False evidence

Chapter 306 Out of Control (1)

"Damn! The busier I get, the more chaotic things become!"

Liang Kaiyuan grunted, "There's no limit to how chaotic things can get."

Before I could even speak, I already understood what he meant by 'more chaos'.

I have already seen Li Meizhi.

"Does she live in this building too?"

"Yes."

My head is as big as a bucket.

I was originally thinking of avoiding meeting Li Meizhi, but now I can't avoid it even if I want to.

Li Meizhi was clearly waiting for me, and when she saw the car I was driving, her eyes turned quite strange.

As soon as I got out of the car, she came up to me and said, "This is Kaiyuan's first car."

I mumbled, "I'll borrow it to open it."

Li Meizhi grabbed my arm: "Why is his phone in your hands? Did Kaiyuan not leave? Is he back?"

I could only say, "I have something very important to do right now. I'll explain later, okay?"

Li Meizhi stared at me for a while, then let go of my hand, but followed me closely as if I were a thief, unmoved by any attempts to persuade her.

The elevator stopped on the sixteenth floor, and I said to Li Meizhi again:

"What I'm about to do is dangerous. You should go home first and wait for me..."

Before she could finish speaking, she had already walked out.

The residential complex is indeed upscale; not only is there a dedicated security guard post on the first floor, but it also has one apartment per floor.

"Why did you come here? Who lives here? Is it Kaiyuan?"

Li Meizhi suddenly turned around and asked.

Before I could react, she was already like a man possessed, rushing over and opening the security door.

I was suddenly stunned.

Even with tight security, you can't leave the main gate unlocked, can you?
While she was still in a daze, Li Meizhi had already gone inside.

Suddenly, Lü Xin exclaimed in his mind, "Damn it! I've been tricked again!"

Before she could finish speaking, Li Meizhi's scream suddenly echoed from inside the room.

I rushed inside, and as soon as I stepped through the entrance hall, I saw Li Meizhi sitting on the ground, her hands covered in blood, with a bloodstained fruit knife lying in front of her.

Not far from her, next to the sofa, lay a man lying in a pool of blood!
The man was shirtless with a towel wrapped around his waist. Although he wasn't wearing glasses, I recognized him at a glance as the "Gold-rimmed Glasses" who had been swindling people at Dongtaimen that day!
Just by looking at the blood on the ground, you could tell the person couldn't be saved.

In a flash, I quickly walked to the door of a room and used an iron fan to pry open the slightly ajar door. I glanced inside, then walked to the door of another room and opened it to peek inside.

Li Meizhi finally got up, and as she backed away, she said in a trembling voice, "Someone's dead..."

I looked at the knife on the ground. "You just picked up this knife?"

Li Meizhi nodded in a panic: "I slipped and fell as soon as I entered the living room. When I managed to get up, I touched this knife..."

"Then you see a dead body, and while 'singing a soprano,' you throw away the knife."

Li Meizhi nodded.

I nodded. "Don't just stand there, let's go."

Once inside the elevator, I glanced at the security camera above and couldn't help but smile wryly.

Li Meizhi said, "Let's call the police!"

"Call the police after I leave. Also, it's best not to tell anyone... Hah."

I initially wanted to tell her to pretend she had never seen me, but I quickly realized that was unnecessary.

From the moment I entered the community until now, I don't know how many security cameras have captured my "underwear face".

Li Meizhi seemed to suddenly remember something and tried to pull my arm.

I dodged aside and pointed to her blood-stained hand.

The high-speed elevator was fast; before Li Meizhi could say anything more, they had already reached the first floor.

Li Meizhi hurriedly put her hands in her pockets, lowered her head, and walked out.

"Mrs. Liang!"

The security guard in the lobby stood up and nodded slightly to her.

Once in the car, I met Zhai Yutian's gaze and said, "Jin Tong is dead."

Zhai Yutian's eyes darted around: "It's murder to silence them!"

I turned to Li Meizhi: "What are you doing following along?"

Li Meizhi said tremblingly, "I took that knife, and there were my fingerprints on it..."

