The interrogation room suddenly fell silent.
Xu Qinglan stared straight at Zhou Yi, and he met her gaze calmly.
Sitting beside them, Li Linsen and Yan Xiaoqing were both seasoned criminal investigators. They knew perfectly well that in the verbal probing and sparring just now, Xu Qinglan had not only come off worse, but had also had her defenses shattered by Director Zhou's sudden, ruthless strike.
Interrogation was an art!
And Director Zhou was undoubtedly a master of that art-a master among masters!
Even a suspect as cunning and mentally resilient as Xu Qinglan could not withstand Director Zhou's surprise attack, which struck home in a single blow.
After a suffocating silence, Xu Qinglan regained her composure and said slowly, "Suppose things really are as you say. Then I'll just have to take all the blame myself!"
"No, you won't! That isn't who you are!" Zhou Yi said with absolute certainty.
"Who am I? Ha, do you know me better than I know myself?" Xu Qinglan could not help letting out a soft laugh.
"You once loved a man who told you that you were the most beautiful woman in the world. You believed every word he said. He promised he would find a way to get you out of this. But one day, he broke his promises and left you to shoulder everything... The deeper the love, the deeper the hate. I doubt you'll settle for being the nice one!"
"That's why I say sacrificing yourself for someone else isn't who you are!"
Director Zhou delivered his analysis unhurriedly.
Another suffocating silence followed.
Once again, they stared at each other as though the scene had frozen.
After a long while, Xu Qinglan let out a faint sigh and looked at him with a complicated expression. "You really are terrifying!"