Memory inheritor

Chapter 125 Suspicion

Tang Jinxia and Shen Qing were talking in the studio inside, while the four policemen sitting in the living room waited patiently.

During their field investigations, they encountered all sorts of strange and unusual situations, and maintaining patience was the most basic condition for completing the task.

As long as the person being questioned is highly cooperative, communication efficiency can be greatly improved, and important and key information is less likely to be missed, allowing subsequent investigations to proceed more smoothly. So waiting a little longer will not delay anything.

On the contrary, the kind of questioning that seems to be racing against time, that is stiff, urgent, or even forceful, often makes things a mess and wastes more time.

Almost twenty minutes later, the two finally came out of the studio.

Shen Qing seemed to have mentally prepared herself, as her expression was quite natural, but her body movements were a little stiff, probably because she had never dealt with this situation before.

This is understandable. Let alone a young girl in her early twenties, even an experienced person would be nervous upon suddenly learning that a major case is related to them.

The emphasis on the severity of the situation during the previous communication with Tang Jinxia clearly had a counterproductive effect on Shen Qing, which was both advantageous and disadvantageous.

Wei Hongbo smiled and said, "Hello Shen Qing, several of my colleagues are your fans, and I often listen to your songs."

"Oh, thank you." Shen Qing smiled politely at everyone.

The other three officers also smiled back, hoping to ease her tension by acknowledging her status as a fan, but the effect seemed to be limited.

Wei Hongbo could only proceed slowly, following procedure: "I am Wei Hongbo, a criminal investigator from the Jingning Branch. These three are my colleagues. We are here today simply to gather information; you don't need to be nervous."

He then showed Shen Qing his police ID and the interrogation notice.

Shen Qing stared at the ID for a moment, then looked at Wei Hongbo: "Officer Wei, are you Wei Hongsi's brother?"

Wei Hongbo was somewhat surprised and nodded, saying, "Yes."

He knew his younger brother had met Shen Qing. When the amusement park was reshooting GG, Wei Hongsi spent half a day on set and discovered a lot of useful clues. He then went to the branch office to give him and Zhang Shengyong an analysis.

But he hadn't expected that Shen Qing actually knew his younger brother, and that she visibly relaxed after receiving his affirmative answer, which secretly amazed him. First Ji Cheng, then Shen Qing—both were actually able to benefit from his younger brother's connections.

In fact, Shen Qing had only met Wei Hongsi twice. However, they had communicated online a couple of days ago, and Wei Hongsi had given her excellent advice on her writing, which she now considered a kindred spirit. For her, this was a much easier way to bridge the gap between them than meeting in person or exchanging many words.

She adjusted her posture slightly to make herself more comfortable and said, "Officer Wei, please ask me if you have any questions."

Wei Hongbo said, "Then let's talk about Zhou Huai first."

Shen Qing was prepared for this and immediately began by talking about how she met Zhou Huai.

During her senior year of college, she composed two pop songs and posted them on the school's website for fellow enthusiasts to evaluate. The reviews were mixed, but mostly positive, which solidified her resolve to become a singer-songwriter.

Among the many comments, one private message particularly interested her; it contained lyrics for two songs she had composed.

Shen Qing's major was composing music, and writing lyrics was not her forte, which is why she only released the music without the lyrics. She found that the lyrics for those two songs perfectly matched the mood of the music and were exactly what she wanted to express, much better than the lyrics she had revised several times.

The person who sent her the private message was Zhou Huai. After that, Shen Qing wrote another melody and asked Zhou Huai to help write the lyrics. After Zhou Huai finished writing them, the two met in a music room at the school. Shen Qing tried singing it and felt it was very good, so she discussed with Zhou Huai about collaborating on its release.

Zhou Huai told her, "I can tell you want to be a singer-songwriter, so you should write your own lyrics." From then on, Shen Qing began learning to write lyrics from Zhou Huai.

Their communication is mainly online, and they don't meet in person very often, especially after Shen Qing debuted; they only see each other a few times a year. However, when Shen Qing has doubts about some creative issues, she still consults Zhou Huai.

After Shen Qing finished speaking, Wei Hongbo asked, "Could you share your feelings or evaluation of Zhou Huai?"

"Well, how should I put it?" Shen Qing said while thinking, "He's eight years older than me, but he seemed even older to me during our conversations, so I've always called him 'teacher.' He's given me a lot of advice on creative work and personal development, which I think has been quite insightful."

What do you think of his lyric-writing skills?

"Fantastic, arguably the best lyricist."

"Has he ever published any works?"

"I don't think so." Shen Qing thought carefully. "I don't recall it. Even the lyrics for the first three songs he wrote for me, he made me rewrite the lyrics before publishing them."

Wei Hongbo asked many more questions about Zhou Huai, including the content of their conversations each time they met, the environment at the time, and the other party's emotions, etc.

Because so much time had passed, Shen Qing couldn't remember many of the things clearly, but she still answered the questions as best she could.

If someone else had asked that question, Tang Jinxia would have stopped them long ago. But seeing Wei Hongbo's focused expression, completely different from the gossipy questions of a reporter, and coupled with her preconceived notions, she was willing to believe that the police knew these things because they were necessary for the investigation.

And that is indeed the case. Wei Hongbo focused on those seemingly minor details in order to facilitate the expert team in constructing a multimodal stimulus package. The more detailed and realistic the simulation, the easier it would be to obtain valuable information from Zhou Huai.

The interrogation lasted for more than an hour. Wei Hongbo also obtained their online chat history from the past year or so, as well as all the materials that Zhou Huai had sent to Shen Qing.

After the four policemen left, Tang Jinxia and Shen Qing thought the matter was over. But the following Sunday, Wei Hongbo came to their door again and told them some bad news.

Based on the information provided by Shen Qing, experts, through dream interpretation, learned that the Light Guide had subjected Shen Qing to "mental pollution." "Psychological viruses" were also detected in several video files that Zhou Huai sent to Shen Qing.

Wei Hongbo gave them a limited account of the "Paradise GG Incident" and explained the concepts of "psychological virus" and "mental pollution".

This really scared Tang Jinxia. Ji Cheng had contacted her before and said that he wanted to reshoot GG because the creative director Peng Jun had an accident, and using his version would be "unlucky" for the new product launch.

Although Tang Jinxia had her suspicions, she didn't investigate further. Since Peng Jun had no connection to them, and the amusement park had paid her, she figured it was just a job. It was only then that she learned there was a major hidden story.