On the way to the interrogation room, Jiang Chengyi received a call from Lao Liu.
"Team Jiang, Zhou Zhicheng woke up just now, but he was still confused. I asked him if he knew Cheng Zhou, and he nodded, but he didn't seem to know that Cheng Zhou was the one who called him that day, let alone the relationship between Cheng Zhou and that year. However, according to Cheng Zhou's usual style of committing crimes, I estimate that Zhou Zhicheng may not have suspected Cheng Zhou at all over the years."
"Did Zhou Zhicheng say 'the child fell into the well'?"
"I asked, and he seemed to be very impressed by this, and he told it intermittently, saying that when he used to live in Shuilongtan, he came back with a few neighbors one night, and when they passed by Tanzi, they found Cheng Zhou's mother standing there. He didn't move on the side, as if he was frightened. Zhou Zhicheng and the others felt that something was wrong, and ran over to see that Cheng Zhou had fallen into the pool and was sinking. He and his neighbors were very frightened. The child was brought up with all his hands and feet. He also said that the pool existed before the liberation, and the name of Shuilongtan came from that pool, but after the demolition, the government carried out the pool for sanitation projects. Renovation, that place will no longer be called Water Dragon Pool."
"Okay, when Zhou Zhicheng gets better, you can ask him the details of the phone call."
When he arrived at the interrogation room, Jiang Chengyi pushed open the door and entered.
There was only the voice of Yu Zheng speaking alone.
Xiao Zhou lowered his head and wrote quickly, glancing at Cheng Zhou who said nothing from time to time.
Cheng Zhou's face was indifferent. Seeing Jiang Chengyi coming in, he seemed to have a stiff neck from sitting for too long. He twisted his neck back and forth.
At this time, Yu Zheng was obviously more calm than Cheng Zhou. Although he hadn't slept for two consecutive nights, he didn't feel sleepy at all, and his thoughts were still clear and rigorous when he spoke.
Jiang Chengyi sat down and told Yu Zheng what Lao Liu had learned just now.
After listening, Yu Zheng was refreshed, pondered for a moment, nodded, and continued the topic just now.
"Let's take a look at this case report of Lin Chunmei's visit to the Municipal Maternity and Child Health Hospital in 2000. From the case, it was her husband Zhou Zhicheng who accompanied her to the doctor at that time, and the emergency was an obstetric emergency. The patient complained that she was 13w+ pregnant, but I accidentally fell an hour ago, and then I developed symptoms of redness, so I came to see a doctor'.
"But after a detailed examination, the doctor found that Lin Chunmei's fetus had stopped developing for half a month, that is to say, half a month ago, the fetus had a missed abortion. Lin Chunmei's so-called redness was not caused by wrestling, but a kind of Miscarriage is inevitable, and the doctor also suggested that Lin Chunmei should go to the outpatient operating room as soon as possible after completing the examination and have a uterine removal surgery.
"Of course, this is just a record on the medical record. I contacted Lin Chunmei's parents several times before, but they didn't come back from their trip until yesterday. From their mouths, I learned that Lin Chunmei went to the neighbor's house to make a fuss after she was discharged from the hospital, because It was an eight- or nine-year-old child from that family who caused her to fall—that is, you, Cheng Zhou. It is said that when she went downstairs, you happened to be going upstairs. Because you were running too fast, she was accidentally knocked down by you. .
"Although the doctor has clearly informed Lin Chunmei that her embryo stopped developing half a month ago, but Lin Chunmei has an extreme personality and a hot temper, and can't accept the fact of her miscarriage, so she still finds you trouble five times and three times, not only with your mother again and again Quarrel, and even slap you in the face in front of everyone.
"Although after Zhou Zhicheng's persuasion and mediation, Lin Chunmei never came to ask you for trouble, but because she has not been able to get pregnant since then, as long as she sees you in the community, she will treat you with indifference and even yell at you. "
After speaking, Yu Zheng put the photos of Zhou Zhicheng's wife Lin Chunmei side by side with Li Xiaolan: "Although in our eyes, Lin Chunmei and your mother Li Xiaolan don't look alike at all, but in your eyes, Cheng Zhou, these two people No matter in terms of physique, personality, or attitude towards you, you are one person at all. In other words, Lin Chunmei is another Li Xiaolan. In 2007, after a long period of cold treatment, your dissatisfaction with them finally reached its peak, but because at that time you Still underage, Li Xiaolan, as your mother, is still the master of your life. You can only satisfy your criminal impulse by punishing another Li Xiaolan, so there was Lin Chunmei's electric car accident.
