Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 261 Perfectionism 15
A few days ago, Qu Xiangbin and Xu Youan talked about secretly filming videos in the car.

Zheng Yan narrowed his eyes: "Xu Youan would be so stupid as to talk to you about this without even removing the surveillance camera? What, are you trying to tell me that Xu Youan is actually a thrill-seeking idiot?"

Qu Xiangbin wanted to slam his fist on the table: "How was I supposed to know he would install cameras in the car and forget to remove them? A month or two ago, he said he wanted to propose and took a few cameras from me. I wouldn't have asked him any questions about that. Where he wanted to install them and what kind of surprise videos he wanted to film, was it any of my business?!"

"You can't control him, so you go and try to control a bunch of strange women?!"

Qu Xiangbin's emotions were instantly suppressed, and he shut up and remained silent.

Zheng Yan sneered: "Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning for doing such a disgusting thing? Aren't you afraid of bankrupting your parents' company? Tell me, what did you say to Xu Youan in the car? Who did you mention? Tell me everything. Based on what you've done, we now strongly suspect that you not only took photos secretly, but also killed someone. You'd better cooperate with the investigation honestly!"

"What can I say? I just told him to watch the video. Ever since he became obsessed with Yuan Qing, I've called him several times but he hasn't had time. I'm really annoyed, so I asked him what he meant. He said he didn't want Yuan Qing to find out. Yuan Qing's mysophobia is so severe, both physically and mentally. I really don't know what's wrong with her..."

"It's not just about watching videos. Xu Youan has most likely engaged in risky behavior. Did you lead him astray?" Zheng Yan interrupted his grumbling, getting straight to the point.

Qu Xiangbin's eyes instinctively darted to the side, a clear sign of avoidance and guilt.

Zheng Yan asked again before he impatiently replied, "There's no question of bringing him along. We've known each other since we were kids. He can do everything I can do, and I've never missed out on anything he can do. Before he fell for Yuan Qing, he wasn't some clueless virgin. But after he got together with Yuan Qing, he stopped hanging out with me as much. I don't know if he's dated anyone else in private, but he's over thirty. It would be strange if he didn't have experience in that area. Yuan Qing doesn't care about his past... Wouldn't having experience make him better at dating?"

Tan Jia rolled her eyes from outside.

What's with all this talk about charming, womanizing men? Yuan Qing's standards for men's cleanliness are way too low.

Zheng Yan didn't roll his eyes. He'd met a lot of criminals and realized that some people were just born shameless.

He asked what he wanted to know, and then took out the damaged miniature camera he had found at the scene earlier, asking Qu Xiangbin, "This is the miniature camera we found in Xu Youan's car. Can you identify it? Is it the one he took from you before?"

Previously, Qu Xiangbin would never have cooperated obediently, but now that he's been caught secretly filming and the charge is already on his head, he might as well go all out and confess all the secrets to prove that he was absolutely not involved in the murder case.

"It seems so. He proposed, saying he wanted to record the surprise moment. He had previously posted a proposal video on his WeChat Moments and also shared a copy in our small group. It looks like there was footage taken in the car."

Hmm? Zheng Yan frowned. After the case occurred, they found the deceased's phone and checked the information on it. They didn't see the marriage proposal video, nor did they see any video of her in the car.

He asked Qu Xiangbin to take out his phone and pull up the video that Xu Youan had sent. The one in his WeChat Moments was gone, but the one in the small group was still there. It was sent about two months ago on a Sunday at six o'clock in the afternoon.

Something's strange. Xu Youan clearly posted the video, so why isn't it on his phone? Was it deleted? Why was it deleted?
Did you only delete this one, or did you delete more things?
Did you delete it yourself, or did someone else delete it?

If someone else deleted it, why would they delete it? Was it because they were worried about exposing the camera in the car?

When did the other party delete it? People inside and outside the interrogation room were all pondering these questions.

As soon as Zheng Yan came out, Tan Jia offered her conjecture: "If it wasn't Xu Youan who deleted it, then the only person who could get hold of Xu Youan's phone and delete such an important video is his closest person. They've only been married for a month, still in the honeymoon phase, and they might often revisit the proposal video. There are very few people who could delete such a video without being discovered or causing any trouble."

"You're practically saying Yuan Qing's name outright," Zheng Yan said, showing them the video.

In the video, Xu Youan is charming, handsome, gentle, and has a great sense of romance. The proposal scene is very dreamy, and the first half also includes beautiful scenes of their meeting, getting along, and falling in love. It is clear that Yuan Qing in the video is also very moved by such a man.

When Xu Youan took out two dishes and a soup that he had made in the car to give the tired Yuan Qing a snack, the kiss on the cheek was very heartwarming.

"It's this angle, just like in my dream. The difference is that Xu Youan in this one is very elegant, while in my dream, Xu Youan becomes a corpse with multiple fractures in the next second."

Xiao Chen: "...I was going to comment on how heartwarming the video was. Didn't you feel anything?"

"What's so touching? I thought it was the true love I'd finally found, but it turns out to be a filthy scumbag. Even if Yuan Qing herself came, she'd only feel disgusted."

Tan Ming suddenly realized: "That's her motive. She was emotionally deceived and, in a fit of rage, planned a respectable accident to send Xu Youan to his death. It's literally 'You're worse off dead to me than alive.'"

"But what exactly was the purpose of the surveillance? Since she was so meticulous as to delete all the videos involving the car's internal surveillance from Xu Youan's phone, it means that the surveillance was very important in her plan," Zheng Yan asked.

Xiao Chen thought slowly: "I can't think of the role of surveillance cameras at the scene of a car accident, but I can think of their role in the early stages—"

"Xu Youan installed a camera in the car to record intimate moments between himself and Yuan Qing, but he forgot to remove it later. Yuan Qing may have inadvertently discovered the location for viewing the surveillance footage, or she may have sensed something was wrong from Chu Yun's words and specifically went to the location to view the surveillance footage, and then overheard Xu Youan and Qu Xiangbin talking about the content of the secret filming."

"Then she got very angry and, after a series of internal struggles, decided to kill this scumbag. But how could she kill him without being discovered? She then thought of the surveillance camera. If it weren't for Green Wolf's dream, her actions would have been meticulous and cautious, but since we knew about the camera first, her overly cautious actions aroused suspicion."

"You might as well say that she thought of the medicine in the hospital, which is more practical," Tan Ming said.

Xiao Chen: "You're not even allowed to brainstorm and expand my thinking?"

"Perhaps the surveillance worked, and so did the medicine," Tan Jia said thoughtfully.

Surveillance was a readily available tool, while drugs were a "murder weapon" that she could easily think of and master, given her years of combined bachelor's, master's, and doctoral studies and practical work experience.

The heartwarming and happy proposal video played twice on a loop before being paused.

Zheng Yan said, "Bring Yuan Qing here."