Chapter 015: Bleak (Three Thousand Chapters)

Fu Liangtao tried to capture Xu Jingjia's every micro-expression, and Xu Jingjia only quickly put away the smile on his lips after hearing his words, and there seemed to be no trace of surprise or sadness. At least, Fu Liangtao, who was sitting opposite Xu Jingjia, couldn't observe changes such as pupil dilation on her face.

Fu Liangtao hid Xu Jingjia's reaction in his heart, deliberately softened his gaze, and asked seductively, "Do you have any other questions for this investigation?"

"Nope." Xu Jingjia responded.

Fu Liangtao nodded in a deep groan, and said, "I almost asked about Li Bingde's matter, and Pang Shazhan is in charge of Zhou Muqing's case. Next, let him talk to you about Zhou Muqing!"

Pang Jitong looked at Fu Liangtao in amazement, completely unprepared for Fu Liangtao's handover. From the beginning, Pang Jitong always thought that he was just here to help Fu Liangtao, at best he was just making a record, but he didn't expect Fu Liangtao to suddenly insert a link presided over by him Pang Jitong.

Pang Jitong didn't dare to ask Fu Liangtao to make a record for himself, so he turned a new page and wrote a few lines before slowly asking Xu Jingjia, "How did you and Zhou Muqing meet?" Pang Jitong's voice became a little tense because of nervousness, and even the words used carefully became cautious.

"Chow Muqing and I were secondary school classmates, and when I was in my second secondary school, she was my tablemate." Xu Jingjia replied.

It is not the first time that Pang Jitong has carried out interrogation work, but for this work, Pang Jitong has not yet been able to be as skilled as Fu Liangtao to act at will, so he can only use the usual method to ask and answer with Xu Jingjia rigidly.

"So how would you describe your relationship with Zhou Muqing?" Pang Jitong only felt that there seemed to be beads of sweat oozing out of his forehead.

After listening to Pang Jitong's question, Xu Jingjia pointed behind him and said, "Maybe it's like them!"

Pang Jitong twisted his stiff body and turned around to see that two girls in middle school uniforms were coming to him, and the two were talking and laughing together.

I only heard Xu Jingjia continue: "Isn't that the friendship of girls at that age like this? Let's talk and laugh, have lunch, go to the bathroom, etc." Xu Jingjia laughed unconsciously as she spoke.

"So you're getting inseparable, aren't you?" Pang Jitong asked lightly.

"Not really, a few of us are here...... Form 4 Bar...... It's really coming together...... I remember that after we were promoted to the preparatory department in different schools, she and I no longer studied together, and we became talkative......" Xu Jingjia's thoughts seemed to return to the old days, and getting along with Zhou Muqing still seemed to make her fascinated.

"Where did you learn about the deaths of Li Bingde and Zhou Muqing?" Fu Liangtao, who was silently paying attention to the conversation between the two, asked this question coldly, and his voice was slightly cold.

I saw that the pleasure on Xu Jingjia's face quickly faded, and said, "Frankly, it's not that you just said that you were investigating their deaths, I didn't know anything about it."

"So, why did you react so calmly to the news? Not at all surprised, not sad?" Fu Liangtao's words were asked lightly, and his tone was not angry, but it still did not reduce the questioning meaning in his words.

I don't know if it has something to do with the turn of the sun, Pang Jitong looked at Xu Jingjia's face and seemed to be a little darker than just now.

Xu Jingjia's gaze turned to the flowers on the side, and asked faintly, "Fu Sir, how do you think I should react in order to meet the standards and norms of surprise and sadness in your mind?" Her soft voice gently protested against the discomfort and revulsion caused by Fu Liangtao's words.

Just like from the first time we met, Xu Jingjia has always had her own ideas and ideas, and she does not hesitate to defend them.

"There are indeed no standards and norms for these things." Fu Liangtao bowed his head slightly and responded. "It's just that the news of their deaths has been announced on social networks, and Li Bingde's death is ...... There was quite a lot of commotion. Looks like you're really not paying attention to their news."

"I really don't pay much attention to their affairs." Xu Jingjia nodded in agreement with Fu Liangtao's words.

......As soon as the words came out, Fu Liangtao couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, paused, and then changed his words and said, "Ah Ji, I'm sorry, I just interrupted your questioning, you can continue now!" Fu Liangtao apologized to Pang Jitong.

Pang Jitong had to admit that Fu Liangtao made full use of the technique of inquiry. When a suspicious situation is found during the inquiry, it is hidden first, and when the other party really relaxes, it is not until the other party is really relaxed that it is taken by surprise and attacked, so that the most real and undisguised reaction of the other party can be seen in real time, and the advantages of face-to-face inquiry can be maximized.

However, these techniques don't seem to be of much use to Xu Jingjia. Pang Jitong looked at Xu Jingjia, who was sitting opposite, and became more and more suspicious of her, so while thinking about the method of inquiry, he asked again, "You just mentioned that you haven't been in contact with them for a long time. How long has it been since Mu Qing and you have been in contact that week?"

