Chapter 243: You’ve Been Scammed By A Man?
Room 2302, Building 7, Xingyuan Residential Community, Xi Hui Road.
Jiang Yuan raised her hand and rang the doorbell. After waiting for about half an hour, a voice finally came from inside the door.
“Jia Ge, don’t you have a key? Why don’t you open the door and come in yourself?”
As the voice faded, the door opened from the inside.
Zi You Pai Pai, wearing blue striped pajamas, came to open the door. Seeing Jiang Yuan standing outside, her eyebrows drooped, and she looked disappointed: “I thought it was my boyfriend… What are you doing here?”
“Pai Pai, we agreed to meet today last night,” Jiang Yuan explained.
Zi You Pai Pai lowered her eyes, her voice filled with bewilderment: “Did we have plans last night?”
Jiang Yuan tapped a few times on her mobile phone and handed the private chat record to her, “Did you forget?”
“Really? I don’t remember,” Zi You Pai Pai shook her head, “Sorry.”
After speaking, she noticed three other people standing next to Jiang Yuan and asked doubtfully: “And who are these people…”
“These two are detectives…” Jiang Yuan introduced them to her, and said softly, “Is it convenient to go inside and talk?”
“Police officers?” After seeing Si Heng and Chen Ziqi’s identification cards, Zi You Pai Pai’s emotions changed drastically, and her tone carried condemnation, “Why did you bring the police here? It’s not convenient for me, you should leave!”
She prepared to close the door, but couldn’t.
Chen Ziqi reached out and blocked the door.
“What do you want?” Zi You Pai Pai glanced at them and said angrily, “I don’t want to talk!”
Si Heng looked at her, his dark eyes holding scrutiny.
Why did she have such a strong reaction upon hearing the word “police”?
Jiang Yuan was also a little confused and asked as calmly as possible: “Pai Pai, why did you say Ning Jia Nian is your boyfriend?”
“He is my boyfriend!” Zi You Pai Pai’s face showed a hint of panic, and she forcefully pulled the door, “Let go, I have nothing to say to you!”
At this moment, a cow cat squeezed out from the gap in the door.
Si Heng said calmly: “Ziqi, let go.”
“Received,” Chen Ziqi immediately let go.
Zi You Pai Pai slammed the door shut, frowning, her expression revealing a hint of unease.
What was this female streamer up to?
At the elevator entrance, Jiang Yuan looked at the cow cat Duo Duo who had sneaked out and raised an eyebrow, “Are you running away from home?”
“That’s right,” Duo Duo nodded forcefully, “I don’t want to stay in that house for another second! Otherwise, I’ll go crazy sooner or later!”
The elevator happened to stop. As Jiang Yuan and the group entered the carriage, Duo Duo followed them in.
Si Heng lowered his eyes, looking at the cow cat, his gaze deepening, “I have something I want to ask it.”
Jiang Yuan: “Duo Duo?”
Si Heng: “Yes.”
The underground parking lot was silent. Jiang Yuan took Duo Duo into the police car, “Si Heng, what do you want to ask?”
The man sitting in the passenger seat turned his head, his voice serious, “Zi You Pai Pai is a bit strange.”
“Tell me more,” Jiang Yuan revealed a serious listening expression.
Si Heng explained: “Her reaction was very quick, not like people with mental health issues I’ve met before.”
“Is that so?” Jiang Yuan recalled Zi You Pai Pai’s reaction.
When she saw it wasn’t Ning Jia Nian, she immediately showed a look of disappointment.
Just now, upon hearing Si Heng and Chen Ziqi’s identities, she also immediately changed her expression.
Jiang Yuan frowned her slender eyebrows in contemplation, murmuring, “Could it be that she’s faking it?”
Si Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, somewhat surprised that she had realized so quickly.
“Faking it?” Fu Xiaoxiao showed a strange expression, “But my friend said that Zi You Pai Pai’s situation is quite serious.”
