"Did you invite Shen Wendong or did you take the initiative to come?”
At this point in the investigation, although many things were not clear, the real clues seemed to be starting to become clear.
Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, it was still only the investigation and deduction stage.
Most of the nine people in the villa had a grudge against Xu Hongwen.
However, that kind of hatred was not enough to escalate to the level of killing.
They were all highly educated and naturally knew the consequences of killing people. They would not be so impulsive.
Unless there was a reason to trigger the urge to kill and really put it into practice.
The necessity mentioned here was what the murderer personally thought was necessary.
In other words, there was sufficient motive to kill.
The trivial matter that he had investigated previously was too far-fetched. It was really difficult to be considered a motive for murder.
Shen Wendong and An Tong seemed to be the only ones without any motive.
However…
Li Ze found it strange that these two people would appear in the villa.
First was An Tong.
Since she was Shen Wendong's girlfriend, why did Xu Hongwen invite her and even agree?
Next was Shen Wendong.
Xu Hongwen invited his girlfriend. It was fine if he wasn't angry, but he actually came to the villa to attend the party.
It was very strange.
It didn't make sense.
That was why he had asked this question. He wanted to investigate further, hoping to find out where the problem was.
When investigating a case, one couldn't let go of any suspicion.
After all, every suspicion could lead to the final truth of the case.
Li Ze's question made Wu Kang and the others 'hearts skip a beat.
Captain, are you investigating Shen Wendong?
Faced with the sudden question, An Tong was stunned for a moment before she continued to think.
"I think…I invited him?" she asked hesitantly.”
"Why not?" Li Ze raised his eyebrows.”
"We were chatting at that time and mentioned Xu Hongwen sending me a message," explained An Tong.”
"I remember that I should have mentioned something. It had been a long time since she had a gathering with her friends. She wanted to go.”
"In the end, Shen Wendong came with me.”
Li Ze's expression remained unchanged.
There was nothing wrong with this explanation.
Between friends, especially couples, the topic of conversation would be very complicated.
Many things were just casually said.
Just now, in the villa, when he asked who invited him, Shen Wendong's original words were like this:
"An Tong said that there was a gathering. We discussed it for a while and came over.”
The word 'discuss' was rather vague.
It was hard to say whether there was anyone on both sides who deliberately led the discussion.
Most importantly…
An Tong might have pretended to forget and avoided the main point.
However, it was just a casual chat, so it was normal for her memory to be blurry. It did not mean anything.
After pondering for a while, Li Ze did not give up and asked,""You mentioned what Shen Wendong said after Xu Hongwen sent you a message.”
"Ah?"
Seeing Li Ze's questions getting more and more detailed, An Tong seemed to have guessed something.
"Captain Li, you…you don't suspect Shen Wendong, do you?!”
She was stunned.
"Answer the question," Li Ze said calmly.”
"Shen Wendong and Xu Hongwen are not close at all. How could he be the murderer?" An Tong frowned and continued to question him.”
Li Ze stared at her for a while and repeated,""This is a police matter. Each of you is a suspect. Please answer the question.”
An Tong lowered her head in silence.
After a while, she shook her head." Nothing. We're just chatting."”
After saying that, she subconsciously looked up at Li Ze.
She noticed the faint smile on Li Ze's face.
It was as if he had discovered something.
This made An Tong's heart skip a beat. She could not help but ask,"Captain Li, Shen Wendong really can't be the murderer.”
"I didn't say he was the murderer. You're overreacting."”
An Tong opened her mouth but did not say anything.
"Alright, I'm done asking."
Li Ze's words made An Tong heave a sigh of relief. She was about to turn around and leave.
"Wait a minute."
Li Ze stopped her.
"Is there anything else?" An Tong stopped in her tracks and asked curiously.”
"You don't have to go back to the villa." Li Ze smiled.”
An Tong was stunned.
"Take good care of Classmate An and stay away from the villa," Li Ze waved.”
With that, a police officer stepped forward and blocked An Tong's way.
