Before using the truth serum, although Sun Ying seemed to care nothing for Sun Jian, she at least still called him 'brother' in front of Xu Mo.
Who would have thought that after taking the truth serum, she stopped pretending entirely.
She directly stated that Sun Jian had no blood relation to her.
She even said that Sun Jian, like Zhang Guodong, was no good.
"Your brother... no, Sun Jian isn't blood-related to you, so you're from a blended family?"
"Yes, when I was in middle school, my mom married Sun Jian's father. I was brought along and changed my surname."
In such families, it's normal for the children from both sides to dislike each other and have conflicts.
But no matter how big the conflict, it shouldn't have reached this point, right?
Directly saying Sun Jian is no good, really?
Unless something happened in between that made Sun Ying utterly resent Sun Jian.
That's why she induced him to kill, leading to his arrest.
"Did Sun Jian do something that made you particularly resent him? Just the conflicts of a blended family shouldn't make you hate him that much, right?" Xu Mo asked with confusion.
Xu Mo's question made Sun Ying recall the details of that time.
She began to speak with hatred in her eyes.
"Yeah, when I first came to his house with my mom, he started touching me inappropriately and even peeped at me while I was showering. I felt very uncomfortable, so I told my mom and his dad about it, but they not only didn't do anything about it, they said I was lying to them."
"After Sun Jian knew that both parents wouldn't intervene, he became even more unrestrained. He would come to my room in the middle of the night. I was very scared and called for my mom to save me, but as soon as I shouted, Sun Jian would run back to his room and pretend to be asleep. It was always like this."
"As time went on, my mom believed me even less. Later, no matter how I shouted at night, they would just sleep and not even bother to come out of their room. It was also because of this that my mom started to dislike me and began to favor Sun Jian more."
"I hated them, so I killed them all. Once, when they were taking an afternoon nap, I closed the windows tight, opened their bedroom door, turned on the gas, and poisoned them to death."
"It's just a pity that Sun Jian wasn't at home at the time, otherwise he would have died too! What's funny is that Sun Jian still doesn't know his father was poisoned by me. After his father's death, he voluntarily took on the responsibility of being the family's breadwinner, earning money to pay for my education."
"I kept enduring, thinking I could escape this demon once I graduated and found a job. Who knew I'd later encounter Zhang Guodong? I thought I'd finally met a good person, but he turned out to be no good either. I wanted to kill him too, but couldn't find the opportunity. As a weak woman, I didn't have the ability to forcibly kill a man."
"So I gradually induced Sun Jian, making him kill Zhang Guodong for me, letting him be the scapegoat, sending them both to hell!"
Xu Mo remained silent for a while after listening.
He felt some sympathy for Sun Ying's experience.
"Why didn't you report it to the police at that time? Even if your mom didn't believe you, the police could have helped, right?"
"They wouldn't let me call the police. After all, if I had reported it, their precious son would have been ruined," Sun Ying explained. "Once I secretly called the police, but when the police came to our house, my mom and they sent them away, saying I was lying, that I was just making up stories because I didn't like her remarrying."
Xu Mo just sighed, not saying much more.
Although he sympathized with Sun Ying, because after all, Sun Ying was also a victim.
But no matter what, Sun Ying had committed crimes.
She not only killed her birth mother and stepfather but also induced Sun Jian to kill.
This was an unchangeable fact.
No matter how much sympathy one had for Sun Ying, it was impossible to let her go.
...
At the police station.
The police officers were carrying out their final wrap-up work.
At this time, Xu Mo brought Sun Ying to the police station.
"You're back just in time. We're almost done processing things here. Why don't you take Sun Ying to see Sun Jian? After that, today's work will be considered finished. The subsequent handling of Sun Jian will no longer be our concern," Han Fei said with a smile as he walked towards Xu Mo.
Soon, Han Fei noticed that Xu Mo's expression seemed a bit off.
He quickly asked, "What's wrong with you? You were fine when you left, why do you look like this now? Did something happen?"
Xu Mo nodded with a bitter smile.
"Captain Han, you've guessed right. Something did happen, and it's not good news."
"Not good news? What do you mean?"
"This case isn't over yet. Would you call that good news?"
Hearing this, Han Fei's voice involuntarily rose a few octaves.
"The case isn't over yet? You mean... Sun Jian isn't the killer? Did we arrest the wrong person?"
Upon hearing this, all the police officers gathered around, looking at Xu Mo with puzzled faces.
"Yes and no," Xu Mo explained. "Let me cut to the chase. When we arrived downstairs at Sun Jian's house, we happened to run into Sun Ying..."
After briefly explaining the ins and outs of the situation in a few sentences,
Xu Mo then pointed to Sun Ying standing nearby.
"To sum it up, Sun Jian killed because he was induced by his stepsister, Sun Ying. Also, before this, Sun Ying had killed her birth mother and stepfather. You can ask her for the details. What I've said might not be comprehensive and can't be used as direct evidence."
Han Fei looked at Xu Mo, then at Sun Ying whom Xu Mo had brought in.
"Is this true?"
"Yes," Sun Ying nodded.
At this time, the effect of the truth serum hadn't worn off yet, with about ten minutes left. She wouldn't lie.
After hearing Sun Ying's words, Han Fei scratched his head, his face filled with bewilderment.
He had dealt with many murder cases before.
He had also arrested criminals who instigated others to kill.
But he had never encountered a situation like Sun Ying's before.
Using someone else as a murder weapon... and completing it without the 'weapon' even knowing!
In theory, this was already infinitely close to a perfect crime.
Currently, only Sun Ying herself knew about this, and she hadn't left any evidence.
As long as Sun Ying insisted that this had nothing to do with her,
The police would have no way to deal with her.
Firstly, there was no evidence to link it to her.
Secondly, the police wouldn't even think in this direction!
After all, in their understanding, the criminal had already been arrested, it was Sun Jian, who would continue to investigate a case that had already been closed?
Who could have imagined that Sun Jian was just a scapegoat, just playing the role of a 'weapon' in this murder-by-proxy?
At this moment, the expressions on everyone's faces were indescribably fascinating. They looked at Xu Mo as if they had seen a ghost!
What kind of person was this? How could he deduce such a method of crime from just a few clues?
The most crucial point was that Xu Mo had actually managed to get a confession!
It was unbelievable!
What they didn't know was that
Xu Mo's ability to think of this was inspired by a movie from a parallel world, and this movie had never appeared in the parallel world Xu Mo was currently in, so Han Fei and the others had never seen it.
As for how Xu Mo got Sun Ying to speak the truth and reveal all the facts of the crime, it was due to the truth serum.
It was precisely because they didn't know these things that
The police officers felt that
It was no longer appropriate to describe Xu Mo as merely skilled.
Was this just being skilled?
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ine. During your journey, you save an abandoned baby girl and become her elder brother】 【You rely on each other, becoming each other's support】 【At the end of the simulation, you shield the now-grown girl with your life, sacrificing yourself to block numerous demonic cultivators. You die, and the light in the girl's eyes fades】 …… 【Second Simulation: You are transported to a world where steam and magic coexist】 【You immerse yourself in the study of magic, obsessed with its research. One day, while out, you encounter a half-blooded demon girl wandering the streets. You take her in as your student】 【You teach the demoness what it means to be human, show her the beauty of the world, and nurture her into a miracle that surpasses even the gods】 【At the end of the simulation, you die of old age in front of the nearly immortal demoness due to your mortal lifespan】 …… One simulation after another, one encounter after another. Xu Xi suddenly felt something was off: "Wait, you said you're coming to the real world to find me?"