Jiang Yuan tilted her head and looked at her, saying slowly, “When undergoing mental or psychological evaluations, she could completely answer according to the symptoms of such a condition. Moreover, Yan Li said that Zi You Pai Pai hasn’t undergone any intervention treatment, and there are two possibilities: first, she gave up treatment, and second, she’s not sick at all.”
“If she’s not sick, why does she always say Ning Jia Nian is her boyfriend?” Fu Xiaoxiao asked, her face full of bewilderment.
“I don’t know yet,” Jiang Yuan shook her head, looked at Duo Duo squatting on the middle seat, “Do you know?”
Duo Duo tilted its head, “I don’t know either.”
Jiang Yuan reached out and petted its head, saying softly, “Duo Duo, you are with Pai Pai every day, have you ever seen her take medicine?”
“Medicine?” Duo Duo asked curiously, “What is medicine?”
Jiang Yuan found some photos on her phone and showed them to it, “These are all medicines, have you seen Pai Pai take them?”
“No,” Duo Duo shook its head, “I’ve only seen her eat those long, red things that make her mouth swell up after eating.”
“What kind of medicine is that?” Jiang Yuan blinked her eyes in bewilderment and turned to ask Fu Xiaoxiao if she recognized it.
While Fu Xiaoxiao was still trying hard to think about what it was, Chen Ziqi, who was in the front driver’s seat, spoke up: “Could it be spicy strips?”
“Spicy strips?” Jiang Yuan searched for photos on her phone again and showed them to Duo Duo to identify, “Is this what Pai Pai eats?”
Duo Duo only took one look and immediately replied, “Yes, it’s this kind!”
“Then it’s not medicine,” Jiang Yuan said with some helplessness.
The next second, Duo Duo suddenly seemed to remember something and cried out, “I remember now! Pai Pai brought things like the ones in the photos you showed me before home a few times, but she threw them into the trash can every time.”
Jiang Yuan’s gaze suddenly sharpened, and she analyzed: “If that’s the case, Pai Pai has seen more than just Yan Li, a psychologist. She’s seen doctors several times. If she wanted to give up treatment, she wouldn’t keep seeing doctors, but every time she finishes seeing a doctor, she throws away the medicine…”
“Then that means she’s not sick at all,” Fu Xiaoxiao finished her sentence, “This person is really… is this fun for her?”
“Duo Duo,” Jiang Yuan asked, frowning, “When did Pai Pai start saying Ning Jia Nian is her boyfriend?”
Duo Duo met her gaze and said shyly, “I, I don’t understand time.”
“It’s okay,” Jiang Yuan didn’t trouble it, her heart filled with confusion about Zi You Pai Pai’s behavior.
If she wasn’t sick, then why would she fantasize that Ning Jia Nian was her boyfriend?
The police car drove out of the underground garage of Xingyuan Residential Community, and Jiang Yuan gave an address.
“Hengtai Huafu?” Chen Ziqi teased, “Did the rich lady buy another house?”
“No,” Jiang Yuan explained, “I’m going to collect a debt, please two comrades come with me to back me up.”
Chen Ziqi’s interest was piqued, and he curiously pressed for details: “What’s the situation?”
“The story is like this…” After Jiang Yuan finished speaking, the carriage fell into an eerie silence.
After a while, Chen Ziqi finally processed the information and was greatly surprised: “So you were scammed out of money by a man?”
Jiang Yuan: “…If you insist on saying it that way, you can.”
Si Heng raised an eyebrow and looked at her through the rearview mirror.
Chen Ziqi laughed: “Then this trip was worth it for me. I’d like to see what kind of man could actually scam you.”
Jiang Yuan: “…”
She suddenly regretted it a little.
Half an hour later, the car drove into the underground parking lot of Hengtai Huafu.
The group found the property management to retrieve surveillance footage. After confirming Xie Yuchen was home, they went directly to the 19th floor of Building D.
