When Gu Chen heard this, he suddenly felt that all the clues in the case seemed to be somewhat different from what he had imagined.

However, the overall trend of the case did not deviate from his own understanding.

At the very least, the bizarre fire in the sponge factory 15 years ago can actually be confirmed that it was Zhao Junbo in front of him who was causing trouble.

Moreover, Zhao Xiaobin, homeless artist, and Xiao Mengqi all died at the hands of Zhao Junbo.

Such cruel methods shocked everyone present.

But when Zhao Junbo mentioned his method of committing crimes, it seemed to be different from before.

According to Zhao Chen's reasoning, these people, including Xiao Mengqi and Yuan Jialiang, should be Zhao Junbo's accomplices, helping him dispose of the body and make everything look normal.

But in the situation Zhao Junbo explained, it seemed that he was operating all this alone, while Xiao Mengqi and Yuan Jialiang seemed to be bystanders from beginning to end.

Especially Xiao Mengqi, who only found Zhao Xiaobin that night and finally took Zhao Junbo's clothes home to clean, helping him hide the truth, that's all.

However, Xiao Mengqi's death was actually planned by Zhao Junbo. It was also because Zhao Junbo was not at ease with Xiao Mengqi that he finally discovered Xiao Mengqi's "Ghost King" sketch in Xiao Mengqi's home.

It can be said that although the "Ghost King" drawings are not circulated in China, this is the Internet age. Zhao Junbo knows that Xiao Mengqi's works are very popular in the Neon Country, and sooner or later they will be known to domestic netizens.

But once Xiao Mengqi becomes famous in China, exposure will come sooner or later. But once it is known to domestic netizens, the "Ghost King" comic contains a plot about the fire at the sponge factory in Wangchao Town.

There is no doubt that sooner or later the police will use this clue to find out the specific identity of the body burned to death in the sponge factory fire.

But doing this is obviously not good for yourself.

Therefore, in order to keep himself safe, Zhao Junbo deceived Xiao Mengqi to the river at all costs, and then drowned her in the river.

Finally, with the support of rumors, a perfect crime was created in which Xiao Mengqi became depressed due to relationship problems and finally committed suicide by jumping into a river.

But Zhao Junbo never expected that today, 15 years later, after evading investigation for 15 years, he would be caught by the young policeman in front of him.

Of course, Zhao Junbo also knew very well that he would have to pay back sooner or later if he came out to fool around. However, Zhao Junbo felt unwilling to fall down at this time.

He now has everything, children, family, property, and even parents.

Losing everything back then might not be as heartbreaking as it is now.

Therefore, after Zhao Junbo answered the question just now, he smiled bitterly.

Maybe this disguise of a smile can make him feel better.

Gu Chen looked up at Zhao Junbo and asked sternly: "Yuan Jialiang didn't participate in your crime, so does he know the cause of Xiao Mengqi's death?"

"I don't know." Zhao Junbo shook his head.

"I don't know? Isn't that right? There are images of the Ghost King left on the side of the coffin on the mountain and at the place where the body was transferred and buried. It is obvious that someone is reminding us the police."

"And the person who alerted us to the police should be Yuan Jialiang, right?" Lu Weiwei said.

Zhao Junbo hesitated for a few seconds, but still nodded and admitted: "Maybe, but I didn't pay attention to this."

Gu Chen nodded slightly: "That means Yuan Jialiang knows what happened."

"And this Yuan Jialiang may have been inspired by Xiao Mengqi's Ghost King comics, because Yuan Jialiang has always been a loyal reader of Xiao Mengqi's comics, and his online name should be Bad Guy."

Listening to Gu Chen's narration, Zhao Junbo also sighed and said: "He really didn't know it at first, but Yuan Jialiang is a smarter person."

"Because I heard Xiao Mengqi talk about some things between her and Yuan Jialiang, so I know that Yuan Jialiang came to Jiangnan City because of Xiao Mengqi."

"But I'm also very surprised. If Yuan Jialiang came here to work for Xiao Mengqi, why didn't he come to Xiao Mengqi?"

"In other words, the two of them met for very little time, which is completely inconsistent with what Yuan Jialiang said."

"Don't you think Xiao Mengqi has any suspicion?" Officer Wang asked.

Zhao Junbo shook his head: "Xiao Mengqi focuses on creation, and she and Yuan Jialiang are friends from the beginning."

"Xiao Mengqi is very happy that Yuan Jialiang can come to Jiangnan City. She feels that Yuan Jialiang does not come to her often because of his busy work."

"But at the same time, she doesn't want Yuan Jialiang to come to her."

"It was only later that after Xiao Mengqi drowned, Yuan Jialiang also got the news and had conflicts with the locals."

"In the end, Master Xiao and I stopped him. Of course, we know that Yuan Jialiang and Xiao Mengqi are school friends, so Yuan Jialiang still listens to us."

"Then when did his suspicion begin?" Yuan Shasha said.

Zhao Junbo squinted his eyes and thought, and said slowly: "Maybe he was the person who understood Xiao Mengqi best at that time, right?"

"Xiao Mengqi's creations were influenced by him in many aspects, because at that time, Xiao Mengqi had already gotten over the relationship problems with her ex-boyfriend."

"Yuan Jialiang must know this, but when he heard that Xiao Mengqi drowned because of emotional problems, he didn't believe it. It was precisely because of this that he had some conflicts with the gossiping neighbors."

"Later, an aggrieved Yuan Jialiang came to Master Xiao's house to help. I was there at the time. He found me and asked me if the cause of Xiao Mengqi's death was true."

"I said I didn't know, but he said he would definitely find out the truth for Xiao Mengqi."

