noffsinger Chapter 136 Aren't you the one who loves to guess?
Chapter 136 Aren't you the one who loves to guess?
"Did any of my actions cause you to misunderstand?"
Ji Xingyi glanced coldly at Chen Jiangqiao and turned to leave: "If you've forgotten, I can remind you again."
"I like Jiang Lin."
"I only like Jiang Lin."
As soon as Ji Xing stepped onto the stairs, Chen Jiangqiao blurted out, "I have evidence!"
Ji Xingyi stopped in her tracks.
Chen Jiangqiao took a deep drag of his cigarette, turning his head to avoid Ji Xingyi's gaze: "I've found a lead regarding Shen Wangshu's matter."
“I found out that he had been to a hotel before his suicide. Three years had passed, and the hotel’s video footage was no longer available. However, a couple was getting married at the hotel that day. I contacted the couple and obtained the original video footage of their wedding.”
Ji Xingyi's eyes flashed with danger: "What do you want to say!"
"That video shows Shen Wangshu taking a high school student to a hotel." Chen Jiangqiao flicked his cigarette butt, then looked at Ji Xingyi again, his expression serious.
"Although it was just a shot of his back, he was 1.8 meters tall and his build was similar to Jiang Lin's. I asked a waitress who still works at the hotel, and she said she remembered that a handsome young man came that day."
“Ji Xingyi, my previous assumption was wrong. Jiang Lin was willing; he was gay to begin with.”
Chen Jiangqiao showed a pitying expression: "People like Jiang Lin are best at manipulating people's hearts. I guess Shen Wangshu committed suicide because Jiang Lin played with her feelings."
Perhaps because it was late at night and the dew was heavy, the wind by the lake was rather biting.
Ji Xingyi gave Chen Jiangqiao a deep look, then also took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it. Compared to Chen Jiangqiao, his movements were incredibly elegant.
Seeing this, Chen Jiangqiao thought that his words had worked. Then, as he watched Ji Xingyi walk towards him against the wind, a hint of relief appeared in Chen Jiangqiao's eyes.
But with a loud "bang," a solid punch shattered Chen Jiangqiao's illusions.
Ji Xingyi showed no mercy in his punch, aiming straight for Chen Jiangqiao's face. The force was so great that it knocked the man to the ground.
Chen Jiangqiao's left ear went deaf instantly. The impact made his brain ring. The pain arrived a second later, and Chen Jiangqiao grimaced in pain as he stared in disbelief at the tall, backlit figure in front of him.
"Chen Jiangqiao, do you think I'm an idiot?" Ji Xingyi slowly exhaled a puff of smoke, the white smoke dissipating in the wind in the blink of an eye.
"First, since you didn't even get a picture of his face, how dare you slander him based solely on the claim that his body type is similar?"
"Secondly," Ji Xingyi said, barely able to contain her anger, almost spitting out the words through gritted teeth, "Even if it really is Jiang Lin, what makes you so sure he did it willingly! Don't project your filthy thoughts onto Jiang Lin!"
“I asked you to investigate the bombing, but I did not authorize you to use these vague facts to convict Jiang Lin!”
Ji Xingyi looked utterly disappointed: "I originally thought you were at least somewhat trustworthy."
"But you're using the hurt Jiang Lin suffered to slander him in front of me. Don't you think your behavior is just as dirty as Shen Wangshu's?"
Chen Jiangqiao's face gradually lost its color under each sharp remark: "I did not slander him!"
"Ha!" Ji Xingyi looked down on the young man at his feet even more and sneered, "If I didn't like Jiang Lin, would you use such flawed logic to deduce your so-called truth?"
Chen Jiangqiao's pupils widened, his face ashen. If the person being investigated wasn't Jiang Lin, judging solely based on physical similarity would indeed be somewhat arbitrary, according to normal logic.
“But…” Chen Jiangqiao argued anxiously, “Jiang Lin is definitely suspicious! Shen Wangshu’s death is absolutely related to him! He’s not that simple! And there’s New World! He’s definitely suspicious!”
