Silver Snow Line [Criminal Investigation]

Life is undoubtedly equal at birth and should be respected.

When a newborn comes into the world, his parents provide him with food, security, and love. When the child grows up and gradually understands the world, he has a clear understanding of his physiological needs, and food, clothing, and daily necessities do not seem so difficult, his desire for emotions will increase significantly.

However, before children are able to build complete values, outlook on life, and values, they have to look up to their parents. First, they look up to their parents in terms of height, and then they are inferior to their parents in terms of status, which contributes to their psychological habit of being dominated. If family members can no longer provide reasonable guidance and meet their positive emotional needs, this mentality will erode the children's self-esteem and make them develop a people-pleasing personality. They will develop from longing for the attention and recognition of their parents to longing for recognition from other people in society. Their humble behavior at home will become the only way of making friends they understand and can use, because no one tells them "what they should do" and "you don't have to do this."

The so-called vitality that they struggle to extract from the cracks throughout their lives is actually just the emotional needs that were not met in their childhood.

The first thing Xu Siwei was told since he could remember was that his mother abandoned him and went abroad. When he understood what a "mother" was and wanted to find out more, he received the sad news that she had passed away.

Perhaps because he always thought of his heartless wife who abandoned her husband and son, Xu Maokun did not like this son. Xu Siwei did not understand why he did not get his father's attention. In order to gain some value in his existence, he learned to read people's eyes early and tried to please others, hoping that they would not dislike him more than they disliked him. The attitude of the head of the family was equivalent to tacitly approving the contempt of Xu Siwei by other people in the family. Whether it was relatives, brothers or servants, they all became the objects of Xu Siwei's habitual catering.

I am not a person who deserves respect.
I need to please others in order to be liked by them.
The only way I can avoid being disliked is to keep a low profile.

He established such behavioral norms for himself since he was a child, although he was mostly met with contempt and disdain.

Even though his stepmother came into his world and gave him unprecedented tenderness and care, he still couldn't correct his mentality. He felt that his stepmother was just an outsider, and being nice to him was just one of her ways to consolidate her position. Her kindness didn't even earn him an extra glance from his father.

Xu Siwei began to secretly blame his biological mother, hating her for abandoning him and leaving him without even the love of his father.
Until he was eight years old, he overheard his father talking to himself in front of his mother's photo. He said: I know you have someone else in your heart. You were reluctant to marry me at the beginning, thinking that I was vulgar and incompetent and not worthy of you at all. It turns out that... you actually like me a little bit, right? I was wrong, and now I realize that you are the best. So I forgive you, no matter who you love in the end, I know that you once had me in your heart, and I will take good care of our son, don't worry.

Xu Siwei was surprised to think that it was because of his mother's indecision that his father broke up with her. It turned out that his father did not hate her at all. He even had deep feelings for her and said that he would take good care of him - their son.
Has he finally waited for the day when things turn bright and beautiful?
But later, everything Xu Siwei expected did not happen. Xu Maokun did take care of his deceased wife's son, but the other party was not Xu Siwei, but Xu Siruo who was far away in a foreign country.
All he got was still cold eyes.
Is it because Xu Siruo looks more like his mother? Xu Siwei could only find this reason to explain the problem, so he began to collect photos of his mother to learn about her past. He longed to be more like his mother, but he could not find any trace of her on his face. This became his obsession.

When he was eighteen, all his questions were finally answered.

That day, Xu Maokun called him into the study and told his adult son a secret that he could never accept.

Xu Siwei is not Zhu Yichun's biological son. He is the illegitimate son of Xu Maokun and a woman named Wu Xiuxiu who used to be his secretary. Now Xu Maokun has raised him to adulthood and fulfilled all his responsibilities. As a father and son, he will not let him lose everything, but he wants him to recognize his position and not covet other things that he does not deserve.

No wonder Xu Maokun is only nice to Xu Siruo.