Hearing this, Gu Chen suddenly raised his head slightly and asked him: "So this Yuan Jialiang is actually the one who first discovered the strange cause of Xiao Mengqi's death, right?"

"It can be understood that way." Zhao Junbo nodded slightly and added: "At that time, everyone thought so about Xiao Mengqi's death. They thought that she committed suicide by jumping into the river because of emotional problems. This is the same as what I had presupposed before, and there is no problem at all."

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! After breathing heavily for a few times, Zhao Junbo shook his head helplessly: "But this Yuan Jialiang has been unyielding. It seems that he doesn't believe that Xiao Mengqi will do it for

That unworthy ex-boyfriend committed suicide by jumping into the river."

"So, he began to actively look for clues, and notified his former classmates of Xiao Mengqi's death, and also asked these people to notify Xiao Mengqi's ex-boyfriend."

"For this reason, Xiao Mengqi's ex-boyfriend even came over on the day of Xiao Mengqi's funeral."

"He even believed that Xiao Mengqi actually committed suicide by jumping into the river because of him. After all, the two of them had a very good relationship. If it hadn't been for Master Xiao's obstruction back then, the two of them might have been together long ago."

"So, Master Xiao felt that he felt guilty. On the day of the funeral, he saw Xiao Mengqi's ex-boyfriend kneeling down to admit his mistake. He also saw Xiao Mengqi's ex-boyfriend's sincerity, so he stopped pursuing it."

"Did Yuan Jialiang be at the funeral?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.

Zhao Junbo nodded: "Of course he is here, Yuan Jialiang said that he will find out the cause of Xiao Mengqi's death."

"That's it. During that time, I felt very guilty. I was scared every day when I walked on the road."

"The disappearance of Zhao Xiaobin allowed me to live a carefree life in the European Royal Furniture Factory, while the death of the homeless artist had no impact on me at all, except Xiao Mengqi."

"When I found out that Xiao Mengqi was using my murderous tactics to make comics, it was already too late, because she had already submitted some of the manuscripts, and they were also being serialized in Neon Country."

With a heavy sigh, Zhao Junbo shook his head helplessly: "At that time, I knew that this "Ghost King" comic was the biggest unstable factor."

"Sure enough, in the following days, besides working, Yuan Jialiang was investigating Xiao Mengqi's affairs."

"But he is not a policeman, and it has not gone well in many aspects. Just like that, 15 years have passed."

"Originally, I thought that I could sit back and relax with all this. I even forgot about this incident 15 years ago."

"In the past 15 years, I have been pretending to accompany my godfather Zhao Changlin, often going out to find the whereabouts of Zhao Xiaobin."

"Although I know that this is all in vain, because the real body of Zhao Xiaobin has been buried on that mountain, and it has become a charred corpse."

"No matter how Zhao Changlin searches, the result will be the same, but I have to perform the trick well. In this way, 15 years will pass quickly."

"I became the actual controller of the European Royal Furniture Factory, and all the family affairs depended on me. I even married a beautiful wife and had a handsome son."

"All of this seemed to be developing in a good direction, but suddenly one day, everything was interrupted by an anonymous phone call."

"Anonymous call?" Upon hearing this, Lu Weiwei quickly asked: "Is this anonymous call from Yuan Jialiang?"

Zhao Junbo nodded silently: "I didn't know who it was at first? But later, the anonymous caller who used voice-changing software told me, do you still remember Xiao Mengqi's drowning death 15 years ago?"

"When I heard this, I was completely stunned."

"Because, if it weren't for this anonymous call, I might have forgotten the existence of this matter."

"I was panicking and at a loss, so I asked him who he was. I told him that I didn't know anything about Xiao Mengqi's death, and that Xiao Mengqi's death had been concluded 15 years ago."

"But that phone call told me that things were not that simple at all. The person on the phone could clearly tell me everything that happened in Wangchao Town that year, and he also told me that these were all recorded in the "Ghost King" comic by Xiao Mengqi.

"

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Junbo was also annoyed at this moment, and said with some despair: "I almost went crazy at the time. Everything has been settled, but today, 15 years later, there are going to be troubles again."

"But I am not a vegetarian. I quickly remembered that Yuan Jialiang once said that he would definitely find out the cause of Xiao Mengqi's death."

"Because in his heart, Xiao Mengqi has always been the woman he loves deeply, so he will not let it go."

Hearing this, Yuan Shasha couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Yuan Jialiang is really persistent. He has never given up on these things in the past 15 years."

Looking up at Zhao Junbo, Yuan Shasha asked again: "What happened next? Did Yuan Jialiang come to see you?"

"Yes, this time." Zhao Junbo no longer concealed anything at this moment.

Officer Wang frowned: "What did you say? This time? So, Yuan Jialiang came from Hubei Province this time specifically for Xiao Mengqi's matter?"

"Yeah." Zhao Junbo didn't refute, just nodded silently and said involuntarily:

"This is the vow he made back then, because just some time ago, he browsed through the social posts sent to her by Xiao Mengqi's fans and found some key clues."

"Because Xiao Mengqi's works were serialized overseas before, and because of the sensitive subject matter, they cannot be serialized in China. Even pirated comics will be deleted by the corresponding platforms."

"So, Yuan Jialiang couldn't see Xiao Mengqi's "Ghost King" before."

"But now, someone has taken screenshots of some of the main plots of the "Ghost King" comics and put them in the exchange thread."

"And all of this happened to be seen by Yuan Jialiang."

"Because of this, Yuan Jialiang finally found the relevant plot of the "Ghost King" comic through some channels. Only then did he know that there was a plot in the "Ghost King" comic about a small town fire."
To be continued...