Chapter 86: Paparazzi

The terrain outside the wall was actually higher than inside the wall. From the outside, this wall was a normal height.

Soon, a few large stones stacked at the base of the wall attracted everyone's attention. It was clear they were for stepping on. In the unmelted snow, there were messy footprints everywhere. It seemed someone had been here for a long time.

Qi Fei picked up a cigarette butt on the ground and smiled: "It seems this ghost can smoke too?"

The footprints followed the hillside into the woods. Continuing to track forward, coming out of the woods was the mountain road.

Sure enough, by the side of the road, a few cigarette butts were thrown on the ground. It seemed someone had been waiting here for a long time.

Brother Fei, the DNA comparison result of the cigarette butt is out! Wu Shanqiu ran over.

"So excited, it seems you've already found the person?" Qi Fei said.

Wu Shanqiu said immediately: "Of course! It can be said that it didn't take any effort! The saliva on it belongs to this person."

As she spoke, she showed Qi Fei the information. Sure enough, the photos and personal information were all there.

"This person has been detained several times."

"The reason?"

"Stalking, harassment, picking quarrels and provoking trouble... Ha, a bad record."

Qi Fei noticed this person's name and couldn't help but read it out: "Wang Defa? Is this name for real?"

Wu Shanqiu laughed: "Hehe, we specifically checked the household registration book. No way, the person is really called this name."

"Hehe, it can really make a pair with that Sha Gou from before," Qi Fei said.

"You don't say, that Sha Gou has been doing great in traffic since he partnered with Luo Yang. The two young guys have probably made a lot of money," Wu Shanqiu said. "Hey! Back to the point, Brother Fei, we have already tracked down the place where Wang Defa rents. We checked the surveillance. This guy really didn't come back after driving out last night. He arrived home early this morning and hasn't come out since. We have already let our colleagues in the area go over first. We have to hurry up and set off."

"Then what are we waiting for?!" Qi Fei grabbed the car keys and rushed downstairs.

Soon they arrived at the place where Wang Defa lived. This was a place similar to a shanty town. Unlike the glitz and glamour of most places in Nancheng, this place had wires pulled everywhere, and some houses didn't even have house numbers.

In a group-rented room, they found the room Wang Defa rented.

When they broke in, Wang Defa hadn't woken up yet. Before he woke up, he was pressed onto the bed by several police officers without explanation. He wasn't surprised at all by the arrival of the police. He was an old hand: "What are you doing? Did Hong Mei report it? I didn't break the law. Are you police officers colluding with capital now?"

Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu looked at each other. They didn't expect that they hadn't mentioned Hong Mei yet, and Wang Defa had mentioned it first.

"Wang Defa, we now suspect that you are involved in the murder of Hong Mei. Come with us," Qi Fei said.

These words stunned Wang Defa: "What?! Hong Mei is dead?"

The blinding light in the interrogation room was turned on with a "snap".

I don't know if the saying "appearance comes from the heart" makes sense, but anyway, Wang Defa couldn't be considered "bright and upright" from any angle. His plain features looked like he was very sneaky no matter how you looked at them.

After such a toss, he was awake now.

He looked at Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu with inquiring eyes: "This isn't a prank, is it? Hong Mei is dead? That can't be, right?"

Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu looked at each other, not knowing if his expression of disbelief was faked or sincere.

Qi Fei threw the photos of the scene to Wang Defa: "Do you recognize this person?"

The moment he saw the photo, Wang Defa screamed and threw it away.

"This, this is special effects makeup, right?"

"Hong Mei's body is lying in the autopsy room now. If you continue to play dumb, we will go to her body and continue the interrogation."

"That's not necessary," Wang Defa said with a smile. "I'm just an entertainment reporter, I can't do murder..."

Qi Fei took out Wang Defa's camera and looked through the photos inside: "The photos are not bad." Inside were pictures of Hong Mei and Huang Daqiu being intimate in the room.

Wang Defa immediately explained: "Officer, I'm just making a living. Look, it's so cold, lying there taking these, it's also hard-earned money. Hong Mei is my cash cow, how could I kill her?"

"We have screened everyone who had contact with Hong Mei that night. She has an alibi during the time of her death. You are the only suspect now," Qi Fei said, which was somewhat intimidating. "From 12:00 midnight to 5:00, what were you doing?"

"At 12:00, I was still taking pictures. Wasn't Hong Mei alive and well then? You flip the photos back!" Wang Defa suddenly became confident. "I watched her send Huang Daqiu away, come back to shower, drink, and sleep after turning off the lights. I didn't leave until I couldn't take any more pictures," Wang Defa said.

Qi Fei flipped the photos back according to his words. Sure enough, there were photos of Hong Mei coming out wrapped in a bath towel, and the next few were photos of her changing into a bathrobe and drinking red wine alone in the room, which matched the testimony of the waiter Xiao Sun.

"I have to declare, I didn't climb over that wall. I scouted their courtyard. That wall, it's not high outside, but it's ridiculously high inside. If you climb over, you'll definitely fall to your death. You go see for yourselves!" Wang Defa said with reason and evidence. Qi Fei, of course, knew that they had already surveyed that place.

"Hmph, you don't necessarily have to climb over the wall. You have been stalking Hong Mei for a long time, and you have been posting ambiguous news on the internet hinting that you want to expose Hong Mei's big news. You know that Hong Mei is suing you, and your conflict is very deep, so you hold a grudge and want to kill her?" Qi Fei said.

Hearing this, Wang Defa grinned: "Sir, you obviously don't understand the entertainment industry. My relationship with Hong Mei, heh, how could she bear to kill me?"

"Oh? How so?"

Wang Defa said triumphantly: "She was able to get popular thanks to a part of my credit. You ask her agent, that drama she got popular in, how did she get the lead role? Oh! No, after she got popular, she crossed the river and tore down the bridge, firing the agent who started from scratch with her! Hahaha!"

"Are you talking about the role of 'Xian Yao' in *Divine Strategy of the Tang Dynasty*?" Wu Shanqiu said immediately.

Qi Fei clearly hadn't watched this drama at all.

"You haven't heard, wasn't this role originally not Hong Mei's? At that time, she wasn't qualified to rely on big shots. The little girl was quite scheming, exposing the black material of the original lead to me. I knew her purpose, but everyone gets what they need, so I helped her out as a favor," Wang Defa said without any guilt.

Hearing this, Wu Shanqiu immediately remembered: "Oh! The original one was someone else, what was her name..." ===== CHAPTER 87 =====