Xiao Yuan De came to help handcuff him and then sent him to the hospital.
Seeing the scars on my face, Liu Yu Ning said distressedly, "How can you be so careless?"
"It's fine. If I hadn't practiced diligently before, I would have been taken down long ago."
"Hmph, I'm getting more and more unaccustomed to you looking like this. I used to think you were just a weak forensic investigator."
"But my identity is different now. As the leader of the Punishment Squad, how can I not even defeat a criminal? Haha, besides, if I were to, I would be letting down Uncle and He Xiao Yu's teachings!"
With my hands behind my head, I left the scene with everyone in high spirits.
Three days later, Shimazu Kei Mei was much better, and we finally brought him to the interrogation room.
His neck and forehead were still bandaged, but he looked much better.
I asked He Xin to investigate his personal information. It turned out he was from the Island Nation. Five years ago, his family came to Hua Xia to develop with Kyoko. They had known each other for a long time and worked in the same place, so they had a very good relationship.
"Shimazu Kei Mei, we searched your home and found chat records on your computer where you hired a killer to murder Song Yi Ren and Director Yan. Also, regarding Gan Xiao Rui, Kyoko told us about it. She is an eyewitness in this case, and Xin Yi's confession is also available. Do you have anything else to deny?"
"Detective He, I won't speak until my lawyer arrives!"
This guy actually wanted to delay time, even though the evidence was already conclusive.
"Do you think Lawyer Huang can still help you? He's even afraid to come!" I said sternly.
Shimazu Kei Mei was terrified, his body trembling. After waiting for a while and finding that Lawyer Huang did not come, he knew that the situation was hopeless and that any further denial would be futile. Finally, he opened his mouth.
"That's right, Gan Xiao Rui was indeed killed by me. Your reasoning that day was completely correct, but you still overlooked one point, Detective He!"
"Which point?"
"I actually only succeeded on the first attempt that day. The friction marks in the groove of the door were probably left from closing the door too many times before."
"Oh? Is that so? Then you are quite lucky. No wonder you were so bold and killed so many people later? But why didn't you spare even Song Yi Ren?"
"Her, I didn't want to kill her at first, but every time I saw her, I remembered Xiao Rui."
"Alright, the problem returns to Xiao Rui. You haven't told me the reason for killing her yet."
Mentioning this, Shimazu Kei Mei suddenly burst into wild laughter: "Have you ever thought about how terrible it is for a person to deliberately imitate another person, living as if wearing a mask! You have never experienced it, so you can't possibly understand my feelings!"
"Since Xiao Rui started dating me, do you know how she treated me?"
"She often asked me to imitate her deceased boyfriend Mr. Yan – how he ate, how he dressed, his sleeping habits, his hobbies, etc. Originally, I endured it for the sake of work, but later I felt her illness was getting worse. She didn't love me at all, she just treated me as a substitute for Mr. Yan, his puppet."
"The trigger was that scene at Dahe Palace. Do you know what she said to me that day? She actually said, 'Mr. Yan doesn't eat like this,' 'Mr. Yan doesn't smile like this,' 'Mr. Yan doesn't hold a knife like this,' 'Mr. Yan...' "
"Hearing it made me furious. I desperately wanted to get rid of this kind of life, but what could I do? I finally thought that if she died, no one would force me like this anymore! So I devised the murder plan. I had done it perfectly, but I was caught by Kyoko, who came to see me. I told her not to say anything, and she agreed. However, her father Xin Yi came again, so I had to buy him off too, promising him a good role. In this way, they kept concealing it for me until you pried their mouths open."
"Then why did you poison Luo Da Kang?"
"He was an accident. I originally intended to deal with Xiao Rui, but I didn't expect that bastard Luo Da Kang to grab those fruits first. I thought Xiao Rui would have eaten one first since she had the fruits. It was all an accident. In fact, after that incident, I thought about letting Xiao Rui go. However, at Dahe Palace that time, I couldn't take it anymore. I knew this woman would never change. If I continued to cooperate with her, she would only become more extreme. Therefore, I really couldn't bear it anymore."
Being forced to imitate another person for a long time, I couldn't really feel that kind of pressure, but it must have been very exhausting to live like that.
I asked the last question: "One more thing, what was that explosion at the beginning all about?"
"I didn't do that. In fact, I was also very confused at the time. Who wanted to harm us?"
I could tell that Shimazu Kei Mei was not lying this time.
After confessing everything, Shimazu Kei Mei breathed a sigh of relief, a long-lost relaxed expression appearing on his face: "Thank you. Now I can rest in peace!"
"Perhaps you will be deported back to your country, but no matter which country you go to, your fate will be the same, because the police all over the world hate criminals!"
After leaving these words, I exchanged a glance with Liu Yu Ning and left the interrogation room.
Director Yan's body was discovered a day later.
His head was full of bullet holes. He had died miserably. With Shimazu Kei Mei's confession later, the bodyguards who killed Director Yan were all found, and these criminals were ultimately punished accordingly.
Kyoko and Xin Yi were not prosecuted as they turned back in time.
At 3:00 PM on May 8, 2022, the Fuming City Supreme People's Court announced its verdict. Shimazu Kei Mei was sentenced to death for multiple counts of murder and hiring assassins. Although Shimazu Kei Mei appealed once before his death, the result was as expected, and the court upheld the original verdict.
Later, I learned that the drama "The Great Judge of Southern Song" was picked up by another director. However, this time it was made directly into a movie and renamed "The Southern Song Judicial Officer." When the adapted work "Gui Jia's Second Young Master" appeared, many friends asked me if the author was me. I just smiled and replied, "Just a coincidence of name."
However, there was still one lingering doubt in the case: who exactly planted the bomb at the beginning? I never found the answer later.
This can only be left for kind readers to deduce. I closed my laptop. Although I didn't have the excellent literary background of Gui Jia's Second Young Master, I felt much more at ease after recording this experience in my clumsy writing. When I had free time, I couldn't help but call to consult this writer.