Seizing Dreams [B1]

Ch 58 - Self-Reflection

"But he didn't leave any evidence behind." Zhou Sheng said, "You can't do anything to him at all."

Following his conversation with Liang Jinmin that day, after Chen Yekai parted ways with her, Liang Jinmin had asked another friend out. She loaned the car to Chen Yekai, and a preoccupied Chen Yekai drove Yu Hao back to the college.

Several days later, before the New Year, Chen Yekai was going to drive the couple through the expressway to send them to Liang Jinmin's mother's home for the New Year. But Lin Xun changed his mind at the last minute -- he decided to bring Liang Jinmin to his high school classmate's house and spend the New Year with the other couple.

"Going to the home of the person he cheated on her with?" Yu Hao asked.

"Yes." Chen Yekai said, "Do you think that's possible?"

"Your Shimu wouldn't agree." Zhou Sheng said.

Chen Yekai nodded, "That was the one and only loophole in Lin Xun's detailed plan. Aside from the ones involved, only I knew of the inside story, but it's limited to Shimu's message, so it can't serve as evidence."

"That day, Lin Xun told me that I didn't need to pick them up anymore, and that he would drive there himself. On the evening of the same day, a car accident occurred on the expressway. Huang Ting and I both think that this was a premeditated murder, but no matter how hard we searched, we couldn't find the smoking gun. They had even been fined for not wearing seat belts abroad before."

After that, Chen Yekai began to realize that something was wrong. From New Year's Eve to the first day of the New Year, he accompanied Liang Jinmin and stayed by her bedside. After Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao left on the night of the first day, Chen Yekai waited for Lin Xun. This was the one and only conversation they had during the entire month following the accident.

Chen Yekai tried all sorts of ways to draw out any sort of clues from Lin Xun and even prepared a recording device beforehand. But Lin Xun wouldn't be outdone by Chen Yekai at all. What made him even more terrifying was that while maintaining an impenetrable defense, a faintly discernible smile would always hang on the corner of his lips.

"What he wanted to tell me was, 'yes, you guessed it right, I did it all'." Chen Yekai said, "He knew that I must have started a recording, so he both defended and retaliated against me; he spoke in an angry and hurt tone, all the while with a mocking smile on his face."

Yu Hao immediately trembled with fear.

Lin Xun only gave Chen Yekai 20 minutes before he left the ward. After that, when Yu Hao returned to the ward to bring Chen Yekai food, he then saw the scene of him kneeling in front of Liang Jinmin as he choked back his sobs.

"Later on, Huang Ting called him out for some routine questioning." Chen Yekai said, "But he was too skillful, and even Huang Ting couldn't get anything out of him. The college paid a lot of attention to this incident too, so they persistently pressured the police. Huang Ting could only watch Lin Xun and hope that he'd be able to obtain evidence of Lin Xun meeting with his partner in the affair."

After a long time passed, Huang Ting and Chen Yekai talked again and again, yet they were at their wits' end. In the end, they could only momentarily shelve the case, because they still had one hope - that is, to wait for Liang Jinmin to wake up.

"Lin Xun wouldn't give you that opportunity." Zhou Sheng said, "If all your previous speculations are correct, he will wait patiently, and after he takes Shimu home, he'll plan to kill her again or wait for her condition to worsen and give up on treatment. He's her family recognized by law, so he has the authority to sign."

"Perhaps." Chen Yekai said, "Huang Ting told me to be patient and to not visit Shimu, to act like nothing happened so that Lin Xun would relax his vigilance. But for a long time after that, there was no progress, and I couldn't wait any longer. As long as the initial dust has settled, Lin Xun would certainly start dealing with me."