"After Lin Chunmei's accident, Lin Chunmei's parents chose to report the case, but from the investigation report of the police station, there was no trace of artificial damage to the brake device and brake disc of Lin Chunmei's electric car. The police finally ruled out the human factor in Lin Chunmei's accident. possible."
Cheng Zhou smiled softly, as if remembering a very pleasant past.
Yu Zheng looked at him deeply: "Cheng Zhou, you always use your cleverness to avoid legal punishment time and time again, in order to make Lin Chunmei's 'accident' look like a real accident, I think you must have done a lot in advance Experiment, even if you were only fifteen years old at the time, and you are already sophisticated and rigorous like a veteran, but unfortunately, although you have infinite patience in committing a crime, it is not long before you encounter a more serious problem , that is, you find that just punishing Lin Chunmei can't satisfy you, and you still have a huge void in your heart. It was not until two years later, in 2009, that another victim, Deng Man, appeared, and your criminal desire was really obtained. Relieve."
"The two cases have the same point: the two people are similar in body shape, and the possibility of homicide is ruled out. The difference is also the most crucial point - Deng Man died in the water."
Yu Zheng stared at Cheng Zhou closely: "Cheng Zhou, can you tell me, after so many years, why do you insist on letting 'Li Xiaolan' die in the water one after another?"
Cheng Zhou stared at the empty spot in front of him, his face expressionless for a long time.
This is a precursor to the breakdown of the prisoner's psychological defense.
Yu Zheng made persistent efforts, got up and turned off the indoor lights, leaving the interrogation room in darkness, and neither could see each other clearly.
He stared at the numbers on the vital signs monitor connected to Cheng Zhou, and said slowly: "It was very dark that night, your mother came back from work, maybe her work was particularly unsatisfactory, she was unprecedentedly angry, she felt that her current life The misfortune is all because you have a burden by your side, so she vented all her grievances on you. It didn't take long for her to realize that just beating you was not enough to calm her down. She suddenly remembered the water pool behind the community, and a new one appeared. Terrible thoughts, and then she took you there, maybe hesitating, maybe not at all, but in the end she ignored your crying and pushed you into the pool."
Heart rate soared rapidly to 145 beats/min.
"The water soon overwhelmed your body, and you were extremely frightened. Time passed by and you were getting closer and closer to death. The surrounding was full of icy cold water, so dark that it was bizarre, but in your eyes, only Seeing your mother standing on the side silently looking at your mother, you can't see her face, but the moonlight outlines her figure very clearly. You don't know what you did wrong, you don't know why you should be punished like this, I don't know why you were thrown into the water, you struggled desperately, called for help, begged, but all of this was useless, and in the end you could only helplessly die slowly in the water—
The sound of heavy breathing came from the opposite side, getting faster and faster.
Xiao Zhou's heart suddenly lifted.
After a few seconds.
A low roar erupted from the opposite side: "It's her who should be damned! It's her who should be thrown into the water! It's Li Xiaolan!"
Cheng Zhou completely lost control, and kept roaring like a trapped beast: "It's Li Xiaolan! Li Xiaolan!"
In the dimness, the icy mechanical sound of struggling on the prison chair and Cheng Zhou's hoarse and deformed roar mixed together, which was harsh and startling. Xiao Zhou wanted to get up to comfort him, but was stopped by Jiang Chengyi. A cold sweat broke out.
Yu Zheng's voice was full of sympathy, of course, this time, he did not intend to express this emotion, but out of a human sympathy instinct, he said softly: "Yes, it's Li Xiaolan, who should be thrown away. It was Li Xiaolan who went into the water, and it was Li Xiaolan who should be punished. She has a broken personality and is not worthy of being a mother, and she is not qualified to be the master of your life. Repeatedly use your methods to punish 'Li Xiaolan'."
