Chapter 222

With the alibi dismantled and the alibi evidence invalidated, Bai Bai Yuequn himself couldn't hold on anymore.

Just like the criminals Jiang Yuan had encountered before, sophisticated criminals are mostly refined egoists.

If they can escape punishment, they can indeed hold out during interrogation.

However, when the judgment becomes inevitable, their attitude is completely different.

"If I say it, does it count as a surrender?" Bai Bai Yuequn looked at Lei Xin opposite him with a listless expression.

"Whether it counts as a surrender is not for me to say; it has to be determined by the procuratorate and the court, but if you confess truthfully, I can put in a good word for you. Leniency for confession."

Lei Xin's yellow-stained fingers tapped on the desktop, unable to resist the urge to smoke.

Bai Bai Yuequn stared at Lei Xin's yellow teeth and yellow hands for a long time; in the past, a refined person like him wouldn't even glance at a middle-aged old smoker like Lei Xin, but at this moment he could only sigh and say, "I believe you. I'll tell you."

He was very tired—exhausted, sleepy, anxious, and remorseful.

In order to complete the murder plan, he first dragged his boyfriend through a fierce round of tossing until he was drowsy, then used romance as an excuse to drag him to the cinema to watch a movie.

Bai Bai Yuequn knew his new boyfriend very well: young, impulsive, with an explosive surge of hormones, and also sleepy; if the play was a bit intense, once the excitement passed, he would almost fall asleep in seconds, which was enviable.

Bai Bai Yuequn couldn't; in his dreams, he would recall Yuan Yuan Yutang's deep affection and hypocrisy toward him, and the desire to kill lasted from the beginning of the year to the end.

He loved him, and he hated him.

Screening Room No. 2 was the stuffiest and had the worst ventilation in the theater. Yet the theater chairs were very comfortable; if you went to watch a movie after a full meal, it was very easy to fall asleep.

If you found another dull and long art film, to be honest, many viewers couldn't run away even if they wanted to when they saw the opening credits; they would fall asleep on the spot, exactly the same as Xu Yi.

However, Bai Bai Yuequn couldn't sleep; he had to go to Yuan Yuan Yutang's apartment immediately. To avoid being discovered and to save energy, Bai Bai Yuequn went by shared bike (fortunately, he wasn't stopped by the police, doge).

Picking the lock, walking upstairs with light steps, Bai Bai Yuequn used all his strength to commit the murder and vent his hatred.

He used so much force, just like when they were together in the beginning.

But he couldn't relax yet; he still had to concentrate, do a good inspection, and wash his one-piece waterproof suit clean—besides fencing, Bai Bai Yuequn also had a hobby of diving, so when he thought of killing, he immediately thought of this kind of full-body one-piece suit similar to a diving suit.

As long as the head was wrapped well, and on the premise that the clothes were not damaged, the bloodstains on the body could be easily cleaned with a rinse of water; the residual amount would be very small, and his own leather shoes and hair wouldn't be left at the scene either.

It was just that he had to change clothes one more time and wear them on the outside, which was a bit troublesome.

After doing these things, Bai Bai Yuequn still had to ride his bike back to the cinema, enter through the employee passage with the spare key, and sit back down next to his boyfriend.

When the movie ended, he rushed into the hotel immediately, took off all his clothes, and soaked them in laundry detergent.

To be honest, by the last step, Bai Bai Yuequn was almost unable to hold on, but the strange scene of murder actually made him persist, and he even had a different kind of excitement.

"What about the blood-stained clothes and the murder weapon?"

The most important thing was to see the evidence, Lei Xin asked.

Bai Bai Yuequn said listlessly, "They're still at the hotel, inside the ceiling of the hotel laundry room."

The hotel they stayed in that day provided self-service laundry services and had a dedicated self-service laundry room; it didn't cost much, but few people used it usually; only during holidays would vacationers use it more.

However, hiding things temporarily in such a place was not difficult, and it was also very hard for the police to find.

For criminal suspects to eliminate criminal traces, the truly difficult part is the pursuit of permanence and perfection.

Wanting anything to be permanently and perfectly eliminated is very difficult. The corpse is like this, the murder weapon is like this, and the blood-stained clothes are like this.

According to the theory of material exchange, if your requirements are so high, the material exchange will naturally be greater, and the flaws will naturally be larger, which is actually more unfavorable for concealment.

