Captain Lu was aloof again today.

Chapter 137 Suicide Video
They carefully reviewed the surveillance video in the security room, afraid of missing anything.

Just then, the technical investigation team received a phone call.

"Captain Lu, we originally wanted to locate the phone using previous communication signals, but we detected that a video was uploaded to the internet from the deceased's phone an hour ago."

The call was put on speakerphone, and Wei Qingsong and Lu Jingming frowned simultaneously.

He asked in a deep voice, "What kind of video is it?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a somewhat hoarse voice: "The entire process of the deceased's suicide."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jin couldn't help but shudder.

Wei Qingsong and Lu Jingming both looked solemn.

"Can you pinpoint the location where the video was uploaded?" Lu Jingming asked.

The technical investigation personnel replied, "The other party is obviously using a fake IP address, and we are trying to figure out a solution."

Lu Jingming had anticipated this outcome. He slowly exhaled and calmly said, "Continue to monitor the deceased's mobile phone signal. The other party may turn it back on. Also, we must find the user information of the person who uploaded the video."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Jingming patted the stunned Chen Jin and methodically instructed, "Make copies of all three people's images and ask every resident on the 22nd floor."

“Okay…” Chen Jin came back to his senses and immediately went to do it.

The current situation is really hard to summarize.

Was there a second person present? The answer is obvious: yes.

That person was present when Li Linlu committed suicide and filmed the entire process using Li Linlu's phone.

After that, he took the phone and used it to upload the video of Li Linlu's suicide to the internet.

But was he the murderer? Obviously not.

Li Linlu did indeed commit suicide.

The person present remained a calm observer throughout.

No, in fact, he was involved; he created a secret room.

There are many ways to create a locked room. With some clever mechanisms, it is not impossible to lock the door from the outside.

The question now is, how do we define this person?

Imagine a young girl in the prime of her life cutting her wrists with a fruit knife in front of him. Blood gushes out, staining the ground red, and the blood slowly drains from her body, her life fading away with it.

Any normal person who sees this scene will feel panicked to some extent and will subconsciously want to save the girl in front of them.

But he was different. He looked down at the girl's death with cold indifference, calmly and composedly filming the video, without the slightest emotion, sympathy, or pity in his heart.

When a person is near death, they have a strong survival instinct and want to fight against death.

She was in despair, struggling, and in pain, but what was he thinking at that moment?

After Li Linlu died, he even perfectly created a secret room without revealing a single flaw.

If Li Lirong hadn't insisted on pursuing him, Li Linlu's death would likely have been attributed to a simple suicide.

The police would never have thought of tracing Li Linlu's cell phone signal, nor would they have stumbled upon the video uploaded to the internet.

But what was his purpose in doing this? Was it just to record a video and upload it to those sensationalist websites?
Or perhaps... Li Linlu's suicide was actually instigated or even forced by this person?
Wei Qingsong frowned and said in a deep voice, "We need to ask Li Lirong to see if we can find Li Linlu's social media accounts, especially those that are more private."

In this era of ubiquitous entertainment, a person's daily life and their online persona can be quite different.

It's hard to say which is true and which is false; perhaps they are both true, or perhaps they are both false.

People who are introverted and shy in real life may be better at expressing themselves online.

Those who are usually timid and submissive may also launch a powerful attack on social media platforms.

Humans are strange like that; all their outward emotions are controllable.

However, Li Lirong was busy with work and neglected to pay attention to Li Linlu's situation. Apart from Li Linlu's WeChat messages, she knew nothing else.

Li Linlu's WeChat Moments are set to be visible for only three days. The only post that is visible is a photo of a sunset without any caption, which looks like a peaceful and serene moment.

Wei Qingsong patiently asked, "Does Li Linlu have any particularly close friends?"

Li Lirong hesitated and frowned before answering, "I never interfere with Lulu's friendships, and she has never brought friends home, so I don't know much about it."

Wei Qingsong wasn't particularly surprised by this answer.

Their home was exquisitely decorated, and Li Linlu's wardrobe was filled with designer clothes, showing that although she was a single mother, Li Lirong was financially well-off.

In order to provide her daughter with better living conditions, Li Lirong had to sacrifice the time she spent with her daughter and devote more time to her work.

There is rarely a way to have the best of both worlds. Choosing one side means sacrificing the other. This is an unavoidable reality, which is why Wei Qingsong can understand Li Lirong's choice.

But her understanding is useless. Whether such a choice is right or wrong is something outsiders cannot judge. Like a fish in water, only the fish knows whether it is hot or cold.

Li Lirong knew too little about Li Linlu's social life, so the police had to contact Li Linlu's school. After several twists and turns, they found one of Li Linlu's college roommates.

Her name is Lin Yanyan. She currently works in another city and can only be contacted by phone.

She and Li Linlu were bunkmates and had a pretty good relationship.

“I have all her QQ and Weibo accounts. She usually just posts pretty photos, nothing special.”

As Lin Yanyan was speaking, she suddenly remembered something: "Oh, but she plays an app called 'Little Planet' and often chats with netizens on it. I don't chat online much, so I've never used this app and don't know anything about her activities on it."

"Hmm... I don't know why she didn't go to work after graduation. These things are personal choices. She didn't say anything, and I felt awkward asking. It would feel strange to ask her."

"Her personality and character? She is usually gentle and easy to get along with. Her classmates have a good relationship with her. She is just a bit introverted, passive and slow to warm up, and also a bit of a homebody."

"Love life? It seems she's never had a boyfriend. She says she's not interested, but it's really because she's too much of a homebody. She never goes out for social activities, so how could she possibly meet interesting men? I've tried to get her to come to a social event with me several times, but she refuses."

"Actually, I really find it hard to imagine that she would commit suicide. She had excellent grades, a good personality, and was beautiful. Sigh, maybe it was because she had isolated herself for too long and become disconnected from the world."

In the end, Lin Yanyan sighed with regret.

(End of this chapter)