The Case of Love

Chapter 98 Recording
Su Xiaohan basically understood what happened that year and didn't ask him anything else, letting him have a good rest.

When she walked out of the ward, she saw Zhou Yifeng standing at the door, as if he had never left.

"Did he say that?" Zhou Yifeng asked.

"Yes, he said it all. He was instructed by Du Peng to destroy the circuit of the garment factory, which caused the fire in the factory. He said that there was a boss behind Du Peng, but he didn't know who the boss was." Su Xiaohan reported to Zhou Yifeng what Chen Hongjie had told him.

"Does he have any evidence?" Zhou Yifeng asked hurriedly.

Su Xiaohan nodded and said, "Yes, in his bedroom."

Seeing Su Xiaohan's red eyes, Zhou Yifeng felt distressed and sympathetic. He subconsciously raised his hand and patted her shoulder, consoling her: "Xiaohan, haven't you always wanted to find out the truth about the fire in the garment factory? Now we are getting closer and closer to the truth, you have to cheer up!"

Su Xiaohan gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and said seriously, "Don't worry, Captain Zhou, I'm fine. Let's go to Chen Hongjie's house to find evidence!"

After saying that, Su Xiaohan turned and walked towards the elevator, and Zhou Yifeng hurriedly followed.

Under the mattress in Chen Hongjie's bedroom, Su Xiaohan found a USB flash drive. It was very small, not even as long as a little finger.

Back at the bureau, they opened the USB drive and found two recordings in a folder that sounded like a conversation between Du Peng and Chen Hongjie. Li Zhisong took the recordings to the technical department for identification, and it was confirmed that the recordings had not been processed and the two people speaking in the recordings were Du Peng and Chen Hongjie.

As Chen Hongjie said, in one part of the conversation, Du Peng asked him to go to the garment factory to destroy the circuit, and in the other part, Du Peng instructed him to kill Zhang Tai.

With a notebook and a USB flash drive, Zhou Yifeng and Li Zhisong re-interrogated Du Peng. This time, he had no way to deny it and admitted that he had hired Chen Hongjie to destroy the circuit of the garment factory and instructed him to kill Zhang Tai. However, he said that he had asked Chen Hongjie to do all this and no one instructed him to do it.

Zhou Yifeng sneered, "Since this is all your idea, why don't you tell me why you want to destroy the circuit of the garment factory and why you want to kill Zhang Tai?"

"I asked Chen Hongjie to destroy the circuit of the garment factory because I had a grudge against Su Junan and I wanted to take revenge on him. I killed Zhang Tai because he was too greedy. I asked Chen Hongjie to give him money to buy the surveillance video, but I didn't expect him to keep a backup and use it to threaten me!" Du Peng said angrily.

"What's the grudge between you and Su Junan?" Zhou Yifeng asked.

"It was a business matter. I was too impulsive at the time and didn't expect the consequences to be so serious." Du Peng said with his head down.

"What's the business matter?" Zhou Yifeng asked again.

"Su Junan and I are both in the clothing business, so there is bound to be competition! If his clothing factory goes bankrupt, it will definitely be good for me!" Du Peng said seriously.

"Du Peng, do you really think we don't know about your past? You're talking nonsense and think we police officers are fools?" Zhou Yifeng was enraged.

"Comrade police, everything I said is true." Du Peng insisted, but his confidence was obviously lacking.

"According to our understanding, you founded Pengda Company three years ago. When the Jun'an Garment Factory caught fire more than four years ago, your previous company had just closed down. What grudge could there be between you and Su Jun'an?" Zhou Yifeng had someone check Du Peng's background a long time ago and knew his past very well.

"I..." Du Peng stammered, unable to speak.

"Tell me, who told you to do this?" Zhou Yifeng had lost his patience and asked sternly.

"No one asked me to do this, it was my own idea!" Du Peng seemed to muster up his courage, and no matter how Zhou Yifeng asked, he insisted on what he said before. "Du Peng, do you know what it means to bear all this for others? Just hiring a killer can sentence you to a heavy sentence! What benefit did he give you to make you work for him? Think about your parents and your family, is it worth it for you to do this?" Zhou Yifeng softened his tone and said earnestly.

"I have been alone since I was a child, without any family." Du Peng looked gloomy.

Zhou Yifeng was completely speechless. Since he couldn't pry open Du Peng's mouth, he could only look for clues.

Zhou Yifeng was still furious after coming out of the interrogation room. It was not the first time he encountered such a stubborn suspect, and he had never been so impulsive before. He thought that maybe this case was related to Su Xiaohan, and he wanted to find the truth as soon as possible and let her get over the painful experience in the past.

Zhou Yifeng and Li Zhisong returned to the office and found that only Zhu Xiaofeng and Xu Jungang were there. Li Zhisong asked, "Where are my junior sister and Ma Nan?"

"Xiao Han received a phone call and ran out in a hurry. We were worried that something happened to her, so Ma Nan followed her out." Zhu Xiaofeng said.

Before Zhu Xiaofeng finished speaking, Zhou Yifeng took out his cell phone and called Su Xiaohan, but no one answered after two calls. He called Ma Nan again, but Ma Nan didn't answer either. Zhou Yifeng got anxious and threw his cell phone on the table, then fell down on his office chair with a thump.

"Xiaofeng, did my junior sister say where she was going?" Seeing Zhou Yifeng anxious, Li Zhisong also became anxious.

"She walked out while on the phone. She didn't talk to us at all, but I heard her call us Uncle Xia."

"Xia Dongjun!" Zhou Yifeng jumped up from his chair, picked up his phone and ran out.

"Who is Xia Dongjun?" Zhu Xiaofeng and Xu Jungang looked at each other.

"Xia Dongjun is Xia Mo's father!" Li Zhisong suddenly remembered and hurriedly followed Zhou Yifeng out. He guessed that the reason why Su Xiaohan was in a hurry to go out without saying hello was probably because Xia Mo was in trouble.

Zhou Yifeng and Li Zhisong rushed to the sanatorium together. As Zhou Yifeng expected, Su Xiaohan and Ma Nan were both in Xia Mo's room. The room was in a mess, with quilts, pillows, cups and some sundries scattered on the floor. Xia Mo leaned against Su Xiaohan, while Ma Nan and Xia Dongjun stood by at a loss.

Seeing Zhou Yifeng and Li Zhisong standing outside the door, Ma Nan walked over quickly.

"What happened to Xia Mo?" Zhou Yifeng asked.

"When we first arrived, Xia Mo was throwing things around. Xiao Han went over and hugged her, and she calmed down. Xia Dongjun said that she remembered some things from the past, and maybe she couldn't stand the stimulation, so she died." Ma Nan said in a deep voice.

"What did she remember?" Li Zhisong asked.

"It's not a good thing. Besides Liu Shuangquan, there were other people who forced her to do that. Liu Shuangquan was not the first one. She remembered them all." Ma Nan sighed.

"Wait until she calms down, Xiaohan and I will ask her. We can't push her too hard. Maybe she can provide us with clues." Because Xia Mo was Su Xiaohan's friend, Zhou Yifeng felt more pity and sympathy for her.

"Boss, there's nothing to do here. You go back first. I'll stay here with Xiaohan." Ma Nan said.

"What can you do here? Let the boss stay here, and let's go back first!" Li Zhisong pulled Ma Nan out and looked at Zhou Yifeng with a smirk on his face. Ma Nan quickly understood what he meant and obediently went with him.

Zhou Yifeng didn't bother to pay attention to him and waved his hand to let them go quickly. After they walked away, he pushed the door and entered Xia Mo's room.

(End of this chapter)