If you switch to temporary concealment or imperfect elimination, the problem becomes much simpler.

Therefore, cases committed on the spur of the moment and by whim are actually harder to solve; that is the logic.

Of course, the difficulty in solving cases here is probabilistic, and in the face of the threat of the death penalty, very few people are actually willing to gamble on a 5% or 10% probability.

Bai Bai Yuequn also wanted to come back later to deal with the blood-stained clothes and the murder weapon. So he just hid them casually in the hotel, saving a lot of criminal costs.

If the police want to find these things, they have to spend a lot of manpower and resources.

Bai Bai Yuequn only spent about 20 minutes.

He also took the opportunity to soak the clothes and the murder weapon in the laundry room's cleaning agent, attempting to destroy the biological evidence inside. It was useful, and had some effect, but not much.

Lei Xin asked about several key points clearly and basically locked Bai Bai Yuequn in.

The so-called alibi, or the "cleverness" of wearing big shoes with small feet, all became insignificant at this moment.

Bai Bai Yuequn was gradually full of tears, telling the story of himself and Yuan Yuan Yutang.

The story of a rich young master and a middle-class kid is nothing more than this; it has always been like this, and if you change it to a male-male version, it is still the same.

After asking about several main criminal facts clearly and signing, Lei Xin remembered what Jiang Yuan asked him to ask before coming in, so he took out his notebook, looked at it, and asked:

"Why did you choose this time to commit murder?"

This is a question attached to the criminal motive; according to Lei Xin's thinking, there was likely some opportunity that pulled the trigger.

Unexpectedly, Bai Bai Yuequn gave a miserable smile and said, "Someone sent me photos. After I saw them, I couldn't take it anymore."

The trigger was indeed pulled, and the reason surprised Lei Xin quite a bit.

Lei Xin immediately asked, "What photos?"

"Photos of Yuan Yuan Yutang celebrating someone's birthday, and photos of them doing bondage at night." Bai Bai Yuequn said with a tired heart, "I once wanted him to celebrate my birthday, and he told me that these were all Western dross, not worth promoting, and were an IQ tax, blah blah blah..."

Lei Xin felt his scalp tingle: "Just for this?"

"Pretty much."

"What about the photos?"

"Burned them."

"Burned them? Why burn them?"

"The other party requested it." Bai Bai Yuequn said indifferently, "Along with the letter, there was a WeChat ID written, asking me to add him. After adding him, the other party asked me how I felt, and I said it, and the other party said they could provide me with the latest news about Yuan Yuan Yutang, but I had to start a video chat on the spot and burn the photos and the note. So I burned them."

Lei Xin looked at Bai Bai Yuequn's expression, his heart moved, and he acted regretful, saying, "That's a pity for you; otherwise, it could count as a meritorious service. Or, if you can identify that there is someone behind the scenes and that you were instigated by others to commit murder, all of that can lead to a sentence reduction."

Bai Bai Yuequn's expression changed immediately; he had done so many things, was angry and furious, and even felt that he was not wrong and should not be punished.

After Bai Bai Yuequn blew his nose hard, he opened his eyes and asked, "What about now? Can I still get a sentence reduction?"

"You have to have evidence."

"I have WeChat evidence; I added him."

"If you don't know who is on the other side of the conversation in WeChat, that's useless."

"I took photos. Photos of the photos." Bai Bai Yuequn sat up straight and said, "Before I contacted him, I took photos with a camera; the camera is the kind that can't go online, and the photos inside, even a hacker can't see them. Only I can see them after entering the password."

Lei Xin:...

He decisively asked where the camera was placed and sent someone to retrieve it.

Then, Lei Xin became a bit more amiable and said, "You too, someone told you to kill, so you killed. Told you to burn evidence, so you burned evidence, without thinking about the other party's purpose and background. Aren't you afraid of being sold out by the other party? And being threatened by them in the future?"

"Not afraid, because they are even more afraid." Bai Bai Yuequn sat steadily.

Lei Xin was stunned and asked, "Do you know who it is?"

"It's nothing more than the eldest son of the Yuan family, or the second son of the Yuan family. Who else could it be?" Bai Bai Yuequn's eyes were red, but at this moment he was playing with his fingernails with peace of mind, looking as if he had seen through everything.