Captain Lu was aloof again today.

Chapter 136 The Second Person
"When would you be so angry and sad that you want to kick the table?" Wei Qingsong glanced at him and asked instead of answering.

Chen Jin thought for a moment and replied, "Probably when I encounter setbacks."

“Yes.” Wei Qingsong nodded affirmatively. “So what the death instinct wants to fight against is the insurmountable setbacks. There are many sources of setbacks: family, school, workplace, personal desires. There are also many types, such as learning-related, interpersonal-related, self-esteem-related…”

"The emotional response to setbacks from different sources and of different types is also different; it may be tension, anxiety, irritability, or depression."

Wei Qingsong analyzed clearly, "We still have too few clues. We don't know where Li Linlu's setbacks come from. A college graduate who is still unemployed at home three months after graduation, her setbacks could very well be due to not being able to find a job, but that doesn't seem to make sense. She graduated from a prestigious university, how could she not find a job? Or has she experienced something that makes her unwilling to contact people?"

Chen Jin stroked his chin and sighed, "Yes, according to Li Lirong, Li Linlu should be a very outstanding child. Can outstanding people also experience setbacks?"

"Honor and glory can sometimes become a constraint. Moreover, outward appearances are not the same as inner world. We may have to wait until we have investigated her social relationships before we can draw a conclusion about Li Linlu's mental state."

Wei Qingsong paused, then sighed: "Moreover, this conclusion is only based on our deductions from the messages she left behind before her death. Only the deceased Li Linlu herself knew the truth. No one can truly know a person's inner thoughts."

If a person tries their best to hide their true inner world while they are alive, then after they leave this world, all the speculations of outsiders about them will be nothing but a mirage, ambiguous and difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Throughout a person's life, they strive to maintain both the life instinct and the death instinct. Most people would not choose such an extreme approach when faced with setbacks.

Li Linlu, a well-behaved and sensible daughter in her mother's eyes, and an outstanding university student in the eyes of her teachers, what is her true inner world like?

Wei Qingsong was very curious.

Perhaps because Lu Jingming had been too docile lately due to the influence of his relationship, Chen Jin recklessly said, "Sister Wei, there's something wrong with what you're saying. Isn't what you psychologists do to understand people's minds?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jingming turned his head slightly, his deep, dark eyes filled with warning.

Although he didn't say a word, Chen Jin understood the meaning in his eyes: if you can't speak, then shut up.

Chen Jin swallowed hard and gave a dry laugh: "I...I mean..."

Unfortunately, I'm culturally illiterate, and after stammering for a long time, I still don't know how to explain it to satisfy that Mr. Lu, a wife-protecting fanatic.

Wei Qingsong didn't seem to care much, and smiled, "I'm not trying to pry into people's hearts, I'm trying to understand them."

"Interpretation, on the other hand, is to make one's own interpretation and understanding based on the premise of following general laws. It is inevitable that there will be preconceived notions, so this cannot be considered spying."

Chen Jin listened with a vague understanding, finding it truly profound and difficult to comprehend.

Wei Qingsong didn't offer any further explanation; her eyes were slightly lowered, and her brows were gently furrowed.

Li Linlu's suicide made her easily associate it with Yin Hailan's death.

However, when she asked about Li Linlu's mental state, Li Lirong said that her daughter is usually optimistic and cheerful and does not have any mental problems.

Of course, it is also possible that Li Linlu was hiding something from Li Lirong.

Perhaps she was being a bit paranoid, because she subconsciously associated the Mu'an Psychological Counseling Center with it.

In fact, many people choose to end their lives in extreme ways every day; hopefully, she's overthinking it.

Lu Jingming turned his head to look at her, his eyes deep.

Wei Qingsong noticed his intense gaze, looked up, and met his eyes.

A faint smile played on his lips: "Don't worry, if Mu An really has a problem, we'll always find the evidence."

Wei Qingsong chuckled, his tone slightly teasing, "I haven't said anything yet, but I feel like you're more like a psychologist than I am now."

Lu Jingming gazed intently at her and said softly, "I just understand you, and I only want to understand you."

His eyes were dark and bright, unfathomable, like a vast and boundless universe, making her heart race.

Chen Jin, standing to the side, looked at the two riddle-solving men with utter bewilderment.

What Mu An? What evidence?
He could understand every single word they said, but when they were put together, he couldn't understand them.

Are these young lovers? They even have their own secret language, communicating encryptedly in broad daylight.

That's really going too far, okay?
He misses his wife!
As they spoke, the group arrived at the community's security room.

After explaining their purpose, the security captain retrieved the elevator surveillance footage of the building where Li Linlu lived during the afternoon.

There are no security cameras in the stairwell; we can only make a rough judgment based on the elevator surveillance footage to determine whether a second person entered or left Li Linlu's home during that time period.

The stairwell was very dusty, and no footprints were found. Moreover, Li Linlu lived on the 22nd floor, so even if someone had visited Li Linlu's home, it was highly unlikely that he had taken the stairs.

If there really was a murderer who climbed to the 22nd floor and then staged a suicide in a locked room... that would be too cruel.

It means that the murderer was too cruel to himself.

Fortunately, all the elevators in this community are equipped with elevator monitoring floor displays. Through photoelectric sensors, the elevator operating status is sampled, and information such as the elevator's running time, floor, and operating status can be seen very intuitively from the elevator monitoring video.

Starting at 2 PM, a total of six passengers went up and down the elevator on the 22nd floor of Unit 3, where Li Linlu lives.

Chen Jin immediately said, "Should we bring all six of them here and ask them?"

Lu Jingming glanced at him and said quietly, "Take another good look."

Seeing Chen Jin's aggrieved expression, Wei Qingsong explained, "The old man carrying fruits and vegetables can actually be ignored. He is obviously a resident on the 22nd floor and is returning from buying groceries."

“The fact that he never left after reaching the 22nd floor, as seen in the surveillance footage, proves this point.” She pondered for a moment, her eyes flashing. “If there really was a second person at the scene, then he must have gone to the 22nd floor first and then left.”

There were three such people in the elevator surveillance video that entered and exited the 22nd floor.

A short, stout middle-aged food delivery worker, a plump, tall woman, and a slender young man.

It's worth noting that all three of them had one thing in common: they were all wearing masks.

Of course, the police are only assuming that there is a second person at the scene.

These three people may all be innocent bystanders.

However, a discovery by the technical investigators completely proved their hypothesis.

Thank you to Mo Shang Wu Yin, Xiao Xiang, and Z for the monthly tickets.

Thank you to Wu Xixi and Xinbaowa for the donations.

I'll catch up on yesterday's missed update tomorrow qwq, I've been so busy these past two days. But I promise I'll keep my promise to update a lot in a couple of days~
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