Animal Detective

Chapter 71 Cheating
Upon hearing Zhang Qin's explanation, Zhao Tianxing continued taking notes, pursed his lips, and didn't react much.

But Chen Chao, who was standing next to him, suddenly felt a chill down his spine.

He is married and has children.

We've been married for many years, and the initial sweet and affectionate stage is long gone.

All that's left is a tedious and monotonous life.

My son is 11 years old and very mischievous.

My wife is college-educated, strong-willed, and has high expectations for our son.

It used to be okay, but in recent years my wife's temper has gotten worse and worse. She always complains to me that I'm too busy with work and can't spend time with her or the kids.

She has to go to work, take care of her son, and do housework. She never complained before, but now she does.

Because of their work, the two rarely saw each other, and when they did, they could never find common ground to talk about.

Sometimes, Chen Chao gets annoyed too.

He knew his wife was also annoyed, so they both held back and didn't say those words.

But as Zhang Qin said, if the person next to you in bed has such a tormenting thought, Chen Chao really feels like he's having a nightmare, and his whole body is chilled.

And it's not just him.

Inside the monitoring room, Sun Zhao and the others all frowned and remained silent, lost in thought.

Shen Xin was alright, but he felt that Zhang Qin was a bit stubborn.

Why torture yourself like this?

Why not just get a clean and quick divorce?

In the monitoring room, Zhang Qin looked up at the ceiling, her face expressionless.

Chen Chao snapped out of his daze; his thoughts during the interrogation were somewhat jumbled. After a moment's thought, he said, "By the way, could you tell me about the time you went blind?"

Zhang Qin lowered her head and quietly looked at Chen Chao, her gaze as calm as an abyss.

After a moment, she shifted to a more comfortable sitting position, crossed her legs, tilted her head and thought for a while, as if recalling something. After a long while, she said, "Actually, you know what? In the beginning, we were really in love."

"I didn't get into university back then, so I went to work in a factory early. Because I was pretty good-looking, a lot of people pursued me."

"But I was young at the time and I was always reading those youth literature books, so I wasn't interested in those big, burly men in the factory. I liked the kind of handsome, fair-skinned, and bookish boys."

"I don't remember the specifics, but the first time I saw him was when a colleague in the cafeteria reminded me that there was a man who kept looking at me."

"When I looked up, he looked like... a startled fawn."

A smile still lingered on Zhang Qin's lips.

"Later we got together, got married, got pregnant, and he was very considerate and always stayed with me. He would buy me whatever I wanted to eat. We would dream about our future together, and we even thought of names for our child."

“The boy will be named Li Zheng’an, and the girl will be named Li Qin. He said he wants his daughter to learn music, saying that I have an artistic talent.”

Zhang Qin couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Chen Chao remained silent, but he could sense the happiness in Zhang Qin's words.

But at that moment, Zhang Qin's tone suddenly changed.

There was no hatred or disappointment, just a calm tone with a hint of sadness in her eyes: "I lost my child and I can't have any more. I was in so much pain at that time. I kept thinking, what bad things did I do in my past life that God would treat me like this?"

"The baby was already quite big when I lost him, almost six months old, and he could already kick me with his little feet."

"I feel like my child is dead."

“Then Li Shanjie changed too. He scolded me and said I was careless. I admit it. I also felt that I was careless and killed my child.”

"So sometimes, I even wish he would hit me; I would feel good if he did."

"But he's getting more and more outrageous, I can't take it anymore. I may have made mistakes, but aren't you right too? And is it all my fault that things have turned out this way?"

Zhang Qin's gaze sharpened.

Chen Chao raised his hand to interrupt Zhang Qin, saying that there was no need to go into such detail.

But after raising his hand, he put it back down. He sensed that Zhang Qin also wanted to confide in him; these words had probably been hidden in her heart for far too long.

"Anyway, I can't beat him, so whenever he hits me, I just glare at him."

“He was quite timid back then and didn’t dare to kill me, so when I saw him angry, wanting to strangle me but holding back, with that kind of expression of holding back in great pain, I felt particularly happy.”

Seeing that she was going off-topic, Chen Chao interjected and asked what was going on with the affair with Chen Zhongyuan.

"Furthermore, since you feel that not divorcing him is a punishment, then why did you deliberately blind yourself and send Li Shanjie to jail?"

According to Zhang Qin's idea, they would have to keep at it with Li Shanjie.

But after six years, they suddenly changed their minds, staged the scene, and managed to send Li Shanjie to prison.

This is not reasonable.

"Because I'm stupid."

Zhang Qin stared at Chen Chao, her eyes filled with a stubborn refusal to admit anything.

“Chen Zhongyuan joined the factory in 07, right? At that time, I had just lost my child, so I didn’t pay any attention to him at all.”

"But later he probably heard about Li Shanjie always hitting me, so he often found opportunities to chat with me."

At this point, Zhang Qin glanced at Chen Chao and said with a sneer, "Sometimes, you men always have this mentality that we women need you to save us."

Chen Chao silently rolled his eyes, thinking to himself, "I didn't."

Zhang Qin continued, "At that time, I really didn't have any thoughts of cheating. I had already given up on love."

"Then rumors started circulating in the factory, saying that I was having an affair with Chen Zhongyuan. During that time, Li Shanjie was furious and would hit me at the drop of a hat. He also neurotically followed me."

“I was very happy at the time. As long as he was uncomfortable, I was comfortable, so I took the initiative to contact Chen Zhongyuan.”

"At first, I just wanted to deliberately annoy Li Shanjie."

"But after getting to know him, I found that... I think I might have fallen for him."

"He was also thin, fair-skinned, and very clean. He always smelled of soap. Although he studied science, he liked literature."

"I realized he understands me!"

"We talked about literature, about Haruki Murakami, and went to see romantic movies with a group of teenagers."

“With him, I feel like I’ve found the feeling of being in love again.”

She paused for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Officer, have you ever cheated on your spouse?"

This question startled Chen Chao so much that his face turned pale, and he hurriedly looked towards the monitoring room.

"of course not."

Chen Chao shook his head righteously.

Zhang Qin was amused by Chen Chao's huge reaction and said, "I'm not talking about physical infidelity, but emotional infidelity. Have you ever been emotionally unfaithful?"

Even Zhao Tianxing turned to look at Chen Chao.

Chen Chao glared at him fiercely, "What are you looking at, you brat?"

"No, absolutely not." Chen Chao shook his head decisively, then said, "So you two didn't have sex back then?"

"How can it be!"

Zhang Qin snorted: "I told you, I'm going to make Li Shanjie a cuckold."

“We did it in many places, even in the bed where I slept with Li Shanjie. At first, I just wanted to get revenge on Li Shanjie, but as time went on, I found that I really liked the feeling.”

"So at that time I wavered, I didn't want to waste any more time with Li Shanjie."

"But he doesn't want me to have an easy time."

"There's no other way. After thinking it over, I realized that I had to seriously injure myself so that he would go to jail."

Zhang Qin's tone became calm and composed as she recounted how he fabricated the scene to frame Li Shanjie.

(End of this chapter)