I Asked You To Simulate A Crime, And You Pulled Off The Perfect Crime? - Chapter 58

“Haha, serves him right!” Inside the director’s room, Zhang Sheng burst into laughter as he watched Zeng Zhiwei frame Chen Shu.

“Chen Shu, oh Chen Shu, never thought you’d have a day like this. Now you’ve finally realized that there’s always someone better than you, huh?” Zhang Sheng was amazed by Zeng Zhiwei’s cunning tactics.

He originally thought that once Wang Zheng pulled up the call records, they’d be able to pin everything on Zeng Zhiwei. But this guy, despite looking chubby and honest, was unexpectedly meticulous.

He used Chen Shu’s phone to contact Liang Wei. This way, the police’s first suspect would be Chen Shu. He successfully diverted their attention!

“Brilliant! Now this is the kind of mind game I enjoy.” At the same time, Zhang Sheng opened the official website. The internet was flooded with praise for Zeng Zhiwei.

Of course, some netizens were voicing their sympathy for Chen Shu. After all, this episode didn’t give him much room to shine, he was purely on the defensive, which seemed unfair.

But Zhang Sheng didn’t care. Ever since the last time, when Chen Shu nearly gave him a heart attack and almost caused a disaster, there was no way he’d let Chen Shu do whatever he wanted again.

This situation was perfect. Under Zeng Zhiwei’s tactics, Chen Shu was temporarily detained, no more causing trouble.

“But…” Suddenly, Zhang Sheng frowned in confusion. Why would Zeng Zhiwei want to kill Liang Wei? His mission was to protect Su Xiaoxiao, and Liang Wei was already a wanted man. So in this scenario, what was his motive for murder?

“Oh, I get it now.”

After a moment, Zhang Sheng had an epiphany.

“Protecting Su Xiaoxiao and violating Su Xiaoxiao, both are too easy for him. So, to make it more thrilling, he decided to take it a step further and kill Liang Wei.”

“This way, the audience can witness his skills first hand. They’ll see how all those crime roles he played in Hong Kong films weren’t just acting, his murder methods are terrifyingly professional!”

“Yes, that must be it.”

Meanwhile, a trending topic appeared online: “#Framed and Arrested: Chen Shu Taken In#”

Curious netizens flocked to see what had happened.

“Wait, wasn’t Chen Shu really impressive in the last episode? Why is he getting arrested now?”

“Zeng Zhiwei framed him.”

“Chen Shu didn’t commit any crimes this time. He was playing it safe, but Zeng Zhiwei used him as a scapegoat.”

“Damn, is Zeng Zhiwei really that good?”

“Honestly, in the last episode, Chen Shu executed a ‘perfect crime,’ but only because there were no surveillance cameras. On the other hand, Zeng Zhiwei committed murder under surveillance and still got away with it!”

“Not to mention, the last episode gave the investigation team very few clues, making the case harder to solve. But Zeng Zhiwei personally handled Liang Wei and even contacted him beforehand, leaving behind way more clues.”

“So… Liang isn’t as good as Chen, and Chen isn’t as good as Zeng?”

“Liang Wei: Damn it, I’m already dead, and you’re still dragging me through the mud?”

To this episode’s audience, last time was just about covering up a crime, relatively low difficulty. But now, Zeng Zhiwei had to both commit murder and cover it up. That was a whole new level of challenge!

Just the act of killing alone was enough to send chills down people’s spines. And his cover-up? Absolutely flawless. He even threw his own son under the bus as a decoy. Netizens couldn’t help but admire his twisted yet masterful criminal tactics.

They also quickly deduced Zeng Zhiwei’s motive, exactly as Zhang Sheng had guessed. With skills that sharp, would he really waste them just to violate Su Xiaoxiao? That’d be a waste of potential.

So why not go all out and eliminate Liang Wei?

This way, he could showcase his prowess and ride the wave of the reality show’s popularity to become even more famous.

And judging by how things were playing out… He was succeeding.

The veteran Hong Kong actor truly had some real talent.

Naturally, viewers were now eagerly anticipating what would happen next. Everyone was dying to know how the investigation team would take Zeng Zhiwei down.

“Feels like the detective trio is gonna struggle this time.”

“Yeah, Zeng Zhiwei’s skills are on par with Chen Shu’s. The trio might not even find any leads for a while.”

“What if he also pulls off a perfect crime?”

“Honestly… that’s a real possibility.”

“Oh man, if Zeng Zhiwei commits the perfect crime, the showrunners are gonna be screwed. Millions in prize money just gone.”

“I think he’s got a high chance of pulling it off. Look at his methods, he’s clearly a genius. Even if Chen Shu and Su Xiaoxiao accuse him, he probably has an airtight alibi ready.”

“Yeah, right now, he seems untouchable. The only question is, can he keep it up for two weeks?”

Meanwhile, outside Haicheng Middle School. Zeng Zhiwei sat in his car, parked by the curb, waiting for Su Xiaoxiao to finish school. His heart was pounding. After all, last night, he had personally stabbed Liang Wei to death.

The sensation of the blade sinking into flesh still lingered in his palm. A delayed sense of fear crept into his mind.

Smack!

Suddenly, he slammed his palm onto the steering wheel, furious. “Liang Wei, you deserved to die. My precious daughter belongs to me and me alone…”

“And you dared to do that to her…”

Zeng Zhiwei’s face twisted in pain, as if something that should’ve belonged to him had been taken away. If he hadn’t accidentally found Su Xiaoxiao’s diary, he would’ve never known.

He recalled the words he read…

In the diary, Su Xiaoxiao described how Liang Wei kidnapped her and did unspeakable things in the car. Every word burned into Zeng Zhiwei’s mind, filling him with uncontrollable rage and wiping away all reason.

He had to kill Liang Wei!

“Huuh…” After a deep breath, Zeng Zhiwei calmed himself down. He reassessed his current situation. His mission was to protect Su Xiaoxiao and to violate her.

Now that Liang Wei was dead, no one else could harm her.

Mission one: complete. As for mission two… A twisted gleam flashed in his eyes.

Soon. Very soon.

Once both missions were completed, all he had to do was wait for the detectives to investigate. He just needed to survive two weeks. Because for the police to catch him, they had to find evidence linking him to Liang Wei’s murder.

But every step of his crime had been meticulously executed according to the diary’s instructions. And as far as he was concerned… that plan was foolproof.

The detectives wouldn’t be able to crack it.