Chapter 310: Han Fei: Where Did Something Go Wrong?

Truth Serum, Xu Mo doesn't have much of it.

So, unless absolutely necessary, he is unwilling to use it.

But right now there's no other way.

The psychologist named Gou Yong, who sits opposite him and Han Fei, has an exceptionally strong mental fortitude.

The two of them took turns questioning for a long while, but it was of no use at all.

Gou Yong is a hard‑headed man; he keeps insisting he's a law‑abiding good citizen who would never commit a crime, and simply remains silent, not saying a word.

Xu Mo is truly out of options, so he finally prepares to use the Truth Serum.

Xu Mo stands up and walks to the side of Gou Yong, who is seated on the interrogation chair.

The latter, upon seeing Xu Mo approach,

immediately lifts his head and looks at Xu Mo with a wary expression.

"What are you trying to do? Trying to coerce a confession? Let me warn you, coerced confessions are illegal; I know the law. If you dare lay a hand on me today, I guarantee you won't get any good fruit."

Xu Mo simply ignores him and places a hand on his shoulder.

"I also warn you, deliberately concealing information and refusing to cooperate are illegal; the only one who ends up unlucky is you. If you confess honestly, you might get a Sentence Reduction, but you keep being stubborn and gain nothing… The deaths of those who jumped—do they have anything to do with you? Leniency for Confession, Severity for Resistance."

At this moment, Han Fei is on the brink of collapse, driven there by Gou Yong's stubbornness.

During that interval, aside from some illegal tactics, Han Fei exhausted every method yet still couldn't get Gou Yong to confess.

As for the words Xu Mo just said to Gou Yong, Han Fei thinks they were of no use at all.

Because before this, he had no idea how many times he had said similar things.

The phrase Leniency for Confession, Severity for Resistance can still work a bit on suspects with extremely poor mental fortitude.

But against this psychologist Gou Yong, whose mental fortitude is extremely strong… it's useless!

He's like a stone in a cesspit—stinky and hard.

Thus, Han Fei is already thinking of simply abandoning the interrogation, pondering whether to approach from another angle to find some strong evidence that could convict Gou Yong.

But after a moment's thought, Han Fei abandons that idea.

Where would such strong evidence come from?

So far, they have only one eyewitness.

But in this case, a single eyewitness is obviously insufficient; the evidentiary chain is incomplete, making conviction impossible.

Moreover, because the killer's method is highly unusual, there is likely no physical evidence either.

The only thing that could convict Gou Yong is probably his own confession.

Life or death hinges on this; aside from the eyewitness, other evidence is probably nonexistent, and Gou Yong refuses to confess.

Even if Han Fei knows this man is the murderer, he still has no way.

Thinking that, Han Fei can't help but get a headache.

Come to think of it, the type of murderer that gives Han Fei the biggest headache is psychologists and lawyers.

Compared with other professions, these two are especially unique, solidly elite intellectuals.

And these professions involve more than just knowledge.

Psychologists have strong mental resilience and logical clarity, making them hard to trap with leading questions.

As for lawyers, they know the law, have extreme logical rigor, and are impermeable.

Han Fei rubs his temples, pondering how to get Gou Yong to confess.

But at that moment, the most unexpected scene unfolds…

Right after Xu Mo and Gou Yong finish saying: "Leniency for Confession, Severity for Resistance."

Gou Yong, seated on the interrogation chair, makes a complete 180‑degree shift in attitude.

Earlier he kept stressing that he is a law‑abiding good citizen, purely putting on an impermeable stance.

But in the blink of an eye, he actually confesses!

"I incited them to commit suicide."

Han Fei: "???"

Did my ears malfunction? Han Fei is a bit stunned.

He widens his eyes, wearing an expression of disbelief, his gaze shifting back and forth between Xu Mo and Gou Yong.

He just confessed??

Is a single "Leniency for Confession, Severity for Resistance" really that powerful?

Did hearing it make him immediately confess?

That's not right… I just said that line several times, and he showed no reaction. Why does he confess the moment Xu Mo says it?

Where exactly is the problem? Han Fei can't figure it out.

But what he doesn't know is…

It's not the phrase "Leniency for Confession, Severity for Resistance" that's effective, but Xu Mo's Truth Serum.

Just now, while Xu Mo's hand was on Gou Yong's shoulder, he quietly injected him with a dose of Truth Serum, which is why he confessed.

"Wouldn't it have been better if we did this earlier?" Xu Mo returns to his seat: "Speak up, why you killed, and how you killed."

"They are guilty; this is the fate they deserve. I killed because I needed to punish those bad people," Gou Yong replies.

After a brief shock, Han Fei quickly regains his composure.

Even though he's still puzzled why the same words he said as Xu Mo have no effect, while Xu Mo's words work.

But he also knows this isn't the time to dwell on it.

The immediate priority now is to properly interrogate the suspect; as for his doubts, Han Fei plans to ask later.

"They are guilty, and you want to incite them to suicide?" Han Fei says, staring at Gou Yong: "Even if they are guilty, they should be judged by the law, not by you taking vengeance."

Upon hearing that, Gou Yong's eyes instantly turned red, filled with blood vessels.

"He bullies my younger brother; if I don't intervene, he'll keep bullying him. My brother is already rather timid and introverted; if this continues, his life will be ruined."

Xu Mo and Han Fei exchanged a glance.

The surname Gou is uncommon.

Coincidentally, Han Fei and the others actually know someone with the surname Gou.

That person is Gou Hao.

He is the classmate of the deceased Lu Yu who had been constantly bullied by him on campus.

Putting Gou Yong's words together, the two concluded that the younger brother Gou Yong referred to must be Gou Hao.

Earlier, they had even suspected Gou Hao and brought him to the Police Station for questioning.

To their surprise, the murderer wasn't Gou Hao, but was related to him—the murderer was his brother.

"Your younger brother? You mean Gou Hao, right?" Han Fei asked.

Gou Yong nodded: "That's right. Our parents died early, so I've always taken care of him. Because he never really saw his parents as a child, he's had serious psychological issues since then—introversion, low self‑esteem, timidity… That's why I studied psychology and became a psychologist. I want to cure him, and I also want to do everything I can to help other children who are timid and insecure like Haozi, to change them."

"I've cured many children with psychological issues, making them optimistic and cheerful; only Haozi I haven't been able to cure. By then Haozi's problems were already deeply rooted, impossible to resolve quickly. I thought that was fine—I have plenty of time, and I could slowly help him rebuild confidence and regain optimism."

"But… I realized that no matter how hard I try, he remains the same, even resisting my attempts to communicate, preferring to lock himself in his room. Later I learned that he became like this because someone kept hurting and provoking him during that period. He was constantly bullied at school; those people mocked him for having no parents and ridiculed his surname."

"I realized that providing psychological counseling to Haozi was only a superficial fix, not a cure. I couldn't let things continue, so I killed Lu Yu, the ringleader who bullied Haozi."