Chapter 210: Was he the murderer?

"Boyfriend?" Wu Yan asked suspiciously, "What's his name? Why did he incite you to deceive us? What is your relationship with Lou Zhen?"

Seeing that the police had discovered her secret, Huang Li was already terrified. Seeing that the policewoman who had been quite kind to her was now looking at her with disgust, she became even more afraid!

Seeing this, Gu Changzheng said gently: "Huang Li, I believe you are not the main culprit, but I hope you tell us the truth so that we can clear you of suspicion." Huang Li looked at Gu Changzheng timidly, wiped the tears from her face with her hand, and said chokingly: "Officer, I really didn't know that Auntie would jump off the building. Otherwise, I would never have given her the key!"

"What?!" Wu Yan exclaimed: "You gave her the key?!"

Huang Li shrank back in fear, her lips trembling as she whispered: "It, it was Zhiyuan who told me to give it to her."

"Zhiyuan? Who is he?" Gu Changzheng asked hurriedly. The name sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

"Zhiyuan, he, he is my boyfriend," Huang Li said stutteringly.

"Do you have a photo of him on your phone?" Gu Changzheng asked.

Huang Li nodded and said: "Yes, yes, I'll show you."

When he saw the face of the thin man on Huang Li's phone, a figure flashed through Gu Changzheng's mind! Although he had only met him once, his demeanor and facial features were so similar to that Anan—oh! Zhang Yiyuan! He remembered, it was the son of Zhang Yiyuan he had met at Junhe Hospital!

Gu Changzheng couldn't help but be suspicious: How could Zhang Zhiyuan be mixed up with a waitress?

Seeing his expression, Wu Yan asked: "Captain Gu, do you know this person?"

Gu Changzheng stared at the photo of the handsome-looking man on the phone, gave a soft "hmm," and then said to Huang Li: "Tell us everything about you and him, including when you met, where you met, and why he asked you for the roof key. Tell us clearly!"

His voice wasn't loud, but the irresistible majesty in his tone made Huang Li afraid to breathe too deeply. She lowered her head and began to recount her story with Xiao Hai...

It turned out that Zhang Zhiyuan was quite a bit older than Huang Li, but he was not only handsome and mature but also very generous. By chance, when Huang Li was feeling unwell, she went to Junhe Hospital for a check-up. Because she was unfamiliar with the hospital's interior, she accidentally ran into Zhang Zhiyuan, who was patrolling the hospital. Zhang Zhiyuan enthusiastically took her for the check-up. During this time, the two naturally chatted a bit. Zhang Zhiyuan was not only handsome but also knew how to please girls. Although it was their first meeting, his steady, gentle, and handsome personality had already captivated Huang Li, who had just entered society!

The two exchanged phone numbers, and Zhang Zhiyuan seemed very attentive to this young girl. Later, they went on a few more dates, and Huang Li naturally regarded Zhang Zhiyuan as her lover. As time went on, she told this handsome and interesting "lover" everything about herself. Huang Li was at that age of budding love and hadn't been in contact with other men. Zhang Zhiyuan seemed like the perfect man in front of her: handsome, humorous, and crucially, wealthy. For a time, Huang Li was so infatuated with him that she lost her bearings.

The two had been together as a couple for only a few months before they had a sexual relationship. Huang Li, having tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, had eyes only for her lover and obeyed Zhang Zhiyuan's every word!

To make it convenient for them to meet, Zhang Zhiyuan simply opened a room in the hotel where Huang Li worked. Once, after they had been intimate, Zhang Zhiyuan seemed to notice the large bunch of keys Huang Li had with her by chance. Upon asking, he learned that she was in charge of the hotel keys. Seeking excitement, at Zhang Zhiyuan's request, the two had secretly had sex on the hotel roof several times.

Later, for convenience, Zhang Zhiyuan had Huang Li make a key to the roof and also asked her to make a key for the iron door that Boss Tian had added to the fire escape on the 4th to 8th floors. When Huang Li asked him why, he said it was to make it easier for him to come up and meet her later, as he didn't want to take the elevator every time, lest the hotel staff find out after a while.

Gu Changzheng asked: "Do you mean you gave all the keys you made to Zhang Zhiyuan?"

Huang Li nodded fearfully: "Yes, usually whenever I'm on duty, the keys are with me. Making the keys was mainly to make it convenient for him to enter and exit."

"Was it also his idea for you to take the initiative to admit you lost the keys just now?"

"Yes, yes. He told me that since I made so many keys, the key-maker would definitely remember me. In case of any special circumstances, I should take the initiative to say I lost the keys so that others wouldn't know the purpose of me making them."

Gu Changzheng smiled silently. It seemed Zhang Zhiyuan was a major suspect. He immediately called Liu Han, who had returned to the bureau with the hotel surveillance footage, and asked him to check the footage to see if Zhang Zhiyuan had appeared around the time Lou Zhen jumped off the building that evening.

Then, he had Wu Yan take Huang Li back to the bureau under the guise of assisting with the investigation. Before they could contact Zhang Zhiyuan, they couldn't let Huang Li out of their sight.

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Let's turn the time back to 5:30 PM that afternoon. Having just finished a long and intense afternoon battle in the smoky, noisy mahjong parlor, Lou Zhen was preparing to return to the supermarket when a crisp, pleasant ringtone suddenly reached her ears.

She subconsciously stopped, reached into her small handbag, and fished out the exquisite mobile phone. When her gaze fell upon the all-too-familiar number on the screen, the corners of Lou Zhen's mouth rose involuntarily, forming a charming smile. She quickly pressed the answer button and held the phone to her ear.

Before she had said more than a few words, Lou Zhen's already pretty and cute face instantly bloomed like spring flowers, covered in a luscious, rosy flush. Clearly, the person on the other end had successfully made her heart flutter with just a few sentences. Looking at her radiant appearance, one didn't need to guess to know that the caller must be someone very close to her—perhaps the very lover she was always thinking about.

One could only hear Lou Zhen responding in a sweet, soft, and coquettish voice: "Hmm, hmm! Let's meet on the rooftop tonight. But if we go over so early, won't we accidentally be spotted by others?" However, although it was impossible to know what was being said on the other end, one could only see the flush on Lou Zhen's face growing deeper, like a ripe apple. The other party must have said many sweet nothings that made her heart race and her face burn, teasing her until she couldn't help herself.

After the call ended, Lou Zhen gently put down the phone and tucked it back into her bag with satisfaction. Then, she swayed her slender, soft, and supple waist, and her pace quickened unconsciously... ===== CHAPTER 211 =====