You Owe Me, My Love

You Owe Me, My Love Chapter 247

Bai Rong bought a new phone before she went back. Just to be safe, she even changed her number. She copied everybody’s phone number into her new phone as she headed to the police station. Those numbers included Su Xuyan’s, to which she sent a text to soon after.

Su Xuyan called her as soon as he received Bai Rong’s text, and she picked it up.

“So you changed your phone and your number, huh? Are you trying to run away?” said Su Xuyan in distaste.

“If I was trying to run, I would not be texting you now, would I? I’ve already decided. I will agree to your terms, but I have some things I need to deal with first. I should be back on the day after tomorrow, and I’ll go to you once I return,” replied Bai Rong in a distant tone.

“You’re still struggling, aren’t you? You won’t break free this time. I have control of everything, and he will die if I deem fit,” growled Su Xuyan arrogantly and firmly.

“Su Xuyan, you really are arrogant sometimes,” commented Bai Rong.

“That is not a shortcoming,” refuted Su Xuyan nonchalantly.

“Cheng Jinrong is my friend, and his ex-girlfriend was murdered. I promised I’d help him find the murderer, so I’ll be staying here for a few days,” explained Bai Rong.

“How nice of you. Gu Mingchen is about to die. Yet, you are focused on helping someone else. I wonder how Gu Mingchen would feel if he learns about this. What a poor sap. He fell for a heartless woman and is doomed to suffer,” dissed Su Xuyan gleefully.

Bai Rong looked ahead calmly.

She didn’t care how he thought of her, so she didn’t bother explaining any more than she already had.

“I’m hanging up now if there’s nothing else you’d like to say,” replied Bai Rong coolly.

“See you tonight,” said Su Xuyan before he hung up.

Bai Rong’s heart skipped a beat. What does he mean by that?

Meanwhile, Cheng Jinrong had noticed how Bai Rong was holding her phone with a stunned expression, so he asked in an apologetic tone, “Is that your husband? You don’t have to help if he’s unhappy with it. This has nothing to do with you anyway, and I feel bad for causing a fight between the two of you.”

“That’s not my husband. Besides, I’ve promised to help you out, so I will keep my word. Let’s discuss further after we reach the police station,” said Bai Rong as she put her phone away.

The truth was that she was still a little worried.

She asked Gu Mingchen to pull some strings and get her into the police station so she could be a part of the investigation team. Now that Gu Mingchen is in trouble, will I still be able to do so?

Bai Rong was nervous when she walked into the police station and went to the director’s office. She knocked on the door and introduced herself, “Hello, I am Bai Rong.”

“Hey, the expert is here. Welcome, welcome. I thought you’d be here in the morning. Come in,” said the director warmly. Property © 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.

Bai Rong sighed a breath of relief. Looks like the director is still unaware of Gu Mingchen’s issues… Or maybe Gu Mingchen had his men come to talk to the guy beforehand.

It’s good that Gu Mingchen’s issues haven’t been publicized.

“I’d like to look at the files of the woman who was murdered at home last night,” requested Bai Rong directly.

“Ah, you’re talking about Chen Wei’s case. They’re discussing that case right now. Thank you for looking into this matter with us, Ms. Bai,” said the director nicely.

“It’s nothing. It’s my job, after all,” replied Bai Rong politely.

The director later led Bai Rong into the conference room.

There was a moment when Bai Rong thought about Gu Mingchen’s issues, that sorrow and pain welled up in her soul to the point that it was almost hard for her to breathe.

No, I must keep my head in the game. I have to solve this case quickly.

“Guys, let’s put a pause to it. I have an announcement to make. This is Bai Rong, and she is the psychology expert recommended to us. She will participate in the case, and you guys can discuss it with her. Please cooperate with her to solve the case together,” said the director.

Bai Rong nodded then took a seat.

No one spoke, and they merely stared at one another.

“Please tell me more about the content of her text. The victim was holding her phone at the time. Who did she last communicate with?” asked Bai Rong.

“It’s actually kinda strange. The victim died between five o’clock and six-thirty in the evening. She never went out of her room during dinner time when her parents called for her, thus leading to them discovering her death. At that time, her windows were locked from the inside.

“Her parents were inside the house all day, and they claimed that no one ever went in. Thus, this homicide actually looked more like a suicide. The drugs we found in her system could cause its victim to hallucinate or faint, but the victim showed no such symptoms when she hung out with her parents just an hour ago.

“With that, we think that the victim had accidentally taken the wrong medication, leading to hallucination. That, in turn, caused her to commit suicide. The victim texted her ex-boyfriend at five in the afternoon. She was simply asking where he was, but he never replied. Still, there was nothing suspicious about it,” answered one detective.

“Don’t they have any security cameras in their neighborhood?” asked Bai Rong.

“We’ve checked. No one went in or out of Chen Wei’s place during the time of death, and we saw no signs of a struggle in her room,” replied the detective.

Bai Rong narrowed her eyes and pointed out, “I don’t think it’s a suicide. Who would hold a phone in one hand and a knife in another just before they commit suicide? Especially if there isn’t any special content in there?”

“She accidentally took some sedatives. It’s normal for her to act strangely under those circumstances,” refuted a detective.

“And where did that sedative come from? How did she end up accidentally taking it? Was the sedative found at her place? If not, then none of this makes sense. Also, if something strange had happened in the room, wouldn’t her parents have heard everything? She couldn’t have taken the wrong medication, lay on her bed with her phone in one hand, and then killed herself with the other,” shared Bai Rong.

The detectives found that to be strange as well, so they turned to one another.

“Are Chen Wei’s parents still here?” asked Bai Rong.

“They’re taking a break in the other room.”

Bai Rong got up immediately to head over to that room.

At the same time, Cheng Jinrong was there with Chen Wei’s parents.

“Mr. and Mrs. Chen, I’d like to ask you some questions. Did either of you notice anything off after Chen Wei went into her room?” asked Bai Rong.

“No, we were watching TV. Wei is a good girl, and we thought that she was reading in her room,” replied Chen Wei’s mother.

“What are Chen Wei’s hobbies and habits?” asked Bai Rong.

“She’s an introvert and rarely goes out. She doesn’t really offend others either,” answered Chen Wei’s mother.

All of a sudden, Cheng Jinrong seemed to have suddenly recalled something. He then told Bai Rong, “Wei loves freshly ground coffee. She drinks it regardless of how her mood was. I gave her a coffee machine back in the days, and she kept it in her room. I don’t think I saw it at the crime scene, though. Could there be something to that?”

“Does she still drink coffee every day?” asked Bai Rong.

“She does. She would grind the coffee beans every evening around five o’clock and drink some,” replied Chen Wei’s mom.

“Did she buy any coffee beans or take the machine somewhere else yesterday?”

“No.”

“Then this is definitely murder. Someone knew about Chen Wei’s coffee-drinking habit. They broke into her room after she went to bed on the previous night, then put some sedatives in the coffee machine.

“Chen Wei texted you, then had some coffee. She was holding her phone because she was waiting for your reply, but she got more and more tired until she eventually passed out. “Someone broke in at that moment to stab Chen Wei’s heart with a knife before leaving with the coffee cup and the coffee machine,” shared Bai Rong with Cheng Jinrong.

“Who is the culprit?” demanded Cheng Jinrong suspiciously.

“Come on, let’s go check the security footage,” replied Bai Rong before she turned around. She had the police officer get the footage for her, so she could examine the footage between 9 p.m. the night before the murder and 5 p.m. on the day of the murder.