Captain Lu was aloof again today.

Chapter 152 Game
The Prisoner's Dilemma.

Lu Jingming lowered his eyes and chuckled inwardly.

What kind of exciting psychological battle will unfold between two conspirators who are arrested and unable to communicate with each other?
If two prisoners cannot fully trust each other, they will tend to betray one another rather than remain silent together.

Wei Qingsong has presented this dilemma; now, it remains to be seen how much trust exists between Yin Xiheng and Lian Qianzhen.

Of course, Yin Xiheng is well-versed in psychology and will not be easily fooled by Wei Qingsong.

He was silent for a few seconds, then laughed and said, "I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't know why you police would arrest two innocent people."

He remained completely calm, and Wei Qingsong was even less anxious. With a bright smile on his face, he said slowly, "You are able to control those victims because their death instinct prevails. They have a strong tendency to self-attack, so engaging in extreme behavior is just going with the flow."

“But Lian Qianzhen is different. She is still young. For her, the will to live outweighs the will to die. She went along with you for a moment of excitement. But she has the thinking ability of a normal person. Whether to hide or confess, whether to be severely punished or leniently treated, what choice do you think she will make?”

Yin Xiheng's piercing gaze was like a knife as he stared intently at Wei Qingsong for a long time. He still said, "We haven't killed anyone or set fires. We are all law-abiding citizens. I don't understand what you mean."

"Is that so?" Wei Qingsong chuckled lightly, but his eyes were cold. "It seems you are very confident that you can control people's hearts and believe that Lian Qianzhen will never betray you or your plan."

"As a psychology student, how could you forget that the human heart is the most unpredictable thing? Give up the struggle. You have no chance of winning in the face of the ever-changing nature of humanity."

Wei Qingsong's eyes were deep and serene as she stared straight at him, her gaze seemingly penetrating, making Yin Xiheng feel flustered and uneasy.

His eyes trembled slightly, then he simply closed them, pressed his lips together, and chose to remain silent.

Just then, Xiao Song pushed open the door and entered, handing a document to Lu Jingming and whispering a few words in his ear.

Ever since Xiao Song came in, Yin Xiheng has unconsciously sat up straight, his eyes glancing at the document every now and then.

Wei Qingsong noticed his subtle actions.

After Xiao Song turned around, left, and closed the door, Wei Qingsong suddenly laughed loudly, looking at Yin Xiheng with a hint of pity: "It's a pity that your idea is completely unfounded. We have already obtained Lian Qianzhen's confession. Whether you admit it or not is no longer important."

Yin Xiheng's fingers tightened slightly.

Wei Qingsong leaned back slightly, sitting in a very relaxed posture. She casually raised her eyes and said in a lazy tone, "Tell me, what are your reasons for doing this?"

Yin Xiheng's eyelids twitched slightly, and he suddenly smiled, a smile that was somewhat sinister. After a long while, he stopped smiling, his gaze turning cold: "Isn't what I did wrong? I didn't kill anyone. They were all happy. In their last moments, they received the attention they had always wanted. I'm fulfilling their wishes."

Wei Qingsong sneered: "That sounds high-sounding, but in reality, you're just venting your useless resentment. Because of your neglect, your girlfriend died right next to you, and you didn't even notice."

“This world should be gray,” she murmured, then sneered, “but because your world is gray, you want everyone to be like you, and you want the families of these victims to experience the same pain as you.”

"Does that feeling of deep regret often fill your heart, keeping you awake at night and driving you to the brink of madness?"

Yin Xiheng's lips moved for a long time before he suddenly raised his voice and said, "What did I do wrong? I'm helping them. They don't get the attention they deserve from those around them. They're in so much pain and so depressed. But after they die, everyone will weep for them. So many people in the world are watching them. In their last moments, they are the center of attention. They are happy. They face death with composure!"

"Oh." Wei Qingsong reacted calmly to his madness. A mocking smile curved her lips as she asked, "Is that so? What about Lian Qianyun? Even in her last moments, she couldn't get your attention. Tell me, is that your tragedy, or hers?"

Yin Xiheng's breathing became rapid, his eyes were fixed on her, his chest heaved violently, and even the muscles on his face were twitching.

Wei Qingsong gazed at him with utmost calmness: "This world is not gray. What you see with your narrow and limited perspective is only your own world."

"Because of your negligence, you failed to notice Lian Qianyun's emotional abnormality in time, which ultimately led to her death beside you. If you want revenge, the first person you should take revenge on is yourself."

"Instead of shouting slogans here and trying so hard to show your sense of justice, you should frankly admit that you felt a strong stimulation and excitement from Lian Qianyun's death. You just like this feeling, just like you liked to steal during your college years."

"Are you really short of that little bit of money? No, you just like this kind of shady thrill, you like to sneer from the shadows. Admit it, you're just a rat in the gutter that can't stand the light of day."

Yin Xiheng's face was ashen, his eyes were dull and empty, his whole body was trembling slightly, and his tightly pursed lips were bloodless.

Lu Jingming lowered his eyes, in his hand was the trace evidence test report on the fake license plate car that Xiao Song had just delivered.

After watching for a few seconds, a soft chuckle escaped his lips.

Yin Xiheng was ultimately just a psychology dropout, and he couldn't outmaneuver Wei Qingsong in a psychological game.

The interrogation of Chen Jin was not easy either. Perhaps because Yin Xiheng had taught her beforehand, Lian Qianzhen repeated the same things over and over, but kept silent about the crimes committed by the two men.

Compared to Yin Xiheng, a seasoned shrewd psychologist, Lian Qianzhen was just a young girl new to society. Faced with the interrogation techniques of the criminal police, she eventually couldn't withstand the pressure and confessed everything.

According to Lian Qianzhen's confession, she and Yin Xiheng had a clear division of labor. She was not in that group and was only responsible for filming videos. She never engaged in any inducement behavior, and it was Yin Xiheng's idea to upload the videos to the outside world.

She just thought it was exciting and fun, and thought that filming a video wasn't illegal, never imagining that she would be punished by law.

When she learned from the criminal police that instigating suicide and intentional homicide are the same crime and are punished more severely, the young girl, who was already an adult and needed to bear legal responsibility herself, finally understood that she had to pay the price for her naivety and absurdity.

It's unclear whether, when she was sobbing uncontrollably, she was grieving for her ruined life or repenting for her disregard for life.

(End of this chapter)