Chapter 102 Mai Ruoyun

"Ms. Mai, this way please."

Xiao Song led a woman into the meeting room. She was wearing a long black dress and high heels, looking to be about thirty years old.

Ms. Mai, whose full name was Mai Ruoyun, was 29 years old. She was Li Xiaolan's friend and best friend.

Inviting her here was intended to gain a deeper understanding of the relationship between Xu Feng and Li Xiaolan.

"Xiaolan is dead?"

These were the first words she spoke upon entering the meeting room.

No pain could be seen on her face, only pure disbelief.

This was actually normal; many people do not feel sad immediately when facing the death of a relative or friend; the emotions only surge out later.

"What on earth happened?"

"Who killed her?"

She grabbed Liu Fengxia's hand with a tense expression, speaking excitedly.

"Please calm down first."

"It is not convenient to disclose the details of the case to you for now. We asked you here because we have a few questions to ask you."

As Liu Fengxia spoke, she soothed the woman's emotions and then signaled for her to sit down.

A moment later, once her emotions had stabilized, the questioning officially began.

"According to our investigation, you and Li Xiaolan had a very good relationship, like best friends."

"So, did she ever talk to you about the state of her relationship with her husband, Xu Feng?"

Mai Ruoyun clenched her hands between her legs and nodded.

"She did. The last time we met, she told me Xu Feng wanted to divorce her. I even tried to think of ways for her to save the marriage."

"But I didn't expect that what I would hear now is the news of her death."

She still maintained a look of disbelief.

She was fine when they last met; how could she be gone just like that?

"So, Li Xiaolan did not agree to the divorce, and she didn't want to divorce, right?"

Chen Mo, who had been silent, suddenly interjected with a question.

"Yes. Xu Feng is a calligraphy teacher. To us ordinary people, that's a symbol of being cultured. That's why Xiaolan chose to marry him in the first place."

"Besides, I feel Xiaolan had feelings for Xu Feng; it's just that Xu Feng disliked her unilaterally."

After Mai Ruoyun finished speaking, she glanced between Liu Fengxia and Chen Mo.

She looked as if she was afraid of saying the wrong thing.

"If that's the case, with Li Xiaolan refusing the divorce, Xu Feng's suspicion becomes even greater."

"The daughter's death, the loss of his job, and the severed ties with friends—all of these were caused by Li Xiaolan, which is why he chose to divorce her."

"But after being rejected, Xu Feng committed murder in a fit of rage!"

Liu Fengxia analyzed the current situation based on Li Xiaolan's attitude.

"Two possibilities: he is the killer, or he knows who the killer is but chose to hide it."

Chen Mo neither nodded in agreement nor shook his head in denial.

Committing murder just because of a desire for divorce felt too far-fetched at this stage.

It would be more reasonable if Xu Feng had beaten Li Xiaolan to force her to sign the papers.

Murder meant paying with one's life.

Based on the information currently available, there was suspicion, but the motive for murder wasn't strong enough!

"Ms. Mai, what do you think of the profession of a calligraphy teacher?"

Chen Mo looked at her with interest.

When these words came out, not only did Mai Ruoyun not expect Chen Mo to ask this, but even Liu Fengxia and Xiao Song were surprised.

They all looked at Chen Mo with a hint of astonishment.

This question didn't seem to have anything to do with the case.

However, in their hearts, they knew Chen Mo wouldn't ask pointless questions.

Chen Mo had wanted to ask this for a while. When she had mentioned that Xu Feng was a calligraphy teacher and a man of culture, he had noticed the disgust and disdain in Mai Ruoyun's expression.

This was strange.

In this era, clearly everyone thought being a calligraphy teacher was a very good profession. Why did she feel disgust and disdain instead?

There was a problem.

"A calligraphy teacher? It's very good, of course. Everyone thinks it's very good."

Mai Ruoyun was stunned for a moment before the words came out.

"No! I mean, do YOU think it's good?"

As Chen Mo spoke, he emphasized the question again.

He couldn't have misread the previous disgust and disdain in her eyes.

"I... I also think it's very good. Officer, I don't understand how this question has any connection to finding the killer who murdered Xiaolan."

She appropriately displayed a sense of resistance.

She truly did not want to answer this question.

"You think it's very good, so you also quite like calligraphy teachers, right?"

Chen Mo ignored her and continued to speak to himself.

She clearly loathed the calligraphy teacher profession, yet she lied to the police, saying she liked it.

This forced him to think more deeply.

Moreover, he had asked this question twice.

Both times, the answer was the same.

This indicated that Mai Ruoyun was intentionally lying.

Admitting to hating calligraphy teachers wasn't a big deal.

She could have passed it off with any random reason.

But since she chose to lie, the answer was actually quite obvious.

The reason for hating calligraphy teachers was something she couldn't say.

Perhaps something unpleasant had happened between Mai Ruoyun and Xu Feng.

"How is your relationship with Xu Feng?"

"..."

"..."

The questioning of Mai Ruoyun lasted for over twenty minutes in total.

Although she showed resistance, there were still some gains.

After watching Xiao Song lead her out,

Only Chen Mo and Liu Fengxia remained in the meeting room.

"Do you think this Mai Ruoyun has a problem? You asked a lot about her and Xu Feng."

Hearing this, Chen Mo nodded and explained his current thoughts.

"Currently, Xu Feng indeed has many suspicions, but none are enough to be a motive for killing his wife."

"I am more inclined to believe he knows who the killer is but chose to hide it."

"And that person might very well be Mai Ruoyun."

"I highly suspect the relationship between the two is not simply that of a best friend's husband."

As Chen Mo spoke, he left the meeting room.

"Let's split up the investigation. You take Mai Ruoyun, and I'll take Xu Feng."

Seeing Liu Fengxia nod in agreement,

Chen Mo pushed open the door to the interrogation room and walked in.

Coming to the table, he crossed his arms and sat on it.

"Officer, you brought me here but don't ask anything. What does this mean?"

Xu Feng was somewhat angry and didn't understand what was going on.

"Aren't I here to ask you now?"

"It seems you're more anxious than we are. Tell me, what do you want to say?"

Chen Mo asked in a relaxed tone.

But Xu Feng, sitting in the interrogation chair, didn't feel the slightest bit relaxed because of his tone.

This indifferent attitude instead made his skin crawl.

"I couldn't have killed Li Xiaolan!"

"I'm not capable of doing something like killing my wife."

He had been brewing many things to say since he first sat in this chair.

In the end, he only said these two sentences.

"Do you know who I saw before I came to see you?"

Chen Mo got down from the table and walked toward Xu Feng step by step.

"No, I don't know."

Inwardly, Xu Feng did not want to meet Chen Mo's gaze.

He tried to turn his head to the other side, but it was forced back by a pair of powerfully strong hands.

"I went to see Mai Ruoyun."

"You two should be very well-acquainted, right?"