After Xu Lang returned to CSY, he told everyone what he had learned from Tan Yanxue, and then asked them to immediately investigate Li Zhaojing.
At the temporary meeting, Xu Lang finally said: "I want to know everything about Li Zhaojing in the shortest possible time."
Xu Lang's tone sounded calm, but everyone present knew that Xu Lang was suppressing his inner anger.
Depression, anger, doubt and various negative emotions filled Xu Lang's chest. Tan Yanxue's awakening and the information she told Xu Lang after waking up did not make Xu Lang feel excited, but he became increasingly uneasy.
Especially the last words Tan Yanxue said to herself, or the question Li Zhaojing asked herself through Tan Yanxue's mouth, guess what I will do next?
This is not so much a question as a naked provocation.
When Xu Lang heard this question, he could imagine the mocking smile on Li Zhaojing's face when she said this. If she mocked Tan Yanxue, she was mocking the police and Xu Lang. Maybe
, when Xu Lang received the hand express from Wang Wenruo and led CSY to search for the owner of the hand, Li Zhaojing was in a corner, quietly watching all this, and then she was secretly happy.
Xu Lang has been working since the police academy. He has cracked countless cases and received many threats in various ways, including making abusive phone calls, sending threatening letters, and even provoking people in person.
Xu Lang has experienced everything and is used to it. However, in this case, Xu Lang was led by a criminal suspect for the first time. It seemed that every move and deployment he made was influenced by the other party.
Clear and clear.
Li Zhaojing's appearance and exposure was not because of what Xu Lang and the others discovered, but because the other party himself exposed it. Through Tan Yanxue, who survived, she told Xu Lang a fact, don't you want to know who I am, since you don't know
, then let me tell you, if you have the ability, you can catch me. Guess what I will do next?
This is not only a provocation, but also a strong self-confidence. She is confident that she is smarter than Xu Lang and smarter than the public security agency in S City. This can no longer be called self-confidence, but a kind of conceit, a kind of confidence in her own IQ.
conceited.
Xu Lang, who was sitting on the chair in the office, thought of Li Zhaojing and couldn't help but think of Lu Jianwei again, the man he was very optimistic about eight years ago.
When Lu Jianwei did not embark on a criminal path, he was a guardian and defender of the law. No one would have thought that eight years ago, the punisher who committed seven consecutive murders in S City was the one who trampled and destroyed the law.
The person who knew Lu Jianwei was Lu Jianwei. People who knew Lu Jianwei didn't believe it. Xu Lang also didn't believe it for a while. However, that was the fact.
Eight years ago, the appearance of Lu Jianwei, the Punisher, triggered many copycat crimes, which had a very bad impact on the stability of S City at that time. However, this impact slowly faded away after a few months.
It has faded away and been completely forgotten. Most people living in this city have forgotten the existence of the Punisher. They should work, go to school, and still do what they should do. It seems
, everyone chose to forget. However, eight years later, when Xu Lang came back again, a new punisher appeared.
What appears this time is not one punisher, but a group of punishers. They all have their own purposes, and their killings seem to have sufficient reasons and motives.
Wang Wenruo killed Zhang Jinzhong and Sun Qihang in order to avenge his fiancée Li Jingqi who was killed ten years ago, and also to vent his inner dissatisfaction to the society and the law.
Shen Kaiwen chose to become a punisher not only to help Wang Wenruo, the person he thought should be helped the most, but also to give an explanation to his wife and dead father-in-law, and to realize the ideals of his good friend Lu Jianwei, including his final appearance in the court. He set himself on fire at the doorstep in order to catch up or even surpass Lu Jianwei's pace, venting his inner dissatisfaction and despair to the law.
Zhang Haizhou chose to kill in public, just for revenge. Wasn't he using his actions to tell everyone and the police his disappointment and dissatisfaction with the law?
It seems that each of them has their own reasons for killing and committing crimes, all to vent their dissatisfaction. In order to achieve this purpose, they can hurt and kill others, and they are willing to pay their own lives for it. Shen Kaiwen They chose to punish themselves and committed suicide. Zhang Haizhou chose to wait for death. Wang Wenruo chose to struggle and was finally arrested. They all paid a heavy price. However, in their eyes, their efforts were worth it. However, what they did Is it really worth it?
Xu Lang felt that he didn't know that whether it was Wang Wenruo, Zhang Haizhou, or Shen Kaiwen, they thought they had really punished those people who could not be punished by the law. In fact, they were just tools in Li Zhaojing's hands. It's just an object being exploited. This is a very ironic fact.
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Li Zhaojing's data investigation still needed time. Xu Lang felt that he could not just sit and wait for the investigation results. He felt like sitting on pins and needles in his chair, feeling uncomfortable all over. He felt that he should do something.
What should be done?
Xu Lang thought for a while and decided to talk to Ji Xueling's parents.
