Chapter 7 7. The Secret of Xiaoba Village

Li Ailing was "invited" to the interrogation room of the Criminal Investigation Brigade. Sitting in the interrogation room were Liu Kai and Ma Sen.There was a tape recorder in front of Ma Sen, and Liu Kai was the chief judge. For this smart and sensitive woman, Liu Kai didn't want to spend too much time talking, he just showed her a wedding photo of her father Li Minghui and mother Lin Qingwan, which he found from the Jinshan Coal Mine. As soon as Li Ailing saw the photos of her parents, she seemed to understand everything.She silently put the photo on the table, then looked up at Liu Kai and Ma Sen: "You know everything?"

"Not all of them. Some details are still very vague, we can only connect them through reasoning." Liu Kai said calmly. Li Ailing was silent for a moment: "I killed Li Shuilu, but I don't regret it!" "She has taken care of you since your childhood, and has always treated you as her own daughter. How could you do such a cruel thing to her?" Liu Kai asked, looking directly at her. "Yes, everyone will ask me this. Even I asked myself: Can you do something to her? But in the end, I killed her. When I stabbed her for the first time, I was a little soft , but at this moment, I saw the scene of my desperate mother committing suicide by taking poison, and saw the tragic scene of my father who had spent his entire life in prison dying of illness in the abandoned garage... I... I just Raised the knife once... I used to have a happy family. My father is a technician in Jinshan Coal Mine, and my mother is an officer in the publicity department. There is a pair of golden boys and girls, who are talented and beautiful. No one does not envy them. Just like me and my husband Like An Qi, they love very deeply... Li Shuilu ruined my family..." Tears flowed down Li Ailing's face, she covered her face with her hands and sobbed non-stop.After a long time, she raised her head again and looked at Liu Kai with tears in her eyes, "Do you want to read this letter? It was written to me by my father. I believe that after you read it, you will not scold me again." Said Then, she took out a few pages of letter paper from her pocket and handed it to Liu Kai.

As soon as Liu Kai unfolded the letter paper, he recognized that the thick black font on it was exactly the same as the font on the note left by the old man who scavenged: Liu Kai returned the letter to Li Ailing: "After receiving the letter, you went to the abandoned garage?" "I went to his place that night. I begged him to go home with me, but he refused to die. He said that if I forced him again, he would leave the city immediately. I couldn't persuade him, so I had to carry my husband behind my back again and again. to see him. In those days, I figured out a lot of things. Do you know how badly my mother died? A rebel leader, salivating at her beauty, pretended to have a way to get her Freed my dad from prison on the condition that his mother be his lover. The weak and helpless mother actually did this. But her humiliation did not buy my father's freedom. Only then did my mother realize that she was deceived So, shamed and hated, she committed suicide by taking poison in grief and indignation..." Li Ailing sobbed softly again.

"Can this also be blamed on Li Shuilu?" "If she didn't escape, would all this still happen? Yes, in order to redeem her sinful heart, she tried every means to find me and raise me as her own daughter. But what's the use of this? Such love can restore What? Not only was she a femme fatale to me, but she was also a liar, cheating me out of her affections. If Dad hadn't insisted on sneaking a peek at the man who had taken care of me for years and was kind to me. My mother's girlfriend, who is as heavy as a mountain, I am still kept in the dark... This is really wronged and owed! That day, by the woods on the west side of the gate of Jinguizun Mansion, I took Li Shuilu, who was out shopping for vegetables, When I showed it to my father, he almost passed out..." At this point, Li Ailing became aggressive.

Liu Kai stopped her in time: "Tell me about the process of your crime. How did you sneak into Jin Guizun's mansion?" "Since the tragic death of my father, I haven't thought about killing Li Shuilu for a day. In those days, carrying An Qi behind my back, I made a lot of preparations before killing. I not only read books about murder, but also learned from street vendors. I bought a murder CD on the Internet and tried it out carefully. When Li Shuilu went to my house for the last time, I lied that I would use her sweater and hat as a model to knit a set for An Qi’s mother. Therefore, when she left my house that day, she wore The one I wore was my black woolen coat. On the morning of the accident, I was wearing her outfit. When she went out to buy breakfast, I walked into the gate of Jinguizun Mansion with fried dough sticks and soy milk. Similar, and in addition to the fact that the sky was very dark, I managed to avoid the sight of the security guard at the gate... Maybe when I walked in the gate lightly, he didn't pay attention to me at all, because in your investigation later, there was no I heard that the security guard saw Li Shuilu go to buy breakfast."

