Chapter 229

Li Tian continued, "Surprised? I also went to see others, namely the previous lovers of this daughter's mother. I asked them, and this woman once said a sentence: 'This girl is a devil, a true devil. I shouldn't have brought this child into the world in the first place.'"

And the girl in front of them looked at Chen Fan very calmly and said, "Sigh, it's really boring. I thought I could challenge you, but I found it's really not interesting at all."

Chen Fan said, "Yes, it's not interesting. By the way, do you just simply think people are uninteresting?"

"Uninteresting. I think everyone is boring, only you are the most interesting."

Chen Fan's face turned black.

Because the secret in this girl's heart was actually that she admired him and wanted to challenge him.

Challenges, or imitation, are actually relatively rare cases in criminal investigations, but generally, if they happen, they are major cases.

Copycat cases, for example, when a criminal suspect sees some murder scenes, they might sprout the idea that they want to commit a crime themselves.

Then they carry out an identical imitation, and then watch as others fail to catch them.

Li Tian looked at the woman and said, "This woman... challenging Chen Fan..."

Li Tian observed very carefully; he had seen this look before.

Qin Ming said, "How did you judge that?"

Li Tian said, "Before, in the Ripper case abroad, someone in the country imitated the crime. When the case was at a standstill, I started thinking, if I were the criminal imitator, how would I appreciate my work?"

"Then, I kept releasing information, and subsequently, I screened the crowd near the police station. The person who appeared more than four times, I arrested directly, and it was indeed that person."

"I still remember that look to this day, and when I showed that person the cases from earlier years, what I saw in his eyes was passion, was worship."

"It's just like this moment, the look this woman has when she looks at Chen Fan."

Chen Fan rubbed his temples and said, "What was your previous secret? Forget it, if I ask you, you probably don't know either. It's probably just that you want to watch people die."

"Uh, I don't know. Just like you said, the biggest secret in a person's heart, even they themselves don't know."

Chen Fan asked for a drink and said, "Want to drink something? If you are willing to confess, you can say it now."

"You ask."

"When did you start killing people?"

The girl recalled and said, "When I was seven, I guess. At that time, my father bought me a doll. My cousin came to my house and snatched my doll away. My parents didn't say anything to the others, but told me to let my cousin have it."

"And then?"

"My cousin went back and played with fire, setting the house on fire herself. My cousin died, my uncle died, my aunt didn't die, she was out playing mahjong."

"And later?"

"Later, my aunt died too."

"How did you kill her?"

The girl said, "I just took my cousin to the stove, taught her how to play with the stove, and then taught her to play with matches, praising how beautiful some things look when they burn."

？？？？

Zhang Tianxiong's back started to break out in cold sweat. Damn, the weather is so cold, but at this moment, Zhang Tianxiong felt his cold sweat wasn't from the cold, it was scared out of him by her.

Li Tian was also dumbfounded. My god, is it this scary?

This was the first time Li Tian had heard such a description.

"What about the second time?"

The girl said, "The second time, my father hit me. I wasn't convinced, so I broke my father's brakes. My father drove, and an accident happened."

Chen Fan stared at the girl and said, "You calculated the compensation money, right? You knew the compensation money would be a lot."

"Yes."

Chen Fan recalled some images and said, "Actually, the way you protected your mother was wrong."

The girl fell silent instantly, staring fixedly at Chen Fan, and said, "What do you know?"

"I examined your mother's body, the front and back examinations gave me an answer: your mother had suffered domestic violence. Not only that, in the early years, her nutrition was completely absent, and your mother had even been hospitalized before. The cancer was also caused by such exhaustion."

"You killed your cousin's whole family because the people on your cousin's side had an attitude toward your mother. You killed your father because your father beat your mother. You let this boy kill your mother because you knew your mother's cancer had reached the point of no return."

"I didn't, I didn't."

The girl was brought in with handcuffs. Obviously, the danger level of this girl had increased. Here, Zhang Tianxiong had no choice but to detain the girl.

Chen Fan said, "Boss, I'm hungry, bring me something to eat."

The boss came over cautiously and said, "What do you want to eat?"

"Bring me a portion of egg fried rice."

The boss was stunned, but still made it.

It only took a few minutes, and the boss brought the egg fried rice over. Chen Fan said, "Do you want to eat?"

"No."

Chen Fan said, "That means the taste isn't right. I'll do it, Boss, lend me the kitchen for a moment."

Chen Fan walked into the kitchen, then brought out the egg fried rice and placed it in front of the woman. The woman looked at the egg fried rice in front of her and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Then, she still picked up the chopsticks and ate a small bite.

While eating, she started to cry.

"You can't catch me at all."

Chen Fan said, "I know, there's no evidence, so naturally, I can't catch you. Even if you confessed now, I wouldn't be able to catch you, there's just no evidence."

"I have never killed anyone."

"I know, no one can prove your inducement, just like back then, no one believed that you were so young, how could you dismantle your father's brakes?"

The woman smiled and said, "Your egg fried rice is really like the one my mother made."

Chen Fan lowered his head, then looked up, reached out, and placed his hand on the girl's head, saying, "It's okay."

The woman turned her head and said, "Don't you know your acting is very bad?"

Chen Fan was speechless and said, "Pfft, boring. I thought you hadn't noticed. It seems you're not stupid either."

What is this situation?

Here, Qin Ming said in the observation room, "That shaman dance, I've had people study it. It's actually a psychological construct. I don't know how Chen Fan did it, but this theory is feasible. It's imitating a person, but Chen Fan seems only willing to imitate dead people."

I hope the audience can understand what I'm saying.

These are definitely not magic spells.

Li Tian said, "If Chen Fan really imitates the dead girl's mother, it should actually be fear, terror, and disgust."

Teacher He said, "Are you saying that the mother actually knew a long time ago?"

"Yes, I've investigated this family. After the father's death, this family received a portion of compensation. The girl got a part of this compensation money, and the mother got a part. But after getting the money, this mother started drinking heavily, living in a daze every day, and didn't continue to take care of the house, but indulged herself."

"You have to know that before this, this woman was very good, very good at taking care of the family. There must have been a change."

"What was the reason? I guess she discovered her daughter's problem, but as a mother, she didn't know what to say."

Chen Fan said, "Did she kill anyone later?"

"No more."

Chen Fan said, "Then your imitation of me is quite a failure. You can't achieve a clear conscience, you can't achieve not having morality in your heart."

"Maybe. When I first saw that boy strangle himself with a rope, I found that I would feel fear, I would feel scared. I know this emotion, I don't want to have it, but I still feel fear."

"Normal phenomenon."

"How did you do it, Chen Fan? I'm curious, how do you achieve inner peace?"

Chen Fan said, "You can't do it in your heart because you are still kind. The boy strangled himself just because he couldn't bear this torture in his heart. He was very disgusted with himself, very annoyed, annoyed with his current cross-dressing self."

"Do you think I threatened him?"

Chen Fan said, "That's not it. Your method wouldn't be that low-end. He just wanted to help you take away your mother before he died."

The girl lowered her head in silence.

At this time, the police car stopped, and several female police officers came over and took the woman into the car.

Zhang Tianxiong finally let out a sigh of relief. That knife just now was really scary. Zhang Tianxiong was very worried that Chen Fan would punch the woman to death.

"Chen Fan, is the way I protected my mother right? Tell me."

Chen Fan was speechless and said, "What do you think? If I were a forensic doctor, I would tell you it's wrong, but if I were an ordinary person, I couldn't say. It's livestreaming now, I can't say it."

The girl got in the car and left.

The heaviness of the topic returned to where it started.

— Author's Notes —

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