Before setting out to search for more clues, Ran Ran had a deeper communication with Zhang Wei. This police officer, who looks extremely cold and elegant, is much more arrogant than others because of her young age, but her judgment is often unique. Ran Ran wanted to hear more of her views. The four of them got together to sort out the current situation. "The current dead were all killed by humans, not by some other magical power. We can agree on this point." Zhang Wei spoke first as a summary. Shen Dinghai raised the question sincerely with his clear and unpretentious doubt. "Li Yang, Wang Laowu and Lao He were all killed by Sun Zhiqiang. Not to mention that we don't know where Lao He's body is, why did Sun Zhiqiang strangle Li Yang and Wang Laowu in the same way?" "Just like our previous speculation, Sun Zhiqiang wanted to divert the blame to the inhuman bizarre incident and pin the blame on the rope-binding ghost." Shen Dinghai nodded, not quite understanding. "But didn't he put the blame on Lao He for all the cases? He even deliberately acted in front of us, watching us suspect Lao He, so why did he put the blame on Le Sheng Gui?" Ran Ran smiled helplessly and said, "Putting the blame on the rope ghost and putting the blame on Lao He are not contradictory."
"Sun Zhiqiang must have wanted to escape punishment from the beginning. When all the cases happened, he wanted to escape the punishment of the law." Ranran's gaze passed through Shen Dinghai and seemed to look into Sun Zhiqiang's tin hut. "It's normal for Sun Zhiqiang to react like this when he has concerns." "He made two preparations, diverting the blame to the rope ghost and blaming Lao He, and he carried out both in an orderly manner." "But now it seems that he is clearly making preparations for the third scenario." Ran Ran patiently explained: "There is one thing that cannot be ignored. Our suspicion of Sun Zhiqiang was led to our discovery by Sun Zhiqiang." "Perhaps after he had prepared to frame someone, he suddenly came to his senses." "What have you figured out?" Ran Ran lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes hiding the emotions in her eyes, "He probably figured out what it means to be alive." "From Sun Zhiqiang's perspective, even if his method of framing others is perfect and he will never be charged with murder, his miserable situation will not change." "He had no way to save his wife, and he had no way to save himself." Gazing intently, she seemed to see Sun Zhiqiang smoking cheap cigarettes one by one under the moonlight on a certain night. The smoke surrounding him that could not be dispelled was like the sorrow in his heart that could not be dispelled. "Then at a certain point, he made up his mind to change his strategy and put himself in front of us as a suspect." "I hope we can find the person behind him through him, and even better, uproot that dark hand." Shen Dinghai was stunned. "What kind of feat is this, using oneself as bait to get into the game? Sun Zhiqiang, a worker at a construction site... is he really that awesome?" Ran Ran didn't answer directly, but just said, "Similar to what Officer Zhang said, never underestimate how far a person can go for love." "Sun Zhiqiang loves Bai Xue and will definitely try every possible means to seek a better future for her." Shen Dinghai was shocked. "For her, he is willing to sacrifice himself? This is simply a modern version of Romeo and Juliet... Too exaggerated..."
"It's hard to imagine that there is such pure love now..." Ran Ran just said: "Everything I said now is just my inference based on the clues, and it is not necessarily the fact." Shen Dinghai said angrily: "But your inferences every time are not far from the facts." Zhang Wei seemed to have been given new ideas. "Master, your idea... seems to make sense." Shen Dinghai was unhappy, "How can it make sense? It's obviously very reasonable! This is much more reliable than your idea that Bai Xue strangled Sun Zhiqiang!" Unexpectedly, Ran Ran said, "To some extent, Officer Zhang's idea overlaps with mine." "Ah? Where's the overlap? Is it the same as Bai Xue strangling Sun Zhiqiang?" Shen Dinghai was completely shocked. Ran Ran said calmly: "For cases caused by human intervention, we have to trust Officer Zhang's experience." "Officer Zhang said before that it is impossible for a person to strangle himself. I was skeptical about this, but after connecting with the clues at the scene, my thoughts have changed a little." Shen Dinghai opened his eyes wide, as blankly as a stupid roe deer. "Are there any clues at the scene?" "Sun Zhiqiang's hands." Ran Ran patiently explained, "Everything I said is based on the fact that Sun Zhiqiang committed suicide." "Li Yang and Wang Laowu were both strangled to death by Sun Zhiqiang. Even after Sun Zhiqiang himself was strangled to death, we did not find any marks of strangulation on his hands." Shen Dinghai was stunned and said, "This is easy. Just wear tool gloves. The thick ones should be common on construction sites." Ran Ran nodded, "The tool gloves that my second nephew mentioned were indeed found in Sun Zhiqiang's iron house." Shen Dinghai laughed, "I was actually right!" Ran Ran also smiled, "But there is one thing that doesn't make sense here. After Sun Zhiqiang killed Li Yang and Wang Laowu, he could take off the tool gloves on his hands and pretend nothing happened." "How come the tool gloves on his hands disappeared after he committed suicide?" The air was silent for a moment. Shen Dinghai was stunned and said, "So... it's Bai Xue?" "She helped Sun Zhiqiang take off his gloves?" Ran Ran nodded, "Bai Xue may not have been directly involved in Sun Zhiqiang's death, but she should have been a part of his death." "No, I don't understand. Sun Zhiqiang loves Bai Xue and wants to die for her. I can understand that, but doesn't Bai Xue love Sun Zhiqiang? How can a person let his lover die in front of him?" Ran Ran thought for a moment before saying, "Perhaps, the courage to witness the death of a loved one is born out of love itself." “Humans are amazing creatures, and their emotions are even more amazing.” Ran Ran stared at him and said, "Then let's go back to Officer Zhang's point. Can a person strangle himself?" "I would like to ask everyone to put themselves in Sun Zhiqiang's shoes. In his opinion, his death will allow his lover to have a brighter future." "In that small tin house, under Bai Xue's gaze, is it possible for him to overcome his desire to live and use his death to exchange for Bai Xue's future?" As everyone listened to Ranran's words, they couldn't help but imagine that scene. In an instant, an unprecedented despair enveloped them.
They seemed to be able to see Sun Zhiqiang under the pale moonlight, under the gaze of Bai Xue with tears streaming down her face. Zhang Wei seemed to understand Ranran's point of view all at once. What can people do for love? Beyond instinct. It is recorded that in a brutal war of aggression, the evil aggressors carried out a series of human experiments in the invaded areas under the guise of justification in order to satisfy their own perverted interests. Among them was the infamous experiment on maternal love. Love can overcome instinct. And the love in this world is universal. (End of this chapter)