Everyone believed this person would know Guan Shan Song's whereabouts.
Without Jian Yong Wang, they had to place their hopes on her. When they saw her, Xie Chu Chu and Zhang Ke Ying had already examined her body, confirming she hadn't undergone surgery by Guan Shan Song. Only then did they feel reassured to interrogate her. Otherwise, like the person before, she might suddenly split open mid-interrogation, and that would truly be the end of it.
"Liao Zi Yu, Quan Ying Zhen was so close to you, yet you could still bring yourself to do it. What were you thinking at the time?"
"Me... were we close? I don't really know. For me, watching someone slowly beg for mercy before being slaughtered was more interesting than that broken friendship."
"Interest? You helped them kill for mere interest?" I asked, curious.
Liao Zi Yu nodded. "Is there anything else? Do you see any hatred in such crimes? You probably won't find anything. Didn't you find anything in the air-raid shelter?" wΑp.kanshu伍.net
Reminded by Liao Zi Yu, I took out many CDs and began playing them one by one with a player. We had actually found them earlier, but I hadn't brought them up during the interrogation.
There were many CDs, all containing footage of Liao Zi Yu and Guan Shan Song torturing their victims after capturing them.
They had actually recorded the deaths of these people. They probably replayed these scenes to savor them. I had heard in foreign countries about some psychologically abnormal individuals who wished to record themselves raping and murdering someone. These criminals were likely similar to them.
I showed Liao Zi Yu videos of myself and the two others in action. At this point, anyone denying it would seem pathetic. However, Liao Zi Yu didn't seem to have any intention of denying anything after being apprehended.
"That's right, I participated in the torture of those victims. Sigh, our boss is actually the 'Bridge of Helplessness' I mentioned before. But why those girls said those things, perhaps you haven't investigated thoroughly. After they were sent to the S&M Association, they were all handed over to the boss. No matter which newcomer it was, they would first be... by the boss internally. And that boss is the 'Bridge of Helplessness.' That name is actually just his online alias on WeChat. I don't know why he forced the girls to call him that. At the time, those victims were only in it for the money and didn't care about such things. They brought it upon themselves!"
"Are you also a member of the S&M Association?" kanshu喇
"No, I'm a supervisor internally, second only to Manager Xie. You must have questioned her. She's involved with the boss. Anyway, they're birds of a feather. Manager Xie was also once a plaything of that spoiled brat."
This was within my expectations. We had already thoroughly investigated the association. I just hadn't expected Liao Zi Yu to be part of it. At the time, I hadn't paid attention, which led to Liu Yu Ning and me nearly falling victim due to such negligence.
At this point, further questioning was unnecessary. Liao Zi Yu had explained the entire sequence of events. However, the problem was that, like Jian Yong Wang, she refused to reveal Guan Shan Song's whereabouts.
I had already anticipated that she would deal with us in the same way. During the final interrogation, she directly stated, "Don't expect to get anything from me. If I had wanted to betray her, I wouldn't have stayed in the courtyard in her place back then. I stayed there deliberately."
"But why did you help her? It doesn't benefit you at all. You should be thinking about yourself now. You've been apprehended, yet she can still get away with it. Don't you think that's unfair?" Liu Yu Ning and I almost said this in unison.
Noticing our synchronicity, Liao Zi Yu fell into a wave of melancholy. "I thought there was no such thing as true love in this world. It seems I just never encountered it before. Officer He, Officer Liu, you truly are a perfect match!"
"Thank you for the compliment, but Liao Zi Yu, you really need to think about yourself. Stop covering for Guan Shan Song. It will greatly help in reducing your sentence. After all, your situation is different from hers," Liu Yu Ning said.
"Impossible. I also participated in murder. And I was involved in recruiting people. I know you're just trying to trick me into revealing Guan Shan Song's location. I won't fall for your trap. You don't need to ask me why I did it. Some things don't require explanation. You'll understand later, or perhaps after I'm sentenced to death."
As Liao Zi Yu said this, she had already prepared to remain silent. Indeed, she refused to utter another word afterward. Eventually, we had no choice but to send her to the procuratorate. But this didn't mean we would stop tracking Guan Shan Song. After all, the truly troublesome one was her.
The only thing we could investigate was Liao Zi Yu's contact with her. I had already instructed all police departments in the surrounding cities to assist us in the investigation. A wanted poster had been issued for many days, but there was still no news.
This delay brought renewed pressure from the media. That day, many reporters arrived at the provincial department, surrounding it and inquiring about Director Zhang's next steps. They seemed to know we had made significant progress, yet the final culprit was still at large.
This was unsettling for everyone. They all worried they might become the next target. I saw Director Zhang being surrounded from upstairs and considered going to help. However, in such a situation, my presence wouldn't achieve much. Director Zhang was currently speaking to the media: "Please don't be anxious. We will explain the specific situation to everyone tonight. Let's say around 8 PM tonight. I will hold a press conference."
"Then we'll wait. Director Zhang, you must give us an explanation this time. The public's emotions are very unstable right now. Everyone believes a demon has appeared in Guangming City who can take someone's life at any moment, and this person also enjoys imprisoning and torturing their victims..."
"I'm very curious why such people exist in this world. How did they grow up?"
"Right? I've seen all sorts of people on so many legal programs before, but someone like them... it's truly unimaginable."
"Everyone, I will explain these questions to you tonight with Deputy Director He and Captain Liu. Don't worry!" kanshu溂
If Director Zhang hadn't said that, everyone might not have dispersed. After he entered, he immediately found me and said, "He Sheng, you saw what just happened. It seems we need to quell this situation tonight, or I don't know what else these media outlets will say..."