Chapter 699

Yu Dazhang went to Jin Ling because he was convinced Zhou Jinyan had something wrong.

Her lifestyle afterward was completely unlike that of a normal woman.

Giving birth out of wedlock yet remaining single to raise the child—just this alone was abnormal.

If it were a normal person, the first thing they'd consider would be finding someone to take over and raise the child together.

With her looks, as long as she didn't insist on looks, finding someone with good conditions was no problem at all.

Besides, she was only in her early twenties then, the prime of her life; no normal woman would willingly live as a widow.

Yet she remained single all along.

It gave the impression that she was waiting for something.

"How many people are you taking?" asked Officer Xu.

"All of them." Yu Dazhang answered without hesitation:

"There's nothing left to investigate in Xicheng—we've even raided their hideout; they won't dare show their faces here anymore."

"By the way, take those seven girls along too."

Twenty minutes later.

Police cars rolled out of the Xicheng City Bureau, heading toward Jin Ling.

On the road.

Yu Dazhang leaned back in the rear seat, eyes closed, resting; beside him sat Ye Zhiyu.

The driver was an officer from the special task force; Officer Xu sat in the front passenger seat.

Yu Dazhang appeared to be resting, but his mind was filled entirely with thoughts of Zhou Jinyan.

He could never figure out one question.

What exactly had happened to make Zhou Jinyan's obsession so deep?

So deep that she was willing to live as a widow to raise the child.

When he reached Jin Ling, his first step would be to meet Zhou Jiacheng—but before that, he had to understand the relationship between Zhou Jinyan, her son, and Zhang Jiangke.

To get the truth from him, he needed at least a rough understanding of the situation.

After pondering for a while, Yu Dazhang still had no clarity; he opened his eyes and asked Officer Xu ahead:

"What could make a woman willingly give everything, without regret?"

Actually, this was a false proposition.

That is, this proposition contradicted objective reality.

People are different; the same event can move one woman to tears but leave another completely unaffected.

Because people's personalities differ, the outcomes naturally differ too.

Like watching a movie in the same theater—even if everyone else is laughing uproariously, there will always be a few who can't laugh at all.

But Officer Xu felt this question could be answered, because he knew the woman Yu Dazhang meant was Zhou Jinyan.

"Love."

Officer Xu said thoughtfully:

"From Zhou Jinyan's behavior, she's a stubborn woman."

He paused, as if considering how to describe this trait more accurately.

After a moment, he continued:

"Women like this, once they fixate on something or fall for someone, will pursue and protect it at all costs."

"To others, she seems foolish; but to herself, she believes she's right."

Love? Yu Dazhang found that hard to believe.

Zhou Jinyan had been trafficked into a mountain village.

Those two months were like walking through hell for her; under such circumstances, how could she have had any mood for romance?

Besides, Zhang Jiangke was nearly twenty years older than Zhou Jinyan; with such a huge age gap, how could she possibly accept him?

Before he could respond, Ye Zhiyu beside him spoke first:

"The Zeigarnik effect."

"Western psychologist Zeigarnik conducted many similar experiments."