Today, that case was closed, and everyone was happy. It became an accident. That's right, just an accident.
Xu Cheng came to see me alone. Fine, I admit he's a very smart policeman. But so what? I'm an even smarter criminal.
He figured out my method: "An unattached man with psychological issues, madly in love with you, highly intelligent, and living right next door to you. Simply the perfect tool for committing a crime."
I really wanted to sit down and have a drink with Xu Cheng, to share my cleverness with him. But there was no helping it: a criminal should never share his accomplishments with a policeman.
So all I could do was look Xu Cheng in the eye and say with a perfectly straight face, "Officer, deductions unsupported by evidence are meaningless."
Xu Cheng gave a self-deprecating smile. "Ye Lanzhi, now that the case is closed in the way you wanted, why don't we speak frankly? Honestly, I'm still curious about some of the details."
Well, at that moment I truly understood what it meant to wear fine clothes in the dark. Who knows whether he'd brought a listening device? And it's not as if we could strip naked and lay ourselves bare in the bathroom like Amy and Nick. Absolutely not.
So there was no way I could tell him how brilliantly I'd planned this murder. In the end, Xu Cheng could only leave with a wry smile. But the look he gave me as he left made it clear he wasn't going to let me off easily.
Let me reflect on this. I think reflection is practically the guiding principle of life. After reflecting, well, I'm happy to say I didn't leave behind a single shred of evidence.
Theme: Chasing perfection too far can make you less than perfect.
