I Asked You To Simulate A Crime, And You Pulled Off The Perfect Crime? - Chapter 73

On April 26th, Chen Shu was caught street racing and almost caused a fatal accident, leading to the director stripping him of his only task.

That day, some viewers saw him lying on Su Xiaoxiao’s bedroom desk, writing in a diary. He wrote a lot. It couldn’t have been just two entries, but looking back now, something seems off!

April 25th was the day Su Xiaoxiao was kidnapped. Chen Shu used this as a starting point to fabricate a lie that she had been assaulted by Liang Wei.

April 26th, Chen Shu made up the idea that Su Xiaoxiao wanted to kill Liang Wei, using it to fuel Zeng Zhiwei’s murderous intent. That very night, Zeng Zhiwei saw the diary. So after April 26th, there shouldn’t have been anything more written.

But now, everyone could see. There was more!

I thought of a way to kill him!

Since Liang Wei believes I’m the one who killed his son, I’ll just pretend to admit it. That way, he’ll be desperate to kill me and take his son’s body back from me.

Fine, I’ll give him what he wants!

Step one, I need to contact him and promise to return his son’s body, luring him out. But I can’t use my own phone to reach him, because once he’s dead, the police will check his call records and trace it back to me. So, I must find a scapegoat!

Who should I pick?

My brother!

As long as my brother gets the death penalty, Dad will only love me! The perfect scapegoat is my brother.

Step two, once I get in touch, I’ll tell him that the body is stuffed inside a suitcase at the west suburb entrance. In reality, I don’t know where the body is, I’ll be hiding inside instead.

Step three, he’ll take me and the suitcase away. That way, the city’s surveillance won’t catch any trace of me. The moment he opens the suitcase, I’ll pull out the knife I’ve prepared and kill him!

The third page ended.

The entire livestream room fell into an unprecedented silence.

“?” A moment later, with just one question mark posted. The audience snapped back to their senses. Instantly, the livestream exploded.

“So the original mastermind behind the ‘suitcase murder’ wasn’t Zeng Zhiwei, it was Chen Shu, teaching him step by step!”

“Holy shit, we were all praising Zeng Zhiwei’s genius methods, thinking he was insanely skilled, and it turns out it was Chen Shu all along.”

“I was wondering why Zeng Zhiwei seemed so capable, like a seasoned criminal. But then he completely crumbled under police interrogation, turns out it was Chen Shu’s technique!”

“Who still dares to say Chen isn’t as good as Zeng?”

“One word: legendary!”

In the director’s room, Zhang Sheng swallowed hard. Then, he raised his hand and slapped himself. “I thought I invited a criminal mastermind, but his crime methods were actually all taught by Chen Shu?”

“I swear, this show can’t function without him, huh?”

Zhang Sheng was speechless. Earlier, he had been praising Zeng Zhiwei’s skills to Wu Hong, insisting that even without Chen Shu, Zeng Zhiwei could still display incredible criminal techniques.

But now? Even the murder itself had to be hand-held and taught by Chen Shu. Just in case Zeng Zhiwei didn’t learn it properly!

“Sigh.” Finally, Zhang Sheng sighed. He wasn’t even frustrated anymore. He could only say four words, Chen Shu is insane.

Meanwhile, in the interrogation room, while the audience was in awe of Chen Shu’s brilliance, the investigative trio had a different reaction. Their eyes locked onto Su Xiaoxiao, shock evident on their faces.

“Didn’t expect this from you. A high school girl pulling off something like this?” Wang Zheng slammed his fist on the table.

“Such a ruthless woman,” Qin Min shook his head in disbelief. “In this murder guide, you specifically wrote: ‘As long as my brother gets the death penalty, Dad will only love me.’ Haha, you did that on purpose, right? To make Zeng Zhiwei accept your plan. Because he also wanted your brother dead. That way, he could have you all to himself. Damn, psychological warfare at its dirtiest, Su Xiaoxiao.”

Before Su Xiaoxiao could protest, Su Haoran, sitting beside her, continued, “Actually, Su Xiaoxiao deliberately set Chen Shu up as the scapegoat. Because she knew that with her brother’s capabilities, he’d be able to prove his innocence. That way, all our attention would be focused solely on Zeng Zhiwei.”

“Exactly,” Wang Zheng nodded. “After all, their sibling bond is obvious. There’s no way she’d let her brother take the fall.”

Qin Min patted Su Haoran’s shoulder in approval. “Haoran, if you hadn’t discovered the truth from the dashcam footage, that Su Xiaoxiao was never assaulted, she would’ve gotten away with it.”

“Yeah,” Su Haoran rubbed his temples. “We were one step away from Su Xiaoxiao executing the perfect crime and making Zeng Zhiwei take the blame.”

Su Xiaoxiao, “?”

The audience went wild.

“Complete role reversal, absolute madness!”

“I wonder what the investigation team will think when they realize Su Xiaoxiao was also a scapegoat?”

“They’re gonna be dumbfounded. Chen Shu played them like puppets!”

“Let me sort this out… basically, Chen Shu never intended to sacrifice his sister. If Su Haoran hadn’t found the dashcam evidence, Zeng Zhiwei would’ve been convicted. But the moment the truth was uncovered, Chen Shu was ready to throw Su Xiaoxiao under the bus!”

“I swear, this is insane! Double-layered insurance?”

“Chen Shu’s ‘diary murder’ plan was incredibly thorough, covering every possible angle. The only flaw was that Su Haoran found out too soon, robbing him of the chance to destroy the diary.”

“Yeah, a textbook-level crime, just one step away from perfection.”

“Alright, let’s keep watching. Once this is over, Su Xiaoxiao will definitely demand a handwriting analysis, and that’s when Chen Shu will get caught. But even if he loses, he loses with honor, just one step short.”

“True, pulling off the perfect crime isn’t that easy.”

Meanwhile, Wang Zheng flipped to the next page. 

Step four: How to leave the crime scene?

I don’t know where Liang Wei will take me. He might bring me to the wilderness, an abandoned warehouse, or even a secluded alley…

No matter where, I need to plan ahead to ensure no surveillance cameras capture me, creating the perfect alibi.

If he takes me to the wilderness, after killing him, I’ll wear his clothes, put on his hat, and disguise myself as him. Since it’ll be nighttime, I can reduce the cameras’ ability to recognize me.

Then, I’ll burn his body, the suitcase, and my own clothes in one big fire. That way, the police won’t know he’s dead, they’ll assume he’s still in hiding since he’s already a wanted man!

If he takes me to an alley, that’s the worst-case scenario. Once I leave the alley, there will be cameras. And I can’t burn his body there, it would be too easy for nearby residents to notice.

So, after killing him…