At that time, Xu Siwei thought that it would be better to let him live in an illusion for the rest of his life. He would rather never get his father's recognition than to know that the source of all this was because he was a shameful illegitimate child.

He went to the bar to get drunk in a daze, and his mind kept replaying images of himself being despised. When he was a child, he was the lowest status among his playmates, and others bullied him because they knew his parents would not pursue the matter. When he grew up, he flattered others, but he was mostly laughed at. Those people's faces were blurred, but they opened and closed their mouths and uttered ugly words, one by one, trampling him under their feet.
In a daze, he accidentally broke into a private room. After seeing the absurd scene inside, his first reaction was not to leave, but to stay where he was strangely. He was pushed into the room by those people who had already lost control of their minds, and he didn't know when a strange tool appeared in his hand.

Give it a try.
Get started.
They will not resist whatever you do.
Don't you want to experience this feeling?
Are you still a man?
The harsh clapping sound and the woman's high shouting were like a bullet that shot out and instantly penetrated his heart, instantly igniting and exploding this shaky container filled with gunpowder - it turned out that he was not the most humble. He was completely immersed in the feeling of being in control and stepping on others' heads, and he freely and wantonly released all the pain that had been suppressed in his heart for many years. Hatred and anger, along with adrenaline, rushed into the blood in every vein of his body, making him feel the dignity of being a human being for the first time.

After waking up, Xu Siwei recalled the scene tiredly and could never forget the joyful feeling. He remembered that he had whipped seven people in total that night. The lingering scene made him become "Seven" on the Internet.

At first he would abide by the agreement, but later he often lost control. The feeling of being above others physically and mentally was too fascinating. The more repressed he was in reality, the more rampant he would be at such times, as if this could make up for all the lost self-esteem. So when he met someone who was unwilling to cooperate, he felt dissatisfied with others rejecting him for the first time, and this dissatisfaction prompted him to want to conquer the other person even more strongly.
Who cares if they are willing or not? He just wants to have fun.

One time, he dated a girl who had a pair of bright and moving eyes that suddenly reminded him of Zhu Yichun. They were so similar that any stranger who was not related by blood could have the same eyebrows and eyes as her. Why couldn't he?
If he was not an illegitimate child, if he looked a little bit like Zhu Yichun, how much smoother his life would have been in the past 18 years. A twisted mentality spread from Xu Siwei's heart, and he left behind the silhouette of this girl and created a new mask for himself.

From then on, when he was looking for a target, he would pay special attention to whether the other party had any similarities with Zhu Yichun. He collected these faces and pieced together the appearance of his mother. His pursuit of personal appearance reached an obsessive level. It was no longer important whether he wanted to change his appearance or enjoy the collection process. In the end, it didn't matter what his face looked like. In this absurd pleasure, he had achieved a balance between full spirit and broken dignity. The secret room was his high and mighty kingdom, where he was the most respected.

"Angel's death was really an accident. I would not take the initiative to harm her because she is different from other women in my heart."

Xu Siwei said to the criminal police who came to interrogate him instead of Xie Qingfei.

"She has a very spoiled personality and is always domineering in front of me, but she is so beautiful that I can't help but be attracted to her. I don't care even if she treats me badly. When I found out that she and I have the same hobbies, I don't know how happy I was..." Xu Siwei said with a crazy expression, his voice trembling, "Just think about it, a woman who is so arrogant in front of others, but privately wags her tail and begs for mercy to me like a dog, asking me, a person she despises, to play with her at will, isn't it great? I really like her so much, I can't bear to leave her, and I want to be with her forever. If I could do it again, I would never let her die by mistake."

Xu Siwei's tone was regretful. He even analyzed from An Qi's perspective: "But she is also wrong, isn't she?"

Although the interrogating police officer was prepared to believe that this person was mentally ill, he still frowned after hearing his words: "What did she do wrong?"
Xu Siwei said: "She shouldn't have praised Xu Siruo in front of me. If she hadn't said that, I wouldn't be angry. If I wasn't angry, she wouldn't have died."

