Free Web NovelChapter 1056: Chapter 522: Coercion and Enticement? Biting Back
At this moment.
Zhong Yueling was genuinely a bit depressed.
Deep down, she also really wanted to protect her daughter all the way. Best if she didn’t get dragged into any trouble.
But looking at her face, it was filled with sincerity and seriousness.
And also a bit of nervous unease.
Yet Luo Fei said,
"Miss Zhong, if you’re not willing to agree to my request, then I can’t tell you whether Boss Huang is actually the mastermind behind this case."
"Including those other girls who were hurt by him—if they find out you knew but kept quiet, even refused to cooperate with the police investigation, you can imagine what the consequences would be."
Hearing the threat that was all over Luo Fei’s tone,
Zhong Yuelin had no choice but to grit her teeth and agree.
"I understand. I’ll agree, officer, I’ll agree, all right?"
It was obvious that for her,
this decision was exceptionally difficult.
But in Luo Fei’s view, this was precisely the best course of action.
And sure enough, before long,
Zhong Yuelin went back into the villa.
And handed a handbag to Luo Fei.
"Mr. Luo, there’s a USB drive in here, and old photos of me and Mr. Huang. The rest of the evidence is all on the memory card."
"As for my daughter, I’ll tell her later about the ins and outs of this whole thing, then send you the recording. Now at least, officer, you can be at ease, right?"
"I want video."
Luo Fei knew this woman was eighty percent likely to try some trick.
Only video could let him be sure she had fulfilled her promise.
And sure enough.
Those words from Luo Fei
made Zhong Yuelin’s whole body jolt.
But in the end, she still agreed to Luo Fei’s request.
"Fine. I’ll do as you say."
Seeing her agree,
Luo Fei finally accepted with satisfaction.
"That’s more like it. Since Miss Zhong has agreed, we’ll be on our way."
Luo Fei said this
and got ready to leave together with Li Yu.
But just as the two were about to go,
Li Yu looked like he wanted to speak but held back.
This inevitably drew Luo Fei’s attention.
"What is it?"
After they got in the car, he didn’t say much, just asked those three words.
Li Yu explained somewhat awkwardly,
"It’s nothing, Mr. Luo. I just feel like there’s no way this woman will be that obedient. There’s a good chance she’ll break her promise."
"She won’t."
But Luo Fei only replied in an incredibly offhand way.
This instantly piqued Li Yu’s curiosity.
"Mr. Luo, why are you so sure she won’t? What are you basing that on?"
He could see Li Yu was doubtful,
apparently not understanding why he was so certain.
Luo Fei just smiled it off.
"For the child’s sake alone, she won’t. You can relax about that."
At this moment,
as Luo Fei spoke,
Li Yu half understood, half didn’t.
But on the surface she kept her expression steady.
...
"Mr. Luo, you’re finally here, sob..."
After a while,
just as Luo Fei and Li Yu returned to the major crimes unit,
they saw Zhao Mengyao crying miserably, her face full of grief.
This immediately aroused Luo Fei’s curiosity.
"Miss Zhao, what’s wrong with you?"
As they walked closer,
Li Yu also saw
that Zhao Mengyao’s arm was injured,
and her face was full of panic and unease,
as if she’d been badly frightened.
"Mr. Luo, you probably don’t know. Just now I asked my fiancé if he’d help me arrange my dad’s funeral."
"I even specifically told him that if he didn’t want to attend in person, he just had to put up the money. But he suddenly lost it and lunged straight at me."
"In that moment I was scared half to death."
Seeing Zhao Mengyao so completely at a loss,
Luo Fei couldn’t help but shake his head.
"How could that happen?"
"I don’t know either. Maybe he thought I was going too far, that I didn’t understand him at all. But I never meant it that way. I really do care about him."
As Zhao Mengyao spoke, her dark eyes dimmed.
But Li Yu at the side exchanged a glance with Luo Fei,
then cleared her throat.
"Miss Zhao, we’re very sorry about what you’ve gone through."
"But I still hope you can calm down first, then tell us exactly what your fiancé did, and where he is right now."
At almost the same time,
a subordinate hurried over
and reported to Luo Fei,
"Mr. Luo, we’ve already got that man under control."
"He’s injured too and still extremely agitated, so we’ve already taken him to the interrogation room."
Hearing this, Luo Fei’s curiosity was further stirred.
He genuinely wanted to know
why this man had looked so timid before,
even actively cooperating with the police investigation,
yet suddenly lost control of his emotions?
It was already after nine in the evening.
Luo Fei really couldn’t imagine
what this man had gone through.
"Talk. What exactly happened?"
Almost at the same time,
as Luo Fei sat down,
he looked at Liu Hanyuan sitting opposite him, chest heaving violently.
"Mr. Luo, if I say I’ve been framed, that I’m truly innocent, would you believe me?"
Right then, sweat was beading on Liu Hanyuan’s forehead,
and his face was full of anxious unease.
But Luo Fei lifted his eyes coldly and reminded him,
"Mr. Liu, even if I want to believe you, I still have to see evidence."
Luo Fei’s tone was stern,
and his expression extremely grave.
Hearing this, Liu Hanyuan immediately realized
that his earlier behavior had provoked Luo Fei’s displeasure.
That made him want to crawl into a hole from shame,
and he was utterly embarrassed.
"Officer, this whole thing is nothing like what you think."
