Chen Mo's face was extremely gloomy. His brows were tightly furrowed, as though he had something he couldn't say. After a moment of silence, he said, "It's about Li Xue."
"Li Xue?" Ye Zi furrowed her brows. Her fair and slender fingers touched her sharp chin. Ye Zi didn't quite understand Chen Mo's meaning. Li Xue's case was already very obvious.
Chen Mo nodded slightly and said, "From the evidence, Li Xue is indeed the victim, but …"
"But what?" Ye Zi was a little anxious as she urged Chen Mo to continue.
Chen Mo said, "We suspect that Li Xue's injuries … aren't as simple as they seem on the surface."
"How complicated could her injuries be?!" Ye Zi raised her voice, and her voice didn't sound as calm as before. "A woman is covered in injuries, and it's not even out in the open. She's been humiliated for so long, could it be …"
"Don't panic." Chen Mo patted Ye Zi's hand. "Listen to me."
Ye Zi nodded, but her tightly furrowed brows didn't relax. She also wanted to hear what Chen Mo had to say, and she wanted to know more about Li Xue's injuries.
Chen Mo took the bag from the back seat and pulled out a stack of photos. He handed it to Ye Zi and said, "Take a look for yourself."
Ye Zi took it and looked down at the photos in her hand. These photos were taken when the police were investigating Li Xue for evidence. Looking at the shocking scars on Li Xue's arms and back, Ye Zi's eyes couldn't help but sink. How much pain and endurance did she have to endure to be able to endure a man for so many years?
Ye Zi bit her lower lip tightly, feeling a bit more pity for this woman in her heart.
Chen Mo pointed at Li Xue's injuries in the photos. His thin lips opened slightly, and his voice was distant and deep. "Can you see anything?"
"Bastard!" Ye Zi clenched the photos in her hand and gritted her teeth. "No matter how useless a woman is, he can't treat her like this."
"Don't be anxious. Take a closer look." Chen Mo seemed much calmer.
"Hmph!" Ye Zi suddenly snorted. "You men will always side with other men."
Chen Mo heard that and frowned slightly. "Why are you looking at me like this?"
As he spoke, he pulled out a photo from the stack. This photo was a close-up of Li Xue's arm. Li Xue's skin was extremely white, which made the dark red scar on her arm look even more terrifying.
Li Xue's skin. "Li Xue, Mo, and Li Xue, and Li Xue's," said.
Chen Mo said, "Look at the angle of these scars."
From Ye Zi's point of view, these scars were caused from the bottom up, and there was only one possibility for these scars to be caused from this angle, and that was the victim's self-mutilation.
Ye Zi's expression suddenly became extremely ugly. Her eyes darkened, and she asked Chen Mo in a low voice, "Brother Chen Mo, what's going on?!"
"According to the forensic evidence collected by the police, the scars on Li Xue's body don't look like they were caused by a third party beating her up. Instead, they look more like a series of acts of self-abuse," Chen Mo said in a low voice as he rubbed the tip of his nose.
Ye Zi's brows furrowed even deeper. She pursed her lips and asked, "Why did she do this? To falsely accuse her boyfriend? If that's the case, she could have left him earlier! Moreover, when I asked Li Xue before, she said that her boyfriend used her parents to threaten her, which was why … "
"I've just asked Bai Yang to investigate this matter," Bai Yang said. Chen Mo narrowed his cold but sharp eyes. His eyes were extremely dark, and at this moment, they were like two obsidian, deep and dazzling. "In fact, it's not like what Li Xue said. After Bai Yang investigated, Li Xue's parents passed away four years ago. Moreover, it wasn't an accident like she said, but a fire."
"Fire?!" Ye Zi frowned, and the expression on her face became even uglier.
"That's right. Four years ago, there was a very serious fire on Lin Sen North Road. I don't know if you still remember?" Chen Mo put the photos back into his backpack and raised his eyebrows at Ye Zi. Flash Dance Network
For others, that fire might be easy to forget, but for Ye Zi, she might not be able to forget it for the rest of her life. At the time of the fire, Ye Zi was only eighteen years old. She was still in the ivory tower, and she was like every other young girl, naive and carefree.
However, because of the fire on Lin Sen North Road, Ye Zi's original life changed.
When the fire broke out, Elder Father was nearby. As a retired criminal police officer, Elder Father chose to help with the disaster relief immediately. When Elder Father saved a child from the fire, his back was already burned.