Interrogator: "After she died, how did Tan Wei help you deal with the body?"
Xu Siwei thought for a moment and said, "I asked him if we should send her to the hospital. He checked An Qi's breathing and said there was no hope of saving her. He asked me if I wanted to live or die. Of course I wanted to live, so he told me to do what he said.
"Because Si Ruo was also at my house, Tan Wei suggested that Si Ruo be my scapegoat. I hated Xu Si Ruo in the first place and wished he was dead, so I agreed. It was easy to frame him. He was sleeping in the master bedroom at the time, and we brought An Qi's body to him. I went to remove the strings, and Tan Wei put on Si Ruo's gloves and used the strings to strangle An Qi's neck. Later, he also left marks of the twisted wire on Si Ruo's hands. How did you find Tan Wei? No one knows the relationship between him and me."

An Qi probably really liked the cat named Deng Deng. Their fate was too shallow, but in the end, it was her lost pet that helped her identify the suspect.

The interrogator did not answer him, but only asked: "You said Tan Wei is your uncle, so he is Wu Xiuxiu's brother?"
Xu Siwei nodded: "That's what he told me when he found me."
"Didn't you check whether Wu Xiuxiu had a biological brother? Have you done a kinship test with him?"
Xu Siwei: "No. If I did the identification, wouldn't it prove that I am an illegitimate child? What if Tan Wei uses this to threaten me and makes everyone know my background?" "Then why did you choose to believe him?"

"...He took me to his home, his and Wu Xiuxiu's home." Xu Siwei recalled in a trance, "There were Wu Xiuxiu's relics and many traces of her life. I also saw her photos. I look very similar to her."

"When Tan Wei found you, besides saying he was your uncle, did he make any other requests to you?"

At this point, Xu Siwei was disgusted and angry: "What purpose does he have in threatening me with his background other than asking for money?! This lowly person touches my private area, comes to my house again and again, eats my food and uses my things, and uses this as a handle to keep asking me for money!"

"Did you plan the kidnapping together?"

"After my dad got into trouble, Xu Siruo also came back. Rumors about an illegitimate child began to spread within the group. If we really want to find out, it will not be good for me. I can't just sit there and wait for death." Xu Siwei sneered and said, "At this critical moment, he came to me for money again, saying that he wanted to get married and wanted two million to buy out our relationship. As long as I give him two million, he will not bother me again in the future. But how can I have so much money? Although my father supports me, he is far from being as generous to me as he is to Xu Siruo, not to mention that he is now paralyzed. I told him the truth, but he still didn't give in, so I came up with this idea."

First, let the public doubt Xu Siruo's motives because of his kidnapping, gain the moral upper hand, and obtain the ransom provided by Fan Qiuye, get rid of Tan Wei, and then he will be an innocent person persecuted by the illegitimate son. When the storm calms down and Xu Maokun dies, even if his will states that the inheritance belongs to him and Zhu Yichun's son, who can prove that he, Xu Siwei, is not the one? He could be generous and divide the inheritance equally with Xu Siruo, and let the rift in his heart be put aside with the death of Xu Maokun. Anyway, the fact that they are brothers will not change. Xu Siruo also seems to be easy to control. He can't even understand or speak Chinese. What development can he have in China? He can only call him "big brother".

"I'm not that petty. If An Qi hadn't had an accident, I wouldn't have thought of doing anything to Si Ruo. But he was unlucky enough to run into me, so he took the blame for me. It should be regarded as compensation for the humiliation I have suffered over the years."

The interrogator's sharp eyes swept across his face and asked, "Since two million has bought out your relationship with Tan Wei, why did he appear at your house on the day of the incident? You didn't expect An Qi to get into trouble, but why was GHB mixed in the wine you gave Xu Siruo before returning to the room?"

