Chapter 203: She Even Treated Herself as a Pawn!

Modifying a person's memory through hypnosis is entirely possible.

And there are real cases.

In 2012, police rescued a female college student who had been missing for five years from a residential building.

They successfully arrested the suspect, Zhou Mou.

Strangely, the female college student was not imprisoned or restricted in her movements.

When police entered the suspect's home, she was taking care of a child.

Regarding the police's arrest of Zhou Mou, she even expressed dissatisfaction, asking if they had arrested the wrong person.

Upon seeing her parents, she said she did not recognize them, claiming her parents had passed away one after another when she was young.

It escalated to the point where the police themselves began to suspect they had made a mistake.

Fortunately, a paternity test was conducted in time, confirming the female college student's identity.

Later, according to Zhou Mou's confession, he fabricated a completely new life experience for the female college student and indoctrinated her daily.

The specific methods will not be discussed.

Two years later, the female college student was successfully brainwashed; she not only accepted the new identity but also bore a child for Zhou Mou and lived a life with him.

There are many similar cases domestically, and even more abroad.

The interrogation continued.

Ceng Ceng Lisi confessed everything.

She recounted all the details she knew.

Strangely, Yu Dazhang did not hear any information about the butler from her.

"Liu Qi is still guarding against her," Yu Dazhang muttered to himself.

Clearly, Liu Qi had not told Ceng Ceng Lisi the entire plan.

She only knew the details of her own part of the plan; as for how to send Liu Siyuan to prison, she was unaware.

At the same time, Yu Dazhang also noticed that Ceng Ceng Lisi was not curious about who had removed Liu Siyuan's hypnosis.

She did not ask a single question.

Furthermore, when hypnosis was mentioned, he did not see the professional fanaticism on her face that he had seen in Ye Zhiyu.

Once anything involves money, it is no longer so pure... Yu Dazhang shook his head, then picked up the microphone again:

"Brother Ma, collect the evidence."

Since Ceng Ceng Lisi had confessed the entire process, the next step naturally was the evidence collection phase.

To prove that everything she did was instigated by Liu Qi.

Mere words are not enough; substantial evidence is required.

"How did Liu Qi contact you?" Ma Jian stared at Ceng Ceng Lisi and asked.

"We contacted each other by phone a year ago; at that time, she called me," Ceng Ceng Lisi answered smoothly:

"After returning to the country, we discussed the specific details face-to-face; I remember it was in a business car."

"Later, she also arranged a phone card for me; after that..."

Ceng Ceng Lisi stopped speaking here, as if recalling something.

Moments later, she suddenly looked up at Ma Jian:

"I forgot one thing; before contacting Liu Siyuan, Liu Qi asked me to hypnotize her once."

"Tell the specifics," Ma Jian immediately became interested.

"The content of the hypnosis was to forget the cause of her father's death," Ceng Ceng Lisi's face looked somewhat grim:

"At that time, I was also curious why she wanted to do that."

Ma Jian thought for a moment and continued asking:

"One session of hypnosis was enough to make her forget?"

After all, he had witnessed hypnosis with his own eyes today and knew that hypnosis was a long-term, persistent job.

So regarding the claim that one session could make someone lose their memory, he was somewhat skeptical.

"If the controlled subject opens their heart and cooperates completely, it can be done," Ceng Ceng Lisi explained.

What Liu Qi wanted to forget was the true cause of Liu Zhengyang's death... Yu Dazhang added in his mind after hearing this.

No wonder, during that meeting, she acted so naturally, showing no signs of lying.

It turned out Liu Qi had brainwashed herself in advance.

Now, even she herself believes Liu Zhengyang died of natural causes.

What terrifying scheming!

She even treated herself as a pawn.

"Let's talk about your method of contact again."

Ma Jian brought the topic back:

"After Liu Qi arranged a phone card for you, when she contacted you again, did she call your new number?"

Ceng Ceng Lisi shook her head: "No, after I returned to the country, she never called me."

"Never called you?" Ma Jian frowned and asked:

"Then how did you usually contact each other?"