"Probably not long after I went to college...... I think it was about the end of 2012 to the beginning of 2013, when I was working and studying, and I couldn't take care of it, so I slowly cut off contact with Zhou Muqing and them......," Xu Jingjia replied.

"Didn't you just say that you were very good with Zhou Muqing?" Pang Jitong interrupted Xu Jingjia's words, and this time his tone seemed a little impatient.

Xu Jingjia didn't mind, she didn't hear about Pang Jitong's impatience, and continued: "That's also a matter of no choice, maybe I wasn't very mature at that time...... At that time, they had only graduated for a few years, and they would meet up every week on weekends. At that time, just going to work and working overtime had already exhausted my mental energy, and it was common for me to sleep only two to three hours a day, but there was still not enough time for revision and homework."

Xu Jingjia's eyes seemed to fall into memory, but her voice was faint: "They always feel that setting the time in my free time is the greatest accommodation for me, and I should not be absent. At first, I persisted, but gradually I was absent more and more, and they couldn't understand it, and their dissatisfaction with me gradually increased...... I simply cut off contact with them."

Xu Jingjia's words were reasonable, but Pang Jitong couldn't refute them.

Xu Jingjia continued: "Until the year I graduated from college, it happened that Xu Ningzhi got married, I had reconnected with them, and I tried to integrate into them again, but I always felt out of place......

"However, in 2017, didn't you still travel to Japan with Zhou Muqing?" Pang Jitong interrupted Xu Jingjia's words again, and after finishing speaking, he also put the photo of Xu Jingjia and Zhou Muqing wearing a kimono in front of Xu Jingjia.

Pang Jitong said, "This is the photo we found in Zhou Muqing's Fangtu account, Miss Xu, please confirm, is this you?" After that, Pang Jitong pointed to the girl in a kimono next to Zhou Muqing.

"Yes, it's me." Xu Jingjia responded.

Pang Jitong took a closer look at the photo and said, "Looking at this photo, I can't see what is wrong with your relationship." Pang Jitong believes that Zhou Muqing and Xu Jingjia are full of tacit understanding and consistent smiles in the photo, which has perfectly refuted Xu Jingjia's words just now.

I saw that Xu Jingjia's lips were full of that kind of polite smile again, and she was noncommittal to Pang Jitong's words. I don't know if it's because the girls in the photo are dressed brightly and dazzlingly, but in comparison, Xu Jingjia, who is now sitting in the sun, looks more and more bleak.

"There are many ......similar photos that can be found in Zhou Muqing's Fangtu account," Pang Jitong added.

Next, Pang Jitong asked a few more questions, but Xu Jingjia's words were much less, making people feel that she ignored their questions. Fu Liangtao and Pang Jitong felt that they couldn't ask anything more, so they planned to end this investigation.

It's just that Fu Liangtao has one more thing to confirm: "We didn't find your ...... in all the social media accounts of Li Bingde and Zhou Muqing."

After Fu Liangtao's words were finished, Xu Jingjia suddenly stood up suddenly, rushed to the trash can on the side and retched.

I vomited for a while, but I couldn't come up with a reason.

Fu Liangtao then approached to take a look, but saw that Xu Jingjia's face was pale, and there were fine beads of sweat oozing from the corners of his forehead, which didn't look like a fraud.

After a long while, Xu Jingjia stood up again, ignored Fu Liangtao who was standing next to him, sat back on the stone bench, and lay down on the stone table. When Xu Jingjia passed by Fu Liangtao's side, his hand inadvertently touched Fu Liangtao's hand, but on a hot day, Xu Jingjia's hand was only slightly warm, or even cold.

Over there, Pang Jitong approached Xu Jingjia, who was motionless, and asked, "Miss Xu, are you okay?" It can't be heat stroke, right?" Then, Pang Jitong said to himself, "No, right? We didn't do our investigation for long......

Indeed, the investigation did not last long.

Fu Liangtao thought about it, took out his mobile phone, and returned to the stone table. He said to Xu Jingjia, "Miss Xu, this investigation is almost here, this is my mobile phone number......

As soon as Fu Liangtao's words fell, Xu Jingjia's mobile phone rang at the same time, and Fu Liangtao continued: "Regarding Li Bingde and Zhou Muqing, if you have any information to add, you are welcome to contact me directly."

After Fu Liangtao finished speaking for a while, Xu Jingjia slowly sat up straight again and responded, "Okay, I will." Her face was still pale, but it was a little bloody. I saw that the corners of her mouth hung on the polite smile that could not be called a laugh, and this smile made people feel that they were not polite but more alienated.

Fu Liangtao and Pang Ji sent Xu Jingjia back upstairs. Before leaving, Fu Liangtao suddenly had a whim, turned to look at Xu Jingjia and asked, "Miss Xu, you shouldn't be in a physical condition so you don't work, right?"

I only heard Xu Jingjia laugh out loud and said, "Fu sir, you think too much." Xu Jingjia stood with her backlight, her face hidden in the shadows. For a while, Fu Liangtao couldn't see her expression clearly.