The Tempting Road to Becoming an Official

As Wu Xixin joked, if Ji Shuzhen had been more ruthless at the time and not taken those eight suitcases, she might have already left the country. This is a classic example of greed leading to one's downfall.

Next, let's talk about the man who helped Ji Shuzhen escape.

His name is Du Guopeng, nicknamed Brother Peng, and he is the owner of a bath center in Shangqing City.

Du Guopeng is 38 years old, exactly twelve years younger than Ji Shuzhen.

Besides, he has another identity, as Ji Shuzhen's "boy toy."

Upon hearing this, Chen Fang frowned and asked, "Boy toy? Which one of the four men?"

"The one who ran away last and stabbed you."

"Him? How come I felt he was burly and didn't seem like a boy toy at all?"

Upon hearing this.

Wu Xixin chuckled and said, "Boss, you've hit the nail on the head. This Du Guopeng is indeed a brute, but he has a talent; reportedly, his skills in bed are remarkable, lasting half an hour, which kept Ji Shuzhen thoroughly satisfied, and eventually, she kept him around."

"Half an hour is considered skillful?"

Chen Fang mumbled.

Wu Xixin didn't hear it clearly and asked, "Boss, what did you say?"

"Nothing, you continue..."

Chen Fang said.

After confirming the identity of Du Guopeng.

Next, let's talk about the Lin Duoduo case.

The content before is not much different from what Lou Youhua confessed earlier.

After experiencing two failed marriages, Ji Shuzhen's personality became twisted. She appeared normal during the day, but once night fell, the demon lurking within her unleashed its torment.

Before the Lin Duoduo case.

Many women had been tormented by her.

This included her secretary, Guo Tingting.

Guo Tingting, now 30 years old, had been with Ji Shuzhen for quite a few years.

Due to her cleverness, she was quite favored by Ji Shuzhen, but about half a year ago, by chance, Ji Shuzhen discovered that Guo Tingting was having an affair with a deputy director from the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Clearly married yet behaving so indecently—such conduct immediately enraged Ji Shuzhen.

Thus, Ji Shuzhen started a months-long period of physical and mental torment on her.

After Guo Tingting turned herself in, a psychological evaluation revealed that she was somewhat deranged and had become entirely submissive to Ji Shuzhen's control.

After speaking.

Wu Xixin took out a photograph and handed it to Chen Fang.

Chen Fang took it and was stunned at the sight.

It was a full-length nude photo of Guo Tingting, taken by the police.

Every part of her body that could be exposed, including her head, neck, arms, and calves, was intact; the other areas were covered with scars, even more terrifying than those on Gu Mengsheng, which was pitiful beyond words.

Lin Duoduo, at that time, also provoked the dark side of Ji Shuzhen with a single joke.

That night.

She falsely claimed she wanted Lin Duoduo to take her home.

After arriving home, she handed Lin Duoduo a beverage, which was drugged, knocking Lin Duoduo out.

Subsequently, she began various forms of torture on Lin Duoduo, fueled by alcohol.

When she crazily thrust a beer bottle into Lin Duoduo's lower body, it caused massive bleeding.

Ji Shuzhen naturally dared not take her to the hospital.

Thus.

A youthful life abruptly ended just like that.

After calming her mind, she called Du Guopeng.

Although Du Guopeng was also very frightened upon arriving at the scene, he still helped Ji Shuzhen handle the corpse. He put Lin Duoduo into a large suitcase, drove to the wilderness, and buried her.

After Du Guopeng confessed to the process of burying the body, the Disciplinary Committee, along with the police, simultaneously set out and found Lin Duoduo's body.

At this point, the case's truth had basically been revealed.

Chen Fang exhaled and nodded, saying, "Alright, now I can give Xia Chengnan an explanation."

He looked at Wu Xixin and asked, "What about Gu Mengsheng? Did Ji Shuzhen confess about her?"

Wu Xixin nodded and said, "She confessed too; their encounter was entirely by chance..."

There's naturally no need to dwell on how they met.

The focus is why did Ji Shuzhen harm Gu Mengsheng upon their first meeting?

According to Ji Shuzhen's statement, her motive was simple: first, to retaliate against Chen Fang, and second, Ji Shuzhen believed that since Gu Mengsheng was so young and beautiful and came to find Chen Fang, she and Chen Fang must have an unusual relationship.

She knew that Chen Fang was already married.

So, in her mind, Gu Mengsheng should be Chen Fang's mistress.

Under the sway of that body-dwelling demon, Ji Shuzhen lured Gu Mengsheng to her residence and subjected her to inhumane torture.

After the case's trials concluded.

The task force hired a psychological expert to evaluate Ji Shuzhen's mental state.

The final results indicated.

When committing these perverse acts, Ji Shuzhen possessed complete civil competence, meaning she would face legal sanctions.

After the Lin Duoduo case was clarified.

The Lou Youhua case also came to a conclusion.

Next comes the Cui Liansheng case.

Since Lin Duoduo was killed by Ji Shuzhen.

Then the person who schemed Lou Youhua's murder must naturally be her.

In the subsequent interrogation, Ji Shuzhen did not resist further and admitted that she persuaded Sun Jinan, a leader in the Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision Committee, to execute a "frame-up."

Ji Shuzhen is a perceptive person.

She knew that after Chen Fang took office, Sun Jinan was disheartened, so she privately approached her.

Persuading Sun Jinan wasn't difficult.

First, she told Sun Jinan that once Cui Liansheng fell, then Li Xizhong's faction would be without a foundation.

Secondly, if Lou Yu succeeded in assassinating Chen Fang, the Disciplinary Committee would be thrown into chaos. In such a situation, she would help Sun Jinan move forward; even if not becoming the Executive Deputy Secretary, advancing a few ranks wouldn't be a problem.

Sun Jinan almost agreed without hesitating to help.

She got Lou Yu's hidden location from Ji Shuzhen and disclosed it to Cui Liansheng under the guise of reporting work.

But she didn't know that Ji Shuzhen merely used her to complete the first step.

Her complete plan was for Cui Liansheng to find Lou Yu and murder Chen Fang, then have Du Guopeng silence Lou Yu.

Having mingled so many years, Ji Shuzhen certainly knew that for such tasks, Cui Liansheng usually looked for a guy called Tom.

So she had Du Guopeng contact this Tom in advance and, in an extremely covert manner, plant a bomb in the car Tom provided to Lou Yu.

When Lou Yu completed the mission and returned to the car, the bomb would certainly kill him.

With his death, there would be no evidence.

Even if Lou Yu failed to kill Chen Fang, the blame for the conspiracy against Chen Fang would entirely fall on Cui Liansheng.