Chapter 227

The more luxurious the house, the colder it felt. The cover of the golden mirror-finish password lock reflected Lou Jing's tired face.

Opening the door, the room was pitch black. Her husband had not returned from his business trip, and her daughter had grown up and was boarding at school, only returning on weekends. At this moment, she was alone, having returned after dealing with a whole day of frustrating things.

She casually pressed the switch, and the warm yellow light came on. The walnut bookshelf was filled with books. Among a pile of finance books, "The Three-Body Problem," "Dune," "Neuromancer," "2001: A Space Odyssey"... classic sci-fi works were neatly arranged.

She threw herself onto the sofa and let out a long sigh, preparing to rest, when the doorbell rang.

When she opened the door impatiently, she saw the three people from the Nancheng Police Station she had met at the bank standing at the door.

This surprised her: "How did you find my home? Couldn't that Xiao You help you?"

"On the contrary, we need to thank you. Because of your keen intuition, you led us to You He. He is a very key person," Qi Fei said immediately.

"As long as I could help, then what are you doing here..."

"We want to talk to you about You He," Qi Fei said, his gaze crossing her shoulder to look into the house.

The vertical lines between Lou Jing's brows deepened, and she reluctantly made a path for the three to enter.

"These things could have been asked at the bank; there was no need to come to my house specifically." Lou Jing pulled open the double-door refrigerator and took out three bottles of soda, placing them on the coffee table, which was clean enough to reflect light.

"However, the questions we want to ask you are not official business." The coffee table surface reflected Zhong Kui's fair face.

"I'm not very familiar with Xiao You. He is a shy person, and we haven't had much contact in private. I don't know what you mean by 'not official business'?" Lou Jing sat on the single sofa opposite them, her posture as if she were holding a meeting for employees at the company.

"But you despise him," Zhong Kui said, staring at Lou Jing's face.

"Is this how you police speak now, without any basis?" Lou Jing's tone was tough, and she looked at Qi Fei with a provocative gaze. She seemed to know that among these three people, this man was likely the easiest to talk to.

However, to her disappointment, it was clear that they had reached some kind of tacit understanding before coming over. Qi Fei was expressionless and did not give any subtle response.

"Language can deceive people, but a person's body language cannot. At the Baisha Branch, when you took us to find You He, when facing him, both your rhythm of speech and the angle of your body were different from others. No matter how you look at it..." Zhong Kui tilted her head slightly and raised an eyebrow at Lou Jing. "You have a disgust for him that transcends the superior-subordinate relationship."

Lou Jing's eyes were full of suspicion: "We know each other... you are Dr. Zhong..."

"You have the wrong person. I am not a doctor, but I can read faces," Zhong Kui denied firmly.

When Lou Jing mentioned Dr. Zhong, Qi Fei was surprised, but he soon saw a yellow iris origami piece solemnly framed on the bookshelf, and he understood instantly. It seemed this Lou Jing was once a patient of Zhong Xiaoyu.

It was just that although Zhong Kui shared a face with Zhong Xiaoyu, her speech and temperament were completely different.

Lou Jing was shaken by her decisive denial.

Moreover, at this moment, she was eager to defend herself: "Even if, even if I have some opinions about You He..." Her eyes were no longer as sharp as they were at the beginning, but were panicked and erratic. "That is also a personal matter... If you suspect that I am involved in the case you are investigating just because of these groundless things, then I can tell you, you are wrong!"

This argument sounded familiar—Dongfang Tian, the "Sword Bearer" of the Aiqinghai Bookstore, had said the same thing.

"Heh..." Zhong Kui sneered. "Don't be so confident yet. The last person who said that to us has already been proven wrong."

This sentence not only didn't annoy Lou Jing, but instead gave her a bit of expectation: "Is You He involved in this murder case?"

This appearance, without needing to ask more, explained her attitude toward You He.

"It's not just You He. Actually, the biggest purpose of us coming to your house today is not you..." Qi Fei's expression was heavy as he looked at Lou Jing.

Lou Jing, a vice president, was a very smart person. As soon as he said this, in just a few seconds, she seemed to have quickly selected a result in her brain. Her sallow face turned pale and then bluish from the loss of blood.

"Your husband, Luo Yong, went on a business trip two weeks ago. You told us this when we met last time. Do you know where he went on his business trip?"

"I..." Lou Jing stuttered, as if every extra word Qi Fei said pushed her a few steps toward the edge of a cliff. "He said he went to Pu Cheng, there was business to discuss..."

"You didn't tell us that your husband was also once a senior executive at the Jiangnan Development Bank."

"But he has already jumped ship to start a company, and he doesn't work at the Baisha Branch either, so..." Lou Jing was still insisting on refuting, but her momentum could no longer be as righteous. Hesitation, humiliation, stubbornness—various emotions transformed into her face, which turned from blue to white.

"It was Luo Yong who asked you to get You He into the Baisha Branch, right?" Qi Fei continued to ask, closing in on the secret Lou Jing found most difficult to speak of.

"Enough! You've already investigated everything clearly, why do you still have to come and torture me?" Lou Jing suddenly exploded, shouting and almost jumping off the sofa.

"Some things, perhaps you will feel more comfortable saying them yourself." Qi Fei's tone couldn't help but have more sympathy. These things, "We learned from another witness..."

"Another witness? Is there anyone else who knows about their shady relationship?!" Lou Jing finally stopped hiding it and asked with extreme disgust.

"You don't know how they met?"

"I have never clarified my suspicions with Luo Yong. I still have a daughter. For her sake, I can endure anything. I have kept everything in my heart. But, what do these things have to do with the murder case you are investigating?"

"We suspect that the person who committed the murder in Nancheng is your husband, Luo Yong," Qi Fei stopped beating around the bush and said the most devastating sentence.

Lou Jing was completely stunned, as if her entire soul had been drained.

"I don't understand... I can condone his betrayal, his quirks, but would he kill? I have been his wife for twenty years..." Tears welled up in her eyes and finally fell. She trembled all over, not knowing if it was fear or resentment.

"You He's position in his heart may have already far exceeded your imagination," Zhong Kui's ruthless voice came.