If what Tan Yanxue said is true and Ji Xueling is Li Zhaojing, then as Ji Xueling's parents, they should know something. They should be aware that their daughter has been replaced.
So, in the afternoon of this day, Xu Lang met Ji Xueling's parents in the CSY inquiry room.
Ji Xueling's parents are about the same age as Tan Yanxue's parents. Compared with the grief and despair of Tan Yanxue's parents, Ji Xueling's parents are more confused.
They never believed that their daughter would be a murderous demon. In their impression, Ji Xueling was a sensible and smart child. In addition to her refusal to talk about boyfriends and get married, Ji Xueling had never graduated from college. Now, they don't have to worry about anything.
In the same place, the same room, the same furnishings, Ji Xueling's parents sat across the table, looking at Xu Lang with doubtful expressions, while Xu Lang looked at them expressionlessly. Both parties stayed in this room for a long time. For five minutes, Xu Lang didn't ask any questions, which made them feel uncomfortable and increasingly confused.
"Do you know anything about Ji Xueling?"
After a long time, Xu Lang finally asked.
Hearing Xu Lang's question, Ji Xueling's parents looked at each other and saw the doubts in each other's hearts, and then looked at Xu Lang.
"How could we not know our own daughter?"
Ji Xueling's mother said, while Ji Xueling's father frowned and looked at Xu Lang with a puzzled expression, as if he wanted to see from Xu Lang's face why Xu Lang asked this, but he didn't look at anything.
come out.
"Then tell me what you know about Ji Xueling, for example, what she likes, what she doesn't like, who are her friends, and what has she done in these years?" Xu Lang continued to ask.
"Xiaoxue likes to eat fish, especially fish cooked by me. Moreover, she has a habit of eating fish without bones."
"anything else?"
Ji Xueling's mother also talked about some of Ji Xueling's living habits. However, after listening to it, Xu Lang found that most of the habits Ji Xueling's mother mentioned were Ji Xueling's living habits when she was a child. She did not know her living habits after graduation.
Know.
"Who are Ji Xueling's friends? Do you know them? Do you know them?" Xu Lang asked.
Hearing this, Ji Xueling's mother fell silent. She turned to look at her husband. After the two looked at each other, Ji's mother said: "Xiaoxue is a very smart and sensible child. She doesn't have any close friends except her."
Apart from those classmates in school, I probably don’t have any close friends. The others are just business friends. For these friends..."
Speaking of this, Ji's mother paused and continued: "We are in business, and the business world is basically full of intrigues. If we have common interests, we are good friends. Without interests, no one knows each other, so...
....”
Ji's mother did not continue speaking, but Xu Lang understood what she wanted to express.
Xu Lang thought for a while and asked in a different way: "I heard that Ji Xueling had a serious car accident abroad a few years ago, right?"
Ji's mother nodded, her face was gloomy, and she said with lingering fear: "Yes, fortunately my Xiaoxue is lucky enough to survive. Oh, God has blessed me."
"Can you tell me about the car accident?" Xu Lang asked.
Ji's mother looked at Xu Lang, frowned, then looked at her husband, and finally nodded.
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Ji Xueling's parents' company is a multinational company, and its main business is abroad. After Ji Xueling graduated from university, not long after Tan Yanxue's accident, they moved abroad, and the domestic business was handed over to Ji Xueling, who said she was responsible for management.
, in fact, it is to train Ji Xueling and prepare her to take over the company in the future.
Seven years ago, Ji Xueling went abroad to visit her parents. While driving on the highway, she collided with another private car, causing a car accident. In that car accident, the responsibility mainly fell on the other party, because the other party not only drove drunk, but also
The perpetrator of drug driving was a drug addict. When he was on the highway, he not only drank a lot of alcohol, but also took drugs. When passing the car driven by Ji Xueling, he happened to be in a trance and bumped into Ji Xueling's car.
A tragedy.
Ji Xueling's car was hit by the guardrail of the highway. The vehicle was severely deformed. Ji Xueling was unconscious on the spot. The perpetrator's vehicle was also severely deformed. As for the perpetrator, he died on the spot. Ji Xueling survived mainly because the car she was driving was
The newly purchased high-end car escaped disaster.
Although Ji Xueling survived the accident, her left eye was blinded by the broken windshield fragments. After emergency surgery, her eyeball could only be removed, and the right side of her face was damaged by the car accident.
, and was disfigured.
For more than half a year, Ji Xueling's parents stayed with her, spending a lot of money on her treatment, and even performed an eyeball transplant on Ji Xueling. However, although the operation was successful, there were still many problems after the operation.
Complications arose, including severe rejection, which resulted in Ji Xueling being rescued several times. In the end, she had no choice but to remove the transplanted eyeball again and install a machine eye, leaving her disfigured face.
During the recovery period, she went for plastic surgery and spent millions to make her look like
There is no difference from normal people.
After Ji Xueling lived abroad for nearly a year, she left the country and returned to China again to continue working.