"Because Tan Wei is a villain who doesn't keep his word!"

Xu Siwei said angrily: "He got two million and still is not satisfied. He said that when I inherit the estate, I will get hundreds of two million. He feels that he has suffered a great loss and comes to pester me again. At this critical moment, I must not let him delay my work. I can only go along with him. It was he who asked me to bring Si Ruo back, gave Si Ruo wine and took him to sleep in the master bedroom. I asked him about his purpose, but he didn't explain. He also told me not to worry, doing so would only benefit me..."

Xu Siwei's speech speed became slower and slower, and he seemed to realize that something was wrong.

He did not realize it immediately at that time, because Tan Wei was his uncle after all, and the two of them had a community of interests. The more share of the inheritance he got, the more benefits Tan Wei could get, so there was no need to harm him in such a matter.

"But...if Anqi hadn't died, how would he treat Si Ruo to achieve his goal of benefiting me?" Xu Siwei slowly asked this question, and suddenly felt a chill coming towards him.

The interrogator went out and dialed Xie Qingfei's number.

"Thank you, Captain. Xu Siwei admitted that he was instructed by Tan Wei to bring Xu Siruo home and drug him. The wound on An Qi's neck was also caused by Tan Wei."
"understood."

Xie Qingfei was at the Xu family's old house at this time. Corresponding to the background of the video sent by Tan Wei, he found that the shooting location was in the study room of the old house.

The video was posted online through the official account of Xu Group, causing an immediate uproar.
There were already enough people watching the topic of illegitimate children, but the implications of Tan Wei's words indicated that there was a bigger melon to come, and it was more closely related to Xu Maokun himself than the two unknown sons. How the inheritance was distributed was their own business, but anyone could have a taste of the melon of this famous entrepreneur. Although the video had been deleted by the Internet police, the discussion was even more heated.

In just one hour, the terms "Xu Maokun's death" and "What exactly did Xu Maokun do" were all on the hot search list, as if the cause of his death also involved a shocking conspiracy.

"The wife has been missing since the day the eldest young master got into trouble. She hasn't come back for two nights. We thought she went to the hospital to look after the master," the Xu family's servant said anxiously, "but today we received a call from the hospital saying that the master...the people there didn't see the wife either. Then this video was released."

Lu Shaohui made several calls. Apparently, the publisher had used special means to hack into the account, and he could not track the other party's location for the time being. Xi Ming and Zhao Chongyun were leading people to look for clues in the study. Xie Qingfei glanced at Wei Cheng casually and found that the information on his phone was actually stock information, which was out of place with the tense situation in front of him.

After sensing her indescribable look, Wei Cheng smiled at her and said, "Are you scolding me in your heart again?"
Xie Qingfei said: "You should do some good deeds."

She turned her gaze back to a screenshot of a certain frame in the video.

She is currently standing in front of the same background wall, which is covered with wallpaper with classical patterns and has several paintings hung from top to bottom, all of which are antiques of great collectible value.
Xie Qingfei frowned slowly and called the servant over: "Who usually cleans the study?"
"It's me. The master's study is usually not allowed to be entered by outsiders. I come here every Monday to clean it carefully." She is an elder in the Xu family, so she can gain Xu Maokun's trust.

"Can you erase these paintings too?"
"Of course, these are all my husband's collection. I have to take them down and clean the frames every time I clean."
"Today is Thursday," Xie Qingfei glanced at the date, "so the last time you sorted them was on Monday."
"Correct."
"But……"

Xie Qingfei's words were interrupted, and Lu Shaohui hurried over with his phone in hand: "Captain Xie, it's Tan Wei's call."
Everyone gathered around and Xie Qingfei turned on the speakerphone to answer the call.
It turned out that the person who spoke from the other side was not Tan Wei, but a woman who shouted at the top of her lungs: "I'm in the third warehouse in Area A of the West City Pier, come and save me!"

(End of this chapter)