Zhang Wei tried to put herself into that scene, and after a long silence, she agreed with Ranran's point of view.
"Sun Zhiqiang committed suicide. I agree. I agree with all your inferences about Sun Zhiqiang's emotions, Little Master."
"It makes sense."
"But if we trace this case back to its origin, back to the very beginning, why did Sun Zhiqiang kill Li Yang?"
"In your description, little master, Sun Zhiqiang is indeed very close to being a good person. He is even willing to sacrifice his life for his lover."
“There aren’t many people in the world today who can do that.”
Ran Ran nodded, "That's true."
"But people are never black and white. From Bai Xue's perspective, Sun Zhiqiang is undoubtedly a good person, but from the perspectives of Li Yang, Wang Laowu and Lao He, he is an out-and-out bastard."
"Officer Zhang mentioned that the source of the case was Sun Zhiqiang killing Li Yang, but I doubt this."
Zhang Wei frowned when she heard this, "So what do you think?"
Ran Ran said calmly: "The first person Sun Zhiqiang killed must have a very close connection with his motive for killing."
"It can be said that it was entirely because of what happened between Sun Zhiqiang and the first victim that caused Sun Zhiqiang to change from a good person in Bai Xue's eyes to a murderous bastard."
After listening to this and thinking about it carefully, everyone felt that this was the truth.
Ran Ran continued: "According to this logic, who is Sun Zhiqiang most likely to have had such a story with?"
"Li Yang and Wang Laowu are workers in another group. They don't interact much with Sun Zhiqiang. The only abnormal thing is that Li Yang went to Sun Zhiqiang's surveying group to announce that he saw the rope-strangling ghost."
Zhang Wei frowned even more tightly. "Yes, doesn't this prove that the first victim is more likely to be Li Yang? Something must have happened between Li Yang and Sun Zhiqiang, which is why Li Yang suddenly did this."
Ran Ran blinked her eyes, "The key here is to tie up the ghost."
"The Rope-Strangling Ghost happened before Sun Zhiqiang and Li Yang. We can even guess that the Rope-Strangling Ghost happened between Sun Zhiqiang and Li Yang."
Shen Dinghai was a little confused. "Wait a minute, weren't these people killed by Sun Zhiqiang? The female ghost with a rope was just a cover for Sun Zhiqiang. How can it be related to ghosts?"
Ran Ran said patiently: "Whether the rope-strangling ghost is really just a cover or not, let's not talk about it for now. We have to analyze what the rope-strangling ghost is in the context of Li Yang that day."
"Is he really just showing off that he saw a ghost?"
Everyone pondered for a while, and Ran Ran continued: "We have analyzed it before. Li Yang's words were specifically meant for someone in the measurement team."
"We have always suspected Lao He, but after I carefully checked the salary account book..."
"I figured out the real timeline."
"Li Yang died not long after he said he had seen a ghost, and there was no record of Lao He receiving his salary even earlier than that!"
The real answer is about to emerge.
"Cousin, you mean that Lao He died before Li Yang died?!"
"Yes, this is also the reason why Sun Zhiqiang could so easily put the blame on Lao He in the beginning. A dead person will not make excuses."
"Old He's death before Li Yang can ensure that Sun Zhiqiang's process of framing others is safe and flawless."
Zhang Wei's frown relaxed a little, "Master is a very careful person. I didn't even consider this."
Ran Ran smiled slightly and said, "This is the inertia of human thinking. The deaths of Li Yang, Wang Laowu and Lao He appeared in everyone's vision one after another. Everyone subconsciously thinks that this is also the order of their deaths."
"Next, based on this point, let's consider what the rope-strangling ghost that Li Yang preached before his death was."
Ran Ran almost patiently guided everyone to think of the answer.
However, Shen Dinghai's chaotic brain was unable to keep up with Ran Ran's train of thought, and he just had a sad face. "Cousin, just tell me the answer directly."
Ning Wu still had a faint smile on his face, but the words that came out of his mouth were quite sarcastic.
"Some people, even when the answer is right in front of them, still don't know what the truth is. With such a slow reaction, it's better not to get involved in these things, or else you'll die one day without knowing how you died, and become a confused ghost."
Shen Dinghai wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start. He also felt bad about his brain.
Ran Ran said helplessly: "I am just speculating, it is not necessarily the truth."
"I suspect that the ghost murders that Li Yang witnessed were actually human murders."
"A person killed someone?" Shen Dinghai's mind went blank for a moment, "The person who tied the rope was a person... The person who tied the rope was Sun Zhiqiang?!"
He panicked and said the first thought that came into his mind.
Ran Ran nodded.
Shen Dinghai was even more shocked. He was stunned for a while, and he seemed to be enlightened by this conclusion.
"Yes! If that's the case, it can indeed explain Li Yang's abnormal behavior, and Sun Zhiqiang's motive for killing Li Yang is also revealed!"
But after thinking carefully for a while, Shen Dinghai frowned again, "But isn't the rope-strangling ghost a female ghost? Why would Li Yang use a female ghost to describe Sun Zhiqiang?"
Ran Ran smiled helplessly, "In fact, Li Yang never said that the rope-strangling ghost was a female ghost. We first heard about the crying of a female ghost on the construction site from Wang Laowu, so we subconsciously thought that this rope-strangling ghost was also a female ghost."
"The workers on the construction site had the same misunderstanding as us, and that's why the story of the strangled ghost spread."
Shen Dinghai scratched his head, "Is that so? I didn't notice it at all."
"It takes a lot of care to find the truth..."
Zhang Wei was also shaken by Ran Ran's statement. "Even if I agree that Lao He was the first person killed by Sun Zhiqiang, then why did Sun Zhiqiang kill Lao He?"
Ran Ran lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly. "There is no clue to prove this at the moment. This is just my pure guess."
"I think Lao He was killed by Sun Zhiqiang because he discovered the deal behind Sun Zhiqiang's back."
Shen Dinghai felt that it made some sense, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not necessary. "Bai Xue's transaction was indeed against the law, but if this matter was discovered, would Sun Zhiqiang really want to kill someone?"
"He is a person who cares about face so much? That doesn't make sense. If Sun Zhiqiang really cares about face to this extent, he would never tolerate the illegal transactions going on."
Ran Ran nodded, "This is also something that once confused me."
"The work that Bai Xue was forced to do was discovered by someone, which should not have made Sun Zhiqiang want to kill her, but he attacked Lao He..."
"After thinking about it for a long time, I can only deduce it in one direction."
Shen Dinghai opened his confused eyes and asked, "What direction?"
"The activities hidden behind the construction site are far more horrific and twisted than what Bai Xue did."
"Only in this way can we explain Sun Zhiqiang's original murderous intent."
Shen Dinghai got goosebumps all over his body in an instant, "Much more?"
"Sex trade itself is illegal, it's far more than this... What kind of business is that?"
Ran Ran looked serious. "There is a detail. I don't know if you still remember it. When we pretended to be the boss and went to find Bai Xue, she cried and covered her stomach."
"She said... the child can't..." (End of this chapter)
