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Ye Junchuan reported leave to the company the next day.

He sat on the bus for several hours, and arrived at the Larry Hotel in a daze.I don't know if it was because of the case, the Larry Hotel seemed deserted, with only a few people on the first floor.

The boss was playing with his mobile phone at the front desk, Ye Junchuan went up to ask Chengxi's room number, the boss immediately became vigilant: "Are you a policeman?"

It seems that the criminal police have come very frequently these days.

Ye Junchuan shook his head and said, "I am his friend."

The boss heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words: "Mr. Cheng lives in Room 304."

Lai Rui Hotel is a B&B with low floors. Ye Junchuan climbed the stairs to the third floor, walked to the front of the room and knocked on the door. Only then did he feel a little nervous, his heart beat rapidly, and his palms were soaked in sweat.

The door opened, and Cheng Xi's gloomy and haggard face appeared in front of his eyes.

Ye Junchuan's heartbeat became more and more violent. Since he left Cheng's family, every time he saw Chengxi, this feeling would accompany him, as if he wanted to look at him but was afraid to look at him.

Cheng Xi didn't say anything, and silently turned sideways to let him in, then closed the door.

This is a half-sized room with dirt on the walls. The bed and TV are removed from the entire bedroom. There is not much space left. The bathroom is small and dirty.

"Lin Rui visited you?"

While Ye Junchuan was looking around, Cheng Xi suddenly opened his mouth, which startled him.

"how do you know?"

"I am now the main suspect of the police, especially Lin Rui. I think he will go to you to investigate my situation. He must have told you about my living here."

Ye Junchuan hesitated for a moment, but still answered truthfully: "Lin Rui only said that you were around here a few days before the incident, and Xiao Dongxu deduced that you lived here."

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

After a while, Cheng Xi said coldly: "What are you doing here? A murderer like me who has fallen into the abyss, aren't you afraid to avoid it?"

"Are you?" Ye Junchuan looked at him and said, "A murderer."

"..."

"Did you kill Zheng Wei?" Ye Junchuan asked again.

Cheng Xi suddenly laughed.

"Yes, that's me," he replied.

Ye Junchuan walked out of the room in a daze, but Lin Rui was waiting at the door.It was only then that Ye Junchuan understood that Lin Rui never thought of getting any useful information from him. Lin Rui knew that he would be impatient and show his feet.

"Let's go have a cup of coffee together."

After Lin Rui finished speaking, he walked out first, without giving Ye Junchuan a chance to refuse.

The two walked out of the Larry Hotel and went to a poorly decorated coffee shop nearby.

"A cup of espresso." Lin Rui ordered coffee.

The waiter turned to look at Ye Junchuan.

"What about this gentleman?"

"Mocha." Ye Junchuan said, he suddenly calmed down.

The coffee was served, but Lin Rui didn't drink it. The policeman fixed his eyes on Ye Junchuan on the opposite side, and began his interrogation: "What are you going to see Chengxi for?"

Ye Junchuan said: "We grew up together, I just care about him."

The moment Ye Junchuan uttered these words, he knew that his heart had made a choice.

"But according to my investigation, your relationship changed not long ago. You moved out of the apartment you shared with him, and even changed your job. This should be the first time you have contacted since then, right?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Rui investigated so carefully, and Ye Junchuan had to be more cautious: "I only moved out for personal reasons, even when I changed jobs. Our relationship has not changed at all, and we still keep in touch privately."

Lin Rui looked at Ye Junchuan in silence for a while, and then asked: "So, you already knew that Cheng Xi was here?"

Ye Junchuan didn't want to involve Xiao Dongxu, so he nodded in agreement.

Almost at this moment, Ye Junchuan thought to himself, that's too bad!

Sure enough, Lin Rui immediately asked: "Then you also know the reason why Cheng Xi came here? A few days before the incident, he was inquiring about the victim around here. Do you know what he wants to do?"

"..."

"Mr. Ye, if you don't report what you know, it will constitute a crime of obstructing the police from handling the case."

Ye Junchuan gritted his teeth and said, "He just wants to find out the whereabouts of his father."

"I believe this," Lin Rui went on to say, "In fact, many crimes are improvised. After Chengxi found the victim, there was a possibility that there was a conflict between the two of them, so at the place where they met— The living room of the victim—Chengxi committed the murder."

"No!" Ye Junchuan shouted, "No! This is just your wild guess, right? There were other guests in the hotel that night, why did you only suspect Cheng Xi?"

"Because only he has the motivation to do it."