Chapter 105: The Vanished: The Truth
Chapter 105
"Where is that pendant now?"
"In my pocket." Qi Fen felt her pocket, but only pulled out a crumpled tissue and a few coins. She explained embarrassedly, "I lost it."
"You liked Liang Guangyu so much, how could you lose such a precious item?" Fang Rui caught the hole in her story.
"I..."
"Qi Fen, we already have evidence of your crime. Su Momo has also identified you as the kidnapper. You'd better tell the truth." Fang Rui pointed at the clock on the wall. "Liang Guangyu's lawyer is working on his bail procedure. In ten minutes, he might pass by that corridor outside..."
"Officer, the nature of kidnapping isn't too serious, right? It's at most one or two years in prison, isn't it?"
"Sentencing is up to the judge."
Qi Fen kept glancing at the clock on the wall and began to ramble about what had happened:
"My sister and I are both fans of Liang Guangyu. I really hated Su Momo. When I found out Su Momo was Liang Guangyu's girlfriend, I wanted to get rid of her. But murder would get me the death penalty. So I thought about kidnapping her and having someone rape her to ruin her reputation.
My sister didn't agree with my plan because she thought Su Momo was a good person and we shouldn't hurt her. I had no choice but to listen to my sister, otherwise she wouldn't give me money or support me anymore. Later, my sister told me that Su Momo had evidence of Liang Guangyu's infidelity and was going to expose him! We definitely couldn't let her ruin Liang Guangyu. So my sister agreed to help me kidnap her.
Before kidnapping her, we had to get rid of Liu Yaying, otherwise she would always be with Su Momo and we couldn't make our move. My sister knew about her curse doll, so we used that doll to frame Liu Yaying and get her fired. Later, my sister deliberately hinted to Su Momo that she could help her skip the New Year's Eve performance, and Su Momo fell for it. After Su Momo snuck out, I lured her to a secluded place, drugged her, and took her by car to that abandoned building to lock her up.
I thought we'd keep her for a few days to teach her a lesson, so she wouldn't leak the news about Liang Guangyu's affair. Who knew the police would leak this information? You were so irresponsible!
This morning, my sister told me that the police might have discovered what we did. I thought, since we've already committed a crime, why not kill Su Momo. Killing someone with my own hands seemed too cruel, so I tied her to a tree on a desolate mountain, leaving her to freeze to death or be eaten by wolves!"
To fill the ten minutes, Qi Fen described the events in great detail.
"Officer, can I go see Liang Guangyu now?"
Qi Fen was escorted to the detention center. She passed by Liang Guangyu and excitedly said to him, "Liang Guangyu, I did something big for you. I kidnapped Su Momo for you. I almost killed her. See, I can do anything for you. Liang Guangyu, I love you..."
Liang Guangyu felt disgusted. His face turned the color of pork liver as he hurriedly left with his lawyer.
Upon learning that her sister had confessed, Qi Fang finally admitted to the crime as well.
"I kidnapped Su Momo. My sister was just an accomplice. We both like Liang Guangyu very much, and we couldn't watch Su Momo expose him, so we kidnapped her. We originally planned to keep her for a few days and then release her, but things developed beyond our expectations. Suddenly there was blood in that dressing room, which led you to believe it was a homicide, and the situation got out of hand.
Later we panicked and didn't know what to do. We didn't dare to kill her, but we were afraid she'd report us to the police if we let her go, so we just kept her locked up."
Qi Fang's account of the incident was similar to her sister's.
"You didn't put the blood in the dressing room?"
"No, I didn't. I was shocked when I discovered the blood. And when you said the blood was Su Momo's, I was completely stunned, not knowing what had happened."
"Could your sister have done it?"
"I don't know. My sister and I acted separately."
Fang Rui questioned Qi Fen again.
"I put that blood there. I poured the blood on the floor to make it look like a suicide attempt by wrist-cutting. I wanted Liang Guangyu to think Su Momo was dead, so he wouldn't have to worry about being exposed by her."
"How did you obtain Su Momo's blood?"
"I won't tell you."
The two sisters, Qi Fang and Qi Fen, admitted to their crimes. The case was more or less solved.
The news of Su Momo being found once again broke the internet.
#SuMomoSuccessfullyRescued#
#SuMomoKidnappedByAntiFan#
#LiangGuangyusCrazyFansAreTerrible#
#RationalFanBehavior#
Su Momo nearly dominated the entire trending list.
In the hospital, Su Momo was eating an apple with her legs crossed, reading a script.
It was a script for a mystery film. Originally, she was cast as the third female lead, playing a forensic doctor, but after her kidnapping experience, the director changed his mind. He thought Su Momo would be perfect for the lead role, a character who also experiences a kidnapping. The director believed Su Momo's real-life experience would enhance her performance, and they could use this angle to promote the film.
Su Momo looked relaxed, not at all like someone who had just been through a life-threatening kidnapping.
The doctor had given Su Momo a full body check-up. Apart from rope marks on her wrists and ankles from being tied up, she had no other external injuries. She was in good health overall.
From the corner of her eye, Su Momo spotted Fang Rui and Mu Mian. She adjusted her posture and smiled at them, "Officer Fang, Dr. Mu, what brings you to the hospital?"
Fang Rui and Mu Mian were there to visit Zhang, and had passed by Su Momo's room.
Seeing Su Momo act so nonchalant, Fang Rui became even more convinced that there was more to her than met the eye.
"Miss Su, you weren't actually kidnapped, were you? You planned all this, didn't you?" Fang Rui analyzed, "You used the Qi sisters."
"Officer Fang, I don't know what you're talking about."
"Qi Fang said she didn't pour the blood in the dressing room; Qi Fen admitted to it, but her story doesn't match the facts. Did you make some kind of deal with Qi Fen, like giving her some of Liang Guangyu's belongings, so she would willingly follow your plan?"
"Officer Fang, you can't solve cases based on guesses alone. You need evidence," Su Momo looked up at Fang Rui, "Even if there was evidence, it's not illegal for someone to arrange their own kidnapping, is it?"
Fang Rui indeed had no evidence. All the evidence showed that the Qi sisters had kidnapped Su Momo, and they had confessed to the crime. It was possible that they had initially planned to kidnap Su Momo, but Su Momo had turned the tables on them, using their kidnapping to achieve her own goals.
"It's the police's job to solve cases. You don't need to know the whole truth, and you won't be able to anyway." Su Momo's tone was smug, but she waved the script in her hand and said with a smile, "That's a line from the script. Did I scare you just now? Looks like my acting skills aren't bad."
"Miss Su, that curse doll wasn't placed by Liu Yaying. She didn't curse you," Fang Rui said. "Liu Yaying attempted suicide by cutting her wrists recently. She's in this hospital. She's not in a good state right now. If you have time, maybe you could go talk to her. I think there's been a big misunderstanding between you two."
Su Momo took a bite of her apple, her eyes still fixed on the script. "Thank you for telling me. I'll visit her when I have time."
After Fang Rui and Mu Mian left, her new assistant, Little Chen, came in and asked, "Sister Momo, do you want..."
Su Momo corrected her irritably, "Please call me Miss Su."
"Alright, Miss Su, would you like some bubble tea now? Both Sister Yaying and Sister Qi Fang mentioned that you like to drink bubble tea when you're in a bad mood."
"What makes you think I'm in a bad mood?"
"I..."
Su Momo finished the apple and threw the core in the trash bin. "Little Chen, come with me to see Liu Yaying. I need your help with something."