of gas poisoning, they didn't wake up on time.
Lu Siyu raised his head while recording and asked, "Did Lin Wanwan go to the library so early when she was on vacation? As far as I know, the library won't open so early." He just checked After the distance from here to the library, the whole town is not big. If you take a car for 15 minutes, even if you walk, you can get there in more than 30 minutes. The general library will not open until 8:30. Even if you go early, it is enough to go out at 7:00, and you can also have breakfast on the way.
Wang Wenyan was obviously stunned for a moment, whether it was really unclear or she hadn't thought about it carefully: "I... I don't know. Usually, she's not at home when I get up."
Song Wen continued to ask, "What happened to the water on the gas that day?"
Wang Wenyan's face changed, she lowered her head, and whispered, "Yes... I was confused. I wanted to drink water when I went to the toilet in the morning, but found that there was no boiling water at home, so I boiled the water and forgot to turn it off." This is She repeated the rhetoric countless times later, her head was getting lower and lower, and if there was a crack in the ground, she would like to crawl into it.
Song Wen looked down at the woman in front of him, and could feel the guilt on Wang Wenyan's body. It seemed that she regarded herself as a sinner: "Really? Why did you boil water in the morning? You have done this kind of thing before. ?"
Wang Wenyan pursed her lips and shook her head: "I don't remember." She stood there habitually rubbing her hands, like a student who was suddenly scolded by the teacher and couldn't hand in their homework, and she felt a little uneasy.
"After that, did Lin Wanwan and you often mention this matter?" Lu Siyu interjected and asked.
"She... mentioned it, and blame me for being forgetful." Wang Wenyan lowered her head and took a half step back. The word self-reproach seemed to be embedded in every wrinkle on her face.
Ordinary families, when such an unfortunate thing happened, would avoid it and don't want to mention it, but Lin Wanwan took it as a reason to blackmail her mother and mentioned it repeatedly. She was not at all afraid of this matter and the outcome. Also didn't mind that mentioning it would irritate her own mother further.
Lu Siyu and Song Wen looked at each other, and it really wasn't easy.
Song Wen thought about it and asked, "The information I got here was not what you said when someone first came to ask questions. You said that the water was not ignited by you." The old lady said vaguely before. He could only guess and cheat.
Lu Siyu thought for a while, and saw Wang Wenyan's hesitation, "It has been three years since this incident, and no one will be convicted, but we want to know the situation." His voice was calm and he said it. The words pierced Wang Wenyan's heart like a needle, "If you didn't do this, do you really want to carry on with the crime of nearly killing your own family? If you don't say it now, then Maybe everyone won't know the truth."
Wang Wenyan's eyes swayed, as if moved by Lu Siyu's words. In the past three years, she has been suspected and criticized by her family, and she has also been pointed by outsiders. Everyone looked at her with fear and suspicion, as if she was an attempted murderer. But she was stunned for two seconds, still insisting on what she just said: "I don't know... I don't know why the fire was burning, I have no impression."
Lu Siyu continued, he took a step forward, "Then what about your daughter Lin Wanwan, what time did she leave? Was the fire lit before she got up, or after she got up. Who was Lin Wanwan killed by? Informed, where was she at that time? How did she explain it after you were rescued?"
Lu Siyu's question was asked very quickly, which gave Wang Wenyan a sense of oppression. Being pressed like this, she hardly had time to think, and shook her head in denial: "No... it's not Wanwan, it can't be hers, mine is My daughter, I know very well... Wanwan said that the day she..." At this point, she suddenly paused, her eyes trembled, and she pursed her lips.
Lu Siyu said, "I didn't say she did it, I just asked when the fire was lit."
The woman realized that she had said something wrong, swallowed her saliva, looked at them helplessly, was silent for a few seconds, and whispered, "Wanwan said... She didn't pay attention to whether there was any fire on the stove... "
Song Wen's eyes narrowed slightly, cooperating to put pressure on the woman in front of him: "Your reaction now seems to be saying that you also doubted your daughter in the past."
Hearing these words, at that moment, Wang Wenyan seemed to have returned to her home three years ago. That ordinary morning, she heard the sound of Wanwan going out to close the door. Later, she was lying on the bed, clearly awake, and wanted to open the door. His eyes, but his body couldn't move at all, as if he had been pressed by a ghost, and his nose smelled a strange odor. At first, he could distinguish the pungent smell, but later that feeling no longer existed. She seemed to be walking on the same road, vaguely feeling that she shouldn't be here, but she couldn't remember anything.
Going further is the gate of life and death.
