191: Unbearable evil

“Brother Gao, what kind of joke are you playing?”

Liu Wenzhong didn't even wipe the tea from the corner of his mouth, looking at Gao Ze with a shocked and wide-eyed expression.

The two male Police Officers in the other interrogation rooms had similar expressions.

They could suspect Liu Luomei of murder, but they couldn't doubt their eyes.

Liu Luomei had fair and delicate skin, a beautiful face, large breasts, a shapely backside, and a sweet, gentle female voice. How could he look like a transvestite?

However, Liu Luomei looked deeply at Gao Ze, then admitted, saying:

“Officer Gao, how did you know?”

“Ah, he really is a transvestite!”

Liu Wenzhong and the others gaped, then looked at Liu Luomei again, a chill rising in their hearts.

Liu Luomei was a transvestite, and Fan Wenhao had just mentioned coveting him. Didn't that mean Fan Wenhao was gay?

Liu Luomei was particularly sensitive to changes in gazes. Noticing the instinctive disgust in Liu Wenzhong's eyes, he seemed to be triggered by stress. His eyes instantly turned red, and he shouted:

“What does my gender identity have to do with you?”

“I haven't harmed you, I haven't slandered you. I work hard, and all my money is earned honestly. Why do you look down on me? Why are you full of malice towards me?”

“This was never my choice!”

Tears streamed down Liu Luomei's cheeks. His tearful appearance was even more delicate than a woman's. If Liu Wenzhong and the others hadn't known his gender, they probably would have felt pity for him.

However, they realized their hurtful remarks.

“Sorry, sorry, that was our mistake just now!”

“We respect your gender choice, but we only want to inquire about the case.”

Liu Wenzhong's apology had no effect. Liu Luomei wiped his tears and said coldly, “I'm used to it.”

“If you're used to it, then let's talk about why you wanted to kill Li Hao!”

Gao Ze also respected Liu Luomei's choice. The world was iterating too quickly, and the emergence of specific groups was not something he could decide.

“Kill Li Hao?”

Liu Luomei suddenly stopped sobbing, looking directly at Gao Ze and saying, “Why would I kill him? I haven't killed anyone.”

“There's no point in hiding it now. We already know the truth of the entire case.”

“You wanted to kill Li Hao with hangover candies, but Fan Wenhao swapped the hangover candies, causing Zhu Zhirong, whom you didn't intend to kill, to be killed by you.”

“We found the candy wrapper from the ricin-laced candy that Zhu Zhirong ate. It has your fingerprints, Zhu Zhirong's, and Fan Wenhao's.”

Gao Ze pressed the phone's recording button and said, “And Fan Wenhao has already confessed the entire incident, admitting his crime without reservation. Do you want to hear the recording?”

Listening to Fan Wenhao's recording, Liu Luomei immediately fell silent.

His face gradually returned to calm, and a hint of extreme sadness appeared in his pupils.

“I plead guilty. Zhu Zhirong was killed by me. You can close the case.”

“Then what was your motive for wanting to kill Li Hao?”

“Also, where did you get the ricin hangover candies and the pro-activator enzyme injections?”

Gao Ze asked, “And why did both Zhu Zhirong and Li Hao receive notes that read, 'The sin on your body can only be cleansed by death'?”

Liu Luomei did not respond, quietly closing his eyes.

Liu Wenzhong saw this and tried to persuade him, but Liu Luomei still didn't respond, remaining silently unresponsive to all threats and inducements.

It was as if his sorrow was greater than a dead heart.

“Brother Gao, what should we do?” Liu Wenzhong turned his head and looked at Gao Ze with a bitter smile.

“Liu Luomei, are you really not going to speak?”

“Do you want to hide all the suffering you've endured, all the pain you've experienced?”

“If my deduction is correct, the reason for the conflict between Zhu Zhirong and Fan Wenhao was probably not some contract, but rather that he couldn't stand the harm you were receiving.”