"Our cooperation ended long ago! After this dungeon is cleared, don't let me see you again!" Ji Xingyi took one last drag of his cigarette, threw the butt at Chen Jiangqiao, and watched the sparks burn Chen Jiangqiao's clothes, coldly and ruthlessly shattering all of Chen Jiangqiao's expectations.
"Ji Xingyi!" Chen Jiangqiao called out unwillingly.
Ji Xingyi froze the moment he turned around. On the Three Lives Stone Bridge leading to the south bank, a cold and aloof figure had appeared.
Moonlight streamed down, and the white lanterns on the opposite bank swayed gently in the breeze. Jiang Lin stood amidst the interplay of light and shadow, quietly gazing at him.
Chen Jiangqiao: "Ji Xingyi!"
Ji Xingyi ignored him, stepped onto the stone steps, walked towards his lover on the bridge, took Jiang Lin's hand, and whispered, "It's windy here, let's go back."
However, he did not pull Jiang Lin away. Ji Xingyi continued to soften his voice: "Linlin, don't worry about him, he's not mentally sound."
Jiang Lin gently pulled away from Ji Xingyi's hand, walked down the stone steps expressionlessly, stopped in front of Chen Jiangqiao, and a mocking smile appeared on his face with his back to Ji Xingyi: "I killed him."
Chen Jiangqiao staggered to his feet, glanced at Ji Xingyi who was still standing on the bridge, then turned his gaze back to Jiang Lin, and asked in surprise, "You admit it?"
“Yes, I admit it!” Jiang Lin smiled knowingly. “Shen Wangshu didn’t commit suicide; I killed her.”
Ji Xingyi's heart tightened. He wanted to take Jiang Lin away, but Jiang Lin's warning gaze froze him in place.
Chen Jiangqiao's expression was complicated. On the one hand, he was pleasantly surprised that Jiang Lin took the initiative to admit it. On the other hand, he couldn't understand why Jiang Lin dared to admit this in front of Ji Xingyi. He sensed a trap.
"You're really stupid and arrogant." Jiang Lin made no attempt to hide the sarcasm in his eyes.
Chen Jiangqiao was genuinely embarrassed when Jiang Lin pressed his face against him in front of Ji Xingyi: "What did you say!"
Jiang Lin slightly raised his chin: "You have a natural hostility towards me, so you subjectively conclude that the person in the videotape is me."
"Isn't it you?" Chen Jiangqiao understood Jiang Lin's implied meaning and looked shocked. Jiang Lin's words were equivalent to directly overturning his logical foundation.
Jiang Lin scoffed: "If you had any brains at all, you should be able to guess what it would look like for someone to remember for three years?"
Chen Jiangqiao's expression changed drastically. His gaze passed through Jiang Lin in front of him and landed on Ji Xingyi on the Three Lives Stone Bridge. His throat was dry as he said, "This is impossible!"
Jiang Lin knew what Chen Jiangqiao was thinking and directly broke down Chen Jiangqiao's psychological defenses: "Three years ago, he was only 18."
"That's not how it works!" Chen Jiangqiao opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but Jiang Lin was right; human males typically stop developing around 20-24 years old. Ji Xingyi's current height is 1.9 meters, while 1.8 meters three years ago was within the normal range of growth.
This answer shocked even Ji Xingyi himself. Because he had absolutely no memory of that moment!
"Isn't this what you wanted to know? Now that I'm telling you the truth, you don't believe me anymore?" Jiang Lin found Chen Jiangqiao's reaction increasingly ridiculous.
“You haven’t seen Ji Xingyi three years ago. He was very thin then, and his hair was a bit longer.”
Back then, Ji Xingyi suffered from depression, which led to a loss of appetite, and she was much thinner than she is now. She was too lazy to groom herself, so her hair grew a bit longer, and from behind, she resembled Jiang Lin now.
Later, thanks to Jiang Lin's careful feeding, her condition improved, and she also learned martial arts from Zhang Hui, which gradually helped her become healthy again.
Judging from her appearance alone, Jiang Lin felt that Ji Xingyi at that time possessed an incredibly alluring, morbid beauty.
"Guess why I killed Shen Wangshu?" Jiang Lin's eyes were slightly red. He was joking with a smile, but there was no hint of laughter in his words.
"Don't you love guessing? Why don't you guess?"