After listening to Ji's mother's story, Xu Lang frowned and asked, "Were you present when Ji Xueling had the surgery after her car accident?"
Ji's mother shook her head and said, "No, we were in another city at that time. When we got the news, Xiaoxue had already completed the operation."
After hearing this, Xu Lang pondered for a moment and continued to ask: "Has Ji Xueling changed anything after her car accident?"
Ji's mother thought for a while, nodded, and said: "Yes, it may be because of the car accident. She can't remember many things. Moreover, her living habits have also changed. She has become silent and unwilling to talk much.
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Hearing this, Xu Lang raised his eyebrows and suddenly had a guess in his mind.
If the current Ji Xueling is Li Zhaojing, then if she wants to switch to Ji Xueling and use Ji Xueling's identity to live and get close to Tan Yanxue, this car accident is the best opportunity.
Thinking of this, Xu Lang had a bolder guess. Maybe the car accident Ji Xueling suffered seven years ago was not an accident at all, but a drama directed by Li Zhaojing to replace Ji Xueling. As for Li Zhaojing's car accident,
Ji Xueling, who was replaced on the spot, was replaced after she was injured and hospitalized. We don’t know yet.
As for Ji's mother, Ji Xueling couldn't remember many things after the car accident, and her entire living habits had changed. Changes between relatives were the hardest to detect. After all, they were living together day and night, so it was easy to ignore them.
, and Ji’s mother can remember it so clearly, then Ji Xueling must have changed a lot. Ji Xueling became taciturn. It may not be caused by the car accident, but because too much words lead to mistakes. Talking too much can easily expose flaws and let Ji Xueling’s parents see it.
.
For Ji Xueling's change, the car accident is the perfect excuse. When she doesn't know something, she will use the excuse that she has lost her memory and can't remember. People who know Ji Xueling will think of that car accident.
, without doubting anything. In addition, Ji Xueling only rested for more than half a year abroad, and then she took the initiative to return to China and continue to manage domestic companies. Logically speaking, Ji Xueling could feel at ease abroad after such a big change.
Recuperation is the best choice. The medical level abroad is better than that in China. However, she did not choose to live abroad. On the surface, she is a strong woman full of career and ambition. In fact, she does this.
This is to avoid arousing the suspicion of Ji Xueling's parents. After all, what is fake is fake. If you stay with familiar people for a long time, your flaws will inevitably be exposed. Leaving them and hiding far away is the best choice.
Thinking of this, Xu Lang asked Ji Xueling many details after the car accident and before returning to China, and Ji's mother also answered all questions. Through Ji's mother's memories, Xu Lang was basically sure that Ji Xueling was replaced by Li Zhaojing at that time.
, the Ji Xueling that Xu Lang and the others saw now was a fake.
Next, Xu Lang asked some things about Ji Xueling after returning to China, but Ji's mother didn't say much. According to her, Ji Xueling's whole person changed a lot after the car accident. After returning to China, her contact with them also changed.
It is gradually decreasing. In the past six years, she has not been abroad. Therefore, they do not know much about Ji Xueling's specific situation in the past few years.
Through these questions, Xu Lang became more and more certain that the current Ji Xueling was definitely not the previous Ji Xueling, but Li Zhaojing.
Thinking of this result, Xu Lang's face became solemn and he fell into silence.
After Ji Xueling's parents saw Xu Lang's serious face and silence, Ji's mother asked curiously: "Officer Xu, why are you asking these things? Could it be that something really happened to Xiaoxue?"
Xu Lang raised his head and looked at Ji Xueling's parents with complicated eyes, hesitating whether to tell them the truth. However, Xu Lang thought about it and decided not to tell them for the time being. After all, there is no direct evidence to prove the current situation.
Is Ji Xueling Li Zhaojing? It is better to wait until everything is clearly investigated. Thinking of this, Xu Lang thought of Luo Quan again.
"Who is Luo Quan from Ji Xueling?" Xu Lang asked.
Ji's mother also looked confused. They thought about it and said after careful consideration: "I don't know what their specific relationship is. The young man has been with Xiaoxue since his accident. According to Luo Quan himself,
He is Xiaoxue's personal bodyguard. I also asked Xiaoxue and she admitted it."
"Is it just an employment relationship? Is it a relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend?" Xu Lang asked.
Ji's mother thought for a while, shook her head and said, "Probably not."
"Oh why?"
"We are all people who have been there. If there is any kind of relationship between him and Xiaoxue, we can tell it, but..."
Speaking of this, Ji's mother shook her head and said: "However, based on my observation and interaction with them, they are not a romantic relationship, but a simple employment relationship."
"Then do you know anything about this Luo Quan?" Xu Lang asked.
Ji's mother shook her head again and said, "I don't know. After all, it's a matter for their young people, and we can't ask too much about it."
Hearing what Ji's mother said, Xu Lang frowned and fell into deep thought.