Gao Ze would not underestimate the depravity of a bar owner like Fan Wenhao, who would install surveillance cameras in Liu Luomei's room and possess his room key.

Liu Luomei slowly clenched his fists, his delicate cheeks trembling.

Gao Ze added fuel to the fire, saying, “Ricin, do you know the effects of this potent poison?”

“After it's ingested into the human stomach, it doesn't cause rapid death. It only makes a person experience intense pain like being burned by fire, causing convulsions and spasms.

But even so, when Zhu Zhirong was conscious, he still didn't tell anyone that he had eaten your hangover candy, that you were his killer.”

“Do you think he protected you like that because he wanted you to continue suffering? To hide the pain you endured, to let the perpetrators go unpunished?”

“Stop talking!”

A line of tears streamed from the corner of Liu Luomei's eye. His eyes were bloodshot.

“Zhu Zhirong not revealing that you killed him means he also concealed the crimes of Fan Wenhao and Li Hao. This was not his intention, but rather he didn't want you to be harmed.”

Gao Ze said, “Your choice to hide and admit everything will only bring pain to those who care for you and joy to your enemies, completely letting Zhu Zhirong down.”

“Please stop talking, I can tell you everything!”

Tears gushed out like a spring. This time, Liu Luomei wasn't agitated, but the sorrow pierced his heart.

“The hangover candies were swapped by Fan Wenhao. My original intention was indeed to kill Li Hao, because I hated him to the core.”

“Why?” Gao Ze asked.

“The reason goes back to college. Li Hao exposed my sexual orientation and my cross-dressing on the university forum back then, causing me to suffer cyberbullying from countless male and female students from over a dozen surrounding colleges. It spread to my class, and almost all my classmates pointed fingers at me.”

“And after this incident, Li Hao enjoyed the attention and even posted my nude photos.”

Liu Luomei gritted his teeth and said, “Li Hao was my classmate, my dormmate, and at that time, most of the class were from all over the country, only Li Hao and I were from the district next to Su City. I trusted him so much, yet he treated me like a clown, insulting me wantonly.”

“After suffering those criticisms, I was depressed and ran to the rooftop, wanting to jump. It was Zhu Zhirong who saved me, comforted me, and he didn't have that discriminatory look in his eyes towards me.”

“Later, with Zhu Zhirong's help, I dropped out, re-enrolled in Donghai University of Science and Technology, and cut off all contact with everyone from that school.”

“But even so, I still think about that nightmare every day, waking up in a cold sweat.”

“Li Hao ruined my entire life, how could I not hate him?”

This Li Hao, what a monster!

Gao Ze sighed in his heart, finally understanding why the Police Officer hadn't found Liu Luomei's academic records at Donghai University of Science and Technology.

And why Liu Luomei, Li Hao, and Zhu Zhirong were all twenty-six years old, yet Liu Luomei started school two years later.

The key was being forced to drop out.

“After cutting off contact with everyone.

I've been through so much these past few years, practically peeling off layers of my skin. I've had my appearance and body adjusted, and I spent a lot of money to have someone change my identity documents, even my gender.

I thought no one would recognize me, but I never expected to see Zhu Zhirong again at Spring and Scenery Bar.”

Liu Luomei said, “I never expected that when Zhu Zhirong saw me singing on stage, he recognized me at first glance.

He sought me out to chat, and we still hit it off immediately, able to joke and play without inhibition.

Until Fan Wenhao appeared.

He saw me being insulted by him, and couldn't stand it, so he had multiple conflicts with him and even wanted to tear up the contract and take me away from the bar.”

Liu Wenzhong could clearly see Liu Luomei's lips trembling after he mentioned Fan Wenhao's name. He asked, “What did Fan Wenhao do to you? Was everything he said true?”

“Of course not true. Would a pervert like him, who installs surveillance cameras in your changing room, speak the truth?”

“The room at the bar that was given to me wasn't a room; it was a changing room, a changing room with one-way transparent glass walls, and the glass faced Fan Wenhao's office.”

Liu Luomei said, “As for what he did to me….”