An Tong, who was in a daze, had a strange look in her eyes.
She didn't refuse, nor could she refuse. She followed the police officer and walked away.
After An Tong left, Wu Kang walked to Li Ze's side in small steps. He looked at An Tong's back and asked,"Captain, did you find anything?"
Li Ze's eyes were deep as he said,""This girl is very smart."
"Captain, are you sending An Tong away to trick Shen Wendong?" Fu Xiaojun asked.”
She immediately guessed Li Ze's plan.
Li Ze nodded slightly." She immediately saw through it. Isn't she smart?"”
"Oh?" Wu Kang glanced at An Tong in the distance and said,"I really didn't see anything wrong with her expression.”
He had seen his captain's heaven-defying observation skills many times and was already used to it.
Therefore, he would not doubt it at all.
Since the captain said that An Tong had seen through this, then she must have seen through it.
It also indirectly showed that this girl was indeed very smart.
It was very difficult for an inexperienced university student, especially an honest girl like An Tong, to have such a quick reaction.
"Brother Li, are you suspecting Shen Wendong?"
The one who spoke was Lin Hao.
He understood Li Ze. From the conversation just now, it was not difficult to tell that he was suspicious of Shen Wendong.
Moreover, it was not an ordinary suspect investigation.
"Did you find anything wrong?" Fang Ze glanced at them.”
Wu Kang remained silent.
Fu Xiaojun shook her head.
Tong Xuan and the others were also deep in thought.
Lin Hao blurted out,"She lied."”
Everyone looked over.
Li Ze turned his head and chuckled.”
"Brother Li asked just now," Lin Hao quickly said,"What's wrong? You mentioned what Shen Wendong said after Xu Hongwen sent you a message.”
"An Tong probably lied about this.”
"Even if it was just a casual chat and my memory is blurry, it's impossible that I didn't remember anything in such a short period of time.”
"After Shen Wendong found out that Xu Hongwen sent a message to An Tong, he must have said something. At the very least, he must have been jealous, right?”
"Other guys invited their girlfriends to a party, and there's no reaction at all? That's impossible."
"But she hid it."
"Just as Brother Li said, An Tong is a smart girl. She noticed that you seemed to be starting to suspect Shen Wendong, so she avoided the main point of the question.”
"There's no way to verify the loss of memory.”
After hearing Lin Hao's words, Li Ze nodded approvingly.
As expected of the person he taught step by step.
"Liar…"
"Is it because you're too smart?"
"If she really lied, doesn't that mean that there's something wrong with Shen Wendong?" Wu Kang thought to himself.”
"It's too early to say that." Li Ze shook his finger.”
"Even if she lied, it doesn't mean anything.”
"Maybe it was just to get rid of my suspicion of Shen Wendong. It has nothing to do with the murderer.”
"Maybe she knew that Shen Wendong was the murderer.”
"Perhaps…"
At this point, Li Ze stopped.
The few of them waited for a while without saying anything. They stopped thinking and looked at Li Ze.
Fu Xiaojun's eyes narrowed as she continued,""Conspiracy?"
Li Ze looked at her.”
" Lin Hao's investigation shows that Xu Hongwen and An Tong are very close," Fu Xiaojun said." Although there's no clear evidence that they're related, Xu Hongwen actually invited An Tong to an ordinary gathering. It's very obvious."”
"If there's a deeper emotional entanglement, Shen Wendong, as An Tong's boyfriend, still has the motive to kill her.”
Li Ze did not express his opinion.
"Even if he's a love rival, he wouldn't kill to vent his anger, right?" Wu Kang said. In that case, Chen Hua also has a motive to kill someone of passion."
Fu Xiaojun thought about it and felt that it was a little far-fetched. She fell silent.
However, at this moment, Li Ze suddenly said,""Xiaojun is right. We have to investigate the matter of the three of them.”
"I keep feeling that something is wrong."
"There must be something that we don't know.”
Everyone was silent. They had no clue.
"Let's go and ask Shen Wendong."
"My intuition tells me that the main focus is on him.”
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