Chapter 1294 - 641: The Truth Revealed? A Temporary Breath of Relief

"Putting everything else aside, at least this case has finally been cleared up. We can at least relax a bit for now."

Although that was what Luo Fei said,

Li Yu, standing to the side, could still tell

that the expression on Luo Fei’s face was slightly complicated.

As if he had something more to say.

"Mr. Luo, why do I feel like you’re in a low mood? Did something happen that’s made you unhappy?"

He looked at the other man, somewhat puzzled.

After pondering for a moment, Luo Fei finally spoke.

"It’s nothing much. I’ve just been thinking... there might still be some suspicious points in this case."

Luo Fei’s words even surprised Old Han.

"Mr. Luo, what exactly do you mean by ’suspicious points’?"

"You two, think carefully. If this case really was done by Zou Hongbo, then after the crime, shouldn’t he have gone straight to find Zhou Xiaojuan and taken her with him to run far away?"

"But instead of doing that, he deliberately went to Zhou Xiaojuan’s shop to drink, and left her with plenty of incriminating evidence. Isn’t that basically waiting there to be arrested by the police?"

Luo Fei’s analysis

made everyone else shudder.

"Mr. Luo, if it’s as you say, then maybe this wasn’t done by Zou Hongbo at all. Maybe someone’s deliberately framing him?"

"That’s possible. But since we don’t have enough evidence, it’s hard for us to make a firm judgment. So we’ll have to wait. After we go to the station and finish the questioning, we’ll run through everything in detail with Zou Hongbo..."

But while Luo Fei was talking with the others,

he suddenly noticed in surprise

that in the car ahead,

right then Zou Hongbo was actually kissing Zhou Xiaojuan.

The two of them even shared a tender, meaningful smile.

"Damn!"

As Luo Fei’s face darkened,

Li Yu also instinctively became alert.

"Mr. Luo, what’s wrong? Should we stop the car and call out to them?"

"No need. This is on me, really. I should’ve thought of it sooner."

Luo Fei’s words left Li Yu completely confused.

"Mr. Luo, when you say you should’ve thought of it... do you mean you already suspected that this Zhou Xiaojuan might have some improper relationship with her ex-husband?"

Seeing Li Yu’s hesitation,

Luo Fei immediately dialed the number of the team still at the scene.

"Everyone, in a bit take the seized items to the lab and see if Zhou Xiaojuan’s fingerprints are on them. If they are, make sure you record that clearly. I’ll need it later."

"Got it, Mr. Luo."

With that agreed,

Li Yu and the others arrived at the police station.

But just as they stepped out of the car,

Zou Hongbo turned to Luo Fei and said,

"Mr. Luo, hurry up and arrest me. I’m the one who did it. The whole thing, from beginning to end, was planned by me alone. It was because I bore a grudge against Zhao Kuanlin, felt he was sneaking around with the woman I love, that I decided to kill him."

But instead of responding to Zou Hongbo, Luo Fei fixed a cold stare on Zhou Xiaojuan.

"Ms. Zhou, you have nothing you want to say?"

"Huh? I don’t have anything to say. We’ve already been separated for a while now. I’ve long since stopped having feelings for him. Honestly, I never imagined he’d do something this utterly heartless."

As Zhou Xiaojuan spoke, her gaze flickered, as if she were hiding something.

Noticing that she looked like she wanted to say more but held back,

Luo Fei said sternly,

"Ms. Zhou, are you sure you’re truly innocent?"

Seeing Luo Fei looking at her like he had more to say,

Zhou Xiaojuan still answered firmly,

"Officer, I’m serious. I’ve never had any reason to lie."

Her tone was faint, almost wistful,

and Luo Fei just let out a cold laugh.

"Oh? If that’s the case, then how do you explain the fact that the evidence we found at the scene also has your fingerprints on it?"

This question

made Zhou Xiaojuan hold her breath, tense and silent.

Before she could answer,

Zou Hongbo hurriedly chimed in,

"Officer, this is all my fault, my idea."

"I’m the one who said she had to take responsibility. It was because she got involved with Zhao Kuanlin that I did what I did. So I deliberately made her touch all the evidence, to prove she was in on it with me. I wanted her to share the blame with me!"

But even with Zou Hongbo saying that,

Zhou Xiaojuan’s expression only grew more complicated.

Seeing how awful she looked,

Luo Fei said,

"Zhou Xiaojuan, no matter what, Zou Hongbo committed murder and he’s going inside. But what you say next will determine how many years you’ll be locked up."

His words made Zhou Xiaojuan’s whole body tremble.

She had no choice but to blurt out an explanation.

"Officer, I admit it. I’m the one who pushed Zou Hongbo to do this."

"I told him that Zhao Kuanlin had deliberately hurt me, that I had no choice but to resort to this. I admit, everything—from start to finish—was orchestrated by me."

What Zhou Xiaojuan said even left Li Yu stunned.

But now she finally understood why Luo Fei had seemed like he wanted to say something earlier but hadn’t.

"Why? Why would you do something like this? Was Zhao Kuanlin that bad to you?"

Seeing how shocked Li Yu was,

Zhou Xiaojuan drew a deep breath.

"Officer, I know this might be hard for you to understand. But this really is my fault."

After Zhou Xiaojuan explained,

Li Yu finally learned

that Zhou Xiaojuan had actually wanted to take the initiative and explain everything to Zhao Kuanlin’s wife,

so she wouldn’t misunderstand.

But unexpectedly,

from the beginning, Zhao Kuanlin’s wife simply refused to be reasonable.