Cheng Zhou's breathing was still heavy, but he finally stopped screaming hysterically as before.
Yu Zheng said slowly: "Anyway, you did it anyway, so now, can you tell me how you did it so beautifully when you punished the first Li Xiaolan?"
After being silent for a long time, I couldn't see Cheng Zhou's expression clearly, but I could hear his hoarse laughter: "It's not easy, she rides an electric bike every day, and it's enough to do something on her electric bike."
"You must have done it flawlessly, so you weren't discovered by the police." Yu Zheng was very curious.
"They're so stupid, what can they find?"
"Yes, you are too smart, I can't guess anything."
"Of course you can't guess, hehe, I put a good thing on the rearview mirror on the side of the woman's electric car."
"What good stuff?"
Cheng Zhou smiled proudly: "A silver sticker that looks like a mirror, but doesn't have the function of photographing objects. On the day it was posted, not long after she left the community, she was hit by a truck, and there were many people surrounding her. , I was watching her from the side, she was bleeding a lot, I tore off the sticker when no one noticed."
"She bleeds a lot, she's in pain, her life is draining little by little, but the pleasure you expected has not come, it's like a scratch, you're not satisfied with this kind of punishment at all. And what you didn't expect Yes, after this incident, your good friend Zhou Zhicheng actually behaved very sad, he is too unsatisfactory, isn't he?"
Cheng Zhou sneered: "He is too unreasonable. Anyone who has a wife like 'Li Xiaolan' is a disaster. I am helping him."
"Yeah, he's not as good as you in every way, but for a long time, you've only had him as a friend, because he's mild-mannered, twenty years older than you, like your big brother and you His father, so you often went to No. 7 Middle School to find him, and not long after that, you found the second Li Xiaolan there, namely Deng Man. What makes you unhappy is that this 'Li Xiaolan' is also your good friend. Zhou Zhicheng has a close relationship, but you didn't immediately start punishing Li Xiaolan. I guess you must have found a more interesting person in No. 7 High School. Who is this person? He must be more interesting than the ordinary and inconspicuous Zhou Zhicheng. , ah, let me guess, will it be Jiang Chengyi."
Cheng Zhou laughed sullenly and did not deny it.
"I think you must have found him on the basketball court or on campus, because wherever he goes, he is surrounded by a lot of friends. He is so lucky. I heard that his family is also very good, both boys and girls. , like him very much. You look at him from a distance, as far away as the North Star in the sky, and the most terrifying thing is that you find that he also has a good mother. You observed him for a long time and found him His life was impeccable, he was so lucky, he had a lot of things you didn't have, you felt a sense of frustration like never before, it was so bad, so for a while, you even had that new 'Li Xiaolan' beside Zhou Zhicheng. Not interested in following.
"But it didn't take long for you to find that Jiang Chengyi also had something he wanted - a girl, he seemed to like her very much, he was always trying to get her attention, and he kept creating opportunities to meet that girl, for some unknown reason. , the girl did not accept Jiang Chengyi immediately.
"Ah, it turns out that when Jiang Chengyi also got what he wanted, you were very excited. This feeling diluted your frustration and aroused your punishment mechanism. The most important thing is that you found that the girl's physique is similar to Li Xiaolan's. Very similar, so you start following her, if I guess right, you want her to be the second Li Xiaolan, so that you both punish Li Xiaolan and smash Jiang Chengyi's perfect world, if his world becomes yours It's just as broken, it's really exciting to think about it."
"Hmph, but that Li Xiaolan is too cunning, I originally wanted her to soak in the water, it's better to swell up, and then let Jiang Chengyi see her body, you don't know, I even stole the dv machine, Just to capture his wonderful expression at that moment. But before I started, 'Li Xiaolan' found out that I was following her, and then the matter spread quickly, so how can I start?" He was very sorry.
Jiang Chengyi seemed to fluctuate in his mood, and the chair made a soft sound.
Xiao Zhou glanced sympathetically at Jiang Chengyi, who was unusually silent.