For a long time after that, she suffered from insomnia. As soon as she closed her eyes, the burning flame, the gurgling water, and someone pointed at her nose in her sleep and said she was a murderer.
Who lit the fire on the stove? Is it herself? still... still...
She didn't dare to imagine that possibility, she thought of countless reasons for herself, Wanwan's memory is good, she couldn't forget, Wanwan was her biological daughter, she couldn't ignite the fire... But, besides her, there are other Who... Did she really doubt her own daughter
Do not!
Wang Wenyan's eyes widened, and she denied the thought in her mind. It was her own daughter, the person she used to be the closest to in the world. When she was young, she once put her arms around her shoulder and said, "Mom, it's okay if Dad doesn't want you. , I will always be with you." That was the angel in her life, the hope that she could survive. Even if she is wrong, she will not be wrong.
So it must be that she forgot, only if she forgot, Wanwan would accuse her with a smile, "Mom, why did you forget again?"
It must also be that she has forgotten that this family will exist.
Wang Wenyan touched her cheek, she raised her head, waved her hand, and tried her best: "No, I didn't... I forgot all about it, it's my fault, my memory is poor, I always go wrong, and I can't find the good things. When you arrive, you will forget to lock the door when you go out. All of this has nothing to do with Wanwan, and it has nothing to do with the case you are investigating. Please don't ask me again, don't force me again." Her eyes were full of pleading, and her voice was filled with crying. .
Lu Siyu didn't ask any further questions. The woman's response had already given him the answer. He bit the pen and continued to ask, "Do you think it's possible that Wanwan did what happened in the dormitory this time?"
Wang Wenyan continued to deny: "It has nothing to do with... and Wanwan..." Her eyes became more and more uneasy, but she persisted in her mouth. It seemed that as long as she denied it, she could be let go, her daughter would be fine, and the family would be fine. fine. All of this is like what happened at that time, like a dream, when I wake up from the dream, everything will be fine, everyone in this family is here and safe. Those innocent girls, Wanwan's classmates, the truth of the matter, she can't control them anymore.
"You don't even know the specifics of their dormitory case. Did your daughter tell you to say that?" Song Wen chased after her, "Did you know that the police would come before the phone call last night?"
"No... no..." Wang Wenyan was about to cry.
Wanwan called. She was still in the hospital at that time, and it was said that she borrowed the nurse's mobile phone. She said, "Mom, a classmate in my dormitory ate the wrong thing and went to the hospital. I'm fine here, you don't have to come here. There may be police officers who come to ask about the situation, and if they ask you, don’t be nervous, just say what you know.”
When she first received the call from the school, Wang Wenyan was terrified. Later, she received a call from Lin Wanwan. Her daughter's calmness seemed to be her core, but the more she understood the situation, the more terrified she became. Sleepy, always when I open my eyes, I feel that someone is standing by the bed.
When did it start? The daughter who was supposed to be the closest to her, suddenly grew up overnight, and it was as cold as a piece of ice. There were fewer calls and fewer greetings. Sometimes she looked at her unfamiliar face. Afraid, is that still her daughter? Wang Wenyan suddenly felt as if something was stuffed into her chest, making her breathless.
She feels that she is cowardly, withdrawn, very dependent on men, and has not lived the life she wanted. She has ardent hopes for her daughter. She often says that your mother is too stupid. You must not be like your mother and leave you Mom's way, you have to be selfish, don't imitate your mother, and always live for others. So the daughter was smart, strong, independent, everyone said she was gentle and likable, and she finally became what she wanted, a hundred times thousand times stronger than herself. But she knew that something was wrong with her daughter.
It seems that since junior high school, Lin Wanwan has been very interested in creatures. She once saw a dead bird in her house. The bird's claws were tightly curled, its eyes were open, it was black and black, and its body was black. already completely stiff...
"Her classmate was poisoned, and the medicine was in chocolate." Lu Siyu told the truth and stared at Wang Wenyan, the calmness of the woman in front of him was long gone.
Wang Wenyan instantly thought of the box of chocolate candies in her daughter's room, Wanwan's favorite chocolate. The awards she can receive every time she achieves good grades, no wonder the two policemen looked so weird when they looked at that thing. She still remembered that Wanwan once said with a smile, "Mom, if I die one day, I will definitely make chocolate as my last supper, because there is nothing better than it in this world." At that time, she He hurriedly said: "Fuck off, what did you say at a young age?"
"Don't say it! Don't say it anymore!" Wang Wenyan was like a wounded deer, cornered by the hunter, injured, bleeding all over the floor, and let out a desperate whimper.