"Wait a minute, aren't you afraid of meeting Hu Jian'an?" "He was not at home. Those days, he lived with his mistress in the apartment he bought for her. For many years, Hu Jian'an had been committing adultery with a married woman. I heard this from Li Shuilu. Hu The reason why Brother Guang prevented you from talking with Hu Jian'an is probably because he was worried that his scandal would be exposed. I told you a long time ago that Hu Jian'an used Li Shuilu as a cover, as a fig leaf..." Li Ailing talked endlessly. "Continue to talk about the process of your crime." Liu Kai interrupted her.

Only then did Li Ailing return to the topic: "Not far from the door of Hu Jianan's house, I threw the fried dough sticks and soy milk in my hand to a big dog strolling in the yard... I stood in the corridor without ringing the doorbell. Just shouting outside the door: Godmother, open the door for me. After Li Shuilu opened the door, she understood everything when she saw the knife in my hand. She didn't resist, but kept saying: You kill me Kill me! I deserve what I deserve... After seeing Li Shuilu fall to the ground, I was terrified. For a while, I was so scared that I didn't know what to do. But soon, I calmed down again After all, I have a smart head. I quickly took off the blood-splattered Li Shuilu's outfit, wrapped the bloody knife with it, put it in a plastic bag prepared in advance, and carried it in my hand. As the sky grew brighter, I was worried that if I pretended to be Li Shuilu again, the security guards would see my flaws. But when I frantically ran to the gate, the security guards didn’t pay attention to me, and he probably took me for a morning exerciser.” Li Ailing committed another crime. Nervous, she babbled like a showy kid.

"Where did you throw the murder weapon?" "I put it on the window sill outside the bathroom of the apartment that Hu Jianan bought for his mistress. Li Shuilu pointed out that apartment to me. She has always been aggrieved by Hu Jianan's affair. One day, she even took me to In the hospital, when you asked me for questioning, I kept hinting to you that Hu Jian'an was having an affair. I thought that you guys would catch clues and go after them. Desperately pointing this way, it's a pity that you didn't take my words seriously." Li Ailing shook her head regretfully.

"Where are Li Shuilu's coat and scarf?" "It's in my pantry at home." "Why don't you throw it away?" "There are bloodstains on it, in case someone finds out..." "Also, in the hospital, what if Li Shuilu wakes up?" "She won't do anything to me. She said she deserved it. So, I'm not afraid of her waking up at all. Besides, I knew from the doctor's mouth on the first day that she would never wake up again." .” "In front of Li Shuilu's hospital bed, you cried very sadly, you are very good at acting!"

"That's not acting. My tears are for Dad." "You are indeed very smart. But you did something even more stupid than stupid." Liu Kai interrupted her with regret. Only then did Li Ailing recover from her morbid excitement, and looked at Liu Kai blankly. "Do you really not regret it at all?" Liu Kai asked, staring at her closely. "No! Not at all!" She replied in a very firm tone, and raised her head proudly. "Have you thought about how much this has hit your husband Angie?" Hearing An Qi's name, Li Ailing suddenly lowered her head: "Ah——An Qi, An Qi!" Then, she burst into tears, "Can I still go home?"

"I'm afraid there is no chance." At this time, two female police officers walked in. "Do you want me to go with them?" Li Ailing raised her head and asked Liu Kai in horror. "yes." Li Ailing stood up slowly, sandwiched between the two policewomen, and walked slowly towards the door. Ma Sen closed the pen cap and sat there without moving; Liu Kai stood up and stood stupidly by the table, watching Li Ailing's back for a long time...