Elder Father was sent to the hospital because of this. After treatment, Elder Father's burns didn't improve, and his back was infected. Unfortunately, he died.
Because of this, Ye Zi left school, took over the Scent Detective Agency, and became a private investigator.
When she thought of this, her eyes gradually became moist. She bit her lower lip with her teeth and looked up at the roof of the car, trying not to let her tears fall.
Elder Father once told her not to show her weakest side in front of others. She rarely cried in front of others, and she was even more unwilling to let others see her tears.
Chen Mo could see that Ye Zi was trying her best to hold it in, so he handed Ye Zi a tissue.
Ye Zi took the tissue and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Thank you."
She took a deep breath, looked up at Chen Mo, and said word by word, "Li Xue's parents, did they die in this fire?"
Chen Mo nodded noncommittally, "That's right."
"Why did she lie?" Ye Zi stared at Chen Mo.
Chen Mo said, "We don't know about this either. By the way, there's something I forgot to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Master's back was burned because he was trying to save Li Xue." Chen Mo slowly closed his eyes, and his long and thick eyelashes cast two silhouettes under his eyes.
"It's her!!" Ye Zi pursed her lips, thought for a moment, and calmed herself down. "Tell me, why did you come to me today? Do you want me to help you investigate Li Xue?"
Chen Mo was silent for two seconds, and then nodded at Ye Zi.
"But, the police have always had rules …"
Chen Mo said, "Because Li Xue is very uncooperative with the investigation, and you have been in contact with her before, I want you to help me investigate Li Xue. As for the law enforcement, it's still up to the police."
Ye Zi nodded. "Okay, no problem."
Chen Mo suddenly laughed. He rubbed the tip of his nose and said, "But this investigation is completely voluntary, and there's no reward."
Ye Zi raised her eyebrows slightly, and she snorted. "Brother Chen Mo, you're so boring."
With that, Ye Zi jumped out of Chen Mo's car. Not far away, a black Jeep Cherokee was driving in her direction. When Ye Zi saw the car, she couldn't help but smile.
But the black Jeep Cherokee didn't seem to have any intention of stopping. Even when it was less than 20 meters away from Ye Zi, it still maintained its original speed.
The car's light dazzled Ye Zi's eyes, and they hurt a little. She raised her hand to cover her eyes. Suddenly, she felt her body being lifted, and her feet left the ground. Then, she was pushed to the ground.
Chen Mo shielded her as he looked in the direction of the black Jeep Cherokee. There was no license plate!
Ye Zi came back to her senses. That black Jeep Cherokee was the same model as Lin Yan's car, but it wasn't Lin Yan's car.
That car had almost run her over.
She looked at Chen Mo with a pale face. Fear lingered in her heart.
Chen Mo frowned deeply as he looked in the direction of the black Jeep Cherokee. He had clearly seen from the car that the car had no intention of stopping when it had reached Ye Zi.
And after he had pushed Ye Zi to the ground and dodged, the car had made a turn and left.
Could it be …
Ye Zi was still in a state of shock. If Chen Mo hadn't pounced on her just now, she might have already been …
She didn't dare to think about it.
"Phew!"
After a while, Ye Zi let out a long breath, and her heartbeat gradually returned to normal.
"Little girl, that car just now …"
Chen Mo frowned as he looked at Ye Zi with a dark gaze. "Did you offend someone recently?"
Ye Zi pursed her lips and shook her head. She could feel the purpose of the car just now, but she didn't know who it was that wanted to hit her with a car. Moreover, when the car approached her, it suddenly turned on its headlights. As a result, she couldn't see clearly who was inside the car with the light in front of her.
Chen Mo said in a low voice, "I noticed that the car didn't have a license plate. Do you want to go back to the station with me …"
Ye Zi forced a smile and shook her head slightly. "Sigh, maybe it really was an accident, or maybe it was drunk driving. It's just a small matter. I think we should forget about it."
Chen Mo couldn't argue with Ye Zi, so he nodded and said, "Since you said forget about it, then forget about it. But you should be careful. Get in the car, I'll send you back."
"It's okay." Ye Zi declined. "Lin Yan will probably come to pick me up."
Hearing Lin Yan's name, Chen Mo's eyes flashed with a trace of disappointment, but then a faint smile appeared on his face. "Alright then, I'll go back first. Be careful."
With that, he turned around and got into his Beijing Jeep, turned the car around, and drove onto the road.
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