For a moment, as if someone had struck a match, the orange-red flame jumped and was thrown into the room full of gas. With a loud bang, Wang Wenyan seemed to feel that something had been blown up in her brain. The flames burned her flesh and blood. In the blaze, everything was burnt to the ground, everything was gone, and she could never come back again. .
Wang Wenyan's hands trembled like a sieve, and tears finally slid from the corners of her eyes. She kept repeating, "It's all my fault..." It seems that no matter who is right or wrong, right or wrong, as long as you repeat this sentence, as long as Take it on your own and you'll be able to solve it.
Facing the collapsed Wang Wenyan, Song Wen didn't ask any further questions, but put on a professional smile: "Auntie, thank you for cooperating with our work, we won't be able to catch the train if we don't go back." After saying this, he said to Lu Si Yu winked and came out of the door, leaving behind Wang Wenyan who was crying bitterly.
The two went downstairs, used the taxi app to get a taxi, got in the car and sat in the back seat, Song Wen whispered, "What Wang Wenyan said is right, she knows her daughter very well. Maybe Lin Wanwan has long ago. Called and told them not to say anything to the police. She might have also considered the possibility that her daughter was the murderer. The first time we went, she was ready, tight and careful, our second When she went back the next time, she didn't expect us to come again, so she panicked and missed the point."
Lu Siyu looked at Song Wen: "Have you heard of the gaslight effect?"
Song Wen shook his head.
Lu Siyu explained: "This word is a psychological term, a method of emotional violence and manipulation. It first originated from a movie, the name is "gaslight". The husband in the film is constantly harassing his wife. Instill information that you are mentally ill and that your memory is not good. He deliberately steals the things that his wife is putting away, and then accuses his wife of remembering the wrong location, and the wife is tortured to madness by her husband's lies and manipulation step by step. This kind of Control is not achieved overnight, but is gradually formed in daily life, and the manipulator will constantly deny and distort the facts, instill misinformation into the other party, and mentally torture the other party.”
Song Wen asked, "Is this a kind of mental manipulation?"
"It's a chronic mental torture, and many people are in it without knowing it." Lu Siyu looked at Song Wen, "I think Wang Wenyan's state is a bit similar."
Song Wen frowned: "Did you infer from Li Zichen's accusation and Wang Wenyan's performance?" He has studied some criminal psychology courses and knows that psychological manipulation sounds mysterious, but it is actually controllable.
Lu Siyu nodded, forgetful, useless, because her sister didn't go home, these attitudes could not have been born to Li Zichen, these childish words were linked together, it can be seen that Lin Wanwan has always treated her mother. Attitude. And Wang Wenyan's confused and fragile state was somewhat abnormal.
Lin Wanwan has no feelings for this mother and this family. Wang Wenyan is forgetful, cowardly, and keeps her attitude low. She owes her daughter something. If this kind of personality and psychology are manipulated, she will be a person. A puppet who doesn't know how to resist. Maybe she did have some forgetfulness at first, but she was constantly criticized and oppressed by her family, and the facts in her eyes and heart were constantly distorted, which undoubtedly aggravated these.
In her life, it was as if someone had lit a gas lamp, which flickered on and off.
Did Wang Wenyan really lit the gas that morning
I'm afraid this was all vague in her own memory. Maybe she ordered it, maybe she didn't. Maybe Lin Wanwan saw the burning water at that time, maybe the pot of water was simply put on the stove by Lin Wanwan. Or maybe she was really innocent and didn't know it at all. The incident happened three years ago, and no one died because of it. The truth of this incident is completely untraceable.
In this family, the person who controlled Wang Wenyan in the past could not be her husband who was not at home all the year round, not her underage son, but only her daughter who lived at home before. Lu Siyu became more and more sure that Lin Wanwan was a controlling type. Personality, it's just this kind of manipulation, which has weakened as her daughter lives on campus.
The sun shone on Lu Siyu's snow-white face, his black eyes moved slightly, and he said again: "I think every criminal, the reason for the crime, and the process are inseparable from his upbringing. Murderers all have some signs and escalated behaviors, such as killing animals and hurting others. If it is not her mother who forgot to turn off the gas that day, then this may be an attempt."
On that morning, the girl, who was probably standing not far downstairs, stared at the window, waiting for the gas to swallow her relatives' lives. She wiped off her fingerprints and figured out an excuse, but it was a pity that her family was rescued. . For so long, she has never shown any regret or fear about this incident.
What Lu Siyu said now is just speculation, but it is bolder than before.
Then, Lin Wanwan's suspicions increased again. It's just, why did she kill those classmates who slept in the same bed