I Sent You to Take the College Entrance Exam, and You Ended Up Solving a Murder Case?! - Chapter 59

He kept his head down and didn’t say a word.

“Name.” Chen Mo’s voice broke the silence, calm and undisturbed.

“…Yan Lei.” The voice was low and hoarse.

“age.”

“Twenty-three.”

Why were Cheng Juan and Tian Tang attacked?

Yan Lei’s body trembled violently, and his head, which had been hanging low, slowly rose.

“That bitch! She betrayed me!”

He practically yelled, “I work so hard outside to earn money for her to spend, and she’s out there seeing other men!”

“And that gossipy Tian Tang! If it weren’t for her stirring up trouble, Juanzi and I would never have broken up! They both deserve to die!”

Yan Lei was emotional and spoke with conviction, explaining every detail clearly.

It sounds like an ordinary revenge born of love turned to hate.

Wang Feng was taking notes, but his brows furrowed more and more.

Everything went too smoothly.

This rhetoric perfectly explains motivation, goals, and behavior.

But because it’s too perfect, it seems like a pre-prepared script.

Wang Feng put down his pen and looked up at Chen Mo.

Chen Mo’s expression remained unchanged; he simply stared quietly at Yan Lei.

Suddenly, Wang Feng leaned forward, rested his elbows on the table, and asked a question seemingly casually.

Have you ever been to Hualong Mountain?

In an instant, the atmosphere in the entire interrogation room changed.

The anger and resentment on Yan Lei’s face vanished instantly.

It transforms into a smile.

“Hehe…hehehe…”

He grinned, and his laughter grew louder and more manic.

“Hualong Mountain? What a wonderful place!”

“After I kill thirty-five people, I’ll bury them all on Hualong Mountain, one after another, hehehe…”

Wang Feng’s pupils suddenly contracted.

Just then, Chen Mo’s voice rang out again.

“You are not Yan Lei.”

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Yan Lei’s smile froze.

In the monitoring room, Wu Xiubing and several police officers, who were observing the interrogation process through one-way glass, all gasped in shock.

Not Yan Lei?

What’s the meaning?

Inside the interrogation room, the foolish smile on Yan Lei’s face faded like the tide.

“Who…who am I?” he murmured to himself, his voice filled with confusion.

Chen Mo’s judgment was proven correct.

“Look at me.” Chen Mo’s voice wasn’t loud, but it carried power. “Who’s controlling you?”

Yan Lei’s body began to tremble violently. He clutched his head with both hands and groaned in pain.

“I don’t know…I don’t know…”

“He’s a good brother…we met online…he said Juanzi betrayed me, and that Tiantang is a bad woman…”

“He said that a man can’t be so spineless; he has to take back his dignity in the most direct way…”

Intermittent words escaped Yan Lei’s lips.

A vague image gradually became clear in Chen Mo and Wang Feng’s minds.

A mastermind hiding behind the internet, remotely controlling a disillusioned young man.

“He taught me how to use a hammer, saying that’s how you create impact.”

“He also told me that Cheng Juan and Tian Tang would be shopping on Hongxian Street this afternoon, and he even sent me the exact time…”

It was as if a bolt of lightning had struck Chen Mo’s mind!

The murderer not only instigated Yan Lei, but also accurately provided the real-time locations of Cheng Juan and Tian Tang!

what does that mean?

This means that the mastermind was behind Yan Lei’s actions.

It is very likely located near Red Line Street.

He was observing this “good show” he had personally directed in a covert manner!

Chen Mo suddenly stood up and grabbed the walkie-talkie on the table.

“Wang Feng!”

“exist!”

“Immediately notify the command center to activate Level 1 alert! Completely seal off Redline Street!”

“All main roads, alleys, subway entrances, and bus stops are completely blocked! Entry is allowed, but exit is not!”

“yes!”

Wang Feng grabbed his walkie-talkie and rushed out.

This sudden turn of events put the entire task force on high alert.

In the monitoring room, Wu Xiubing, the director of the municipal bureau, looked grave. He immediately picked up the phone and began to personally coordinate support forces.

“Criminal Investigation Division, this is Wu Xiubing. Immediately dispatch two special police squadrons to Hongxian Street.”

“Cooperate with the police on site to carry out the cordon operation! Repeat, it’s two squadrons!”

Inside the interrogation room, Chen Mo refocused his gaze on Yan Lei, who was on the verge of collapse.

How do you contact that “good brother”?

“Penguin…a QQ account…” Yan Lei answered tremblingly.

“Username and password!”

Yan Lei recited a string of numbers and letters.

Chen Mo immediately transmitted the account password to the technical department via walkie-talkie.

“Tracking this QQ account immediately! I need all its chat history and all its login IP addresses! Now!”

After doing all this, Chen Mo didn’t linger for a moment.

“Jiang Weiyi! Su Chun!”

“Here!” The two men guarding the door immediately pushed it open and entered.

“Come with me to Red Thread Street!”

“yes!”

Chen Mo strode out of the interrogation room. Wang Feng had already arranged a car and was waiting for him downstairs.

“Old Chen, I’m going too!”

Chen Mo glanced at him and nodded.

The atmosphere inside the car was oppressive.

Wang Feng, while driving, couldn’t help but speak up.

“Old Chen, what’s the deal with that kid’s mention of ‘Hualong Mountain’ and the nonsense those thirty-five people spouted?”

Chen Mo’s gaze was fixed on the rapidly receding street scene outside the window, his brain working at lightning speed.

“‘Hualong Mountain’ is a trigger point.”

“A hypnotic trigger.”

Wang Feng was startled: “Hypnosis?”

“That’s right.”

“Yan Lei’s manic behavior after hearing the words ‘Hualong Mountain’.”

“It wasn’t his own emotion, but a program used to cover up the truth.”

“The mastermind behind this must be very knowledgeable in psychology, and may even know the techniques of remote hypnosis.”

“He anticipated that we might uncover some clues through interrogation.”

“So we set up this ‘firewall’ in Yan Lei’s subconscious beforehand.”

Yan Lei would immediately go into a state of madness if anyone touched on the sensitive words.

They spout nonsensical nonsense to mislead the police investigation.

Wang Feng felt a chill run down his spine.

With just a network cable, you can turn a living person into your own puppet.

This goes beyond the scope of ordinary crimes.

“If we block off Red Line Street now… will we be able to catch him?” Wang Feng asked uncertainly.

“The chances are slim.”

Chen Mo shook his head, but his eyes were as sharp as an eagle’s.

“Such a cunning opponent, he probably already fled the moment Yan Lei was arrested.”

“Then we…”

“My main objective is not to arrest him,” Chen Mo interrupted Wang Feng.

“First, seal off the scene. If he hasn’t left yet, we’ll have him trapped.”

“Secondly, and most importantly.”

Chen Mo’s tone became more forceful.

“I want all the surveillance footage from Red Line Street! Since he was observing the area nearby, he must have left traces!”

“No matter how much he planned, he couldn’t have predicted that I would be there at that exact moment.”

“We never expected that we would see through his hypnotic trick within minutes and react immediately!”

This was the first time the killer had exposed his whereabouts to the police.

A dozen minutes later, the police car arrived at the outskirts of Red Line Street.