“When the police come, just tell the truth. You didn’t really kill anyone, what are you afraid of?” Li Meizhi finally broke down in tears. “I live on the fifteenth floor. I’m not afraid of Kaiyuan dying, but I’m afraid of someone dying upstairs…”

"I……"

I want to curse, but the reality is that I need to leave as soon as possible.

As soon as the car left the residential area, it passed two intersections before a police car with its siren blaring sped past.

"Damn it!" Lu Xin cursed.

I grunted, "If swearing works, then let's do it together."

Lu Xin said angrily, "I've seen all kinds of storms, yet I was tricked by a bunch of young upstarts!"

I said, "Try to think positively. Times are changing, and every industry is striving for excellence."

"Ha, do you think I'm ridiculous? That the old man got fooled by the young one?"

In my mind's eye, Lü Xin suddenly smiled at me: "I'm going to tell you something, and you'll definitely curse me out."

"Then don't say it."

"Hehe, you'll definitely regret it if I don't tell you."

Do you think I'm still in the mood to joke around with you?

I appear calm on the surface, but I'm actually in a state of extreme confusion.

My idea is simple: Jin Tong killed Zhai Yujia. I don't care who the mastermind is. As long as Jin Tong is caught and sent to the police station, I can clear my name of the murder charge.

But Jin Tong also died.

This time I wasn't directly affected, because Li Meizhi, who missed her husband, took the blame for me.

To put it in a more 'abstract' way—there are two 'murderers' in this car, and a 'schizophrenic' person who is even more severely 'infected' than me.

Lu Xin smiled, a sinister smile: "Your first thought was correct. Jin Tong just died, and with such tight security in the neighborhood, the real killer couldn't have left so quickly. You thought the killer was likely still hiding in the rooms, which is why you checked each room, right?"

I said, "I was wrong."

"You're right!" Lu Xin exclaimed, clearly agitated. "The real culprit is in the room!"

I slammed on the brakes: "Screech!"

A string of profanities came out of my mouth, leaving Li Meizhi and Zhai Yutian stunned.

Zhai Yutian finally couldn't hold back any longer and said, "Enough! What's the point of cursing now?"

I slammed my fist on the steering wheel and said, "I'm cursing because the person who set this trap for me was right next to me when I fell for it! I was like a blind man, and I let the mastermind you're looking for get away!"

Lu Xin laughed heartily: "Your idea is correct, but you thought the real culprit would have closed the door if he hid in the room. You checked all the closed rooms, but there was one room you didn't check!"

"I'll do it again..."

Zhai Yutian naturally couldn't hear my conversation with Lü Xin.

She was still completely confused. After staring ahead for a while, she asked, "Where do you want to go now?"

"Find Captain Gao and hand over the evidence."

Zhai Yutian was taken aback: "What evidence?"

I picked up the phone on the dashboard, unlocked it, and tapped it twice. A conversation immediately came through the speaker—

"I did deliberately leave the bag in the car... I led you there, but I wasn't the one who set the trap..."

I put my phone away and said, "Ghosts' voices can't be recorded, but people's can. This recording might not completely clear me of suspicion, but at least it will prevent me from being detained during the police investigation."

Zhai Yutian asked with a complicated expression, "Then what about the cultural relics in your car?"

I said, "Yan Fengwei from Dongtaimen and my 'son' Shen San will both testify for me about the Dongtaimen incident. In return, they cheated a bunch of con artists, which doesn't seem to be illegal. The con artists are still not giving up and are framing me for revenge. This argument seems to hold water."

"Ha, you've been planning this all along."

As Zhai Yutian's expression changed, his tone also shifted slightly, "Maximize profits in the most direct way... I now believe you're in the same line of work as me!"

"Zhai Yujia?"

"Well, I admit defeat. You're a master."

Zhai Yujia suddenly kicked the dashboard, yelling, "But what the hell am I supposed to do?"

I said, "Two lives have been lost. You have to trust the police officers; their investigative abilities are beyond what a nobody like you can imagine."

"I don't believe him for a second!"

Zhai Yujia kicked him hard again.

"Snapped!"

A hand reached out from behind and slapped her hard across the face.

Li Meizhi's eyes were red, and she raised her hand, her body trembling, and said loudly:

"Stop kicking my husband's car!"

(End of this chapter)