"After getting to know Liu Siyuan, I and Liu Qi did not contact each other again," Ceng Ceng Lisi answered:

"This was planned beforehand; we could not let others see that we knew each other."

It's bad, she has become a discarded pawn... Yu Dazhang immediately guessed Liu Qi's plan.

Their only phone call was an international long-distance call Liu Qi made to Ceng Ceng Lisi when Ceng Ceng Lisi was at Cambridge.

It's been over a year since then. Forget checking the call contents — even pulling the call records would be extremely difficult.

Moreover, after Ceng Ceng Lisi returned to the country, Liu Qi got her a new phone card.

The purpose of doing so was to dispose of the phone card Ceng Ceng Lisi had used abroad.

N-o m-i-s-t-a-k-e-s — e-v-e-r-y s-i-n-g-l-e c-h-a-p-t-e-r — u-p-d-a-t-e-d — r-i-g-h-t h-e-r-e!

It's estimated that when Liu Qi first called Ceng Ceng Lisi, he didn't use his own commonly used phone number either.

What a clever scheme~

This is equivalent to severing all contact with Ceng Ceng Lisi!

Before deploying this chess piece, Liu Qi had already planned out how to distance herself from Ceng Ceng Lisi.

"Let's stop here." Yu Dazhang picked up the microphone and said.

The interrogation had already exceeded two hours; continuing would risk accusations of coerced testimony.

Besides, Ceng Ceng Lisi was very cooperative and had given an account of everything she knew.

Letting her rest properly would also help her recall certain details better.

Yu Dazhang stood up and went to the meeting room.

After a short while, Ma Jian walked in as well.

"Dazhang, do we make the arrest?"

He was referring to Liu Qi.

Now all the clues pointed to this woman; in his view, she could already be listed as the primary suspect.

"Arrest her?"

Yu Dazhang looked at Ma Jian and asked back with some hesitation:

"On what grounds?"

Ma Jian was stunned for a moment, but quickly caught on:

"She instructed Ceng Ceng Lisi to frame Liu Siyuan — that alone is enough for criminal detention."

"Evidence?" Yu Dazhang took out a pack of Huazi cigarettes and handed one to Ma Jian:

"Have one first, calm down."

Ma Jian had just come out of the interrogation room; it was perfectly normal for him to be a bit worked up.

In criminal investigations, it's rare to take direct action right after an interrogation.

Usually there's a meeting in between, specifically to prevent acting on impulse.

At times like these, having a cigarette, taking stock, and letting the brain cool down actually improves investigative efficiency.

Of course, cases with solid evidence and clear facts are the exception — just go ahead and make the arrest.

Ma Jian took the cigarette, took two deep drags, and exhaled a cloud of smoke.

"Are you saying that Ceng Ceng Lisi's testimony alone can't be used to implicate Liu Qi?"

"Exactly." Yu Dazhang nodded:

"Right now we can't even prove these two people know each other."

"Liu Qi had already distanced herself from Ceng Ceng Lisi before Ceng Ceng Lisi met Liu Siyuan."

"The only connection between them is that they once attended the same university."

This is the importance of evidence.

If the two women's acquaintance can't be proven, Ceng Ceng Lisi's testimony becomes a one-sided account.

Can the police just bring anyone back to the station for investigation?

The answer is no.

A summons doesn't require ironclad evidence, but it must be carried out under the premise of having initial leads or reasonable suspicion.

Clearly, Liu Qi had cut off both of those.

And given her wealth and connections, finding a top lawyer would be a breeze — she could even put together an entire legal team without breaking a sweat.

Bringing her in for questioning by force without solid evidence would only backfire.

"There's one more thing you've overlooked."

Yu Dazhang added:

"What we're investigating now is the sudden-death case of Liu Zhengyang, and Ceng Ceng Lisi has no direct connection to this case."

"She only hypnotized Liu Siyuan — she didn't do anything else."

"Strictly speaking, she doesn't even constitute a crime, since nothing actually happened afterward."

"So for Liu Qi, this chess piece still serves as an early warning."

(End of this chapter)